During these unusual times our teachers are thinking of new ways to connect with their classes, this is increasingly involving new technology! Please understand that our teachers are working hard to regularly set work for children online and to virtually monitor and possibly interact with the children. This may look slightly different for each class at the moment, as each teacher is navigating their own journey with this new technology. Therefore, we ask that you continue to be supportive during these unprecedented times and not necessarily expect instant replies to queries and understand that sometimes feedback may just be a "like or a smiley face"! If we all work together we will come through this stronger and with an increased sense of community! Happy learning!
Welcome to the Clever Clownfish Class page!
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We are an amazing Year 1 / 2 class of clever and caring Clownfish.
Our teacher is Miss Brewster and our individual needs assistant is Mrs Borthwick.
Did you know that Clownfish get their name from the bold colour strokes on their body, like a clown's face paint.
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Dear Parents and Carers,
I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and I would like to wish you all a very Happy New Year.
Our school is one of the many partially closed by the Government to get the infection rate under control. Home Learning will be added to our class webpage. There will also be some 2Do tasks set on Purple Mash. Purple Mash logins are stuck in the front page of your child’s home/school contact book.
We will upload the full timetable of lessons we will be teaching to the children of critical workers and vulnerable children in school every week. Please can you upload the work your child has completed in their Class Dojo portfolio. I am really looking forward to reading your child’s learning and I will mark and reward Dojos for their learning daily.
If you need login details for Class Dojo please contact the school office.
Best wishes, stay safe and well,
Sarah Brewster
Clownfish Class Teacher
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Returning to School
As we approach our return to school it is understandable that some feelings may be mixed. The following sheets may be of use to help reassure your child and help plan and prepare. Please click on the links below.
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Reading Newsletter Term 4
Please click on the above title to see the latest Reading Newsletter, this includes details of our World Book Day celebrations. Also as part of World Book Day, if your child would like to send in a short video of themselves reading a paragraph from their favourite book then we would love to see these. They can be posted on Class Dojo.
Should you wish for us to share your reading video at our whole school assembly, on Friday 5th March, please send your video into the school office- office@ryeprimary.co.uk by 4pm on Thursday 4th March.
We are really looking forward to seeing them.
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Online Safety
Children, remember your e-safety rules: make sure you let your parents know you are online and share what you are learning about.
During this time of remote learning, it has become more fundamental than ever to keep our children safe online. The National Online Safety website provides, among others, guides with tips for parents to do this. We have posted a few of those guides below for your information. Please visit https://nationalonlinesafety.com/hub/guide for more.
Online Safety
Safe Online Remote Education
Social Media
TikTok
Among Us
Playstation
X-Box
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Our Term 4 topic is Towers, Tunnels and Turrets .
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Hot off the Press! This week's Spelling List 05.03.2021
With the children's return to school, we are introducing some new spelling groups. I will be contacting you to confirm your child's group.
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KS1 Timetable – Term 4, Week 3 08.3.21- 12.3.21
Please follow the links on the timetable to see and download this week's learning activities. It is the same learning that the children will be completing in the bubble.
To support access to learning on different platforms, most work has has been duplicated into PDF documents.
Please do not feel obliged to print off all the pages for the children to work on: we are more than happy for the children to complete the work on paper, for you to photograph and upload to their portfolio on Class Dojo.
All work will be posted by 8:30am in the morning but, as you see, most is posted well before.
**Timetable update **
We are excited to invite you to a Key Stage 1 assembly to start the week at 9:00am on Monday morning. See ClassDojo for further details.
We will sharing our new topic with the children and starting off our English task. Please feel free to adapt the day accordingly and do your phonics at a time that suits you best.
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8:30 – 8:55 |
8:55 – 9:20 |
9:20 – 10:15 |
10:15 – 10:30 |
10:30 – 11:25 |
11:25 – 11:45 |
11:45 – 12:00 |
12:00 – 12:45 |
12:45 – 1:00 |
1:00 – 1:30 |
1:30 – 2:30 |
2:40– 3:00 |
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Monday |
Early Morning Activity |
Phonics Daily online Letters and Sounds for Home and Schools Lessons. Your child's phonics phase has been sent to you through Dojo. |
English Towers, Tunnels & Turrets
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Break |
Maths *Links for video tutorials are on the PowerPoints Year 1 Shape
Year 2 Shape
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Maths
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Class |
Lunch |
Book Talk This session can be found on you Class Dojo Class Story |
Science
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Tuesday |
Early Morning Activity |
Phonics Daily online Letters and Sounds for Home and Schools Lessons. Your child's phonics phase has been sent to you through Dojo. |
English Towers, Tunnels & Turrets
Book Week
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Maths *Links for video tutorials are on the PowerPoints Year 1 Shape
Year 2 Shape
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Handwriting Handwriting Capital letters M, N, V, W, K, X Slanted Lines Click here for further information.
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Class |
Book Talk This session can be found on you Class Dojo Class Story |
History
Who lived in a Medieval Castle?
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Early Morning Activity | Phonics
Daily online Letters and Sounds for Home and Schools Lessons. Your child's phonics phase has been sent to you through Dojo. |
English
Towers, Tunnels & Turrets Book Week
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Maths *Links for video tutorials are on the PowerPoints Year 1 Shape
Year 2 Shape
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Maths
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Assembly Guest |
Book Talk This session can be found on you Class Dojo Class Story |
Computing
Grouping Data
Describing an object.
Describing an object PowerPoint
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PE Choose from a range of activities Home PE KS1 Challenge Why don't you take some pictures of your PE activities and put them in your Dojo portfolio! |
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Thursday – 11.03.21 |
Early Morning Activity | Phonics
Daily online Letters and Sounds for Home and Schools Lessons.
Your child's phonics phase has been sent to you through Dojo. |
English Towers, Tunnels & Turrets Book Week
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Maths Year 1 Shape
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Handwriting
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Singing I had a dream. https://www.eastsussexonlinemusic.co.uk/ charanga-sing/resources/27346-i-have-a-dream-abba
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Book Talk This session can be found on you Class Dojo Class Story |
P.S.H.E To know about the different food groups that make a healthy balanced diet.
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Friday |
Early Morning Activity | Phonics
Daily online Letters and Sounds for Home and Schools Lessons. Your child's phonics phase has been sent to you through Dojo. |
English Ask someone in your family to test you on your spellings. Just like school, you need to write them down.
Book Week
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Maths *Links for video tutorials are on the PowerPoints
Year 1 Shape
Year 2 Shape
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Story time |
Book Talk This session can be found on you Class Dojo Class Story |
Music " Round and Round" Click here to access the Yumu lesson. You will have been sent a login card on Dojo.
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Art
Mother's Day Card
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Celebration |
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Further tasks for children if they have trouble accessing the work above.
Pencil Control Work Pack
Pencil Control Feelings Monsters
SATPIN Letter Formation
Letter Formation Pre-cursive
Number Formation Work Pack
First 100 High Frequency Words Handwriting
Number Bonds Challenge
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Useful Resources
Additional resources
Homework - Term 4 - Towers, Tunnels and Turrets - What will you choose to do? Click on the the image to find out about the homework challenges.
The links below lead you straight to the additional sheets you will need.
Home Learning
English
Instead of a class book, we are exploring different poems. Please take the opportunity to share these poems and any other poems and rhymes you know, including family favourites, limericks, nursery rhymes and rhymes in other languages.
Michael Rosen - You Tube
BBC Supermovers - Alphabet song
Alphabet and alphabetical order PowerPoint
Alphabetical order activity sheets
Poster
Learning Steps
- Say the alphabet in order, saying the names of the letters not the sounds.
- Put the alphabet in order
- Match lower and upper case letters.
- Put words in alphabetical order.
- Sentence stacking - demonstration writing, using Writing Rainbow
- Writing sentences, using capital letters to begin the sentences and for proper nouns.
- Writing sentences, using a full stop at the end of the sentence.
- Read writing aloud for sense and accuracy.
Websites to help with Home Learning
ClassDojo children can post stories, pictures, and videos of their work on ClassDojo, either in their portfolio or via a message for me to put in their portfolio. If they like, I can even share it with the whole class. It is a great way to stay motivated and connected. The app and website are free to download / use. I look forward to seeing their work.
How to help your child with maths at home for parents
Maths dictionary for parents
Mathsbot for helpful manipulatives like dienes, numicon, counters and numberlines
Top Marks offers numerous learning games and activities in all subjects
National Centre for Excellence in the Teaching of Mathematics
DK Find Out! Excellent for curious minds
Reading with your child
Oxford Reading Owl for free books
Open Library books to borrow
Reading Eggs Phonics, spelling and reading activities. Children have received login details.
- Take turns to make plans and predictions before reading: ‘I wonder if… what do you think?’ ‘You think… Oh, I thought…’
- Recap to check ideas and understanding as your child is reading: ‘So, you think that…’ ‘Did you expect…to happen?’ ‘Why do you think that happened?’
- Use encouragement and praise to keep children engaged in reading: ‘What brilliant ideas…let’s see what happens.’ ‘You thought so carefully about... What might happen now?’
- Share prior knowledge and past experiences that link to what is being read: ‘Have you learnt about…at school?’ ‘Do you remember when we watched…and found out about…’
- Tune-in and listen to your child – be curious about their interests: ‘I didn’t know you knew so much about…’ ‘I love reading stories about...with you.’
Reading Eggs
Rye Primary School have purchased a subscription for all our children to access Reading Eggs. It supports each child’s learning by offering individual, one-on-one lessons that allow children to progress at their own rate. The Reading Eggs programme focuses on a core reading curriculum of phonics and sight words using skills and strategies essential for sustained reading success. With interactive animations, fun games, great songs and lots of rewards, Reading Eggs is a great place to learn to read. Children are highly motivated to return again and again. At Reading Eggs, learning to read is enjoyable as well as very rewarding. Every lesson ends with a new book and a new critter to add to your growing collection.
All children have their own login and password, which can be found in their yellow reading record book. However, if you need a reminder, please don't hesitate to contact me on ClassDojo.
Click here for further information about Reading Eggs.
Phonics
At Rye Community Primary School, we teach phonics at Key Stage 1 using the 'Letters and Sounds' programme. Phonics Play provide a wide range of resources that support this.
Fast Phonics also provides further engaging activities. They can be accessed here, using your child's Reading Eggs login.
Maths
Maths Parent Work Books.
Please choose the appropriate year group for your child.
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Year 1 parent work books Autumn Block 1 Place Value (within 10) Block 2 Addition and Subtraction (within 10) Block 3 Shape Block 4 Place Value (within 20) Spring Block 1 Addition and Subtraction (within 20) Block 2 Place Value (within 50) Block 3 Length and Height Block 4 Mass and Capacity Summer Block 1 Multiplication and Division Block 2 Fractions Block 3 Position and Direction Block 4 Place Value to 100 Block 5 Money Block 6 Time |
Year 2 parent work books Autumn Block 1 Place Value Block 2 Addition and Subtraction Block 3 Money Block 4 Multiplication Spring Block 1 Division Block 2 Statistics Block 3 Properties of Shape Block 4 Fractions Block 5 Length and Height Summer Block 1 Position and Direction Block 2 Time Block 3 Measurement
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Science
Our science topic this term is "Everyday Materials". We'll be learning about the properties of different materials and what they are used for. We'll even learn about recycling, so get your bins out!
BBC Learning at Home - Materials
[Click here] The BBC also has a range of interesting video clips to learn from and enjoy.
Geography and History:
Maps: Using atlases and Google Earth, can you find the UK?
Which continent do we live in?
Label a map of the UK with the different countries.
Where are the capital cities?
What are the different flags for each nation in the UK?
Can you name the seas surrounding the UK?.
P.E.
When you are self-isolating and feeling well, it is important to keep active physically as well as mentally.
Cosmic Yoga
GoNoodle
Unicef learn with me - crafting, baking and dancing activity videos from around the world by children for children.
Online Safety
The National Online Safety website provides, among others, guides with tips for parents to help keep children safe online. We have posted a few of those guides below for your information. Please visit https://nationalonlinesafety.com/hub/guide for more.
Online Safety
Safe Online Remote Education
Social Media
TikTok
Among Us
Playstation
X-Box
Year 1 and 2 Learning@home.
Year 1 and 2 will be using Purple Mash to support learning across the curriculum. Each child's login details can be found in their contact book.
We use ClassDojos in school to reward children for brilliant conduct and fantastic learning. Invites have been sent to the parents via e-mail so that the children can share their learning with me. If you have not received an invitation to join, please check your junk/spam folders. Otherwise, please contact the school by phone or email telling us the e-mail address that you would like to be contacted on; I will do my best to resend you the information you need as soon as I can.
How children sign in to Class Dojo at home.
How to change your Dojo monster!
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Reading
Oxford Owl have a wide range of e-books available to read online. Many are similar to the colour-banded books we use in school and there is a useful guide that links you to the appropriate level of books for your child. In addition, many have an audio facility and some have activities linked to the text.
These can all be found in the Oxford Owl for Home area of their website. We have a class login that you will be able to find in your child's home-school contact book.
Remember also, that reading and re-reading favourite books is an important part of learning to read and developing a love of reading that should not be underestimated so please take time to enjoy family picture books and stories that you already have at home.
Weekly Reading Following feedback from parents, children and Buster Book Club:
We are going to continue to run Busters' Book Club; this is a great scheme which celebrates reading children do outside school. Reading daily is so important and we would like them to read for 15 minutes daily. Even if it isn't their school reading. The children can send in their reading minutes on a Thursday as the classes with the most minutes will win extra treats!
Here are handwriting pages that we use in class. The letters have been grouped as they are formed in similar ways, apart from Blue family which have their own distinctive shapes. Forming letters correctly help the children to begin joining their letters clearly. It's a good idea to make sure that handwriting is practised sitting with a good posture at a table. They can be done independently and, as long as they hold the pencil or pen correctly, they can use any writing equipment they like.
Go for quality over quantity. Although the sheets are A4, only spend 15-20 minutes at a time. Have a break, or use the handwriting as quick early morning activity.
If your child finds letter formation challenging, it's a good idea to write the letters as big as possible. You can even use shampoo or shower gel and write them as large as possible on a tiled wall, shower screen or window! Only focus on one letter at a time.
- Letter formation overview
- Letter families
- Red family
- Orange family
- Yellow family
- Green and Blue families
- Letter family mnemonics (prompts)
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Letter formation animations: Click here to see how letters are formed. Be warned they don't have the lead strokes we use, but it is a good place to start.
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Handwriting warm-up exercises: Handy videos demonstrating how you can spend 5 minutes warming-up to write. Choose 1 exercise from each colour group.
Useful Websites for Further Learning
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The government now have a list of online education resources to help children learn at home. The list includes subject-specific resources for: |
ClassDojo - To keep our class community spirits up! Please use this website/app to keep us updated with your home learning activities via the Class Story or Portfolios. I would like to share your work on the class story . Please write if you would really love for your home learning to be shared. PurpleMash - Please use PurpleMash to keep us updated, and there are lots of fun games and activities on there too! Twinkl - Lots of resources for every subject. Classroom Secrets - Lots of resources for every subject. Top Marks - Educational games for lots of subjects, a particular favourite is 'Telling the Time'. White Rose Maths - The scheme of work that we follow at Rye Primary, there are lots of resources for Year 1 and 2. Oxford Owl - Lots of reading books online, as well as other resources . Free to join. Read Theory - Lots of books. Open Library - A website for you to borrow books. CBBC Newsround - Keep updated with child friendly news. Teach handwriting - Help you practice your handwriting for a pen licence. Pobble365 - English and writing activities. GoNoodle - Lots of videos to help keep you active. These include dancing, yoga and stretching. Cosmic Yoga - Lots of great yoga videos. Oak National Academy- Online Classroom and resources BBC teach - Free primary resources. |
Learning Archive
Term 4 Week 2
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8:55 – 9:20 |
9:20 – 10:15 |
10:15 – 10:30 |
10:30 – 11:25 |
11:25 – 11:45 |
11:45 – 12:00 |
12:00 – 12:45 |
12:45 – 1:00 |
1:00 – 1:30 |
1:30 – 2:30 |
2:40– 3:00 |
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Early Morning Activity |
Phonics Daily online Letters and Sounds for Home and Schools Lessons. Your child's phonics phase has been sent to you through Dojo. |
English Towers, Tunnels & Turrets *This PowerPoint contains Monday and Tuesday's lesson. Useful links: How to make a lapbook (info for parents and helpers) English Heritage Kids Magazine Usborne Books: Dorling Kindersley:
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Break |
Maths *Links for video tutorials are on the PowerPoints Year 1 Shape
Year 2 Shape
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Maths Maths Meeting PowerPoint Lessons 1 and 2
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Lunch |
Book Talk This session can be found on you Class Dojo Class Story |
Science
Year 1 and Year 2 Task Word doc
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Tuesday |
Early Morning Activity |
Phonics Daily online Letters and Sounds for Home and Schools Lessons. Your child's phonics phase has been sent to you through Dojo. |
English Towers, Tunnels & Turrets
*Continued from Monday Additional Resources Word bank Castle - labelled
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Maths *Links for video tutorials are on the PowerPoints Year 1 Shape Year 2 Shape
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Handwriting Handwriting Capital letters M, N, V, W, K, X Slanted Lines Click here for further information.
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Book Talk This session can be found on you Class Dojo Class Story |
History
Medieval Castles
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Early Morning Activity | Phonics
Daily online Letters and Sounds for Home and Schools Lessons. Your child's phonics phase has been sent to you through Dojo. |
English
Towers, Tunnels & Turrets Writing a non-fiction text. The children will spend today collating their non-chronological report / information text using their preferred format: Lapbook (Examples for each are in Monday's PowerPoint)
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Maths *Links for video tutorials are on the PowerPoints Year 1 Shape Year 2 Shape
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Maths
Maths Meeting PowerPoint Lessons 1 and 2
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Assembly Guest |
Book Talk This session can be found on you Class Dojo Class Story |
Computing
Grouping Data
Group and Count
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PE Choose from a range of activities Home PE KS1 Challenge Why don't you take some pictures of your PE activities and put them in your Dojo portfolio! |
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Thursday – 04.03.21 |
Early Morning Activity | Phonics
Daily online Letters and Sounds for Home and Schools Lessons.
Your child's phonics phase has been sent to you through Dojo. |
English Towers, Tunnels & Turrets Towers, Tunnels & Turrets Writing a non-fiction text. The children will spend today completing / editing their non-chronological report / information text using their preferred format: Lapbook (Examples for each are in Monday's PowerPoint)
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Maths Year 1 Shape
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Handwriting
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Singing I had a dream. https://www.eastsussexonlinemusic.co.uk/charanga-sing/resources/27346-i-have-a-dream-abba
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Book Talk This session can be found on you Class Dojo Class Story |
Geography To design a map referring to its key human features.
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Friday |
Early Morning Activity | Phonics
Daily online Letters and Sounds for Home and Schools Lessons. Your child's phonics phase has been sent to you through Dojo. |
English Ask someone in your family to test you on your spellings. Just like school, you need to write them down. Year 1 GPS I can use full stops and exclamation marks. I can use s and es in the right place. Year 2 GPS I can use punctuation correctly I can use apostrophes to show possession.
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Maths *Links for video tutorials are on the PowerPoints
Year 1 Shape
Year 2 Shape
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Music " Round and Round" Click here to access the Yumu lesson. You will have been sent a login card on Dojo. |
Story time |
Book Talk This session can be found on you Class Dojo Class Story |
Art
Painting a castle.
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PSHE
Medicine Safety.
Year 1 and Year 2 Task Word doc
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Celebration |
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Early Morning Activity |
Phonics Daily online Letters and Sounds for Home and Schools Lessons. Your child's phonics phase has been sent to you through Dojo. |
English Towers, Tunnels & Turrets Powerpoint (Audio) Writing Task (Word Writing Task (PDF)
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Break |
Maths *Links for video tutorials are on the PowerPoints Year 1 Measuring
Year 2 Division
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Maths Maths Meeting PowerPoint Lessons 1 and 2 Maths Meetings PDF Lessons 1 and 2
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Lunch |
Book Talk This session can be found on you Class Dojo Class Story |
Science
To identify uses of different everyday materials.
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Tuesday |
Early Morning Activity |
Phonics Daily online Letters and Sounds for Home and Schools Lessons. Your child's phonics phase has been sent to you through Dojo. |
English Towers, Tunnels & Turrets *There's no writing in today's task, instead we're learning about the features of a non-fiction text. PowerPoint - Activity (Word) Finding out about castles link
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Maths *Links for video tutorials are on the PowerPoints Year 1 Measuring
Year 2 Division
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Handwriting
Capital letters |
Class |
Book Talk This session can be found on you Class Dojo Class Story |
History To find out about UK castles that were built by the Normans.
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Early Morning Activity | Phonics
Daily online Letters and Sounds for Home and Schools Lessons. Your child's phonics phase has been sent to you through Dojo. |
English
PowerPoint (Audio)
- Activity Level 1 (PDF) *To save paper, this writing can be done straight to paper. It is worth seeing the PDF for prompts and to see how much writing you need for each part (very little!) Finding out about castles link
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Maths *Links for video tutorials are on the PowerPoints Year 1 Measuring
Year 2 Division
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Maths Maths Meeting PowerPoint Lessons 1 and 2 Maths Meetings PDF Lessons 1 and 2
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Assembly Guest |
Book Talk This session can be found on you Class Dojo Class Story |
Computing
Grouping Data
Label and Match
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PE Choose from a range of activities Home PE KS1 Challenge Why don't you take some pictures of your PE activities and put them in your Dojo portfolio! |
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Thursday – 25.02.21 |
Early Morning Activity | Phonics
Daily online Letters and Sounds for Home and Schools Lessons.
Your child's phonics phase has been sent to you through Dojo. |
English Towers, Tunnels & Turrets PowerPoint (Audio) The writing activity sheet is the same as Weds'. - Activity Level 1 (PDF)
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Maths Year 1 Measuring Year 2 Division
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Handwriting Handwriting (2)- Practising words
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Singing
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Book Talk This session can be found on you Class Dojo Class Story |
Geography To name and locate the capital cities of the UK and their castles.
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Friday |
Early Morning Activity | Phonics
Daily online Letters and Sounds for Home and Schools Lessons. Your child's phonics phase has been sent to you through Dojo. |
English Ask someone in your family to test you on your spellings. Just like school, you need to write them down. Year 1 GPS I can use capital letters and full stops. I can add 'er' to the end of words. Year 2 GPS I can use capital letters and full stops consistently in my writing. I can add these letter groups to the end of words; 'er, est, ly'.
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Maths *Links for video tutorials are on the PowerPoints
Year 1 Measuring
Year 2 Division
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Music " Round and Round" Click here to access the Yumu lesson. You will have been sent a login card on Dojo. |
Story time |
Book Talk This session can be found on you Class Dojo Class Story |
Art
Drawing a castle.
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PSHE
I know what I need to keep my body healthy.
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Celebration |
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