Some of this weeks writing:

​I hope you had a lovely long Easter weekend!
From Wednesday this week it marks the beginning of Term 2.
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An email will be sent to all Y0-6 families with information relevant to the whole junior school. We understand this is a very unusual time and difficult for some. Please do not feel pressured if it is too much, but do let me know if there is anyway I can help.

In this post I have provided some more specific activities and learning you can do this week with your child. Remember to use the At Home Learning website to help you with ideas and teaching tips to put these things into practice.

The timetable below is based off what was sent in the Y0-6 email with a few extra ideas in regards to developmental play. Please note this is a suggested timetable and will be helpful for some families to maintain routine. But you do not need to stick to it if doing things in a different order or time works better for you! We have suggested half hour blocks for most activities. If your child is interested and wanting to do more - that is totally fine too!

I have given a range of developmental ideas and activities at the end, as well as activities that link in with our letter of the week, don't feel like you have to do all (or any) of them!!

Devotions

Maths
Due to the short week I have given 3 days of Maths activities.

1. Sorting *use your washing or a selection of clothing or even pairs of socks as a prop for this. *sort clothing based on differences/similarities - length, size, thickness etc. Talk about the things that are the same and the things that are different. *odd one out -using objects around the house make groups of objects with one item that doesn't fit in the group - get your child to sort them. Or get a large collection of different things around the house, ask your child to sort them into groups, get them to tell you what is the same about each group, it may be a colour, a shape, what it is made out of etc *you could also choose to do some follow up worksheets based around the odd one out.

2. Teen Numbers *talk about teen numbers, what numbers are 'teen numbers' practice writing them. ​*make a teen number book by either downloading and printing the worksheets below, or using these as inspiration and creating your own on paper. (This may take some time!) Teen Number Book File Size: 2878 kb File Type: pdf Download File

3. Subtraction *take away 1 song *using small toys or blocks use 'stories' to tell taking away/subtracting sentences. E.g. I made a tower with 7 blocks, but 3 blocks fell off, how many do I have left? The children can then use the blocks or Numicon shapes to solve the problem. Then talk about the number sentence that represents (7-3=4), repeat this with lots of different questions. *continue to practice subtracting sentences, getting your child to also write down the numbers. You could use the worksheets below, or make up your own questions. Subtracting Sentences File Size: 224 kb File Type: pdf Download File

Phonics & Spelling

Please note that each of this week's sounds are diagraphs (two letters that work together to make one sound). Focus on one new sound a day - My name is ... (letter name - ch, sh, th) - My sound is ... (letter sound) Come up with words starting with that sound Listen to the song - link picture to sound and action ​(choo choo train, shhhh quiet, tongues out cheeky clowns) Practice writing the letter correctly Extra: make a collage/picture page about that sound

Intro Worksheets File Size: 1826 kb File Type: pdf Download File Extention Worksheets (Noah & Daniel) File Size: 507 kb File Type: pdf Download File

​When learning a new word (please note some words will be known already): Sound out the word (example of how we do this in class) Say the word in a sentence Practice writing the word Try writing the sentence they came up with and drawing a picture to go with it.

Reading

Writing

Oral Language
*find something at home beginning with the letter Gg. Send a short video sharing your news (by Thursday) with the class and Mrs Coe will post them on the blog on Friday.

Developmental

Colour, Cut, Paste - Gorilla Make Green Gloop (cornflour, water and food colouring) Create Your own game Make gingerbread playdough Make a collage using newspapers, magazine, old cards etc of pictures starting with the letter g. (r of items that are green)

Colour Cut Paste - Gorilla File Size: 16 kb File Type: gif Download File Board Game Template File Size: 29 kb File Type: jpg Download File

Letter of the Week 'Gg' - Activities

Gg Crown File Size: 313 kb File Type: pdf Download File Gate - Directed Drawing File Size: 41 kb File Type: pdf Download File Gumball Letter Find File Size: 2024 kb File Type: pdf Download File Gg Maze File Size: 617 kb File Type: pdf Download File Sight Words - go, get File Size: 1022 kb File Type: pdf Download File Initial Sounds File Size: 699 kb File Type: pdf Download File Gorilla & Giraffe Poem File Size: 230 kb File Type: pdf Download File

Today was a very exciting day - a lot has happened so I am going to write 2 posts!
During writing time we had a visitor come to room 1! It was Mrs Coe's 3 month old kitten.
Below are some pictures as well as the stories that the children wrote today, about meeting Possum!

Possum walked around the circle, purring and sniffing the children to say hello. She was very curious. She showed off playing with one of here toys and Mrs Coe made sure everyone had a chance to pat her. 
Then she had a break (in the break-out room) and room 1 used there senses to talk about what she looked like, felt like and sounded like.
They then used their ideas for their writing. Below are their sentences:
Stephan - Possum the kitten is soft.
Faith - Possum the kitten was fluffy and she purred.
Lochie - Possum the kitten was fluffy and furry.
Callan - Possum the kitten was soft and warm and she was looking around the room.
Eden - Possum the kitten is cute.
Heitor - I touched Possum and she was fluffy and cute.
Damon - Possum the kitten was fluffy and it was fun.
Arrie - I want to sleep with Possum the kitten.
Daniel - Possum the kitten is really soft.
Noah - Possum the kitten has soft fur and she is super cute.
Limba - Possum was fluffy, furry and soft.
Boetie - Possum the cat licked me.
Vienna - Possum the kitten was soft and we got to pat her. She purred lots.
Archie - Possum the kitten was soft and she played with her toy mouse.
Gabriella - Possum the kitten felt soft and furry.

In the weekend I went to 'Sparks' in Christchurch with my extended family and told Room 1 about it on Monday. Today we watched a video of one of the songs the Orchestra played as well as some of the end fireworks display. This became a prompt for our writing. The goal was to write something about both the music and the fireworks. Here is the video as well as the shots of their work!