Dear Elm class,Here is your learning for the week. I have been really lucky to see some your work that has been sent to me and it all looks wonderful. Please choose the activities that you find most suitable for your learning. I know many people have been baking and gardening as well as doing lots of arts and crafts. Please do not stress about getting evert activity completed, we do not want the activities below to become a source of extra stress for you. The most important jobs to prioritise are reading, writing and the white rose maths. I am still always available by email if you have any questions or would like to show me some of the work you have doing. Please remember that you need to be reading daily. This could be books, recipes, instructions, magazines or letters. Have a lovely week, Miss Bowers.

Year 1 Home Learning Menu Week beginning 4.05.20P.E. Creative

(Music, Art, Drama)Joe Wicks has become the UK’s PE teacher. Go on YouTube at 9.00am every day to

follow along.If you have not access to You tube, can your child make up their own workout for

you and the rest of the family to have a go at.

Drama – Pretend to be a superhero. What is your superpower? Some soldiers from WW11 need your help – they are very badly injured. What are you going to do?

Music – DT – Our bodies need to exercise to stay healthy. Create an obstacle course in your garden or living room to run around to get our bodies exercising.

Weekly Subject Focused Project:History

Big Question: Do you think Edith Cavell/ Mary Seacole/Florence Nightingale were real life superheroes?

Focus: Who was Edith Cavell?Key Tasks:

Watch the video about Edith Cavellhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A-cNGBywGlERead the information about Edith Cavell.

Additional suggested tasks:

Find where Brussels is on a map or globe.

Lots of people didn’t like Edith Cavell because she helped soldiers from both sides. What do you think? Talk about it with a partner or adult.

Create a fact file about Edith Cavell.

Mild – Imagine you are Edith Cavell working during the war and create a verbal diary entry. Record your voice using phone or ipad and talk about what you might have done that day, how you are feeling and what you are looking forward to after the war.Chilli – Imagine you are Edith Cavell and write a diary entry about one day during the war. Talk about what she might have got up to one day, how she is feeling and what she is looking forward to after the war.

Spelling and GrammarThis week’s focus is words with the ‘wh’ sound:

When, what, whistle, white, whereWrite out the words and add sound buttons.Use each word in a sentence.Practice spelling each word by writing them out. You could write them in sand with a stick, paint them, use your finger in a tray of flour/rice/shave foam etc.

Count up how many real words and nonsense words there are. Colour the nonsense words a different colour to the real words.

Finish the words.

Correct the spelling of each word.

Look at the following sentences. Are they questions or statements? Add either a question mark or a full stop at the end.

What is the timeI like the summer timeWho is coming with meHow old are youIt is so warm today

Home learning is funCan you pass me the scissors

Reading

Read for 15 minutes a day

Listen to the story ‘Supertato’ and answer the questions about it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rze89HB9u8g

Who are the authors of the ‘Supertato’What sort of vegetable is Supertato?Why was the pea evil?Where did the story take place?What does the word ‘shrieked’ mean?Why does the book say some vegetables are frozen for a good reason?

Write your own questions about the story and give to an adult.

Writing

Character descriptionCreate your own Supertato using potato, or playdough.

Additional suggested tasks:

Create a new front cover for Supertato using your new supertato.

Write a blurb for the story.

Mild – Write a list of adjectives (describing words) for your character

Medium – Use adjectives to write sentences about your character. E.g. Supertato is very round. He looks silly and smells funny.

Chilli – Write a description of your Supertato man and write a story about what adventures your Supertato might get up to.

Use a coloured pencil to edit your work. Have you missed any full stops or capital letters? Have you made any spelling mistakes? Could you add any extra describing words?

Maths

Solve each question independently or with adult help. Show your working out.

If you have access to a computer, use: https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/

Here you will be able to access a lesson a day of maths, there is a video of what to do

Play hit the button to practise addition https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Challenge:Practice finding halves and quarters.

Mild: Cut out some shapes from paper or fabric. Fold them into equal parts to show quarters and halves.

Medium: Use counter/sweets/marbles etc to find half and a quarter of different numbers.

Chilli: Use counter/sweets/marbles etc to find halves, quarters, thirds, eighths of different numbers. Can all numbers be split into thirds? Explain why/why not.

Additional Suggested Activities

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/https://www.spellingcity.com/spelling-games-vocabulary-games.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zkxxsbkhttps://www.storylineonline.net/

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/