Week 7 learning

Hi Nursery,

I am missing you all so very much and have loved the updates I have been receiving from your grown-ups with lots of fabulous pictures of your learning.

I will be in school this week and will be calling you all at some point for a catch-up, I can’t wait!

Don’t forget to ask your grown-ups to email pictures of your learning and activities to nursery@hilltop.doncaster.sch.uk and I can share these on the blog so your friends can see what you have been doing too!

Mr Bear and Jenie Jigsaw have been doing some research on the internet to come up with this week’s challenges – they hope you enjoy them!

Here are your phonic challenges for the week (Scroll further down the page to see some practical Maths activities for this week):

You could begin your days by singing the ‘Days of the week’ song https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtQcnZ2JWsY

You could also talk to your grown-ups about the weather and if you are feeling up to a super challenge – name the day that it was yesterday and the day it will be tomorrow!

Monday:

Phonics – Warm up by singing the ‘Jolly jingles’ song on YouTube (you don’t have to sing them all in one go, you could sing a few each day)- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euxN7LGOoLc

Today, you are going to need some letter sounds and some play dough to make a phonics telephone! Look at the picture below to help you.

Ask your grown-ups to tell you a sound and see if you can find it on your phonics telephone!

Challenge: Can you have a go at finding and pressing the sounds you will need to spell the words: cat, sun, pin and top?

I would love to see some pictures of you using your phonics telephone!

Maths-

Today your tricky challenge is to match ladybirds to their leaves. The ladybirds will have spots on their shells and each one needs sending to the correct numbered leaf. Follow this link and ask your grown-up to select the ‘matching’ challenge. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/ladybird-spots

You can choose the level of challenge by selecting either 1-5, 6-10 or 1-10.

Challenge: Can you have a go at drawing your own ladybird with spots?

Tuesday:

Phonics – log on to phonicsplay.co.uk. Play flashcard speed sounds (phase 2) and practise saying all of the sounds. How many could you remember? Are you getting faster at naming each sound?

I hope you are ready for some fun again today! Your challenge is to make your own paper chain name like the picture below. 

You will need to cut some paper into strips and have a go at independently writing each sound in your name on a separate strip of paper. When you have done this, use glue/sellotape to secure the strips of paper together into circles, making a paper chain!

Challenge: You could have a go at adding your surname onto the paper chain too or you could even make one for a member of your family!

Maths- Warm your maths brains up by singing our ‘Count to 20’ song with our favourite character – Big Walrus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0Ajq682yrA  

Today Mr Bear and Jenie need your help to contact some of their superhero friends. Below, they have added some telephone numbers for their friends and they would like you to phone the superheroes by selecting the correct numbers. You could use a telephone/tablet/laptop to do this, or you could ask your grown up to lay out your number cards like this:

1   2   3

4   5   6

7   8   9

0

Spiderman: 1 3 7 2

Elsa: 9 4 6 8

Batman: 5 0 1 3

Rapunzel: 2 4 6 8

Chase: 1 3 5 7

Anna: 2 7 4 5

Iron Man: 3 4 9 7

Princess Poppy: 4 1 2 8

Hulk: 6 3 9 0

Peppa Pig: 0 8 5 1

Be sure to let the characters know that Mr Bear and Jenie are ok and that they will phone them soon.

Wednesday:

Phonics – Sing the phonics song 2 on YouTube and see if you can spot any of the sounds in your name when they come onto the screen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BELlZKpi1Zs

Are you ready for some dancing today? I hope so! Your challenge for today is to play ‘Musical letters’. Lay out the letter sounds from your home learning pack on the floor and ask your grown-up to play your favourite song. When the music stops, jump onto a letter and stand suuuuuuper still! Your grown-up will ask you which sound you have jumped on to – can you tell them?

Challenge: Name something beginning with that sound each time the music stops.

Maths- Today is the day for dancing, click onto this link to count along with the Macarena! The song does count to 100, but you could just join in to 20 if you wish - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGKXZVxAffM 

Time to get ready for some more dancing! But this time your game is ‘Musical maths’. Your grown-ups will lay out the number cards from your home learning pack onto the floor. Dance to another favourite song and when the music stops, can you jump onto a number? Your grown-up will ask you which number it is and if you get it right, the music will start to play again – Good luck!

Challenge: When you have identified each of the numbers, can you order them, starting from 0? If you want to challenge yourself even more, you could then order them from 20/10, all the way down to 0!

Thursday:

Phonics –  Using your log in for Oxford Owl, choose a new story to read. Look at the front cover and guess what you think might happen in the story. Can you spot any letter sounds that you know in the title?

Can you spot the characters in the story, how might they be feeling/why?

Challenge: Can you recall the events that happened in the story? Tell your grown-up your favourite part of the story – you could even draw a picture to show your favourite part if you want to!

Maths- Warm up your brains by choosing either the Big Walrus or Macarena counting song!

Today, can you have a go at this Door Number activity? 

I wonder which numbers you will see the most of? Which will you see the least of? Can you see any door numbers that are the same age as you or somebody in your family?

Challenge: Can you write the numbers down that you saw? When you have done this, you could count how many different numbers that you saw!

Fun Fridays:

Well done for completing the tricky challenges for Phonics and Maths this week Nursery – I hope you have a super fun Friday and I cannot wait until we can share those fun times together again!

Creative time:

This week, your challenge is to have a go at making your own nature bracelet! This is a super fun activity which is simple and easy to do.

All you will need is some sellotape/masking tape and some signs of nature from your garden or what you have collected on your daily walk.

PE time:

Today, your PE challenge is to have a go at some alphabet yoga poses! Look at the picture below and see if you can have a go at these poses for each letter of the alphabet – Good luck!