Reception weekly home learning

Week 7

Hello wonderful Year R!

Welcome to week 7! WOW week 7 of this term already! This will be our last

weekly home learning before the summer holidays! Don’t worry thought we

have made you a super summer home learning pack, with lots of fun activities

and a reading challenge!

Over these past few months of change and working from home, we have been

so proud of how hard you have worked while being at home. We have seen

some fantastic work produced!

This week before summer we are going to be learning the sounds ‘ear and ‘air’,

halving and doubling in maths and ‘Paper Dolls’ in literacy. We would love to see

as much work as possible this last week before summer! Please email us your

learning or questions to eyfs@stmaryspri.org.uk.

Take care we are missing you all lots

Reception Team

Bug Club This week’s top Bugs

Abeera Hannan RF

Amira Abdi RKW

Amiin Sulub RF

Well done to Abeera, Amira and Amiin amazing reading! Could you send

us a voice recording or video of your child reading? It would be fantastic to

hear how well they are doing! eyfs@stmaryspri.org.uk.

Please continue to access BugClub throughout the summer as and when you need.

This week we would like to thank each and everyone you of you that

for your fantastic home learning over the last 7 weeks! You have all

worked incredibly hard and we have seen some amazing phonics,

maths, reading, art, cooking and much more! We are so incredibly

proud of you all for working so hard at home! Thank you to all

parents for being so supportive during these difficult times. Have a lovely

summer and a well deserved break! See you in September! Reception Team.

We would LOVE to see what you are up to at home we are missing you all lot’s!

eyfs@stmaryspri.org.uk

Phonics This week in phonics we will be practising the sounds below, these 2 sounds

make the same sound. Please follow the format and use the video links

provided. Aim to focus on one sound for 2 days, then the next for 2 days and

Friday go for a recap! These sounds are digraphs, two letters making one

sound.

air ear

fair tear

➢ Please use the link below to listen to how the sound is said and practise

blending words with those sounds.

➢ Can you practice saying the sound with your child, to make it fun maybe

try saying the sound in different ways or voices. (loud, quiet, whisper,

squeaky)

➢ Now can you practise writing the sound, you can do this in a variety of

ways instead of a pencil to make it more fun!

• In the air

• Chalks

• Paint

• Felt pens

• On your hand

• On the carpet

• Shaving foam

• Glitter

Please use the link, in link box below to help with how to form the

letters correctly.

➢ Can you go on a sound walk round your home; can you find any objects

with these sounds in the word?

➢ Can you read these words, encourage the children to use robot arms to

help blend the word together?

➢

Mon/Tues Wed/Thurs

air ear fair ear

pair tear

stairs beard

hair fear

➢ Can you write these CVC words using your sounds, if you find you need

a challenge, can you use the words and write a sentence? Don’t forget

your finger spaces and full stops!

air -

Mon/Weds

(fair, hair, pair, stairs)

ear -

Tues/Thurs

air ear chair hear

air dear

fairy year

airport near

(tear, ear, beard, year)

Friday Recap Resource

➢ Have a go at creating this table at home ask you child to sort the

words into the correct sounds. If your child needs a challenge, see if

they can use some of these words to create a sentence!

Please also do not feel pressure if your child is finding things tricky, there are

a range of tasks that will suit all children, please do what is suited to your

child. We would love to see what the children are doing at home so please

contact us on eyfs@stmaryspri.org.uk with any work or queries you might

have, we will be more than happy to help.

tear funfair year pair ear

lair near hair beard air

air ear

Phonics support online

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p8RRG_r2OTs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uZHKK9jnfFQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JSwmP61nXo

Please remember to always supervise children when they’re using the

internet.

Maths

For Maths this week we will be focussing on Halving and Doubling.

Halving is when you split an object or number of objects into two equal

sized pieces or groups. Remember when you halve it has to be fair, both

halves need to be the same!!

Doubling is when we double a number, we add the same number to itself.

For example, double of 2 is 2+2=4.

This week we will start with working on Halving. There is a link below that you

may like to watch to start with. There are also some other links you may like

to visit on the maths links page below.

https://youtu.be/no79jMi8-w8

Remember kids, when we think about halving, we need to think about making

the two halves fair. They need to be the same!!

All activities need to fit in with and suit your routine at home. It is up to you

how much you complete.

Don’t forget make it as fun as possible!!

Monday: Today we will start off with working on Halving. Please watch some

of the halving links to help introduce this topic.

➢ Can you ask your child what halving is?

➢ When you cut something in half does it have to be the same?

➢ Can you show your child what half of something is? This can be done by

cutting paper in half, drawing pictures outside using chalk and drawing a

line to show half of the picture, using play dough and cutting it into

half.

➢ Can you talk about halving when you have a conversation in or out of the

home? You may want to half a treat with you child and enthesis the

word half. ‘I will have half of this chocolate bar and you can have the

other half’

➢ Can you talk to your child about halving a number? When you half a

number, it has to be shared between two because remember, halving is

splitting into two equal parts. This may be a little tricky for your child

to understand at first and when you start halving using number you will

need to make sure it is a number that can be halved to support your

child in being able to complete the task.

Tuesday: Today we will continue to focus on Halving foods and objects.

➢ Can you use real life foods and cut them into half? You can do this

during snack time, lunch time or dinner time.

➢ Can you encourage halving vocabulary when you’re out? ‘Look I found

half a flower’

➢ Can you draw some pictures for your child to half? They can draw a line

down the middle to show this, it can be a picture that they can cut in

half or use play dough like you may have done yesterday.

➢ Can you draw some shapes and ask your child to colour in half the

shape?

➢ Can you ask your child to draw you some shapes and then you cut them

into half? Ask your child to tell you if you have done this fairly and

correctly.

When halving using numbers, you may want to use two circles for your child to

place objects in as it is just like sharing between two. Or you can use a paper

plate and split it in half.

➢ Can you ask your child to solve the halving number problems using your

preferred method? You can choose from one of the above. There are

some suggested number below.

➢ Can you create a halving game for you to play with your child? There is

one below as an example you may want to use smaller numbers.

What is half of 6

You can use objects or dots to help solve this. You need to

have the same amount in each circle to make it correct.

Half of 6 = 3

Remember to write numbers that your child can work with.

Wednesday: Today we will move on to Doubling. Remember when you double a

number you are adding the same number to itself. For example, double 3 is

3+3=6

Can you explain to your child that they will need to use their adding skills

when working on doubling? This time they will need to add two numbers

together.

Remember kids, when you double, the two numbers have to be the same!!

➢ Can you work on doubling using toys? So, for example, if you get three

toys and put them in one pile and then get another three toys and put

them in another pile then encourage your child to add them altogether.

➢ Talk about what you have done. Tell your child you have the same

number of toys in each pile and then to find the answer you will have to

add them altogether.

➢ Can you work out the ladybird doubling? Encourage your child to write

down the number sentence to go with this.

➢ Can you write down some doubling number sentences and ask your child

to work these out? You can do this outside using chalk. Make it as

creative as you like. Your child may need to use dots or objects to solve

these.

➢ Can you ask your child to say what the doubling number sentence would

be of a give number? So, you may say ‘how do I write double 2?’ and

your child would need to say ‘2+2’ and so on.

➢ Can you talk about doubling when you’re out for your walks?

➢ Can you use paint to do doubling? They will need to fold over their

paper to find the answer. Remember they need to add the dots

altogether!

Please can you talk to your child about careful counting and remember

sometimes it just takes practise! practise! practise!

Thursday: Today we will continue working on doubling.

➢ Can you make a doubling number game? Roll a dice and find double of

the number you land on. For example, if you land on 5 your child would

need to work out 5+5=

➢ Can you write down some doubling number sentences and ask your child

to work out the answers? They may need to use objects to solve this

just like in yesterday’s tasks.

➢ Can you make a doubling number machine? You can give them a number

and then they need to solve the doubling number problem.

➢ Can you play a doubling game using a dice? Roll the dice and whatever

number you land on you have to write the number sentence to match.

So, if you land on 3 your child would have to write 3+3 and then work

out the answer.

➢ Can you make some doubling ladybirds? There is an example of what

these could look like. Place dots on one side and then ask your child to

complete it by adding dots on the other side and then finding the total

by adding them altogether.

Challenge:

➢ Ask your child to write down their own doubling number sentences?

➢ Ask your child to work out the answers to their doubling number

sentences?

➢ Ask your child what makes a doubling number sentence correct? Is 4+5

a doubling number sentence?

➢ Ask your child to use a number line to work out their number

sentences?

Friday: Today can you use this time to recap your child’s learning over this

week?

➢ Can you ask your child what they have learnt?

➢ Can you ask your child what they enjoyed when learning about Halving?

➢ Can you ask your child what they enjoyed when learning about Doubling?

➢ Can you ask your child if they found anything tricky when doing halving

and doubling?

We would love to share your child’s learning. Please send their amazing work to

eyfs@stmaryspri.org.uk

Maths links to support you at home

https://youtu.be/bo_svGP-iO4 Sesame Street halving link.

https://youtu.be/hVaxiJB6Fls This is a great halving story.

https://youtu.be/Bot83VxMLqM This is a Numberblocks link about doubling.

https://youtu.be/e-KTHfrFit0 A doubling number song.

Please remember to always supervise your children when they’re using the

internet.

Literacy

Our story for the week is: The Paper Dolls by Julia Donaldson

Please use this link to listen to and watch the story online.

https://youtu.be/0BuURAo5f3k

If you have the book at home it’ll be a great opportunity to share this with

your child/children during the day or as a bedtime read.

Monday: This week we will be looking at a range of skills to work on. Today we

will be working on comprehension. Comprehension is working on the skill that

makes meaning from whatever text is read. Working on comprehension is

crucial it increases the enjoyment and effectiveness of reading.

You have already been so amazing with asking your child questions about

stories throughout the 6 weeks of home learning so please let us all thank you

for that. Below are some suggested questions you can ask your child to see

how well they understood the book:

➢ What kind of slippers was the girl wearing?

➢ Who helped the girl to make the paper dolls?

➢ Can you remember some of the names of the paper dolls?

➢ What did the girl and paper dolls do together?

➢ Who did they meet first? Was it the dinosaur or the boy?

➢ What did they jump onto? Was it a bus or a car?

➢ What did the boy do to the paper dolls?

➢ How do you think the girl felt?

Talking to your child about the story will help with vocabulary and

comprehension it will also allow your child to give his/her own views on the

story.

Challenge: Hey kids maybe you’d like a challenge!!

➢ What happened in the beginning, middle and end of the book?

➢ Where was the setting of this book? Was it at home in the garden? In

space?

➢ Is this a fiction or non-fiction book? Remember fiction books are books

made up by the author and no-fiction books deal with facts and true

events.

➢ Can you pretend to go on an adventure of your own?

Tuesday: Re-read the story with your child. For today we will be looking at

creating your own paper dolls.

➢ Can you plan, with your child, what their paper dolls will look like?

➢ Can you support your child in writing down some simple sentences to

describe their paper dolls?

You may want to use your skills from last week’s home learning and use some

describing words. Don’t forget all the other skills you need when writing

sentences like; Capital Letters, Finger Spaces, Sounds, Wow words and Full

Stops.

➢ Can you help your child make and decorate their very own paper dolls?

➢ Can you ask your child to name their paper dolls?

➢ Ask them to write their names on the back of their paper dolls?

The paper doll template below is an example of a template you may want to

use.

➢ Can you talk to your child about the adventure they will take their

paper dolls on? You can do this whilst you’re out for a walk.

➢ Encourage your child to use full sentences when talking about their

adventure?

Wednesday: Re-read the story to your child. Today we will be thinking about

planning an adventure story for your child’s very own paper dolls.

➢ Can you re-cap with your child about the adventure they will be taking

their paper dolls on?

➢ Can you use their plan or talked about plan to write their very own

story?

You can use simple sentences to do this…’Once upon a time I went to the land

of dinosaurs with my paper dolls’. You can support them with topic words

(Paper Dolls) but please encourage your child to use their sound knowledge

where possible.

Think about some of the following when writing a story:

➢ Where they went?

➢ Who they meet on the way?

➢ What happened?

➢ Can you encourage your child to think about how they may have felt

when they went on their adventure?

Your child may want to present their story in any creative way they wish. They

may want to make a book or story map.

Story writing is a great way to allow your child to do some free writing and

create something that belongs to them.

➢ Can you take your paper dolls on their adventure?

We hope you have lots of fun creating your own adventures with your paper

doll.

Thursday: Please can re-read the story again this will help your child with

today’s activities. Today we will be looking at writing a book review. A book

review is a chance for your child to make judgment on the story. They can tell

you or write down their own opinions of the book. It is really important to

allow your child to say how they feel about stories they have read or listened

to.

➢ Can you talk to your child about the story?

➢ How did they feel about this particular book?

➢ Would they recommend it to someone else and if so, who would they

recommend it too?

➢ Would they read it again?

➢ Can you support your child in writing their very own book review?

Below we have given an example template you may like to use to support with

this.

➢ Remember to use your sounds, capital letters, finger spaces and full

stops.

➢ Ask your child to write down what they thought of the book?

➢ You may like to use the smiley faces, like above, for your child to

indicate their thoughts.

➢ Can you ask your child to read back what they have written?

➢ Can you ask them to correct any mistakes they may pick up on when

reading their book review?

➢ Can you encourage your child to talk about other books they have read?

➢ Can they compare those books with this one?

➢ Do they like this one better than others they have read?

Sentences can be as simple or as challenging as you wish just remember to

work with what your child is comfortable doing.

Friday: Today can you use this time to recap your child’s learning over the

week.

➢ Can you ask them what they have learnt this week?

➢ Can you ask your child how they felt about their learning this week?

➢ Can you talk to your child about what they found tricky or the most

enjoyable part of this learning?

➢ Can you ask your child what they would like to learn next time?

We would love to see your child’s work throughout the week. Please email this

to eyfs@stmaryspri.org.uk

You have all been so amazing and have learnt so many different skills over the

past 7 weeks. We do hope it has been useful and enjoyable for you and your

child. Thank you for being amazing and working so hard!!

Key words

Key words are also known as sight words and are words your child needs to

remember as you can-not always use your sounds for these.

Your focussed key words for this week will be:

have them like they

➢ Can you practice saying these key words?

➢ Can you use these words in a sentence?

➢ Can you highlight the key words when you child uses them during a

conversation with you or another sibling or even when role playing?

➢ Can you write the key words using chalk, playdough, glitter, writing in

the air or even writing it on another person’s back?

Below are some links you can access to support with tricky words.

Online Links to help with key words

https://youtu.be/TvMyssfAUx0 This tricky word song is one we would use in

school and the children should be familiar with this.

https://youtu.be/R087lYrRpgY This is another link you can use.

Reading

We know fitting everything in during these difficult times can be hard but if

you can please encourage your child to read at least 10 minutes a day. This can

be on their own or to anyone else in the home or even in your home language.

Maybe they would like to ready to someone over the telephone? Or even to

one of their favourite toys. Also sharing a book with your child is great as a

bedtime routine.

Other ways to encourage your child to read:

➢ Read outside

➢ Read in a park

➢ Make a den and read in your den

➢ Read whilst sat under a table

➢ Listen to an audio book

https://www.bbc.com/teach/school-radio/eyfs-listen-and-play-

index/zrrvhbk

➢ Read out loud whist walking around the home

Please remember to make reading fun!

PE is a great activity to start the day, getting an active start is a fantastic

way to get the brain ready to learn! Have a look at these fun ideas for

physical development, inside or outside. Send us your photos or videos, we

would love to see them!

Physical Development – Week 1

Inside

➢ Try joining in with Joe Wicks

PE lessons at 9am on you tube.

https://www.youtube.com/user

/thebodycoach1

➢ Can you join in with some

cosmic yoga at home here is a

link to try.

https://youtu.be/xhWDiQRrC1

Y

Outside

➢ On your outside walk or walk to

the shop, can you see how many

different ways you can move?

RUN

JUMP

HOP

SKIP

How many different ways can you

think of?

Fine motor ideas

Practise cutting skills

This week we would love it if you could practise using scissors

and cutting. Be able to cut carefully and accurately is a key

fine motor skill.

Getting children to use scissors allows them to build up tiny muscles in their

hands because they will need to continually open and close their hands to grip.

Gripping a pen to write may become easier and gripping a paintbrush to paint

may seem more fun.

Your child will also need to hold paper with one hand and cut with the other,

which introduces some bilateral co-ordination. This is something that helps

with catching a ball and doing up a zip!

Practise cutting along different lines straight, curvy, zig-zags. Below are some

examples.

Please make sure children are supervised for this activity.

Topic This week in Literacy you will be learning about ‘Paper Dolls’ below are some

fun activities for you to complete at home. Please send any work you do to the

email address eyfs@stmaryspri.org.uk, have fun!

Art

Can you create a collage paper doll all about you? It can have your face then

on there things about you, what you like? Favourite colour? Favourite animal?

Photos of you? Hopefully, you can find things round the home to add to your

person! Below are some ideas and a picture giving you an example!

• Wool

• Magazines

• Catalogues

• Card

• Picture draw/print

• Write your name

PSED

Can you make some pasta emotion creations!

As time have been different recently, these changes can

affect children in different ways. Some children are not

affected at all, whereas some may feel more anxious,

worried, or scared. These feelings are all complete normal

and this week we would like you to make some pasta emotion

faces. While making them we would like you to talk to your

child about lockdown and returning to school, to reassure

them and answer any questions they may have. It doesn’t

have to be a big chat just a casual chat whilst having fun making silly faces

with pasta!

Cooking

This week we would like you to create some fun snack faces! Using what ever

you may like as toppings! Below are some ideas for you to have a look at! Have

fun!

Please send us photos love to see them

eyfs@stmaryspri.org.uk