Prayer for the Week:

Monday 18th January

Maths activities: Online lesson (zoom details to follow)

English (Activity 1): L.O. I can write predictions based on a book cover Use the video on the blog to help you with these lessons Look at the picture of the book cover. Answer these questions with an adult. What can you see? Where is the baby penguin hiding? Why do you think the baby penguin is hiding? What do you think an Emperor is? What is inside an egg?

Draw a picture of the book cover. Answer the questions below in as much detail as you can giving all of the reasons you can think of What do you think this book will be about? Example:- I think this book will be about a baby penguin because….. I think this book may be about penguins because…. It might tell me about penguins and their babies because ….. What do you think will happen in this book? In this book the egg might….. In this book the baby penguin might….. I think this will happen because……

Religion: L.Q. What does it mean to belong to a church family? See the video and tasks on the school blog.

Reading (Activity 1): ‘Lost and Found’ by Oliver Jeffers Read the extract at the bottom in the appendix (you can get an adult to read it to you). Can you predict what you think the boy will do to help the penguin? Write your answers in your home learning books.

Try to start your sentence with “I think that” or “I wonder if…”.

Tuesday 19th January

Maths (Activity 1): https://vimeo.com/492195041 Watch the video above to help you to remember our lesson from yesterday. Have a go at answering these questions in your home learning books:

Remember to use to ten frame (see appendix) to help you and any other resources to help you to count like beads and coins!

English (Activity 2): L.O. I can use adjectives to describe a setting

Imagine you are in Antarctica. Look online at different images of Antarctica. Talk about these questions What can you see? How does it make you feel? What are you thinking? Can you list words and phrases to describe Antarctica? chilly, beautiful, glistening

Science (Activity 1): LO: I can show what I know about our body and our senses.

Think about our different senses. Can you remember what our senses are? Watch this video to help you: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z9yycdm/articles/zxy987h (You can try the activity and quiz if you want to find out how much you have learnt!)

Investigation time! Find different items around your house (think carefully about ALL of your senses). For example, a sweet, a piece of chocolate, some crisps, a set of keys etc. Put all of the items in a bag and ask someone in your house to use their senses to guess the items. You might ask them to use their sense of smell to guess the chocolate or their sense of hearing to guess the set of keys. Take some pictures and email them to your class teacher so we can see what you have learnt.

Reading (Activity 2):

Have another read of the ‘Lost and Found’ extract. Can you think of any other words that could be used to describe how the penguin is feeling? Write them in a list in your home learning books. For example, disappointed, distraught… Phonics online lesson (details to follow)

Wednesday 20th January

English (Activity 3): L.O. I can write sentences using adjectives Read your adjectives from yesterday. Say aloud your adjectives. Can you say a sentences using your adjective? Example:- In Antarctica, the sky is blue and chilly. Once you have practised saying your sentences using adjectives, you are going to write them into your book. Remember your capital letters and full stops and your finger spaces! Example:- Beautiful snowflakes fall from the cold sky. The snow is soft and fluffy on the ground.

Science (Activity 2): LO: I know the difference between a carnivore, a herbivore and an omnivore. Follow this link to watch the video and then answer the questions that follow: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z6882hv/articles/z96vb9q

Reading (Activity 3): Have one more read of ‘Lost and Found’ (you should try and read it yourself this time). Try and answer these questions, using full sentences in your home learning book:

a.) Why do you think that the penguin felt sad? b.) Why do you think that the penguin followed the boy

everywhere? c.) How do you think the boy felt when he saw the penguin?

Maths (Activity 2): Using your ten frame and your coins or beads, work out if these questions are true or false. Remember to explain why!

a.) 5 + 8 is the same as 10 + 3 b.) 6 + 6 is the same as 10 + 4 c.) 9 + 2 is the same as 10 + 1

Thursday 21st January

Maths (Activity 3): Try this activity in your home learning books:

English (Activity 4): L.O. I can ask and answer questions.

What is a question? What words do questions begin with? Did, Who, When, Where, Why, How, Can Can you use each question word to think of a question for Daddy penguin? For example:- How long have you been standing still? Remember your capital letters and your question marks.

Wellbeing and ‘catch up’ zoom call for Year 1M (details to follow)

Friday 22nd January

Maths (Activity 4): Have a go at writing your own word problem to match this ten frame.

For example: Miss Milligan has 8 cookies. She gives Miss Taylor 5 more. How many do they have altogether? What happens when you change the numbers around? For example, Miss Milligan has 5 cookies. She gives Miss Taylor 8 more. How many do they have altogether?

Give your word problem to someone in your house to see if they can solve it. Make sure you know the answer first!

English (Activity 5): L.O. I can write in role.

Imagine you are daddy penguin. You have been standing on the snow and ice taking care of your egg. How do you feel? Example:- I have been standing still on this egg for a really long time because I need to take care of it. My feet feel freezing cold on the snow but the egg is warm. It is beautiful in Antarctica and I like watching the pretty snowflakes falling from the sky.

Please send a picture of this writing to your class teachers by Friday 22nd January, so they

can take a look at your work.Science (Activity 3): LO: I can name different types of animal groups. Watch this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wurZciX_N4 Choose one animal group, and make a poster all about that animals group. Remember to try and think of different animals in that group and include where they live! It would be lovely to see your posters so remember to send them to your teacher and she can post them on the blog!

PE:

Check out ‘The Body Coach TV’ on YouTube for a workout at 9.00am today!

Well-being:

Wellbeing and ‘catch up’ zoom call for Year 1T (details to follow)

Ongoing:

Daily exercise PE with Joe Wicks is streamed on YouTube every Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9.00am.

Reading Remember to try and read every day!

Phonics

Our sound of the week is ‘oi – spoil the boy’.

Have a look on the KS1 blog page for the phonics video to help you with some phonics activities as well as other resources. http://stthomasabecketschool.primaryblogger.co.uk/ https://www.stthomasabecketsch.org.uk