This week’s learning is going to be based around the story… ‘The shopping basket’Click on the image below to listen to the story!

How many items did Steven need to buy altogether?

Can you use cubes or items handy around the house to represent each item in Steven’s basket? This may come in handy later!

Which animals wanted some of Steven’s shopping?(List them)

Think about how many items Steven would have left after each animal had taken some of his items!

Imagine you are Steven and you have 21 items in your basket.

Think about creating your own animals that want to take the items off Steven. Can you write down the calculations and work out how many items he’s got left.

Click the picture below and listen to the book with and adult.

Question Time

What were the owl babies called?

Where did the owl babies live?

What happened when the owl babies woke up?

Why did the owl babies have to be brave?

What did the owl babies think had happened to their mother?

Click the picture and answer the questions with an adult

Question Time

How did the owl’s mother fly through the trees?

How did the owl babies feel when they saw their mother again?

What would happen to the babies if their mother didn’t return?

Do you think the baby’s mother worries about them when she leaves them alone?

Can you read and order the sentences below?

The owl babies were worried. “Perhapsa fox got her” said Percy. “ I want my

mummy” said Bill.

Bill, Sarah and Percy live with their owl mother in a tree in the woods.

Then the owl mother came back. “I knew it!” said Sarah. “I love my mummy”

said Bill.

One night the owl mother left the babies on their own. When they woke

up she had gone.

Can you share your learning on or ? Can you write a letter to the owlets to tell them that they have no reason to be worried and why? Daily Phonics on Youtube

During the summer term, you will be able to access for your child a daily phonics lesson by clicking on Letters and Sounds for home and school. All lessons are introduced by celebrities, including children’s TV presenters, which adds an exciting addition to the lessons.

Practise the Year 1/2 Common Exception words you can find a link to the words on the picture below. The owl babies were worried when

they woke up and their mother wasn’t there.

Can you think carefully about things that worry you? Who can help you with these worries?

You could share your worries and how to deal with them in a poster or a picture!

How do you think the owlets felt after they discovered they were alone? Can you complete the sentences using the word below?