01.05.20

Good Morning Year 1!

I can't believe we are in May already, this year is going so quickly! I can not wait to see the amazing learning you do this month.

I hope you all had a fabulous day yesterday and managed to complete some super work with your grown-ups. The updates I have received from you all so far have gone in a super picture gallery so look out for your pictures there! Keep up the amazing work!

Yesterday whilst I was doing some jobs around the house, I caught George having a sneaky peek at the Year 1 class page and looking at all your amazing updates from yesterday. Here is a picture of the sneaky giraffe.

Morning work:  Today you are going to be doing some problem-solving. You do not need to write anything down if you do not wish to. Look at the picture below, How many triangles can you see in the picture?

Hint: There are probably more than you think, look closely. There are big triangles and little ones.

English:  Today we are going to still think about the story of the 'Tiny seed' but focus on the seasons that were in the story. As you have been doing some amazing writing recently I thought you needed a break from this and would enjoy some drama instead. Today we are going to be accessing Now Press Play from home and thinking about the seasons.

How does it work?

1. Write North, South, East, West on paper and stick one on each wall
2. Put on wireless headphones (if you have them) if not just play the sound normally from your device.
3. Stand in the centre of the room and… now press play!
4. Follow the instructions in the story (Just like in school)
5. Afterwards have a discussion about the story and what you learnt with your grown-ups.

To access this you need to go to: http://nowpressplay.co.uk/learn-at-home/

Once on the webpage you will be asked for a password it is: nowpressplay

When you have logged in, please select Years 1-2, and select science (it is a blue coloured tab) then you will see the topic of seasons appear down the left side. Click this to display today's lesson. Then when you are ready play the clip by pressing the pink play button. It should look like this:

Have fun!

Reading:  Make sure you read a book today or have a grown-up read you a story.  If you have read all your reading books from school, you can read some of the phonetically decodable comics online. These can be found at www.phonicsplaycomics.co.uk. 

Also, David Walliams (A well-known children's author) has given you the opportunity every day to receive a short audiobook from his collection of short stories from his book 'The World’s Worst Children!' You can access these at: https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/

New stories are avaliable after 11am every day, or you can listen to ones from the day before if you wish.

Try and remember to record all of your reading in your diary so that we can see how much reading you have done when we come back to school. I can't wait to see how much reading you have done at home!

Maths:  

In maths today we are going to have a flash back friday, this is something we do most Friday's where we test the skills and knowledge we have learnt so far throughout the year. I have got 3 mats for you covering lots of different maths topics, they are of varying difficulty with simliar questions, so you can choose which to suit you and not complete all 3.

In your yellow books can you answer the following questions:

End of the day story:    The story I have chosen today is one that we have not read before in class. it is called 'Whoops, but it wasn't me!' it is a Charlie and Lola book, written by Lauren Child.

Enjoy your weekend Year 1 - Hopefully, the sun will come out and you can enjoy playing outside and getting some fresh air. I will be back on Monday morning with more home learning for you! Stay safe and stay healthy!