Rivers Primary Academy

Home Learning Activities - Week 12

Age Group: Year 1

Maths Activities Every day:

● Login and practise times tables rockstars (Times Tables Rock Stars)

AND/OR ● Login and do the activities set on

Maths Shed play this times table games https://play.edshed.com/number Choose Time Tables, choose 2s, 5s and 10s X and then choose the difficulty level.

In addition, please complete these tasks daily on https://uk.ixl.com

● Monday - Practising Year 1 maths: 'Count forward and backward - up to 100'

● Tuesday - Practising Year 1 maths:

'Skip-count by twos, fives and tens'

● Wednesday - Equal parts (Year 1 maths practice)

● Thursday - Identify halves (Year 1 maths practice)

● Friday - Related subtraction facts (Year 1 maths practice)

Reading Activities Every day:

● Read for at least 15 minutes and record it in your home reading record

Remember there is a reward if you read and record every day! In addition, I would like you to complete these reading activities.

● Monday - Today I would like you to share a book with an adult and ask the adult questions about the book.

● Tuesday - Tell me about a favourite character from a book you have read. Draw a picture and explain why they are your favourite character.

● Wednesday - Read the first few pages of a book. Predict what you think will happen next. Write your prediction in full sentences.

● Thursday - Read the rest of your book from yesterday. Were your predictions correct?

● Friday -. Today I want you to use your inference skills to find clues in the picture and write a few sentences about what the weather is like and how you think the children are feeling.

Book Chat I would also like you to engage with our class book everyday this week. Read it with your grown up and answer the question or complete the task that your teacher asks you to do on Dojo each day. Going To The Zoo

Spelling/Phonics Activities Every day:

● Login and practise either spelling shed www.spellingshed.com or phonics play (PhonicsPlay - Phonics games, planning, assessments and printables) Decodable comics from PhonicsPlay.

● They have a list assigned to them- Adding -s and -es to words (plurals) (Phonics)

● Read aloud phonemes (sounds) to someone. Can you beat your previous best?

Don’t forget to look at your class dojo for the phonics sessions that your class teacher will share. These may be different for each child. Here are some other useful links and worksheets to practise phonics or spellings :

● Pure Sounds Pure Sounds ● Login and practise phase 5 phonemes

on Phonics Play PhonicsPlay - Phonics games, planning, assessments and printables (free to register)

● www.topmarks.co.uk -Fishy Phonics -Flash Cards

Writing Activities

● Monday - This week we will be looking at the short film Bubbles. Today before you watch the film I want you to think about the title and predict what you think the story in the film will be about. Then watch the film https://www.literacyshed.com/bubbles.html and write a list of describing words (adjectives) or short phrases to describe being inside the bubble. Think about what the Bubble feels like and all the different things you can see.

● Tuesday - Today I would like you to look back at your list of words and write them into sentences describing the journey of the Bubble. Sequence your sentences so they tell the journey in the correct order of the film.

● Wednesday - Today I would like you to write a set of instructions telling me how to blow lots of Bubbles! Think about what you would need and what are the different steps. Use the words first, next, then and finally to start each sentence.

● Thursday - Today I would like you to plan a journey you would like to go on inside a Bubble. You could draw a picture of where you would go and label it. Think about where your journey would start, where you would

-Match Cards -Odd and Bob -Alien Escape

go and where it would end. You could go to a friends house, you could go into space or anywhere you want!

● Friday - Today I would like you to write me a short story about your journey in your bubble. Look back at the plan you made yesterday to help you. Try and use lots of describing words so I can imagine being on the journey with you.

Wider Curriculum Learning:

Monday: Science - Today we are going to continue our work on animals. I would like you to complete this online lesson: What are amphibians?

Tuesday: Geography - For our Geography Barnaby Bear will be taking us around the UK and Ireland. Today is the English city of Chester. Please watch this clip: A visit to Chester - KS1 Geography

Wednesday: ICT - Please complete this lesson: How do computer games work?

Thursday: History - Today I would like you to watch this clip and complete the activity.

Who was Professor Stephen Hawking?

Friday: Design & Technology - For the next 3 weeks we are going to do some lessons design and technology. Today I would like you to complete this lesson: Combining materials - KS1 Design and Technology

Other useful online links to websites (games, activities, films, etc) ● Maths shed (number bonds and timetables) ● Spelling shed ● Try a range of science experiments at home! Kids Science Experiments | Science

Experiments for Kids ● Explorify is a free website that offers a range of science activities! Explorify during

school closures ● Kids Workouts to do at home ● Cbeebies ● Myleene Klass has begun offering music lessons on her youtube channel Myleene's

Music Klass ● Carol Vordeman has made her maths service free during this time The Maths Factor :

Homepage - make Carol Vorderman your child's online maths tutor ● BBC supermovers for active learning - Super Movers

You may also like to complete one of the ‘creative learning ideas’ - these are optional but provide some great activities to do together

● Make your family tree - paint or draw, be creative! ● Cosmic yoga on www.youtube.com/cosmicyoga ● Make your own story stones by painting some characters onto stones! ● Make a parachutte for your toy

https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2011/02/toy-parachute-craft.html ● Make an owl baby puppet.

Home Learning Activities - Week 13

Age Group: Year 1

Maths Activities Every day:

Reading Activities Every day:

● Login and practise times tables rockstars (Times Tables Rock Stars)

AND/OR ● Login and do the activities set on

Maths Shed play this times table games https://play.edshed.com/number Choose Time Tables, choose 2s, 5s and 10s X and then choose the difficulty level.

In addition, please complete these tasks daily on https://uk.ixl.com.

● Monday - Subtract - numbers up to 20 (Year 1 maths practice)

● Tuesday - Practising Year 1 maths: 'Subtraction sentences - numbers up to 20'

● Wednesday- Practising Year 1 maths: 'Complete the addition sentence - make 10'

● Thursday - Exchanging coins (Year 1 maths practice)

● Friday - Count equal groups (Year 1 maths practice)

● Read for at least 15 minutes and record it in your home reading record

Remember there is a reward if you read and record every day! In addition, I would like you to complete these reading activities.

● Monday - Think of a story you have read recently and write a blurb about the story that you would find on the back of the book.

● Tuesday - Ask an adult to tell you about a favourite book or story they have read, maybe when they were younger. It could be a well known fairytale or an adventure story. Can you write a short retell of the story?

● Wednesday - Read a story with an adult. Write me five facts about the story. You could use the book we are using in book chat this week or one you have enjoyed over the past weeks.

● Thursday - Complete a book review about a book you have read in the last few weeks. Tell me who you think would also enjoy reading the book and why?

● Friday - Today I want you to use your inference skills. Explain to me how you think the children are feeling and why? What are they doing in the picture?

Book Chat I would also like you to engage with our class book everyday this week. Read it with your grown up and answer the question or complete the task that your teacher asks you to do on Dojo each day:

Top Dinosaurs

Spelling/Phonics Activities Every day:

● Login and practise either spelling shed or phonics play (PhonicsPlay - Phonics games, planning, assessments and printables)

● Decodable comics from PhonicsPlay. ● They have a list assigned to them-

Adding -s and -es to words (plurals) (Phonics)

Don’t forget to look at your class dojo for the phonics sessions that your class teacher will share. These may be different for each child. Here are some other useful links and worksheets to practise your phonics or spellings: Pure Sounds Pure Sounds Login and practise phase 5 phonemes on Phonics Play

PhonicsPlay - Phonics games, planning, assessments and printables (free to register)

● Read aloud your phonemes (sounds) to someone. Can you beat your previous best?

● www.topmarks.co.uk -Fishy Phonics -Flash Cards -Match Cards -Odd and Bob -Alien Escape

Writing Activities ● Monday - This week we will be

looking at the book The day the Crayons Quit. Listen to the story and read along https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=489micE6eHU

Talk about the book with an adult and answer these questions: What did Duncan learn from reading the letters from his crayons? Why did Duncan’s teacher give him a “good work” sticker for colouring, and a gold star for creativity at the end? How do the children think he will treat his crayons in the future? ● Tuesday - Today I would like you to

imagine you are one crayon (any colour) and you are writing a diary of what has happened since you quit your job as a crayon. Where have you been? How do you feel? Do you miss the other crayons and Duncan?

● Wednesday - Today I would like you to imagine how Duncan felt when he read all the letters from the crayons. Then read your work from yesterday and think how Duncan would feel hearing about what the crayons are doing now they have quit. Pretend you are Duncan and write a short letter persuading the crayons to come back. You can write how you are feeling and how much you miss them.

● Thursday - Today I would like you to write a list of all other stationary you might find in a classroom or at home that might be friends with the crayons, like a pencil. You could also draw a diagram of the different stationary and a pencil case.

● Friday - Today I would like you to focus on the end of the story, what do you think will happen next? Do you think the crayons will be happy now? Do you think Duncan will use the crayons differently? Write me your prediction in sentences.

Wider Curriculum Learning

Monday: Science - We are going to continue learning about animals in our science lessons. Today I would like you to complete this online lesson: What types of food do animals eat?

Tuesday: ICT - Please complete this lesson: How do you program a robot?

Wednesday:Geography - Today Barnaby Bear is going to take us to visit the Irish city of Dublin: A visit to Dublin, Ireland - KS1 Geography

Thursday: History - Today I would like you to watch this clip and complete the activity: Who was Florence Nightingale?

Friday: Design & Technology: Today we are going to continue our D&T theme. Today I would like you to watch these clips and complete the activities: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z4wdmp3/resources/1

Other useful online links to websites (games, activities, films, etc)

● Maths shed (number bonds and timetables) ● Spelling shed ● Try a range of science experiments at home! Kids Science Experiments | Science

Experiments for Kids ● Explorify is a free website that offers a range of science activities! Explorify during

school closures ● Kids Workouts to do at home

● Cbeebies ● Myleene Klass has begun offering music lessons on her youtube channel Myleene's

Music Klass ● Carol Vordeman has made her maths service free during this time The Maths Factor :

Homepage - make Carol Vorderman your child's online maths tutor ● BBC supermovers for active learning - Super Movers

You may also like to complete one of the ‘creative learning ideas’ - these are optional but provide some great activities to do together

● Choose what you want to learn to draw! HooplaKidz Doodle - Learn

How To Draw ● Make a paper airplane How to make a paper airplane ● Make playdough

Recipe- 2 cups plain flour, 1 cup salt, 2 teaspoons cream of tartar, 2 tablespoons of oil, food colouring, boiling water. You can put all the ingredients in and ask an adult to add the boiling water and mix it. Once it is cool, you can have a play.

● Make a junk model of the frogs from our story this week. ● Make a paper spinner https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5JkggCKYdiA

Home Learning Activities - Week 14

Age Group: Year 1

Maths Activities Every day:

● Login and practise times tables rockstars (Times Tables Rock Stars)

AND/OR ● Login and do the activities set on

Maths Shed play this times table games https://play.edshed.com/number Choose Time Tables, choose 2s, 5s and 10s X and then choose the difficulty level.

In addition, please complete these tasks daily on https://uk.ixl.com

● Monday - Practising Year 1 maths: 'Add two numbers - sums up to 20'

● Tuesday - Practising Year 1 maths:

'Complete the subtraction sentence - numbers up to 20'

Reading Activities Every day:

● Read for at least 15 minutes and record it in your home reading record

Remember there is a reward if you read and record every day! In addition, I would like you to complete these reading activities.

● Monday - Today I would like you to design a book cover for one of the short films we have looked at recently, like the story bubbles. Think about what main character you might want on the front cover.

● Tuesday - Write a book review about a book you have read recently, it could be a book from book chat. Tell me what was your favourite part and why.

● Wednesday - Write and answer three questions about a book you have

● Wednesday - Practising Year 1 maths: 'Identify multiplication expressions for equal groups'

● Thursday - Practising Year 1 maths: 'Divide by counting equal groups'

● Friday - Practising Year 1 maths: 'Count money - 1p, 2p, 5p and 10p coins'

read. You could ask about how a character is feeling, you could predict what would happen next if the story continued.

● Thursday - Design a bookmark that retells a story in pictures. Can an adult guess the story from your pictures?

● Friday -. Today I want you to look at the picture below of a castle and predict who you think lives there. I want you to describe what they look like and what you think they do. Do you think they live alone or with anybody?

Book Chat I would also like you to engage with our class book everyday this week. Read it with your grown up and answer the question or complete the task that your teacher asks you to do on Dojo each day. The Lonely Penguin https://connect.collins.co.uk/repo1/Content/Live/qbslearning/Bigcat/TheLonelyPenguin/index.html

Spelling/Phonics Activities Every day:

Writing Activities

● Monday - This week we will be

● Login and practise either spelling shed www.spellingshed.com or phonics play (PhonicsPlay - Phonics games, planning, assessments and printables) Decodable comics from PhonicsPlay.

● They have a list assigned to them- Adding -s and -es to words (plurals) (Phonics)

● Read aloud phonemes (sounds) to someone. Can you beat your previous best?

Don’t forget to look at your class dojo for the phonics sessions that your class teacher will share. These may be different for each child. Here are some other useful links and worksheets to practise phonics or spellings :

● Pure Sounds Pure Sounds ● Login and practise phase 5 phonemes

on Phonics Play PhonicsPlay - Phonics games, planning, assessments and printables (free to register)

● www.topmarks.co.uk -Fishy Phonics -Flash Cards -Match Cards -Odd and Bob -Alien Escape

looking at the story Caterpillar Shoes. Watch the short story https://www.literacyshed.com/caterpillar-shoes.html and retell me the story using lots of descriptive language to describe the different insects. Make sure you tell me in the correct order which animals had the shoes.

● Tuesday - Today I would like you to create a fact file about one of the insects that had a shoe or shoes off the caterpillar. Draw a picture of the insect and research to see what facts you can find.

● Wednesday - Today I would like you to imagine that you are the shiny Beetle and answer the following questions: How did you feel when the caterpillar gave you your shoes? Explain why. What have you been doing with your new shoes? What do you do with your new shoes when you go to bed?

● Thursday - Today I would like you to imagine that you are one of the insects that received a shoe. I want you to write a thankyou letter to the caterpillar. Talk about how comfy the shoe is, what it feels like and how it has made you happy. You can also use the work from yesterday to help you.

● Friday - Today I would like you to write a short poem about insects. You could pick one insect or include a few. Think about using rhyming words and describing how the insect moves.

Wider Curriculum Learning:

Monday: Science - Today we are going continue learning about animals with this online lesson: What do animals need to survive?

Tuesday: Geography - Today Barnaby Bear is going to take us to visit the Scottish city of Edinburgh. Watch this clip and complete the lesson: A visit to Edinburgh Castle - KS1 Geography

Wednesday: Music - Todays lesson is an introduction to jazz rhythm and pulse. Watch the clip to listen to the song and click out a steady then add word rhythm. Jazz - pulse and rhythm - KS1 Music

Thursday: History - Today I would like you to watch this clip and complete the activity: Who was Mary Seacole? Friday: Design & Technology: To complete out D&T theme I would like you to complete the following lesson: 3D design - KS1 Design and Technology

Other useful online links to websites (games, activities, films, etc) ● Maths shed (number bonds and timetables) ● Spelling shed ● Try a range of science experiments at home! Kids Science Experiments | Science

Experiments for Kids ● Explorify is a free website that offers a range of science activities! Explorify during

school closures ● Kids Workouts to do at home ● Cbeebies ● Myleene Klass has begun offering music lessons on her youtube channel Myleene's

Music Klass ● Carol Vordeman has made her maths service free during this time The Maths Factor :

Homepage - make Carol Vorderman your child's online maths tutor ● BBC supermovers for active learning - Super Movers

You may also like to complete one of the ‘creative learning ideas’ - these are optional but provide some great activities to do together

● Make your family tree - paint or draw, be creative! ● Cosmic yoga on www.youtube.com/cosmicyoga ● Make your own story stones by painting some characters onto stones! ● Make a parachutte for your toy

https://www.notimeforflashcards.com/2011/02/toy-parachute-craft.html ● Make an owl baby puppet.