Ash Class Inspire, nurture and challenge 

Hi Year 1,

Something has changed today? Can you think what it is? Look at the date…..it’s a new month! February (can you spell it?) and that means three more minutes of light every day!

First your reminders;

😁 Do your best. Sometimes you’ll feel like doing lots of work, and sometimes you won’t. Try and do a little bit everyday but don’t worry if you can’t finish it all. Try not to ignore the learning, and not even try to do it! You can achieve everything I set, I promise.
😁 If you are learning on your own you can practise letter recognition, read, play numbots or go on Spelling Shed – your new list is up.

😁 Maths is in the previous post.

Handwriting – we have now watched all the letter formation videos. If you are still struggling with formation, please revisit them. Now we are going to begin joining the letters together. Watch the video Handwritingfor formation (sorry, I have to hold the tablet and write so it is not always as neat as I would like!)  then use the handwriting sheet to help you. Here is a link to the writing repeater which your adult could use. Writing Repeater

So, on to Phonics. This week we are recapping split digraphs, which are quite tricky and we have only had a brief look at. Luckily Mr Thorne has made some videos on the subject, so off we go! Mr Thorne a-e
Once you have done that, please complete the activity from your home learning pack. You will need an adult to play the game, just roll a die and read the word you land on. If your adult is busy, copy each a-e word onto a piece of paper (separately) and then place them over the floor. Challenge yourself to say each word and see how quickly you can find it on the floor. 😁

English – We are going to be looking at instructional writing. This is quite different to story writing and I hope you might enjoy it more!
Your first task is to make a piece of toast, or a bowl of cereal, or any simple food that you can make relatively independently, but watch the video for more…..Instructions for instructions!

PSHE – We are continuing to think about being safe. You have thought about who keeps you safe, how to be safe in the pandemic and during life, and you have thought about how you might react in different scenarios. Today I would like you to think about safety signs. If you are able, please take a short walk with an adult and look at the different road signs that you can see.

What do they mean?

Who are they keeping safe?

Why are they there?

This sheet should help. Road signs

If you can, can you design a different sign to keep people safe? Perhaps you have a dog you want to warn people about, or live down a bumpy road?

 

Have a lovely day,  Mrs Wiggs x

Monday

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Tuesday

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Wednesday

Please note that today’s session is the second half of the sheet from the previous day 🙂

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Thursday

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Friday

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Woohoo!

Friday fun. Today, try some dough disco, some cosmic yoga, or make a challenge course round your house. I made Charlotte hurdles using spoons (she just had to jump over them), she had to carefully walk along a belt laid on the floor, she had to weight lift with some baked beans and do some star jumps.

Phonics is your dictation – I’ve put it below so you can have a grown up read it to you at whatever pace you wish. If you find it tricky to do the sentences,  focus on the nt/ft/nk words.

Your maths is in the previous post.

Today is Geography and a new continent with the Oak Academy Africa  

Please note that next week we will be doing some instructional writing and I will be asking you to make some toast (Monday) and a sandwich in our zoom call (Thursday) You will also be invited to make a cake (on Wednesday) or help with supper. Do not worry if you don’t have the ingredients but I thought a pre warning might be helpful.

Your adult will have received an email about a writing competition featuring some drawings by one of my favourite illustrators, Chris Riddell. Oscar McColl has submitted an entry and I would love it if some more children could have a go. Well done if you already have! Information and pictures are below.

Have a great weekend,

love

Mrs Wiggs x

 

Hiya all!

Onwards we go!

Maths is in the previous post.

Handwriting, continue to practice using the upstrokes.

Phonics, you’re going to  the Phase 4 tricky words. You have a blue poster sheet, A4 sized, in your learning pack. Please look at the words with a grown up (you might want to take a picture of the poster) and read them. Then cut the words out so each word is on a separate piece of paper. Get an adult or a sibling to hide the pieces around your house (and garden if it is sunny!) and see if you can find them all. When you find them, read them aloud.

English –

Can you write three sentences, either of your own or using this framework, about the new place:

We travelled to ———————- by ___________________ across the ___________

It was very ————————– and we saw ————————————.

If you don’t want to use my framework, you don’t have to, you can write your own! I know you can do it.

I have to show you Oscar Lillywhites alpaca crazy Machu Pichu destination. Isn’t it great? I am sorry I can’t share all your work, but I would if I could, it is all fantastic.

PE – dance with Miss Ford this afternoon, please do come along and have a go even if you feel a bit silly. I can’t dance at all but I just have some fun with it!

We have our 2.00 Zoom call today, so please join us with your bingo card from your home learning pack.

See you then!
Love

Mrs Wiggs

 

Hello,

Hows your week going? Happy Wednesday!

Don’t forget the maths from the previous posts.

Handwriting, continue to practice as you have been doing.

Phonics, please watch thisSound “ft” with your new blend in it, and then use the roll and write game from your home learning pack. See if you can play with an adult and read each word aloud.
If you have time, use your letter sound cards to practice sound recognition.

English

Task 1 – Yesterday you thought about where the dish and spoon might travel next with their show. Can you use your puppets to have a short dialogue about their new location, such as “Wow, it’s hot here!” Or “The Eiffel Tower is SO tall!”

Task 2 – Draw in a location – or use your paints. You MUST include some features that help me identify where they have ended up!

Science. We have been thinking about materials. Last week you had to design a bedroom. This week you are going on a scavenger hunt and then you are going to describe what you find using some of the words below.

Rough, smooth, hard, soft, shiny, bumpy.

Can you say what each object is made from? The material.

Can you find…

A drinking cup,

A plate,

A book,

A spoon,

A belt,

A piece of clothing,

A toy.

Once you’ve found each item, named what it is made from and then described it, you could write a sentence about it, if you wish. You could do this on paper, or if you have a device, you could take a picture and type a sentence underneath.

Oscar McColl wanted to tell everyone that he has a wobbly tooth! This is a big deal in Year 1 (except for you, Amy Clark, who I think has lost about six teeth already, your tooth fairy is broke!) I know Oscar would love to hear about any other wobbly teeth, so if you can, let him know in the comments! I know Bella has a wobbler (but I’m sure she will confirm!) as does Charlotte, Beth, Zuzia and Esmae!

In class we tried to do the toilet roll challenge, where we had to keep a toilet roll up in the air using our feet. It was super hard! The top score was 20. See if you can beat it….I managed 2!

Have a great day

Love, Mrs Wiggs, x

 

 

 

Hi all!

Here are your instructions for today!

Handwriting – please continue with v and W as shown yesterday. You can also use your magic finger to write on the floor, your leg, a table or anything you like!

Phonics – Can you remember the sound from yesterday? Can you think of five words with that sound and write them down.
Then, in your home learning pack you have some Phase 3 Sentence cards. These contain only blends and words you have been taught. Please see if you can read some, or all, aloud.

English – Your dish and spoon are going on an adventure. I don’t want you to worry about what they do on their adventure, more WHERE they go. Have a look at your world map. Where will they go with their travelling show. What would the weather be like? What might they see. Think about your learning in Geography. I chose a place that I have lived in, and visited, so I could use my own experience to help me. If you have been somewhere exciting on holiday, you could choose that. You could make some notes in a mind map, like this one.

Yesterday was Burns Night, which is an important date to people who live in Scotland or have Scottish heritage. Can you find Scotland on a map? Which continent is it part of? Have a look at this information about Robert Burns 

In Scotland people wear a traditional piece of clothing called a kilt. It is made of something called tartan and each family would have their own tartan. Can you design a family tartan? What colours would you have in it? My family have a tartan and it looks like this

But if I was designing a tartan, the checks would be pink and yellow and blue! It would be much brighter. A tartan is only lines, as you can see above, but what colour would you choose? Your favourite colours? The colours of your football team?

Please don’t forget your spellings, to make it easier for you I am creating special lists just for our class, using the consonant blends we are looking at. Check it out, let’s see who can be top of the school again – ASH CLASS!

 

This afternoon we have our Zoom call, please bring with you your base ten cards (we used them last time) and your letter cards from your home learning packet.

Have a great day

Love Mrs Wiggs. X

Hi lovely class!
Thank you for the emails and photos, it really keeps me going and inspires me to think of new activities for you to do at home. I am missing you all in class but I hope when we can get together again it will be a bit warmer and I am already planning lots of fun things for when that time comes.

Mondays blog is always the longest of the week, setting up the learning, so here goes!

Handwriting. Please continue to practice r, m and n, b, p and h and, when you are ready to move on, watch thisHandwriting video to see V and W formation (I apologise that it’s sideways but I can’t seem to rotate it) I’ve attached the photo below, so you can see what the letters should look like. Remember, you don’t need to join letters within words, just form the letters with the upstrokes, ready for when you start joining the letters in words.

Phonics – We are looking at the blend “nk” as in pink, think and stink. Here’s Mr Thorne (we use him a lot in class so you know what to expect, sorry parents….) to show you how  Mr Thorne

many words can you come up with that have this sound?

What sounds are these?

oa,   ea,   ch,   th,   ear,   igh

Mr Thornes YouTube channel will help if you are stuck. Phonics with Mr Thorne

Please complete the Pink Pig phoneme spotter sheet in your home learning pack.

Here is a silly song giving you some words with that blend in them Frank the skunk

Quick fire; can you read these words?
tent, bent, stop, strip, lamp, bump, slow, slap, slip

English – We are going to think about the characteristics of the dish and the spoon. We are going to do something called “role on the wall” we would normally do this on big paper but you can use any size. All you have to do is draw the dish and the spoon and inside the shapes write what their characteristics are for example the dish is brave and leads the way, but the spoon comes up with ideas (like saving the dish from the train) Around the outside you write what they look like, for example the spoon is shiny.
I’ve done one below to help you with some ideas. Try and come up with three for the outside, and three for the inside. You can use mine, as long as you write them BEAUTIFULLY 😉

 

 

PSHE We are continuing to think about how we can keep safe, both in the pandemic and in our “normal” life. Can you answer these questions?

What is one way to stay safe in the pandemic?

Name one person who keeps you safe.

How can you stay safe with medicines?

Today we are going to think about safe places to play, and how to stay safe when we are out and about. Please read the scenarios below. Talk to someone you know about places that you play. Then think about these ideas and what you might do.

You’re in the play park in town and someone strange offers you some sweets. What would you do?

You’re in Petworth Park and you find a mobile phone on the floor. What would you do?

Your friends are playing on the road by your house – you’re allowed to play out with them, but how do you stay safe?

You’re going for a bike ride, how do you stay safe?

Finally, have a look at this picture and see if you can see anything you think looks a bit dangerous? Why?

Spot the dangers posters beach version

If you don’t have an adult to help you, use any of the websites I suggested on Friday, do some Dough Disco, or have a stretch with some Cosmic Yoga or a dance with Kids Bop.

Love

Mrs Wiggs x

 

 

 

Monday

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Tuesday

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Wednesday

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Thursday

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Friday

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It’s Friday! Yay!
Did you make any play doh last week? Can you do a bit of dough disco to warm yourself up!
If you need to work on your own at any point, use these references to find some good games and activities for learning.
Alphablocks

Numberblocks

Games to play

This website has some great crafts and baking ideas with historical sources, so have a look. History

And don’t forget you have Numbots and Spelling Shed logins in your Reading Records.

Please continue to practice your handwriting.

Phonics – your dictation is below. See if you can get five of the words! They contain the mp/nt blends. An adult can read it to you as many times as you like, take your time. Words in red – this weeks sounds. Words in yellow – words you should know or be able to write. Other words you can just try!

Maths – your last video.

Geography is from the Oak Academy. Can you remember the seven continents from last week? And can you remember which continent Kente Cloth came from?

Hopefully I will see some of you today and you can show me your super sentences! Here are Sienna White and Emily’s brilliant speech mark work (lots of you did an awesome job at this task, which was super tricky!) and Bella’s fancy puppets!
       
Love

Mrs Wiggs x

Hi Everyone!

Thank you for the work you are sending to me – please keep it up. I love to see how you are doing. Equally if you are finding anything too hard or cannot understand it, do let me know. Please email me at ashclass@petworthprimary.co.uk. If you would like any extra reading books please let me know today so I can bring them tomorrow. If you would prefer that I did not visit, for whatever reason, do please say!

Maths -from the previous post. Don’t forget to log into Numbots or use the Topmarks website if you want something extra.

If you have the paper dienes, you can practice your numbers by getting a grownup to say a number to thirty, you write down the digits, choose the correct dienes from your pack, and if you need a challenge, can you write down the word?

Handwriting – how are you getting on with h, b and p?
Today could you also revisit r, m and n and see if you can remember how to form them?

Phonics – please play the nt/mp board game in your home learning pack. Say each word aloud as you land on it, and keep the game safe to revisit next week.

English – in your home learning pack you have a sheet, show below. Please watch this video explaining the task and complete the sheet. This counts as your daily sentence! Speech Bubble. This website has some tips for parents and teachers who are helping to explain the task Speech marks

I have also recorded another version of the book, just the pages rather than my face! It may be helpful for pausing and looking at the pictures in more detail. Dish/pages only

Don’t forget – Dance today with Miss Ford at 1.15 (and a top tip, from someone who is rhythmically challenged, no one is watching so if you can’t keep up, just freestyle!)

Zoom with me at 2.00 for some bingo and a story. Please bring a simple bingo board with you, 2 rows with 4 squares in each. I have disabled the waiting room feature so you can come straight in!

Have a good day!

Here’s a story for you Worms

If you don’t fancy that, the Oak Academy has launched a virtual library, so have a look here for some insights with authors.

Love

Mrs Wiggs x