Another Super selection of great activities going on.

Lots of you enjoyed making a vegetable shop and charging your mums and dads for their food!

Really nice to see strawberries being planted by Emmanuel and Sophia.

Welcome back to our second week of 'Home Learning'

The sun is out again so it seems a shame not to be doing an activity outside. Mrs G and myself have combined our activities today so you do one giant carrot / word hunt. Hide 10 carrots (or anything you can get your hands on!) around your garden and under each carrot hide a piece of paper where you have written a letter (seahorses) or one of the tricky words (starfish) 

Have fun and don't forget you can do the hunt again and again, taking turns hiding the carrots and the letters/words. The more the children see the words or letters the better they will get at recognising them.

Seahorses why not start with some of the sounds we have been looking at at school plus a few new ones 
m. a. s. d. t. i. n p g. o

Then at some point visit our sounds blog on our website and see how we normally teach these sounds at school https://www.keyworth.notts.sch.uk/blog/?pid=50&nid=31 

Starfish class - by the time you finish this school year you should be able to recognise a certain number of 'Tricky' words. These are ones you can't 'Fred in you Head'. That just means you can't work them out, you just have to be able to recognise them.

Here are ten words to learn for now.

I, no, go, to the, into, he she, me we

Mix in the maths there too, just like Flynn. Carefully count the carrots then put them in order of size using language like longer than, shorter than. Give clues as to where they are hidden by using positional language like under, behind, to the right.

Have fun in the sun!

Don't forget to send in your photo's  using    superstars@keyworth.notts.sch.uk       or add to your Tapestry Journal.

Mrs L and Mrs G

So here is a catchy tune (sorry it will get stuck in your head!)

Two challenges for today.

Mrs G 

 This activity is for all foundation children. It helps them develop their mathematical language. Use real objects where possible. The idea is you do the same activity with the same objects more than once so your child had chance to keep trying out new ideas. For example Flynn this morning talked a lot about big and small. So in the next session I am going to start introducing long and short for the carrots. After you have done the activity just leave pens, pencils and paper out for your child, you may find they want to mark make or older ones may start writing numbers and sums

Mrs L

I am setting you a talking challenge (seahorses)  or a  writing challenge. (Starfishes)

Listen to the song and learn lots of facts about carrots.

Talk about or write about three things about a carrot

eg. What conditions do carrots need to grow?

Name some of the different ways we eat or cook carrots.

I have attached a piece of special carrot writing paper below if you have a printer at home just to make your writing look extra carroty! Or just draw a border of carrots around a piece of plain white paper. Seahorses, ask your grown up to write down what you have talked about. Starfish class, we are expecting a little more from you as it is time you started to have a go at writing a simple sentence all by yourself.

Top tips for successful independent writing

Don't forget those finger spaces when you are writing so that it makes it easier to read each word.

Use your Fred Fingers to try and work out the sounds you can hear.

Use your RWI speed sound pictures that were in your home learning pack. Have it right next to you as you are writing and it will help you quickly find the sounds you need.

Don't worry if you can't work out all of the sounds. Lets start with the first sound and then what can you hear at the end. Then lets work out what comes in the middle! 

 

Hi everyone

So we have a mini teacher from the Gerrard family today who has decided that we need to play number games together, especially you Seahorses! Print off a game or find one in your cupboard and get counting!

Then check out the Carrot Counting challenge on your Tapestry journals.

The sun is out and it is time for another challenge. This time it has been set by Mrs Boon and mrs Gerrard.

We told you we would be keeping you busy!