Reception Class Thursday 9th July
To the Parents and children of Reception Class. If your child is in school tomorrow, please can you ensure they have a waterproof coat as we will be doing some activities outside? Thank you.
"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales.
If you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy tales."
Albert Einstein
Literacy
Mrs Garbett
We are now going on to a different level of reading so if this seems too much of a jump, follow Mrs Evans group.
Speed set 2 sounds are- ay ee igh ow oo oo ar or air ir ou oy
Sound- ou (shout it out).
Words- mouth about shout found
Words to read over the week- want you call we be no her are (HFW).
shop must smell dull tank stick
Sentence- Make the sentence easier if required.
Can we get a stick insect? No a stick insect will be dull.
(Perhaps you can help them with the word insect).
Mrs Evans group.
Recap previous sounds.
We then repeat speed set 2 sounds as children need to have this embedded before commencing speed set 3.
New sound- oo (poo at the zoo).
Words- mood pool spoon fool
Words to learn over the week- said the my are (HFW).
spin six stuck black flat pink long thin them munch this
Sentence- A flat pink bug. A bug with six wings.
Mrs Miles group.
We have completed set 1 special friends. I am now going to repeat the sounds below. If you feel your child is ready to move on, you can follow Mrs Evans group.
sh th ch qu ng nk
So today our new sound is- th
Read and write these sounds- that them them cloth
Words to learn for the week- six red big snap in pink long rat hat sock
Sentence- Six red socks.
(Please remember a capital letter at the beginning, tall, short letters, and a full stop at the end).
Don't forget the- high frequency words. Perhaps learn 3 or 4 a week and just keep recapping.
I go come went a was look there are we and me like going she they my see on away this play no yes for can he am all you said to day there
Numeracy
Timing activities
Hopefully you will have a clock or watch with a second hand. Also you could show your child a timer that you have on your phone or ipad. Recap- It takes 60 seconds for the second hand to move all the way around a clock/watch.
All Children- Point to each number as you count up to 60 around the clock.
Most Children- Get an adult/sibling to time how many star jumps you can do in 60 seconds? Can you think of other activities you can do in 60 seconds?
Challenge- Choose 4 activities you and your family can do in 60 seconds. Have some fun with this. Then make a chart to record for e.g. how many hops in 60 seconds? How many times can you write your favourite number in 60 seconds? Etc. Then look at your results- Who completed the most hops? Most star jumps? Can you repeat and beat your score?
Topic- Over the week
Van Gogh
I am going to try and bring the sun back by studying the artist Van Gogh and in particular "The Sunflowers." Perhaps you can show your child this painting on the internet. This painting is very famous. Look at its bright yellows and the way each sunflower is painted differently. Van Gogh also lived in a yellow house. Do you like the painting? Where would you hang this painting in your house? I would hang it in my bedroom, so everyday I would wake up and see it straight away. Or maybe I would hang it in the hall, so that everyone that came to my house would see it too. Van Gogh used lots of shades of yellow. How do you think he created various shades of the same colour? Perhaps you could use a paper plate and create various shades, just like Van Gogh.
Can you find 5 facts about Van Gogh, one each day? If the writing is too much of a challenge, perhaps you could write a simple sentence and leave space for your child to write underneath. Help your child to read aloud the sentence you have written.
There is an animated short story on YouTube- Art with Mati and Dada about Van Gogh.
Creative-over the week.
"I dream my painting and I paint my dream."
Vincent Van Gogh
Thank you for those that shared "The Kelly" by Anna Blatman. I was really impressed.
Now we are going to create Van Gogh's sunflowers. If you get a big sheet of paper- ideally A3. As we have done before, paint the paper with a colour wash (watery paint, any colour). Make sure you create the flowers on portrait. When it is dry, draw a line on the bottom third and then draw your vase. After that draw 14 random circles of different sizes all over the paper. So some are high and some are low. Then you can paint the bottom third a colour of your choice and when that is dry, paint your vase. This can be a 2 tone colour or just 1. I don't want to be too descriptive as it will be your own version. These are just some ideas. When this is dry you can begin to paint your sunflowers using various shades of yellows and orange. So you can paint the middles and then soft strokes for the petals. Children tend not to like painting the seeded sunflowers, so that is fine. You can then add soft strokes of green to create petals. Voila, I can't wat to see this.
Mindfulness
The Nose Knows
This is an activity for 2 or more people. Fill a bag with objects that have a natural scent, like flowers, spices or foods. Do not use chemicals or perfume.
Sit down comfortably. Choose a sniffer and a leader.
The sniffer closes their eyes. Then the leader picks an object and holds it under the sniffer's nose.
The sniffer breathes in and out and tries to guess what the object is. Say, "The nose knows!" when you are ready to guess.
If the answer is right, the sniffer becomes the leader. If the answer is wrong, each player gives the sniffer a clue until the guess is correct.
Play until you have all been a leader or the sniffer.
The five senses- taste, touch, smell, hearing and seeing are connected to your brain. Paying attention to your sense of smell is one way to be more mindful.
Weekly Welsh-
If you are not sure of pronunciation, you can always check on google translation. Take it in turns with your child to say the language patterns-
Introduce- Oes llygaid……………… 'da ti ? (Have you got………..eyes?). Don't forget to say the colour in the space.
Answer- oes/nag oes (Yes/no).
So for e.g.- Oes llygaid glas 'da ti? Nag oes.
Oes llygaid brown 'da ti? Oes
You could do a survey finding out from your extended family their eye/hair colour. You could do this by using a tally just like you did last week. Then input your data on Just2easy to make a graph. (Details how to do this is on last week's numeracy planning).
My email address is- MilesD8@hwbmail.net if you need to contact me.
Thank you and keep yourselves safe.
Mrs Miles