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Year 1 Home Practice 30th April 2021

Date: 28th Apr 2021 @ 2:21pm

Welcome to your Friday blog.

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This week we have been finding out even more about Katie Morag. We wrote some instructions for her to help her to tidy her bedroom. We met her big boy cousins who got up to mischief! 

Katie Morag - CBeebies - BBC

In Maths we have been reading, writing and drawing  numbers. We have been making numbers up to 100 with Numicon and looking at comparing and ordering 2 digit numbers. Super learning everyone!

We have been learning about the different continents and looking at an atlas. We heard lots of good questions and even renamed our tables.

Vector color world map on white background

In P.E. we continued with our Athletics skills with bean bag races - we were very competitive and showed great encouragement to eachother! 

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PE kits - We have been sending everyone home in their PE kits on Tuesdays so to get the full 2 hours of PE and not lose any learning time getting changed at the end of the day. However we would like everyone to have their kits in school everyday as we will be doing lots of sports in the Summer term. 

Every day we run our daily mile, well done to Willow who was awarded the daily mile trophy in Golden Assembly this morning.

Home Learning

Read, read and read some more. Children who read regularly make huge progress in their fluency and understanding. Embedding good reading habits at this stage will create a love of reading and set your children up to succeed.

We will change the reading books on Tuesday. Please make sure all books have been read and diaries signed.

Book art print reading art print book art reading art book | Etsy

We have also set up some spelling and number challenges on Sumdog. Regular practise of spelling and number facts will prepare the children for any new learning they meet at school. Well done to everyone is including regular skills practise into their daily routines.

Spelling - Words beginning with consonant blends

Maths - Shape challenge and Number skills

 

Have a lovely long weekend and we will see you all next week.

Year 1 - Home Practice 23rd April 2021

Date: 23rd Apr 2021 @ 3:36pm

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Online Safety - 21st April 2021

Date: 21st Apr 2021 @ 1:29pm

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Using social media websites is among the most common activity of today's children and adolescents. Any website that allows social interaction is considered a social media site, including social networking sites such as Facebook, TikTok, Snapchat and Twitter; gaming sites and virtual worlds such as Club Penguin, Second Life, and the Sims; video sites such as YouTube; and blogs. Such sites offer today's youth a portal for entertainment and communication and have grown exponentially in recent years. For this reason, it is important that parents become aware of the nature of social media sites, given that not all of them are healthy environments for children and adolescents. - From the American Academy of Pediatrics

Below you will find two guides. One for Snapchat and one for Sadfishing. 

For more guides and explainer videos, join us at National Online Safety and explore the range of resources to keep updated with developments in social media and much more.

https://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/st-oswald-s-catholic-primary-school-pr45eb

Year 1 - Happy Easter

Date: 1st Apr 2021 @ 2:55pm

Well done everyone on a fanastic term in Year 1. We have been very impressed with how you all settled back into our school routines and Golden Rules. 

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This week our story has been the brave Beast written by Chris judge. We have written to the Beast, described his journey through the caves and even created our own story. 

11 The Lonely Beast ideas | beast, lonely, chris judge

In our maths we have been using our number facts to solve problems and written our number sentences in different ways.

In Science we have planted our seeds and taken them home to look after.

Seed GIFs | Tenor

Today we had an easter egg hunt and used our maps to help find all our clues. 

Cartoon Easter Egg Images, Stock Photos & Vectors | Shutterstock

We'd like to wish you all a happy and peaceful Easter and hope you all have a lovely Easter break.

The Year 1 Team

Online Safety - 31st March 2021

Date: 31st Mar 2021 @ 1:11pm

Internet Safety

This week we are having a look back at our wellbeing week and how we express ourselves online. Below you will find a guide on Expressing yourself safely online and a guide to using Youtube. 

We have also included the #wakeupwednesday guide from NationOnlineSafety.com on RecRoom. This is a new online platform with an age rating of 9+. We haven't yet seen any of our children use this platform but it is always good to be informed on new developments.

Please continue to access all information on the National Online Safety website. You will get access to all videos and guides by clicking the link below and joining free to our school online safety hub.

 

http://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/st-oswald-s-catholic-primary-school-pr45eb

 

Year 1 Home Practice 26th March 2021

Date: 24th Mar 2021 @ 12:33pm

Welcome to your Friday blog for this week.

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We have been really enjoying all our learning this week again and we are now used to all being back together keeping the Golden Rules. We have enjoyed our playtimes in the sunnier weather and have been great friends to each other.

Our story this week was The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle. We all loved following the story of the seed and all the obstacles it had to ovecome before it could start to grow. We have done some super retelling of the story with Mr Campbell and lots of great writing. We could also use all our Science learning we've been doing with Mrs Quilliam to help us to understand the seed's journey.

Thursday Giveaway: The Tiny Seed | Carle Museum

In R.E. we have continued our learning through our topic of Change. We talked about being kind to each other.

On Tuesday we had some quiet time as it was a National Day of Reflection. We thought about what we could look forward to.

We all enjoyed our French with Mrs Quilliam and our Music with Mrs Winter.

Mrs Corbett and Mrs Anderson joined Mr Campbell for P.E. this week. There was super skills development in rolling, throwing, running, dribbling and catching.

Nancy Reuben Primary School - Specialist PE coaching

In our Maths learning we were looking at doubling and halving numbers. We also played games which involved using our number facts and taking turns.

Home Practice

Please keep reading every single day. This is so important!

Also, sign the diary each time you read with your child.

50 motivating quotes about books and reading

Sumdog

We have set only 2 challenges for your Sumdog Practice this week. Well done to those who are still answering all your questions. We realised we set a little too many last week so we have limited the maths to 50 and spelling to 20 questions. All your children can access this learning! 

Adaptive learning games for math and spelling to support home learning

Keep your eye on our website for new galleries of photographs and school information.

Every Wednesday, we will be updating our new Online Safety blog.

Thank you for your continued support.

Online Safety - 24th March

Date: 24th Mar 2021 @ 12:22pm

Thank you to all who joined our Online Safety platform last week. To join, simply follow the link below and follow the instructions provided.

http://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/st-oswald-s-catholic-primary-school-pr45eb 

We all have an important role in keeping our children safe in an ever growing online world.

Below you will find three new guides on WhatsApp, Fortnite and a Share a Smile online, linked to last week's Comic Relief theme.

 

 

Year 1 Home Practice 19th March 2021

Date: 17th Mar 2021 @ 1:48pm

Welcome to your new Friday blog. Here you will find out all about our week in school and all the fantastic learning we have seen. It has been lovely having everyone back together and we have been so impressed with how everyone has settled back in.

 

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This week we have been reading I want my hat back by Jon Klassen. We have loved reading this story and the children have really enjoyed acting out the different parts and reading their stories (virtually) to Reception. 

Perfect Picture Book Friday: I Want My Hat Back – Renee LaTulippe – No  Water River

We have continued to investigate seeds and growing with Mrs Quilliam. Super science from everyone.

On St Patrick's Day, Mr Campbell brought in his fiddle and played some tunes. We talked about St Patrick and asked some great questions about Irish music.

Art Violin Sticker by Westridge School for Girls for iOS & Android | GIPHY

We have been learning all about money this week and Mrs Corbett has been so pleased with all the fantastic money problem solving. 

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Mrs Anderson has been so impressed with all the progress by our readers. We can tell you have done lots of reading at home.

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Home Practice

Read every day for at least 10 minutes. This regular reading is the key to progress in all areas of the curriculum.

We have set 3 challenges on Sumdog. Completing these will help prepare you children for the learning they meet in school. All challenges will be linked to the spelling patterns/Sounds and maths concepts we cover.

Keep checking our class page for new galleries and blogs.

Have a fabulous Red Nose Day and a great weekend!

When is Red Nose Day, what is Comic Relief and how is Sport Relief  different? | Metro News

 

 

Online Safety

Date: 10th Mar 2021 @ 2:44pm

Online Safety is an important part of keeping children safe at St Oswald's.

Here you will find a range of resources to keep your child safe online.

We have teamed up with National Online Safety to provide resoures, guides and training for all our staff and parents.

Below you will find a link to enrol to at National Online Safety and gain free access to a huge range of videos, resources and support.

http://nationalonlinesafety.com/enrol/st-oswald-s-catholic-primary-school-pr45eb

We will also regularly post guides for social media and gaming platforms as they become more commonly used by your children.

This week you will find guides on Children's Mental Health, TikTok and Gaming Streamers and Influencers

Year 1 Home Learning Fabulous Friday 5th March 2021

Date: 3rd Mar 2021 @ 2:16pm

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Wow Year 1, you've made it to the end of another week of great learning! It's now time for another Fabulous Friday!

Fridays are a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!

We are looking forward to seeing everybody back in school on Monday.

Welcome Back Sign HD Stock Images | Shutterstock

Today you just need to...

Reading

Complete your reading star challenges. You could make a reading crown to wear when you are doing all your reading.

Book art print reading art print book art reading art book | Etsy

Maths

I Like to Make 10! song. Click here.

Practise your number bonds of 10 with the Rainbow game below. You will need a dice.

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This is the last blog so we would like to thank you for all your support with the learning you have been doing at home. We have loved seeing everything on Seesaw and appreciate all the effort you have put in to make sure your child has continued to learn during this time.

 

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Year 1 Home Learning Thursday 4th March 2021

Date: 2nd Mar 2021 @ 10:02am

How you can celebrate a very 2021 World Book Day on Thursday 4 March! |  National Literacy Trust

We hope you are all enjoying being dressed up as a book character.

Post a photo of yourself on Seesaw and tell us all about your favourite book!

Reading

How many stars have you ticked on your reading challenge? You could make up your own reading challenges and write them on the back of your sheet.

A Sky Full of Reading Stars | The Marquette Educator

Phonics

Today we are going to try and spot some of our air, are,ear and ere sounds in our story, The Hairy Fairy. Visit Seesaw to listen to our story and download the pages below. You can write out the words you can find and use some in a sentence.

English

For our writing today we are going to write a character description of our favourite book character or the character you have dressed up as today. Use the sheet below or write on lined paper.

Draw your character and write words around them to describe them. Once you have created your describing word bank, use these words to write your sentences below. Remember to use your Think Pinks and neat handwriting.

World Book Day | Monster Phonics

Handwriting

For your handwriting today, rewatch some of our handwriting videos from this week on Seesaw. Remember to take your time and make your writing as neat as you can.

Maths

Counting - Practise ordering numbers with the Counting Caterpillar game.

Number facts - The Ten Dance song.

Main Focus - Measure mass. Click here.

Cartoon Big Hippo Measuring His Waist with a Short Tape | Book art, Cartoon,  Hippo

History

Today we are going to learn about Isambard Kingdom Brunel.He was a famous engineer. On the sheet draw three pictures and write some sentences about his life.

Click here.

Who was Isambard Kingdom Brunel? - BBC Bitesize

Drama

Think about the character you have chosen to be today. Have a go at acting out the story you are from. See if you can get other members of your family involved.

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Bedtime Story

Join in with Michael Rosen as he performs his own story, We're Going on a Bear Hunt.

Year 1 Home Learning Wednesday 3rd March 2021

Date: 1st Mar 2021 @ 2:29pm

Happy Wednesday everyone. Here is today's learning.

We are seeing some excellent learning on Seesaw - beautiful handwriting, accurate number work and thoughtful R.E.

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Reading

We have seen some lovely videos of you doing your reading challenges wearing hats, using silly voices and even  reading to your pets! Print off your certificate when you have ticked all the stars!

You could have a go at making your own book to read to someone in your family.

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Phonics

Today we will be looking at two more 'air' sounds. The are in stare and the ere in where. Watch the video again below, writing out all the words with these sounds in. Tune in to Seesaw for your sounds learning.

 

English

In our writing today, we are looking at what happened when Scaredy discovered all the creatures around the Nut Tree. Tune into Seesaw and download the sheet attached. Keep sending in your brilliant writing to Seesaw.

We are very impressed with all the progress you have made at home over the last few weeks.

A huge Well Done!

 

'Scaredy Squirrel would like to say a big Thank You to Year 1 for all their fantastic tips for falling asleep. They worked a treat!'

SCAREDY SQUIRREL

Handwriting

Tune in to Seesaw for your Handwriting practise today. You will need a pencil and some lined paper.

Maths

Counting Practise counting in 5's. Click here. Make sure you are saying the numbers correctly, 20 is twenty not twenny! Your grown up could then give you a number from the pattern of 5's and you count on or back in 5's.

Number Facts Play Smoothie Maths to practise your number bonds of 10. Click here.

Main Focus.Weight and mass . Click here.

French

Here’s our favourite fruit song to remind us of the fruit words. Click here.

Now listen to this for another practise: Click here.

Now practise recalling the words with a game of fruit bingo. You need someone to play with.

 Using the last video, draw those fruits on separate bits of paper and turn them face down on the table.

Now you need a grid each with 4 squares on. Choose 4 fruits that you know the names of and draw them on your grid, recognisably! (A circle could be anything!). Take it in turns to turn over a fruit and say the word in French. Cross it off if you’ve got it on your Bingo card. The first person to cross off all their fruit is the winner. They shout Lotto!

Don’t forget to ask for your fruit in French at home. Une pomme s’il te plait! (oon pomm seel tuh play) Merci! (mair see)

Merci beaucoup. A la semaine prochaine! See you next week!

Eric Carle

Music

Exploring different ways to use your body. Click here.

Bedtime Story

Join in with Eric Carle as he reads his own story, The Very Hungry Caterpillar. Click here.

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Year 1 Home Learning Tuesday 2nd March 2021

Date: 1st Mar 2021 @ 9:17am

Good morning Year 1 and welcome to your Tuesday learning. We are loving all the writing about Scaredy Squirrel that you are posting on Seesaw. 

 

Reading

Keep reading every day, it really makes a huge difference to all your learning. Try to tick more stars on your World Book Day challenge.

Draw your own bookmark with Rob Biddulph. Click here.

Phonics

Today we will be looking at our air, ear, are sounds. Watch the videos below and then tune into Seesaw for your Phonics learning today.

English

We will be helping Scaredy Squirrel get some sleep today by showing him what we do to get a good night's sleep. Use the sheet below or do your writing on some lined paper today. Visit Seesaw for today's lesson.

Free Scaredy Squirrel Cliparts, Download Free Clip Art, Free Clip Art on  Clipart Library

Handwriting

Visit Seesaw for your Handwriting practise. All you need is your pencil and some lined paper.

Maths

Counting Pick any number between 0  and 15. Practise counting on and back in 1's and 2's. Use the number lines to help you see the jumps.

Number Facts Today we are going to think about ways to make 10. We need to be able to recall these facts.

The Friends of 10 song. Click here.

Find 10 objects and put them into 2 groups to show all the ways to make 10.

Your grown up can then say a number from 0 to 10,do you know the other number ?

They say 2, you say 8 and so on.

Main Focus Subtracting lengths. Click here.

R.E.

Using the pictures talk about what is happening and why you think people are happy?  How are they sharing God’s love?  Use speech bubbles to show what people could be saying to each other as they celebrate together. Talk about how we will hopefully be able to gather with our parish family soon.

P.E.

This term we are going to be practising our fundamental skills. We hope you enjoyed battleships last week.

Today we will play battle ships and our new game of In the Box. Watch the video instructions here and read the card attached below. These games help develop the underarm throwing skills and throwing to a target skills. 

 

Bedtime Story

 

Max and the Won't Go To Bed Show. Click here.

Year 1 Home Learning Monday 1st March 2021

Date: 26th Feb 2021 @ 9:26am

Good morning Year 1. We hope you had a lovely weekend and enjoyed the sunshine!

Reading

Read every single day. We continue to be amazed by how many of you are requesting new books and Tricky Words. We love your videos of all your reading and the discussions you are having about the books.

As it's World Book Day this week we have a new reading challenge for you. See how many of the Share a Story Reading Stars you can tick off on the sheet. You can print off a certificate if you tick all the stars !

Don't forget to get an outfit ready for Thursday !

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Phonics

Today we will be looking back at our long U sounds. Visit Seesaw for your sounds learning today.

English

This week we are reading Scaredy Squirrel at Night. Today we will be learning how to write in full sentences and using our own ideas. Tune in to Seesaw to listen to the story and for your writing learning today.

Storytime Suggestions for Scaredy Squirrel

Handwriting

Visit Seesaw for your handwriting practice today. You will need a pencil and some lined paper.

Maths

Counting Practise counting on and back from 0 to 20. Click here for the Blast Off game.

Number Facts. Last week we looked at all the ways to make 5. For your challenge today pick two numbers from 0 to 5 and add them together, 0+0=0, 0+1=1 and so on... how many different addtition number sentences can you make?

Main Focus This week we are looking at measuring. Click here.

R.E. 

Sharing God's loveTalk about what is happening in the picture  (people receiving Holy Communion). Holy Communion means being close to Jesus and God his Father. It also means being close to each other. We are all God’s children. Answer the questions.

Science

This afternoon we are going to look at the different parts of a plant and what they do. Look through the slideshow on the parts of a plant. Look at all the pictures and talk about what you can see.

What is the same about each set of photos? What is different?

What do you know about Stems, leaves, seeds, roots and flowers?

Once you have completed the slideshow, fill in the sheet attached.

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Fair trade Challenge

Bake a difference.
With an adult, bake or cook using at
least one Fairtrade ingredient.
Decorate your creation with the
FAIRTRADE Mark!

Bedtime Story

Click here to listen to We love you, Hugless Douglas.

Year 1 Home Learning Fabulous Friday 26th February 2021

Date: 24th Feb 2021 @ 10:08am

Fabulous Friday!

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Wow Year 1, you've made it to the end of another week of great learning! It's now time for another Fabulous Friday!

Fridays are a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!

Today you just need to...

Read. Pick a favourite book to read again. Talk about why you like it so much.

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Maths

Play the Rocket Race game to practise your addition.

Free Rocket Animated Cliparts, Download Free Clip Art, Free Clip Art on  Clipart Library

Finish off any of your learning from earlier in the week.

 

When you are out and about look out for signs of Spring.

Clipart Panda - Free Clipart Images

On Thursday next week it is World Book Day so get a costume ready!

How you can celebrate a very 2021 World Book Day on Thursday 4 March! |  National Literacy Trust

Have a lovely weekend!

 

Year 1 Home Learning Thursday 25th February 2021

Date: 23rd Feb 2021 @ 1:27pm

Welcome to your Thursday learning everybody. We have really enjoyed reading your prayers. We have noticed how careful you are all being with your letter formation. Well done!

How to draw a sunshine clipart

Reading 

Read every day. We all love seeing the videos of you reading your books and Mrs Anderson gives you all a big thumbs up!

Think about one of your reading books and discuss it. Did you find anything funny / sad / particularly interesting in the story?

Reading VIPERS - a great resource to help with questioning when reading with your child 

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Phonics

Today we will be looking at the long I sounds. To begin, watch the videos below to remind yourself of the diffferent I sounds. Visit Seesaw for your sounds story and complete the phonics activity attached (A Box Full of Light) 

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English

Today we are going to write a diary entry as Scaredy Squirrel. We will use all of our ideas from this week to describe our day in The Unknown. Use the sheet attached or write on some lined paper.

Tune into Seesaw for your introduction.

Scaredy Squirrel - Free Transparent PNG Download - PNGkey

Handwriting

Tune in to Seesaw for your handwriting learning today. We will be practising our 'curly c' letters and spelling some of our tricky words.

 

Maths

Counting If it is good weather go outside to practise your counting. Use sticks or stones  What do you notice

about the numbers when counting in 2’s? What about in 5’s or 10’s?

Number Facts - Play Robot Addition. Choose up to 10.

Main Focus. Measuring length - Click here.

 

History

This half term we are going to find out about significant people who shaped History. Today we are going to learn about Christopher Columbus, a famous explorer.Click here.

You could pretend to be Christopher Columbus or make some puppets to tell his story.

Draw three pictures to show what Christopher Columbus did in his life. Under the pictures write in sentences about his life.You can also do the quiz to put the pictures in the correct order.

 

Computing

Today in our computing learning we will be looking at being kind online. Read DigiDuck's Big Decision here and complete the Being Kind Online activity attached. You can also listen to the story in the video below.

Digiduck's Big Decision – Apps on Google Play

Year 1 Home Learning Wednesday 24th February 2021

Date: 23rd Feb 2021 @ 9:15am

Good morning Year 1 and welcome to your Wednesday learning. The writing you have been posting on Seesaw is fantastic and we can see you are trying hard to remember your Think Pinks. We are liking the photos of you outside in the sunshine doing some gardening and investigating plants.

Gardening GIFs | Tenor

Reading

Keep reading every day. For your challenge today choose one of your reading books and talk about what happens in the story. Use these question starters.

Who did...?  Where did...?  When did...? What happened when...?  Why did _______ happen?

Remember you can also find a huge library of eBooks at the Oxford Owl (link in the Home Learning button at the top of out class page).

Reading GIFs | Tenor

Phonics

Today we will be revisiting the long E sounds and practising reading our words as well as writing them. To begin, watch the videos attached below to remind yourselves of all the E sounds.

Then tune into Seesaw for this morning's sounds learning.

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English

Today we are going to help Scaredy Squirrel with a new Exit Plan. Now he isn't afraid of the unknown anymore, lets have a think about how he will use his emergency kit to go into The Unknown. 

Tune into Seesaw to listen to the rest of the story and your learning introduction.

Mélanie Watts | Guybrarian

 

Handwriting

Tune into Seesaw for your handwriting practice today. You will need a pencil and some lined paper.

Writing books are available from the school office.

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Maths

Counting.Play a game of Saucer Spotter .Click here. Choose different numbers to start counting from. Count in 1s,2s and 5s.

Number Facts. See how quickly you can recall your number facts for 5.Write the numbers from 0 to 5 on pieces of paper. Turn them over .Pick one piece of paper, turn it over and say the corresponding number to make 5.

Main Focus. Measuring length Click here for the video.

Take care when recording your answers on the sheets that your numbers are formed correctly.

French

Here’s a song to welcome you back to French learning. Click here.

Now we’re going to recap the names of some fruits with this song.Click here.

Here are the fruit words (pronunciation in brackets):

une pomme (oon pom) – an apple; Une banane (oon banan) – a banana; un orange ( un oronj) – an orange; une poire (oon pwar) – a pear; une fraise (oon frez) – a strawberry; un ananas (un anana) – a pineapple.

Here’s a game to practise the fruit words. Collect some pieces of fruit or draw some on bits of paper.

One of you puts a hat on and the other balances a piece of fruit or a picture on the hat without the hat wearer seeing what it is. The one wearing the hat has to guess what kind of fruit it is – in French of course!

See if you can ask for your fruit in French this week. Une pomme, s’il te plait. (oon pom seel tuh play).

Merci beaucoup. A bientot. See you soon!

Animation — Piper Storer

Music

Today you are exploring different ways to use your voice. Click here.

Fairtrade Fortnight.

This week and next week we are thinking about Fairtrade.Fairtrade is a way of buying and selling products that allows the farmers to be paid a fair price for their produce.

Your Fairtrade challenge for this week

Cocoa trees grow in countries with
tropical climates.
Find out what fruit trees grow in the UK.
With an adult, make a plan to grow your own!

Coffee Time Hug Sticker by Fairtrade America for iOS & Android | GIPHY

Year 1 Home Learning Tuesday 23rd February 2021

Date: 22nd Feb 2021 @ 9:20am

Hello everyone! Welcome to your Tuesday learning. We have loved seeing all the new learning you have posted on Seesaw already. We loved reading your Scaredy Squirrel sentences and seeing all your counting in 5s learning! Keep it up.

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Reading

Read every single day.

For your challenge today we would like you to find as many Tricky words as you can. Can you spell these words from memory? Practise writing them. Remember you can request a new set of Tricky words from the school office.

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Phonics

Today we are revisiting our long O vowel sounds. Watch the videos below to remind yourself of the sounds and visit Seesaw for your lesson. You will need a pencil and paper.

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English

Well done on all your ideas from yesterday. Our favourite sentence was...

Scaredy Squirrel was afraid of the green Martians because they talk funny.

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Today we will be exploring Scaredy Squirrel's Emergency Kit and creating one of our own. Watch the video lesson on Seesaw, where we will read a little more of the story and introduce your learning.

When creating your emergency kit, think about why you need your equipment.

Scaredy squirrel needs a huge net to catch the killer bees.

He needs a whistle to distract the sharks.

Handwriting

     Visit Seesaw for your handwriting learning today. All you need is a pencil and some paper.

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Maths

Counting.Yesterday we did some counting in 5s. Pick a number from 0 to 50 which ends in 5 or 0. Count on or back from that number in 5s .Take it in turns with your grown up.

Number Facts Number facts of 5 song. Click here.

Main Focus- Measurement: Length and Height.This is a new block of learning.Today we are comparing lengths and heights.

Watch the video. Click here.

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R.E.

The Our Father Prayer - Preparation for Communion

After the priest has said the words that Jesus used at the Last Supper, the parish family prepares to receive Jesus in Holy Communion.  As part of preparing to receive Jesus everyone prays the family prayer that Jesus gave us, the Our Father.  Explain that this is a family prayer because God is a Father to everyone and loves and cares for everyone.

Who gave us this prayer?

Why is this a family prayer?

Who says this prayer at Mass?

Say the Our Father together.

P.E.

Today we are going to practise our underarm throws with a game of Battleships.

Watch the video here and follow the intructions on the activity card below.

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Year 1 Home Learning Monday 22nd February 2021

Date: 21st Feb 2021 @ 3:04pm

Good morning, Year 1. We hope you had a lovely half term and you managed to relax and get some fresh air. We are looking forward to seeing all your new learning on Seesaw.

Reading

Read every day. Talk about one your reading books. Explain what you think about the story. Is there anything you would change about this story? Do you like this story? What do you like about it?If you need some new books just get in touch and we will change them.

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Phonics

This week we will be revisiting our long vowel sounds including our split sounds. Revisit our end, middle and split A sounds by watching the videos below. Read the words along with Geraldine and write them out using your sounds and sound buttons.

Visit Seesaw for your learning this morning. 

English

This week we will be meeting Scaredy Squirrrel. Tune in to Seesaw for the story and your writing challenge this morning. You can download the challenge sheet below or complete your learning on a lined page. We will also revisit our Think Pinks today to help you improve your writing over the next few weeks.

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Handwriting

Tune into Seesaw this afternoon to practise your Handwritng. All you will need is some lined paper and a sharp pencil.

Maths

Counting. Practise counting in 2s. Use a ruler or make a number line so that you can see the pattern. Start on different numbers. Count back in 2s from different numbers.

Number Facts. These need to be practised every day to improve fluency and commit the facts to long term memory. Use counters in two colours to explore all the ways to make 5. How quickly can you recall the ways? Try asking the question in a different way..... I have 3 blue counters...how many red ones do I need to make 5?

Main Focus Counting in 5s 

R.E.

Read the story about Clare and Tom going to Mass.

Look at the picture.

Answer the questions.

Think about our lunch time prayer and then compose your own thank you prayer for God’s gift of food. Draw pictures around your prayer.

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Science

This half term we will be looking at Plants and Growing. Today will be looking at different plants and their features.

You can use the pictures below or find some plants around the house or in the garden to compare. We'd love to see what you found out on Seesaw.

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Dance Week Performance 2020

Date: 12th Feb 2021 @ 3:52pm

Year 1 Home Learning Friday 12th February 2021

Date: 8th Feb 2021 @ 11:25am

Fabulous Friday!

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Wow Year 1, you've made it to the end of another week of great learning! It's now time for another Fabulous Friday!

Fridays are a lighter day with limited screen time to give you and your families the chance to catch up and switch off!

Today you just need to...

Read.Pick a favourite book to read again. Talk about why you like it so much.

 

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Finish off any learning from earlier in the week.

You could perform your own show of Little Red Riding Hood. All the songs are here.

I love red song.

Wolfie blues song.

Let's make a cake for grandma song.

Stay on the path song.

Wolfie went a-walking song.

What big eyes you've got song.

The big bad wolf has gone song.

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Maths 

For your number game today, we are playing Make 31.

In the instructions it asks you to place counters on the board but you can easily play by circling or crossing out the numbers. Use drawings or objects to add your numbers together. Good luck.

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Have a lovely half term holiday!

 

Year 1 Home Learning Wednesday 10th February 2021

Date: 5th Feb 2021 @ 11:58am

Welcome to your Wednesday learning, Year 1. You all continue to impress us with your learning at home. This week so far we have seen brilliant writing, accurate number learning, great gymnastics and expressive reading.

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Reading

Read every day. We all love seeing the videos of you reading your books and Mrs Anderson says a big "well done" to you!

For your challenge today find some words which are written in bold or CAPITALS. Talk about why the author has done this? Is the character shouting? Is the word very important? Are there other reasons?

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Phonics

To start our phonics learning today we will be playing a game of Buried treasure with the OU sound. Read the words and decide if they are real words or silly words. 

Remember your questions. Have you heard the word before? Can you use it in a sentence?

Below you will find a word list for words containing OU. Can you find these words woin your wordsearch? Try and spell these words withour looking at your list and write one super sentence.

English

What big eyes you've got song. Click here.

Today you are going to start writing your version of Little Red Riding Hood. Think about the different versions of the story you have listened to. What has been the same? What has been different? What is going to happen in your story? Draw your ideas on the story map.Tell your story to someone in your family.

Think about how you are going to start your story.

Cut the sheet in half and use as many as you need to tell your story. Remember to use your sounds, form your letters correctly, use finger spaces between words, full stops at the end of a sentence and capital letters at the beginning of a sentence. Take your time-there's a lot to think about! Use your word bank as well. You are going to make your story into a book. You do not have to finish your story today.

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Maths

For our counting practice today we will play Counting cars. Drive your car around the carpark to find your numbers. Use the numbers you can see to help you. Remember the numbers never move! They are always in the same place on a number line.

Today we are looking at comparing numbers to 50 using base 10 and drawings. Watch Comparing numbers to 50 here and complete the worksheet below.

Once you have finished your worksheet, play a game of Play Your Cards RIght. Can you compre the numbers on the cards and guess higher or lower?

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French

Today you are going to listen to the story of Little Red Hen in French. First, let’s recap the words for the animal characters with this song. Click here.

It’s about animals who have big noses! Avec un gros nez! You don’t see that very often, says the song.

The animals you will need to know for the story are:

Le chat (luh sha) = the cat

Le cochon (luh coshon) = the pig

Le canard (luh canar) = the duck

La poule (la pool) = the hen

Say them a few times, adding an action to help you remember each one.

Here’s the story of Little Red Hen en francais. I hope you remember it from reading it in Reception. Try to get the gist of it from what you know of the story in English. You don’t need to understand every word.

Listen to it first, trying to pick out the names of the animals.Click here.

Now draw a quick cat, pig, duck and hen on four pieces of paper. Play the story video again and hold the right one up as the characters speak. Can you join in with the “Pas moi!” sentence? Not me!

Here’s a song to finish about a miller whose windmill is going too fast. Join in with the actions! Click here.

Merci beaucoup! A la semaine prochaine. See you next week.

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Music

In your music learning today you will be identifying tempo.

Click here to watch your video lesson.

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Well done on completing your home learning today!

Year 1 Home Learning Thursday 11th February 2021

Date: 5th Feb 2021 @ 11:22am

Welcome to your Thursday learning, Year 1. Don't forget to practise the dance - it's the big performance tomorrow!

Remember to post your dance clips to seesaw before 12 today to appear on our Dance Week video.

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Reading

It is great that so many of you are changing your books regularly. Just let us know when you need some more. We have loved seeing the videos of your reading.

Your reading challenge today is to talk about your book. Who is your favourite character? Why? Would you like to live in this setting? Why/why not?

Remember you can also find a huge library of eBooks at the Oxford Owl (link in the Home Learning button at the top of out class page).

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Phonics

To warm up today, play a game of buried treasure with OU sounds. Read your words carefully making sure to read every sound in the word.

Today we are spotting OW and OU words in a game of sounds spotter. Visit Seesaw to listen to the start of the story (How Silly) and complete the activity attached below.

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English

The big bad wolf has gone song. Click Here

Today you are continuing to write your story. Read what you have written so far.Use your story map to plan what you are going to write next,say it before you write it.

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Maths

Watch the counting videos below and sing along. Mute the video and keep counting. Can you keep in time with the song?

We are looking at counting in 2s today. Below are two videos to watch.

The first is a little introduction to counting in 2s. We have attached a 50 chart to print off and colour in.

The second is your maths lesson. Watch the Count in 2s video here and complete the worksheet below.

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R.E.

Shrove Tuesday and Ash Wednesday are during our half term holiday. Shrove Tuesday, also known as Pancake Day, is celebrated on the last day before Lent. It precedes Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent.  During Lent we think about Jesus and try to live our lives a little bit more like him. Lent is the time when we get ready for Easter. We make a Lenten promise. This is something you will try to do every day.Think about what your promise will be.It could be to help someone in your family, say an extra prayer, make sure you always use your manners-what other ideas have you got?

Draw a picture of you doing your Lenten promise on the leaf. Cut it out and stick it somewhere you will see it every day.

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DT / Engineering

Today we are going to challenge you to some Rapunzel problem solving. Below you will find a video telling the story of Rapunzel with a little twist. This is an engineering fairy tale.

Attached is the activity brief for the challenge and an example of how you could complete the challenge. Good luck. Post your solutions to Seesaw!

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Year 1 Home Learning Tuesday 9th February 2021

Date: 4th Feb 2021 @ 11:51am

Hello everyone, here is your Tuesday learning. We are seeing videos of some great dancing to Dua Lipa for our Dance Week! Keep fine tuning those moves!

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Reading

Read every day. It has such a massive impact on all your learning. For your reading challenge today pick five words from one of your books. What do the words mean? Can you think of other words which mean the same?

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Phonics

Watch the two videos below before visiting your lesson on Seesaw.

For your sounds learning today, we will be reading our OW/OU words and spotting some new words with these sounds.

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English

Wolfie went a-walking song. Click here.

Today you are going to sequence the story and re-tell it in your own words. Cut up the pictures on the sheet, have a good look at them and talk about what is happening in each picture. Put them in order and use them to re-tell the story. Make a video for Seesaw.

Tomorrow and Thursday you are going to be writing your story of Little Red Riding Hood. Have a look at the word bank sheet and think about any other words you might need to write. Add them to the word bank. Remember you have your Tricky Words too.

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Maths

Watch the videos on number bonds below. Sing along to the songs to remember your number facts. Write down some of your number bonds to 10 to help you remember them.

Play a game of Number Fact Bingo (games 1 or 2) by choosing 6 numbers between 0-20 and cross them off when the matching question comes up.

Today we are looking at comparing objects to 50. Watch the video on Comparing Objects to 50 here and complete the worksheet below. 

 

R.E.

The Last Supper

 This was the last meal Jesus had with his disciples before he died.  After Jesus died, his friends would meet together and celebrate as he had asked them to.

Today, people still celebrate this special meal when they gather for Mass.  The priest repeats the words Jesus said at the Last Supper; “This is my body and this is my blood.”  This is Jesus giving himself to us.

Read the story of  the Last Supper. Answer the questions.

P.E.

To finish off our Gymnastics learning this half-term we will be creating a basic sequence using balances and travels (Including rolls). Watch the video lesson here and join in. Remember to give yourself plenty of space to perform your routine.

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Well done on completing your Tuesday learning.

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