Good morning Reception,

Happy Easter!

I hope you have had a lovely weekend with your families and have enjoyed lots of chocolate. Remember when it is Easter you are allowed to have chocolate for breakfast! Shhhh it’s allowed.

Ok let’s start with a gentle warm up.

Easter Drawing

Easter Singing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WeT4oJvxq_E

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

Easter Story

Maths- Addition and Subtraction

Mavis the Magical Cat – Talk for Writing

Mavis the Magical Cat

Click on the link above to see our story.

There are lots of activities on there to keep you busy. Choose which ones you would like to do.

Websites 

Here is a list of all the websites which will be helpful for your learning.

Phonics Play   –https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/

Username – march20

password- home

Espresso –  https://www.discoveryeducation.co.uk/what-we-offer/discovery-education-espresso

Username – student4991

Password- vincent2

Oxford Owl – https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/

Cbeebies-  https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies

Top Marks –  https://www.topmarks.co.uk/

ICT Games – https://www.ictgames.com/

I hope you all have a lovely rest. Enjoy the activities I have put on for you. I am going to add a story this week!

Please keep safe. Miss you all!

God bless,

Mrs Brookes

A new book has been published to help children understand the Corona virus . It may help to reassure children at this time. Please follow the link below.

fhttps://nosycrowcoronavirus.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/Coronavirus-ABookForChildren.pdf

Good Morning Reception !

I hope that you are all well and looking forward to Easter this Sunday.

Please do take a look at Mrs. O’Brien’s story telling pages by clicking here  and Mr Davies Easter blog by clicking here.

Let’s wake up – it’s spring !

We will write to you again after the Easter holidays on Monday 27th April.

Today , we have listed some links and activities for you to explore over the holidays. Please do e-mail us as we love to hear from you .

Thank you Kulsum , Misan and Suraya for getting in touch.

Good Friday and Easter Eggs 

Click the link below and watch the short clip about Good Friday (tomorrow).

   https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zjgkq6f

To think about …

Why do Christians call such a sad day ‘Good Friday’?

Why are eggs an important symbol at Easter ?

Now a bit of fun with a Peppa Pig Easter Egg hunt story

 Egg hunt 

How many  eggs can you spot  in the picture below ?

Now check …

Play at home 

Maybe you could have an egg hunt at home. You can use any small items that you have in the house  instead of eggs (oranges, apples , rolled up clean socks etc).

Parents 

Daily lessons coming soon
Beginning Monday 20 April, BBC Bitesize will publish daily online lessons for all ages. They will also have a new dedicated TV channel full of learning content, podcasts on BBC Sounds and loads of educational video on iPlayer.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/z3g4d2p

Useful websites :

https://st-vincents-catholic-primary-school1.j2bloggy.com/Step-Up/category/daily-challenge/

https://www.mathplayground.com/grade_1_games.html

Youtube Supermovers and Youtube  Just Dance

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/games/alphablocks-games

https://www.science-sparks.com/

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/?utm_source=lekids&utm_medium=header-tab&utm_campaign=learnenglish-kids

I can also personally recommend a free app– Khan Academy Kids. Parents need to register but it is free and you will be able access maths, reading , logic, memory  and social and emotional activities. The digital books are also free. The only problem is that your child may want your phone a lot !

Have a lovely Easter Break. Keep safe and well.

Miss you all .

Ms Chopra-Morris

Good Morning Reception,

I hope you had a good sleep and are ready for some learning.

Let’s start by doing a wake up shake up! I know I need some energy this morning.

Holy Week- Garden of Gethsemane

In the garden Jesus sat and prayed. He asked God to look after him and keep him safe. Can you say your own prayer to God at this moment?

Dear God, 

Thank you for keeping me safe. Thank you for my family. I am enjoying spending lots of time at home with them.  I am feeling a bit scared and worried at the moment but I know you are there to look after me. 

Amen

Phonics

Tricky Words! I thought we would revisit our tricky word song.

Can you put the missing tricky word into these sentences?

Today we are _____ going to have fun at home. 

______ like to eat chocolate when it is Easter. 

The Easter Bunny will bring us eggs if ____ are good. 

You can play tricky word trucks on here.

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

Maths – Money

Look at this video to help you understand money a little bit more.

Now have a go a playing this top marks game.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/coins-game

Have fun!

Speak to you soon,

Mrs Brookes

Good Morning Reception!

What a beautiful sunny morning we are having. 

When the sun is shining I like to go for a long walk. I think the sunshine makes everything look pretty. The birds are singing and the trees are starting to blossom. What will you find on your daily walk today? Yesterday I found some ducks and green trees on my walk.  Let me know what you find in the comments.

Holy Week- The Last Supper

Firstly we are going to continue our learning of Holy Week. On Thursday it is going to be ‘Maunday Thursday’ this is when we look at the Last Supper and the Garden of Gethsemane. Today we will focus on The Last Supper.

1. What were the Jewish people celebrating?
2. Where did they have the Passover meal?
3. How many disciples does Jesus have?
4. Why does Jesus bless the bread?
5. Why does Jesus bless the the wine? 
6. Who is going to betray Jesus? 

Can you make your own storyboard of the Last Supper? We have done these in class.

You can draw pictures and then write about it. Try and include these words.

Jesus    Disciples     Judas     wine    bread     body    blood    bless 

Phonics

Yesterday we looked at the er sound. Can you read and write these er words and sentences?

mixer 

twister 

longer 

powder

hammer

letter

I got a letter from a farmer.

My ladder was much longer than her ladder.

Get a hammer and bang in a nail.

https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/frontscreen/item62767/gradef/index.html?source=espresso-home-mixedrecently-viewed

Username: student4991

Password: vincent2

Maths- Money 

Did you enjoy making your own shops yesterday? I hope you did. Did you take any pictures and post them in the comments so we can all see how amazing you are?

 Which coins do you know?

Play this top marks money game to help you count and learn about our coins.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money/

Have a good fun, learning, exploring and calm day,

Speak to you tomorrow,

Mrs Brookes 🙂

Good Morning Reception!

I have missed writing to you these last few days. I really hope you are all keeping safe and having lots of fun at home with all of your families.

We are going to start with our Palm Sunday celebrations. Please take a look st Mr Davis’ Blog. There are lots of lovely prayer ideas you can do at home.

Palm Sunday

Can you answer these questions?

1. Who is Jesus?
2. Why is Jesus special? 
3. Which animal did Jesus ride in our story?
4. What did the people wave? 
5. What did the people shout to Jesus? 

You could make your own palms and wave them as Jesus enters Jerusalem. If you don’t have any paper don’t worry you can wave scarves, coats and material.

Phonics 

Today we are going to look at the er sound.

How many er words can you remember?

How many word were you able to read? Have another go and see if you can beat your score.

Use Polly and her phonics games to help you with our new sound.

https://standalone.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk_sa/sa_item62767_0/subject/module/frontscreen/item62767/gradef/index.html?r=9005091564007&adminMode=false

Maths

Money! What do you already know about money? Ask your adult if they have some coins you can take a look at. You need money to be able to buy lots of nice things. Watch and listen to the story of Hassan. He is going to show you how you can use your money carefully.

Have a go at making your own shop in your home today. You could make a toy shop, shoe shop or even a food shop. Have fun and practice using these words in your play.

How much?           sale        shop      money  penny      pound          change

Have a fun learning day. Missing you all.

God bless,

Mrs Brookes

Good Morning Reception!

Looking outside today the weather is cloudy. I’m sure we can still have fun though. Can you see any shapes in the sky? I can see a cloud which looks like a tree and a dog! 

Maths

Months

Have you noticed we have started a new month today? Here is our months of the year song to remind us.

How many months are there?

Can you write them down? 

Which month is your birthday in?

Time

Can you use these words today when you are talking and playing with your families?

o,clock         time           later           soon           shortly         morning               afternoon              evening               day             night 

The time is 11 o’clock. It is the morning. 

This afternoon I am going to go on a long walk.

It will soon be lunch time. 

Phonics

Yesterday we looked at the ear sound.

1. Use phonics play and play the speed sound game. How many can you get today? Your challenge is 20!

https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/flashcards-speed-trials 

2) https://standalone.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk_sa/sa_item62767_0/subject/module/frontscreen/item62767/gradef/index.html?r=3870988764230&adminMode=false

Let Polly help you practice your sounds today. Select the ear sound and then have fun practising with all of the games on offer. 

RE

Lent

It is Lent. We need to remember that Jesus is always walking with us and he is always there to help. During this time we ask him to help us each day to make good and helpful choices to help keep us fit and healthy.

1. Write a thank you prayer to Jesus thanking him for everything he does for us.
2. Can you draw a picture and label it showing me all of the good choices you are making this lent?

Please take a look at our Catholic Life blog which Mr Davis is working on. He is helping us to remember what Lent is all about.

Take care and God bless,

Mrs Brookes

Good Morning!!!!

How are you today? I am feeling happy because the sun is shining.  

Phonics

ear sound

Can you read these sentences?

They zoom near to the moon. 

Did you hear an owl hoot at night?

Activity

1. Play dragons den on phonics play

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

Username: march20

password: home

Maths

Last week we looked at capacity.

Can you spot these words in the numberjacks video? What do they all mean?

full         empty      half full      pour        tip      fill

Have a good day, try and enjoy some sunshine during your daily exercise.

God bless,

Mrs Brookes

Good Morning Reception Class and God bless you,

How was your weekend? I hope you had lots of fun.

Weekend Story

At the weekend I was very busy. I painted my house. I chose the colour white to paint my doors. Now it looks nice and fresh.

1. Can you write some sentences about what you did at the weekend? Start with the sentence…

At the weekend I

Tricky Words

1) Read and write your tricky words.

2) Choose three tricky words to put into a sentence.

We are all at home today.

He likes to eat bananas for breakfast. 

She can sing as good as a bird. 

3) Play Polly’s tricky word game.

https://standalone.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk_sa/sa_item62767_0/subject/module/frontscreen/item62767/gradef/index.html?r=7850552160308&adminMode=false

Storytime!

‘Lola Gets a Cat’ by Anna McQuinn

Activity time

1. What do you know about Lola?
2. Does Lola make a good friend? why?
3. Lola loves her cat. What do you love? 

4. I want you to show me what you love. You can draw a picture, take a picture or even make a video to go on our blog. 

Have a lovely day making memories.

Missing you all,

Mrs Brookes x