Learning from Home
This page of our website is for child who are self-isolating at home and unable to join us in school.
This is not additional homework for children who are attending school, as they will be doing all of these activities during the week with us.
For weekly homework activities, please go back to the Reception homepage.
Week beginning 7th December 2020
Phonics
You play any of the games on this website to help practise reading short words and to review the sounds we have learned so far.
Maths
This week we are learning all about 3D shapes. We are learning how they are different than 2D shapes, learning to count how many faces each shapes has, and find the edges and vertices of the shapes. You are welcome to watch the videos below and try the suggested activities. We also explore positional language such as: under, over, behind, next to, near, beside, in front of.
Wb. 23rd November
Phonics
You play any of the games on this website to help practise reading short words and to review the sounds we have learned so far.
English & Oracy
In English/project this week, we are beginning to tell the story of The Nativity.
We will hear the story, map the story, and then use our bodies and gestures to practise retelling the story. Watch the video of Ms. Watts telling the story to help. We have included the words to assist your child in retelling the story.
The Nativity Story.mp4The Nativity Story
nativity star words.pdfStar words for the Nativity
You can use these words to help remember the words used in the story.
The Nativity mapping.pdfTask:
After your child has become confident retelling the story using the completed story map, let them have a go at drawing key events from the story and adding labels using their phonic sounds.
Completed story map
Maths
In Maths this week, we are continuing out learning about ordering by size, ordering by height, and ordering by weight. Please watch the videos below from Oak Academy if you did not see these last week. On Friday, we are practising addition and subtraction story problems and writing and solving equations.
Describing length and ordering by length
Describing weight and ordering by weight
Addition and subtraction story problems
Wb. 16th November
Ramayana speech bubbles.pdfIcanlabelapicture (1).pdfMaths
In Maths next week we are learning all about ordering object by size, talking about capacity, and ordering by length. Watch the videos linked below for the lessons.
Wb. 9th November
English
In English/project this week, we are learning the story of the Ramayana. Here is a copy of the story, that we learn as an oral story. That means that our teacher tells it to us without pictures, then we map it together and learn to retell it by ourselves. Below is a copy of the text for parents to read to their children, and a copy of the completed map. There is also a blank map, for children to have a go by themselves. Don't worry if you don't have a printer - this can be drawn out on paper. There are 10 parts to the story :)
We will be thinking about the characters in the story and trying to describe them using different adjectives so you can try this at home too!
Maths
In maths this week, we are learning how to add small quantities together to find the total (addition) and how to take one small quantity away from another to find what's left (subtraction).
At home this week, you can practise this by adding and subtracting your toys or other objects around the home. We learn how to use a 'part part whole' model to add together two 'parts' to find the 'whole' so you can also practise this at home too :)
Wb. 16th October
English
In English/project this week, we are thinking about the people in our class that make it special. We will be drawing pictures of our friends and labelling their names next to their pictures. As an extension, the children will use their sounds to attempt to write words to describe their friends, such as 'kind', 'happy', 'friendly' etc. You can click on the image to download the template we are using, or just have a go at doing this activity on paper.
We are also going to be learning a little bit of information about our three class namesakes. Please click on the images below to find out more about your class namesake.
English Focus Week 4.pdfMaths
In maths, we are looking at the numbers 4, 5, and 6. For each number, we focus on counting out quantities accurately, comparing the quantities to put them in order, and recognise the numerals in and out of order.
We are using 3 different songs for this unit: 4 little ducks, 5 little speckled frogs, 6 fairy cakes in a bakers shop. At home, you can find these songs on Youtube and sing along too! Practise counting out different quantities of objects, adding 1 to find 'one more', or taking 1 away to find 'one fewer'.
Here is a link to some activities you can do at home:
Nrich Golden Beans.pdfPhonics
We won't be learning any sounds this week, so keep practising m,a,s,d,t,n,i,p,g,o,c and blending words that contain those sounds. This is a fun game you can play at home to practise blending words:
https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/fishy-phonics?phase=2
We are continuing to focus on instant recognition of red words - me, I, you, we, and this week will also learn 'to' and 'the'.
Wb. 9th October
English
In English/project this week, we are thinking about our value of Humanity and how we can be kind to everyone! During the week, we will talk about different ways to show kindness, both through our actions and our words. Then all of the children will think of a way they could show kindness and we will photos of them acting it out. At home, you can talk about how to be kind and helpful, and take photos of different ways to show this.
We also made kindness cards for our friends to say thank you for being kind and friendly to us. You can make a card at home to give to your friend when you return to school.
Maths
In Maths this week, we are looking deeply at the numbers 1-3, counting out quantities and finding 1 more and 1 less. We will use the nursery rhyme of '3 blind mice' as our song of the week, putting the number mice in order, and feeding them the correct quantity of cheese. At home, you can look at these mice and have a go at 'feeding' them the correct amount too!
Phonics
Our new sounds this week are 'g','o','c'.
We have been practising blending the words cat, dog, dig, map, mop, cot, top, got, pin, mad, pat, tap, dad, sat, sit, pip, pop
Our red words of the week are 'me, I, you, we'
