Year 1 - Bill

Zoom Lessons

Your child will be invited to take part in a Zoom online lesson each week with their class teacher and the rest of their class. You will receive an invitation to this lesson via email the day before the lesson and a reminder via text 1 hour before the lesson is due to take place. Below is a link to the Online Safety section of the school website where you will be able to access a helpful how to guide and a video to help you access zoom. This link will also take you to our Zoom Acceptable Use Agreement, Remote Learning Policy and a copy of the consent form that you will be sent via a survey.

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 13^th July 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 time. 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

In this week’s literacy work we will be learning all about robots. We will be exploring robots and writing a story about them.

Spelling:

This week review the Year One Common Exception words using the PowerPoint below and practise reading and spelling them; see if you can write them in a sentence, write and hide them around the house making your own scavenger hunt, write them in chalk on the pavement or paint them to label a picture.

Phonics

This week we will continue 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 video each day from Scully’s path starting with y and then look at one each day ending with ey on Friday. Click on the path to watch the video and then complete an activity from the choices on the menu on right hand side of the page.

https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/frontscreen/item63427/gradef/index.html

Reading:

Continue to read daily by accessing free eBooks from Oxford Owl and don’t forget to join in with the summer reading challenge.

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

Grammar:

This week we will recap the spelling rules for adding the suffix –ing to verbs. Have a look at the PowerPoint and the activity sheet below:

Topic: Animals around the World - Asia

This week we will continue our Animals around the World topic with Asia. Below you will find a PowerPoint to help you learn about the continent of Asia, an Asian animals PowerPoint and an Asian animal word search. When you have learnt some more facts about Asian animals choose of these animals and write your own animal fact file to share these facts with a friend.

RE:

Read the story ‘Jesus feeds the 5000’ then discuss these questions with a grown up at home:

Following your discussing there is a mindfulness colouring sheet here to colour while you take time to reflect on the story and the words from the bible.

PE:

Join Joe Wicks for his PE lessons on Monday and Wednesday:

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 ‘Are holidays important?’ Use the prompt below for some ideas and more questions.

Computing:

This week we are going to continue our computer programming lessons using Espresso Coding. Follow the link below to the login page then once you have logged in select Espresso Coding from the options on the next screen. Now select Unit 1B ‘Simple Inputs’ and over the course of this week try to complete lessons 3 and 4. Make sure you follow all the steps within each lesson.

https://online.espresso.co.uk/espresso/login/Authn/UserPassword

Art/DT:

This week make your own paper chain snake using the document below or use the picture as a starting point and make a different kind of snake.

Week Commencing 6^th July 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 finding a half and a quarter. 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

In this week’s literacy work we will be learning all about the world of meerkats. We will read and enjoy Meerkat Mail by Emily Gravett and write our own postcards inspired by the ones in the story.

Spelling:

Below you will find a PowerPoint to remind you how to spell some of our common exception words. Here you also have a word search and a handwriting practise sheet, both 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 continue 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 video each day from Scully’s path starting with ow and then look at one each day ending with ou on Friday. Click on the path to watch the video and then complete an activity from the choices on the menu on right hand side of the page.

https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/frontscreen/item63427/gradef/index.html

Reading:

Continue to read daily by accessing free eBooks from Oxford Owl and don’t forget to join in with the summer reading challenge.

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

Grammar:

This week have a look at some of the sentence level activities in this Espresso link:

https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/subject/module/frontscreen/item910307/grade1/index.html

Topic: Animals around the World - Africa

This week we will continue our Animals around the World topic with Africa. Below you will find a PowerPoint to help you learn about the continent of Africa, an African animals PowerPoint, a reading comprehension and a labelling activity about the parts of an animal to complete.

RE:

This week we are continuing to think about Jesus. Read the story in the PowerPoint below and then, in writing, retell the story.

PE:

Join Joe Wicks for his PE lessons on Monday and Wednesday:

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

Have a go at some of these extra PE challenges on the other days this week:

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 ‘How important are first impressions?’ Use the prompt below for some ideas and more questions.

Computing:

This week we are going to continue our computer programming lessons using Espresso Coding. Follow the link below to the login page then once you have logged in select Espresso Coding from the options on the next screen. Now select Unit 1B ‘Simple Inputs’ and over the course of this week try to complete lessons 1 and 2. Make sure you follow all the steps within each lesson.

https://online.espresso.co.uk/espresso/login/Authn/UserPassword

Art/DT:

Can you create your own African animal mask? You could use a paper plate like the ones in this picture:

Extra PE Challenges