Class 1 Blog

Good morning Class 1. We hope you have all had a lovely weekend and are ready for the new week of learning ahead.

This week is Children’s Mental Health week and Key Stage One will be celebrating this with a whole day of well-being activities on Wednesday.

Today’s Tasks

• Phonics
• Spellings
• English
• Maths
• Theme
• Extra Challenges of the week
• End of the day Story

Phonics

igh, ie, y and i-e words.

You could have a go at playing this game again…

Spellings

Here is this weeks spellings list.

They are all compound words which means they are 2 separate words that are put together to make a new word!

Have a go at the quiz set on purple mash later in the week to test yourself!

English

Job application

Can you imagine what it would be like to be an astronaut? What things would you do? What skills would you need?

Today you are going to write a job application to become an astronaut! Have a really good think about the skills you will need and why you would be so good at the job!

Now have a go at writing your application to be an astronaut. You can write this as a letter and explain why you want to be an astronaut and what would make you a good astronaut.

Remember to think about what skills you have that would be good and give some examples too!

You can use this template as a guide on how to set your application letter out.

We hope you are successful!
Good luck!

Maths

This week we are going to be looking at subtraction so I would like you to practise counting backwards. Imagine you are an astronaut counting down to blast off.

Can you count down from 10? 15? 20? or even from 50?

You may need your 100 square to help you.

Watch the video and have a go at the worksheet underneath.

Theme

Today I would like you to find out about ‘The Wright Brothers’. They were famous for inventing something. I wonder if you can guess what it might be?

Using the document below or your own research try and answer the following questions.

What were the brothers called?

What did they invent?

What made them want to fly?

What helped the brothers understand how to make wings?

How long was the first flight?

How do you think they felt when their invention was successful?

Can you make a paper plane using ideas from the shape of birds wings?

Here are a few ideas to get you started.

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How far will your plane travel? How long will it stay up in the air? Let us know how you get along.

Extra challenges for the week!

I have set you some fun, extra challenges on Purple Mash this week, do them as and when you feel like it!

End of the day Story

A big thumbs up Class 1 for all your hard work this week. You are superstars!!

Have a lovely weekend and enjoy looking at all the fantastic things you have done over the last few days.

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Today’s Task

• Phonics
• Reading
• English
• Mathematics
• Music
• RE
• End of the day story

Phonics

Today we are going to listen to a story. I have chosen this story as it has lots of ai words in it.

As you listen to it, write down all the ai, ay and a-e words you hear. Did you spell them correctly?!
Alfie helped read this story but he was a bit of a tinker so I do apologise!

Reading

Practice your ai, ay, a-e words by reading this book on epic!

Janey Crane

English

Today you can finish off any work from the week that you need to or try and edit and improve the work you did yesterday or have a go at some independent writing using one of the Pobble pictures below.

Mathematics

We are really enjoying playing games on a Friday and last week in school we challenged ourselves to complete a jigsaw in a certain amount of time.

I have added some ideas for addition games below or you could set yourself a timed challenge for a bit of fun.

Card games

Game 1 – Use your cards Ace to 9. Play the game in the style of snap but if you get a bond to 10 shout ‘Bond’.

Game 2 – Use your cards Ace to 9 for 2 suits. Lay them out face down. Take it in turns to turn over two cards. If you get a pair that make a bond to 10 you get to keep them. Who will have the most cards at the end?

Game 3 – Use your cards Ace to 9. Spread them out face up on the floor. Time yourself. How quickly can you make all the bonds to 10?

Dominoes – Can you sort your dominoes into 3 piles – adds to less than 10, adds to 10, adds to more than 10? Guess which pile will have the most before you begin.

Music

Today we are going to look at the second part of our music lesson based on the story Tiddilik the Frog. I wonder if you were like the children in school and asked to hear the second part of the story before today because they really wanted to find out what happened. I have added the links for both part 1 and part 2 in case you missed the lesson last week. Just don’t forget to scroll down to find the story.

Part 1 https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/music-ks1-tiddalik-the-frog-1/zj9spg8

Part 2 https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/music-ks1-tiddalik-the-frog-2/zv83y9q

In the second part of Tiddalik the Frog the thirsty animals visit the wise Wombat. He tells them to stage a ‘Funny Show’ for Tiddalik: if they can make the frog laugh all the water might come out of his belly. Watch the video using the Part 2 link above to learn the song.

In the song the music changes tempo (speed of the music) to show how the animals are feeling. At the beginning they are anxious because they are so thirsty, then they are sad that Tiddalik has drank all the water, but at the end they are happy because they have a good idea to make him laugh and get the water out.

Think about how different music makes you feel.

What songs make you happy?

What tempo creates a sad feeling?

Could you play an instrument in different ways to create different feelings for the audience?

Can you sing a sentence in different ways to show different emotions?

RE

Story of Creation

Watch this video which tells the Story of Creation.

Tasks

You have a choice of tasks to complete:

• Act out or create a scene to show each day of creation and take a photo or video to show the 7 days of creation.
• Choose your favourite day of creation and draw a picture showing what happened on that day.

End of the day Story

Such super art work yesterday Class 1. We couldn’t help but share some of your ideas!

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Today’s Tasks

• Phonics
• English
• Mathematics
• PE
• Computing
• End of day story

Phonics

Explore some of these games using the link below to practice your ai, ay and a-e words.

https://wordwall.net/en-gb/community/ai-ay-word-wheel

You could make your own game to practice these words.

English

Did Baby Bear have the right equipment to go to the moon?

What do you think you would need if you were going to travel into space?

Today I want you to design a space rocket, a space suit, helmet and boots for going into space.

What will they need to have in order for them to be effective and to protect you in space?

You will need at add clear labels to your design and then write a short explanation of each one explaining how they work, what they are made of and how they will help you in Space!

Extra Challenge!

Have a go at making a model of your rocket or some of the equipment you would take into space!

Mathematics

First I would like you to practise your part whole models. Choose a number as your whole. How many different ways can you do your part whole model?

In today’s lesson we will be adding by making 10. It will be helpful to have your tens grids and 20 counters/objects ready.

Work through the video and then complete the worksheet ready to download underneath.

P.E.

The School Sports Partnership have sent us 3 new challenge videos for you to have a go at.

The first is all about balancing on one leg like a flamingo and creating a sequence of movements so no equipment is needed. Click on link below the flamingo to find out more.

The second requires a skipping rope and for the last one you will need a ball.

Send in your photographs/videos so we can see how you get along. Good luck Class 1.

KEEPY-UPPY CHALLENGE

Don’t forget to check out the PE Blog as well to find out more about the keepy-uppy challenge set by Mr Barnes.

https://pe-blog.brandesburton.e-riding.sch.uk/

Computing

Linking to our space theme and our coding, have a go at this game:

https://spaceplace.nasa.gov/explore-mars/en/

Select the right commands to get to each rock by moving forwards and backwards the right distance and then turning to the right angle, then select the magnifying glass to analyse the rock, it took me a few attempts to get it right so keep going and I’m sure you will do better than me!

Storytime

Good morning Class 1 – Don’t forget today is the start of our ‘Sow a Seed’ project. Packets of seeds will be left outside school along the path near the cycle rack.  Please come and take a packet of seeds from your class box and then get planting. We can’t wait to see all the photographs of your achievements.

Speaking of achievements. Here are some photographs of all the amazing things you have been up to already this week.

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Today’s Tasks

• Phonics
• English
• Mathematics
• Art
• Wellbeing Wednesday
• End of day story

Phonics

Watch this video, try and watch it with the sound off and read along to practice your ai, ay and a-e words!

Now have a go at writing 3 sentences using some of the ai, ay and a-e words you have read.

Can you include more than one ay, ai or a-e word into your sentence?

English

Following on with our work on Whatever Next, today’s task is to write a set of instructions for what you need to go to the moon like Baby bear did.

To start we are going to learn more about instructions by watching this video,

Go back and listen to the story again to make sure you include everything you need and every step that Baby bear takes to get to the moon and back. Then use the checklist below and collections of boost verbs and time connectives to help you.

Remember to write each instruction as simply as possible in numbered steps.

Mathematics

Before today’s video you might want to have a practise at your number bonds to 10.

How fast can you find the pairs to 10 to free the whale? Click on the picture below to play.

Or you could roll a dice then say the number you would add to it to make 10. If you have two dice you could roll them and if it makes a bond to ten shout ‘BOND’.

We are going to be looking at how we can use our number bonds to 10 to help us learn our number bonds to 20.

During the video Tiny asks you to use your number bonds to 10 to make your number bonds to 20. Practising in a practical way first will help with understanding.

Below is the worksheet to go along with the video. If you don’t want to do question 4, that is absolutely fine.

Art

Christopher Corr

Today I want you to be creative and recreate one of Christopher Corrs images by creating a collage using items of clothing or different materials you can find in your house. It could be Lego bricks, bits of paper, anything you can find!

Choose one of these images:

Here is my attempt!

Art challenge!

Make a colour mixing wheel

Follow the instructions or the video to make a color mixing wheel.

Did you notice that the colors you put on the Color Mixing Wheel were the three primary colors: red, blue, and yellow?

Once you start spinning the wheel, what do you notice about each of the three colored circles on the cardboard disc?

What do you think makes this happen?

Extra Challenge

You could have a go at making some simple colour changing spinning tops:

Well being Wednesday

Kindness is my Super power!

We have done lots of work on being kind to others so today I want us to think about how we can be kind to ourselves.

What can we do to keep ourselves happy and healthy?

Storytime

Wow – what an amazing start to the week. There was so much good work sent in yesterday, I don’t know where to start. Writing, acting, adding, drawing, creating, experimenting….. The list goes on.

Although a number of you send pictures every day, some of you send them weekly or save up a few and send them all together. In order to relieve the daily pressure a little bit and hopefully share more of the same activities together, we will be uploading your photos and videos on Wednesday and a Friday. So if Monday is anything to go by we will have lots to share tomorrow.

Today’s Tasks

• Phonics
• English
• Mathematics
• Science
• End of day story

Phonics

Have a go at this quiz, picking the correct spelling for the objects with ai, ay a-e sounds.

Instructions:

Web link:

https://wordwall.net/resource/342715/english/ae-ay-ai-correct-spelling-quiz

English

Write a postcard to Mummy bear from Baby bear from the Moon!

Pretend you are baby bear and tell Mummy bear all about your trip.

Add lots of detail and description and think about…

• What you saw?
• Who you saw?
• What you did?
• What did it feel like?
• Have you had a nice time?
• Would you go back again?

Remember to use some of the questions you thought of yesterday and the answers you gave as Baby bear to help you!

You could use a template like the ones below or just write your postcard in your books.

When you have written the postcard think about what picture you can draw for the front to show his adventure!

Checklist

Mathematics

Our next lesson delivered by White Rose Maths looks at using our knowledge of tens and ones.

It helps children to recognise that 13 + 5 is the same as 15 + 3 as they both have one ten and eight ones = 18.

It also shows them that 13 + 5 is the same as 5 + 13 as you can add in any order.

Although it does not show it in the video, it is worth making the additions out of tens rods and ones to help reinforce the idea.

The worksheet to accompany the video is below.

Science

Today we will be learning about different properties of materials. Some of you may have made a start on this last week if you did the ‘Feely Bag’ activity. However today you will be introduced to more scientific words to describe a materials properties.

Watch the video from Oak Academy to learn more.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/how-can-i-describe-an-object-c9h38c

Below are some additional activities that you may wish to have a go at.

Can you find? – Search for objects around your house according to their properties.

Can you find me an opaque object?

Can you find me a transparent object?

Find out more – This week I would like you to find out about metal.

Where does it come from?

What are its properties?

What can it be used for?

Experiment – Why not experiment making slides out of different materials.

What properties make for a good slide?

Which slide is the fastest?

Can you slow objects down on a slide?

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Storytime

Good morning Class 1. We hope that you have all had a lovely weekend.

Did you get to enjoy the cold weather?

Walking on the crispy, frozen grass and crunching through frozen sand on the beach is so much fun! I wonder how many of you drew pictures or wrote messages in the frost.

Today’s Tasks

• Phonics
• Spellings
• English
• Mathematics
• Theme
• End of day story

Phonics

ay, ai and a-e

Play a game

You could have a go at playing a game to help you remember all the different ai words.

Spellings

These are the spellings for this week, learn them throughout the week then have a go at the Quiz set for you 2do on Purple mash.

English
This week we are going to start looking at what we need if we were going to go into space.

We will begin by reading to story, Whatever next by Jill Murphy.

This story starts with a question “Can I go to the moon?”

What is a question?

Task:

Write a list of questions that you could ask Baby bear about his trip to the moon.

What do you want to find out?

What do you want to ask him?

Do you want to know any extra details or information about what he did?

When you have your list of questions I want you to do some hot seating! We have done this before in school, you are going to be the character of Baby bear. Get a member of your family to ask you the questions you have written and try and answer them as if you were Baby bear!
What did he do, hear, see, smell, taste?

Here are a few ideas if you need some help to get you going!

Challenge for the week:

Have a go at retelling the story, have some fun with it!
Alfie loved doing this.

Maths

This week we are going to be looking at addition. We are starting by using our knowledge of counting on. We are going to be following a lesson delivered by White Rose Maths. It uses a number line up to 20, however you can use your green/yellow ruler as a number line to help you count on or your 100 square.

Below is the worksheet to download which goes with this lesson.

If you would like a further challenge, create your own problems to go with the additions below. Remember to think about which number you will count on from to make it easier when solving them.

9 + 5 =

6 + 17 =

11 + 4 =

Here’s a reminder of the ant problem as an example.

Theme

Up, up and away! Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fly in a hot air balloon, soaring among the clouds? Hot air balloons have been around since 1783, making them the oldest form of human flight.

Choose one or more of the tasks below to learn more about hot air balloons. Below is a link to a video to get you started.

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=hot+air+baloon+flights+for+kids+to+watch&&view=detail&mid=7A728DC6F88E77EC61227A728DC6F88E77EC6122&&FORM=VRDGAR&ru=%2Fvideos%2Fsearch%3Fq%3Dhot%2Bair%2Bbaloon%2Bflights%2Bfor%2Bkids%2Bto%2Bwatch%26%26FORM%3DVDVVXX

Task 1 – Create your own Fact File like the ones below. I have added questions under each image that you might want to find the answers to.

Task 2 – Imagine you are in a hot air balloon and flew over Brandesburton.

Do you think you would like to be that high up?

What places would you see?

Where might be a good place to land?

Draw a picture or write about what you would see and how you would feel.

We can’t wait to see what you find out and remember you can send in photographs of your tasks whenever you complete them.

End of the day Story

Well we are at the end of another week. You are all working so hard and we are incredibly proud of all the great work you are sharing. Stay positive, keep motivated and continue to stay in touch if you need any support.

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Today’s tasks:

• Reading
• English
• Maths
• RE
• End of the day Story

Reading

Read Suzy the Mule on epic!

It has lots of split digraphs in it so remember them!

Now complete the quiz about the story.

English

Pobble writing

You did so well with your pobble writing last week, let’s do some more great writing today!

Choose the picture you want to write about and focus on adding great description and vocabulary to your sentences.

Extra activity

Now you have finished writing your fantastic space adventure stories about Grandpa and Tony, imagine your new space story is going to be made into a book. Think of a title for it and design the front cover.

Don’t forget to put your own name on as the author!

Maths

Just like last week, I would like you to take some time to play a game. Here are a couple of ideas linked to comparing/ordering numbers.

Why not use a pack of cards to play ‘Play your cards right’. Can you guess whether the next card will be higher or lower?

If you would like an online version click on the image below.

Play a similar game but use dominoes. To make it more fun try this – If you guess correctly you can stand another domino up, but if you guess incorrectly you have to knock them down. How long can you make your row of dominoes before it gets knocked down?

If you want you could have a go at inventing your own game which involves comparing/ordering numbers.

RE

The story of Zacchaeus

Task

Can you draw a picture of Zacchaeus in the Sycamore tree?

End of the day story

Mr Pattacake and the Space Mission Part 5

Good morning Class 1. What a fantastic week we are having so far. There has been so much good work sent through to us and the children in school have been working incredibly hard too. We are really looking forward to reading your stories – you had some super ideas.

Today’s tasks:

We have added quite a few tasks today, but just choose the ones that work best for your family.

• Phonics
• Spellings
• English
• Maths
• Music
• Computing
• PE
• End of the day Story

Watch this video and practice your o-e and u-e sounds. Join in!!

Spellings

Now have a go at practising you spellings on purple mash – Set as a 2do.

English

I want you to continue working on your story today.

When you have finished, read it back through and check it. Have you used capital letters and full stops correctly? Are your letters formed the right way? Do all the sentences make sense? Take a different coloured pen or pencil and make any corrections you need to over the top.

Why don’t you video yourself reading your completed story, or post a photograph of your work and maybe voice record a narrative over it.

Maths

Yesterday you did a great job at looking at which numbers were less than, equal to or greater than another number using symbols, words and equipment.

Today we are going to have a look at ordering several numbers. I will talk you through it in the video, but if you feel your child is confident you can go straight to the tasks.

Equipment: 100 square, tens rods and ones, paper and pencil.

Click on the link below to take you to an ordering game. It is a good one to use as you are able to set the level according to your child’s understanding.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/caterpillar-ordering

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If you would like a worksheet to practise ordering, please download the one below.

Music

On our last Music lesson we asked you to listen to one of your favourite songs and answer questions about it. This week we are going to learning the first part of a song based on the story Tiddalik the Frog.

If you want to read part 1 of the story first you can download the document below or click on the image to take you to an online animated version.

Click on the picture below. Listen to Rebecca and Andy from Cbeebies as they teach you the song.

Can you practise clapping words from the song just like Rebecca and Andy?

‘Tiddalik the frog’ Tidd – a – lik the frog

‘he was bursting’

‘started snoring’

‘What a thing to do!’

When Tiddalik is asleep he makes lots of noises – snored, grumbled, swish, rumble.

Can you make these noises? You might use your voice, your body or an object from around your house.

Why not have a go at making different animal noises? You could use animals from the story/song or choose some of your own.

Computing

Always remember to keep yourself safe online.

https://www.thinkuknow.co.uk/parents/

On Purple Mash I would like you to have a go at some of the challenges on 2Go to practise giving simple instructions.

https://www.purplemash.com/sch/brandesburton

PE

I am posting the PE activity today but you can do this today, tomorrow or on another day!

Lesson 2 of our Gymnastics – Shapes

End of the day Story

Mr Pattacake and the Space Mission Part 4

You worked so hard yesterday and we loved your alien conversations! Well done for getting your family involved!

Today’s tasks:

• Phonics
• English
• Maths
• Art
• Wellbeing Wednesday
• End of the day story

Phonics

Practice your split digraphs using these wordsearches!

https://www.spellzone.com/word_lists/games-894975.htm

English

Today your task is to plan and start work on a new adventure in space for Tony and grandpa. What could happen? Will they visit the planet where the alien lives that he spoke to yesterday or will they blast off to the moon? Perhaps they land on a new planet that hasn’t been discovered yet, it’s up to you as it’s your story.  Don’t forget to use lots of description in your writing so that we can paint a picture of what is happening in our heads. How is Tony feeling? Nervous, excited or both? You can use the word bank to help you and if you want to plan your story first you could do this using a storyboard or a story mountain like the ones shown below.

This is quite a long task so I have given you 2 days to complete it, don’t try and get it all done today, this will be your task for tomorrow too!

Here is a word bank to help you

Maths

Get your Maths equipment ready then work your way through the video.

Today’s task is to write your own True or False statements using the =, < and > symbols or vocabulary, then prove if they are True or False using your Mathematics equipment and knowledge.

Art

Colour wheels

A colour wheel shows us how colours are related. They remind artists how to mix and think about colors.

There are 3 primary colours that make the basis of all other colours. Do you know what these are?

When you mix the primary colours to make a new colour, these are called secondary colours. There are 3 secondary colours. Can you work out what these are?

I want you to create your own colour wheel, think about which colours need to go next to each other and be creative!

I have attached some ideas of how you could make your colour wheel, or you could try painting one on purple mash, or maybe you can think of your own!

You can also have a go at colouring in the colour wheel I have attached to help you understand how the colours lend together. Have fun!

Art / Science challenge

This task is optional and can be done at a later date.

Well being Wednesday!

Now you have watched the clip I am going to read the story:

Now have a go at this activity. Don’t worry if you can’t print just draw your picture and write 2 things you are good at!

You are all amazing and you are good at so many things!

Can you colour this in? Either print it or have a go at writing it out and colouring it in or get an adult to write it out for you!

End of the day story

Mr Pattacake and the Space Mission Part 3.

Yesterday’s wonderful work!

Today’s tasks:

• Phonics
• English
• Maths
• Science
• End of the day story

Phonics

u-e sounds

Like you did yesterday, have a go at writing a sentence with some of the u-e words from the video then pick 3 words and practice writing them in your neatest handwriting 3 times each. Check you have formed each letter correctly!

English

Today’s task is to think about what Tony, grandpa and the alien might say to each other. Will the alien be friendly or not? What might Tony want to ask the alien? I want you to write a conversation between Tony, grandpa and the alien. You could record the conversation in one of the ways shown below or you might think of your own way too present it!

Challenge!

Have a go at acting out your conversation with some of your family!

Record it and send me the video!

Maths

Well this has taken me a while to get my head around, so fingers crossed it works Class 1.

Have your Maths resources ready before we begin. The worksheet you need to complete after the video is below.

Did you spot when I said the wrong number?

Science

Last week you found lots of objects around your house made from different materials. To investigate further different objects and identify what materials are used to make them, watch the lesson below from Oak Academy.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/what-are-objects-made-from-61gp8d

You may be confident that your child knows the difference between an object and the material it is made from, so here are some additional activities you may wish to have a go at.

Feely Bag – Get a bag/pillow case and secretly put in an object.

Can you describe how it feels? (hard, soft, cold, squashy, smooth, bumpy ….)

What object do you think it is?

Can you tell what material it is made from?

Find out more – We are going to take a material each week to find out a little bit more about. This week I would like you to find out about wood.

Where does it come from?

How does it feel?

What can it be used for?

Experiment – In the story ‘The Three Little Pigs’ the wolf was able to blow the house made from sticks down.

Can you make a stick house that will not be blown down?

Why not try different ways to blow it down – you could blow on it, use a hairdryer or put it outside in the wind.

This activity may take you several days so just post your responses when you are ready.

Remember you don’t have to do all the activities, choose the one/s which you think are best for your family.

End of the day story.

Mr Pattacake and the Space Mission Part 2