Home Learning Friday 8th May
Hello Year R,
We hope you have been enjoying the sun the last few days!
Here is the home learning for next week.
This includes: Art, RE and Science. Please remember we do not expect you to do all the activities with your child as we are aware it is a lot. These are just different ideas to help engage your child with different aspects of the curriculum as much as possible. Again take your child’s lead if they find an interest in something at home and lead the learning from that to help keep them more focused with it. However, the children must participate in the Literacy, Maths and Phonics learning every week.
Many thanks for all the hard work you are putting in with your child’s learning at home. We have really enjoyed seeing lots being put on Tapestry.
Lobsters:
Seals:
j,v,w,x,y,z,zz Read and Race Game
Dolphins:
ai,ee and igh-circle that word
Below are the art challenge set by Mrs Pearson, the science challenge and some RE learning.
Family Science Activity Friday 8th May
Phonics learning and the rainbow challenges are also posted on Tapestry.
Have a wonderful week.
From the Early Years Team
Fabulous Fun on Fridays
That’s another week over and we know you are excited to find out what the teachers have been up to….
Mrs Aquilina has been busy this week putting her excellent baking skills to the test by making… chocolate eclairs! They look pretty delicious! Her whole family have enjoyed eating her yummy creation.
As well as baking Mrs Aquilina has taken part in some crafts, making salt dough ornaments and painting them with her daughter. She even made a special coronavirus lockdown plaque with her family to remind her of this time in years to come. Maybe you could do something similar with your family?
Mrs King wanted to share her own message this week: “Hello Year R, I hope that you are all keeping well. I have enjoyed looking at your home learning and I miss you all”.
Mrs King has tried her hand at hairdressing this week as Mr King braved allowing her loose with the clippers to cut his hair! We can confirm that he survived to tell the tale! Nice work Mrs King!
Mrs King has been looking at your rainbow challenges this week and was keen to try planting her own seeds. She decided to plant chilli seeds and placed a plastic pot over them to form a mini greenhouse to keep them warm. They have certainly shot up now!
Miss Deacon has had a quiet week, except she had some unusual visitors on her doorstep one morning… she wonders if they were asking if they could take a dip in her pond that’s in the back garden! They stayed around for most of the morning before flying off to get some lunch! Have you seen some unusual birds or animals on your travels?
Miss Deacon also decided to paint her own nails as she fancied a change! She chose rainbows to show her appreciation to the NHS and to add a little colour and happiness at this uncertain time. She hopes that you are all remembering to smile and be helpful at home.
On Sunday a pigeon flew into Mrs Conlon’s house through the open door! It struggled to get out so Mr Conlon had to encourage it out with a broom. Mrs Conlon hid behind the door laughing taking pictures! She has also been busy experimenting with making different breads this week and has continued to enjoy reading as well as regularly exercising in her living room.
Mrs Grout has been busy in her garden growing some spring onion seeds which have already started growing. She also went for a walk with her dog at the fort on top of the hill. Beautiful views to see in the sunshine!
And for an extra treat this week be sure to check out our school video that has a message from all the staff at St Peters to you children. We hope it makes you smile!
Remember to stay home and stay safe.
Love, The Early Years Team
History and Art Home Learning VE Day Celebrations
Here is the History and Art home Learning for the VE Day Celebrations for Friday 8th May 2020.
Art Challenge Celebrations for VE Day
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Have fun 🙂
Home Learning Friday 1st May
Hello,
We know the weather hasn’t been the best this week so we hope you’ve been finding new ways to have fun with your family whilst staying inside! Teachers are continuing to call you at home to talk about your learning and what you have been up to. Please be sure to pick up the phone or give the school a call back as we do love talking to each and every one of you! Below are the links to your new rainbow challenges and phonics learning:
Below are some resources that will help the phonics learning for this week. Please pay close attention to the phonics groups and daily sounds.
Stingrays:
Lobsters:
Seals:
Phase-2-Words-Snakes-and-Ladders
Dolphins:
qu,ch,sh,th,ng Read and Race Game
We also have a science experiment for you to try at home – have fun!
Thank you for all the learning you are doing at home.
The Early Years Team
Science Home Learning Friday 24th April
Family Science Activity – Friday 24th April – STATIC MAGIC
The activity: Make objects move without touching them by charging them with static electricity. ExpeRiment: with different objects to see how static electricity affects them. Learn about charged particles like electrons and how things gain or lose charge.
https://www.rigb.org/families/experimental/static-magic – for a video clip about the experiment and a full version of the activity information sheet.
What you will need:
• A balloon • A cotton towel or T-shirt or a woolly jumper • Some scrap paper • A paper/plastic drinking straw (optional) • An empty 500ml plastic drinks bottle (optional) • A hard plastic comb or ruler (optional) • Other household objects to test.
What to do:
- Charge up a balloon and try picking up scraps of paper with it.
- Investigate whether the amount you rub the balloon affects how much paper it can pick up.
- Investigate whether the size of the scraps of paper makes a difference.
- Find out how close you have to be to the paper before the balloon makes it move.
- Try bending a stream of water like Hector does in the video.
- Try balancing a straw on top of a bottle lid and seeing if you can make it spin like in the video.
- Find out which objects are attracted to the charged up balloon and which are repelled by it.
- Try holding a charged balloon near your hair or your skin.
Going Further:
Try rolling an empty soft drink can along the ground using a charged up balloon http://bit.ly/StaticCanRoll
Try lighting up a fluorescent lightbulb with a charged up balloon – as described here: http://bit.ly/LightBulbBalloon
Try tying two balloons to strings and seeing if you can charge them up with static electricity then hang them up so they repel each other.
Read more about static electricity http://bit.ly/ MoreStaticScience
HAVE FUN!
Please find the PDF link here:
Music Home Learning Friday 24th April
Friday 24th April
Tortoises
Close your eyes and listen to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oEjb_VoHI2g
Can you move around to the music? Is it slow or fast?
Now move around to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Diu2N8TGKA
Is this slow or fast?
What else did you notice?
Did you spot that they are the same tune? Saint-Saens slowed down Offenbach’s famous Can- Can music and used it to represent tortoises.
Is this slow or fast?
What else did you notice?
Did you spot that they are the same tune? Saint-Saens slowed down Offenbach’s famous Can- Can music and used it to represent tortoises.
Please find a PDF copy here:
We can’t wait to see more videos on Tapestry 🙂
Fabulous Fun on Fridays!
Hello,
Are you wondering what the teachers have been up to?
Mrs Conlon and Miss Deacon have been spending some time reading at home in the sunshine. We have been chatting to each other on the phone about what we have read and what books we recommend to get into next!
Miss Deacon has also been spending time with her younger sister and helping her with some home learning. Miss Deacon was put to the test with solving some tricky maths problems! With lots of thinking and determination she worked with her sister to complete them. Miss Deacon has also enjoyed getting some exercise by going on walks with her family around her local area.
Mrs Conlon has also been enjoying baking with home grown rhubarb which her neighbor kindly left on her doorstep from her allotment. She has also been out on bike rides around her local area to collect some groceries from the shops. Mrs Conlon has been taking part in some of Joe Wicks’ workouts to keep fit whilst the gym is closed!
Mrs Aquilina has enjoyed going for long walks with her children. She had a trip to Porchester castle to support their home learning. They all learnt some history and geography whilst they were there.
Mrs King made some cakes as it was her dad’s birthday this week. She got him some gifts and a card and visited him at his home from a distance to send him birthday love and wishes.
Mrs Grout has enjoyed walking around with her son every morning to help him deliver newspapers within her local area. She has also been busy in her garden renovating some old furniture. Here are some before and after photos. Great work Mrs Grout 😊
We hope you are all enjoying this time with your families as well as keeping safe and learning lots 🙂
Talk to you soon 🙂
Love from us all in Early Years
Home learning for Monday 27th April
Hello,
We hope you have been enjoying the sun this week! We have seen some lovely learning on Tapestry this week, it looks like you have enjoyed the bunny hopping challenge! It is so lovely to see your learning, it makes all of us in Early Years smile. We are so proud of how well you are doing in the current situation. Below are the links to your new rainbow challenges and phonics learning:
Home learning – rainbow challenges
Below are some resources that will help the phonics learning for this week. Please pay close attention to the phonics groups and daily sounds.
Stingrays:
I Spy and Read Activity – Phase 2
Lobsters:
Monday – oa-Phoneme-Spotter-Story
Tuesday – oo-short-vowel-sound-phoneme-spotter-story
Wednesday – oo-long-vowel-sound-phoneme-spotter-story
Seals:
Monday – oi-phoneme-spotter-story
Tuesday – ear-phoneme-spotter-story
Wednesday – air-phoneme-spotter-story
Dolphins:
Thank you and keep smiling.
The Early Years Team
Mrs Pearson’s Art activity
Mrs Pearson has set you another art challenge!
Art Challenge: UNDER THE SEA
The title for your art this week is ‘Under the Sea’. This can take the form of a drawing, a painting, a sculpture, a collage or anything else that you would like to create. As always, I’m sure you will impress me with your creativity!
Here are some ideas:
Please email your artwork to me:
n.pearson@stpeterswaterlooville.hants.sch.uk
Thank you
Phonics support
Attached are some links for the new sounds that your child is learning this week. The videos will support with the pure pronunciation of each sound.
Below are 2 links for the pronunciation of the pure sound that each grapheme makes. Please be sure to encourage the pure sounds when teaching and learning phonics at home.
Phase 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIpcahxNSU4
Phase 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vU2vWZKS7rY
Thank you,
The Early Years Team