Hello Otters and Foxes,
We hope you’re all staying safe and well at home. We hope you have found your home learning packs useful. As we can’t be in class, we’d like you to choose as few or as many of this week’s activities to enjoy learning at home and as we wanted to take the pressure off the adults at home as much as possible, so we’ve labelled our activities with should
and could
to help. The ‘shoulds’ are the ones we think are a bit more important. .
Reading (the most important thing)
We encourage you to read every day for 10 minutes to an adult at home.
• In the absence of reading books, please go to the Oxford Reading to access books similar to the ones you bring home www.oxfordowl.co.uk
or you can read few pages a book from your home… you could read a Traditional Tale as we will be writing these in English this week.
English
We are going to be learning about A Twist on a Traditional Tale. Traditional Tales are stories that we are very familiar with like Three Little Pigs, The Gingerbread Man and Tortoise and the Hare. Your learning this week are:
• Could
- Can you retell the story by drawing a story map or acting it out? What is different about this story? What is the same? What part did you like? What part did you dislike?
•
Should- Think about a Traditional Tale you know, if you’re stuck, here’s a YouTube Channel with lots of Traditional Tales for you to watch.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-mRnyHz0TQ8lnmTd85MeCw
Can you change the Traditional Tale to have a twist? Could your third little pig build a house of bricks and not allow his brothers in? Could Red Riding Hood be a wolf in disguise?
• Could
- Can you draw a story map of your new Twisted Traditional Tale or act it out.
Mrs Howell and Miss Humphreys will be looking forward to you reading them to us when you’re back!
Spelling
We use the National Curriculum Year 1 & 2 spelling lists to set spellings for practice. Your child’s spelling learning this week are:
• Could
- To use the spelling lists included in your home learning packs to practice the words and write them in sentences.
Maths
We are going to be learning about Length and Height. Length and Height are ways to measure objects, we use cm (centimetres) and m (metres) when we measure how long or tall an object is. Here is your learning for this week:
•
Should
- To complete the Mathletics tasks online
https://login.mathletics.com/
(log in codes are in your child’s home learning folder and spelling books)
• Could
- What objects around your house can you measure using a ruler or tape measure? Could you measure how long your pencil is? How about how tall an adult or sibling in your home is? Can you make a table (example below) in your yellow book of the objects you measure and what they measured (don’t forget to write cm or m)?
Computing
We are going to be learning how to code by completing Kodable online. Your Home Learning is to:
• Should
- To complete the 2 Kodable assignments.
Steps for logging in to Kodable:
1. Download Kodable app (Free) on iPad/iPhone or access it through your browser (google chrome/safari/explorer etc.)
https://game.kodable.com/
2. Enter the Class Code
Foxes: kspni33
Otters: nbequj2
3. Choose your name and sign in using the picture password
4. Start Coding!
Thank you for all your continued support and look after each other.
Mrs Howell and Miss Humphreys