Tuesday, 24 March 2020

UPDATE 24.03.20

We hope you are keeping well and had a good day yesterday with your children.  Here are some additional suggestions and resources to support you during the school closure.

Timetable
We are aware that some websites are publishing timetables.  We thought this might be useful for anyone who wishes to see what our timetable normally entails.  This was our basic timetable for last week.


Phonics
Phonics Play are currently offering free access to their site.  We recommend games such as 'Speed Trial' and 'Time Challenge' to practice sounds; and games like 'Buried Treasure', 'Dragon's Den' or 'Picnic on Pluto' for reading and sorting real and alien words.



They also have fully decodable comics - https://www.phonicsplaycomics.co.uk/

 English
Here are the tricky words that Year 1 children are expected to know.

 Try practising writing these words using pre-cursive handwriting.


This week, we were going to be writing a diary, just like Samuel Pepys did.  Try keeping your own diary about what you are doing at home.


 Maths
This week, try measuring different sized objects using non-standard units, such as Lego bricks, paperclips or your hands or feet.  Think about questions such as:

  • How tall are you?
  • How long is your bedroom?
  • Can you find 2 things that are shorter/longer than your arm?

Then move on to measuring in centimetres using a ruler or tape measure.

For simple games to practice addition and subtraction, go to the following link.  Scroll down to 'KS1 activity videos' to watch the video.  Resources are found below the video.


 Health and well-being
As part of Nuffield Health's SWAP (School Well-being Activity Programme), they have created a well-being journal filled with challenges and activities to keep children happy, healthy and active whilst at home.  The journal is based on the four pillars of SWAP; how I eat, how I sleep, how I move, how I feel, and has both interactive and printable versions.

The Body Coach, Joe Wicks, is doing live workouts aimed at children at 9am every weekday.  Alternatively, you can do the workouts at a time to suit you by following the link to his YouTube channel.


General resources
On the school website, there is a page with lots of different online resources:

BBC Teach - resources for all curricular areas:

Please feel free to comment on our blog posts to share any home learning you are doing. 

Thank you and stay safe,
The Year 1 Team 
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