Wonderful Wrens

Learning Pack

6th July

Monday

Phonics – Silly soup

English – Read the story The Singing Mermaid., Miss Thompson will also

be reading this on Twitter.

Maths – Count the shells

Jigsaw– What makes us special?

Phonics – Silly Soup

Can you play a game of silly soup using the different pictures in

relation to our Under the Sea Theme.

English – The Singing Mermaid

Did you ever go to Silversands on a sunny

summers day?

Then perhaps you saw the mermaid who sang in

the deep blue bay.

She sang to the fish in the ocean, to the haddock, the hack and the

ling, and they flash their scales and swished their tails to hear the

mermaid sing.

And sometimes the singing mermaid swam to the silvering shore. She

sat and combed her golden hair and then she sang some more.

She sang to the cockles and mussels. She sang to the birds on the

wing. And the seashells clapped and the seagulls flapped to hear the

mermaid sing.

When Sam Sly’s circus came to town, Sam took a stroll by the sea.

He heard the mermaid singing and he rubbed his hands with glee.

He said, “I can make you famous.”

“I can make you rich,” he said.

“You shall swim in a pool of marble and sleep on a fine feather bed.

You shall sing for the lords and the ladies. You shall sing for the

Queen and the King, and young and old will pay good gold to hear the

mermaid sing.”

“Don’t go! Don’t go! Cried the seagulls, and the seashells warned, “He

lies.” But the mermaid listened to old Sam Sly and smiled as she

waved her goodbyes.

And he took her away to the circus, and she sang to the crowds

round the ring, and “More! More! More!” came the deafening roar

when they heard the mermaid sing.

Now the mermaid shared a caravan with Annie the acrobat and Ding

and Dong the circus dogs and Bella the circus cat.

And she made good friends with the jugglers and the man who

swallowed fire, and the clown with the tumbledown trousers, and the

woman who walked on wire.

But she wasn’t friends with old Sam Sly.

No, she didn’t care for him, for he made her live on a fish tank

where there wasn’t room to swim.

And there was no pool of marble. There was no feather bed. And

when she begged him, “Set me free!” He laughed and shook his head.

All summer long the circus toured, all autumn, winter, spring and

many a crowd cheered long and loud to hear the mermaid sing.

But the mermaid dreamed of Silversands and she longer for the

deep blue sea. And her songs grew sad, and again she said, “I beg

you, set me free”

But again he laugh and shook his head. And her told her, “No such

thing. Here you will stay, while people pay to hear the mermaid sing.”

At Silversands, a seagull was flying to his nest. When on the breeze

he heard a song, the song which he loved the best.

And he followed the song to the caravan. Sam Sly was about to lock

it. The seagull watched as he turned the key and slipped it inside his

pocket.

The seagull waited till Sam had gone. Then he perched on the

windowsill, and he tap- tap at the window. He tapped with his yellow

bill.

“come back! Come back to Silversands. Its only a mile away. I can

find the key and set you free. If you’ll come back home to the bay.”

“Escape!’ barked the dogs. “Escape!” meowed the cat. But the

mermaid sighed: “I’d fail, for how could I walk to Silversands, when I

only have a tail?

“Like this!” cried Annie the acrobat, and she stood upon her hands.

“This is the way, the only way, to get to Silversands.”

“Right hand, left hand, tail up high, there’s really nothing to it. If I

give you lessons every night, you’ll soon learn how to do it.”

Next week, while Sam was snoring, the seagull stole the key.

He carried it off to the caravan and set the mermaid free.

and he flew ahead, to guide her, as she walked upon her hands, all

along the moonlit road that led to Silversands.

And the creatures on the seashore and the fish beneath the foam,

jumped and splashed and danced with joy to have their mermaid

home.

And she sang to the cockles and mussels. She sang to the birds on

the wing, and the seashells clapped and the seagulls flapped to hear

the mermaid sing.

And if you go down to Silversands and swim in the bay of blue,

perhaps you; see the mermaid, and perhaps she’ll sing for you.

Maths

Count the shells and see if you can find and stick the correct numicon to match

to the shells.

Jigsaw – What makes us special?

We are all very special. We are all good at different things and we all

find different things tricky. We all look different but we also may

have some things to the same. For example, you and your friend both

may have brown hair but you may be good at skipping but your friend

may be good at writing. But you both may be very kind. Have a

discussion about what makes you special and different but also the same to others.

Can you draw a picture of something you

are really good at? For example painting or

running etc..

Can you draw a picture of your self?

Can you draw a picture of something you

would like to be better at? E.g reading or

swimming.

Can you draw one of your friends?

Tuesday

Can you join in with us for Dough Disco?

Phonics – Rhyming words

English – Discussion about the text.

Maths – Ordering numbers 1-10.

Phonics – Rhyming words

Words that rhyme are words that sound the same. Just like cat and mat. They

just have a different sound at the beginning but the end sounds the same.

Can you cut out the pictures below and match them to words they rhyme with?

Cat Pig Bun

Dig Mat

Sun Wall

Ball

English

Can you re- read the story and have a discussion using the

questions below. You can either just talk about the book or you

could write down what your child says.

Who did the mermaid enjoy singing to?

How did the mermaid feel when she was taken to the circus?

How did the mermaid escape the circus?

How did the mermaid feel at the end of the story?

Maths

Using the numbers on the next page can you stick them into the correct space

to complete the number lines. Here is a number song to help them with the

ordering of numbers, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diMJIlv-4N0

1

2

4

6

8

10

2

3

5

7

9

3 7 5 9

1 6 4 10

8

Wednesday

Phonics – shell phonics

Fine motor – Threading – make a mermaid necklace or bracelet.

English – Design your singing mermaid

Maths – Touch counting

Phonics -

Using the shells below can you cut them out and write different letters onto

the shell. If you have sand at home can you hide them in the sand and find the

shells and read what the letter says. If you don’t have sand that’s ok, you could

hide them around the room.

Fine motor- threading

Threading for children improves fine moto skills: Threading beads can help

strengthen the small muscles in children’s hands as the grasp different sized

beads.

Can you design and make your own mermaid necklace, if you have?

beads excellent, but you could also cut out shapes and add a hole for them to be

threaded. You could also use buttons, or at school we often paint pasta and

thread pasta to make necklaces, this also looks like shells.

English

Design your very own Singing Mermaid. What colour will their hair and scales

be?

Maths – Touch counting

Count the pictures and circle the amount at the bottom of the card.

Thursday

Phonics – Read and Draw

English – Favourite part of the story

Maths – Say and Draw

Science – Waterproof experiment.

Phonics – Read and blend the words and draw the picture underneath the cvc

word.

English –

Have a discussion about the book The Singing Mermaid. Talk about what happened in the story

and what parts they liked and which parts they did not.

Then can you draw below your favourite part of the story?

Explain why you like this part of the story, how did it make you feel?

Maths – Say and Draw

Can you say the number on the shell and then draw the correct amount of

mermaids underneath the shell.

Science – Waterproof experiment

For this experiment you will need

- A teddy

- A range of different materials (foil, paper, cling film, coat, umbrella etc.)

- Water

- A jug/ watering can for your water

- Tray or plate

Place your teddy onto your tray or plate. This is going to act as your mermaid.

Pretend your teddy is your mermaid. You may have a teddy mermaid, if so

wonderful.

You are then going to cover your teddy with the different materials, so for

example cover your teddy with the foil. Then you are going to pour over the

teddy with your material over the top your water in the jug.

When you have done this, you are then going to see if your teddy is wet or dry.

If you material is waterproof this means the teddy will be dry.

If it is wet this means the material is not waterproof.

You can talk through this experiment or you can also record in the table on the

next page.

I hope you find a material to help Marissa the Mermaid.

Have fun!

Material Waterproof or Not

(Tick or Cross)

Friday

Phonics – real or not real words.

English – Water play

Maths – Size order

Theme – Mermaid crown

Baking – Rock cakes

Phonics -

This game is for the children to blend the CVC words and decide if they are real

or not real words.

IF they are real words they put them on the treasure chest if they are

nonsense words (not real words) they go into the bin.

cat

not

liv

hen

nin pog

mit bed

cug pen

English – Water play

Drop some sand, pebbles and shells into the bottom of the water tray and add

some plastic fish tank plants for seaweed.

Water play encourages children to use language to imagine and recreate roles

and experiences in play situations.

Maths

Order the star fish from the smallest to the biggest.

Theme – Mermaid Crown

Design and create your very own mermaid crown. Share your crowns

with me on Tapestry or Twitter.