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Week 1
Weekly reading tasks (aim to do 1 per day)
Read a variety of books at home. Favourites can be repeated. Hearing the patterns of language in a story will support your child’s language development.
Children to read to parents daily. Visit Oxford Owl for free eBooks that link to your child’s book band. You can create a free account. Complete the linked Play activities for each book.
With your child, look in magazines, newspapers and books for the tricky words they are currently learning. They could use a highlighter to highlight in magazines and newspapers.
Weekly maths tasks (aim to do 1 per day)
Watch a Numberblocks clip each day at:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b08bzfnh/numberblocks
Use this guide here
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/joinin/numberblocks-help-your-child-with-maths
to give you ideas on what to do with your children whilst watching an episode.
Practise counting up to 20. This can be done through playing hide and seek, singing number songs, chanting or board games.
Write out the digits 0 - 9.
Practise recognising amounts up to five
https://www.nctm.org/Classroom-Resources/Illuminations/Interactives/Five-Frame/ or up to ten https://www.nctm.org/Classroom-Resources/Illuminations/Interactives/Ten-Frame/ by playing these games. This can be done by reading a dice when playing board games, playing with cards or identifying how many food items are on a plate.
Sing Number songs to practice counting, reciting numbers in order, one more, one less using number songs: Five Little Ducks, Five Little Men or Ten Green Bottles.
Weekly Phonics Tasks
Sing Nursery Rhymes and songs together. Add in actions and change the words. Can children think of different rhyming words to add in? Repeat old favourites and learn new rhymes. You can find an A-Z of Nursery Rhymes here https://allnurseryrhymes.com/
Daily phonics - Practice the sounds your child is working on and blend words. This can be oral blending (e.g. spoken out loud c-a-t) or written if appropriate.
Sing the song ‘Daddy Finger’- Can your child change their voice for each person e.g. a deep voice for Daddy finger, a squeaky voice for Baby finger.
Play phonics noughts and crosses. Draw out a grid and write a letter sound or tricky word in each part of the grid. Take it in turns to name what is written in the grid. If you say it correctly you can add your nought or cross in that square.
Learning Project
The project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to gain a better understanding of their own family. Learning may focus on what different makeup of families, what traditions your family has, stories linked to your family etc.
Look at a selection of family photographs and discuss the changes over time. Show your child a photograph of them as a baby, a 1 year old, a 2 year old. What could they do at that age? What can they do now that they couldn’t do then?
Look at a picture of a family member as a baby (this could be parents, siblings). Discuss how everyone was a baby once.
Are there any black and white photographs? Why are these photographs black and white? Do they show older family members when they were younger? Talk about how life was different then.
Draw a family tree- How does your family link together? Can your child draw out their family members and link them together using lines?
Do a picture survey of the people in your house. How many family members have blonde/ brown/ black/ red hair? Can you record this with pictures? How many people have blue/ brown/ green eyes?
Have a family picnic. Lay out a blanket in the living room or garden. Can children make sure everyone has a plate, fork, spoon, cup? How many do we need all together? Give your child a selection of food and ask them to share it fairly between everyone? If there is one left over what could we do?
Sort out the clean clothes. Who do they belong to? Can they deliver them to the right place in the house? Pair up socks. Can they match the patterns/ colours? Can they count in twos to work out how many there are all together? Peg clothes on the airer (this will support children to develop hand strength which will impact on their writing).
Put on a show or performance- Perform a story or song to your family and design costumes alongside this.
Week 2
Reading
Read a variety of books at home. Favourites can be repeated. Hearing the patterns of language in a story will support your child’s language development.
Reception age children: Children to read to parents daily.
Visit Oxford Owl for free eBooks that link to your child’s book band. You can create a free account. Complete the linked Play activities for each book.
With your child, look in magazines, newspapers and books for the tricky words they are currently learning. They could use a highlighter to highlight in magazines and newspapers.
Read the story Hansel and Gretel (or watch on youtube)- What makes the house appealing to the children?
Read the story of The Three Little Pigs (or watch on youtube)- Discuss the choices the little pigs make about the materials they use to build their houses. Can children figure out the material their own house is made from?
Maths
Watch a Numberblocks clip each day at:
BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b08bzfnh/numberblocks
CBeebies https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/numberblocks.
Use this guide here https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/joinin/numberblocks-help-your-child-with-maths to give you ideas on what to do with your children whilst watching an episode.
Practise counting backwards from 20. This can be done through playing hide and seek, singing number songs, chanting, board games etc.
Write out the digits 0 - 9.
Use the ‘Tens Frames’ or ‘Five Frames’ on this game - https://www.fuelthebrain.com/games/number-flash/ and practise recognising amounts. This can also be done by reading a dice when playing board games, playing with cards, identifying how many food items on the plate etc.
Sing Number songs to practice counting, reciting numbers in order, one more, one less using number songs: Five Little Ducks, Five Little Men, Ten Green Bottles.
Look for the numbers on the doors of houses. Do the numbers get bigger or smaller as you go up and down the street?
Phonics
Sing Nursery Rhymes and songs together. Add in actions and change the words. Can children think of different rhyming words to add in? Repeat old favourites and learn new rhymes. You can find an A-Z of Nursery Rhymes here - https://allnurseryrhymes.com/
Daily phonics - Practice the sounds your child is working on and blend words. This can be oral blending (e.g. spoken out loud c-a-t) or written if appropriate. Interactive games - https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
Send your child on a sound hunt around the house. Can they find and record all of the items that make sounds? (e.g. hairdryer, TV, fridge, microwave, phone)
Writing
Design your dream house. What rooms would you like to have in your house? Encourage children to be as imaginative as they can (e.g. a cinema room, a chocolate room). Can they label their house using their phonics knowledge?
Practice name writing. Can they write their first name? Middle name? Surname?
Practice forming the letters of the alphabet. Follow your school’s script.
Ask your child to write out the tricky words they are working on at the moment on pieces of paper and turn them into a pairs game.
The project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to learn more about the area in which they live. Learning may focus on your local area, famous people, key landmarks and links to your city.
The rooms in my house- Support your child to create a map or cross section of their home. Can they name all of the rooms? An adult could hide an object in a room and mark where it is on the child’s map. Can they use their map to find the hidden object? Label each room using phonics knowledge. Gather an object from each room and challenge your child to return them to the appropriate room e.g. toothbrush from the bathroom, teddy from their bedroom. Hide objects around the room and describe where it is e.g. “it’s under something red” Can your child hide an object and describe where it is for you to find?
Go on a numeral hunt- Search for numerals around the house (clocks, books, house numbers, car registrations, oven, washing machine). Can they record the numerals on paper?
Find your house on google maps- Explore using google maps to look at your house from above and on street view. Use the arrows to move up and down the road and around your area. Can they find key places e.g. the corner shop, their school, grandparents houses. Search for a house in a different part of the world and discuss how it is similar or different to your own. You could use places children have visited on holiday or search places that are significantly different.
Junk model your house- Using old packaging (shoe box, cereal box etc.) support your child to make a model of your house. Can they count how many windows there are and stick on the right amount? Can they write their house number on the front? Junk model your dream house. Use materials from around your house to decorate e.g. old wallpaper, fabric, wool.
Go on a shape hunt- Set your child a shape finding challenge around the house. Ask: Can you find a triangle/ square/ rectangle/ circle in this room? How many can you find? Can you draw all of the circles on one piece of paper, triangles on another etc.
Use construction blocks to build your house- Using lego, duplo, wooden blocks make a model of your house. Can they add in the rooms and doors in the right places? Write labels to match each room on pieces of paper. ○ Build your dream house out of construction blocks.
Create a furniture collage- Using old magazines and catalogues support your child to cut out and stick or sort objects into the room they would belong in. Support your child to use the correct scissor grip using this guide. https://www.nhsggc.org.uk/media/249186/pre-scissor-activities.pdf
Exploring with your senses- Gather a collection of household objects e.g. fork, cup, toothbrush, teddy bear, book and show your child. Use a scarf/ material as a blindfold and pass your child one of the objects. Can they figure out what it is through touch alone? Give clues if they are struggling. Swap roles and ask your child to give you an object to figure out. Explore the textures around your house. Can children find something rough, smooth, bumpy.They could take a wax rubbing of each texture (Lay a piece of paper over the top and rub over with the side of a crayon). You could continue this into the garden.
Week 1
Weekly Maths Tasks
Play on Hit the Button - number bonds, halves, doubles and times tables.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Practise counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. This game could support this.https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/earlymath/BalloonPopSkip.htm
Work on a shopping list for the weekly shop and get children to add up how many items and add up the cost of some items. This game could support work on making amounts of money.https://natwest.mymoneysense.com/students/students-5-8/coin-cruncher/
Practise telling the time. This could be done through this game (scroll down to access the game). Read to the hour and half hour.https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/116/telling-the-time
Write the numbers 0-20 in words and digits.
Weekly Reading Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)
Reading a variety of books at home. Your child could share a book everyday. This can be reading a book aloud everyday or sharing a book with an adult.
Listen to a story read, Storytime.https://www.storylineonline.net/
Watch Newsround and find out what is happening in the world. What did you find out? Is there anything you need help understanding?https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/news/watch_newsround
Create a bookmark, perhaps you could choose characters from your favourite stories.
Complete a book review on one of the books you have read - what did you like about it? Would you recommend it to anyone?
Weekly Phonics/Spellings Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)
Daily phonics - your child to practice their sounds and blend words. Interactive games found on links below.
Phonics play - https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
Top Marks - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds
Spelling - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/words-and-spelling
Spell the days of the week: Keep a diary of things you do in the week.
Spell common exception words
Spelling City - https://www.spellingcity.com/spelling-games-vocabulary-games.html
Weekly Writing Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)
Family: Look at a family in a traditional story - how are they different from your family? Can you write sentences comparing the two families?
Take a look at a variety of poems with your child. Ask them to pick their favourite poem and write a poem https://www.poetry4kids.com/topic/family/
Write a letter or postcard - find out about different postcards and why people write them. Can they design the front of the postcard and then plan what to write and who they could write it too.
Ask your child to create a story about their family. Who will be the main characters ? Where will the setting take place?
The project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to gain a better understanding of their own family. Learning may focus on what different makeup of families, what traditions your family has, stories linked to your family etc.
Family: - This is time to find out about their family and traditions they follow. Ask them to think about: Who they live with? How many adults? How many children? Can they sort their family members into height order? Who is the tallest? Who is the shortest? Is the tallest family member the eldest family member? If they drew around all their family members' hands; could they count in 5s? What if they drew around their feet? Could they count in 2s? Ask them to think about one family member they would love to interview. They could be a family member that lives with them or a family member that lives somewhere else. Can they write down some questions they would like to ask them? Have they got a pet? Can they draw or paint a picture of their family? Can they talk about their picture to a family member?
Self portrait: - Ask your child to think about which materials they use to draw? Can they find different materials around the house to help?
Create a card: - Ask your child to design a card for someone in their family. It can be a birthday card, thank you card or a card to tell someone how much they love them!
Family tree: - Look at photographs of your family members and discuss where they would go on a family tree. Have you met everyone? Is there anyone you could interview and find out more about? Design a personal coat of arms shield for the family: - Find out what a coat of arm shield means. Ask them to begin to think about their design. What could they draw? What does it mean to them ? Ask them to think about the colours and shapes. Maybe if they have some cardboard around the house they could make a shield to give to a family member.
Create a booklet all about the family: - Can they name the people in their family and write sentences about them? Who are they? What do they call them? What do they like or dislike? Why are they special to them? Maybe they could get a photograph or draw a family member before they write about them.
News Reporter for half a day: -Their challenge is to interview family members and find things they like and dislike. Can they write down things they like and dislike? Can they compare these to someone else in their family? In your interview they could create flashcards with words such as: colour, clothes, food, drinks, books, places, music and then ask a family member to pick a flash card and talk about their likes and dislikes.
Data detective: - Ask your child to look at people in the house. What colour is their hair? Eye colour? Favourite colour? Favourite food? Ask them to collect this and place it in a tally chart
Week 2
Weekly Maths Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)
Play on The Mental Maths Train Game - practise adding and subtracting. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train
Recognise the place value for numbers up to 99 in this place value basketball game. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/place-value-basketball
Create a card game that is based around making number pairs to twenty that can then be played as a family.
Identify shapes and finish the patterns in this online game. Can any of these shapes be found around the house? How many of each shape can be found? https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/shape-patterns
Write the numbers 20 - 50 in words and digits.
Weekly Reading Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)
Reading a variety of books at home. Your child could share a book everyday. This can be reading a book aloud everyday or sharing a book with an adult.
Listen to a story read. https://www.storylineonline.net/
Watch Newsround and find out what is happening in the world. What did you find out? Is there anything you need help understanding? https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/news/watch_newsround
Read the book ‘Voices in the Park’ Discuss the illustrations and why the book has been set out the way it has. https://www.storylineonline.net/
Create a mask of one of the characters from ‘Voices in the Park’. Can your child hot seat the character?
Weekly Phonics/Spellings Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)
Daily phonics - your child to practice their sounds and blend words. Interactive games found on link below.
Phonics play - https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
Top Marks - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds
Spelling - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/words-and-spelling
Spell the days of the week: Keep a diary of things you do in the week.
Spell common exception words
Spelling City - https://www.spellingcity.com/spelling-games-vocabulary-games.html
Weekly Writing Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)
Ask your child to Imagine that they live in the opposite house. What would they see? Write sentences using a variety of suffixes - ing and adjectives.
Write your address: Discuss with your child. Do they know who delivers the post? Share a letter with them and explore the envelope from the front and back. Can they see any numbers on the front or back of the envelope? What do they mean? Who is the letter addressed to? Ask your child to write their address on the envelope. Discuss the postcode and any capital letters.
Well known addresses: Discuss with your child any well-known addresses of book characters/famous people/ historical figures they may know? e.g. 10 Downing Street, The Post Office, Isle of Struay-Katie Morag.
Write a letter to the Queen and post it.
The project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to learn more about the area in which they live. Learning may focus on your local area, famous people, key landmarks and links to your city.
To develop knowledge of the location of significant places: Ask your child to look at where they live. What can they see outside the window in the front of their house? At the back of their house? What could they find near them? Find a map and see if they can find Birmingham. Do they know the name of their street? Can they create a street sign with their street name?
My address: Support your child to find out your address. Can they find the number on your door? Can they write the number in digits and words?. Ask them to try writing the number using crayons and paint. Can they write a postcard or letter to a teacher at school? They could tell their teacher about where they live and things about their local area.
My house: Discuss with your child what their house looks like inside and outside? How many bedrooms does it have? Who has the biggest bedroom? Who has the smallest? Ask them to look outside their window and see if they can spot a house different to their own. Can they draw their house? How many windows are at the front? How many windows are at the back? Do you have one door or two? In a special bag, could you (with adult support) place things that make it your home? Why would you pick those items?
Draw a picture of your street. Support your child to take a look at the street and buildings around where they live. Encourage them to think about the shape of the buildings.
Find your house on ‘Google maps’. Search for your house on the street? Can you find Havant, Leigh Park, Broadmere Avenue, Park Parade?https://www.google.co.uk/intl/en_uk/earth/
Compass: Make a compass. Do you know what the different compass points mean? Can you label the points?
Create a passport: create an individual passport to show your own information about where you live. Discuss the use of a Passport. What is a passport? What information does it contain? What does a passport allow you to do? Can you find a real life passport? Do you have one?
Shape hunt: Take your child on a shape hunt around their house and garden. Look at the different shapes of the windows, doors, and houses. Can they name them? Are they 2D or 3D shapes? Ask them to create a picture of their house or street.
Create a song about ‘Where you live’ - Can you add your address in your song? Can you find the UK on the map? Can you name the countries? Why do you think the countries begin with a capital letter? This song may help.
Week 1
Weekly Maths Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)
Working on Times Table Rockstars - your child will have an individual login to access this (20 mins on SOUND CHECK).
https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school
Play on Hit the Button - focus on number bonds, halves, doubles and times tables.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Adding totals of the weekly shopping list or some work around money.
Practise telling the time. This could be done through this game (scroll down to access the game). Read to the quarter hour and the nearest 5 minutes. https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/116/telling-the-time
Get a piece of paper and ask your child to show everything they know about Addition. This could be pictures, diagrams, explanations, methods etc. They can be as creative as they want to be.
Practise counting forwards and backwards from any given number in 1s.
Weekly Reading Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)
You could share a story together. This could be a chapter book where you read and discuss a chapter a day.
Listen to your child read and let them discuss what they have read. Encourage them to read with expression and intonation.
Watch Newsround and discuss what is happening in the wider world.https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/news/watch_newsround
Get your child to read a book of their choice, discuss what your child enjoyed about the book.
Explore new vocabulary you find when reading. What are the origins of this word? Can it be modified? Can you find any synonyms or antonyms for your new word?
With your child, look in magazines, newspapers and books for new vocabulary they are unfamiliar with. They could use a highlighter to highlight in magazines and newspapers.
Weekly Spelling Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)
Practise the Year 3/4 for Common Exception words.http://www.crosslee.manchester.sch.uk/serve_file/253974
Practise your spelling on Spelling Frame https://spellingframe.co.uk/
Choose 5 Common Exception words. Write synonyms, antonyms, the meaning and an example of how to use the word in a sentence. Can the word be modified?
Choose 5 Common Exception words and practise spelling them using forwards backwards. Write the word forwards then write the words backwards, e.g. forwards sdrawrof
Weekly Writing Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)
Write a recount of your day. This could be used in history one day to show what happened during this period.
Write a character description of a member of their family. What do they look like? How do they behave? etc...
Write a story involving members of their family. Do they have to defeat a monster? or find something they have lost?
Write a set of family rules, could they begin with ‘We always…..’ rather than ‘We do not ………’
Write a letter/email/ text message to a member of their family that they have not seen this week.
The project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to gain a better understanding of their own family. Learning may focus on what different makeup of families, what traditions your family has, stories linked to your family etc.
Let’s Wonder: Who is in your child’s immediate family? What other relatives do they have? How does their family link together? How many people do they have in their family? Why not spend time looking through old photos and talking about the people in their families. What family stories can they tell? How is life different from their parents? Grandparents?
Let’s Create: Create a piece of artwork entitled ‘Family’. This could be a drawing, a self portrait, a sculpture or collage. Could they copy another artist's style? Which materials have they chosen to use and why? How do they feel about their piece of artwork? What would they change or not?
Be Active: Go Noodle with the family or have a family workout. Fancy a dance? There are lots of dance videos they could try. Dance. Maybe try some Yoga. Recommendation at least 2 hours of exercise a week.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-BS87NTV5I&vl=en
Time to Talk: Perhaps they could play a board game, facetime a member of their family they have not seen this week, enjoy a family indoor picnic or have a family dinner.
Understanding Others and Appreciating Differences: Discuss how their family is different to other people’s families. Discuss whether all families are the same? Does it matter? Do all families have the same faith? Do all families worship in the same way?
Reflect: Find out what music their family members enjoy. Do they like the same music? What is their favourite song? They could listen to different pieces of music together with their family. Do they like/dislike any particular types of music and why? Can they Identify the instruments they can hear and describe how the music makes them feel? Why not get them to listen to some of the classics? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5VB1RvyfISM
Week 2
Weekly Maths Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)
Working on Times Table Rockstars - your child will have an individual login to access this (20 mins on SOUND CHECK).
https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school
Play on Hit the Button - focus on number bonds, halves, doubles and times tables.https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Adding totals of the weekly shopping list or some work around money.
Practise telling the time. This could be done through this game (scroll down to access the game). Read to the quarter hour and the nearest 5 minutes. https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/116/telling-the-time
Get a piece of paper and ask your child to show everything they know about Subtraction. This could be pictures, diagrams, explanations, methods etc. They can be as creative as they want to be.
Practise counting forwards and backwards from any given number in 10s.
Weekly Reading Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)
You could share a story together. This could be a chapter book where you read and discuss a chapter a day.
Listen to your child read and let them discuss what they have read. Encourage them to read with expression and intonation.
Watch Newsround and discuss what is happening in the wider world.https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/news/watch_newsround
Get your child to read a book of their choice, discuss what your child enjoyed about the book.
Explore new vocabulary you find when reading. What are the origins of this word? Can it be modified? Can you find any synonyms or antonyms for your new word?
With your child, look in magazines, newspapers and books for new vocabulary they are unfamiliar with. They could use a highlighter to highlight in magazines and newspapers.
Weekly Spelling Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)
Practise the Year 3/4 for Common Exception words.http://www.crosslee.manchester.sch.uk/serve_file/253974
Practise your spelling on Spelling Framehttps://spellingframe.co.uk/
Choose 5 Common Exception words. Write a synonym, antonyms, the meaning and an example of how to use the word in a sentence. Can the word be modified?
Choose 5 Common Exception words and practise spelling them using green vowels. Write the word and every vowel complete in green, e.g. spelling.
Weekly Writing Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)
Write a diary entry summarising the events from the day/week.
Write an information report about their local area. Remember to include headings and subheadings.
Choose an interesting building they have found out about and write a list of questions they would like to ask.
Write a story about a stranger coming to their local area. What happens? Is it a good thing? Or does something terrible happen?
Write a setting description to describe their local area. What is in their local area? What do they like/dislike about it and why?
The project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to learn more about the area in which they live. Learning may focus on your local area, famous people, key landmarks and links to your city.
Let’s Wonder: Think about their street. What type of houses are on their street? What type of house do they live in? What other buildings are close by? Find out about their local area, what different buildings does it have? How old are some of those buildings? How have they changed over time? Use a map to locate different places. Look on Google Earth. Draw their own map of their local area. https://www.google.co.uk/intl/en_uk/earth/
Let’s Create: Choose a building they most admire in their local area. Make a model of that building using materials of their choice. (Playdough, junk modelling, lego etc…..) How well did they do? What would they do differently next time? What have they learnt?
Be Active: Get out into the garden, pull up some weeds or mow the lawn? Does their garden need a tidy up? Maybe they could plant some seeds.
Time to Talk: Were their family members all born in this local area? If not, how is their place of birth different from their own local area? If they were, how different is the local area since they were born? Talk about their memories of how it has changed.
Understanding Others and Appreciating Differences: Research different places of worship that can be found in their local area. Can they find their nearest Church? Mosque? Synagogue? Temple? Gurdwara? What can they find out about them? Draw pictures and label them with any information they find out.
Reflect: Think about what would improve their local area? What is their local area lacking? What spoils their local area? What could be done?
Week 1
Weekly Maths Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)
Working on Times Table Rockstars. https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school
Get a piece of paper and ask your child to show everything you know about addition and subtraction. This could be pictures, diagrams, explanations, methods etc. They can be as creative as they want to be.
Play on Hit the Button - focus on times tables, division facts and squared numbers.https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Daily arithmetic for different areas of maths. Your child should aim to work on level 4, 5 and 6 activities.https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
Get your child to work on their reasoning and problem solving by practising past SATs questions that are broken down into topic areas and have videos linked to them that can be watched if needed. As these are older papers these are suitable for both years 5 and 6. Click on one of the topic areas listed to gain access to the questions.
Weekly Reading Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)
Ask your child to read a chapter from their home reading book or a book that they have borrowed from the library.
Following this, ask your child to summarise the events from the chapter. They could bullet point what happened, create a comic strip or present the information in their own creative way.
Encourage your child to note down any unfamiliar words from the chapter they have read. Explore the meanings of these words by using a dictionary, reading around the sentence or using print conventions.
Challenge your child to read something around the house that isn’t a book. They can then complete their reading diary following this.
Weekly Spelling Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)
Encourage your child to practise the Year 5/ 6 Common Exception Words (see list)
Then ask your child to choose 5 Common Exception words. They can then write a synonym, antonym, the meaning and an example of how to use the word in a sentence.
Practise spellings on Spelling Frame.https://spellingframe.co.uk/
Your child can create a vocabulary bank about their family. They may want to use this for some of their writing tasks this week.
Get your child to proofread their writing from the day. They can use a dictionary to check the spelling of any words that they found challenging. This will also enable them to check that the meaning of the word is suitable for the sentence.
Weekly Writing Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)
Ask your child to write a diary entry/newspaper report summarising the events from the day. They can write this from their own perspective.
Your child can think about a member of their family who is a hero/heroine to them. They can then create an information report about their chosen hero/heroine. Why not encourage them to interview that person and include some direct quotes from the interview?
What makes your family different to other families? What makes them the same? Ask your child to write a poem about their family, they may even want to perform it too. .
Children should only be allowed to watch TV for one hour a day. Do you agree/disagree? Write a discussion about this statement.
Story task: Ask your child to design a setting for a story genre of their choice. They can think about any settings that they have encountered in stories before. They must then write a short description including expanded noun phrases.
The project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to gain a better understanding of their own family. Learning may focus on the different makeup of families, what traditions your family has, stories linked to your family etc.
Music from the Past - Your child can research music from the decade their parents, grandparents or other older family members were born. What were the most popular bands or singers during this time? Ask them to perform a song from this decade and create their very own dance routine. Encourage them to explain how they need to improve their performance in order to achieve their personal best.
Portraits and Photography- Direct your child to take portrait photographs of their family members considering light and textures. Following this, they can then use the photographs to draw portraits in pen considering light and tone.
Classification- Ask your child to design a classification key based on the simple physical features of their family. They can then test out the keys on each member of their family. Only use ‘yes’ or ‘no’ questions.
Nature vs Nurture- Speak to your child about their appearance, their personality and their dreams for the future. How much of this do they believe is determined by their genes? How much of this is determined by their family/upbringing? Ask them to decide which traits are due to nature and which traits are due to nurture e.g. hobbies and interests or sense of humour. Try this out on other family members.
Mapping Skills - Identify the countries or cities within the UK where their family members originate from or live. Children can then plot these on a map and then create a bar chart to show the number of family members who live/lived in each city/country.
Week 2
Weekly Maths Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)
Working on Times Table Rockstars. https://play.ttrockstars.com/auth/school
Get a piece of paper and show everything you know about multiplication and division. This could be pictures, diagrams, explanations, methods etc. Be as creative as you want to be.
Practise knowledge of multiples by placing them into this Carroll diagram. https://www.teacherled.com/iresources/charts/carrolls/
Arithmetic practise on Maths Frame.https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/486/Y6-Arithmetic-Practice
Research how many people live in your area, city, county etc. What is the difference between each amount? Which is the biggest and why?
Look at the different house types on your street (e.g. detached, flats, semi-detached). Create a bar chart or pie chart showing this information.
Get your child to work on their reasoning and problem solving by practising past SATs questions that are broken down into topic areas and have videos linked to them that can be watched if needed. As these are older papers these are suitable for both years 5 and 6.
Weekly Reading Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)
Your child can continue to read a chapter from their home reading book or a book that they have borrowed from the library.
After this, ask your child to write a short review detailing their likes and dislikes about the novel so far. Encourage them to justify their opinion with examples from the text.
Encourage your child to record any words that have captured their interest from the chapter that they have read. They can write antonyms for these words.
Challenge your child to read to another member of the family. This doesn’t have to be a book so they can be as imaginative as they wish.
Weekly Spelling Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)
Encourage your child to practise the Year 5/ 6 Common Exception Words (see list)
Then ask your child to choose 5 Common Exception words. They can then write a synonym, antonym, the meaning and an example of how to use the word in a sentence.
Practise spellings on Spelling Frame.
Your child can create a vocabulary bank about the area they live in. They may want to use this for some of their writing tasks this week.
Get your child to proofread their writing from the day. They can use a dictionary to check the spelling of any words that they find challenging. This will also enable them to check that the meaning of the word is suitable for the sentence.
Weekly Writing Tasks (Aim to do 1 per day)
Ask your child to write a diary entry/newspaper report summarising the events from the day.This time, this must be the events for another family member.
Your child must choose one of the local locations below and create a persuasive leaflet about this place. Places they could write about are: Staunton Country Park, Paultons Park, Hayling Island or another place that interests them.
Encourage your child to think of a local significant individual from the city or they can choose from the selection below. They can then write a set of questions to interview that person. Challenge your child by asking them to answer the questions in their role as that person. People they could choose from are: Jane Austen, Charles Dickens, Admiral Lord Nelson.
HS2 (The high speed railway line) should continue to be built. Do you agree/disagree? Your child can write an argument about this statement.
Story Task: Your child can now invent a new character for their very own story. They must think about the setting they created last week and how their character would fit in to this. They must also consider the audience they want their story to appeal to.
The project this week aims to provide opportunities for your child to learn more about the area in which they live. Learning may focus on your local area, famous people, key landmarks and links to your city.
An Architectural Masterpiece- Give your child the task of designing a new building/structure to inspire the residents of their local town or city. They must research, plan, design and then make a model of it using materials from around the house. Ask them to create a criteria for success and then evaluate their model against this.
Promoting Your Local Area- Tell your child that a visitor from another country is coming to stay in the city for a week. They really need to impress them by showing them the most interesting places in their local area. Where would they take them each day? Plan the itinerary for each day detailing the transport that will be taken to each location, how long will be spent there, what will be eaten and any activities that may take place.
Where in the World? - Show your child how to use Google Earth or Google Maps to look at the geographical features of Havant, Aberystwyth and Perth (Australia). How are these places the same? How are these places different? What impacts the similarities and differences? After, they can then choose three different places and do the same thing. Do they notice any patterns?
Graffiti Art - Has graffiti always been seen in a positive light? How have attitudes towards graffiti changed over time? Is all graffiti good? Discuss these questions with your child and then ask them to design their own graffiti art using paper and crayons or felt tips.
Staff Favourites
Here are some of the adults who work at Front Lawn reading their favourite stories. We hope you enjoy them!
Dinosaurs love Underpants by Mrs Ryan
Mrs Ryan reads one of her favourite stories. She likes this because she loves dinosaurs and thinks the story is very very funny!
EYFS
Fiction
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDXNRu_pSQU
Non Fiction
KS1
Fiction
Non-Fiction
KS2
Fiction
Non-Fiction
Recommended Reads
Our librarian, Miss Ashman is going to recommend some of her favourite books to each year group. She will also tell us why she likes them! We will put them on here so you can read them at home if you have them or you can listen to them online.
Remote education provision: information for parents
This information is intended to provide clarity and transparency to pupils and parents or carers about what to expect from remote education .
As we are using Google Classroom for both normal home learning and in the event of any school closures, there won't be any delay in getting remote education up and running. The normal curriculum will be up and running straight away.
Remote teaching and study time each day
How long can I expect work set by the school to take my child each day?
We expect that remote education (including remote teaching and independent work) will take pupils broadly the following number of hours each day:
EYFS - between 3 and 4 hours a day
KS1- between 3 and 4 hours a day
KS2 - between 4 and 5 hours a day
In KS1 and KS2 we will be setting work equivalent to what the children would be doing if school was fully open:
Maths: 1 hour
English: 1 and a half hours
Foundation subjects: 2 hours (either one 2 hour session or two 1 hour sessions)
On top of this we are encouraging and will expect children to be practising their spellings and times tables, as well as reading for pleasure.
Accessing remote education
How will my child access any online remote education you are providing?
All children have access to Google Classroom.
See Top Tips for help and support in accessing and using this platform.
If my child does not have digital or online access at home, how will you support them to access remote education?
We recognise that some pupils may not have suitable online access at home. We take the following approaches to support those pupils to access remote education:
Parents can request the loan of a chromebook. These are limited and will be issued on a first come, first serve basis.
Paper work packs are also available on request. These can be collected weekly. When a new pack is collected, the previous weeks work can be returned so that teachers can mark the work and provide any necessary feedback.
If you are struggling with internet access, please get in touch as we may be able to help.
How will my child be taught remotely?
We use a combination of the following approaches to teach pupils remotely:
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printed paper packs produced by teachers (e.g. workbooks, worksheets)
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textbooks and reading books pupils have at home
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commercially available websites supporting the teaching of specific subjects or areas, including video clips or sequences
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long-term project work and/or internet research activities