So lets begin, welcome to the ’Space’ focus week:

Lets start with our: morning prayer, date selection, 7 days of the weeks song and lets listen the planets song we learnt last time on

You tube; the Solar system song. Try and remember so key facts about each planet or star.

I would like everyone to transform into a space invader or an astronaut before we start our Space mission and get into our rockets:

wear a home made space suit, hat, googles, or make a paper plate mask, you good even just put your coat on with your hood up.

Once you are ready little explorers we can BLAST OFF, Jump into your rockets, strap yourselves in, hold on, and Lets all count down

from 10 to 0, on 0 we launch into the sky,

10, 9, 8...

Home Learning pack

WB 4th May 2020

Physical Development- enables kids to discover and develop some of their talents through fine and gross motor movements.

Keeping active is very important to increase our: fitness, concentration and boost our self esteem, most importantly, it

encourages a better night sleep!

1. Cosmic kids yoga mindfulness: Mike and Muttnik on the moon, Mike the comic space monkey, space stories for kids or

space picnic

2. Create a Rocket, Alien or Planet using playdough or salt dough or clay

3. Solar System Scavenger Race– design your planets and get your grow up to hide them around the house, in things, on

things, behind things, the harder the better, takes longer! Ha

4. Rocket Ship Rings– make paper rockets just like a paper plane, than hand up some hoops and you have to fly your

rocket into the hoop

5. Asteroid Collecting—hunt outside for “asteroids” (rocks). Once they have gathered a bunch of them, let them sit at a

craft table and paint them with neon-colored paints. When the paint is dry, divide the players into two teams. Have one

team hide all of the asteroids and challenge the other team to find them. Once all of the asteroids have been found,

switch sides, so everyone gets a turn at both hiding the asteroids and finding them.

6. Moon Walk Stimulator- let your astronauts bounce around, practicing for future spacewalks.

7. Don’t drop the Asteroid- the little space explorers must keep all the asteroids (balloons) up in the air while the music is

playing. When the music stops they all grab an asteroid and you call out a colour. Whoever has that coloured asteroid

must pop it and complete the challenge inside to win a prize.

You’ll need balloons of all different colours, and challenges to put inside them before you blow them up. Challenges

should be simple such as:

Do the moon walk across the floor

Sing or hum your favourite song in a funny voice

Say your abc’s backward

Stuff marshmallows in your mouth and sing twinkle twinkl little star

Pat your head while rubbing your stomach

8. Ring Saturn- The little explorers have a blast trying to ring Saturn. Set up a beach ball as the planet Saturn and challenge the

kids to toss a hula hoop and try and ring Saturn. Let them try from different distances to add to this theme challenge.

9. Moon Rock Race- This game is just like the “Egg on spoon race” but instead have rocks (moon rocks!!). Make an obstacle

course for your children to navigate around.

Numeracy- is the ability to apply maths concepts in all areas of life. Numeracy skills involve understanding numbers, counting,

solving number problems, measuring, sorting, noticing patterns, adding and subtracting numbers .

1. Hide drawings of your different space items: alien, rocket, astronaut, space food, satellite, planet, star, sun or moon.

Adults to attach a maths challenge on them: count to 10, count backwards from 20, clap 15 times, 1 more than 2 is, 2+2=

2. Make some planets and number them, mix them up, put them in the right order.

3. Draw a 2D shape rocket or go on a shape Hunt, what shapes can you see around your house

4. Frozen peas are a good maths resource for counting, addition and takeaway– pretending your buying (addition) or eating

(subtraction)

5. White Rose EYFS maths Home learning link— https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning

6. Twinkl search– EYFS space maths– get a lot of maths challenges, the Activity books are an excellent resource.

7. Number pouch Activities– identification & formations, 1 more 1 less, 2 more, 2 less

8. Maths addition/subtraction equations using dry Alien food to help. (1+4=) (?+3=5) (2+?=6) (10-4=) (?-1=4) (8-3=)

9. . Keep practising your positional language: practise ON, UNDER, NEXT TO, BEHIND, ABOVE, BELOW. Hide the Alien, where is

the…..? ’’its behind the television’’

10. start to think about doubling– 2x table (originals not my rising 3s)

11. watch number blocks– a number a day– than look at how to make 10 (number bonds)

12. Roll a moon Dice and get the children to tell you the number rolled. Extend that by getting the children to roll two dice and

add them together. Challenge them by getting them to write down the equation 1+1=2 or do a subtraction equation. Use fingers

or objects to aid with the counting.

13. Collect items to sort and compare, which include objects which are identical, and which include objects of different kinds or

sizes. collections with a large number of things, and collections with a small number of things. Than discuss more or less and has

the same amount concept.

14. Homemade maths games for families (see attachment)

Literacy- includes talking about books, print in the environment, early mark making and writing, as well as sharing books and

reading.

1. Read any stories together that are about Space. Get the children to try and tell you what the story might be about by

looking at the front cover. Allow the children to tell you the story by using their imagination and looking at the pictures.

2. Space words: rocket, ship, rock, moon, planet, man, encourage your child to sound words using robot arms & sound

buttons . Your child may like to illustrate each word, put that word into a sentence or write a caption ‘’I go up’’

’’A rocket’ A big rock’ Please remember use finger spaces, full stops and capital letters and form the letters correctly.

1. Adults cut of word cards, children to build and read the sentence, see below for photo.

2. Alphabet space Challenge: You need to do is call out a series of letters or show your children letters on a board for a few

brief seconds then have them write a word associated with that letter or just shout our a space word ’’A for Alien’’

3. Play this ICT game to watch letter formation in a fun interactive way. Watch, copy and repeat on your own.

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/skyWriter/index.html

1. If you have some paintbrushes you could 'paint' the wall, fence etc outside with water in a small bucket. Draw a pet

using circles and lines.

2. If you have some chalks you could draw pictures on the ground of a pet and label it.

3. Keep practising your name, than move onto any middle or surname.

4. Go to your very own ‘Dough Disco’ or just create a playdough pet using the playdough I sent you home with, and have a

fun dough disco! Get those finger muscles growing ready for super writing.

5. Initial sound of different objects and animals: what does cat begin with? C, what does lizard begin with? L etc.

6. Can you label or caption a drawing of a pet

7. Think about rhyming– what 2 or 3 words rhyme together. TWINKL has some lovely rhyming flash cards and activities.

8. Talk about syllables of the pets animals, clap them out, say: ‘’chicken’’ chick-en, clap 1,2, or ‘’duck pond’’ d-u-ck p-on-d

1,2,3,4,5,6,

9. Follow the top tip guidance towards reading with your child (see attachment).

10. Some fabulous resources and ideas here for parents an practitioners alike.

https://hungrylittleminds.campaign.gov.uk/

Please also note the communication and language focus for the Tiny Happy People campaign – also a great resource to pass on

to families at home. https://www.bbc.co.uk/tiny-happy-people

Understanding of the world & Religious Education It involves guiding children to make sense of their physical world and their community

through opportunities to explore, observe and find out about people, places, technology, and the environment.

1. Research on your iPad or laptops, space facts, where do we live? Your address? Nans address? Which planet do we live on? Can

we live on mars?

2. Talk about similarities and differences between Earth and the other planets.

3. Continue to learn about the Easter story, this is the last week of Easter before we start to look into Pentecost and the month of Mary.

4. Sunday Liturgy for Families - https://www.tentenresources.co.uk/sunday-liturgy-for-families

5. Daily Prayers for Home - https://www.tentenresources.co.uk/daily-prayers-for-home

6. Star Gazers- Give each child an empty toilet paper tube. Cover the end of the tube with a piece of black paper. Let the children gently

push a toothpick through the black paper to create tiny holes. Give the children markers to decorate their scopes. To use them, have the

children hold their scopes up to the light and look through the uncovered end. This will look like a mini-planetarium. Research star con-

stellations

7. sing some Easter songs:

8. Balloon rockets– talk about how it works– science experiment

9. Create an out a space larva lamp using a water bottle

10. create a fruit rocket

11. make a shape sandwich

See the Easter Bunny

(Sung to “Here We Go Round the Mulberry

Bush”)

See how the bunny hops along,

hops along, hops along.

See how the bunny hops along, (children

crouch and hop)

On an Easter morning.

This is the way he wiggles his nose,……..

This is the way he flops his ears………………

This is the way he flops his tail (wave hand be-

hind you) …

Easter Eggs

(Sung to the tune of “Jingle Bells”)

Easter eggs,

Easter eggs

Eggs of orange and blue.

Here’ are lots of coloured eggs

All for me and you.

Chocolate eggs

coloured brown,

Jelly beans bright green

Aren’t these the most beautiful

eggs That you have ever seen?

Did You Ever See A Bunny?

(Sung to “Did You Ever See A Lassie?”)

Did you ever see a bunny, a bunny, a bunny

Did you ever see a bunny that hops so slow

He hops, and hops, and hops, and hops

Did you ever see a bunny that hops so slow

Additional Verses:

That hops so fast

That hops backwards

That hops on one foot

Phonics- Phonics is a method for teaching reading and writing of the English language by developing learners' phonemic awareness—the

ability to hear, identify, and manipulate phonemes—in order to teach the correspondence between these sounds and the spelling

patterns that represent them

1. Alphabet Bingo: create your bingo cards on A4 using different letter sounds (phase 2 or 3) than have a egg box with little pieces of

paper which each sound scrunched up.

2. Sound cups and pompom– find the pompom by saying the letter sound first. See attached photo cut and stick the sound cards slide

onto the cups.

3. Sound splat– place letter sounds on the floor, use a fly squatter or spoon to hit the ‘spoken’ sound. See picture below

4. Play lots of phonics games on- www.phonicsplay.co.uk (its free) newbies focus on phase 1 and 2 and originals focus on phase 2 and

3.—car flash cards– match the word to the picture, odd and bob

5. Originals- Phase 3 word building- http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/forestPhonics/index.html

6. Look at things around the room and say the sound they begin with. Can you hear the sound they end with too? Try writing some of

them down.

7. Practise memorising your tricky trucks, too enable you to start writing your own sentences. (see attached pages)

8. Risings 3: focus on SATPIN

9. Oxford reading owl is free for reading books– keep practising :)

10. Originals– sentence builder game– see below (Twinkl also has a lot of resources for this)

11. Secret word game– say the initial sound of each picture, write it underneath and than read the word using your robot arms. (see

attached worksheet)

12. Picture match with initial sound- http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/picturematch/

Expressive Arts and Design- is used to develop a child's imagination, creativity and their ability to use media and materials. Children do this

in range of ways including singing songs and making music, dancing, playing with colours, textures and design.

1. Set up a rocket ship craft station with basics like paper towel tubes, cardstock paper, scissors, tape, coloured markers, aluminium foil,

and metallic stickers. Have kids use these items to build and decorate their own rocket ship models.

2. Playdough Fun—Make stars and planets from playdough. Also use playdough as a backdrop for the sky and add glow in the dark stars

3. Rockets— Make a cone shape from construction paper and tape to make a rocket ship. Paint it silver, add glue and glitter stuff with

colorful shredded paper with some strips dangling out the bottom. Run your rocket ship with you through the sprinkler and imagine

you’re traveling through an ice crystal shower on the moons of Jupiter, cool spots of the universe

4. Challenge the children to walk, run, skip, hop, gallop, leap, and crawl through space. Go for a long nature walk on the moon and see

what kinds of imaginary items children discover. After they return from their visit to outer space, have them close their eyes and try

to remember what the life forms looked like. When they open their eyes, they can describe them, draw them on paper, and dictate a

description for you to write

5. Sing space songs-

* I’m A Little Robot

(sung to “I’m a Little Teapot”)

I’m a little robot, watch me walk,

Push my button, now I can talk.

When I get all oiled up I can work.

Even if I have to jerk.

I’m a little robot, watch me go,

Sometimes fast, sometimes slow

When I get all worn out you can see,

All I need is a new battery. Space Action Song

(sung to “London Bridge”)

The planets spin around the sun,

Around the sun, around the sun.

The planets spin around the sun,

We live on earth!

The sun is found in the middle,

In the middle, in the middle.

The sun is found in the middle,

It keeps us warm!

The stars are twinkling far away,

Far away, far away.

The stars are twinkling far away,

Now make a wish.

Climb Aboard The Spaceship

(sung to “Itsy Bitsy Spider”)

Climb aboard the spaceship, We’re going to the moon.

Hurry and get ready, We’re going to blast off soon.

Put on your helmets And buckle up real tight.

Here comes the countdown, Let’s count with all our might.

10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1—BLAST OFF!!

Four Little Stars

Four little stars winking at me. One shot off, then there were three!

Three little stars With nothing to do. One shot off, Then there were

two!

Two little stars Afraid of the sun. One shot off, Then there was one!

One little star Alone is no fun. It shot off, then there was none!

Personal, emotional and social- is concerned with wellbeing – knowing who you are, where you fit in and feeling good about yourself.

1. Meteor Fight—Have a good, old-fashioned water balloon fight. This should be optional. Some children will not enjoy having meteors

hurled at them

2. Make a Den (see the attached information)

3. Outdoor games (see attachment) or 100 things to do indoors attachment

4. Play Family games: taking turns, waiting patiently: no cheating.

5. Team building activities: https://www.unicefkidpower.org/fun-team-building-activities-for-kids/

6. Talk about your emotions

7. Flick though old photos and share memories and the fun times

Communication and Language- is used to assess children's ability to speak, pay attention, listen and understand.

1. pack a suitcase ready for your space holiday; what do you need and why?

2. complete the scavenger Hunt– once object found, talk about it, what’s its purpose, describe it. (see attachment below)

3. put an toy inside a box play ‘’what’s in the box’’ you have to give 3 clues to describe the animal and the other person has to guess what it

is. Take turns on describing the animal.

5. complete the home learning timetable (see attachment)

6. play ‘’follow that instruction ‘’can you jump 2 times and clap your hands’’ can you go into the garden touch the fence and run back’’ (make

it easy with 1 instruction, harder with 2 or 3 instructions at once)

VE Day Celebrations

1. Make a party hat

2. Make some decorations: bunting, decorate flags or your place mat ready for the

party

3. Make your healthy picnic lunch box

4. Try some war time recipe's

5. Design a poster

6. Use play dough to make a medal for the hero's

7. VE colouring page and union jack flag on Twinkl or draw your own.

Enjoy

Physical Development Links’:

1. Joe Wicks will be doing a live PE session for children Monday – Friday 9am on his You tube channel: https://

www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

2. The family option is free and is full of videos from yoga to silly dances! Use this link to log in and don’t forget to have lots of

fun! https://family.gonoodle.com

3. Here are some great videos and dances for you to keep active :)

GROOVE IT OUT (with Shaun T): https://vimeo.com/398646959

COOL MOVES (with Shaun T): https://vimeo.com/398645356

WORK IT, SHAKE IT: https://vimeo.com/398643457

SWEAT SENSATION: https://vimeo.com/398641321

SCULPT SHACK: https://vimeo.com/398639101

ROCK IT OUT: https://vimeo.com/398625772

MOVE YOUR BODY: https://vimeo.com/398624060

BELIEVE, ACHIEVE AND TONE: https://vimeo.com/398622063

RECESS: https://vimeo.com/398612619

POWER PARTNERS: https://vimeo.com/398610282

GAME ON!: https://vimeo.com/398608776

FUNAPALOOZA: https://vimeo.com/398606615

DOUBLE UP: https://vimeo.com/398604111

DYNAMIC DOUBLES: https://vimeo.com/398597938

BOD SQUAD: https://vimeo.com/398595844

ABRACADABRA: https://vimeo.com/398594940