Year 1 - Bill

Home Learning 

Whilst we are not at school work will be posted each Monday morning. If you have any questions regarding the tasks set, please email your child's class teacher using the following email year1@st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk  Teachers will endeavour to reply to every parent as soon as possible. These are unprecedented times so please continue to be patient if we are unable to respond immediately to any questions about home learning activities set.  It is very important that you contact your class teacher at least once a week by Thursday morning to let them know you are OK and how your child is coping with the work set. 

Thank you for your continuous support. 

Summer Reading Challenge 2020

Sign up for ‘The Digital Summer Reading Challenge’ on Friday 5^th June.

You can find out all about this Summer’s challenge and how to sign up on the link below.

https://summerreadingchallenge.org.uk/parents-carers#:~:text=The%20Challenge%20will%20run%20from,on%20Friday%205%20June%202020.

Although library buildings are closed, libraries will deliver the Challenge through virtual services and e-lending platforms.

In order to complete the Reading Challenge, you must read six books. Remember to share your certificate with your class teacher to receive a prize.

Week Commencing 1^st June Home Learning Activities

Please find below the activities to be completed this week.

Please photograph/ comment on each activity completed and how your child has done with them and email me at year1@st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk.  Feel free to email as often as you like but please make sure it is at least once a week.

Daily Activities:

• Read your home reading book, a book for pleasure or a new book online. 
• Phonics
• Literacy
• Spelling
• Maths
• PE and some Topic or RE work.

Maths

We are continuing to follow the daily White Rose Maths home learning lessons with this week focusing on measuring mass and beginning to look at capacity. The activity sheets for the week’s lessons are in the document below. Please continue to complete one lesson a day and remember that you do not need to print out the activities you can just write your answers in your exercise book.

Literacy

This week’s learning theme is ‘Under the Sea’. It includes looking at some lovely poems and songs each day before exploring the different animals that live under the sea. Over the course of the week your child will work towards writing their own ‘Under the Sea’ poems and songs.

Spelling:

Starting this week, we are going move away from practising our common exception words and begin having a set weekly spelling test. Below you will find a PowerPoint to remind you of words that use the ph and wh diagraphs in their spelling, a word search and a handwriting practise sheet, all of which contain this week’s spellings. Practise these each day and then have a test on Friday. Please email me with your test score when you have completed it so that I can see how well you have done.

Phonics

This week we will begin using Espresso for our phonics learning when looking at alternative spellings of different sounds. Follow the link below to Espresso and use the login from your child’s home learning pack (Please email if you need a reminder of this). Look at a new video each day starting at the top of Sally’s path with ch then move onto j, m, n, r. Click on the path to watch the video and then complete an activity from the choices in the menu on right hand side of the page.

Reading:

Continue to read daily by accessing free eBooks from Oxford Owl:

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page

Grammar:

Here are two sets of activities that you can complete over the course of the week to help you practise punctuating sentences correctly:

Have a go at fixing these sentences. Remember to think about both the spelling and punctuation.

Do these sentences need a full stop, question mark or exclamation mark?

Topic/Science: Under the Sea

This week we are going to learn about creatures that live under the sea to join together with our Literacy work. The activities below include; fact cards about sea creatures, comprehension questions, a read and colour activity, a booklet about the five oceans of the world and a labelling activity.

RE:

This week I would like you to think about promises. Discuss these questions with a grown up at home:

• What is a promise?
• Where is it kept?
• How is it kept?

After you have discussed these questions write your own promise or draw a picture of a promise you would like to make.

PE:

Join Joe Wicks for his daily PE lesson:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

Music:

Continue with the ‘Songs for ages 5-7’ unit by choosing 2 different songs to listen to and discuss.  To access the unit, follow the link below and using the login details from your welcome letter.

https://www.lancashiremusichub.co.uk/yumu

PSHE:

This week have a discussion at home to answer the question ‘should we always believe what we hear in the news?' Use the prompt below for some ideas and more questions. Maybe you could have a go at writing your own news article.

Art/DT:

Keeping to our under the sea theme have a go at one of the crafts in this photo. You could make a paper plate jelly fish or use recycled materials to make your own fish tank. Don’t forget to send me a photo of your creation.

Please follow this link for more details of these crafts:

https://www.artycraftykids.com/craft/sea-crafts-kids/

Week Commencing 18^th May Home Learning Activities

Please find below the activities to be completed this week.

Please photograph/ comment on each activity completed and how your child has done with them and email me at year1@st-pauls.lancs.sch.uk.  Feel free to email as often as you like but please make sure it is at least once a week.

Daily Activities:

• Read your home reading book, a book for pleasure or a new book online. 
• Phonics
• Literacy
• Spelling
• Maths
• PE and some Topic or RE work.

Maths

We are continuing to follow the daily White Rose Maths home learning lessons with this week focusing on measuring and comparing height and weight. The activity sheets for the week’s lessons are in the document below. Please continue to complete one lesson a day and remember that you do not need to print out the activities you can just write your answers in your exercise book.

Literacy

This week’s learning is all about animals. It begins with a reading poems from ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ by Giles Abdreae and moves onto looking at ‘The Ugly Five’ by Julia Donaldson and Axel Sheffler. I know that you have all enjoyed reading books by Julia Donaldson in school so I am sure you will enjoy this new one just as much. 

Rumble in the Jungle:

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/rumble-in-the-jungle/

The Ugly Five:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=69K2IZ1A1ZU

Spelling:

This week focus on practising the spelling of the common words; once, use, before, more, circle, sure and water. Use the Sir Linkalot spelling videos below to help you remember them. Look at one video each day and then have a little test on Friday to see how well you have remembered them.

https://app.sirlinkalot.org/2019/07/15/once/content.html

https://app.sirlinkalot.org/2019/07/15/use/content.html

https://app.sirlinkalot.org/2019/06/15/before-more/content.html

https://app.sirlinkalot.org/2019/06/14/circle/content.html

https://app.sirlinkalot.org/2019/06/14/sure/content.html

https://app.sirlinkalot.org/2019/06/14/water/content.html

Phonics

This week continue play some of the phase 5 games on phonics play using the link below. You can choose the games that you would like to play this week. Below are four activities to complete alongside playing a game. These activities focus on the alternative graphemes for igh, ai and ee as well as some alien word cards to practise reading using your blending skills.

Use the username march20 and password home to login to phonics play.

Reading:

Here are two links that you can follow to access eBooks and magazines as part of your daily reading at home.

Use your library membership details or register online to access comics and magazines for free by following this link:

https://www.lancashire.gov.uk/libraries-and-archives/libraries/digital-library/?page=4

Register for free to access lots of free eBooks for your child’s age: 

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page

Grammar:

In your CGP Grammar, Punctuation and Spelling book please complete pages 7, 8 and 9 in Section Two focusing on punctuating sentences. As well as these pages have a go at these fun interactive games to “fix the sentences”.

Oxford Owl Sentences: https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/24635.html

Oxford Owl Punctuation: https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/24458.html

Topic/Science: Recycling

This week we are continuing with our materials topic by looking at recycling. Below are some activities to help you learn about recycling, use recycling to make something fun and make your own recycling poster.

RE:

On Thursday it is Ascension. Below is a link to a video about Ascension, a comprehension activity to complete and a link to some family prayer activities. You could also draw a picture to show what you have learnt about Ascension.

Ascension: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UcFw8pLBSIo

https://www.thykingdomcome.global/resources/digital-family-prayer-adventure-map

PE:

Join Joe Wicks for his daily PE lesson:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

Music:

Have a go at listening to and appraising some of the songs in the ‘Songs for ages 5-7’ unit by following the link below and using the login details from your welcome letter.

https://www.lancashiremusichub.co.uk/yumu

Computing:

This week logon to Tyker using the link below using your login details and have a go at one of our class challenges.

https://www.tynker.com/ 

PSHE:

This week have a discussion at home to answer the question ‘If you could live anywhere, where would it be?’ Use the prompt below for some ideas and more questions. Maybe you could have a go at drawing where you would like to live?

Art:

This week have a go at learning how to draw a castle, a dinosaur and an elephant using this fun videos to guide you. Find somewhere comfortable with a computer or television to play the videos on and your drawing materials ready. Now it’s time to relax and have some fun learning to draw.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0w_ewEaLYKo&list=PLm2RM2K7CuCSmfTZq12RV83OJUv1W40aA&index=16

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ5J4wHMgTI&list=PLm2RM2K7CuCSmfTZq12RV83OJUv1W40aA&index=13

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HEZ65pIs7xw&list=PLm2RM2K7CuCSmfTZq12RV83OJUv1W40aA&index=6

Extra PE Challenges