Children and families! Did you have a fantastic week exploring Alien School with Albie? We sure did at school and at home, we used our imaginations and participate in lots of different alien lessons. We wrote in alien language, we played with alien gloop, we also transformed ourselves into aliens and flew to different planets. Well this brings us onto this week’s learning – next stop Non-fiction land. The children will be exploring lots of non-fiction books to research information about the different planets in our solar system. They will be using this knowledge to become authors and write their own non-fiction book.
Click to view the book below that illustrates some facts and key words in relation to Space.
Your teachers will also be allocating lots of non-fiction space books on GetEpic for you to explore.
Please find below this week’s Learning Videos and Additional Links.
Monday
English: What are Fiction/Non-Fiction books? Task- Create a Space Booklet- (See email for link to learning video).
Reading Challenge: Re visit for use with Space Booklet above. GetEpic assigned book- https://www.getepic.com/app/read/12916 and other assigned Planet Books
Maths: Revisit Session 2: Build a rocket 3D shapes – (See email for link to learning video).
Additional Links: Mindfulness: Star Wars ‘The Force Awakens’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coC0eUSm-pc
Tuesday
English: Group Time 2: 1. Create an ‘Acrostic Space Poem’ (See email for link to learning video)
2. Video of ‘Space-Words’ to support writing the acrostic poem (See email for link to learning video)
Spelling Challenge: Word Pairs- Phonics Bloom https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/word-pairs?phase=4
Maths: Unlock challenge: Number Bonds within 10 https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Additional Links: English: Watch and sing along to Eight Planets’: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IKRLSwjwyk
Art: Draw some Planets and label them
Wednesday
English: Phonics Rhyming Story ‘Oi Duck-Billed Platypus’- (See email for learning video link)
Tricky Trucks Phase 3- Phonics Bloom: https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/tricky-trucks?phase=3
Reading Challenge: Login to GetEpic – Select an assigned Plant Book to read.
Maths: Compilation Session 3: Properties of a 3D Shape (See email for learning link to video)
Science: Nina and the Neurons- Near and Far- Binoculars https://vimeo.com/31568111
Additional Links:
Rhymes from Space ESA Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2015/06/Rhymes_from_space_Samantha_reads_Twinkle_Twinkle_Little_Star/(lang)/it
Thursday
Maths: Compilation Session 3 Doubling: Writing double numbers as equations (See email for learning link to video)
English: Fishy Phonics Phase 2- https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/fishy-phonics?phase=2
Reading Challenge: Please login into your GetEpic Select an assigned Plant Book to read.
Mystery Reader: I wonder who will it be???
Additional Links: Mindfulness: Sparks 24 Robo Dog Yoga- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iS_B6JhIpsg
Friday
Virtual Family Friday: Children bring something with a Space theme that they have made to share. One minute each.
Maths: Unlock Challenge: One more/one less- https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/chopper-squad
English: Phonics Compilation: Session3 – Games to support the review of ‘ure’ and ‘er’ (See email for link to learning video)
Additional Links: Phase 3 digraphs: Simply Phonics- air ure er – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob7bOrRtX3Q
Reading Challenge: Please login into your GetEpic Select an assigned Plant Book to read.
Rainbow Challenges: Challenge Signs Summer 2 Week 6
Other Information:
If your child is currently attending school please make sure they bring with them each day:
- For snack please provide two pieces of fruit or vegetables only.
- A raincoat
- A sunhat and sun cream
- A water bottle
- For sessions in the forest children will need long sleeves and tights/leggings/trousers.
- A pair of wellies.
Dates for diary:
Friday 10th July – Family Friday
Friday 17th July – Jump up day – You will receive a 30 minute time slot between 10am and 11:45am for the chance to meet your new class teacher and some of the children who will be in your class too.
Monday 20th July and Tuesday 21st July – Virtual Learning Conversations. Please sign up on Wise Pay before Wednesday 8th July to book a slot with your current class teacher.
It was lovely to see so many of you in our ‘Virtual Family Friday’ Session! Thank you for sharing some wonderful space books and/or wonderful creations you have created at home or at school this week.
Wishing you all a safe and happy week!
The Reception Team