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Maple Class Remote Learning 07.12.20

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

English

English

Music

 

History

 

Science

Pe

Maths

 

Maths

 

 

Dance

 

Art

PHSE

PE enrichment

Life skills

DT

Food tech

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose the work that is appropriate for the ability of your child.

Take photos of your home learning please

Any sheets you complete- make sure you write the date on them and put your name on the back and bring them into school to show us your amazing work 😊

 

Monday

Phonics

Phase 1:

Play an interactive game: Phonics Play Sound Starter

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/1/sound-starters

 

Phase 2 : Look at the new sounds r  1 letter that make one sound

Model this with the word run

Have a selection of words with a r at the start

row rock rat rake roll ring rich rice  rain practice reading them.

Resource- r  words

 

 

Phase 3: New sound ng

This is a sound called a digraph this is a sound that is made up from 2 letters

Practice saying the sound ng and then try and read some words that start with ng

ring  ping sting bring string king

Resource- ng  words

 

 

Literacy

 LO: To make a prediction about a story.

Starter

Prediction

Look at  ‘Aliens in underpants save the world’ if you have the book or watch it here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P_IeMj5GS3M

Just before they begin to sew them ( getting them out of the drawers!)

 

With support  brainstorm possible scenarios – what would happen if the aliens did not make an enormous patchwork of pants? What would happen to the meteor? What would happen to the Earth?

Give some ideas if stuck- write on lined paper or next to the printed picture.

 

Activity

1.Use their phonic skills to write a sentence with support- making sure they say it out loud first.

2. To act out what might happen if the meteor hit the Earth

 

Afterwards

All pupils to decorate a pair of underpants (black and white outline)

Adult to scribe the adjectives they use to describe what they have done.

 

Resources

Book, picture of them sewing the pants, pants black and white outline

 

PE

Go Noodle

If I were not a Go Noodler  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBidsDA410s

Gobble gobble turkey wobble   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jBidsDA410s

 

PSHE

L.O. To make a kindness Advent calendar

Starter

Watch a video about the Christian celebration of Advent:

 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=19WvDZQBXbA

 

Activity  As we are in the Christian period of Advent, let’s make a count down calendar to Christmas. As one of the Christian values is kindness, let’s place acts of kindness behind each door to show us different ways to be nice to each other.

Continue with this if you started it next week.

 

Make sure you pick something to make or do from behind one of the doors.

 

Tuesday

Phonics

Phase 1:  Go on a sound hunt – listening out for sounds inside and outside – how many can you hear- adult to write them down.

 

Phase 2: Play matching pairs – reading them as they find them.

row rock rat rake roll ring rich rice  rain

Resource -words and pictures

 

Phase 3: Look at ng pictures and words- cut up the pictures and play matching pairs

ring  ping sting bring string king

Resource -words and pictures

 

Literacy

LO:  To create a poem.

 

Today try to  making up a poem to send to Kate Wakeling our visiting poet we spoke to

Ask someone at home to write down all of the words you say and know about space  and then cut them up  and  re arrange them and try and turn them into a shared poem to send to her.

 

Activity

Have cut up words to move around – adult to suggest words to put inbetween and adult to read it as the go.

Encourage to keep moving around until they are happy – then eventually stick it down

 

Draw some space pictures  to put around  the poem too to  make it extra special.

 

Challenge

Try to read their poem out loud- video this if possible family members

could make noises behind linked to space, rockets etc

    

Maths

LO: To explore 3d shapes.

Counting up in 2s to 20 and back

 

We have looked at 2d shape before – 2d shapes are called 2d because they are flat- 3 d shapes are shapes that stick out (solid)

Watch 3d video clip

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEmN--EiotU

Look for real 3 d shapes like footballs – sphere, packets of food for cuboids etc and take photos or  draw and write them down.

 

Challenge

Checking which 3 d shapes roll with support from an adult.

 

PE Enrichment

Watch and join in an excerise video on You Tube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8jI4RnHHf0

 

 

Wednesday

Music

L.O. To sing and dance in time to the beat of the music

Watch, sing, dance and play instruments to some Christmas songs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=grhi8MLM1i8

                                                                                                                                      

 

Maths                                                  

LO: To know some of the properties of 3 d shapes.

Starter

Looking at 3d shape power point quiz

 

Activity

With support and shapes to look at can they fill in the chart – explain what each feature is and make sure they understand before they start.

 

Resources

3d powerpoint

3d sheet to write on

 

Life skills

LO: To plan a healthy Christmas dinner

 

Starter

Look at healthy eating plate. The foods are put into groups. Can you name any of the foods or the group names? What makes a food healthy or unhealthy?

 

Activity

At Christmas we sometimes have more than one course of food during dinner. Can you plan a healthy Christmas dinner and desert?

 

Use a circle of paper or paper plate and cut out different foods to make 2 healthy plates of food. Stick them onto your plate. 

 

 

Thursday

Topic/History

LO: To know the timeline of the space journey.

 

Where and when the first moon landing rocket was launched.

Watch powerpoint ( Twinkl) and discuss that it was started not that long ago but lots of things have happened quite quickly and people from lots of different countries.

 

Make a shorter time line than is available and less pictures – work in 2 or 3 groups.

Resources

Powerpoint Twinkl

Timeline pictures- use as many pictures  as you think your child  can manage to remember.

Dance

LO:  To respond to a topic ( Moon zoom)

Watch the video animation

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/go/resource/t2-s-1183-the-girl-who-went-to-space-animation

Discuss that in dance we need to have things to inspire movement.

Activity:

Warm up first to high energy tune

Each week we have been influenced by yellow words- movement words linked with space and the planets

Listen to the music we have been dancing to:

 

DT/Art

L.O. To decorate the front of our Christmas cards      

 

Starter

What things remind us of Christmas? Le’ts brainstorm and draw some pictures and words on the class screen.  Ok we are going to make ….. to go on the front of our card.

 

We are going to use finger prints to make reindeer, snow men or  robins fairy lights- different colours- give a choice

 

 

Activity

Decorate the front of your card using paint and finger prints or draw a xmas picture.

Decide who you want to send it to.

Write inside on the next day with support from your adults writing as much as you can and adults helping you do the rest..

Write Happy Christmas or Merry Christmas inside

 

Friday

Phonics

Interactive games on the Letters and Sounds website

Group 1

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/phase-1-games.html

 

Group 2 and 3

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/phase-2-games.html

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/phase-3-games.html

 

 

Science

LO: To describe and classify materials.

Starter

 

Read the Aliens are Coming    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=psKDT2oLzlA

 

Activity

Make a welcome to Earth box for the Alien visitors to help them understand our planet.

 

Select samples and everyday objects and make labels for them saying what they are made from and some simple properties and what it can be used for.

 

Children to make own labels for things around the house.

 

Have labels with lines on and string to attach to objects– remind your child that aliens won’t know what things are or what they are made of.

 

Challenge:

Children think of questions to ask the Aliens about objects on their planet and what they are made from.

 

Art

 

Continue with Christmas cards- can they try and make a moving part xmas card or an tree ornament ( spiral snowman)

Resources

Spiral snowman template

 

 

Food tech

LO: To be able to help make lunch or dinner.

 

Can you help make lunch or dinner with the adult in your house.

Practice chopping up the food, choosing what you have and laying the table for your family.

 

Don’t forget to take photos.

 

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