Home Learning: 1st-5th June

As this is the last full week of home learning for the whole class, the work set out below should help the children with the transition back to school. If you child is not returning to school, I have suggested a few adaptions but it should be useful as you prepare for the last term at home. Phonics Over the week, can you make a post with all the different sound families? You could include examples of words which contain the different sounds, or pictures to help you remember! I have included some different examples in the attachments and you could also use the StoryTime phonics sound mats on the Reading section of the school website. English Over the week, can you make your own story book? I have included a selection of different images on the next page which may inspire your art! You will need to follow the main stages below.

1. Plan your story. It will need a beginning (where we meet the main character), a middle (where you character encounters a problem or challenge), and an ending (where the problem is solved.) You could plan verbally, telling someone in your family all about what happens. You could create a story map using pictures with key words (like we did with Farmer Duck) You could write your ideas in a mind map!

2. Draft your story Use your plan to write the first draft of your story. Remember all the things we need to use in our writing: capital letters; full stops; question marks and exclamation marks; common exception words; and the correct phonic sound.

3. Edit your story Show your work to a grown up or older sibling. See if they can help you spot where you might need to fix or change anything in your story. This might be spelling and punctuation or it might be adding more interesting vocabulary choice or more detail!

4. Publish your story Write your final version up in your best handwriting! Make sure you leave space for pictures!

Maths CanDo maths workout 1.6: Addition and Subtraction for 6, 7 and 8. Art Can you create a front cover for the story you are writing? Choose whatever material you like to work with, it could be paint, felt tip, pencil or collage. You will need to make sure your front cover has the title of the story, the authors name (you!), and an illustration which tells you something about the story. It could be the main character or the setting of the story. When you have finished, see if you can put it together like a proper book! PSHE Have a think about the questions below. You might want to discuss them with a friend or family or you could write down your answers. You could even create a video message! I have included a feelings wheel which is a great way of narrowing down what emotion you have, or finding the specific word to describe how you feel!

1. What has been different over the last 10 weeks. Can you think of 3 things which have changed compared to what your life was like before school closed?

2. What has been the best thing that happened for you in lockdown? Why?

3. What have you found difficult or challenging? Has anything or anyone helped you

overcome these challenges?

4. How do you feel about school opening again? What might be positive and what might be challenging? If you aren’t coming back to school, how to you feel to be staying at home? What might be positive or challenging for you?

5. Is there anything you have learned that you think is really important?

I am sure most of you have seen it, but the film Inside Out is brilliant for helping us understand our feelings and actions!

History Can you create a timeline of the main events which have happened while you’ve been at home? Think putting the events in order, using historical language such as past, present, before, after, recently, a long time ago, etc. You could then compare this to a timeline of your whole 5 or 6 years of life! Has this been a big part of your life or a little part? What other major events have happened in your life? You could include when you started school, when a sibling was born, an amazing holiday you have been on!