All posts by Ms S Chopra-Morris

Tuesday 19th January 2021

 

Good Morning Year 1 "</p

Let’s start the morning with  prayer.

Dear God,                                                                                                                                                           Thank you for giving us this extra time to spend at home with our families.                           Help us to work hard and to make good choices.                                                                             Amen 

 

Music

The content of the videos is subject to copyright owned by The BIG Sing and as such may not be copied or shared with any other establishment without the express written permission of The BIG Sing”.

 

Handwriting

Write the date neatly in your book.

Practice the letter y at least 10 times in your book. Remember the letter y drops below the line.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rhdda6k7BQ0

Remember to use your lead in and lead out letters in all of your writing.

 

Phonics

Longer words 

Now can you fill in these missing trigraphs?

Draw the picture into your books and then fill in the missing sounds to make the words.

Click on the link below to play a fun reading game.

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/dragons-den

 

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Maths

This video includes guided activities and is longer than usual , so there are no extra follow up activities today.

 

 

English – The Snail and the Whale

Watch the clip of a sea snail. Look very closely, what do you notice?

 

  1. What does it look like?
  2. How does it move?

The Snail from our story dreams of travelling.

Draw a picture of our Snail. Then draw lots of thought bubbles around the page and fill in where you think she would like to go. Make it fun and exciting! Here are some examples…

 

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RE

Luke 15 v. 1 – 10 – The Parable of the Lost Sheep

Have another watch a listen to our bible story today. Listen very carefully as there will be an activity for you to do afterwards.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rXAmdcAPpRs&t=42s

You should now know our bible story really well as we have looked at this for two days now. Have a go at drawing out and re writing the story in your own words.

Here is an example which you can follow…

 

 

Story time

The Loneliest Whale  by Jessica Therrien

Thank you for a brilliant day of learning.

Please keep your emails and comments coming. I will be updating our ‘Superstars’ and ‘Special requests’ tomorrow.

From the Year 1 Team Battle Creek's Smiley Face Tagger Ready To Face Consequences

 

Phonics – Trigraph answers 

chair

beard

lightening

picture

RE – Answers

 

 

Monday 18th January 2021

Good Morning Year 1 "</p

We hope you have had a lovely weekend and you have had lots of rest ready for the week ahead!

Here is a suggested timetable to help you structure your learning throughout the day. Each lesson has been divided into how many minutes you should spend. But please change the times to suit your day.

Wake Up – Shake Up!

 

Handwriting

Write the date neatly in your book.

Today we are going to practice the letter p, remember your finger spaces between each letter and make sure your letter p drops below the line.

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

 

Phonics

How are you getting on with our phonics lessons? Is there a sound you would like to look at again? Please send us an email or comment on our blog. For today we are going to have a look at…..

Longer words

Activities 

Read over your Phase 3 tricky words.

Now can you put these two sentences back into the correct order.

  1. going         Are          to        we        have     of        fun      lots     today?

2. like       eat         to        I      chocolate        of      all      time.      the

Click on the link below and play Tricky Trucks. 

https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/tricky-trucks?phase=3

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Maths

You will learn some new math words today in this super video lesson.

 

Now  watch the video to complete the practice questions . You will need your book to record your answers.

 

Reading – Library Book

classic childrens books

Take your library book which you have chosen from school or one of your own from home – find a comfy space to read and enjoy your book. Then complete this book review.

I look forward to hearing some recommendations!

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Challenge yourself!! Find a story with the tricky words are or all.

 

RE

Luke 15 v. 1 – 10 – The Parable of the Lost Sheep 

  1. Why did the Good Shepherd go looking for the sheep?
  2.  How did he feel when he found it?
  3. Did he forgive the sheep?

What is forgiveness? 

 

Draw a picture of the shepherd showing his feelings before and after he found the sheep. Add captions to describe his feelings.

Extension

  1. What does this parable tell us about God?
  2. What does it tell us about forgiveness?  
  3. Have you ever had to forgive somebody before? Was it easy to do?
  4. Have people had to forgive you for something you have done?  

 

Story Time

 

We hope you have had a great day of learning!

See you again bright and early in the morning,

From the Year 1 Team Battle Creek's Smiley Face Tagger Ready To Face Consequences

 

Phonics Sentence Answers
  1. Are we going to have lots of fun today?

2. I like to eat chocolate all of the time.

 

RE Answers
  1. The Good Shepherd went looking for the lost sheep because all of his sheep are important to him.
  2. The Good Shepherd felt very happy and relieved when he found his lost sheep.
  3. The Good Shepherd forgave the lost sheep because it’s what Jesus teaches us to do.
Extension 
  1. This parable teaches us that God will always forgive us when we do something wrong.
  2. This parable tells us that it is good to forgive others and be kind to other people.
  3. – Your own answer
  4. – Your own answer

Friday 15th January

 

 It’s Friday ! 

Well done to everybody who has been working hard and especially those who have left a

comment and photos.  A big thank you to your parents too who have been helping and encouraging you.

Suggested timetable:

Let’s get going …

Handwriting

Write the date neatly in your book.

Write the letter i  in your book  at least ten times please.

https://youtu.be/cPJYN-mx9OA

 

Phonics

Longer words

Have a go at the activities in the video.

 

 You must watch the video before trying the spellings.
Listen and write the words in your books .
The correct spellings are at the end of the blog (no peeking please!)

First five words:

Challenge words:

Extra challenge :

Write your own sentences using your  correct spellings .

 

Break

Maths

The questions  (and answers) today are in the slide show below. Please let us know what you think about doing the activity this way.

Reading

Before we start – watch the video for a bit of fun.

Who will win ? The slug or the snail ? What is the difference between a slug and a snail ?

Read the sentences :

 

 

Now answer these questions :
True or false ?
  1. There are lots of types of snail in the world.
  2. Snails do not like the wet.
  3. Snails make slime.
  4. Slime helps snails to eat .

 

 

P.E.

You will some space and two pairs of socks  for P.E. around the Socks !

Click on the image below:

Home PE KS1 Challenge Activities

 

Now try some Cosmic Yoga

 

 

 

Friday treat – for all our budding artists

Tip ! Start watching the video  from 8 mins 25 secs

 

 

Story Time

The Wonky Donkey by Craig Smith read by the not wonky at all, Ms Brooks.

 

Have a lovely weekend.

Take good care of each other.

Year 1 team

Please remember to comment below.

Phonic spelling answers:

1.the

2.chair

3.sick

4.thing

5.park

Challenge:

1.rabbit

2.finger

3.chicken

4.shower

5.cobweb

Thursday 14th January 2021

 

Good morning !

Please remember to leave a comment at the end of the blog (with your name ).Let us know how you are getting on.

The link  at the end of the blog looks like this:

Timetable

This is a suggestion only. Please change the times to suit your day.

 

Handwriting

Thank you for sending photos of your beautiful handwriting . Keep up the good work Year 1 we are so proud of you.

Get ready…

Write the date in your Home Learning book , like we do at school.

Neatly write the letter q at least ten times  in your book.

https://youtu.be/clmk9BMcdEg

Phonics

air  ure  er

Write the word for each picture .

 

Challenge yourself and use each word in a sentence.

                                                                                                     

  f ———————-              f—————–                 p ———

c————————–       f —————             m———

h ———————          r —————–v————–

 

 

 

                                                          Break

 

 

 

Maths

 Review:

Use the 1-10 number track to answer the questions:

  1. One more than 6 is ….
  2. One less than 10 is …..
  3. One more than 8 is ….

Use the 10 – 20 number track to answer the questions:

  1. One more than 11 is ….
  2. One more than 14 is …
  3. One less than 19 is …

Challenge:

 

1.

There are 15 cars in the car park .

One car leaves.

How many cars are left ?

 

2.

Rayyan has 12 apples.

His brother gives him one more.

How many apples does Rayyan have now?

 

Extra Challenge:
Complete the sentences:
  1. One less than twenty is ……………………
  2. One less than 1 ten and 5 ones is …………..
  3. ……………… is one less  than 19
  4. ………………is one more than 11
  5. 1 ten and 7 ones is one  ………. than 16 . ( more or less)
Very Tricky Challenge :
How many ways can you complete the sentence:
One less than ………….. is one more than …………

( e.g one less than 16 is one more than 14)

 

 

 

Reading / Respect

Watch the tale of the Odd Egg  read by the author Emily Gravett.

This story is just lovely . I know you will all love it ! I think it’s one of my favourite stories ever !

https://youtu.be/rkI_i1hxAkI

Reading activity

Read the sentences . Copy the TRUE sentences only into your book.

 

  1.  The duck laid an egg.
  2.  Duck found an egg.
  3. Hen gave her chick lots of kisses.
  4.  Duck waited for his egg to hatch.
  5. Duck made a hat.

 

Break

 

Independent Reading

Read a book from Oxford Owl here  or a book of your own choice.

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Password: reading

Topic –  Science

Click on the image below and follow lesson 4

Have a go at the quiz , then watch the lesson video.

To go straight to video click here   

Follow up activity

In your home learning packs you will have a  Materials sheet like the one below.

Look around your home and try to find something:

  • stretchy
  • shiny
  • soft
  • rough
  • hard

Draw a picture of the objects that you have  found.

Story Time

The Good Samaritan read by our very own Ms Brooks !

 

Another busy day. Well done !

Remember to comment on the blog and let us know if you need any help with the learning.

 

Year 1 Team

 

 

  Answers to Maths questions : 

One more than 6 is 7
One less than 10 is 9
One more than 8 is 9

One more than 11 is 12
One more than 14 is 15
One less than 19 is 18

Challenge :

  1. 14 cars
  2. Rayyan has 13 apples

Extra Challenge:

One less than twenty is nineteen (19)
One less than 1 ten and 5 ones is 14
18  is one less than 19
12 is one more than 11
1 ten and 7 ones is one more  than 16 . ( more or less

Monday 11th January 2021

Good Morning Year 1 🙂

Hope you have all had a lovely weekend.

Let’s start the day with some exercises to wake up our brains.

PE

 Handwriting

Get ready!

Write the date in your Home Learning book , like we do at school.

Watch the video and write  the letter b at least ten times and make it beautiful!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tf41qclTZlc

 

Phonics

or     ur      oo

Complete these sentences in your book.

fork             burn             book            hurt      zoo        torch     took

1) If I………… my leg it will ……………..

2) A ………….. is sharp and a ……….. is bright.

3) He ………… his ………… to the ………….

Log in to PhonicsPlay with the details below.

username: jan21

password: home

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/3/sentences-3

Play sentences game – week 6 – or 

Show the sentence, read the sentence, hide the sentence and then write the sentence.

  Reading

Oxford Owl- Click here for reading books

username:     stvincentrec
password :    reading

Watch the video to help you use the Oxford Owl website

 

Maths

 

  stem sentence

This is ten ones . It is also one ten. 
Ten ones are equal to one ten.
 We can say :                  We have one group of ten. We have one ten.

 

Complete the questions in your Home Learning books:

True or false ?

Challenge :

Complete the sentences:

Example :

                                    1 ten and  2 ones  =    12

a)    1 ten and 3 ones = ………….

b)    …….  = 1 ten and  and  6 ones

c)   15 =   ……. ten and  …… ones

d)   2 tens = ……………..

e)   1 ten and 10 ones = ………………………..

 

 

Science

Click on the image below below and follow lesson 3

 

English – Story Time 

The Snail and the Whale –  by Julia Donaldson

Enjoy your evening!

God bless,

Year 1 Team 🙂

 

 

 

Friday 8th January 2021

 

 

Friday 8th January 2021

Note to parents :

If your child usually  works with Ms. Wakeling  every day , please check your e-mails daily as she will be sending you some learning activities for them.

 

Good morning,

I hope you are all well and ready to learn.
Please  write in the comment box at the end of this page and tell us what have enjoyed and completed  – it looks like this :

Get ready!

Write the date in your Home Learning book , like we do at school.

Handwriting

Watch the video and write  the letter d at least ten times and make it beautiful !

https://youtu.be/dyueHN6iP4Y

 

Phonics Review

 

Use these words to complete the sentences in your book :
coat               coach            roof            boot      shark            arm
  1. I left my ……… on the …………………….
  2. The …………….  bit my …………………….
  3. He threw my …………….. on the ………………..
Challenge :
Which word does NOT rhyme with the others  ?
Example :    bat      bit     cat     sat          ( bit does  not rhyme )
  1.     light      fight      sigh      tight
  2.    road   toad     soap    load
  3.    snow   glow   wow        blow
Play a spelling game .
Choose Year 1 and the tricky words tab on the game below.
Click on the image below :

 

Maths

 Watch the lesson below:

Complete the table below:

Draw tens frames in your books as shown below.

Draw counters to show 12 in three different ways

What number is shown ?

Can you complete the stem sentence :

Ten and ……. more is sixteen.

 

Why not play on Numbots for 15 minutes . Your log-ins are in your planner.

Reading

We will  have  lots of new books to explore over the next few weeks.

Remember to read your library books and explore some new reading books.

Username: stvincentrec

Password: reading

Click on the images below:

 

If you click on this arrow after  you open the e-books you can hear the story.

Science

You will need your Home Learning book to record your work.

Click on the image below and follow lesson 2

 

RE

Today we are going to hear another version of the Christmas story, be ready with your pencils and red home learning books to answer the questions at the end of the video!

Have a lovely weekend.

Stay safe.

Year 1 team

Thursday 7th January 2021

Hello everyone,

We are so disappointed that we are in another lockdown and that we will not be able to be with you for a little while.

We will be posting work on the blog every day to help you keep learning.

Please work hard and do your best .  Remember to comment on the blog even if it’s just to say that you have completed the activities.

The Year 1 team are looking forward to reading your comments and e-mails. We will also be phoning your parents to see how you are and how we can help you.

Let’s get started …

Everyday before you start :

Make sure you have your exercise book and a pencil.

Write the date in your book like we do in school.

Handwriting

https://youtu.be/x1nnOO2OFVI

Phonics Revision

Watch the whole video and make sure you have a go at sounding out  and writing the words.

Now read the words below and write a sentence in your home learning book using the words:

Listen to the instructions

Example :

  • road ,  toad                      The toad hopped up the road.

  • high ,  ladder                         ………………………………………………

  • soap , water                           ………………………………………………

  • snow , deep                            ………………………………………………

Check your sentences for  :

 

Maths

Watch the episode of Number Blocks below.
Listen for the stem sentence:

      Ten and …. more is …..     ( 10 and 1 more is 11) 

 

https://youtu.be/UsC6F0OuKWY

 

Complete the stem sentences below:

Ten and one (1) more is …

Ten and two  (2)  more is …

Ten and five (5) more is ….

 

Follow up activity :
What number do these pictures show ? Write the answers in your book.
  1.   12    or     21 ?
  2.   14   or   15  ?
  3. 16 or 17 ?
  4. Draw two tens frames in your book.

Show the number 14   by drawing  counters on the frames.

Challenge : 

Complete the number tracks below

Extra challenge :
Write the numerals from eleven to twenty in words.

 

RE

Have a look at the story of the Nativity below and then have a go at answering the questions at the end.

 

Science Topic – Materials

Please click on the image below and follow  lesson 1 :

Follow up activities:
  • How many different materials can you find in your home ?
  • Play “I spy with my little eye something made from …  “
  • Draw and label a  list of the things you spotted in your book.
  •  Think about : How useful would a chocolate teapot be ?

Click on the image below. Can you think of any other “silly” inventions using the wrong materials?

 

 

What a busy day !
Time to relax and curl up with your library book.
Stay safe and happy .
The Year 1 team

 

Last week- 13th to 16th June 2020

 

Hello Reception !        

This is the last week of our Reception class blogs.
School closes on Thursday for the summer break .
Listen to the story How Many Legs read by the author Kes Gray.
Then follow the links for the maths.

https://youtu.be/QDnCQgIsEYU

Maths 

Click on the image below and follow days 1-5 for the rest of this week.

Phonics

 

Your challenge this week is to:

  • Draw a picture of yourself  for your new classroom.
  • Draw the cover of your favourite book for our reading corner.
  • Write or draw some of your memories from this year ( in school or at home).

 

Over the next week and the holidays,  get ready for Year 1 by doing a little bit of learning every week day.

 

Things you can do to get ready for

Year 1:

Practise your handwriting:

https://youtu.be/ZeOOB-GVOyI

For more handwriting click here

Read at home with Oxford Owl

Click on the image below to start you off  on your summer reading journey.

Explore more books with Oxford Owl. Look at the level on your home reading book to help you find the right level . If you are not sure start at level 2 ( see image below).

Click here for Oxford Owl

Username : stvincentrec

Password :reading

 

Phonics games

Click in the image below for Phonics Play.

Click on top blue tab labelled Resources .Choose phases 3 and 4 (left tab) .

Username: march20

Password: home

Maths

Click here for some maths games to explore and have fun with.

And don’t forget our old favourite – Jack Hartmann…

 

Enjoy the rest of the week.

We hope you all have a wonderful summer break and we look forward to being back together in September for an exciting new year of learning and fun.

All our love and best wishes.

Reception teachers .

P.S. Remember you can comment on the blog or e-mail us – we love hearing from you all.