Tuesday 2nd June 2020

Good Morning Reception,

Happy Tuesday! Hope you have been enjoying the sunshine!

H Joe! Please can you help us wake up our brains this morning!

 

Phonics- Lesson 9

Log into phonics play. Practice reading your words with the reading robot.

Username: march20

password: home

https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/4/reading-robot

Maths

Click on the image below and follow day 1 . This unit is based on the book The Snail and the Whale.  You don’t need  to make a chocolate wrap like they do in the video – you can use 12 dry pasta shapes or anything you have at home to count with. 

Have a go at drawing  your own spiral patterns . Can you find anything in your home or outside that has a spiral pattern ?

Listen to the story of The Snail and the Whale by Julia Donaldson.

https://youtu.be/hheolVGZVvs

 

Let’s finish with a song. Enjoy the day!

 

Have a fabulous day!!

🙂

Half term May 2020

Hello Reception ,

I hope you are enjoying all this lovely sunshine.

We are just sending you a few reminders about things you can do over the half -term.

Explore more free e-books by Oxford Owl. See Home Learning pack information sheet or click pupil zone tab on school website homepage and click on Oxford Owl.
Username: stvincentrec
Password: reading

 

 Discover Elmer stories with Espresso.

Username: student4991

Password: vincent2

Write and count with Espresso

Feel free to explore the Espresso site . It has lots of interesting videos and games .

Have fun !

Ms Chopra-Morris

 

 

 

 

 

Friday 22nd May 2020

Hello Reception!

What lovely sunny weather we are having. Let’s start with a song today…

Phonics

Today we will look at the ar sound and the tricky words my and he. 

Challenge 1

Can you read four ar words in a row ? ( Four words next to each other in a straight line – these can  up/ down (vertically), side to side (horizontally)  or diagonally.

 

Challenge 2

Use these words to complete the sentences :

park   shark   car   star

  1. Mum is driving her   _ _ _ .
  2. Last night we saw a bright     _ _ _ _ .
  3. A     _ _ _ _ _  with big teeth swam in the sea.
  4. Athen  ran in the _ _ _ _ .

 

Maths

Watch this short story first.

Click on the image below and follow day 2 for some worm number line fun.

Did you count back from 20 ?

Challenge

Draw the worms from the video in your home learning book and practise counting back.

20 ___  18   17 ___ ___ 14 ___ ___ ___ 10 __  …

 

Story- Diary of a Worm

What do you do when you see a worm ? Listen to the story and find out what the children do when they see the worm.

Have a lovely weekend. It is half term next week so there will not be a daily blog but we will put some ideas up for the holiday. Remember to use your home learning packs.

Take good care.

Miss you all .

Ms Chopra-Morris

 

 

 

 

Thursday 21st May 2020

Good morning Reception !

I hope you are all safe and well.

Time to wake up and shake up !

 

Phonics

Today you will be learning the tricky word was and revising the oo sound.

Challenge 1

Write these words as neatly as you can:

wood          book          look       took

Challenge 2

Use these words in your own sentences :

cook       foot          wool           was

 

Explore the short oo sound using the games below. Click on the image below.

Username: student4991

Password: Vincent2

Maths

Click on the image below for this weeks maths . It’s all about worms !

Start on day 1 (Summer Term:week 5).

Did you make your own mini beast pattern ? Use your home learning book to record your pattern.

 

Storytime

https://youtu.be/4pZwNie69n8

 

Are you a good listener ? Try the game below .

 

Enjoy the rest of your day. Remember that we love to read your e-mails and see your learning.

Take care,

Ms Chopra-Morris

Week Beginning 18th May 2020

Hello Reception Class!

How are you today? I’m sorry I have been quiet the last two days, but  I am going to make up for it now. You don’t have to do all of this today. You might want to keep some to do over the half term next week.

Here are some fun exercises you can do. Its good to get our heart racing and practice our new skills.

Exercises

 

Phonics

Letters and Sounds Lesson 5

 

Once you have looked at the video you can choose one of the games below to practice your skills.

https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/4/rocket-rescue

https://standalone.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk_sa/sa_item62767_0/subject/module/activity/item831146/gradef/module62767/index.html

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/bingo/index.html

Can you have a go a reading, covering and then writing these sentences?

Can I plan a trip to the moon?
Help! Can you grab that green frog for me?
Will a clown put on a green wig or stick with his brown hair?
It smells like we might have some roast chicken tonight.
Can we train a dragon to come and cook food for us?
Will you come and have some roast bugs on toast for dinner?
This frog is strong.  His green skin has bumps.  He likes to swim in his pond.

Maths

Click on the link below to find songs from the Numberblocks team!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/playlist-numberblocks-songs?collection=playlist-collection

Mrs Chopra -Morris Has found some loving songs to help us understand our number.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/number-songs-from-numberblocks?collection=playlist-collection

Have a lovely rest of the week, I will be uploading a new story very soon. Keep watching!

Keep safe and God Bless,

Mrs Brookes 🙂

Friday 15th May 2020

It’s Friday …

Good morning Reception. I hope you are all well and enjoyed the sunshine yesterday. It has been wonderful receiving your e-mails. Please keep them coming !

 

PE day ! Time to get active.

Challenge 1

Read and draw :

  • a goat in a red coat
  •  soap and a tap
  •  a dog on a road

Challenge 2  

Complete the sentences by choosing the correct word :

This coat is ……….. ( fight / tight ).

We sail at ……… ( night/ might) in a ………. ( boat/ goat).

 Extra Tricky Challenge 

Use the words foam and soap to write or tell a grown up about how we should wash our hands.

 

Maths 

Home Learning Packs 

Recap  doubles and halves from yesterday. Have a go at the doubling activities in your packs.

 

Please click on the image and follow Day 5 – The Very Busy Spider

Today the learning is all about positional language.

There is a lovely activity at the end of the video and you will need to get moving again !

 

 

 

 

Do you like to wriggle ? Let’s  finish with some  wormy wriggling – wriggle your shoulders and wriggle your toes …

You deserve a rest now !

Bookworm Time !

Click on the image to read the book below.

 

Explore more free e-books by Oxford Owl. See Home Learning pack information sheet or click pupil zone tab on school website homepage and click on Oxford Owl.
Username: stvincentrec
Password: reading

 

Have a lovely weekend.

Look after each other and all God’s creatures big or small.

Ms Chopra-Morris

Thursday 14th May 2020

Good Morning Reception        

 

Wake up with a song and move along.

How many watermelons did cheeky Herman eat ?

 

Phonics

Revise the igh trigraph and tricky words. Click on the image below and listen carefully. Join in just like you would in the classroom.

Challenge 1

Write out the words in your best handwriting :

light             night            high 

Challenge 2

Complete the sentences below . Choose from these words:

light             high      night        fright 

I go to sleep at ………..,

The  bat gave me a ……….. !

I saw a fox under the ……..   of the moon.

We went to see the fox ……..up in the tree .

Tricky extra challenge:

Make up your own rhyming sentences using igh words .

(sight , light , might , fight , right etc )

E.g. I had a fright in the middle of the night.

Maths 

Click on the image below and follow day 4.

Quick extra activity :

How many worms altogether ?

One worm wriggled away . Now how many worms ?

 

Home Learning Pack 

You will have a brown envelope labelled  ‘Yukky Worms’ like the picture below. Inside you find a pipe cleaner and a small pom-pom.

Get those fingers working wormologists !

Can you make a:

  • curly worm ?
  • straight worm ?
  • wriggly worm ?
    cheeky worm ?

Now , ask a grown up to help you and cut the pipe cleaner into three worms . Can you order them from shortest to longest ?

 

Now label your worms and give them a face if you like! Use the words longest and shortest.

Challenge 

If you have a ruler at home, ask a grown up to help you measure your worms in centimetres (cm).

Book worm time 

Revisit our theme book Yukky Worms.

Find out more  about your sunflowers from Mrs. O’Brien …

Enjoy the rest of your day. Thank you for your e-mails and keep them coming !

Tomorrow is Friday and that means …  Yes P.E. Get ready to move !

Take care,

Ms Chopra-Morris

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wednesday 13th May 2020

Good morning Reception!

Happy Wednesday! 🙂

I thought I would ask Blippi to help us with our feelings. What makes you happy? Share your ideas with your adult.

I am happy when I am spending time at home playing with Oscar. I am also happy when I am eating chocolate, when I go on a long walk and when I speak to my family on the phone.

Phonics

Today we are going to look at our oa and igh sounds.

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

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObVaokd5vq4

Today I would like you to practice our new tricky words!

You can play the game Tricky Word Trucks Phase 4 on phonics play by clicking on the image below.

Username: march20 

Password : home

 

 

How many did you remember? Can you write any of them without looking? Have a go, challenge yourself!

Read, cover, write and then check these sentences.
It smells like we might have some roast chicken tonight.
Can we train a dragon to come and cook food for us?
Will you come and have some roast bugs on toast for dinner?

 

Maths

Please click on the link below and follow day 3.

Yucky Worms

I hope you enjoyed me reading you the story yesterday. Take a look at this information video below. Afterwards I would like you to make me a poster with lots of new information about worms. Can you try and put 5 new facts on there for me! If you take a picture and e-mail it to me I will put it on our blog.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O40A-6Jmt4

I thought we would end our learning today with a song.

Remember Jesus is always with us. Talk to him when you are afraid and he will help you. How are you being a disciple of Jesus at home? Are you helping your mom, looking after your sibling or listening first time?

Have a great day!

Speak to you very soon, God bless

Mrs Brookes 🙂

 

Tuesday 12th May 2020

Good morning Reception,

How are you today? I am feeling very happy and refreshed. Ready for a day of fun and learning. Let’s start with a song I taught you when we first started Reception. It says it is for babies but we can still sing it. Can you remember the signs I taught you?

 

Now we have had a lovely sing song let’s start out learning. Starting with our phonics.

Phonics

Let’s revise our  ow and air sounds.

 

Play buried treasure on phonics play.

Username: march20

password: home

https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/4/buried-treasure

Read, cover, write and then check these sentences. Be careful to write your sounds very carefully.
Can I plan a trip to the moon?
Help! Can you grab that green frog for me?
Will a clown put on a green wig or stick with his brown hair?

 

Maths

Click on the image below to follow the White Rose Maths lesson  (Day 2)

 

 

Yucky Worms

I hope you enjoy our story of the week called ‘Yucky Worms’

Have a good learning day.

Missing you all lots.

Mrs Br