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Reception (FS2)

Our curriculum is based around the core elements of the National Curriculum, alongside the principles of BLP, SMSC and British Values. We want our children to grow into exceptional learners as well as exemplary members of society.
In this section you can find information about the curriculum being taught in Reception, including an overview of the topics throughout the year as well as more detailed information about what is taught term by term.
Class Curriculum Overview.

We use the "Floppy's Phonics" scheme for the teaching and learning of phonics during Nursery & Reception, with particular focus in Reception on completing Phase 1 & developing Phase 2, 3 & 4 knowledge and understanding. For further information, please follow this link.  

To support the teaching of Reading we have fidelity to one scheme, provided by ORT, that has direct links with the phonics teaching and learning, and is designed to help children develop their phonic knowledge, comprehension and speaking & listening skills.

Alongside this, children read for pleasure regularly and also in guided sessions, where the focus is on developing the specific reading content domains. ​
"Children in Nursery and Reception make good progress because their learning is exciting and their welfare assured."
    Ofsted May 2014
Meet the Reception Team
These are the staff working in Reception.
​Mrs Brown is the class teacher, ably assisted by Mrs Davenport, with Mrs Durkin teaching on Wednesday afternoon.
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Mrs Brown
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Mrs Davenport
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Mrs Durkin
Week Twelve (08/06/2020)

​Online Safety
The current situation means that we find ourselves all spending much more time accessing and/or using online platforms and resources in order to do our job, or to support our children with their 'home learning'. This creates additional worries around Online Safety and so we just wanted to point you in the right direction for guidance and advice when it comes to ensuring that both you, and your children, are as safe as can be.
The government has this week released information about keeping children safe online, which you can read here.
The supplementary guidance, specific to 'what you can do to stay safe online', can be read here. 
We would also signpost you to our Online Safety page, which has a wealth of information on it. Click here.

Remember - You CAN do any of the activities from previous weeks as well, if you didn't get chance.

General
Have a look at the 2Do’s I have set for you on Purple Mash.  Explanations are included when the app is launched - www.purplemash.com/sch/george-b92
  • Write a list of what it means to be a good friend
  • Be a safari guide.
  • Sequence snake.
  • Phonics activity – ‘air & ure’
  • Phonics activity – variety of digraphs
 
Listen to Cbeebies radio, Andy heads to the Democratic Republic of Congo to record the sound of a mountain gorilla.
www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio/andys-sound-adventures-democratic-republic-of-congo
 
Listen to the story Lion Practise www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08l9s6r/cbeebies-bedtime-stories-584-jessica-ennishill-lion-practice

Don't forget that there are also some great resources, including daily lessons, on BBC Bitesize now - Click here - as well as on the new Oak National Academy website - Click here.

Maths
This week we will be counting in 10s.  Lots of number recapping and ordering numbers.
  • Watch the video about counting in 10s www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ftati8iGQcs
  • Count in 10s – use your hands and your family’s hands.  How many 10’s can you make that way?
  • Group some objects into 10s and label.  Make the numbers move forward in 10s.
  • Complete the ordering 10s cut and stick activity (Cut and stick attached)
  • Complete the activity sheet about 10s (activity sheet attached)
  • Count in 10s and colour them on the 100 number (100 square attached)
  • Play ‘Guess my number’ – describe a 10s number to someone in your family can they guess which number it is and then swap over.  For example, if your number is 20 you might say ‘my number is one more than 19!’.
  • Watch the Numberblocks make 10s www.youtube.com/watch?v=qKyzpcwjh4M

English and Communication & Language
  • Find out 3 facts about a jungle animal that you can share with the rest of the class on our discussion board.
  • Can you think of a jungle animal beginning with each letter of the alphabet?  Make a list to prove it!
  • Write a short story about a wild animal.  This story doesn’t have to be completed in one session.  Start with a plan of your story.  Use a story planner to help you with your plan before you start writing (story planners attached)
Think about –
  1. The structure of the story, the beginning, middle and end. 
  2. What will happen in each section of the story?
  3. Have a problem which will be solved in the story.
  4. Who will the characters be – don’t have lots just 2 or 3.
How will the story end?

Phonics
The Department for Education have announced that, as of this week, they will be providing daily 'phonics' lessons online. These lessons will be hosted by a range of TV personalities and 'celebrities' and will focus on specific sounds.
Please click here to read our accompanying document, explaining how this will work, where to find the resources and how the 'phonics' programme is broken down by Year Group.

As well as the information, and links, to the regular weekly 'Phonic' resources detailed above, we will continue to provide additional resources, specific to what we would have been learning in school, below each week:
 
Log on to ‘Phonics Play’ – free log on Username march20, Password home.  Instructions on the site itself.  Access Phase 4 activities.

See Purple Mash activities (above)for some more phonic activities.
 
Play ‘Phoneme Pop’.  www.ictgames.com/phonicsPop/index.html
 
The children enjoyed watching Alphablocks alongside our formal teaching of phonics                              www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks

Physical Development
Understanding the World and Expressive Arts & Design
  • Design an animal mask of your favourite jungle animal.
  • Draw a picture of animals that uses camouflage to hide.
  • Join in with this jungle song and add actions www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoSq-yZcJ-4
Week Eleven (01/06/2020)

​Online Safety
The current situation means that we find ourselves all spending much more time accessing and/or using online platforms and resources in order to do our job, or to support our children with their 'home learning'. This creates additional worries around Online Safety and so we just wanted to point you in the right direction for guidance and advice when it comes to ensuring that both you, and your children, are as safe as can be.
The government has this week released information about keeping children safe online, which you can read here.
The supplementary guidance, specific to 'what you can do to stay safe online', can be read here. 
We would also signpost you to our Online Safety page, which has a wealth of information on it. Click here.

Remember - You CAN do any of the activities from previous weeks as well, if you didn't get chance.

General
Have a look at the 2Do’s I have set for you on Purple Mash.  Explanations are included when the app is launched - www.purplemash.com/sch/george-b92
  • Fractonio’s Pizzeria – make a pizza and think about simple fractions
  • Write a factsheet on safari animals.
  • Write about the lifecycle of a Tiger.
  • Carnivore quiz
  • Come and visit the wild animals at the zoo!
 
Please remember how important it is to keep up with your regular reading.
How many books are you reading a week? 
Have you got books in your home libraries about a Tiger or any other wild animals? 
Ask a grown up to read you a story – answer questions about the story e.g.
Who are the characters?
What happened in the middle of the story? 
What did you enjoy about the story?
Was there something in the story you didn’t like? Explain.

Don't forget that there are also some great resources, including daily lessons, on BBC Bitesize now - Click here - as well as on the new Oak National Academy website - Click here.

Maths
This week we will focus on Estimation, Capacity and Number.
  • Estimation – to make a judgement on several objects before checking by counting.  Can you estimate up to 20?  Think about estimating how many peas are on your dinner plate or how many grapes are in the fruit bowl.
  • Set up a tea party/picnic, it could be real or pretend.  Tie it in with lunchtime!  Your job is to share everything out so that everyone has the same and it is fair.
How could you share an apple if you don’t have enough for everyone to have one each? – share, half, quarter.
Will you fill the jug of juice – half full, full.
  • Put containers of different sizes into your paddling pool or a bowl of water - investigate their capacity. 
Can you order containers – full, half full, empty.
Can you order the containers by the amount of water they hold –full, half full, empty.
  • Number - Continue to practise answering adding and subtraction questions – ask your grown up to challenge you to answer the questions within a time limit.  Always check you have written the question correctly.
  • Number - Can you order the footballs?  The activity covers numbers 1-50! Complete to your child’s ability.  (Football Number Ordering attached)

English and Communication & Language
We will use the classic book ‘The Tiger who came to Tea’ by Judith Kerr to support our writing work this week.  If you haven’t got access to the book here is the YouTube link www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wc2XxyNf4Qk
  • Can you write your own story using the idea of an animal coming to your house for tea? 
Which animal will come to tea?
What will the animal do?
How will you feel about this happening to you?
Add illustrations to your story too!
Can you make a lift the flap book – ‘What am I?’ Use the flaps to hide the animals and write a clue on the page for your family to read.  Can they guess the animal?

Phonics
The Department for Education have announced that, as of this week, they will be providing daily 'phonics' lessons online. These lessons will be hosted by a range of TV personalities and 'celebrities' and will focus on specific sounds.
Please click here to read our accompanying document, explaining how this will work, where to find the resources and how the 'phonics' programme is broken down by Year Group.

As well as the information, and links, to the regular weekly 'Phonic' resources detailed above, we will continue to provide additional resources, specific to what we would have been learning in school, below each week:
 
Log on to ‘Phonics Play’ – free log on Username march20, Password home.  Instructions on the site itself.  Access Phase 4 activities.
 
Choose from a selection of short phonic activities (Phase 4 phonics power point attached)
 
Complete comprehension activity (attached Early Reading comprehension)
 
The children enjoyed watching Alphablocks alongside our formal teaching of phonics www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks

Physical Development
  • Play ’Animal Charades’ with your family – have a selection of animals written on cards.  Pick a card and act out the animal.
  • Complete ‘Five senses scavenger hunt’ (Scavenger hunt attached)
  • Play some music – can you hop and skip in time to the music.  What other ways can you move?
  • Learn how to tie your shoelaces (lots of videos online that demonstrate how to teach this).

Understanding the World and Expressive Arts & Design
Week Ten - Half Term (25/05/2020)
​
​It has been an incredibly hard couple of months for everyone, in whatever capacity, therefore we are not setting any directed work or activities for you over what would have been the half term break. This is a conscious decision to enable you, your parents and the staff to stop, take a break, relax, regroup and refresh before we begin again at the start of June, in whatever format that may take, based on the latest Government guidance.
If you would like to carry on and complete some activities during this time, please scroll back and do some of the activities set previously if you didn't manage them at the time, or you can use some of the wonderful online resources that we signposted for you right at the start of this period - these links are all at the bottom of this page. There is also educational provision being offered through:
- JIGSAW PSHE: A link to the 'Calm Me' audio file that we would use within the classroom to support the children with Mindfulness.
- BBC Bitesize: A range of different resources, lessons and activities aimed at specific age ranges.
- Department for Education recommended online provision list.
- Oak National Academy: An online portal providing virtual lessons (DfE recommended).
- Robin Hood Academy: An academy in our region providing a range of online learning resources and projects.

From Monday, 1st June we will resume posting online resources to support you, and your child/ren, with 'Home Learning', however the format this takes will begin to evolve from that point onwards, to reflect our increasing 'in-school' provision.

Have a good week.  
Week Nine (18/05/2020)

​Online Safety
The current situation means that we find ourselves all spending much more time accessing and/or using online platforms and resources in order to do our job, or to support our children with their 'home learning'. This creates additional worries around Online Safety and so we just wanted to point you in the right direction for guidance and advice when it comes to ensuring that both you, and your children, are as safe as can be.
The government has this week released information about keeping children safe online, which you can read here.
The supplementary guidance, specific to 'what you can do to stay safe online', can be read here. 
We would also signpost you to our Online Safety page, which has a wealth of information on it. Click here.

Remember - You CAN do any of the activities from previous weeks as well, if you didn't get chance.

General
Have a look at the 2Do’s I have set for you on Purple Mash.  Explanations are included when the app is launched - www.purplemash.com/sch/george-b92
  • Odd and Even numbers – answer the questions to make your racing car go faster.
  • 2Animate – Create a story and watch it come to life!
  • Money – can you select the correct coins to make 10p?
  • Fruit pictogram
  • 2 Paint a picture – explore the different techniques to create a masterpiece.
 
READ, READ and keep reading!!!! Here is a bible story about Jonah and the Whale (Story attached)
 
On Cbeebies radio this week I have found another story you may enjoy.  It is called Hooray for Fish  www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio/story-time-hooray-for-fish

Don't forget that there are also some great resources, including daily lessons, on BBC Bitesize now - Click here - as well as on the new Oak National Academy website - Click here.

Maths
This week we will focus on -
Number -
  • Practise writing your numbers.  Make sure you form them correctly.  Can you identify the ODD and EVEN numbers?
  • Draw around your hand to make lots of jelly fish. Carefully cut them all out and colour them in.
  • Practise counting in 5’s as your jelly fish swim to join each other.  Join the 5’s together to practise counting in 10’s.
  • Grab a handful of Lego/pasta/pencils etc…Estimate how many you grabbed before counting.  Did you get the number spot on, close or way off?  Keep practising ways to estimate.
Weight (use vocabulary heavy, light, heavier, lighter, heaviest, lightest)
  • Have a look around your house and garden to find objects of different weights.  Create two groups of objects, heavy and light.
  • Pick three objects and order them according to their weight.
  • Pick five objects and order them according to their weight.
Money – (Lots of hands on practise with money.)
  • Find a handful of coins (a variety is great).  Have a look at the coins and sort them in different ways – by colour, size, value or shape.  What do you notice about the coins?
  • Make a shop and price up the items for sale (simple pieces of paper with a value written on).  Count out the coins to pay for something in the shop.  How much did the item cost?  Do you need change?
  • Parents – set up a tuck shop and encourage your child to pay for the snacks/lunch/drinks they would like.  When they run out of money the shop is closed!
  • Can you order the coins according to their value? (Complete coin ordering activity)
  • Match the coins to the values (Complete matching activity)

English and Communication & Language
This week we base our work around the stories ‘The Rainbow Fish’ and ‘Tiddler’.  If you haven’t got access to the books at home, the links below take you to the stories -
hwww.youtube.com/watch?v=Nb2msIQo6TI Rainbow Fish
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBRT5vsfE3U Tiddler
 
  • Write a book review (See attached book review). 
  • Tiddler made lots of excuses for being late – can you make up a list of outlandish excuses that Tiddler could use?
  • Make a fish fruit kebab – Use the recipe to find out how to make it.  Can you read it by yourself?  Share them with your family.  Find out what they thought about them, what they liked or disliked and why (Fruit skewer recipe).
  • Which story did you enjoy the most?  Can you retell the story and make your own book? Include some illustrations.  (Use attached writing paper)

Phonics
The Department for Education have announced that, as of this week, they will be providing daily 'phonics' lessons online. These lessons will be hosted by a range of TV personalities and 'celebrities' and will focus on specific sounds.
Please click here to read our accompanying document, explaining how this will work, where to find the resources and how the 'phonics' programme is broken down by Year Group.

As well as the information, and links, to the regular weekly 'Phonic' resources detailed above, we will continue to provide additional resources, specific to what we would have been learning in school, below each week:
 
Log on to ‘Phonics Play’ – free log on Username march20, Password home.  Instructions on the site itself.
Play ‘Grab a giggling grapheme’ https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/flashcards-speed-trials
The children read the word quickly. This is available in all phases.  So, challenge your reading!
 
Match the Phase 4 word to the picture, be quick you are timed!  www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/word-pairs?phase=4
 
They are useful if only to recap the sounds everyday!
 https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/fNdvC57WPSZ4qQncOTWFX?domain=youtu.be
 
Little learners also teach how to read words with sounds (digraphs/trigraphs).  Have a look there is lots of choice www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZHKK9jnfFQ
 
The children enjoyed watching Alphablocks alongside our formal teaching of phonics www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks

Physical Development
  • Here is an interactive version of the story ‘Tiddler’.  Can you join in with the actions!
  • Create a set of activity cards specifying a movement e.g. 5x jumps, skip, 6x hops, run etc… Shuffle and turn the cards over.  Can you do what the card tells you to do?
  • Build a bird watching den in the garden – what materials will you use?
  • Practise movement skills through games with beanbags, cones, balls and hoops.
  • Plan activities where children can practise moving in different ways and at different speeds, balancing, target throwing, rolling, kicking and catching

Understanding the World and Expressive Arts & Design
  • Make your own Rainbow fish.  Can you select different materials and describe how they feel and look – shiny, dull, smooth, crunchy, rough, bumpy, sparkly etc…
  • Can you create an under the sea puppet theatre and puppets and then put on a puppet show. Maybe recreate the story of The Rainbow Fish or Tiddler or make up your own story. How will the characters move and speak?
  • Fill plastic bottles or containers (with a lid) with various items such as rice, pasta, small Lego. Can you make the different sounds of the sea?
  • Provide stimuli and resources for children to create simple maps and plans, paintings, drawings and models of observations of known and imaginary landscapes.
Week Eight (11/05/2020)

​Online Safety
The current situation means that we find ourselves all spending much more time accessing and/or using online platforms and resources in order to do our job, or to support our children with their 'home learning'. This creates additional worries around Online Safety and so we just wanted to point you in the right direction for guidance and advice when it comes to ensuring that both you, and your children, are as safe as can be.
The government has this week released information about keeping children safe online, which you can read here.
The supplementary guidance, specific to 'what you can do to stay safe online', can be read here. 
We would also signpost you to our Online Safety page, which has a wealth of information on it. Click here.

Remember - You CAN do any of the activities from previous weeks as well, if you didn't get chance.

General
Have a look at the 2Do’s I have set for you on Purple Mash.  Explanations are included when the app is launched - www.purplemash.com/sch/george-b92
  • Bird Labelling – matching names to birds.
  • Draw a bird.
  • Subtraction to 20 – answer the subtraction sums to make your racing car go quicker.
Once again, I am going to remind you to read, read, read!!!! Let me know which books you are reading and enjoying.    
Also, have a listen to Cbeebies radio.  There are some lovely stories about a Little Robin who meets lots of different birds.  This link will take you to the stories - www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio/robin-meets-blue-tit

Don't forget that there are also some great resources, including daily lessons, on BBC Bitesize now - Click here - as well as on the new Oak National Academy website - Click here.

Maths
This week we will focus on: SUBTRACTION. Other words you can use are ‘take away’ and ‘minus’.
What happens to the numbers when we are solving subtraction problems?
What do - and = mean?
When finding the answers, we want the children to make attempts to count back.
The children can also use number lines and counters if they find this more successful.
  • The following power points are interactive.  The children can read the number sentence and work out the answer before revealing it.  The first power point focuses on numbers up to 10 and the second up to 20.  Choose the one most relevant to your child, start with to 10 and use the second to challenge learning.
  • Subtraction Powerpoint to 10                                Subtraction Powerpoint to 20
  • Snakes and ladders – Use the attached snakes and ladders game to practise your subtraction skills (Snakes and Ladders attached).  Can you use this idea to make your own subtraction game?
  • Use these word problem cards to encourage your child the identify the subtraction number sentence, work out in their head or write the problem down (Word problems attached).
  • Make a set of skittles using plastic cups, empty bottles or maybe you have skittles.  Use the skittles to create subtraction sums e.g. 10 skittles standing, knock down 3 how many do you have left standing?  Write down the number sentence.
  • Play this subtraction game www.topmarks.co.uk/subtraction/subtraction-to-10
  • Watch the number blocks solve some subtraction problems www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyNwQq1Jkas

English and Communication & Language
We will continue with the story Commotion in the Ocean again this week. Hopefully you have accessed the story on YouTube www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pRhgZ8Jffs
This week I would like you to create your own sea creature and make up a poem about it.  It might walk like a crab, have a fin like a dolphin and have whiskers like a cat fish!  Talk to your family about what you can see.
Can you name the sea creatures?
How many different types of fish did you see?
Which is your favourite and why?

Phonics
The Department for Education have announced that, as of this week, they will be providing daily 'phonics' lessons online. These lessons will be hosted by a range of TV personalities and 'celebrities' and will focus on specific sounds.
Please click here to read our accompanying document, explaining how this will work, where to find the resources and how the 'phonics' programme is broken down by Year Group.

As well as the information, and links, to the regular weekly 'Phonic' resources detailed above, we will continue to provide additional resources, specific to what we would have been learning in school, below each week:
 
Log on to ‘Phonics Play’ – free log on Username march20, Password home.  Instructions on the site itself.
 
Play ‘Grab a giggling grapheme’ https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/grab-a-giggling-grapheme 
The children read the word to decide if it is a real word or made up (psuedo). 
This is available in Phase 2 & 3.  So challenge your reading!
 
Make the words with digraphs www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/forestPhonics/index.html
 
They are useful if only to recap the sounds everyday!
 https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/fNdvC57WPSZ4qQncOTWFX?domain=youtu.be
 
Little learners also teach how to read words with sounds (digraphs/trigraphs).  Have a look there is lots of choice www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZHKK9jnfFQ
 
The children enjoyed watching Alphablocks alongside our formal teaching of phonics www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks

Physical Development
Understanding the World and Expressive Arts & Design
Make a bird feeder – (See attached instructions)
Start a mini project –
What birds are you seeing in your garden?
Can you draw/paint pictures of the birds?
Can you find out what type of birds they are?
Where will you look to help you find out this information? 
Week Seven (04/05/2020)

​Online Safety
The current situation means that we find ourselves all spending much more time accessing and/or using online platforms and resources in order to do our job, or to support our children with their 'home learning'. This creates additional worries around Online Safety and so we just wanted to point you in the right direction for guidance and advice when it comes to ensuring that both you, and your children, are as safe as can be.
The government has this week released information about keeping children safe online, which you can read here.
The supplementary guidance, specific to 'what you can do to stay safe online', can be read here. 
We would also signpost you to our Online Safety page, which has a wealth of information on it. Click here.

Remember - You CAN do any of the activities from previous weeks as well, if you didn't get chance.

General
Have a look at the 2Do’s I have set for you on Purple Mash.  Explanations are included when the app is launched - https://www.purplemash.com/sch/george-b92
  • Number Bond Bubbles – revision of last week’s work on number bonds.
  • Write what you know about life under the sea.
  • 2Explore the beat – make a piece of music.
Once again, I am going to remind you to read, read, read!!!! Can you read more books than last week?  
Why not check out this link to some more free reading resources - https://clubs-kids.scholastic.co.uk/clubs_assets

Don't forget that there are also some great resources, including daily lessons, on BBC Bitesize now - Click here - as well as on the new Oak National Academy website - Click here.

Maths
This week we will focus on:
3D shapes:
  • Make a collection of 3D shapes using objects from around your house or garden.  Use the checklist to check you have collected all the shapes. (see attached checklist and word mat)
  • Can you identify the properties of the 3D shapes you find – vertices, edges, faces.
  • Can you make some 3D shape fish? (see attached print out)
Time:
In early years we think about time in terms of our lives.  We refer to the actual time when organising our day e.g. Morning, afternoon, evening, days of the week, months of the year.
  • Can you make a book to tell someone what you do throughout the day?  
  • Have a go at learning 0’clock times.
  • Play ‘What’s the time, Mr Wolf?’.
Symmetry:
English and Communication & Language
This week we will be using the book ‘Commotion in the Ocean’.  This is a collection of poems.  You may have this book in your collection at home, if not don’t worry because the book is available to watch on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pRhgZ8Jffs
  • What do you notice about some of the words in the book?... (they rhyme)
  • Which poem is your favourite?  Can you learn it and perform it to your family?
  • Make puppets to accompany your poem (see attached)
  • After learning your poem can you write it out.
  • Complete the rhyming activity (see attached)
  • Use some of the rhyming words you have found in the activity above to write your own poem.
Draw a sea creature and label it with describing words e.g. shark = sharp teeth, long body etc…

Phonics
The Department for Education have announced that, as of this week, they will be providing daily 'phonics' lessons online. These lessons will be hosted by a range of TV personalities and 'celebrities' and will focus on specific sounds.
Please click here to read our accompanying document, explaining how this will work, where to find the resources and how the 'phonics' programme is broken down by Year Group.

As well as the information, and links, to the regular weekly 'Phonic' resources detailed above, we will continue to provide additional resources, specific to what we would have been learning in school, below each week:
 
Log on to ‘Phonics Play’ – free log on Username march20, Password home.  Instructions on the site itself.
 
Play ‘Make a Match’ https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/4/matching-ph4
The children turn over two cards to make a match.  Lots of opportunities to re-read words and match t a picture.  This is available in Phase 3 phonics too.
 
Play ‘Dragon’s Den’ https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/3/dragons-den This game can be used to revise all Phase 3 sounds or select a particular digraph/trigraph to practise.
I have also found a teacher who is teaching phonic lessons which replicate what we would do in school. 
 
They are useful if only to recap the sounds everyday!
 https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/fNdvC57WPSZ4qQncOTWFX?domain=youtu.be
 
Little learners also teach how to read words with sounds (digraphs/trigraphs).  Have a look there is lots of choice www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZHKK9jnfFQ
 
The children enjoyed watching Alphablocks alongside our formal teaching of phonics www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks

Physical Development
Expressive Arts & Design
  • Make a fish shaped pizza – This recipe shows you how to make the dough, this may be difficult due to the availability of flour so you could use a pitta or naan bread or a pre-made pizza base www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/makes/mr-bloom-pizza
  • Sing along to this catchy song – how many different sea creatures can you see? www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1Qn2bcZRTo
  • Can you create an under the sea collage?
Use materials in your recycling box to create a 3D model of a sea creature.
Week Six (27/04/2020)
Remember - You CAN do any of the activities from previous weeks as well, if you didn't get chance.

General
Have a look at the 2Do’s I have set for you on Purple Mash.  Explanations are included when the app is launched - https://www.purplemash.com/sch/george-b92
  • Create a boat
  • Make a safety leaflet for going out on your bike
  • Pretend you are a zookeeper.  Tell me about your job.
Read, read, read!!!! How many books can you read this week?  Can you find an unusual place to read your book?  Can you find an information book to read?
Get outside as much as you can and keep active!  Lots of you have been telling me you have learnt to ride your bike, that is great news!  I have kept the scavenger hunt attached just in case you didn’t get to do all of them. Have fun!
Click here to open up the Scavenger Hunt.

Maths
This week we will focus on number bonds to 10 (there is an extension activity to help challenge your child if they understood and could demonstrate an understanding of bonds to 10). 
A number can be thought of as a whole made up of different pairs, or parts, added together.  Those pairs are called number bonds.  So, number bonds are different pairs of numbers that add up to the same number.
  • This short clip shows the children which numbers are put together to make 10…Come on everybody, let’s all do the 10 dance! www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD_RUVLPvTY
  • Have a selection of 10 objects e.g. toy cars, figures, Lego bricks, pebbles etc…
How many different ways can you find to make 10?  Write down the pairs of numbers as an addition sum (extend to 20 for a challenge).
  • Complete the activity on the attached sheets (click for Number bonds to 10 or Extension to 20).
  • Make a set of cards with numbers 0-10 written on them.  Turn the cards over so that you can’t see the numbers.  Take it in turns to turn two cards over, do they make a number bond to 10? If they do, keep hold of them and have another go! (Extend to 20 by making cards 11-20)
  • Play ‘Hit the Button’.  Select the number bonds game.  You will see two sections, up to 10 and up to 20.  All the games within these sections are great for applying knowledge of number bonds and addition practise www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Complete the rainbow number bond activity sheet (attached).  Record the number sentences, making sure you have formed the numbers correctly.  You could display the rainbow in your window when you have finished.  You could create your own rainbow and find number bonds to 20.

English
We will continue with work on Noah’s Ark this week.
  • Can you think of an animal that begins with each letter of the alphabet (complete alphabet sheet attached)?
  • Draw a picture of Noah and write about him.
  • Have a look at https://www.noahsarkzoofarm.co.uk click on the zoo school link. Here you will find a Zoo quiz and a Zoo games activity to complete indoors or outdoors.  There is also an A-Z of animals which may help with the alphabet activity!
  • Wild animal safari https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pUmHClrRPxc This is a virtual safari at Longleat. The children will find out lots of animal facts and see the animals up close without having to leave the house.  Encourage the children to make drawings of some of the animals and label them or write something they have learnt about the animal.

Phonics
The Department for Education have announced that, as of this week, they will be providing daily 'phonics' lessons online. These lessons will be hosted by a range of TV personalities and 'celebrities' and will focus on specific sounds.
Please click here to read our accompanying document, explaining how this will work, where to find the resources and how the 'phonics' programme is broken down by Year Group.

As well as the information, and links, to the regular weekly 'Phonic' resources detailed above, we will continue to provide additional resources, specific to what we would have been learning in school, below each week:
 
Log on to ‘Phonics Play’ – free log on Username march20, Password home.  Instructions on the site itself.
Play ‘Sentence Substitution’ https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/3 The children can read a sentence then select different words to change the sentence.
Play ‘Speed trials’ https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/3/flashcards-speed-trials select phase 3 for sounds we have learnt or 5a which will introduce alternative sounds.
I have also found a teacher who is teaching phonic lessons which replicate what we would do in school.  They are useful if only to recap the sounds everyday!
 https://protect-eu.mimecast.com/s/fNdvC57WPSZ4qQncOTWFX?domain=youtu.be
Little learners also teach how to read words with sounds (digraphs/trigraphs).  Have a look there is lots of choice www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZHKK9jnfFQ

Expressive Arts & Design
  • How to make a self-propelled boat using a margarine tub (Click the link to see how to make your own boat).
  • Fill the Bucket Water Game - You will need a cup, two buckets (one smaller, one larger) and a boat.  Place the smaller bucket (with a small boat inside) a short distance from the larger bucket and fill the larger bucket with water.  
Can you scoop water from the larger bucket and fill the smaller one? Watch the boat float as the flood waters rise. To make the game more challenging, put small holes in the cup or dance as you move from bucket to bucket.
Week Five (20/04/2020)

General
Have a look at the 2Do’s I have set for you on Purple Mash - www.purplemash.com/sch/george-b92
Remember to keep reading every day – read by yourself, to your teddy or with your family.  Have you got any books in your home collection that have sea creatures as the characters?  You could make a library of books specific to our theme!
Get outside as much as you can and keep active!  I have added a Scavenger hunt for you to use on a walk you go on with your family, in the house or garden. Have fun! Click here to open up the Scavenger Hunt.

Maths
This week we will focus on number. Check out the rocket game in the link below. Have a go at finding the direct number, in between numbers and counting on or back.  The numbers can go quite high so have a go at challenging yourself.
www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/blast-off
Complete the number ordering cut and stick activities.       Click here: Numbers to 20.     Numbers to 30.
Count in twos e.g. 0,2… Next write the numbers down. After that collect objects and arrange them in groups of twos.  Count them again.

English
Watch the story ‘Noah’s Ark by Lucy Cousins’ on YouTube.
Can you retell the story to someone in your house?
Write a list of the animals that went into the ark.  Add pictures to your list.
Choose an animal that went into the ark to write about. 
You might include interesting facts about the animal, describe its features, where in the world would you find the animal.

Phonics
Log on to ‘Phonics Play’ – Free log on: Username - march20. Password - home.  Instructions on the site itself.
Play ‘Rocket Rescue’.  This game encourages children to listen to a word, segment the sounds and spell it out. 
All abilities catered for – Phase 2, 3 & 4 phonics.
Recreate the game using objects around the house.

Expressive Arts & Design
Watch the song ‘Animals went in two by two’ (link below).
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/nursery-rhymes-the-animals-went-in-two-by-two/zr88bdm
Have a go at learning the song and perform it to your family. You could even get your family to learn the song too. 
Have a look in your recycling box – can you make an ark or an instrument to accompany the song when you perform it. 
Make an animal mask – will your animal have patterns? How does your animal move? What noise does your animal make?
Weeks Three & Four (06 & 13/04/2020)
Easter Holiday.
Weeks 1 & 2 (23 & 30/03/2020)
Links to the resources provided in the Reception School Closure Pack (in case you missed it) and other sites.
Click on the relevant link and it will open in a new window, where you can download and/or print.

- Activities for Reception.

Links to EYFS specific activities/games
Suggested Reading List - Reception   (Also look on the Year 1 page for more challenging texts)              
                                               EYFS Reluctant Readers
A range of educational resources - www.topmarks.co.uk 
A range of activities, covering different topics - www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/primary
A range of activities, covering different topics - www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html
Maths Skills - https://uk.ixl.com/math/reception
English Skills - https://uk.ixl.com/ela/reception

Educational Companies offering free access to their resources: 

A list of educational companies offering free access to their software - https://kidsactivitiesblog.com/135609/list-of-education-companies-offering-free-subscriptions/
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Twinkl- https://www.twinkl.co.uk/blog/how-to-utilise-twinkl-during-the-coronavirus-shutdown-a-guide-for-schools

TTS Home Learning Activity Booklets - https://www.tts-group.co.uk/home+learning+activities.html

Classroom Secrets - https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/home-online-learning/

Teacher’s Pet - https://tpet.co.uk/latest-resources/

Tutortastic - www.tutortastic.co.uk/blog/homelearning
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Phonicsplay - https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

The Body Coach (Daily PE Workouts) - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

12 Museums/Art Galleries Virtual Tours A set of museums that are offering their virtual tours for free, allowing you/your children to visit without leaving home - https://www.travelandleisure.com/attractions/museums-galleries/museums-with-virtual-tours

As well as the structured/guided learning provided, or downloaded, there are many things you could do with, or get your child to do. Click on the link below for some ideas.

https://parentzone.org.uk/article/10-ways-safely-entertain-your-kids-home?utm_source=Parent+Zone+Newsletter&utm_campaign=d7c5afa46e-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2020_03_13_05_02&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_1ee27d9000-d7c5afa46e-179516521

CBeebies

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Full of songs to sing, activities to make and do, games to play etc. A one stop learning shop!

Primary
​Games Arena

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Another great site, full of fun games and links. 

Sesamestreet.org

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From a different generation, but full of old favourites and great fun.

Pre-School Games

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A selection of fun activities for our youngest children

Funschool.com

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A lovely website, with plenty of great activities for the children