Kestrel Home Learning

Date: 16th Mar 2020 @ 12:27pm

Hello and welcome to our home learning blog page!

Wednesday 18th March 

The current position is that school is  open.However I am aware that for different reasons people are self isolating already.   In the event of a closure, during term time, we will use this blog to add daily focussed activities to do with your child at home. We will also be sending home a scrapbook and a pack, with resources in, to support the activities we will add to the blog. If you are already in self  isolation please can you arrange with school for delivery / collection of your resources pack. 

In the meantime, if you are at home, please refer to the files below for activity ideas, but in the meantime...

  • please share a book daily - your child could then have a go at writing about their favourite part or favourite character. 
  • please use the purple and orange phonic sheets and tricky words (issued previously but also in the pack) to practice words and sounds - maybe hide them and find the different words around the house or play matching games
  • practice letter and number formation - in the bath with water, chalk outside or pencils and paper?
  • please try and get fresh air daily - maybe a treasure hunt in the garden or count how many times you can throw and catch a ball.
  • Cbeebies and other websites have great educational games. Useful apps if you have and ipad are bugs and buttons, bugs and numbers and Mr T does Phonics

I will update again as and when our position changes

Best Wishes and Stay Safe

Mrs Cuthbert

 

Thursday 19th March

In anticipation of our home learning I wanted to post a link in readiness for Monday - Joe Wicks is running a free 30 minute exercise routine (aimed at all ages) on his youtube channel - The Bodycoach TV, from Monday to Friday. What a great way to start the day and get moving. We will definately be joining in at The Cuthbert house!

https://youtu.be/K6r99N3kXME

Also, in preparation, you are able to get a free sign up subscription to the 'Oxford Owls' website - part of The Oxford Reading Tree. Within this website are 'ebooks' (the children will be familiar with them from the classroom), Some of our daily focussed activities will refer to them, so if you are able to take a look and sign up that would be reallly helpful. You will also find other helpful number games and activities on this page. 

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/

Another website that we use in school - with great phonic games is offering free log ins - phonicsplay.co.uk  username; march20 password; home

please refer to the phase 2 and 3 games for sounds the children are familiar with.

 

Friday 20th March

Good Morning, and so lovely to see the sun shining outside. 

Thinking on to the start of next weeks home learning, I thought this could be a useful link...  https://www.insectlore.co.uk/

You can purchase butterfly and other growing packs. There is a cost, and it is obviously totally optional, however if you were looking for a gift for perhaps Easter, this home 'science' kit could be a lovely idea...

Mrs Cuthbert

 

Monday 23rd March

Good Morning Kestrels and welcome to today's blog. The sun is shining and we are looking forward to taking part in lots of different activities today. Hopefully we will be able to get out into the garden and do some jobs later on. 

I've added a range of activities for each day. Some will need the sheets in your packs, some a computer or tablet and others are more practical. Please enjoy taking part in as many as you can, There are also lots of ideas in the attached files and Home Learning page of the school website. Mr Hover has also shared a class email for this period of home working. Please use this to contact me with any queries, but also to share any achievements, successes or news the children would like to share... kestrelhomelearning@ashtonhayes.cheshire.sch.uk 

Phonics 

Using the purple and orange sound mats, see how fast you can go though and name each sound.

5 counter challenge – can your adult say 5 sounds which you then find and put a counter in the correct place on the sound mat?

 

Share a story – can you pick one of your books and share it with your grown up? Can you write a sentence about your favourite part of the book?

Shapes

Can you be a shape detective? What shape games can you find in your home and garden? Could you find a way to record how many of each shape there are? A ticksheet or tally?

Can you start a daily window watch?

What is the weather doing? What can you see from the window? Is it the same each day?

Garden hunt  - can you find a small container and go for a hunt of ‘little’ things outside – how many can you find? Can you record what you found? Pictures? Photos?

Can you practice how to write the letter ‘a’

Remember to start just at the side and go ‘around the apple and down the leaf’

And also...Can you build a fantastic model using building materials you have at home? – eg lego, duplo, knex etc?

Bye for now

Mrs Cuthbert 

Tuesday 24th March

Good Morning  - I am up and ready for the Joe Wicks workout -I'm hoping I will find it easier as time passes?!

Today we have the following activities..

Share a story – 

Reading  - The Dragon Balloon – Oxford Owls ebooks. Before reading each page, talk about following questions…

P4-5 – who is in the picture? where have the characters been?

P6-7 – what is the weather like? How do we know? Can you find the speech bubble? Can you think how Pip would feel – how might she say those words?

P8-9  what is happening now? Will the man reach the balloon?

P 10-11 how are they trying to catch the balloon? What animals can you see?

P 12-13 How does the lady feel? How is Pip feeling? How do you know?

Then share the questions at the end of the book.

Phonics play – 'pick a picture' – start with phase 2 and then move onto phase 3

Role Play Can you use your teddies to play a game – maybe set up schools with them, a vets, a café etc

Numbers

Can you cut up your 1-20 cards to play games with – can you match the numbers with the objects on the pictures

If you have the ingredients, Bake a cake or cookies – remember to weigh the ingredients, notice how the ingredients change, set the time etc. Oh! And enjoy tasting them!

30 minute Joe Wicks  workout

 

Can you practice how to write the letter ‘d’ - either with water and brushes, pencils etc

Remember to start just at the side and go ‘around the dinosaur’s bottom, up his long neck and down to his feet’

Can you use your teddies to play a game – maybe set up schools with them, a vets, a café etc

 

Have Fun today and stay safe. Please keep sending me emails -I am loving hearing what you have been doing!

Best Wishes

Mrs Cuthbert

 

Wednesday 25th March

Good morning! I hope everyone is ok today? Did you have fun yesterday and did you get chance to get outside and enjoy the lovely sunshine? Don't forget to email me and let me know what you have been doing.

kestrelhomelearning@cheshire.sch.uk 

Tricky words – write the words on small pieces of paper and hide around the house. Ask your adult to say a tricky word that you have to find.

Using the purple and orange sound mats, see how fast you can go though and name each sound.

Pick a sound from the purple sound mat and see if you can find words in your books at home 

with that sound in?

Share a story – can you retell the story afterwards to one of your toys or teddies?

Shapes

Can you create shapes using different objects?

Sticks, stones, beads etc.

Remember to think about how many sides and corners are on the shape you are making

Can you start a daily photo gallery? When you are outside each day (either for a walk or in the garden) take 1 photo of something you spot each day that is new or interesting – maybe flowers, blossom, an interesting building, a cool car etc

30 minute Joe Wicks  workout on his you tube channel

Can you practice how to write the letter ‘g’

Remember to start just at the side and go ‘around the girl’s face and give her a curl'

Have a good day - I'm off to get myself and my children ready for their Joe Wicks work out before they do their activities. Ollie has just told me that he thinks it will be quite warm today, so he is looking forward to getting outside a bit later. 

Best Wishes

Mrs Cuthbert

 

Thursday 26th March

Good Morning Kestrels I hope you are well?

Reading  - share ‘Number Poems’ – Oxford owl ebooks

Phonics play website (see log in from earlier in the week) – buried treasure ‘ revise all phase 2’

Number

With your number cards to 20 (but only use to 10) pick a number and then put that number of objects on your 10 frame (laminated rectangle grid - remember only 1 object per square) how many more objects would you need to get to 10? Can you write down how many objects and spaces there are as a number sentence eg 7+3=10

ICT game – Bugz - see link below

http://www.priorywoods.middlesbrough.sch.uk/_files/resources/previews/bugz.htm

How is your daily window watch going? Have you spotted anything new?

30 minute Joe Wicks workout

Can you practice how to write the letter ‘c’

Remember to start just at the side and ‘curl around the caterpillar’

Can you use any craft or painting activities you may have for a wonderful creation?

Keep the emails coming so I can hear all your news!

Mrs Cuthbert

 

Friday 27th March

Good Morning! It is Friday and we have completed the very first week of Home Schooling - It's been an interesting week, but I hope you have gone on ok?

Tricky words – write all the words on post its and stick on a wall, window or other surface. Move the ones you can read to the other side of the surface – can you move more each time you have a go?

 

Share a story – can you pick one of your books and share it with your grown up? Can you think of words that describe one of the characters?

Can you make a pattern? This could be drawing, using objects, beads, craft, a repeating pattern etc – can you talk about your pattern and what make it amazing?

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=FINISH%20THE%20PATTERN

Forest school - Can you build a fairy/ elf / animal house in the garden?

How is your daily photo gallery going? What have you noticed?

30 minute Joe Wicks workout

Can you practice how to write the letter ‘q’ 

Remember to start just at the side and go Round her head, up past her earring, down her hair,and flick.

Can you plan a family movie night? Choose a film, make tickets, make a program or invitations, if you have any popcorn or snacks at home, you could make and decorate some cones from semi circles of paper to put them in.

Have a lovely weekend, and I will be back on the blog next week

Best Wishes

Mrs Cuthbert

 

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