Y1 Headlines from Lynx and Tiger Class Staff

A message from …Hello Year 1,I hope you are all well and staying safe. I’ve got my flags ready for the VE Day celebrations, have you hung up any bunting?I’ve been enjoying growing and planting things in my garden and looking at all the birds who have been visiting. I have also been catching up with my reading which I love! Have you read any books that you love recently?I hope to see you all soon.From Mrs Westerbeek (Each week you will get a message from a different member of the Year 1 Team … I wonder who it will be next week?)

We really are loving seeing all your amazing work on the Blog. Please try to upload your comments and photos on the actual ‘task’ post if you can. If you are finding it difficult to locate the daily tasks use the Categories to find these quickly. Hope this helps.

Staying HealthyDo you remember the dance moves that we practised with Mrs Cavanagh? Well why not try and make up a new dance routine, using 8 steps! You could even include some dance moves linked to our previous topic of space!Have a go at this fun cardio workout, for all the family! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5if4cjO5nxo

Well done to our Week 2 winner: Rhys W! 😊

MathsTry this https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/homelearning/year-1/Lesson-4-Problem-Solving.pdf for some challenging reasoning and problem solving questions linked with numberHave a go at this activity- Can you find a quarter of an amount? https://wrm-13b48.kxcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/homelearning/year-1/Lesson-3-Y1-Summer-Block-2-WO4-Find-a-quarter-2-2020.pdfPlay on Hit the Button - number bonds, halves, doubles and times tables https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-buttonWhite Rose are also uploading a weekly Friday Maths Challenge for those of you wishing to put your brains to the test!Remember you still have access to Numbots.Check the Year 1 Blog for more details

Maths CelebrationsOur Maths superstars this week are:Numbot stars are: Sienna A, Sophie L, Mae S, Katie S, Chloe H & Joshua S for passing their ‘iron’ level; Henry A for passing his ‘tin’ level, Lucy K , Oscar B & Henry C for passing their ‘brass’ level; Toby J for passing his ‘copper’ level; Thomas H for passing his ‘steel’ level; Felix H L for passing his ‘steel’ and ‘chrome’ levelUnlocking the Numbots Challenge mode: Oscar H, Joshua S, Henry A & Henry CKeep up the great work!

Reading1. NB: Remember to keep up with your ‘My 5 High 5’ challenge which can be reading with your child or to them. This week try

logging onto https://www.storylineonline.net/ where you could listen to a story. Can you write a book review, or write a character description?

2. Watch the story of The Extraordinary Gardner by Sam Boughton on CBeebies Bedtime stories: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m000hlrr/cbeebies-bedtime-stories-748-sir-sam-mendes-the-extraordinary-gardener

Joe was a little boy with a big idea. What did he want to do? Why do you think he wanted to do this? Do you have any ideas that you think could change the world? Or make it a better and brighter place? Joe planted the seed from an apple, what other pieces of food have seeds in them? Could you draw them or make a

list? Are there any plants that you have grown over your time at home? Could you sketch them out, could you do a

before and after picture?

Writing‘One Day on our Blue Planet… in the Savannah’ by Ella BaileyTake a look at the next two pages in the book. Have a go at reading the page, or get an adult to help you.

The author describes the cubs’ father as ‘very, very big… and his roar is very, very loud’. She uses the word big to describe his size and uses loud to describe his roar. These words are known as adjectives as they describe something.We would like you to write a few descriptive sentences (or a paragraph if you fancy the challenge, just write as much as you can) about one of the animals from these pages in the book. As you are describing the animal we would like for your work to mainly use adjectives.

Here is a picture of the key of animals from the front of the book, just encase you’re not sure which animal is which!

We cannot wait to real your descriptive passages!Challenge

Could use a thesaurus and find some more interesting words too. Can you include an Expanded Noun Phrase in your writing (the big, brown buffalo)

Here is an adjectives grid to help…

Check the Year 1 Blog for more detailsProject-basedFruit and vegetables printing: Look at the work of the artist: Lynn Flavell. How does she represent fruit and vegetables? Can you create a piece of artwork in the style of Lynn Flavell? https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01d6gw2Check the Year 1 Blog for more details

Other ideasTwinkl - to access these resources click on the link and sign up using your own email address and creating your own password. Use the offer code UKTWINKLHELPSPhonics and SpellingPlease refer to the sheet below for more direction on the sound your child/children should be working on.Use www.phonicsplay.co.uk to support home learning.Username: march 20 Password: homeRuth Miskin’s daily Read Write Inc (RWI) sessions are on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ and Facebook.The Speed Sounds Set 1 sessions are at 9.30am and repeated again at 12.30pmSet 2 sessions are at 10.00am and repeated again at 1pmSet 3 sessions are at 10.30am and repeated again at 1.30pmRemember that unlike the handwriting modelled during these sessions, we teach cursive handwriting.

What about doing some spelling practice on https://www.spellingcity.com/spelling-games-vocabulary-games.htmlRWI PHONICS AND SPELLING GROUPS (Groups from last term)Mrs Berry’s group: To recap and practise, recognising the sounds x, ng and nk . See if you can sound out the words below to read them using some of the new sounds-. fix, mix, think, wink, sing, kingCan you write some of these words? Remember to form your letters correctly.

x- Up. Straight down. Off. Put your pencil in the gap and straight up to make a cross. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R0YLRRdZ3R4

ng- Up to Nobby’s head, down to Nobby’s toes, over Nobby’s net.Up over the girl’s head, back round her face and give her a curl. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vQshNmncnBs

nk- Up to Nobby’s head, down to Nobby’s toes, over Nobby’s net.Up to the kangaroo's head, down to his feet, back up and around his tummy in the middle and then give him a kicking leg. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_c8RCjU8_g&t=11s

Could you write some sentences using some of these new words?Remember that it is very important to keep practising the red words that cannot be sounded out such as I, the, he, she, my and me.Mrs Iles’ group: The sound ‘air’ (that’s not fair)Can you find the sound in these words? : Fair, chair, fair, lair, pair, stairs, repair, airHere is a link to how the sound is pronounced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcHIX2xK--ACan you segment (sound out) and blend these words? Can you write these words out? Can you write them in a sentence using the cursive script?Can you make up some nonsense words with this sound in them? Such as zair, mairs, thairn, sairMrs Saye’s group: We are going to go back and recap those split diagraph sounds. You would need to keep practicing these as they can sometimes be tricky to find in words!The sound ‘a-e’ (make a cake)Can you find the sound in these words? : make, cake, flake, shake, snake, awakeHere is a link to how the sound is pronounced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkycxr-joDkCan you segment (sound out) and blend these words? Can you write these words out? Can you write them in a sentence using the cursive script?Can you make up some nonsense words with this sound in them? Such as plake, trape, flape, yapeMiss Brook’s group: The sound ‘oi’ (spoil the boy)Can you find the sound in these words? : Spoil, coin, boil, soil, join, toilet, oil, foilHere is a link to how the sound is pronounced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRTITdRL_cU&t=46sCan you segment (sound out) and blend these words? Can you write these words out? Can you write them in a sentence using the cursive script?Can you make up some nonsense words with this sound in them? Such as choif, shoig, woimp, doizzMrs Westerbeek’s group: The sound ‘u-e’ (huge brute)Can you find the sound in these words? : Huge, brute, rude, June, cute, cubeHere is a link to how the sound is pronounced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdfBg1SMFzMCan you segment (sound out) and blend these words? Can you write these words out? Can you write them in a sentence using the cursive script?Can you make up some nonsense words with this sound in them? Such as plune, thrute, drume, spludeMiss Taylor’s and Miss Drury’s group : The sound ‘ow’ (brown cow)Can you find the sound in these words? : brown, cow, how, owl, down, gown, glow, showHere is a link to how the sound is pronounced: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GJtvjxBYg7I&t=55sCan you segment (sound out) and blend these words? Can you write these words out? Can you write them in a sentence using the cursive script?Can you make up some nonsense words with this sound in them? Such as strow, zowp, howt, flowg