ENGLISH –

Watch the next 3 episodes of Jack and the Beanstalk – Episodes 4, 5 and 6.

www.bbc.co.uk

Think about the part of the story when Jack made his wish.

Discuss what wishes you might make…not just things you want but wishes that might help others too. You might want to make a wish box, like this one here…This one was done at Christmas time but you could make your Spring wishes!!!!

https://www.education.com/download-pdf/activity/14832/

Help your child write their wishes down.

MATHS – The Elephant Mass song! This song has lots of language that your child needs to be able to use.

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

Once you have watched it – could you change the Elephant for something else? The feather mass song or The lorry mass song?

BE ACTIVE – Dance! Dance is a sequence of movements to music.

Explore dancing by listening to your favourite music and moving to it.

Watch https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/physical-education-ks1-ks2-lets-get-active-dance-zone-simple-movement-patterns/zbxvqp3

Encourage your child to join in with the moves.

Can you choose some spring music online and can your child create their own Spring Dance, with what they know about spring; a movement for blossom growing?

You could have a ‘Strictly come dancing’ competition and score each other’s dance at the end. Can you describe what you liked about the movements? I liked it when Miss Hullin was pretending to be a daffodil and she was swaying from left to right etc.

PROJECT – Listen to this song about Christopher Columbus.

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

Can your child learn the song? Could they add any more verses – The King of Spain, gave some money in 1492 for the Nina and the Pinta and the Santa Maria too!

He took some money and some slaves in 1492, on the Nina and the Pinta and the Santa Maria too.

At school, many of our children enjoy writing songs. You could add household sounds and beats to the song – tapping a saucepan, shaking some rice.

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!