Foundation Class | Knowl Hill CE Primary School

Home Learning

If you have any questions/queries about the Home Learning activities or need any help/advice please do no hesitate to contact me through my work email (shamimah@ashleyhill.org) and I will respond to you as soon as possible!

Keep well and stay safe,

Miss Hossen

Here is a social story about COVID-19 to help reassure children during these confusing times.

Dave the Dog

Monday 30th March 2020-Friday 3rd April 2020

Phonics

Read Write Inc. will be streaming free Phonics lessons on their YouTube channel everyday from Monday to Friday.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ/featured

Set 1 speed sounds- 9.30am and 12.30pm

Set 2 speed sounds- 10am and 1pm

Set 3 speed sounds- 10.30am and 1.30pm

Miss Hossen recommends the Set 2 Speed Sounds session, but the Set 1 Speed Sound session is also great for revising previously taught sounds.

The children's new sound of the week is: ee "what can you see?"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Eunmvlex0c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFUz6cZAXNo

Here are our previously taught sounds:

m a s d t i n p g o c k u b f e l h r sh j v y w th z ch qu x ng nk

Resources for revising sh ch th ng nk ay

Alphablocks- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_qs3c0ehDvZkbiEbOj6Drg

Little Learners- https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCraBbapvgSgtvV9_pJ9O0OQ

Further resources for Phonics:

Phonics songs- https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/teachers-area/classroom-toolkit/phonics-songs

Phoneme flashcards- https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/flash-cards?phase=2

Letter recognition game- https://www.ictgames.com/phonicsPop/index.html

Identifying initial sounds game- https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/odd-sound-out?phase=2

Reading

Have the children read their Read Write Inc. school books.

Make sure they read each book three times to build up fluency and develop their comprehension.

Blending sounds to read words

Red words

These words cannot be sounded out as they are tricky words so the children have learnt to recognise them.

Red words

Reading activities

Reading green words with Mrs Bird.mp4

Reading Red Ditties with Mrs Bird.mp4

Further reading resources:

Matching words to pictures- https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/match-cards?phase=2

Blending CVC words- https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/odd-and-bob?phase=2

Ideas for encouraging a love of books and stories at home:

Have children read their own storybooks with parents, siblings and other family members.
Watch Cbeebies Bedtime Story https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b00jdlm2/cbeebies-bedtime-stories
Act out the children's classic story of 'We're going on a Bear Hunt' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gyI6ykDwds
Download audio books from Audible UK- they have made hundreds of children's titles free for as long as schools are closed!
Download books from Oxford Owl eLibrary https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/

Reading with your children

Writing

This week's writing activities for the children are:

Write a letter to the Easter Bunny.
Draw a rabbit and label the different parts of its body, e.g. tail, paws, ears, nose etc.
Write a description of a rabbit- what do they look like? Where do they live? What do they eat? What do they do? Etc.
Use a carrot and paint to write the names of people who you live with, e.g. mum, dad, Bob etc.

Try and complete one writing activity each week, but if the children wish to complete more than one then please do!

Please feel free to upload pictures and videos to Tapestry for Miss Hossen to see!

Tips to help with writing:

Provide the children with a copy of the sound mat below.
Encourage the children to sound out the letters in words, e.g. mat > m-a-t
Give the children short movement breaks when they are struggling to concentrate.
Do not force it- we want to encourage a LOVE for writing, so if it's not working try another day.