Hello boys and girls

I hope you are all enjoying the time at home with your families and

keeping safe.

Miss Hollings has been keeping busy, doing all the activities set from

last week. I wonder… did you manage to make the butterfly buns?

Miss Hollings made some, they were DELICIOUS!

Here are some more activities for you to have a go at. I have split

them up into different days and done a little timetable for you. Hope

this helps. There are 5 activities for each day! Miss Hollings has also

sneaked some challenges in there too, make sure you look out for

them.

READ, READ, READ! Each day I have attached a link to one of my

favourite stories for you to enjoy too.

KEEP SAFE and ENJOY!!

Miss Hollings

Reading: I cannot stress enough how important this is. Please keep reading

to your child.

An effective process for this would be to:

- Discuss the front page- What do you think is going to happen, what can

you see.

- Go through the different pages of the story- ask the children to predict

what is happening on each page.

- Then you read the story- were your child’s predictions correct,

what do you think happens next

- What did they like best about the story.

Timetable:

Monday:

Maths- This week’s number is number 6- write the number 6 + shape

Phonics- Listen to the starting sound- Odd one out

Literacy- Shaving foam- write your name

Creative – Potato prints

Physical- Get active at home

Tuesday:

Maths- Number 6

Phonics- Alliteration

Literacy- Diary

Creative – Old MacDonald Eggs

Physical- Yoga

Wednesday:

Maths- All about the number 6

Phonics- Tongue twisters

Literacy- Finger printing name

Creative – Squeegee fun

Physical- Kidz bop- dancing

Thursday:

Maths- Number 6

Phonics- Alliteration

Literacy- Playdough writing

Creative – Spring Jelly

Physical- Joe Wicks

Friday:

Maths- Minibeast hunt using the number 6

Phonics- I spy

Literacy- Squishy bag

Creative – Banana bread

Physical- 8 minute Joe Wicks

Monday: Maths

This week our number of the week is number 6. Can you

practice writing the number 6. Use your finger first!

Challenge: How many shapes are there altogether? Can you

name the shapes? Can you colour in the shapes?

Monday: Phonics

Odd one out- Starting sound. Three of the four pictures begin with the same

sound. Pick the odd one out.

Monday: Literacy

Name Writing: Please continue to practice writing

your name (Please only use capitals for the first

letter of each name).

Today write your name in shaving foam. Fill a baking tray

full of shaving foam. Use your finger to make marks and write

your name.

READ, READ, READ!!

Today’s story is ‘Owl Babies’. Please read along.

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/owl-babies/

Monday: Creative

Potato stamps

Can you create a farm picture using potato stamps?

1. Cut a large potato in half. Press the cookie cutter into the center of

the potato. Then, leaving the cookie cutter in the potato, slice a

rather thick slice around the pattern of the cookie cutter. Remove

the outer layer of potato and then the cookie cutter from the

shape. Make sure your potato is dry, wipe away any moisture.

2. Apply paint evenly using a brush roller onto the pattern.

3. Have a scrap piece of paper handy to test your print and remove any

excess paint.

4. Simply press your potato stamp down on the paper you want to

decorate. A few prints and you will know exactly how hard to press

to get the effect you desire.

Monday: Physical

Get active at home

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_oIssULEk0

Tuesday- Maths

CHALLENGE:

How many fingers are being shown?

Can you hold up 6 fingers? Don’t

forget to count your own fingers

to check.

Tuesday- Phonics- Alliteration

Draw pirates, dinosaurs, monsters, witches and robots. This activity

is really good for mark making. You can draw these on paper, or what

about using big chalks on the ground outside, or big pens on wallpaper.

Allow the children to draw things that suit having a silly name like a

dinosaur or monster. Be as imaginative as you like.

When you child has drawn them, give them silly alliterative names. So

the robot could be ‘Biggy Baggy Beggy Boggy’. There is no right or

wrong. Chant the target sound at them, and emphasise like crazy!

Tuesday- Literacy

Diary: What did you do on Monday? Can you write about it and draw

a picture. I wonder what you had for lunch and where you went on

your walk. Maybe you spoke with a family member on the phone.

(Remember to let your children mark make and then ask the children to read it

back to you, and you can scribe. Questioning throughout is great i.e. Where did

we walk to? What was your favourite part of the day?)

READ, READ, READ!

Today’s story is ‘Open very carefully’. Please read long.

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/open-very-

carefully/

Tuesday- Creative

Old MacDonald Eggs

Using wooden or boiled eggs make the animals that would live

on Old MacDonalds farm. Can you make the farmer too?

Tuesday- Physical

Yoga- We’re going on a bear hunt!

Parents, maybe you could join in too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KAT5NiWHFIU

Wednesday: Maths

Wednesday: Phonics

Tongue Twister

Children find tongue twisters hilarious and they are also great

for ironing out speech and language issues, as well as being an

excellent medium to teach alliteration. In Nursery we like to

add actions too.

An example would be:

Little lamps are leaping! (All jump around like lambs)

Little lambs are lazy. (Lie down)

Little lambs are lonely. (All be sad)

Little lambs are lost…etc etc

Challenge: Can you think of your own tongue twisters using

your name?

Wednesday: Literacy

Finger print your name- If your child knows the

letters that make up their name, allow them to

do this independently, if not, write their

name on a large piece of paper, encourage

your child to mimic the direction that it is

written.

Challenge: Can you finger print your

numbers too?

READ, READ, READ!

Today’s story is ‘A hole in the bottom of the sea’. Please read long.

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/A-hole-in-the-bottom-of-

the-sea/

Wednesday: Creative

SQUEEGEE fun!

Super for your children’s fine motor skills! From holding the paint

brush, to squeezing a spray bottle, to then cleaning off the paint with

the squeegee, this activity will really support in developing those very

important fine motor skills.

WARNING!! It is a bit messy but perfect for a sunny day

outdoors.

You will need:

-Small spray bottle

-Water based paint

-Small squeegee

-Soapy water

-Paint brush

Instructions:

-Children to paint on the windows, let them use their imagination.

-Fill the spray bottle with the soapy water. Allow the children to

spray the area that they painted.

-Using the squeegee, let your child wipe away the paint and soapy

water mixture.

Wednesday: Physical

Kidz Bop- Dance along

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNog54ovi8Q

Thursday- Maths

CHALLENGE: On your daily walk, how many number 6’s can

you spot?

Watch Number blocks:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H5s2A_p3ZsU

Thursday- Phonics

Can you give the farm animals a name beginning with the

same letter as their animal name eg. Shaun sheep

Thursday- Literacy

Write your name using playdough. Use

the playdough to create the different

letters of your name. Don’t forget to

take a picture.

READ, READ, READ!

Today’s story is ‘Oh no George’. Please read long.

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/oh-no-

george/

Thursday- Creative

Spring Jelly

On your daily walk collect all things

spring- flowers and leaves. You may

even want to collect twigs, bark, grass,

pebbles etc.

You will need:

Vegetable Gelatine ( I used 3 sachets of vege-gel for a mixing bowl sized jelly)

Cold Water (1 pint per sachet)

Whisk or spoon

Pan

Container/s (we used a pyrex bowl but you could use small bowls, cups or jelly moulds)

Things you collected on your walk

Instructions:

Put 1 pint of cold water per sachet into a pan

Add the gelatine and whisk

Bring the liquid to the boil (it will begin to thicken a little bit as it get to boiling

point)

Being VERY careful, pour the boiling liquid into your bowl/mould/moulds

Let the liquid cool for 30 – 45 mins then start to add your leaves etc. You should

find that you are able to spread them about a bit more as the liquid is thicker

and cooler. I found that some items sank to the bottom regardless!

Leave to set – this only takes a couple of hours

Turn out onto a tray

Let your child explore!

Thursday- Physical

Joe Wicks 5 minute workout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3LPrhI0v-w

Friday: Maths

Challenge: Go on a minibeast hunt around your garden/

outdoor area. Can you find any minibeasts with 6 legs? Maybe

you could draw the minibeasts with their 6 legs.

Watch and sing along:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgDUdsciGyc

Friday: Phonics

Phase 1: Phonics play: https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

Username: March

Password: home

I spy with my little eye

Can you find the object using the initial sound?

I spy with my little eye something beginning with…

Friday: Literacy

Squishy bag

A tactile/ multisensory approach to pre-writing skills and writing skills.

What you need:

-Gallon size Ziploc bag

-Glitter (optional)

-Food colouring

-Hair Gel/ Conditioner

Instructions: (You child can do this themselves with support)

-Squeeze in the hair gel (the entire bottle)

-Add food colouring

-Add glitter

-Mix it all together, put it on a piece of white paper, and

start writing.

READ, READ, READ!

Today’s story is ‘Hairy Maclary’. Please read long.

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/hairy-maclary/

Friday: Creative

Banana bread (another of Miss Hollings’ favourites)

Ingredients:

140g butter (softened)

140g caster sugar

2 large eggs, beaten

140g self-raising flour

1tsp baking powder

2 very ripe bananas mashed

50g icing sugar

Handful dried banana chips for decoration

Instructions:

1. Heat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas 4.

2. Butter a 2lb loaf tin and line the base and sides with baking

parchment.

3. Cream 140g softened butter and 140g caster sugar until light

and fluffy, then slowly add 2 beaten large eggs with a little of

the 140g flour.

4. Fold in the remaining flour, 1 tsp baking powder and 2 mashed

bananas.

5. Pour into the tin and bake for about 30 mins until a skewer

comes out clean.

6. Cool in the tin for 10 mins, then remove to a wire rack.

7. Mix 50g icing sugar with 2-3 tsp water to make a runny icing.

8. Drizzle the icing across the top of the cake and decorate with a

handful of banana chips.

Friday: Physical

Joe Wicks 8 minute Workout

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EXt2jLRlaf8

Miss Hollings loves watching these with her children.

Bedtime stories:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b00jdlm2/cbeebies-

bedtime-stories

Make sure you get out every day for your daily

walk. Hopefully the sun will keep shining!!

Useful websites:

Twinkl https://www.twinkl.co.uk/

Phonics play: https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

Username: March

Password: home

CBeebies: https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies

BBC Iplayer: https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer

Youtube

Topmarks: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/

Crickweb: http://www.crickweb.co.uk/

Oxford Owl: https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-

home/

Letters and Sounds: http://www.letters-and-

sounds.com/

KEEP FIT & ACTIVE:

Cosmic kids Yoga (Youtube)

Freeze Dance (Youtube)

5 a day (Youtube)

Jack Hartmans (You Tube)

The learning station (Youtube)

Zumba for kids (Youtube)

Joe Wicks workout