Friday 18th February 2022

Good morning 

Today is our final day of home learning before the half term holiday. We have a lovely day planned as today is our Good to be gold celebration morning. Once we have completed our phonics and reading for today we will be able to choose from a selection of activities in our classroom or outdoor area this morning. We would like to to do the same at home and have a lovely relaxed morning of play.

Afternoon activities

PE- Dance

This half term we have been looking at dance. Here are some links to our favourites for you to enjoy at home.

Ghostbusters Zumba

Minions Zumba

The floor is Lava

Story time

Have a look at this First of Spring animation

Click here to watch 

Thursday 17th February 2022

Good morning 

Here is today’s home learning

Maths

I hope you enjoyed learning the days of the week song yesterday. Today we are going to look at measuring smaller units of time.

Link to PowerPoint

Once you have watched the video I would like you to do the following time activities. Can you think of any other activities you could time for a minute? Remember to estimate how many you think you could do first before you time your activity.

Talk4Writing

Today I would like you continue to work on your Wolf fact file. Remember you need a title page, and three pages with facts and illustrations about Wolves.  If you completed this activity at home yesterday maybe you could make a fact file for a different animal? 

Please take a picture of your fact file and add it to Tapestry for us to share with your friends.

Afternoon activity

This afternoon at school we are going to continue our work on noticing the changes in our environment.

Last week we spent our afternoon in our school grounds looking for signs of Spring (even though it is only February) 

We found lots of different buds and flowers including snowdrops and crocuses. Today we are going to bring some inside and look carefully at them before drawing what we can see.

You could use pencil, paints, chalks or even collage.

Story time

I hope you enjoy listening to today’s story.

Click here to listen to Whiffy Wilson - The Wolf who wouldn’t go to school. 

Wednesday 16th February 2022

Good morning 

Here is today’s home learning.

Maths

Today we are going to learn the order the days of the week

Here’s a fun song to start the session.

Link to YouTube clip 

Link to PowerPoint 

Optional work sheet

Talk4Writing

Today we are going to begin making our own Wolf fact file

First fold a piece of A4 paper in half to make your book

Next design the front cover for your book. Don’t forget to give it a title and add your name to the front as you are the author!

After that choose three Wolf facts you have learnt over the last two days and make a page for each. If you can write one sentence for each page.

Finally add an illustration on each page to go with your sentence.

Now share your Wolf fact file with your friends.

Afternoon activities

On a Wednesday afternoon Alps class visit the library.

Here are some fantastic stories that teach us about the days of the week.

Link to YouTube story time.

Click here to listen to this story

Tuesday 15th February 2022

Good morning, hope you are all well and back at school. Here is the home learning for today.

Maths

Link to PowerPoint 

Optional worksheets

Talk4Writing

Please continue to look at the text Wolves. Can you tell your grown-up an interesting fact for each page.

Link to text

Afternoon task - music

Peter and the Wolf is a wonderful piece of music composed in 1936 by Sergei Prokofiev. It’s a “symphonic fairy tale for children” During the music the narrator tells of Peter’s adventurers as the orchestra illustrates it with the music they play. Each character in the story has a ‘theme tune’ played by a specific instrument in the orchestra. The dramatic music really tells the story.

Here are two different versions of the story to watch. One if a modern version narrated by Alexander Armstrong accompanied by the London  Mozart Players. This shows the actual instruments playing the themes before the story starts.

Modern version - Alexander Armstrong

Click here to watch the original 1946 animation and listen to the music

Which version did you like best and why?

Can you match the character to the correct instrument?

Here is the link to print the sheet if you would like a copy.

Monday 14th February 2022

Apologies for posting late but unfortunately I have picked up the sickness bug going around the class and was to ill to post yesterday. Here is the learning for today.

Maths

This week we move away from number to look at measure.

Link to PowerPoint

Optional work sheets

English

We are going to spend today and tomorrow looking at our new text for this week Wolves. I would like you to spend a couple of days sharing the text with your adult learning lots of facts about Wolves in preparation for making our own Wolves fact files on Wednesday and Thursday.

Link to text

Afternoon activity

The children in school will be continuing their Powder paint work. As it is Valentine’s Day, why not make a Valentines card for your Mum. Here are some ideas.

Friday 11th February 2022

Good morning, here is our final day of home learning this week.

Maths

Link for today’s presentation 

Optional worksheet

English

Today we are going  into the Forest. Have a look at this picture and talk to your grown-up about what you can see. Now answer the questions.

Afternoon task

Click here to listen to the story.

During Wellbeing week at school we looked at Mr Watsons favourite book The Boy, the mole, the fox and the horse, by Charlie Mackey.  Mrs Bramley found this wonderful reading of the story set to music. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

Thursday 10th February 2022

 Good morning, here is today’s home learning.

Maths

Today we are continuing our work on combining two groups of numbers together using 10 frames.

Here is the link for today’s presentation

Optional worksheet

Talk4Writing

Today in Talk4Writing we are going to make a story path for either how to trap a Wolf, a rattle snake or your own version.  First talk to your grown-up and decide which story you would like to draw.

Next ask your grown-up to write a large reverse s on a piece of paper this will be your path/map.

After that begin to draw your story.

Remember you will need to follow the format of the original story.

Start with the symbols for “are you kept awake at night by the sound of……”

Then choose your animal

You will need: Next pick four items you will use to trap your animal

What you do next: remember to start your sentences with first, next, after than, finally

A final note of warning: where night your animal be hiding, be careful as he might trap you!

Afternoon task

5 Senses Scavenger Hunt

Click here if you would like to print a copy

Wednesday 9th February 2022

Good morning, I hope you are well. Here is today’s home learning.

Maths

This week we are continuing to look closely at the numbers 6,7 and 8. Today we are combining two groups of numbers.

Here is the link for the presentation

Optional work sheet

English

English

Make sure you are still working on learning the How to trap a Wolf text from last week. Show your grown-up the actions we use at school. Can you change the story like we did at school?

What are you going to trap next?

Here is an additional activity - I can’t wait to hear your answers to today’s questions.

Afternoon task

Art - Guided draw - How to draw a Wolf

For this guided draw you will need:

• A black felt tip pen 
• A grey pencil 
• A black pencil
• plain paper

Click here to learn how to draw a realistic Wolf.

Friday 4th February 2022

Good morning Alps class.  Hopefully we will all be back together next week in school to continue our learning. Here is today’s home learning. 

 Maths

1 more and less

Link to presentation

Optional worksheet

English/phonics

Mrs Smith’s group

This week we have been focusing on “special friends” ch

Can you find as many things as possible in your house that start with the ch sound?

Collect them together and then I would like you to write a label for each one. Use your “Fred Fingers” and pinch each sound before you write the word.

Please add a photograph of your items and labels to your Tapestry account.

Mrs Bramley’s group

oo - poo at the zoo

oo - look at a book

• Say the sounds and learn the rhymes.
• Practise reading the words using “Fred talk”
• Can you read any of the words using “Fred in your head”
• Ask your grown-up to read the words for you to write independently.
• Now pick three words and write a sentence for each word. 
• Remember to use a finger space after each word.

Click here to print

Afternoon task

Dance - Zumba - I like to move it, move it

Click here to join the dance 

Thursday 3rd February 2022

Good morning Alps class. Here is today’s home learning.

Maths

Matching 6,7,8

Link to presentation

Optional worksheet

Phonics

Mrs Bramley’s group

ow - blow the snow

• Say the sound and learn the rhyme.
• Practise reading the words using “Fred talk”
• Can you read any of the words using “Fred in your head”
• Ask your grown-up to read the words for you to write independently.
• Now pick three words and write a sentence for each word. 
• Remember to use a finger space after each word.

Link to worksheet

Mrs Smith’s group

This week we are looking at ch

Link to worksheet

Afternoon task

This afternoon we are going to bring the Three little pigs story alive by going into our outdoor area. We are going to talk about our designs, draw the plans and then make the three little pigs houses using our outdoor construction equipment. Then we are going to act out the story!

Could you make a story basket/box for the three little pigs and tell the story to your grown-up.

Wednesday 2nd February 2022

Good morning Alps class

We really hope you are enjoying our new Talk4Writing text as much as we are at school. Here is todays home learning.

Maths

Composition of 8

Link to presentation

Optional worksheet

English

Don’t forget to keep learning the text - How to trap a Wolf

Here is your story map to help you sequence the story.

Click here if you like to print your own copy

Click here if you would like to print this picture 

Have a look at today’s picture. 

What can you see? 

Where are the Wolf pups ?

What are they doing?

Why are they howling?

Where is the rest of their pack?

Can you write some sentences about the Wolf  pups. Remember your fingers spaces and think carefully about how your letters sit on the lines.  Make sure you are using your “Fred fingers” to count the sounds when you are sounding out.

Afternoon task 

Story time

Click here to listen to the Author Chris Riddell read 

Once upon a wild wood