Y1 Chestnut

P.E Day is Wednesday. Children come to school wearing their outdoor P.E clothes. They need a pair of trainers, a white/blue t-shirt and a plain grey/blue/black tracksuit.

Outdoor learning day is Thursday. Please make sure your child has  wellie boots and a waterproof coat.

Curriculum information

Week 1: 2.11.20

In Literacy and Reading, we are using the fiction text 'The Lighthouse keeper's breakfast' by Ronda Armitage. We have been writing sentences about the party in the story. We are practicing using finger spaces in our writing as well as a capital letter and full stop to mark the beginning and end of a sentence.

In Maths this week we are learning how to solve addition problems. We have used the part/whole model and have used number lines to find the 'missing part' in the calculation. 

In Phonics we have started Phase 4. We are learning to read and write adjacent consonants in words.

In Geography we are learning about maps. We have been talking about the different features on maps and have used simple maps to find 'treasure' in the classroom.

In Outdoor learning we have been doing a simple orienteering game in teams.

In Design Technology we learning to sew with needles and thread. We are practising making stitches and will then make a book mark.

In Handwriting we have started writing on lines in our books. We are focusing on the size of our writing and on ascenders and descenders on letters.

In P.E we are working on multi-skills with different apparatus.

Curriculum information

Week 7: 12.10.20

In Literacy and Reading, we are using the non-fiction text '10 things I can do to help my world' by Melanie Walsh. We have been making conservation posters this week to inform others how they can help to reduce pollution and contamination of our planet. We are practicing using finger spaces in our writing as well as a capital letter and full stop to mark the beginning and end of a sentence.

In Maths this week we are learning about addition 'fact families'. We have used the part/whole model to find numbers that make, for example 6 or 10. 

In Phonics we are revising the Phase 2 sounds-ow, oi, ear, air and ure. We are reading and writing words using these sounds.

In Science we are learning about the properties of different materials when they get wet. We will be testing materials to find out if they are waterproof or absorbent.

In Outdoor learning we will be collecting different leaves and matching them to the tree they grow on.

In Art we are using collage to produce pictures of Eggbox dragon.

In Handwriting we are focusing on writing the teddy and tiger words as well as learning the difference between b and d.

Curriculum information

Week 6: 5.10.20

In Literacy and Reading, we are using the non-fiction text '10 things I can do to help my world' by Melanie Walsh. We will be discussing the conservation issues in the book and how we can help to reduce pollution and contamination of our planet. 

In Maths this week we are learning about the 'whole/part' model where numbers

are partitioned into smaller parts. 

In Phonics we are revising the Phase 2 sounds-oa, oo, ar, or and ur. We are reading and writing words using these sounds.

In Science we are learning about the appearance of different materials. We will be using the words-shiny, dull, transparent and opaque to describe materials.

In Art we are using collage to produce pictures of the planet we live on. 

In Handwriting we are focusing on the letters-i, l, t, n, m, h, r as they all start from the top.

Here are some websites that will support you with your learning at home:

https://ttrockstars.com/

https://www.spellingshed.com/en-gb

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/zbr9wmn

www.thenational.academy

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

https://www.phonicsbloom.com/

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In Literacy we have been sequencing the story and retelling it using actions. We have been writing about what happened 'first, next and then' in the story. In our reading sessions we have been talking about settings and new vocabulary in the story. 

In Maths this week we have been comparing numbers of objects, using language such as 'more/greater than', 'less/fewer than' and 'equal to'. We have also started counting in twos, fives and tens.

In Phonics we have been revising the Phase 3 phonemes-z,zz,qu,ch,sh. We have been reading and writing words that contain these sounds.

In handwriting we are focusing on letters that start 'at the top'-j, h, b, k,l, t, r, n, m, p, u, i, y. Please help your child form these letters correctly.

It has been great to welcome the children back into school. They have settled into Year One really well and have impressed us with their attitudes to learning.

We have been using the focus text: Here we are by Oliver Jeffers to lead our learning. We have found out lots of interesting facts about our planet. We have been talking about our feelings and drawing pictures. We have written notes for living on earth. 

In Maths we have been focusing on number and how to represent a number in different ways.

We have used our outside classroom daily and have enjoyed playing new games and finding safe ways to interact with each other.

Summer 2: What animal lives where?

This half term we will be exploring all things animals, where they come from, what they like to eat and what they produce.

We will be using the following stories to help us with our learning:

Here are the home learning grids to support your learning at home.

F2-Thursday 16th July

Morning F2.
It's our last phonics challenge for this term.
Watch the video clip about our focus trigraph-ure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVau1GoS8wQ

Then complete the 'ure' booklet in your home learning pack.

F2- Tuesday 14th July.

Morning F2.
Today's Maths challenge is to understand and use words to describe position.
Watch the video clip and join in with the 'Where's the monkey?' song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idJYhjGyWTU

Then complete the 'position' activities in your home learning pack.

F2 Thursday 9th July

Today's phonics challenge is to practice the phonemes we have been learning.
Watch the video clip and join in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxACCZOxbyM

Then complete the 'air' phonics booklet in your home learning pack.

Tuesday 7th July-F2

Morning F2!

Today's Maths focus is on height. We are thinking about how tall or short things are. Go on Youtube and watch the video of 'Titch' by Pat Hutchins. In the story Titch feels sad because he is the youngest and shortest in his family. Find out what happens at the end of the story!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CgoihSunrfQ

Can you measure your height? Ask a grown-up to help. Who is the tallest/shortest in your family?

Choose 3 toys and put them in height order.

Friday 3rd July 2020

Good morning FS here are your challenges for today.

F1: Can you do Andy’s wild workout?

F2: Can you do Andy’s wild  workout and make a rainbow fish fruit kebab (see the F1 challenge from yesterday)?

F1 Challenge for Thursday 2nd July

Can you make a rainbow fish fruit kebab?

F2 Thursday 2nd July

Morning F2. Today is our phonics learning challenge.

Click on the link below to watch the Alphablocks video about the trigraphs 'air' and 'ear'. 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8RRG_r2OTs

We are thinking about 'ear' this week. 
Complete your 'ear' phonics booklet in week 5 of your home learning pack.

Friday 26th June 2020

Here is a physical challenge for all the FS children.

Cab you complete Andy’s wild workout?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p06tmn8z/andys-wild-workouts-series-1-2-african-savannah

F2 Tuesday 23rd June

Morning F2 x Today's Math's learning is about halving numbers. Remember when you half a number, you are sharing it into 2 equal parts.
Watch the Numberblocks video then complete the halving sheets in week 4 of your home learning pack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azVL530KCgA

FS Friday 19th June

Good morning FS. 
For your exercise this physical Friday, click on the link below to join in with a cosmic yoga session. Have fun x 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhWDiQRrC1Y

F2 Tuesday 16th June

You can also watch this episode of 'Numberblocks' which tells you about odd and even numbers.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08r2l4d/numberblocks-series-2-odds-and-evens

Then complete the sheets in week 3 of your home learning packs.

Friday 12/06/20: Physical Friday

Here is a link to Andy's wild workout challenge for F1 and F2!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCFDa1PcyZU

Friday 5th June

Good morning F2 and F1! Physical Friday again and the sun is trying to shine!
Click on the link below for a Cosmic kids yoga work out.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKmRB2Z3g2s

Today's fine motor challenge needs an adults' help. Can you boil an egg and when it is cool, peel it yourself? It will make your fingers work hard. Then you can eat it! Have fun.

Click the link below and join in too.

https://youtu.be/_6HzoUcx3eo

Today F1 have been encouraged to practise their counting skills by counting different groups of objects.

This has allowed them to develop their oral counting, 1:1 correspondence and place value.

Monday 1st June Nursery home learning:

Our first story to help us with our learning is Farmer duck.

Here is the link to the story: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gug6P8l1q6c

Today's home learning challenge

Can you make a card or picture to cheer up Farmer duck?

Summer term 1

This half term our learning question is ' What shall I grow?'.

Good Morning FS, have you logged on to class dojo today?

Here is a superhero yoga challenge for F1 today:

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=7i0tUVNHfLA

F2 Friday 22nd May

Good morning F2. It's another physical Friday. Have a go at Zumba for kids. It's fun and will get you moving!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0uzHNJGzORs

F2 Friday 15th May

Hello F2. Today's physical fun is 'This is P.E'.
Click on the link below to have some fun!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZtASj5d2Ryw&list=PLYGRaluWWTojV3An2WEgsQ4qGFy_91jDL

Click the link below and have a at singing the hello song.

https://youtu.be/vvsVI8gOiac

Foundation have a listen to more songs from the project

'OUR STREET OUR SONG' by clicking the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiMXZ-_MIksDsNT9LndE3sw

F2 Thursday 14th May

Morning F2.
When you have watched the video, parents please can you write the tricky words on bits of paper so the children can have a go at the "Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check" way of learning to spell.
If they find the words on the video easy, then try these:
he
she
we
me
be
was
you
they
all
are
my
Look forward to hearing how they get on x

F2 Tuesday 12th May

Today's challenge is to count out groups of 20 things. You could use toys, bricks, pasta. Make sure you say the numbers slowly and touch each object as you count it. See how many groups of 20 objects you can make and send me a picture.
Try counting in 2s or 5s. This is more tricky!
Good luck x

Tuesday 12th May

Hello F2.
Today in our Maths learning we are going to practice counting to 20 in different ways.
Watch the Numberblocks clip and join in.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdyD_pLnBBk

F2-Monday 11th May

In the story of 'Oliver's vegetables' Oliver only eats potatoes although Grandpa tricks him into eating lots of different vegetables.
Can you draw a picture of your favourite food? Perhaps you could draw a plate shape first and then draw your food on it.
Try and write the sentence "I like......."
 

Here are the learning challenges for F1 on Monday:

-Can you tell your year her what your favourite vegetable is? You can draw them or send in a video of you telling us what it is and why you like it.

-Can you play a feeling bag game to describe the hidden vegetables? 

Friday 8th May 2020

Today is Victory in Europe Day,  known as VE Day or V-E Day. It marks 75 years since the end of World War II in Europe.

To celebrate this victorious day, here are some activities you can do at home with your family.

F2 Thursday 7th May

Today's challenge is to make some bunting to display outside your house in celebration of VE day tomorrow. Have fun!

F2 Thursday 7th May

Hello F2
Tomorrow is a very special day in History. It is VE (Victory in Europe) day which celebrates the end of World War 2. Lots of brave soldiers died keeping us safe so every year we celebrate this day and remember those brave soldiers. This year is very special as it is 75 years since VE day.
Please click on the link below to watch a short video about VE day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mse35_d4WNU

F2 Wednesday 6th May

Read the words and find the ingredients to put in your "Silly soup".

Tuesday 5th May

Hello F2. After you have watched the two videos about halving, see if you can find half of 8, 10, 14 by sharing the objects between two.
Record your findings in a drawing like I did in the video. 

F2 Monday 4th May

Draw a picture of something you would like to grow-a flower or tree. It could be real or imaginary. Try and write a sentence about your picture.

Here is F1’s Physical Friday Challenges! (1/5/2020)

F2 Friday 1st May

It's physical Friday everyone. Get active with Oti Mabuse (From Strictly Come Dancing) and her Shrek dance class for kids x Have fun! Can't wait to see photos!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Btxws8qvYAA

F2-Tuesday 28th April.

More doubling fun. Click on the link below to watch the Numberblocks 'Double Trouble' video.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bot83VxMLqM

Happy Friday everyone!

Here are some activities for you to get stuck into!

Hope you all have a wonderful weekend!

Happy Friday F2. Let's have some physical fun! Click on the link below to join in with the Go noodle Dinosaur Stomp.

https://www.google.com/search?gs_ssp=eJzj4tVP1zc0TDIzyzEsMiw3YPSSSM9XyMvPT8lJVUjJzMsvTiwtUiguyc8tAAADTg2m&q=go+noodle+dinosaur+stomp&rlz=1C1GCEU_enGB854GB854&oq=Go+noodle&aqs=chrome.5.0l5j46l2j69i64.9608j0j8&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8

Home learning at its best. 

Thank you for sending us pictures of your children taking part in home learning at activities.  

Here is our FSU Home Learning Gallery.

F1 Mrs Saddiq will be reading the story of 'Jack and the Beanstalk' later on class dojo. So please remember to log in for story time.

Thank you. 

Hi F1, Hope you’ve all had a lovely weekend! We are having another week of fun with Jasper’s Beanstalk. 
 

here at a few challenges to get you started. Don’t forget to check out dojo everyday and earn dojo’s for completing the activities!

Stay safe everyone, Mrs D x

Challenge 1: Can you grow a carrot plant?

Challenge 2: Can you draw what you think Jasper found at the top of the beanstalk?

It’s Physical Friday for F1 too today!

challenge 1: can you go outside for a walk and collect spring time treasures (flowers, leaves, sticks etc). Then can you make something with your spring time treasures (Mrs Deakin and her little girl made a bracelet and some flower potions)

challenge 2: can you complete the cosmic yoga activities: https://m.youtube.com/watch?vl=en-GB&v=iWowDC3x0hE

challenge 3: can you use those pinching fingers to move small objects from one place to another (it doesn’t have to be tweezers and buttons you can use pasta or pom-poms or cereal with pegs or even just those pinching fingers).... make sure you try with both hands! 

Mrs Deakin is also going to read a story on dojo soon!

So F2, it's another physical Friday!
Why not go on Youtube and search Cosmic kids yoga to get you moving and stretching.

Then ask your grown-up to set a 30 second timer on their phone. How many jumps, hops, runs to the end of the garden can you do in that time?

Can't wait to see photos of you on Class dojo being active this Friday x

This is a great learning theme to explore and enjoy as the weather becomes warm.

In Literacy we will be reading a range of books to develop our knowledge of plants through quality text.

Our focus texts this term are:

• Jasper's Beanstalk written by Nick Butterworth and Mick Inkpen
• The Enormous turnip retold by Irene Yates
• Oliver's vegetables written by Vivian French

The adults in the unit will also enjoy reading their favourite stories too. 

In Maths, F1  will continue to practise their counting skills and develop their number recognition . We will also be looking at place value, thinking about what number comes before/after or what is one more/one less and exploring patterns.

In F2, children will be counting on and back from 20, looking at patterns, doubling and halving and solving number problem solving.

Adults in the unit will be providing daily activities and challenges on the class dojo pages. Please complete as many activities and challenges as you can. We look forward to see all your work and to hear about all the things you have been up too.

Hello F2, 

Hope you have all enjoyed your Easter holiday at home and have managed to keep safe, happy and busy.

Our learning question this half term is: What shall we grow? We will be thinking about things that grow in our world.

This week's focus text is 'Jasper's Beanstalk' by Nick Butterworth. Please watch the video of the story on Youtube. Just click on the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_dAzjQREAg

Sorry I can't read you the story myself but I don't have this book at home.

I hope you enjoy the story of 'Jasper's Beanstalk'. He is not very patient is he. It takes a long time for most plants to grow. Can you remember what creatures Jasper dug up on Friday? Please draw a picture of them and label the pictures using your phonics (segmenting)

Hello Foundation Stage, we hope you are all keeping safe and busy while staying at home.

Thank you to all the parents who have logged in to Class Dojo-our new online classroom. It is great to be in touch with you all. We have enjoyed hearing all about what you have been doing at home. Please continue to post messages, send photographs and share your wonderful learning.

To continue your learning journey at home, here are some home learning menus to keep you busy learning!

The Easter holidays officially start now until Tuesday 14th April. Hope you all  manage to speak to family members you can't visit and keep your spirits up.

Here are some fun activities to keep you busy over the break x

1. Hard boil an egg-decorate it or use it as part of a "Easter model".

2. Go out in the garden-help dig or weed. Look for mini-beasts.

3. Go on a number hunt in your local area-look for numbers on houses, cars, signs etc

4. Draw and cut out Easter egg pictures-ask an adult to hide the 'eggs'so you can hunt for them.

5. Have some water fun inside or outside. Make sure you ask your grown-ups first!!

6. Snuggle down and watch your favourite film or TV programme.

7. Read/share your favourite book with someone else.

8. Move in different ways-Run, jump, hop, skip, crawl, slide outside in your garden or in an open space.

Take care of yourselves and each other. Speak to you all soon. Love all your teachers at school xxx

Spring Term 2

This half term our learning question is ' How do we get there?'.

Our Focus text are:

• Who sank the boat
• Mr Gumpy's outing
• The Train Ride
• Things that go.

Spring Term 1.

Welcome back everyone and Happy New Year!

This half term, our learning question is:

How do we put things together?

For our end of term celebration, we held a parent workshop. The parents joined in with many activities based on 'materials' and our learning question 'How do we put things together'. 

In Literacy F2  wrote instructions on 'How to make a Gingerbread man'.

In Literacy F1 sequenced pictures of 'How to make a Gingerbread man'. We all baked our own Ginger bread man.

F2 decorated their Gingerbread man

We are very lucky to be a part of Our Street, Our Song Music Project.

Luke came to visit us.

Autumn term 2.

This term our focus text are:

• The shopping basket written by John Burningham
• Hippo buys a has a hat written by Julia Donaldson
• Don't forget the bacon written by Pat Hutchins

Week 3: This week we have been on a visit to Asda.

We got to take a look behind the scenes as well as doing a bit of shopping.

Autumn Term One

This term our focus texts are :

Titch by Pat Hutchins

Aren’t You Lucky! (Catherine Anholt)

This is Our House (Michael Rosen)

My mum and dad make me laugh (Nick Sharratt

Our end of term celebration was great!

We invited parents into the unit for a 'Keeping Healthy Workshop'.

• We made healthy fruit kababs.
• We created a healthy dinner collage.
• We did observational drawings of fruits and vegetables.
• We used the interactive write board to develop our counting skills and play games linking to foods we eat.
• We completed interlinking fruit and vegetable jigsaws.
• We looked at a range of fiction and non fiction texts all about 'Healthy eating' and 'Keeping healthy'.
• Jean and her team from the school kitchen prepared 'more' healthy snacks for us all in the unit. the children all had a try and many enjoyed the fruit and vegetable tasting. 
• Mrs Saddiq and Mrs Fraser both read a story at the end of the workshop.