Good Morning!

 

It looks a bit cloudy today. I hope the weather picks up again.

 

Firstly, thank you so much for all my beautiful and yummy gifts. I love them all. The button picture is going to go on my wall in the classroom so everyone can see it. You have spoilt me! Thank you to the grown ups for all your support and understanding (especially when my internet failed and Tapestry became overwhelmed). Thank you to all the children for being so special and having such a good attitude to learning.

Thank you Mrs Butler, Miss Brown, Mrs Velez-Colby and Mrs Moriarty,  and all the other grown ups in the School. It is such a wonderful  and happy place to work because of all the children and grown ups in it. What a fab team!

 

Today, it Saturday and the first day of our Summer Holiday. It is going to be 7 weeks. A few of you have asked about some things you could do over the holidays. I have put a list of ideas together if things you may wish to do. You may choose to do a few of the activities, you may do all or you may not do any at all. That is all ok. Have fun and I look forward to seeing you in your Year 1 classroom soon (through the window of course).

 

Idea 1

This maths site is brilliant. There are so many activities to look through and you can pick and choose what you would like to do. They concentrate on all the areas of learning in Reception.

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/

 

Idea 2

You could choose one of the activities suggested below. If you go on a bus or train then remember your mask and to keep your safe space.

summer ideas – word

 

Idea 3

Go to your local park or open space. Valley Gardens in Harrogate has a good crazy golf course. Crazy golf is so good to work on your physical development and it will help you practice team work. It does not cost very much. Maybe you could pay using your clever knowledge of coins.

 

Idea 4

Explore the outdoors on your bike. If you can ride a bike then you could go on a bike ride. If you can not ride your bike yet, then you could practice. Riding your bike is a good way to keep fit and healthy. It also allows you to travel further distances than walking. Remember to put on your helmet.

 

Idea 5 –

This year, we can not travel as much as we would like to. Maybe you are sneaking away on holiday, but if not, then you could camp in your garden with a grown up. You could make a den, sleep in a wendy house or in a tent. I wonder if you could spot any star constellations or whether you see any nocturnal animals. I have a hedgehog family in my garden at the moment. What other nocturnal animals might you see?

https://littlebinsforlittlehands.com/constellation-activities/#:~:text=CONSTELLATIONS%20YOU%20MAY%20SEE%3A%201%20The%20Big%20Dipper.,Orpheus.%20When%20he%20…%205%20Cepheus.%20More%20items

 

Idea 6 –

Birchfield farm near Summerbridge is brilliant for ‘Pick your Own Fruit’. Maybe you could go and pick your own strawberries and the other fruit available. I love seeing where my food comes from. You may even be aloud a cheeky ice-cream. The banana ice cream is my favourite. Henry loves the Bubblegum blue ice cream flavour.  You will need to book a slot on their website.

https://birchfieldicecream.co.uk/pyo-strawberries.php

How are the crops growing that you planted in spring? I know so many of you were growing some wonderful things. I am so excited to get my first corn and tomatoes. My apples are growing really well this year. What do plants need to grow?

 

Idea 7 –

In the dales where I grew up there is a fairy land. I know how much we have all enjoyed looking for fairies and spotting fairy dust these last few weeks. You will need to book a slot. It is called Studofold. It is near a place called Stean and Ramsgill. Maybe you could make your own fairy house with the natural materials. You could even write your own fairy story, or draw a picture. Studfold would love to hear how much you enjoyed yourself on your visit. You could write a review.

When I was little I watched a magical film called ‘The Fairy Tale – A true story’. It is about two little girls that lived near Stean that saw real fairies. I have ordered the DVD and I will give it to Miss Jenkins for you to watch as a treat one day in Year1. You will love it. Or, you could buy a copy and watch it this holiday.

 

Idea 8 –

Yesterday, Bubble A found a secret door in a tree in Forest School. We thought it might be a fairy door. It reminded me of a wonderful story called ‘The Folk of the Faraway Tree’ written by Enid Blyton. You could listen to it following this link, or your grown up may have a copy of the book hiding in the cupboard. Bubble B have enjoyed reading chapter books. Maybe this could be a chapter book that you listen to at home.

https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Folk-of-the-Faraway-Tree-Audiobook/B00H3QB8L4

The link above has a free 30 day trial. There are other options on youtube.

I wonder what other adventures happened at the tree. The tree is somewhere near here. It is near an old train line. I wonder if you find it on one of your walks this summer.

 

Idea 9 –

You could help your grown up make dinner. It will help you with their maths when measuring all the ingredients. Here are two of my favourite things to make with my own children.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/pizza-baked-potato

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/simple-jammy-biscuits

 

Idea 10 – Last Thing

Mrs Jenkins had sent you some work to do. If you have not done it yet then I know she would love it if you could over the holiday. Here is a story and letter from her.

Reception challenge – Miss Jenkins

 

Rising Star – Reading

Remember you can also read any of the books assigned to you on Rising Star.

 

I will still be in and out of school doing jobs and getting ready for next year. If you need anything then give me a shout. I will get back to you ASAP. Allow me a little of time to get back to you please.  I may be on my own fairy hunt, eating strawberries whilst camping in my garden and looking at the stars.

Big hug

Mrs Taylor xxx

Today is our last day!

I just want to let you know how much I have loved spending time with each and everyone of you. You are all so special to me. I will always look out for you all. Wave to me and remember to say hello when you return to BIG YEAR 1 class in September.

Have a well deserved summer holiday and stay safe.

Love always,

Mrs Taylor

 

Maths –

Support children to play a balloon relay game. Have a large coloured bucket or empty paddling pool in a large space and provide several coloured balloons. Group the children together into teams of colours such as red, blue and yellow – to match the colours of the balloons. Each team runs around gathering balloons of their colour and places them inside the container. The team with the most balloons of their colour is the winner! Counting balloons. Ordering numbers to discover the winner.

Or

fairy-tale-party-sharing-and-reasoning-powerpoint

 

 

Phonics –

Ask the children to listen to the sounds and try to work out the constonant blend that is in each word. Sound out these words skip, skull, skill, skin, skid. The children blend the sounds and repeat the word. Can they work out the blend for today? Show the blend SK. Write the words on the board, and add sound buttons. Can you think of any other words with the ‘SK’ blend? Share with the group. Write the words down. Read all the words on the board. Ask the children to put some of the words into a sentence to share meaning of word. Split the house members into two teams. Use bike, scooter, space hoppers etc to travel for extra fun. The teams have to compete against each other in a rally race. The team members take it in turns within the team to travel to a 20 foot distance. They Read a CVCC word held up by an adult, when they have read it then can return to the team and the next child has a go. Tricky word balloon pop interactive game from the other week. t-l-8547-phase-2-to-5-tricky-words-on-popping-balloons-powerpoint-_ver_2 (1)

 

English/ Communication and Language –   Show and Tell – W, X, Y or Z. Today is a good day to reflect. Fill out the sheet below. I would love to see your answers so send me a picture on Tapestry please. memories of first year at school

Thank you for being amazing Reception 2019-2020!!!

Maths –

 

Read the questions below. What skills do you need to solve the problems? Can you solve the problem? Can you explain how you solved the problem?

Phonics –

Ask the children to listen to the sounds and try to work out the consonant blend that is in each word. Sound out these words scab, scrap, scratch, scrum, scoop, scar, scooter. The children blend the sounds and repeat the word. Can they work out the blend for today? Show the blend SC. Write the words on the board, and add sound buttons. Can you think of any other words with the ‘SC’ blend? Share with the group. Write the words down. Read all the words on the board. Ask the children to put some of the words into a sentence to share meaning of word. Pop the balloon – place a piece of paper with a tricky word written on it inside a balloon. Next, blow up the balloon. The children have to pop the balloons and read the tricky word and CVCC words written on pieces of paper inside. Tricky word balloon pop interactive game from the other week. Tricky word balloon pop interactive game from the other week. t-l-8547-phase-2-to-5-tricky-words-on-popping-balloons-powerpoint-_ver_2 (1)

 

English/ Communication and Language – Read ‘The Blue Balloon’ – Mick Inkpen Use some balloons to explore static electricity. Support children to rub a balloon on their jumper and then stick it to a wall, just like the little boy in the story. Children could also explore what happens if they hold the balloon a short distance above their hair or above some pieces of tissue paper. Or Instructions – balloon powered science sheet

Maths –

 

Read the questions below. What skills do you need to solve the problems? Can you solve the problem? Can you explain how you solved the problem?

Phonics –

Ask the children to listen to the sounds and try to work out the consonant blend that is in each word. Sound out these words traffic, tree, trust, trim, tram, tramp, trail, track. The children blend the sounds and repeat the word. Can they work out the blend for today? Show the blend TR. Write the words on the board, and add sound buttons. Can you think of any other words with the ‘TR’ blend? Share with the group. Write the words down. Read all the words on the board. Ask the children to put some of the words into a sentence to share meaning of word. Pass the Parcel – Wrap a parcel and put a CVCC word or phase 4 tricky word in each layer – the family members play pass the parcel around to music. When the music stops, the person that is holding the parcel can unwrap a layer and read the CVCC or tricky word in between the layer. The prize in the centre is to choose a go noodle song on YouTube for everyone to sing and boogie to. Tricky word balloon pop interactive game from the other week. t-l-8547-phase-2-to-5-tricky-words-on-popping-balloons-powerpoint-_ver_2 (1)

 

English/ Communication and Language – Read ‘The Blue Balloon’ – Mick Inkpen What do you think the little boy would be saying in the story? Discuss ideas as a group. Copy some of the pages and add speech bubbles and what you think the boy would be saying. I have added a few pages incase you can not download any at home. blue balloon sequence

I would like to make 6p. How can I make 6p? Can I make 6p any other way? Roll two dice. Use the coins to make the amount on the die. Can the children recognise that expensive items will need higher value coins such as 5p and 10p?   Using muffin cases. Write a price at the bottom of the inside of the muffin case. Provide coins. Can the children put the coins in the cases to match the price? What areas of money need addressing. Please email me any problems your child is having so that I can help support you with their learning.

Phonics –

Youtube – Tricky words song phase 3. Don’t forget to do the actions too.

Youtube – Tricky word song phase 4

Blend song

Use your sound mat in your pack and recall all the sounds we have learnt. How fast can you recognise all the sounds (phase 2 and 3)?

Ask the children to listen to and blend the sounds and try to work out the consonant blend that is in each word. Sound out these words grab, grub, gran, grass, growl, grip, green, Grinch, grill. The children blend the sounds and repeat the word. Can they work out the blend for today? Show the blend GR. Write the words on the board, and add sound buttons. Can you think of any other words with the ‘GR’ blend? Share with the group. Write the words down. Read all the words on the board. Ask the children to put some of the words into a sentence to share meaning of word. Read and Race board games – consonant blends.  Rotate around the board games. Each game has different words with different blends. Read and Race – ph4

English/ Communication and Language –

Show and Tell – Letter ‘u’ or ‘v’.   Have a lovely weekend. Next week is our last school week in Reception. I am really looking forward to seeing you all grown up in Year 1. I have a little letter from Mrs Jenkin for you. Please read below. Reception letter from Miss Jenkins

Start of the day – What is the month of the year? Sing our month of the year song. Do jazz hands for this month. What day was it yesterday? What day of the week is it today? What day will it be tomorrow? Sing our days of the week song. Do jazz hands for today. What is the weather today? It was the 8th day of the month yesterday. I wonder if you know what the date it is today. How do you know? Maths – Youtube video – count and move song– count to 20 and march.  Maybe you could march around your house. Use a number line to help if you need to. https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=count+and+move&view=detail&mid=65D292696ED67F08BC7665D292696ED67F08BC76&FORM=VIRE Make a rocket and count down from 20. Remember to jump really high when you blast off into the sky. Guess the coin game – In my purse I have a bronze circular large coin? What is it? Use clues to describe the coins. Can the children work out the coin? Going on a pirate treasure hunt. Hide coins around the house or outdoors. Set the children a challenge to find as many coins as they can. Set a timer of 1 minute. When the time is up, return to the carpet and count how much they have found. Provide the children with treasure map (link below). Can the children hide the coins and draw maps for other members of the family? Remind them to put a cross in the location of the coins. Use preposition words e.g. under the tree, behind the sofa. Count how much treasure you find. treasure map for coin hunt

Phonics –

Youtube – Tricky words song phase 3. Don’t forget to do the actions too.

Youtube – Tricky word song phase 4

Blend song

Use your sound mat in your pack and recall all the sounds we have learnt. How fast can you recognise all the sounds (phase 2 and 3)?

Ask the children to listen to and blend the sounds and try to work out the consonant blend that is in each word. Sound out these words frantic, freezer, fresh, from, frill. The children blend the sounds and repeat the word. Can they work out the blend for today? Show the blend DR. Write the words on the board, and add sound buttons. Can you think of any other words with the ‘FR’ blend? Write the words down. Read all the words. Ask the children to put some of the words into a sentence to share meaning of word. Loop game – This game can be played as a group or individually. If played as a group then share the cards between the group members. If played individually then lay the cards out on a flat surface, read each card and match it to the next card to create a domino style layout. The game starts with Go and the last card will say Stop. Read the word and the image on another card will match. phase 4 loop sentence reading game

English/ Communication and Language –

Yesterday you made some funny versions of the nursery rhyme. Today, can you write your favourite version down? Share your writing at the end of the lesson. You can all join in and sing each other’s rhymes.

Start of the day – What is the month of the year? Sing our month of the year song. Do jazz hands for this month. What day was it yesterday? What day of the week is it today? What day will it be tomorrow? Sing our days of the week song. Do jazz hands for today. What is the weather today? It was the 7th day of the month yesterday. I wonder if you know what the date it is today. How do you know? Maths – Youtube video – count and move song– count to 20 and march.  Maybe you could march around your house. Use a number line to help if you need to. https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=count+and+move&view=detail&mid=65D292696ED67F08BC7665D292696ED67F08BC76&FORM=VIRE Make a rocket and count down from 20. Remember to jump really high when you blast off into the sky. Take some coins and put them in a purse. Look at the amount of money in your purse. How much have you got? Ask a grown up to model looking at each coin and counting on to add the coins. You could use numicon or counting equipment to reinforce the value and show how you are adding the values rather than the quantity of coins. You may need a numberline to help you. Look at the pirate treasure chests. How much is in each treasure chest? Who has the most money in their chest? treasure chest – count the money Cut out the coins and stick it in your chest. How much money do you have? How many coins do you have? coins to cut out chest for pirate money template

Phonics –

Youtube – Tricky words song phase 3. Don’t forget to do the actions too.

Youtube – Tricky word song phase 4

Blend song

Use your sound mat in your pack and recall all the sounds we have learnt. How fast can you recognise all the sounds (phase 2 and 3)?

Ask the children to listen to and blend the sounds and try to work out the consonant blend that is in each word. Sound out these words crab, cracker, cricket, crisp, crutch, crib, crag. The children blend the sounds and repeat the word. Can they work out the blend for today? Show the blend CR. Write the words on the board, and add sound buttons. Can you think of any other words with the ‘CR’ blend? Write the words down. Read all the words. Ask the children to put some of the words into a sentence to share meaning of word. ‘What’s the sound Mr Wolf?’ – You will need at least two players for this activity. It is the same as the traditional game, but uses sounds instead of numbers. The children are shown a CR word by the Wolf. The children sound out the word and move 1 step per sound e.g C – R – A – B. The children move 4 places. The first child to get the teacher (wolf) without being caught is the winner. Repeat the game with various CVCC and CVCCC words with the bl blend.

English/ Communication and Language –

In the rhyme we can change the verses. We change the verses by choosing a different water space and choosing a word to rhyme with it e.g. river – shiver, shore – roar, puddle – cuddle, stream – dream or scream. Can you make a list of some water spaces? You could choose reservoir or pond, lake, beck, ocean, sea. Now can you think and write words that rhyme with those water spaces. Next, think of a funny rhyme that includes those rhyming words. You are making your own version of the song. Row Row Row your boat, Gently through the lake, If you see tearooms, Then grab your self some cake.

Start of the day – What is the month of the year? Sing our month of the year song. Do jazz hands for this month. What day was it yesterday? What day of the week is it today? What day will it be tomorrow? Sing our days of the week song. Do jazz hands for today. What is the weather today? It was the 6th day of the month yesterday. I wonder if you know what the date it is today. How do you know? Maths – Youtube video – count and move song– count to 20 and march. We have started marching in a line like the congo and dancing around the classsroom. Maybe you could do this around your house. Use a number line to help if you need to. https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=count+and+move&view=detail&mid=65D292696ED67F08BC7665D292696ED67F08BC76&FORM=VIRE Make a rocket and count down from 20. Remember to jump really high when you blast off into the sky. Yesterday, we reminded ourselves about coins and how much each coin is worth. Show an amount on a price tag (piece of paper with amount in pence written on it). Show the children 3 piles of coins. Which coins match the amount. Model counting and adding the amounts of coins. Show the label and 3 piles of coins. Can they work out the coins that equal the price? Can you show three piles where all three piles match e.g. 5p – 2p+2p+1p and 1p x 5 and 5p Can the children use various coins in their play?

Phonics –

Youtube – Tricky words song phase 3. Don’t forget to do the actions too.

Youtube – Tricky word song phase 4

Blend song

Use your sound mat in your pack and recall all the sounds we have learnt. How fast can you recognise all the sounds (phase 2 and 3)?

Ask the children to listen to the sounds in the word and try to work out the ““““““`consonant blend that is in each word. Sound out these words brain, branch, bring, brush, brown, brat, brum. The children blend the sounds and repeat the word. Can they work out the blend for today? Show the blend BRl. Write the words, and add sound buttons. Can you think of any other words with the ‘sl’ blend? Write the words down. Read all the words. Ask the children to put some of the words into a sentence to share meaning of word. Hide and Seek CVCC game – You will need to use the resource from last week. A copy is below. phase 4 picture and word match Hide the CVCC pictures around the classroom. Share the cards with words on between the children or members of family. Set the participants a challenge to find the matching picture to their word and return to the carpet quickly. Set a timer. Swap the words between the participants. Hide the pictures and repeat. Can they do it quicker?

English/ Communication and Language –

Make a two column chart on a piece of paper.  On one side write the word ‘Boat’. What words rhyme with boat? Goat, float, moat, throat, coat, note. Write the words in the column. Look at the word Row. The ‘ow’ doesn’t make the ‘ow’ sound that we know like in ‘cow’. It makes an alternative sound. On the other side of the chart can you write ‘Row’ and think of words that rhyme with Row.