Good Morning Hedgehogs

We hope you have had a lovely weekend with your family. Mrs Zucchi and I have planned some exciting

learning this week based on our favourite story, ‘The Gruffalo’.

We can’t wait to see how creative you can be when re-telling the story through acting, drawing or writing. In Maths this we week we are looking at addition.

Remember to count reliably when adding and don’t forget you can use objects and draw pictures to help

you. Please make sure you learn through playing too, it is so

important. Have a great week ☺

W/C 15.06.20

Literacy• Listen to ‘The Gruffalo’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8sUPpPc8Ws

https://www.gruffalo.com/join-in/films

Adult Input: questions to ask after/whilst watching the story:• Who are the characters?• Where is the mouse going?• Who does he meet along the way?• Can you describe the mouse or the other characters he

meets?• Do they meet a Gruffalo?• Can you describe the Gruffalo?• What happens after the mouse meets the Gruffalo?• How does the story end?

Literacy• Can you create your own story map and retell this to someone in your

house – you could create actions and different voices for the characters.

Literacy

• Sequence the story with pictures – use mine or draw or your own

• Can you write sentences underneath to describe what is happening?

Literacy• If you met a Gruffalo what questions would

you ask them?

Have a go at writing your questions

Have a go at…• Saying your questions to a grown up • Recording your questions on video or audio

Challenge: Dress up as ‘The Gruffalo’ and ask someone in your house to ask your questions to you. Can you answer them in your best ‘Gruffalo’ voice?

Literacy• Create your own story about a mouse or a Gruffalo

• Where did he go?

• How did he get there?

• Who did he meet?

• What happened?

• Act out your story• Draw your story• Record yourself telling your story• Write your story

Literacy• Can you describe the Gruffalo?

• Talk about your ideas• Say your sentences• Write your sentences

Sentence starters• He is…• He has…• He looks…

MathsPlease visit either

• White Rose for daily Maths lessons

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/

Oak National Academy of Learning for daily lessons and quizzes

• https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/reception#schedule

Maths – Addition

Challenge:Write the calculations for each one _____ + _____ = _______

Maths - Counting songs• Counting and dancing in 2’s with Jack Hartman (2 –

100)https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OCxvNtrcDIs

• Counting in 5’s to 100https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZPgFfo0l3k

• Counting in 10’s with the Singing Walrushttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-gmEe0-_ex8&vl=en

• Counting forwardshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MVzXKfr6e8

• Counting backwardshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fS60rraBhz4

Challenge Time!

Maths – challenges

Maths – challenges

• Number Bonds to 10 (song)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OvbWuiYn-Uk

• Number Bonds Dance

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

• Ways to make 10 (song)

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/the-numtums-ways-to-make-ten

Maths – number bond challenges

Use objects, pictures or counting on to work these out.

Learning through play• Act it out with puppets or dressing up

• Nature Hunt – explore your senses!

• Small World – make ‘Gruffalo Crumble’ or ‘Snakes in the sand’

• Make a Gruffalo den!

Challenge:Help your grown up make some playdough to make Gruffalo’s.

Don’t forget to..• Talk about what you are doing• Change your voice for the characters

PhonicsThe ‘oa’ sound

Can you say the sound and write it in your best handwriting?

• What is special about this sound?• How many letters are there?

• Does it need sound button or sound bar underneath?

• Are any of the letters silent or trying to trick you?

Look at my pictures…• Name them• Write a label for them• Can you say a sentence about them?• Can you find objects in your house

that have the same sound?• Draw and label your objects too.

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

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

6Dmz_QZc

Phonics• The ‘oa’ sound https://www.youtub

e.com/watch?v=M8nGaspuWAQ

Watch and Learn

Read the ‘oa’ words

Alphablocks ‘oa’ family https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQFilBxEseg&list=PLqk7ar-NaBVsbHQP5lR9atB716Pva16pf

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TBG-syplglM

Watch and Learn

Phonics• Phase 3 Interactive Game https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/PicnicOnPluto.html

• Ob and Bob – feed the aliens ‘oa’ words. Ob likes ‘alien’ words and Bob likes ‘real’ words.

Music

Listen and Watchhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wu

pzipXtFwk

Listen, watch and join inhttps://www.gruffalo.co

m/songs

Make up your own song about ‘The Gruffalo’ or other animals• Add actions • Use instruments

Challenge: Can you make up a funny face song?

PSHE/DramaHow would you feel if you saw a Gruffalo? • Talk about your ideas• Act out your ideas• Use a mirror to see yourself change expressions as you change how you

feel.• Draw your ideas • Write about your feelings…

• I would feel ____________ .

Science/Understanding the WorldWhich one is the odd one out? Can you explain why?• Think about…

• What is similar and what is different about them?• What do the animals look like?• Do they have any special features?• Where do they live?

Challenge questions: (you might need an adult to help you search for these answers on the internet)• What animal group are they from?• Are they carnivores or herbivores?

Science/Understanding the WorldSuper Worm Sensory TrayCollect materials/objects and add to a tray of mud. Explore what they feel like. • Talk about your ideas. • Draw what you find• Label your drawings with adjectives you used to describe

what they feel like.

Challenge: Close your eyes or put a blind fold on. Explore the tray again – what can you feel? Can you guess correctly what each item is? How does it feel to touch things you can’t see?

You could try:• Wearing rubber gloves – does it feel different?• Using tweezers or chopsticks to try and pick up

the items – is this easy?• Describe the sound and smell each of the items

make. • Change the objects or swap the mud for sand,

flour, water or paint.

Science/Understanding the WorldMake a worm hotel.

You will need…

• A clear jar/container

• Mud/soil/sand/gravel

• Leaves

• Worms

TIP: Keep the wormery out of direct sunlight, we are keeping ours in a cupboard.

Send us a photo of your wormery to share on our class pages ☺

Science/Understanding the World

Watch and Learnhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-

zc_1vjLnI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7O40A-6Jmt4

Worms• Talk about the things you know about worms.• Make a fact file or poster all about worms

• Draw your ideas• Take some photo’s of what you find• Write your ideas• Make a video all worms, don’t forget to send it

to us if you can ☺

Science/Understanding the World• Make a bug hotelhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08f43x7?xtor=CS8-1000-[Discovery_Cards]-[Multi_Site]-[SL07]-[PS_PROGRAMMES~N~~C_HowToBuildABugHotel]

Science/Understanding the World

Send us a photo if you can ☺

Cursive Handwriting

Practice writing f, g, h, I, j using different tools…• Write them in the air• Write them on the floor• Write them on paper. • Write words with these letters

• Writing the alphabet - watch and learn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NQ6uS8blwY

Spelling

Write your words with different tools

Fine Motor Skills• Get creative with pegs!

DT/Baking

DT/Baking

DT/Baking Gruffalo Krispie Cakes

Creative • Make your own Gruffalo!

Gruffalo biscuits – yummy!

Creative• Use paint…

Spaghetti snake painting

Creative• Follow a recipe to make playdough

• Can you make a Gruffalo?

Thinking Time…• What would you take on a picnic with a

Gruffalo?

Have a go at…• Talking about your ideas with a grown up• Drawing your ideas• Find things from around your house to take and pack a bag. • Make the food you would take and have a picnic with your

family in your garden.

Thinking Time…• What is the Gruffalo dreaming about?

Have a go at…• Talking about your ideas with a

grown up• Drawing your ideas• Explain your ideas

Thinking Time…• What would you do if a Gruffalo came to your house?

Have a go at…• Talking about your ideas with a grown up• Drawing your ideas• Explain your ideas

Thinking Time/ Drama• What are they saying to each other?

Challenge: Role play the conversations with someone in your house. Swap over and be the other characters too.

StoriesRead/Watch other stories by Julia Donaldson

• The Gruffalos Child

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b018nrhm/the-gruffalos-child

• Room on the Broom

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

• Tiddler – The Story Telling Fish

https://www.slideshare.net/nikkitester1/tiddler-the-story-telling-fish