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Under the sea theme - Week 7 – 13.7.20
Year 1
We hope you have enjoyed taking part in the other learning activities you have
completed at home.
This week our learning theme is ‘Under the sea and the seaside.’ We will be
learning about sea creatures and their habitats and the impact humans have on
marine environments, for example, plastic found in the oceans and litter left on
the beaches.
Sea creatures exist in oceans and seas all around the world! Sea creatures live
in different habitats. Some fish live on coral reefs, others inhabit shipwrecks
and some live close to the shore in rock pools. Sea creatures are as varied as
their habitats. They are all different shapes and sizes; from octopi to whales,
jellyfish to sea snakes and seahorses to crabs, they are all very different, but
they all live in the oceans and seas around the world.
Sea
snake
Seahorse
Coral reef
Humpback whale Jellyfish
Rock pool
Shipwreck
Year 1
This week we will be looking at sun and water safety and planning a trip to the
seaside. Challenges have been set for the children to work through with you. We
will be thinking about how we can keep our beaches and seas clean.
Personal, Social, Health and Emotional Education (PSHE)
Talk about when you have been to the seaside as a family.
What did they enjoy the most? Why was it so good?
Plan a day out with your child. It could be to the seaside at Burnham on Sea or
Weston-Super-Mare or further away. What would they like to do?
Build a huge sandcastle, dig a moat or go for a swim in the sea?
Maybe have a lovely ice-cream!
Help your child learn about safety at the beach and sun safety for their trip.
Can your child name some items you will need to take with you?
Ask your child to write the names of the items on paper in a list. This will make
sure you don’t forget them!
Sun safety.
Talk about keeping safe in the sun, ask your child to tell you
what they need to do.
Ask the following questions.
Why do we need to use sunscreen?
What could happen to our skin if we did not use it? Which clothes should you
wear to the beach?
Why do you need to cover your body and wear a hat?
Keeping hydrated
Talk to your child about drinking lots of water. Did you know our bodies are
made up of up to 60% water? Our hearts and brains are each made
of 73% water. We lose water from our bodies when we exercise or
when we sweat and get hot! We need to replace all the water we
lose, so we must drink lots of water each day.
This chart helps you and your child see how much fluid everyone needs to drink
each day.
Children draw your own poster to show others how to stay safe in the sun.
You need a title, pictures, bullet points and short sentences or captions and
remember to use your phonics, to help you spell the words.
Enjoy your time at home together, but please make sure everyone keeps
safe in the sun at home and at the seaside
Literacy
Reading and Writing
It is important to hear your child read as often as possible, but it is also
important to help them understand what they have read. Reading together can
be one of the most rewarding activities you can take part in with your child. If
reading is fun, your child will enjoy it more!
We are looking at two books this week, they are:
Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae, Illustrated by David Wojtowycz,
and The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister.
Commotion in the Ocean Activities -
Listen to the book of poems at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeVMtruBX9Q
read by Fi,
Ask your child to think about the poems. What do they notice? Can they think of
rhyming words of their own to match some of those in the story?
Ask your child to fill in the rhyming words sheet provided below.
Encourage your child to write a shape poem. Poems do not have to rhyme, but they can.
Ask your child to think of a sea creature they would like to write their poem about.
They can then draw their own creature and write their poem inside it. An example of
how it may look can be seen below.
Dolphin shape for
shape poem. Can
your child draw
their own
underwater
creature for their
poem?
The Rainbow Fish activities –
Listen to the story at:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jQTjTe42-0
the story is read by the author Marcus Pfister
Talk about the story. What happened at the beginning of the story?
Who are the characters? Why doesn’t The Rainbow Fish want to share his
scales? How did the other fish treat him? What changed his mind? Why was the
Rainbow fish happy at the end of the story?
Ask your child to plan a short story on the story plan mountain below, changing
the characters of the story and the setting. For example, from the Rainbow
Fish to a Spotty Frog and the sea to a pond. Your child should then write their
story on the writing frame on the next page. They should use the phonic sounds
and ‘tricky’ words they have learnt. Tricky words are the words they cannot
sound out and read by sight. Remind them to use spaces between words and
capital letters and full stops for each sentence.
It will help your child remember what they are going to write if they say
the sound, word or sentence they are trying to write out loud.
Other books to read together or for your child to read to you.
The snail and the whale by Julia Donaldson
The secret sea horse By Stella Blackstone
A house for a hermit crab and
Mister Seahorse both by Eric Carle
Other useful websites to help your child with their reading
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/storytime-app
Follow the instructions to install the app. There are lots of activities!
https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_dDlmKGk6gIVuIBQ
Bh1g7QWWEAAYASAAEgKgdfD_BwE
Teach your monster to read
http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/songs/everything-beneath-the-
sea?page=1%2C0%2C0%2C0
Reading practise and stories based on ‘under the sea’.
Below is a read and colour sheet and a writing activity sheet your child can complete.
Phonics
Your child has been taught phonics to help them read and write. Phonics include
learning the sounds they can hear in words (phonemes), as well as the ‘tricky’
words they have learnt. Tricky words/ common exception words are words
children cannot sound out. They learn to recognise them by sight.
Lists of tricky words they may know are:
I to no go the
he she we me be
was my you they her
all like are
said so have some come
were there little one do
when out what
oh their people Mr Mrs
looked called asked would could
Please remember not all children will have learnt all these words.
Help your child learn more tricky words by playing games with them.
For example, make some cards with the words on and keep showing the words to
your child.
Remember to swap the order of the words!
Use chalk and write the words on a path, draw circles around the words.
Children can jump into the circle with the word in it that you ask for.
This game is very good for learning letters and sounds as well. The children can
jump on the sounds to blend for reading or break apart words for spelling. It
works really well when there are four or more sounds in words, or the words
have different ways of spelling a sound.
A variation could be to write them on paper or card and pin them to a wall. Your
child could use a water pistol and shoot the words or sounds!
If you have paintbrushes and food colouring, children can write their sounds and
words using coloured water on a path. (Paint can be used, but probably best to
use on paper.)
Can your child think of rhyming words for each word on the sheet below?
Computer games to help children read or spell words from Phase 2 to Phase 5 of
Letters and Sounds, can be found on these websites:
http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/phase-2-games.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD4-vPkeIqs
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=phonics+play+games&p=1
www.phonicsplay.co.uk
www.teachyourmonstertoread.com
Mathematics
Your child could use real objects such as beads, buttons, Lego or pens to help them
work out these adding, subtracting and sharing word problems.
Try the following number problems.
Extra Challenge
Draw your own grid. Add 10,20,30 to the top line, 40,50,60 to the middle line
and 70, 80, 90 to the bottom line.
Can you predict the answers? Were you correct?
Can you solve this grid question about pattern?
Use the grid below to find out!
Topic – Geography and science
Does your child know anything about the sea and what lives in it?
Which plants live there?
Which sea creatures?
Take a look at these power-points to help them learn about the creatures and
habitats.
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-t-5574-under-the-sea-habitats-video-
powerpoint
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-t-5515-under-the-sea-what-am-i-
interactive-powerpoint-game
Can your child make a list of animals and plants that live in the sea?
Children can write their list on paper or a whiteboard and dry-wipe pen if they
have one.
Sea creatures live in different oceans and seas around the world. Can your
child find out the names of different seas and oceans?
Encourage your child to learn about the different environments, the plant life
and the marine life that live in the seas and oceans.
Look at these websites to learn more about marine life. https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife-explorer/marine/marine-mammals-and-sea-
turtles/common-dolphin
Different sea-life that can be found around Cornwall
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOJkvhSpBiQ
The Pacific Ocean and its marine life
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2BKd5e15Jc&feature=emb_rel_pause
Learning about Coral reefs
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJN3gJoZqlY
All about fish
https://www.mcsuk.org/ukseas/search?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIsIeb9YOk6gIVT4uyCh0O
-gWaEAAYAiAAEgIPbvD_BwE
Sea-life around the United Kingdom
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/puzzles/octonauts-creature-
quiz?collection=octonauts-games
This is a quiz to find out how much your child has learnt about sea creatures.
After looking at some of the websites, ask your child to add more animals and
plants to their lists.
Ask your child to use their lists to make a fact-file about some of the sea life.
Decide which sea creatures they want to include. Children can find pictures in
magazines or on the computer, with adult help. They can stick them on to their
fact-file or draw pictures of their chosen sea life and colour in. Then write
sentences about each one.
It has been widely reported that our seas and oceans are polluted by plastic.
Which kinds of plastic would you and your child take to the seaside?
Ask your child to think about their planned day out at the seaside. Are you
taking disposable plastic?
Have a look at the World Wildlife Fund’s web page,
https://www.wwf.org.uk/updates/plastics-why-we-must-act-
now?pc=ATC001002&ds_rl=1263542&pc=ASF001002&ds_rl=1263542&gclid=EAIaIQob
ChMIuMTR_YCp6gIVxYGyCh3YYwHiEAAYBCAAEgLCE_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
How do you feel about the pictures and information given?
Children are going to create a poster to show how to keep the oceans and seas
plastic free. Remember you need a title or slogan that will make people want to
read more and short sentences to make people who read your poster think about
what you are saying. Decide on pictures for your poster that will make your
point of view clear.
Art, Design and Technology
Children enjoy using everyday objects to create their own models, paintings and
drawings. The only limits are the child’s imagination. To help your child we have
made some suggestions of activities they could take part in. Ask your child to
describe their picture or model. Can they give their creation a name and write a
title for it?
https://buggyandbuddy.com/ocean-crafts-kids/
A selection of activities making sea life from everyday things you can find at home.
https://buggyandbuddy.com/make-kite/
Create a kite to fly at the beach.
Use an egg box or a box to
create an underwater scene.
Create an underwater
collage or a painting.
Claude Monet was a famous impressionist artist who painted lots of pictures including
ones of the sea. Have a look at some pictures of his paintings. Can you paint or draw a
picture in this style?
Music
Join Nigel to Learn ‘The Big Ship Sails’ with your family: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/music-ks1-sun-sea-song-1-the-big-ship-sails-on-the-ally-
ally-oh/zb7spg8
Help him make up some new parts to the song. Work on singing your words
clearly and keeping to the pitch of the song.
RE
Different people in the world believe different things and sometimes have
special books that they read. Christians read the Bible to find out what God is
like and his plan for their lives.
In the Bible there is a story about a man called Jonah who sank down into the
sea and was swallowed by a big fish. Listen to the story carefully:
https://request.org.uk/restart/2020/03/26/bible-quest-jonah/
Now cut out the parts of the story and put them in the correct order:
Activities that you can do at home without a printer
Act out the story of The Rainbow Fish or the poems in Commotion in the Ocean
by pretending to be the different sea creatures and perform it to the rest of
your family. Can they guess who you are?
Draw some fish, cut them out, and then hide them around the house. Ask
someone else to go on a fish hunt. Use positional and directional language to
direct them to each fish. (e.g. positional – under, behind, in front etc. directional
forwards, backwards, turn left, turn right,) You could even include counting in
this activity by saying how many steps need to be taken.
Build a boat using things you have around you e.g. blanket, chair. Can you add a
funnel or sails? Make sure you have your parent’s permission to use these things.
Draw a picture of your favourite sea creatures and label them, write facts you
already know about them.
Make up a story about going to the beach or on a boat looking for treasure.
o Where is the setting – a beach, the funfair
o Who are the characters?
o What will you be looking for?
o What happens?
o How does the story end?
Draw a picture and write it as a short story.
Go on a shape hunt