If you remember one thing this week – it is to be kind to yourself. Monday’s Challenges!

This is an extremely challenging time and if you or your child are feeling a little overwhelmed then this is completely normal.

We are in very strange circumstances and through our chats with you on the phone and through emails we know that you are all doing an amazing job!

If you would like some inspiration or ideas here are Monday’s challenges . . .

 

Weekly Spellings

  • for
  • not
  • will
  • day
  • looked
  • some
  • like
  • be
  • went
  • have

English –

Recap on the story of Jack and the Beanstalk by acting it out using props in your house.

We would love to see you dressed up as Jack or the giant! How are you going to make yourself look huge?

What could you use as the magic beans? Which part of your house will be the castle? Could you build one with chairs and sheets?

31 days of Halloween costumes: Jack and the Beanstalk100 Easy Ideas for Book Week Costumes in 2020 | Diy superhero ...Kids at home until May? The Boston Public Library thinks you ...

Can you draw a story map or story mountain showing all the parts of the story? Draw and label your work.

Jack and the beanstalk- see story on another pin :) (With images ...

Maths –

Make number pebbles by collecting them from your garden or on your daily walk. If you can’t get out then use indoor objects like paper, buttons, sweets.

Get your child to write numbers appropriate for them on the pebbles. It may be to 10 or 20 or beyond. If you can’t collect 100 pebbles then just write a section – numbers 59-72 etc.

If you do collect 100 we’d love to see photographs of you! Who can collect the most? Your brother or sister?

Number pebbles for counting and addition maths activities - The ...

Mix up the pebbles and put them back in ascending or descending order! Can you put them in a line from left to right? Can you put them in a line from top to bottom?

Challenge your child – what number comes after 25? What number comes before 76. What number is one more or one less than 55.

Can you use the pebbles to find out what is 17 + 5? Put your finger on 17 and jump 5 spaces along. What is the answer? You could use one of your child’s toys to do the jumping!

Can you find out what 25-4 is by jumping backwards?

Once you have made these pebbles they can be used over and over again. Children learn from practising and playing so please revisit these a lot!

Number pebbles for counting and addition maths activities - The ...

You could also steal a pebble from the line and hide it! Your child has to work out which numbered pebble you have. Can they convince you? You’ve got 11 because it comes after 10 and before 12. You’ve got 32 because I can count on from 30.

Be active

Make your own obstacle course! Use household items to create it!

  • Line of tape to balance on.
  • Sofa cushions to hop between.
  • Table to crawl under.
  • Blanket over 2 chairs to crab walk through.
  • Tupperware containers to hurdle over.
  • Stuffed animals to roll over.
  • Plastic cups to run around.

Indoor Obstacle Course for Kids ⋆ Raising DragonsPost 1-Indoor Obstacle Course - FIT4MOM Naperville, ILHow to make a rainy day obstacle course - YouTube

Project

Think about directions. Columbus would have needed to!

Listen to and learn this song . . .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2I81_BFb-s

3: Standards Directions We can combine two directional symbols to ...

Fabulous – it’s Friday!

Friday

ENGLISH –

Write a weekly forest school diary – just like we would at school! You could do this from your window or during your daily exercise outdoors.

Today could you try and write 3 specific parts; 3 paragraphs?

  1. The start of your journey; leaving the house, locking the door, checking the weather.
  2. The middle of your journey; what do you pass, see, smell, feel, hear, touch?
  3. The end of your journey; do you go back the same way? How does your body feel after your daily exercise? Has the weather changed or stayed the same? How long has it taken you?

Use capital letters, full stops and finger spaces.

Make sure your reading can be read back by others.

 

MATHS – Make your own skittles using toilet roll tubes or bottles filled with rice, sand or mud.

DIY Skittles & Games | Learning 4 Kids

DIY Toilet Paper Roll Bowling Game | Mom.com

https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/make-your-own-skittles

Make a scoreboard and tally how many skittles each player knocks down. (You could write the number by the side.)

After 3 turns add up the scores. 5+3+4=

Who was the winner?

You could play tin can alley with your recycling!

If you want to make it trickier you could put labels onto each tin can. When they knock over the cans they have to add up the score on each can.

 

BE ACTIVE – Flip a coin game!

Coin Flip Game- a mental game exercise - The Athlete within You

Flip a coin and determine which way you move (30 seconds for each!)

Heads Tails
Run on the spot

Hop

Crawl around

Curl up into a ball

Skip

Jog around the garden

Jump up and down

Star jumps

Stretch up tall

Side step

 

If you are feeling creative, you could make up your own moves!

PROJECT –

Just for fun! When you are out on your daily walk or in your garden collect sticks. Compare the sticks including the length. You could use lollipop sticks too! Or anything long!

Can you make a picture frame using the sticks and some string?

What shape will your frame be if you use 4 sticks the same length? What shape will it be if you use 6 sticks?

Which picture or photo will you put inside it and why?

Can you make a 3D photo frame to place one of your models inside?

How to make a Popsicle Stick Picture Frame? - YouTube

Picture Frames Made From Sticks And Twigs | Nature crafts, Camping ...

 

Thursday’s challenges! Keep smiling!

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.)

How many sweets in the jar? | 101 ComputingCounting and Maths activities for EYFS Teachers / Parents ...

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.

Hopscotch Math | Hopscotch, Childhood memories, My childhood memories

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 . . .

Printable Storytime Craft: Jack and the Beanstalk | LearnCreateLove10 Totally Awesome DIY Glove Puppets | Glove puppets, Handmade ...1581 Best PUPPET TRUCK images | Puppets, Marionette puppet, Puppet ...Jack and the beanstalk story spoons | Jack and the beanstalk ...

It’s Wednesday Challenge Time

Wednesday

ENGLISH – Think about the main characters in the story; Jack, Ma, the Giant and the Giant’s wife.

Jack and the Beanstalk Literacy Activities | Jack, the beanstalk ...

You could draw the characters and write words around them.

Use the words to write a character description.

Repeated sentences can be helpful in order to give your child a structure.

It could be –

Jack is _________ because . . .

Jack is brave because he goes into the giant’s castle and the giant wants to eat him.

Jack is kind and heroic because he gives the poor people of the town the golden eggs so that they can eat.

Using words like ‘because/ and’ means that your child is joining two ideas which is great!

 

MATHS –

Collect as many pairs of shoes as you can from around the house.  Put them in pairs and in lines. Socks are good for this too and might help you tidy up the washing pile!

Three pairs of shoes, three stages of the growth.

Ask questions like –

“if you have 10 shoes how many pairs do you have?”

” How many shoes do you have in 6 pairs?”

Counting in 2s Shoe Themed Display Posters (teacher made)

Can you help them count along in 2s.

 https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkjv382

Use this site to extend the learning if you want to or have the time.

 

 

BE ACTIVE – If you are able to go for a daily walk can you . . .

  • run for 30 seconds
  • walk for 2 minutes
  • jump for 30 seconds
  • hop to the nearest lamppost
  • roll on some grass
  • skip to the nearest tree

Could you do this outside if you have a garden?

Indoors – How many star jumps can you do in 30 seconds? Could you use a timer on your phone?

How to Set Sleep Timer on Your Phone

How many hops can you do in 30 seconds?

How many frog leaps?

Can you run on the spot for 30 seconds?

 

PROJECT –

Can you make a model of one of the boats Columbus travelled in?

How to Recreate Models of Christopher Columbus's Sailing Ships ...Five Homemade Boats - Craftulate

 

Make a plan using the diagram you made yesterday. List the materials you may need. (Remember your plan might change as you get stuck in!)

This may take you a few days to complete. Good learners return to challenges to continue and improve them.

Can you make more than one boat?

Wood Stick Ship | Craft stick crafts, Popsicle stick boat, Boat crafts

Could you test your boat out on water?

Can you have a boat race?

How does this boat compare to the titanic?

 

Tuesday’s Challenges

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?

Scroll cutout PNG & clipart images | PNGFuelKS1 English: Jack and the Beanstalk - Episode 10 - BBC Teach

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

BARI KORAL - Little Box of Happy - Amazon.com Music

PROJECT –

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

The Santa Maria by Andrew Howat | Christophe colomb, Voilier, Bateau

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

Parts Of A Ship | The Fact Site

What are the functions of the parts?

 

Welcome to a new week – something to motivate you on Monday!

Welcome to another week…

Miss Reese and Miss Hullin are aware home learning is probably very strange for you all…if you have a go at any of these activities and find any of them useful, that’s all we are hoping for!

Please don’t think you have to use and complete all of them, everyday.

You are the ones with your children and we know you will to be guided by how they are doing and what you think they need to do next…

Have fun and take plenty of breaks… we’ve added more yoga if that has been helpful for relaxation.

For an activity on Friday it would be useful if you had saved up some recycling – plastic bottles, tin can, toilet rolls – any of these would come in handy – just use whatever you have…

 

Activities for anytime…

Please remember to read books daily

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000fbs4/cbeebies-bedtime-stories-740-joe-wicks-love-monster-and-the-perfect-present

Look at tricky words – remember the youtube songs from before easter -if they help.

There are lots of games and resources on www.letters-and-sounds.com

 

Please look at phase 2, 3 and 5 digraphs on a daily basis.

Read Write Inc., Complex Speed Sounds A4 Chart | Teaching Resources

Please keep looking at the sounds that groups of letters make – if your child needs to. Please use this video again if it helps.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4sNxyckQJK8

Can your child say the sound that represents each letter?

When you say a sound can they write each of the letters that represent that sound?

 

 

This week’s spellings are

  • put
  • could
  • house
  • old
  • by
  • come
  • don’t
  • look
  • very
  • there

 

Monday Challenges

ENGLISH – Now where were we with Jack… oh yes he’s just spotted that scary castle!

Watch the next 2 episodes 9 and 10

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/english-ks1-jack-and-the-beanstalk-pt9/zkg7scw

Can you work out who would have said this speech…

Jack? Ma? The Giant? The Giant’s Wife?, The Old Man? or..the cow?

School Radio - Primary Music KS1: Jack and the Beanstalk - Primary ...

  • Fee-fi-fo-fum…I smell the blood of an Englishman.

 

  •  Got you! Well,well so it was you at the door!

 

  • I’m so proud of you Jack. But what are we going to do with that giant beanstalk.

 

  • Who did he steal all these coins from? I know lots of villagers who need money for food.

 

Maybe draw the characters and their speech bubbles coming from their mouth!

Trust me Jack's Beanstalk Stinks Companion by Speech Time Fun | TpT

…or write your own!!!

MATHS – Play a board game likes snakes and ladders. If you haven’t got a board at home you could make one –if you’re feeling creative!

snakes and ladders | myfourboysandme

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ntoa70jwka8   or

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

 

or use one on the computer

https://www.primarygames.com/puzzles/board/snakesandladders/

 

 

You can follow that up with more related activities if you want/need more maths to do…help to count on and back.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/znfk8xs

 

 

 

 

BE ACTIVE – Why not try some more yoga

https://youtu.be/oYI0TPJOuGk?t=105

Little Box of Happy by Bari Koral: Amazon.co.uk: Music

 

PROJECT

Imagine (like Columbus) you found yourself in a new land. Maybe a desert island or a jungle.

10 Uninhabited Islands around the World (with Photos & Map) - Touropia

Taking a trip to the Caribbean? Here are five things you should ...

Can you write a Message in a Bottle

Don’t forget you to think about what you can…

SEE, HEAR, SMELL, FEEL AND TASTE!

Message In A Bottle Stock Photography Royalty-free, PNG, 466x700px ...

Perhaps roll it up and keep it in your own bottle.

 

Blow us away with these end-of-the-week challenges!

ENGLISH – Write a weekly forest school diary – just like we would at school. You could do this from your window or during your daily exercise outdoors. If you can’t get out then describe one of the rooms in your house.

Describe what you could see, hear, feel, touch and smell and use sentences to write about this.

Use capital letters, full stops and finger spaces. Make sure your reading can be read back by others! Tick off these key features of good writing!

C

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On the line? Cartoon Finger Clipart Can you read it back?
 

 

 

 

MATHS – Do you have measuring scales in your home? Look closely at them and discuss how they work.

Salter Silver Glitter Digital Kitchen Scales | Food Weighing for ...Salter Tesco Branded 3kg Compact Mechanical Kitchen Cooking ...

Use some of the objects you measured yesterday and use standard measurement to record how much they weigh. For example, the apple weights 100 grams.

Use the scales to measure during a cooking activity. I made pizzas today using 600 grams of flour with some of our keyworker’s children.

Leftover easter chocolate? Me neither! But if you have you could make these using scales . . .

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/chocolate-rice-krispie-cakes

Cooking with kids: Chocolate cornflake cakes recipe | BBC Good Food

If you want an extra challenge visit  https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/mostlyPostie/index.html

A standard measuring game. Put the parcel on the scales and help your child to read the weight in grams and kilograms. (Select the ‘in steps of 100 grams’ button).

 

BE ACTIVE – Copycat dance!

Stand facing your child. You move and your child copies you. You can start in slow motion and then get faster so it is trickier! Take turns at being the leader.

 

PROJECT – Watch this video – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ThZj9TEMwgE

Christopher Columbus for KS1 and KS2 children | Christopher ...

Write a fact file about Christopher Columbus. Draw a picture to illustrate him. (You can research images of him.)

 

Think about some key facts:

Where and when was he born?

Why was he famous? What was his occupation?

What did Columbus discover?

How did he travel?

Thursday’s Challenges are here…

ENGLISH – Yes you guessed it…we are going to continue with Jack’s story today. Up the beanstalk we go….

Watch and read the next 2 Chapters 7 and 8. Encourage your child to recall what has happened to Jack so far…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/english-ks1-jack-and-the-beanstalk-pt7/z6mykmn

Draw the biggest, scariest castle that you can imagine…

Haunted Castles | Scary For Kids

spooky castles tumblr - Google Search | Haunted castle, Dark ...

Here’s some pictures to help.

Write sentences or label your castle with phrases describing what it looks like.

MATHS – Non-standard measurement. Using the balance scales made on Monday can you measure and record the weight of a set of objects?

You will need a set of objects for example a fork, TV remote, apple, rubber, cup.

You will need something to measure them against – like buttons or pasta.

How many pieces of pasta does the apple weigh? How will you know? You will know when the two buckets on the balance scale balance – they are in line/ parallel with each other.

Make statements – The apple weighs 32 pasta pieces.

BE ACTIVE – Watch this ballet. Discuss and describe this type of dance. Do they move at the same time? Do they move in the same way?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bntjn7XQH70

 

Can children copy some of the moves? Can they describe what the ballet dancer is doing with parts of their body?

Play the music again and allow your child to free-style in a ballet style!

PROJECT – Look at this artwork.

First Landing of Christopher Columbus

Columbus, the Indians and the 'discovery' of America

What does your child notice? What is happening in the background? Foreground? Who do you think the people are? What are they wearing? When is this artwork set? What did the artist want you to think about? What do you feel when you look at the picture?

Could you recreate your own piece of artwork based on Christopher Columbus? You could use whatever media you have – paint, pencils, natural materials from the garden, junk modelling materials.