Here are some ideas for each year group for work that can be done at home just in case we get snowed in again!
The Nest
Numeracy
· Make up addition and subtraction sums up to 10 (or higher for some children
· Counting in 10’s - using blocks/Lego etc to make towers of ten. (and some children may also count in 2,5,etc and record)
· Cook!
Literacy
· Write a sentence or more about their Christmas holiday. (Independently with adults scribing afterwards)
· Draw, paint or collage picture of the snow and/or of their favourite Christmas present
· Continue to work on sound and word sheets
The Burrow
Numeracy
· Practise addition and subtraction facts for pairs of numbers that total up to 10 (then up to 20) Can you learn these off by heart?
· Know that addition can be done in any order (e.g. 6 +4 and 4 + 6)
· Add by counting on, starting with the largest number
· Double numbers up to 10( then up to 20)
Measuring
· Use counters, bricks, teaspoons, playing cards and other non –standard units to measure the length of objects (estimating how many first)
· Compare the weight of 2 or 3 objects by holding them in your hands (use the words heavier/lighter, heaviest/lightest)
Money
· Recognise and handle coins – understand that 2p is the same as two 1ps,etc
· Make amounts in different ways- start with amounts to 10p, then to 20p, then 50p, and then to £1
Your child may need to make these amounts in 1ps first and then exchange for 2ps, 5ps, etc
· Give your child an amount of money and ask him/her to count how much. You will need to encourage him/her to count the higher value coins first (again start with smaller amounts and gradually build up)
Literacy
· Read a well known traditional tale to your child several times. Your child then needs to practise retelling the story in his/her own words. He/she could make simple picture prompts to remind him/her of the order of events if he/she has difficulty remembering the story or you could share the task
· Go for a walk in the snow/frost, looking carefully and thinking of wonderful words and phrases to describe what you see. Icicles like sharp glass daggers/fierce teeth, snow covering the house tops like icing on a cake, etc
· Practise good letter formation using the enclosed hints from Read, Write, Inc.
Say the phrase as you write the letter e.g. Maisie, mountain, mountain
· Keep a diary, writing down your favourite thing for each day
Topic
We are going to be learning about the local environment. Can you draw a picture of your house? This needs to be realistic so please look carefully at shapes and colours. Find out what your house is made from.
Can you learn your address, including your postcode? When you can say this by heart, can you learn to write it?
The Drey
Numeracy
2-D shape
· Revise the name and be able to visualise and identify from pictures, common 2-D shapes, (Square, rectangle, triangle, hexagon, heptagon, octagon and nonagon)
· Describe the shapes by referring to their properties, (flat, number of sides, and number of angles regular or irregular)
· Some children may be able to describe and name quadrilaterals.
· Some might even be able to name and draw polygons
3-D shape
· Remember all 3-D shapes have faces, (sides) edges and vertices (corners), except the sphere which has no edges or vertices
· Revise the name and be able to visualise and identify from pictures, common 3-D shapes, (cube, cuboid, sphere, cylinder, pyramid, square based pyramid, prism (stretched 2-D shape), hexagonal prism, octagonal prism)
· Describe the shapes by referring to their properties. What shape are the faces on the different 3-D shapes
· Look for different examples of 3-D shapes around the home. Decorate one and label it with the number of faces, edges and vertices. Try to find interesting examples, can you find any examples of prisms? Please bring your decorated shape/s into school so that you can talk about them and put them on display
· Some children may be able to make 3-D shapes of their and bring them into school or take pictures of them
· Have fun taking some 3-D shapes apart and looking at the nets of them. Can you draw your own nets of shapes and then try making them into shapes
If you have a thermometer, record the temperature outside and inside the house if possible, at different times of the day (early morning, midday and early evening). How cold does it have to be before water turns to ice?
BBC bite size is an excellent site to explore for both KS1 and KS2 maths. Try looking at their revision and games for shape. You may also want to use this site to revise your times tables, number bonds and practise telling the time.
Science
Year 2, to complete our work on materials try making funny ice shapes. Put water into a balloon, rubber glove or odd shaped containers and place outside. Will it freeze, predict how long it will take to freeze. Can you find somewhere to let it thaw, predict how long it will take and where the best place will be for it to melt. Does it retain its shape when you peel the container away from the ice? Draw pictures and record your findings. Do other things like, tomato sauce, cooking oil, orange juice, vinegar and fizzy drinks freeze?
Literacy
When you are out in the snow look closely at it, think of interesting words and phrases to describe the snow, the fields, the trees, plants, houses, hedges, roads etc. Can you think of any similes (using like or as to compare things, sparkled like diamonds for example)? Can you think of any metaphors to describe the snow? Record these and bring them into school so that we can use them on our winter display.
“Through the window.” Look through your window and write and interesting paragraph describing what you can see. Remember to say the sentence before you write the sentence.
Remember to include; the time, (morning, afternoon, evening etc), the place and time of year. You may be able to include a simile, metaphor or onomatopoeia word. Try to use interesting adjectives and powerful verbs. Use your words to build a picture. Take a picture of the scene from your window if you can.
The Den
Literacy
1) Take a photo of a snowy scene and use this to write a story. (Ideas for story titles – “Stuck in the snow,” “The big freeze”.) This is a great chance to write a terrific descriptive setting.
2) Collect winter adjectives e.g. frozen, chilly etc.
3) Keep a diary.
4) Collect local newspaper cuttings and headlines about how the big freeze affected our immediate area. Present these cuttings in a collage.
5) Start reading a novel by “Roald Dahl” in preparation for our author study.
Good reads
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Esio Trot, The Twits, Danny Champion of the World, The Witches, The B.F.G., The Giraffe, Pelly and Me, Matilda
Numeracy
1) Practise times table’s facts and their inverse.
2) Use weighing scales and measuring jugs in the kitchen and practise reading their scales.
3) Take note of the time you start and finish activities and work out how long it took to do them.
e.g.
|
Activity |
Start Time |
Finish time |
How long activity took |
|
Tidy bedroom |
10:45 |
11: 32 |
47 mins |
Science
1) Find out which town in the U.K. is the coldest (lowest temperature) and which town is the warmest (highest temperature) every day. Use your own table or a calendar to record. Find this information using newspapers or listening to the daily weather forecast.
2) List ways of keeping yourself and your home warm throughout the cold spell.
Other ideas
Paint a snowy scene
Create an eye catching poster on what it means to be brave. (This is our new value).
Think about ways we could help others in our community during this cold winter.
The Eyrie
Science
Research Micro-organisms and what they are.
Produce the research in any way you want but be prepared to share your findings with us next week.
Literacy
Ø We are going to be looking at poetry and focusing on how and why poets use figurative language.
Write a poem using the recent snowy weather as your theme. You could describe the scene from your garden; local park; view from your bedroom; where you may have gone sledging……
Try to be as brave as you can with your language and create the image in my head using all your senses.
Ø Collect news articles about the recent weather either from newspapers or the internet. How many interesting pictures can you find? Try to find a local article that you can discuss in school.
Art Draw a picture to illustrate your poem – use any media you want to.
Numeracy
Ø Practise your times tables and remember to also include the inverse:
3 x 4 = 12 4 x 3 = 12 12 ÷ 3 = 4 12 ÷ 4 = 3
Ø Find out the temperature in a least 10 different locations in Great Britain and answer the following questions:
a. Which place was the coldest?
b. Which place was the warmest?
c. What is the difference between these two locations?
d. Order the 10 temperatures from coldest to warmest.
e. Present the data in a chart – consider which would be the best chart.
f. Challenge – find the mode, median and mean.
Ø Write your own “I think of a number word problem” and explanation of how to work it out.
Value
‘Bravery’ is our Value for this term. What does this mean to you? Either in your learning logs or on plain paper for display, show me what BRAVERY means to you and give examples. Think back to the work you have done on our Values before. You may find that the recent bad weather gives some really good examples of people being brave.