Hi Reception, 

I hope you are well, happy and smiley

I know you cannot be in school with us at the moment because you have to stay at home. 

I have added some work below for you to keep you busy.

It is the same we are doing in class so you will not miss anything.

Keep safe, keep smiling.

Love from Mrs Martin 

Challenges 

Daily warm up activity

Practise writing your full name (first and last)

Sing along and learn the days of the week song. (see link) 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtQcnZ2JWsY

Discuss the days-

What day is it today?

What day was it yesterday?

Parents/ Carers, 

Below are a range of activities linked to our learning for the first half of this term.  We start the morning with name writing and a bit of a warm up phonic and number flash cards. 

Below are some links and websites to help you

Phonics play

You can play phonic games on  the phonics play website

www.phonicsplay.co.uk

Top marks is a great maths website with lots of activities and games on to play

Watch alphablocks – initial sounds and cvc building 

Watch number blocks to develop number sense

Letters and sounds daily phonics Reception

Look on you tube for letters and sounds daily phonic lessons for  phase 2 and 3

Phonics 

My phonics group are working on phase three digraphs- ch  sh  th, ng, ai,

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuzFWRkKh8A  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7fE27v8n7Vw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kLBtb1PFV_g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DgD6yCIO3pw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=siVkXoEQDNc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7anrdHnwGbs

Mrs Johnson - phonics

You are working on phase two and three  phonemes  w, x, y, z, and beginning  digraphs zz and qu. 

Look on you tube at the following daily letters and sounds phonic lessons. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr75ZFy81aA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kr75ZFy81aA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPQhwBfKC-g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyeO5KFNtZU

It is really important that the children work on the above sounds and use them to build simple sentences.

After each lesson ask the children to write a simple sentence using some of the words shown in the clips. 

E.G. A pig in a wig or I can Zip up my top. 

Mrs Oakes- Phonics 

You are working on phase two sounds. This week you have been looking at c, k, and digraph ck and e.

Go onto the following daily letters and sounds lessons for them. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gKBslL5m73E

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=paS8SKIZUNM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gY7448bXLJI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdYVk_FuL90

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b8MBR-4H-sA

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bS4588dXbdg

This week we have started a new story

Have a look at the front cover (before reading the title).

What animal is in the picture?

What is the weather like?

Where is the polar bear?

How is the bear feeling?

What colour is the sky?

What do you think the story is ​going to be about? why?

What is the bear thinking? ​why?

Before you read the story 

Your challenge for today is to do a bit of predicting.

I would like you to draw a polar bear and write what you think the story will be about or what will happen in the story. 

Example

I think the story is about a baby polar bear that gets lost in the snow. 

Once you have completed your work, I would like you to read the story with your adult.

I have added the you tube link below for you to read the story with your grown up.  

Task two, day two.

read the story again with your grown up.

Once you have read the story, I would like you to think about the snow animals that the cloud made in story. 
Can you remember them all? 

We are going to be labelling the animals from the story today. 

Remember to stretch your words so that you hear all of the sounds. 

Challenge three days three and four

Can you put them in order to retell the story? 

Today we are going to retell the story in order. 

Crocodiles, Monkeys and Elephants

We will use the word  first, next, then, after that and finally to help us sequence the story.

Example-

First the snow cloud made a  ........ for the polar bear to play with.

 Next it made a ........ for the polar bear ........

Toucans and Leopards

Can you order the pictures and write a sentence about the story?

Example- The snow cloud made some friends for the polar bear.

Maths 

In maths we will continue to develop writing our numbers and putting numbers in order.

We will fill in missing numbers on a number line and use a number line to find one more and one less than. 

Please use the topmarks sequencing and more and less games to help. 

Chinese New Year  

This week in school we would be learning about Chinese New Year. 

The Chinese calendar changes for a different animal each year and there are twelve in total.

 I have added the story of the great race below for you so that you can find out how each year was named after a different animal.

Once you have read it, I would like you to draw, write or cut out, the animals and put them in the order they were placed in the race.

I have added some links to videos for you to watch the story.

We will be making lanterns, drawing and making dragons and tigers and we will be eating noodles with chopsticks.

Can you make any Chinese New year crafts? 

Have a look at the image below. 

Which one can you do?