Week 8 learning

Hi Nursery,

I am still missing you all lots but I am loving to see all of the wonderful activities and learning that you have been doing at home with your grown-ups. You are all making me very proud!

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 are still having fun setting you the weekly challenges – they hope you enjoy this week’s!

Here are your challenges for the 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, some objects which begin with each sound and a plastic bottle. Look at the picture below to help your grown-ups to see how to set this game up. 

When you spin your bottle and it lands on a sound, can you name the sound and something that begins with that sound? It can be the item which you have put with the sound, or something else you can think of.

Challenge: Can you form the sound as the bottle lands on them? Challenge yourself even further and have a go at sounding out the word such as:     h     a     t      (you could also write each word if you like)

Maths-

Today your tricky challenge is to feed some hungry shape monsters! https://www.topmarks.co.uk/early-years/shape-monsters

Ask your grown-ups to click on the link above and have a go at matching the monsters to their shapes.

Challenge: Can you name each shape as it comes onto the screen? How many sides does that shape have? How many corners?

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?

Last week, your Tuesday challenge was to make your name on a paper chain. Today’s challenge is similar and you will need to ask your grown up to write your name on a piece of paper. Ask them to then cut it into single sounds ready for you to piece back together like a jigsaw.

Challenge: Can you form each letter in your name correctly now? If you can do this confidently, ask your grown up to challenge you to piece together the letters in your surname.

Maths- Warm your maths brains up by singing our ‘2D shape song’ song with our favourite character – Big Walrus: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEbRDtCAFdU

Today you are going to have a go at making your own shape animal. You could use pens to draw the shapes, you could use paper cut into shapes and stick them onto paper or you could find objects to draw around which will help you to make a shape.

Look at the pictures below to help.

Challenge: Can you count how many of each shape you have used and write this number down?

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

Mr Bear and Jenie need your help today! They have been sent some pictures and words but the words have some sounds missing – do you think you could help them to work out the missing sound?

_ o g

t a _

_ u n

r _ t

c o _

p _ g

_ e t

Challenge: You could choose one of the pictures and have a go at drawing your own version and writing what it is.

Maths- Make sure you have your best counting voices ready, Big Walrus will be checking to see if you can use your fingers to help you count as you sing along to his song. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0Ajq682yrA

 

We are going to be exploring shape again and how the shape of an item or its properties can help it to roll. Can you ask your grown-up to help you make a ‘homemade ramp’?

Experiment which of your toys will travel the fastest down the ramp. Which will travel the slowest? Can you predict this before trying it out?

You could use language such as: furthest, longest, quickest, speed, heavy and light.

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!

Gather together 10 items (more if you would like a challenge) and the same amount of pegs. Your grown-up is going to show you any number of items and your challenge is to attach that many pegs to either a piece of paper/cardboard/string. Practise this until you have had a go at pegging a few different totals.

Challenge: Have a look at how many pegs you have secured to your paper/cardboard/string. How many pegs would you have if one was taken away? How many would you have if you added another peg?

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 wish tree. When I was in school this week, Miss Elliott, Mrs Ellender and I had a fabulous time making a wish tree with the children. You will need to collect some sticks to decorate. You could wrap them in wool/string/ribbon or you could paint them – be as creative as you like! When you have decorated your sticks, ask your grown-up to help you make a tag to attach onto your wish tree. Each member of your family could add a tag if they would like. On the tag, write down something that you are excited to be able to do again or are wishing for. Some of the children in school wished that they could see their family soon, or that they could come back to school to see all of their friends. Don’t forget to take a picture of your wish tree, including your wishes for me to see.

PE time:

Today, your PE challenge is to walk the plank. Ask your grown-up to lay out some string or use chalks to draw a straight line on the ground outside. Your challenge is to balance along this line using your arms to help you get from one end to the other. Can you make it to the end without falling into the ocean?