Foundation 2

Home Learning Packs

We have put together a pack of learning resources for the children. The pack is designed to help keep a link between home and school for the children. Each day at 09:00 Mr Hughes or Mrs Todd will upload activities for that day ranging from Phonics to Arts and Crafts. For the next 2 weeks we will be focusing on Easter. It would be a good idea to plan a timetable with the children to complete their activities and of course leave plenty of time for play based learning around the home. The week will look similar to what is below:

Monday: PE with Joe Wicks 09:00. Phonics, video via Read Write Inc. YouTube page and a sentence writing challenge. The sentence writing should be done in the children's yellow books provided in their pack.

Tuesday: PE with Joe Wicks 09:00. Maths and a creative activity

Wednesday:  PE with Joe Wicks 09:00. Phonics, video via Read Write Inc. YouTube page and a sentence writing challenge. The sentence writing should be done in the children's yellow books provided in their pack.

Thursday: PE with Joe Wicks 09:00. Maths and a creative activity

Friday: PE with Joe Wicks 09:00. Phonics, video via Read Write Inc. YouTube page and a sentence writing challenge. The sentence writing should be done in the children's yellow books provided in their pack.

To contact your Teacher this is best done using Class Dojo however if you wish to use Tapestry to upload photographs/ videos of the children doing their work this would be great!

Tuesday 26th May 2020:

Please check your Class Dojo messages to find login details for 'Sumdog'.

Friday 22nd May

Today's tasks can be completed today or over the half term break.

Granny has been everywhere this past couple of weeks, but where would you like to go? Tell us your own adventure.

For phonics, go to www.phonicsplay.co.uk and play some games - it is free at the moment. Choose either phase 2 or 3 for the games.

Enjoy the half term break.

Thursday 21st May

Granny is off to Japan for kite flying today, then onto Peru to fetch some Lamas.

The weekly number  is 7 - so get practicing those 7 Dwarf names and the days of the week.

Wednesday 20th May

Today we will be looking at Russia and Australia in Granny Went to Market.

The phonics today is a reading for meaning activity. Ask your child to read the sentences carefully and draw exactly what it says - try not to help with the reading part, but instead, encourage them to sound out the words.

Enjoy the sunshine.

Tuesday 19th May

Today we are visiting Africa with Granny - a chance to create a safari with your toys or maybe some African drumming (pans work just fine!).

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and your second task today is to create a poster, song or maybe a dance,  all about Kindness.  Below are some websites to support with mental health concerns.

https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/your-mental-health

https://youngminds.org.uk/

https://www.nspcc.org.uk/keeping-children-safe/support-for-parents/mental-health-parenting/

Have a lovely - if not noisy - day!

Monday 18th May

Below are some activities for the day. We are continuing with our theme of the book Granny went to Market, today visiting China and Switzerland.

I have also added some more 2Dos onto Purple Mash. 

Friday 15th May

Phonics challenge: Please sign up to the FREE Oxford Owl resources. As well as lots of other free resources they are offering Read Write Inc. resources free to parents during this period. Phonics challenges will be based around the 'Ditty' books. Today I would like to encourage the children to read Green book 'Will's net' or Red book 'I can hop' depending on where you think your child should be focusing following the sounds assessment. Skateboard Sid will provide a really good opportunity for the children to familiarise themselves with vowel sounds. This will require a bit of practise I am sure!

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/29277.html

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/29304.html

Creative challenge:

Our challenge today is for you to explore the 3D shapes you can find around your home! Look at the properties: vertices (corners), flat/ curved faces (flat sides), edges (where 2 or more surfaces meet).

You could even try and make a 3D shape, I would love to see photographs of them on tapestry!

Thursday 14th May

Today I have put on two activities related to our book Granny Went to Market (The first activity was posted on Tuesday, so can be found below). One is a maths sorting problem and the other is some activities to try relating to the next two countries Granny is visiting.

Wednesday 13th May

Phonics challenge: Please sign up to the FREE Oxford Owl resources. As well as lots of other free resources they are offering Read Write Inc. resources free to parents during this period. Phonics challenges will be based around the 'Ditty' books. Today I would like to encourage the children to read Green book 'Skateboard Sid' or 'Red book 'Fat Frog' depending on where you think your child should be focusing following the sounds assessment. Skateboard Sid will provide a really good opportunity for the children to familiarise themselves with vowel sounds. This will require a bit of practise I am sure!

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/29308.html

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/29285.html

Creative challenge:

Our challenge today is for you to explore the sun's path and make a natural sun dial by tracing shadows!

A link will be sent for examples on Class Dojo.

Monday 11th May 2020

Phonics challenge: Today's phonics challenge is REALLY important and will be very useful to see where the children are at with their sound recall, word recognition and blending.

I would like you to encourage the chiildren to use the document above 'Latest phonics assessment- learn words not highlighted'. However, you could write all of the sounds out on flashcards and then ask the children to use their 'lolli' sticks/ tip of a pencil to point to each word. Remember to use your Fred fingers to help separate and blend the individal sounds.

You can update me on how the children do via Tapestry. If your child wants a further challenge then you could make a sentence with some of the words and ask them to read the sentence.

Creative challenge: Self Portraits: I would love to see the children try and complete a self portrait. It will be really interesting to see these as I remember what their self-portraits were like in September!

Here is a useful link to help:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/how-to-draw-a-portrait/zk28qp3

Today's activities are on Purple Mash. I have sent each child an email on there, which they can reply to. They will probably need help reading and replying, but encourage them to have a go at words they know (I'm very good at reading children's writing attempts!). You might want to talk to them about email and what it is. You could mention that you must make sure you only open emails from people you know and only write nice things. Any problems let me know.

I have also set a 2Do task all about trains in the past, which they could have a go.

Have a relaxing bank holiday weekend.

Monday 4th May 2020

Phonics challenge: Please sign up to the FREE Oxford Owl resources. As well as lots of other free resources they are offering Read Write Inc. resources free to parents during this period. Phonics challenges will be based around the 'Ditty' books. Today I would like to encourage the children to read Green book 'The Get Fit Club'. Please teach the children the green, red and 2 syllable words. The children will need lots of help, you could do this using flashcards.

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/29283.html

The book has been chosen as a 'best fit' for the whole class. Please feel free to choose a red book if you feel your child needs more practise OR choose a higher number green book if they need more of a challenge.

Creative challenge:

It is Mrs Todd's birthday today, I am sure she would be delighted if you could make her a birthday card or send a message to her via Tapestry/ Class Dojo!

Friday 1st May 2020

Phonics challenge: Please sign up to the FREE Oxford Owl resources. As well as lots of other free resources they are offering Read Write Inc. resources free to parents during this period. Phonics challenges will be based around the 'Ditty' books. Today I would like to encourage the children to read Green Non-fiction 'Let's Go'. Please teach the children the green, red and 2 syllable words. The children will need lots of help, you could do this using flashcards.

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/digital_books/1320.html

The book has been chosen as a 'best fit' for the whole class. Please feel free to choose a red book if you feel your child needs more practise OR choose a higher number green book if they need more of a challenge.

Creative challenge:

Will be sent out via Class Dojo- a pattern drawing challenge

Thursday 30th April 

Purple Mash - I have sent you a login for Purple Mash via Dojo. Please can you try to log into Purple Mash using it. 

How to:

1) Search for Purple Mash on your browser (you can access it on a PC or tablet or phone).

2) Select 'Find my schools login page' then type in St Josephs Upton and it should come up.

3) Click on it and it will take you to the login page where you can enter the username and password I sent.

4) Once you are in, find the icon that says MiniMash and investigate what you can find. There is very little text on MiniMash, but moving the mouse around means you can find different areas to access.

Happy Tinkering!

Transport - Following on from reading the Naughty Bus and creating your wonderful buses this week, we would like you to find out about lots of different vehicle. You may have toy vehicles you could sort and name, you might cut out different vehicles from magazines, or you might draw as many as you know. You might want to research different vehicles (the search engine 'Kiddle' is a child friendly version of Google and selects only child friendly anwsers to a search). Whatever you do, share it with us on Tapestry - we love seeing your learning.

Wednesday 29th April

Phonics challenge: Please sign up to the FREE Oxford Owl resources. As well as lots of other free resources they are offering Read Write Inc. resources free to parents during this period. Phonics challenges will be based around the 'Ditty' books. Today I would like you to encourage the children to read Green Non-fiction 'Hands'. Please teach the children the green words on page 6 and red words on page 8. The children will need lots of help, you could do this using flashcards.

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/29268.html

The book has been chosen as a 'best fit' for the whole class. Please feel free to choose a red book if you feel your child needs more practise OR choose a higher number green book if they need more of a challenge.

Creative challenge:

Invent a superhero identity! Think of a name, powers and even create a costume for the day! We cannot wait to see your superhero identity on Tapestry!

Monday 27th April:

Phonics challenge: Please sign up to the FREE Oxford Owl resources. As well as lots of other free resources they are offering Read Write Inc. resources free to parents during this period. Phonics challenges will be based around the 'Ditty' books. Today I would like you to encourage the children to read Green Ditty Book 2 'Nip and Chip' Story 'Gran's Van' pages 14 onwards. https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/29256.html

The book has been chosen as a 'best fit' for the whole class. Please feel free to choose a red book if you feel your child needs more practise OR choose a higher number green book if they need more of a challenge.

Following reading this story I would encourage you to challenge the children by writing out the green and red words in this book along with the sounds focused on. Ask the children to read them on flashcards at speed. Please use the checklist at the back of the book for support.

Growth Mindset Challenge:

The children have loved learning about Growth Mindset in F2 this year, this week we will be recapping with Mojo what we have learned. We would like the children to watch the Growth Mindset video with Mojo the Dojo in this link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2zrtHt3bBmQ

Please focus on the question at the end of the video and spend some time discussing with the children. What have they previously/ still do find challenging? Can they overcome this and how?

Please encourage the children to send a video on Tapestry with how they suggest Mojo CAN become 'smarter' or overcome challenges!

Phonics challenge: Please sign up to the FREE Oxford Owl resources. As well as lots of other free resources they are offering Read Write Inc. resources free to parents during this period. Phonics challenges will be based around the 'Ditty' books. Today I would like you to encourage the children to read Red Ditty Book 2 'Nog in the fog' pages 14-18 (Ditty 3-'Sam Gets a Shock'). Then the children could write 'Sam dips his net and gets a fish' https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/29250.html

Please practise the green words on page 14 over and over before beginning reading the book. The red word is 'he' remember- you can't Fred a Red!

You could try and challenge the children to think of an adjective for 'fish'.

Creative challenge: Moving away from Spring/ Easter theme for today, we thought it would be great if the children could build a den in/ outside the home! The den could be anything... a fort or even a cinema! Here are a few examples.

https://www.countryliving.com/diy-crafts/g30223686/8-fun-family-activities-thatll-beat-cabin-fever/?slide=1

https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/395050198545409721/

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HPnf15i-Ls

Wednesday 1/4/20:

Phonics challenge: Please sign up to the FREE Oxford Owl resources. As well as lots of other free resources they are offering Read Write Inc. resources free to parents during this period. Phonics challenges will be based around the 'Ditty' books. Today I would like you to encourage the children to read Red Ditty Book 2 'Nog in the fog' pages 11-14 (Ditty 2-'Grrrr'). Then the children could write 'Mop can sit in the sun' https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/29250.html

You could try and challenge the children to think of an adjective for 'sun'.

Easter/ Spring challenge: Create a Seasons/ Months of the Year calendar including your friends and family birthdays or special occasions. 

Monday 30/3/20 Home Learning

Phonics challenge: Please sign up to the FREE Oxford Owl resources. As well as lots of other free resources they are offering Read Write Inc. resources free to parents during this period. Phonics challenges will be based around the 'Ditty' books. Today I would like you to encourage the children to read Red Ditty Book 2 'Nog in the fog' pages 5-9 (Ditty 1). Then the children could write 'Ted can hop and run'. https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/interactives/29250.html

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page?view=image&query=&type=book&age_group=&level=&level_select=&book_type=&series=Read+Write+Inc.

Easter/ Spring challenge: Create a Cherry Blossom hand print tree. https://www.artycraftykids.com/art/cherry-blossom-handprint-tree/

Friday 27.3.20 Home Learning:

Phonics: Watch the Read Write Inc. lesson stream this morning. After you have done this I would like you to play it back and create a sentence containing 1 of the words used in the video and an adjective (describing word). The children will need support with this challenge.

I have also added a link below of phonics challenges, do you think you could complete a challenge and upload it to Tapestry? Adults may have to change challenges to suit your home!

Easter/ Spring challenge: Can you make your own weather chart? You could do your Monday to Sunday and design it however you like. Don't forget to put it on Tapestry!

https://teachingmama.org/diy-preschool-weather-board-with-free-printables/

Wednesday 25/3/20 Home Learning

Phonics Challenge: Watch the Read Write Inc. lesson stream this morning. After you have done this I would like you to play it back and create a sentence containing 1 of the words used in the video and the connective 'and'. The children will need support with this challenge.

Creative Challenge: In this time it is important to spread the message of hope. I would like the children to create a rainbow which can be placed in a the window of your home (or suitable place) to display hope. See the link below for examples.

Please send your completed activities to your Teachers on Tapestry, Tapestry will collect all evidence and you can download the full learning journey of the children at the end of the year.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-51988671