Hi!

Can you believe that in just 2 weeks you will no longer be in Reception and from September you will be in Y1? I hope you have been having fun with school activities and other activities and have enjoyed the virtual Sports’ Day.

You could always email us through Purple Mash to tell us all about it.

Here are some ideas for you this week.  Remember you can upload photos of your work straight to Purple Mash and these will then be marked and rewarded that way too – please give it a go.

Maths

We are still highly recommending the White Rose Materials to support your child in Maths at home. We are using these to support learners in class too. Next week’s story focus is the book ‘The Dinosaur that pooped a Planet’, you can hear it read here.

This week’s NRich task can be found here. It is called Double Trouble.

To support extending their problem solving skills through games and challenges please take a look at 'I see Maths' Ks1 games too.

English

Phonics for Reception There are some excellent videos for teaching phonics here. The Set 1 videos go over the sounds we have already learnt, with a word time and spelling session and are shown at 9.30.  Set 2 videos are learning a new sound and spelling with this sound. There are two new activities, one  called ‘Read and hold a sentence’: reading and writing practice for children reading set 1 and 2 sounds, and ‘Red Words’ for practising the tricky words which cannot be decoded.

This week Reception will be using the Oak National Academy Materials, English, based around the story of Beegu by Alexis Deacon. These lessons are best followed in sequence. Included in the lesson are some phonics activities too as well as a quiz to recap the learning. Tap on the green buttons at the bottom of the page to make sure you do all the activities.

Online reading books  are available here. Try to do a little bit of reading every day.

Practise handwriting every day.

Write a diary for your favourite days. There is a diary set up in your Purple Mash 2Dos. You can draw a picture and write a sentence or two about what you did. If you tap on the green tick at the top right hand corner, there is a writing checklist and on the left, some prompts to help you along.

Storytime with Nick

From Monday 20th April, Storytime with Nick will be released; films of well-loved stories read by Nick Cannon, a trained actor, teacher and trainer and a wonderful storyteller. See him in action here.

Science

Watching the weather

Ask your child to name the seasons of the year and the season we are currently in. Discuss with the children what the weather is usually like at this time of year.

Create a weather report for each day of this week. Record the temperature each day and  the wind direction and use symbols to indicate the type of weather for that day.  Look back at one of the weather reports your child did earlier in the year and use the information to talk about how the weather has changed now we are in the season of summer.

Record in your 2Dos.

R.E.

 Who am I?

Why am I special?

Encourage the children to think about their ‘special’ qualities. Things that they do or say  that make them unique and different to anyone else in the family.  Ask them to draw a picture of their face and write their ‘special’ qualities all around their face. Or complete the sheet in your 2Dos.

PE

Click here to find the activities for each day this week, including a daily challenge. Why not post a blog about this? We'd love to hear how you're staying active!

Extras

Alternatively  you could go to Purple Mash, home page, and on the right hand side there is a purple section and a link for some weekly activities. Choose age 3-5 years, week 14 and have fun! Go to Purple Mash   and follow the week’s activities.

Collective worship at the Oak National Academy on Thursdays, or with Fischy Music   and Picture News  on Mondays.

Take a look at the Eco Activities page and let us know how you get on with one of the activities this week.