Reception Class Tuesday 7th July
To the Parents and children of Reception Class.
"Let your smile change the world, but don't let the world change your smile".
Connor Franta
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- air (that's not fair).
Words- fair stair chair lair
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 rat? No a rat will smell.
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- igh (fly high).
Words- night flight sight might
Words to learn over the week- said the my are (HFW).
spin six stuck black flat pink long thin them munch this
Sentence- Six bugs are stuck. Stuck in my web.
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- nk
Read and write these sounds- sink link rink
Words to learn for the week- six red big snap in pink long rat hat sock
Sentence- Big red hats. (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
Time
Understand the clock face: Your child might not realise that the clocks or watches has any bearing on what they are doing, so keep referring back to it throughout the day or evening.
All Children- This is to discuss when events in the day or night might happen. When do we get up? In the morning. When do we have a snack? When do we have tea? When do we have a bedtime story?
Most Children- Hopefully you have made clock from yesterday's lesson. Can you place the hands at 7 o' clock? Explain that the o' clock times always have the long, minute hand pointing at number 12 and the short, hour hand points to another number. Using your clock take it in turns to say "Can you point to 8 o' clock when we have breakfast?" Use other times of the day to refer to.
Challenge- Encourage your child to draw 4 key events during their day. For e.g. Breakfast, lunchtime, bath time and bedtime. Then if you write the times that these things happen, perhaps your child can try to match the times to the pictures. Don't worry if they get this wrong and also am and pm times.
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
Mind Magic
Sit mindfully, with your spine straight and body relaxed. Close your eyes and take three soft, slow, mindful breaths.
Imagine you are an animal. Focus your attention on your skin and fur. Notice how it holds together all your animal muscles and bones.
Now imagine your skin stretching you into a new animal form. What does that feel like? Are you bigger or smaller?
Now imagine that instead of being just one animal, you are three. What does it feel like to breathe and move like three animals?
Now imagine all the animals disappear. You are still there but invisible. What does that feel like? Where does your breath go when you are invisible?
When you are ready, open your eyes and notice your human body again.
Imagining yourself in new shapes trains your mind to be flexible.
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 jit 5 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