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Year 1 - Week beginning 8th June

**Many of the resources attached below can be viewed on your device and different levels of work are provided. Please select the relevant work for your child before printing to save ink.

Reading Tasks Access BugClub online using your login and complete the activities below. Please contact us at year1homelearning@southlake.wokingham.sch.uk if you are struggling to access BugClub. These books are all set according to your child’s reading level are will provide access to a wider range or stories at home.

1. Retell the story in as much detail as you can after you have read it. Explain whether you like the story or not giving examples from the text to explain your feelings.

2. Ask 3 questions to an adult or sibling listening to you read to check they are listening carefully. Make sure you know the answers too!

3. Describe a character using 3 words to a sibling or adult. Can they use your clues to guess the character?

A reading comprehension is attached in the worksheet section below. There are 2 different levels to choose from depending on your child’s reading confidence. The levels are shown by stars that can be seen at the top of each page. The one star comprehension is easier and the two star comprehension is harder. Please choose the relevant ability for your child and answer the questions provided.

Vocabulary challenge- discuss the means of the words and phrases below with an adult or older sibling. Encourage your child to explain the meaning of each word or use in a different sentence.

- Coral- Bright- Jellyfish- Millions of years- invisible

Don’t forget to also read your own books for pleasure throughout the day. I know many of you enjoy reading or listening to a book at bedtime.

Spellings – common exception words

Choose another 5 common exception words from the list provided last week and practise. If your child is still struggling with some of the spellings from last week, include these within your next 5.

Common exception words are just some of the words that children are expected to be able to read and spell by the end of each year. These words are often referred to as tricky words as they do not always follow phonetic rules and therefore can be more challenging.

You could practise by, writing these words in different colours and styles, writing these words in sentences or writing these words in different materials e.g. shaving foam, water on a wall or sand.

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Writing Tasks

Monday 8th June – Handwriting End of KS1 expectations for handwriting. Your child is on their journey to meet these expectations by the end of Year 2. Working towards –To form lower-case letters in the correct direction, starting and finishing in the right place and form lower-case letters of the correct size relative to one another in some of their writing.Expected – To meet all working towards expectations and form capital letters and digits of the correct size, orientation and relationship to one another and to lower-case letters. Children at the expected level are expected to join most of the time.Exceeding – To meet all expected expectations and use the diagonal and horizontal strokes needed to join some letters.

Below in the worksheet section are some handwriting practise sheets. Some focus on forming individual letters correctly and others build up to writing words and joining. They all encourage children to form letters in the correct direction, starting and finishing in the right place and forming letters of the correct size in relation to one another. Please choose the appropriate resource for your child’s handwriting ability.If you feel your child needs additional handwriting practise, please print off multiple copies and practise little and often.

Tuesday 9th June – Sequencing (put in order)If you have a copy of The Gruffalo by Julia Donaldson at home read this with your child. If you do not have a copy, you can watch the story online by following the YouTube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LshGQmaJc9ICut out the pictures in the worksheet section below and stick them onto the worksheet provided. Stick them in the order of events from the story. Write a sentence for each picture to describe what is happening. Don’t forget to encourage full stops, capital letters, finger spaces and correct letter formation.Challenge – Use time words to show the order of events as you write. Start each sentence with words such as; first, then, after that, next, finally, etc.

Wednesday 10th June – Recognising adjectives

Read the character description inspired by The Gruffalo (worksheet section below). Use a colour pencil to colour in all the adjectives. How many adjectives can you find? Remember an adjective is a word that describes a person, object or thing.

Thursday 5th June – Generate your own adjectives

Look at the worksheet provided below that shows pictures of the Gruffalo’s different body parts. Think of three adjectives to describe each body part. Try to think of a range of different, ambitious word choices. Don’t forget to encourage correct letter formation.

Friday 6th June – Write your own character description

In the worksheet section below, a writing frame is provided to help support your child write a sentence to describe each of the Gruffalo’s body parts. Use your best adjectives from yesterday to make your writing really descriptive. Don’t forget to encourage full stops, capital letters, finger spaces and correct letter formation.

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Science

Scientific enquiry STEM activity - Pasta and playdough bridges (see instructions below)

Scientific knowledge – basic forces (pushes, pulls and twists)Follow the link provided to the BBC home learning website. You will find videos and activities to support your child’s basic understanding of forces.https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z4dybdm

Foundation Subjects

1. Geography – Introduction to Australia

Start by recapping the 7 continents of the word - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6DSMZ8b3LE

Watch Australia video clips to find out more - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f0PvMmTAUAQ or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aaADSsItbjY

Vocabulary activity – After watching the video clips provided research or talk to an adult about the meaning of the following words. You may even want to find out a little more about one or two of Australia’s most famous features.

- Southern hemisphere- Oceania, Australasia, Australia (all same meaning)- Continents- Deserts – Great Victoria Desert- Digeridoo- Outback - Great barrier Reef- Pacific Ocean- Uluru- Marsupials- Aborigines- Ethnically diverse

Australia song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Utb4gruKItM

An Australian flag is attached in the worksheet section below for you if you would like to have a go at identifying the correct colours and colouring in the flag.

2. History – Christopher Columbus

We are learning to ask questions to find out about somebody who lived in the past. Write your questions down remembering to use a capital letter at the beginning of the sentence, finger spaces and try to form all letters correctly. At the end of the sentence remember to use a question mark to show you are asking a question.

Remember

- Think about what you would most like to know- Are your questions going to help us find out more historical facts about

Christopher Columbus

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3. History/reading – Christopher Columbus

We will be learning the poem below little by little each week. Practise reading the yellow highlighted section with your child. Encourage them to use lots of expression to make the poem sound interesting. You could even help your child remember the poem by adding actions to correspond to the different lines. Recognising the rhyming words will also help your child to memorise the poem and create rhyme and flow when reading.

Poem:IN 1492

In fourteen hundred ninety-twoColumbus sailed the ocean blue.

He had three ships and left from Spain;He sailed through sunshine, wind and rain.

He sailed by night; he sailed by day;He used the stars to find his way.

A compass also helped him knowHow to find the way to go.

Ninety sailors were on board;Some men worked while others snored.

Then the workers went to sleep;And others watched the ocean deep.

Day after day they looked for land;They dreamed of trees and rocks and sand.

4. Art – Aboriginal art

Linking to our new learning in geography about Australia, this week we would like you to learn a little about aboriginal artwork. We have attached slides below to provide you with some information and some animal templates for you to have a go at creating some of your own designs.

Use paint and follow the traditional colours and designs. To apply the paint use fingers, sticks or cotton buds.

If you don’t have paint available pencils or felt tips would also work.

Extra-curricula

We know many of you have been busy doing lots of different activities during lockdown. These are all valuable, whether learning through play, developing life skills or deepening knowledge of the world around you. We would love to see pictures or hear about any exciting activities you have been doing at home.

Worksheets

October 12 their dream came true,You never saw a happier crew!

"Indians! Indians!" Columbus cried;His heart was filled with joyful pride.

But "India" the land was not;It was the Bahamas, and it was hot.

The Arakawa natives were very nice;They gave the sailors food and spice.

Columbus sailed on to find some goldTo bring back home, as he'd been told.

He made the trip again and again,Trading gold to bring to Spain.

The first American? No, not quite.But Columbus was brave, and he was bright.

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9.06.20 Sequence ‘The Gruffalo’ story and write a sentence to explain what is happening in each picture.

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