Welcome to Year 1
Class Teacher: Mrs Drysdale
Home Learning 2020 - 2021
Welcome to to the start of our new term and Happy New Year to you all.
Please find below important information about the home learning in Year 1.
Each week there will be a number of activities set on this webpage and on Purple Mash for each subject. Children at home should try to complete all of these activities to maintain their learning in accordance with the National Curriculum. The activities are as follows:-
- Maths - daily lesson to watch below and then a daily follow up activity to complete on Purple Mash
- English - daily lesson to watch below and then one activity uploaded every Friday to complete on Purple Mash
- SPaG - two/three activites uploaded every week on Purple Mash
- Topic/Science - daily lesson to watch below
- Phonics - two daily lessons to watch below
If you have any questions about any of this home learning, please mention them to me during our weekly phone call, or alternatively ring school and leave me a message.
Thanks you
Mrs Drysdale
Oxford Owl reading resources
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/?selLanguage=en&mode=hub
We encourage parents to please read with your children daily and answer questions in the book. Please only let your child choose books that are from their colour band.
The class login details are:
Username:- stgeorges1
Password :- books
If your child has to isolate, please see the below table for the latest weekly home learning projects.
| Week commencing Monday, 18th January 2021 | |
| Monday | |
| English | To listen and respond to a story |
| Maths | To recognise and describe repeating patterns |
| Phonics | Reading 'air' Spelling 'air' |
| Topic | What was life like in the 17th century? |
| Tuesday | |
| English | To tell a story from memory |
| Maths | To compare lengths and heights of objects |
| Phonics | Reading 'ir' Spelling 'ir' |
| Topic | How did London begin? |
| Wednesday | |
| English | To role-play action clearly in a story |
| Maths | To measure lengths using non-standard units (Part 1) |
| Phonics | Reading 'ou' Spelling 'ou' |
| Topic | What was London like at the time of the fire? |
| Thursday | |
| English | To use the conjunction ‘and’ to join clauses |
| Maths | To measure lengths using non-standard units (Part 2) |
| Phonics | Reading 'oy' Spelling 'oy' |
| Topic | How did the Great Fire of London start? |
| Friday | |
| English | To summarise what we have read |
| Maths | To begin to understand standard units of length |
| Phonics | Reading 'ea' Spelling 'ea' |
| Topic | How was the Great Fire of London put out? |
|
English | Maths | |
| Monday | To box up a recount for purpose | To recognise, name and describe 3D shapes | |
| Tuesday | To identify features of a recount | To describe and classify 3D shapes | |
| Wednesday | To write a recount (Part 1) | To identify 2D shapes | |
| Thursday | To write a recount (Part 2) | To describe and classify 2D shapes | |
| Friday | To write a recount | To recognise and create repeating patterns |
| Week commencing Monday 11th January 2021 | Phonics |
| Monday | Reading 'ow' Spelling 'ow' |
| Tuesday | Reading 'oo' (zoo) Spelling 'oo' (zoo) |
| Wednesday | Reading 'oo' (look) Spelling 'oo' (look) |
| Thursday | Reading 'ar' Spelling 'ar' |
| Friday | Reading 'or' Spelling 'or' |
| Week commencing Monday 4th, January 2021 | English | Maths |
| Monday | To listen to a recount | Comparing sets using 'more' or 'fewer' |
| Tuesday | To tell a recount from memory | Comparing two sets by finding the difference |
| Wednesday | To deepen understanding of a recount through roleplay | Exploring numbers with a difference of one or two on a number line |
| Thursday | To use the past tense | Comparing numbers |
| Friday | To retrieve information | Applying 'make ten' to differences (Part 1) |
| Week commencing Monday 4th January 2021 | Phonics |
| Monday | |
| Tuesday | |
| Wednesday | Reading 'ay' Spelling 'ay' |
| Thursday | Reading 'ee' Spelling 'ee' |
| Friday | Reading ' igh' Spelling 'igh' |
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
Phonics website
Twinkl :- home-learning resources
Please use this link, which is currently free, with the attached offer code
Some of the resources have been printed and sent with your child. Other useful resources are located under Year 1 school closure pack.
PE SESSIONS
Disney Dance along songs Aimed at ages 5 to 8, a variety of dance along videos with ‘This Girl Can’
https://www.thisgirlcan.co.uk/activities/disney-workouts/
Andy’s Wild Workouts Aimed at KS1 children, learn a variety
of fun movements with a theme
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p06tmmvz
Year 1 Common Exception Words
Below are the common exception words for year 1, these are words that are tricky to sound out. We need to be able to read and write these words by the end of our time in Year one so practicing these regularly would be a fantastic help.
