Let's introduce ourselves to our new friends.

 How old are you? 

Do you have any brothers or sisters? 

Do you have any pets at home?

Is there anything else you would like to tell us about yourself? 

This week we are going to start learning about our class animals! 

What do they look like? 

Where do they live? 

What do they like to eat?

Once we have done our brainstorm, we will each create our very own class animal. 

Here are some examples of how you could do it, but you can also think of your own way too! It’s entirely up to you. 

• Use paper and pencils

• Use paints

• Use junk modelling materials e.g. paper plates, boxes…

• Make a mask

• Follow some origami instructions

• Use lego

When you have finished your creation, we can take a photograph and pop it in your WoW book! 

This week we are going to be magicians! 

We are going to learn a new word… Subitise. When we subitise, we say how many we can see without actually counting them. 

Try subitising here...

Rap style 

Country style

Super Fast

Numberblocks

Simple version

Let’s play a game. I have 3 cups. Under each cup there are some very special gems. 

First I will show you the gems, then I will use my magic to switch them all around and see if you can say how many there are when I lift each cup. 

How quickly can you say the number aloud?

(Swap the cups around quickly for a minute. When you stop, can they point to the cup with, for example, three? Lift the cup and see if children can instantly say whether they are right.)

Throughout the week, vary the treasure under the cups. If the children are ready for larger numbers, this can be varied throughout the week too.

This week we will be working on our names.

 If you would like an extra challenge, you could try to use some of your family or friends names too! 

Phonics

We will be following the Monster Phonics programme. This week we will be introducing the following sounds:

S A T P

There are so many ways we can do this…

• Make it using letter pebbles

• Cut your letters from a magazine/paper

• Copy your letters using pencils/pens/ paints

• Trace the letters of your name with help from a grown up

• Find your letters in the water/sand/slime

• Build your letters using Lego

Other Ideas

One day you could do a scavenger hunt (either in classroom or larger area). Hide the children’s names and see if they can find them all. Remind them they are only allowed to collect their own names, but can help their friends if they recognise any other names that they find!