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Week commencing 1st March 2021 Beech Class Home Learning Please use the link below to access videos which relate to the home learning, plus some songs and stories for you to enjoy! https://citacademiesuk-my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/courtney_gray_ganf- cit_co_uk/Eh1JuuxMHKhIqX7XMgswnW0B_F63Vfg57SLVloeqVNkroQ?e=0Y6sCT Morning work Each morning, we practice mindfulness, our PLIMS targets and do some exercise. Below are links for you to use. We also do Literacy, Phonics and Maths daily. Below is a range of activities for each subject. You can choose an activity to do from each subject each day. Mindfulness - GoNoodle https://app.gonoodle.com/ (we like Bubble Breath and Get Back on Track but there are lots on there!) Login: courtney.gray@ganf-cit.co.uk Password: BeechClass See your PLIMs targets for activities you can do to practice. Exercise - Joe Wicks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3LPrhI0v-w - Shake your Sillies Out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NwT5oX_mqS0 - Move and Freeze https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=388Q44ReOWE - Spiderman Joe Wicks https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2X1p0Yd6WAo - Dance Workout https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymigWt5TOV8 Literacy – This term, we are reading Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. I have included a link below to a folder on OneDrive which contains videos relating to this week’s home learning and a video of the book being read aloud. https://citacademiesuk- my.sharepoint.com/:f:/g/personal/courtney_gray_ganf- cit_co_uk/Eh1JuuxMHKhIqX7XMgswnW0B_F63Vfg57SLVloeqVNkroQ?e=0Y6sCT - Beech class are working on our communication skills when reading. Talk about the story with another person. How would you react if you found a golden ticket? You could hide golden tickets in the house and try to find them. Could you wrap up a golden ticket and work on your fine motor skills?
Week commencing 1st March 2021 - Reading with your child will enable them to increase their communication and comprehension skills. Choose a favourite book to read; try to sound out some key sounds and words. This week it is World Book Day. Dress up as your favourite character and share a book. Don’t forget to send us pictures! I am looking forward to seeing your lovely costumes.
Week commencing 1st March 2021 - Practice your pencil control. Here is a link to Twinkl containing lots of useful pencil control sheets. https://www.twinkl.co.uk/search You could make this easier by tracing vertical and horizontal lines in mark making trays using rice, cornflour, icing sugar, hot chocolate or any other dry foods you have! You could make this harder by tracing key words relating to the topic or having a go at writing them yourself. You could make this more challenging by tracing the key word cards below then trying to write them yourself. You could also write your own golden ticket! I have included a blank one below. Talk with an adult about the different things you will want to include (e.g. what time to arrive, where it is, what the special prize is!). Remember, you can always practice your handwriting on the internet. Here are some links to games to help you practice: Sky Writer game https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/skyWriter/index.html. Writing Repeater https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/writingRepeater/index.html. Music Letter Tracing https://www.abcya.com/games/letter_trace.
Week commencing 1st March 2021
Week commencing 1st March 2021 - Beech class are also working on our comprehension skills. Answer questions about the book verbally or written down (e.g. What happened to Augustus Gloop?). You could make this easier by finding pictures to answer the questions. You could make this harder by creating a short summary of the book or retelling the story to another person using your own words and the commenting chart above. Phonics – This week, we are focusing on the sound /l/.
Week commencing 1st March 2021 - Use the resources on Oxford Owl to listen to words containing this sound and arrange sounds to make words. Login: willow beech Password: password01 https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/28314.html - Match pictures of /l/ words and repeat the sounds or words. - Draw things beginning with /l/ on BusyThings → Year 2 set up → Art → Make a… → Drawing → Something beginning with… Login: home1621 Password: green259 - Practice pencil control using the sound /l/. Twinkl have some great workbooks https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-l-645-my-l-workbook. You could use paper resources or try messy mark making in different dry foods or paint. You could use different objects around the house to mark make with, e.g. can you make an /l/ shape using lolly sticks or long spaghetti? - Go on a hunt for objects beginning with or containing the sound /l/. You could make this easier by choosing from 2 objects. You could make this harder by writing down or saying the names of the objects you find. Is the /l/ sound at the beginning, middle or end of the word? - Play games on PhonicsPlay to extend your learning. User: jan21 Password: home https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
Week commencing 1st March 2021 Maths - This term, Beech class are focusing on number, 2D shapes and mass. - Here are links to some of our favourite songs: Count to 100 by 1s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TgLtF3PMOc. Count to 20 and Workout https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MVzXKfr6e8. The Counting by 2s Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GvTcpfSnOMQ. The Shapes Song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEbRDtCAFdU. - TopMarks have some fantastic counting and number recognition games https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=16 - TopMarks also have some great shapes games, like the Shape Monster game https://www.topmarks.co.uk/early-years/shape-monsters - ABCYa have some great Maths games https://www.abcya.com/standards/game - BusyThings Reception, Year 1 and Year 2 set ups have lots of excellent games working on number. Login: home1621 Password: green259 - BusyThings Reception and Year 1 set ups have good shape naming games, they also look at counting sides and corners. Login: home1621 Password: green259 - Practice matching numerals 1-3 in the different fonts. If you can match the numbers, try to sequence them, can you identify which number we start with? Which comes next? Use the cards below to help you. If you are feeling confident with sequencing your numbers, use the number line below to find 1 less than a given number to 10. You can either roll a dice, pull a number out of a hat or choose a number from 1-10 at random and see if you can find 1 less on a number line.
Week commencing 1st March 2021 - Print off and cut out the first set of shapes below, can you find all of the triangles when they are placed in a sensory tray? If you are confident finding all of the triangles, try sorting circles, triangles and squares. You could make
Week commencing 1st March 2021 this more challenging by using the second set of shapes below. If you can sort the shapes in set 2, try to match the names circle and square to the shapes. Set 1 Set 2
Week commencing 1st March 2021 Circle Square Afternoon Work After lunch, we practice yoga. Afternoon lessons are completed once per week. Below are some activities for each subject. You can choose which 2 subjects to do each day. Yoga – GoNoodle https://app.gonoodle.com/categories/stretch (we like Strengthen Your Focus and Release Your Warrior, but there are lots to choose from). Science – This term, Beech class are looking at grouping and classifying materials. - This week, we are exploring hard and soft. When an adult shows you 2 objects, can you find the hard/soft one? If you are confident doing this, try to sort the objects into hard and soft ones. If you can sort hard and soft materials, begin to look at rough/smooth/weak and strong materials. How do you know they are weak/strong? Can you correctly label the objects?
Week commencing 1st March 2021
Week commencing 1st March 2021
Week commencing 1st March 2021
Week commencing 1st March 2021
Week commencing 1st March 2021 Topic – Beech class are looking at Spring and chocolate - Listen to the song about the seasons (it is to the theme of Uptown Funk!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JxOMEUYKzvs - Go through the TopMarks explanation of Spring and talk about this with somebody. Have you seen any of the Spring objects? Do you like Spring? https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Spring/WhatIsSpring.aspx - Create a field from cereals, flour or other substances, can you use a fork to plough the fields like a farmer does in Spring? Try to create different marks or make your line super straight! - You could plant a seed and watch it grow, take pictures of it and remember to water it! - Follow the link below to create a raincloud in a glass. Use shaving foam and drops of food colouring, then watch as the rain falls. You could make this more challenging by linking it back to what we already know about Spring (e.g. when the rain comes, how the rain helps crows grow) https://www.kidspot.com.au/things-to-do/activity-articles/rain-cloud-in-a-jar- science-experiment/news-story/15c6693d124b82a9b0a968efa4d76a03 R.E. – This term, we are looking at the Easter story and new life - Watch the video of the Christian Easter story https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wnbo2AmS3OI. - Use the pictures to sequence the Easter story. You could make this easier by choosing from 2 pictures to decide what happens next. You could make this more
Week commencing 1st March 2021 challenging by using the blank story board to create your own pictures and key words about the Easter story.
Week commencing 1st March 2021
Week commencing 1st March 2021
Week commencing 1st March 2021 P.E. - Use GoNoodle or your favourite yoga / dance / exercise videos on YouTube to get up and moving! Have fun with your exercise and you could even play hide and seek at home. - Use a ball to practice your passing, rolling and bouncing skills. - Use the Wakelet website for a variety of different sensory movement and games https://wakelet.com/wake/BDvT4KATN-jjK0VPIOMbI - The Telegraph is also providing P.E. activities https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/2021/01/25/join-free-online-pe-lessons- home-athletics/ / https://www.telegraph.co.uk/keep-kids-active/ - Here are links to P.E. activities being provided by both Loughborough College and Asmole Academy https://www.youtube.com/c/loughboroughcollege/videos / https://www.youtube.com/user/AshmoleAcademy/videos P.S.H.E. – Beech class are learning about keeping safe at school and strangers. - Listen to the song about stranger danger https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=92HCKfYakLU. - Roleplay meeting a stranger, can you remember what to do? Use the symbols below to help you. Computing – This term, Beech class are focusing on algorithms in recipes - Have a look at different utensils from last week, can you remember what they are used for? Do we use them to scoop/scrape/stab food? - Play a game of ‘What’s in the bag’ with an adult. Place different utensils and some chocolate items in a bag (be very careful of any sharp objects!) and shake the bag. Choose an object without looking. Before pulling it out of the bag, try to describe the object – how does it feel? What is it made
Week commencing 1st March 2021 of? Can you name the object? Use the symbol chart to help you. Art – This term, we are looking at and exploring print and pattern - Look at the different patterns, which tool do you think made each pattern? Try to match them up.
Week commencing 1st March 2021
Week commencing 1st March 2021 - Use different objects around your house (e.g. sponges/cars/cutlery) to create different patterns on some paper. Try to describe the patterns you have made using the symbols. If you can describe your patterns, can you identify your favourite pattern and explain why it is your favourite?
Week commencing 1st March 2021 Music – We are exploring making music. - Choose a favourite song, can you make music to go with the song? Use instruments made of things around the house (here is a link to some instruments you can make at home: https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/5- instruments-kids-can-make) - If you are confident in following the beat of a familiar song, read the short story of Cinderella: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hq-jkjyIe1c. Try to listen to the different sounds, can you match the sound to the character? You could make this more challenging by listening to the sounds and guessing the character without using the communication board. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psOPg1oprUU – triangle https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cDRyWLqr6g0 – drum https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkIhysLCHTI – xylophone https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg63jczdQYs – cymbal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VxW-hJnJE0U – trumpet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLWSvP1SN0Y – handbell https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rfuch3hH2gc – maracas Life Skills – Use this opportunity to learn all about cooking, cleaning up and doing your fastenings. You could try helping with a meal but chopping, mixing and spooning food onto plates. You could also spend some time learning how to fasten your zips, buttons and do up your shoe laces. Have a fantastic week and I can’t wait to see what you get up to! Beech Class team
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