ENGLISH – Watch the final instalment of the story – episode 14.

We hope you’ve got your imagination cogs turning! Can you be an author and re-write the ending?

What would have happened if the giant had caught Jack? Describe how the giant caught Jack. What does he do with Jack? What does the giant’s wife do when she sees the Giant has caught Jack? Can Jack escape the giant in another way, rather than running from him?

MATHS – How many sweets are in the jar?

Fill recycled jars, bowls, boxes with household items! I’m sure food will go down nicely!

Ask your child to estimate how many they think will be in the jar. Is there a lot or not many? Write your estimate on a piece of paper!

Ask questions like: Do you think there are more than 10?

Do you think there are less than 10? (Change numbers accordingly.)

If you have more than one jar or bowl on the table ask them to sort the bowls from the one with the most in to the one with the fewest in. Do it in reverse – fewest to most.

Now check your estimate.

What is the difference between your estimate and the real amount of objects in the jar? I guessed 10 but the answer is 13. The difference is 3. You could work this out by subtracting objects or counting backwards from 13 to 10. You could even count on from 10 to 13 on your fingers.

Can you draw the real amount of sweets in a jar on paper? Can you do this accurately if the number goes beyond 20?

If you estimate correctly you can eat the sweets!!! Or if you’re feeling generous – your child can have a sweet for doing ace maths!

You can repeat this activity lots of times, with different amounts or using different objects.

What if you use sweets in tall jars first, then the same sweets in low bowls. Is your child tricked into thinking there’s a different amount?

Be Active – Can you make your own hopscotch on the floor? Could you use chalk? Or paper with numbers written on?

Throw a stone and jump and hop to that number.

To make it harder you could start from 10 instead of one or write numbers by counting in 2s, 5s or 10s.

PROJECT- Make your own Jack and the beanstalk puppets!

You will know the story really well by now!

Think about the key characters and what they might look like – Jack has scruffy clothes because he is poor. The giant is humungous! Jack’s mum often looks worried and concerned so I will make her expression this way.

Use whatever you have in your house to design and make your puppets. What type of puppet will you make? A stick, glove, finger, hand, string etc.

Here’s some that might inspire you . . .

ENGLISH – We are loving this version of Jack and the Beanstalk! Watch episodes 11, 12 and 13.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/english-ks1-jack-and-the-beanstalk-pt13/z77ykmn

What does Jack steal? Have a discussion about whether it is right or wrong to steal? What are the arguments for and against?

Pretend you are in Jack’s shoes! Think about the reasons Jack is stealing the items from the giant.

Write a letter from Jack to the giant, explaining why you stole the items. Will you apologise for taking the hen and harp?

You could even make a scroll by tea staining some paper!

MATHS –

Play your board game again (if you have one or made one) –use the computer version again.

https://www.primarygames.co.uk/pg2/splat/splatsq100.htm

Then look at the 100 square board and splat given numbers on the 100 square.

Can you splat numbers by skipping one number each time? Eg. 2 4 6 8 10 12….look at the pattern that is made and talk about it with your child.

Be Active: And some more yoga (or mix it up with Jo Wicks)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ffsxj4T8DI

PROJECT –

Look carefully at pictures and artwork of the Santa Maria. Here’s one to inspire you . .

Can you draw a diagram of the ship and label the parts of it?

You made need to research parts of a ship. These videos and websites may help you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZ6O8lB0cII

What are the functions of the parts?

ENGLISH – Watch the next 2 episodes of Jack and the Beanstalk – Episode 2 and 3.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/english-ks1-jack-and-the-beanstalk-home/zff42sg

Can you recall the market and discuss all the animals he saw and what they did?

Draw the animals and write a sentence about the things you can remember. For example, The pigs were squealing and waving their curly tails in the air.

If you think a little handwriting practise might be needed then have a look at how to form the curly letters like a,d,g which can be the hardest to form…here…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgjj6sg/articles/zwnh4qt

MATHS – Make this alternative balance scale.

How is it different to yesterday? Can you weigh the same things that you did yesterday? Do you get the same outcome?

https://earlylearningideas.com/diy-balance/

BE ACTIVE – Remember Joe Wicks does his P.E class at 9am every day on his YouTube channel. Miss Reese has been doing this and is finding it tough but very rewarding! He is setting challenges in which children create their own P.E lesson by choosing 10 moves and putting them into a sequence.

Children are also being encouraged to write a poem about how being active makes them and their body feel.

PROJECT – Talk about what you learnt about Christopher Columbus yesterday.

What can you remember?

Look at the activity – Do you remember what happened in Christopher Columbus’ life? Try the activity below.

Put the four pictures in the order that they happened.

Can your child record a timeline of things that happened to Christopher Columbus by drawing them and writing some sentences below? Are they able to add any dates?

Some of you have emailed us with your fantastic learning! We’ve seen cake making, Easter box decorating, fantastic writing, beautiful singing and an amazing sculpture of the titanic!

Wow! Keep up the good work! If you would like to be inspired on Thursday, here are some ideas!

1. Make and write an Easter card for your family or friends. Decorate it in the most creative way you can!
2. Make natural art! Art and crafts will be a popular way to keep children busy. To mix things up, put the pencils and crayons to one side and look for natural art materials instead. Collect fallen leaves, petals and sticks and use them to make a picture or sculpture.You could even use the objects as ‘stampers’ or paintbrushes – dipping them in paint and rolling, brushing or stamping them on paper to create interesting patterns and effects.
3. Create your own calendar! Can you write the months of the year and draw  a picture that might reflect something that happens in that month? A daffodil in April, a birthday cake in the month that your birthday falls etc.

We are thinking about you all and can’t wait to see what you design!

Year 1 do not currently have Seesaw set up. We have spoken to some parents and they have said that Seesaw often motivates their child to work at home. We want Year 1’s to be motivated too! So we would love if you emailed us with any learning that your child is doing. We have given out our teacher emails to you throughout this year and so we would welcome seeing any photographs you have taken. We have already replied to some parents and their children who have been doing some fantastic activities at home.

Here are Wednesday’s challenges:

1. After reading the Christian story of Easter yesterday, can you make a story map by drawing something that happened at the beginning, the middle and the end? Label your pictures and write a sentence about them.
2. Design and make an Easter egg box! Make a plan first explaining what your box will look like and then use any leftover cardboard and paper to make the box and decorate it!
3. Write the days of the week onto paper and put them into the correct order. Mix them up and do it again. Discuss what you have done on different days. Can you sort the week days from the weekend?

Good luck! We hope to see some of your amazing work soon!