Phonics:

Please use this link  to access the phonics lessons for your child.There are several parts for each year group, all of which we would like the children to complete. These are best done daily, but we understand if you do these at a time in that day that is appropriate for you and your child.These lessons are available from 9.30 each day for 24 hours. More information for parents can be found here.

Reception: Set 1 lessons: Speed Sounds, Word Time Reading Lesson, Spelling Lesson and Red Words 1.

Year One: Set 3 lessons:  Speed Sounds, Set 3 Spelling, Reading Longer Words, Red Words 2 and Read and Hold a Sentence 1. 

Year Two: Complete the worksheet, by clicking here and complete ONE per day.

Maths: 

Year 1 and 2:  Your Maths lessons can be found in your text book and practice book. Both are allocated to you on Active learn. 

Year One: Textbook 1B Unit 8 Lesson Six, Practice Book 1B Unit 8 Lesson Six Pages 41, 42 and 43. 

Year Two: Textbook 2A Unit 3 End of Unit Check, Practice Book 2A Unit 3 End of the Unit Check.

English: 

Learning Objective: Identify and understand the dialogue within 'The Princess and the Pea' story.

Within the story some parts are words the narrator says and others are words (or dialogue) that characters speak.

Focus on pages 8-9 and 10-11 of 'Don't Read this Book!' - Who is speaking?

We are going to be looking at what dialogue we could write for the princess politely requesting shelter and the king's response.

Display and read pages 30-31. Explain that there is no dialogue but where could we add dialogue?

Year One and Two - Read 'The Princess and the Pea' and use highlighters to identify the dialogue.

Extension - Once you've done that, see if can add more dialogue to the story.

Challenge - 

Don't Make Your Own!

You are going try and make your own book. You could copy the illustrator’s style, repeat the words exactly, or you could make it your own by changing the pictures and words.

Big Maths

Each week we spend approximately an hour working through our mental maths skills, eg rapid recall of bonds and fact families, as well as reviewing some of the less visited areas of Maths - Shape, Area, Factors and Estimation (SAFE). If your child is on SAFE Maths we will have emailed you the sheets via Purple Mash. However, the following links are all excellent at reviewing those skills we all need to become fluent, confident mathematicians.

Subitising skills for Reception, really useful for seeing an amount without counting.

Daily 10 skills for Year 1 and 2 to practice.

Hit the Button has short sharp doubles and bonds practice for Rec to Y2.

Purple Mash also has several quizzes and games allocated too which focus on counting in 2s,5s 10s etc. Don't forget the Maths homework is also set here for your child to complete each week.

Religious Education:

What is a Muslim and what do they believe?

What stories of the Prophet do Muslims love to tell?

Learning Objective:I can say Muslims try to follow Muhammad and have great respect for him

• If you were writing a book about someone, what important details would you include? Collect ideas from the children. Prompt them with some questions.
• Teach the children that stories of the Prophet are very important in Islam. They say a lot about what he Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said and did, and these stories often teach Muslims an inspiring lesson. Muslims follow Allah (God), but they learn a lot from the Prophet’s example. He is an inspiring leader.
•  Give examples of some stories of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
• 1. The Prophet cared for all Allah’s creation (the story of the tiny ants);
• 2. Muhammad forbade cruelty to any animal, and cared for animals himself to show others how to do it (Muhammad and the camel);
• 3. Muhammad believed in fairness and justice for all (Bilal the first Muezzin was a slave to a cruel master. The Prophet freed him, and made him the first prayer caller of Islam).
• Talk to pupils about the stories and ask: if someone wanted to follow the Prophet in Islam in your area today, what would they be inspired to do? Talk about being kind to animals, caring for the earth and helping people who are treated unfairly. Can the children give examples of what they do with regard to these things? Can they think about who inspires them to be kind and caring?
•  Ask pupils to think about thanks. Do we say thank you to people who inspire us to do something good? How? Who else should we say ‘thank you’ to? Why?
• Create a simple outline drawing of a crescent moon – part of the Muslim symbol, showing that faith can light a person’s path in the dark. On one side draw pictures to show how the Prophet inspires Muslims to behave [but NOT drawing the Prophet]. Ask children to draw into the other side of the moon shape pictures to show some behaviour that they think is good or kind. On the other side of the paper write in response to the following sentence starter

“The stories of the prophet teach Muslims...”