Wonderful Wrens Learning Pack · 2020-07-03 · when she begged him, “Set me free!” He laughed...
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Wonderful Wrens
Learning Pack
6th July
Monday
Phonics – Silly soup
English – Read the story The Singing Mermaid., Miss Thompson will also
be reading this on Twitter.
Maths – Count the shells
Jigsaw– What makes us special?
Phonics – Silly Soup
Can you play a game of silly soup using the different pictures in
relation to our Under the Sea Theme.
English – The Singing Mermaid
Did you ever go to Silversands on a sunny
summers day?
Then perhaps you saw the mermaid who sang in
the deep blue bay.
She sang to the fish in the ocean, to the haddock, the hack and the
ling, and they flash their scales and swished their tails to hear the
mermaid sing.
And sometimes the singing mermaid swam to the silvering shore. She
sat and combed her golden hair and then she sang some more.
She sang to the cockles and mussels. She sang to the birds on the
wing. And the seashells clapped and the seagulls flapped to hear the
mermaid sing.
When Sam Sly’s circus came to town, Sam took a stroll by the sea.
He heard the mermaid singing and he rubbed his hands with glee.
He said, “I can make you famous.”
“I can make you rich,” he said.
“You shall swim in a pool of marble and sleep on a fine feather bed.
You shall sing for the lords and the ladies. You shall sing for the
Queen and the King, and young and old will pay good gold to hear the
mermaid sing.”
“Don’t go! Don’t go! Cried the seagulls, and the seashells warned, “He
lies.” But the mermaid listened to old Sam Sly and smiled as she
waved her goodbyes.
And he took her away to the circus, and she sang to the crowds
round the ring, and “More! More! More!” came the deafening roar
when they heard the mermaid sing.
Now the mermaid shared a caravan with Annie the acrobat and Ding
and Dong the circus dogs and Bella the circus cat.
And she made good friends with the jugglers and the man who
swallowed fire, and the clown with the tumbledown trousers, and the
woman who walked on wire.
But she wasn’t friends with old Sam Sly.
No, she didn’t care for him, for he made her live on a fish tank
where there wasn’t room to swim.
And there was no pool of marble. There was no feather bed. And
when she begged him, “Set me free!” He laughed and shook his head.
All summer long the circus toured, all autumn, winter, spring and
many a crowd cheered long and loud to hear the mermaid sing.
But the mermaid dreamed of Silversands and she longer for the
deep blue sea. And her songs grew sad, and again she said, “I beg
you, set me free”
But again he laugh and shook his head. And her told her, “No such
thing. Here you will stay, while people pay to hear the mermaid sing.”
At Silversands, a seagull was flying to his nest. When on the breeze
he heard a song, the song which he loved the best.
And he followed the song to the caravan. Sam Sly was about to lock
it. The seagull watched as he turned the key and slipped it inside his
pocket.
The seagull waited till Sam had gone. Then he perched on the
windowsill, and he tap- tap at the window. He tapped with his yellow
bill.
“come back! Come back to Silversands. Its only a mile away. I can
find the key and set you free. If you’ll come back home to the bay.”
“Escape!’ barked the dogs. “Escape!” meowed the cat. But the
mermaid sighed: “I’d fail, for how could I walk to Silversands, when I
only have a tail?
“Like this!” cried Annie the acrobat, and she stood upon her hands.
“This is the way, the only way, to get to Silversands.”
“Right hand, left hand, tail up high, there’s really nothing to it. If I
give you lessons every night, you’ll soon learn how to do it.”
Next week, while Sam was snoring, the seagull stole the key.
He carried it off to the caravan and set the mermaid free.
and he flew ahead, to guide her, as she walked upon her hands, all
along the moonlit road that led to Silversands.
And the creatures on the seashore and the fish beneath the foam,
jumped and splashed and danced with joy to have their mermaid
home.
And she sang to the cockles and mussels. She sang to the birds on
the wing, and the seashells clapped and the seagulls flapped to hear
the mermaid sing.
And if you go down to Silversands and swim in the bay of blue,
perhaps you; see the mermaid, and perhaps she’ll sing for you.
Maths
Count the shells and see if you can find and stick the correct numicon to match
to the shells.
Jigsaw – What makes us special?
We are all very special. We are all good at different things and we all
find different things tricky. We all look different but we also may
have some things to the same. For example, you and your friend both
may have brown hair but you may be good at skipping but your friend
may be good at writing. But you both may be very kind. Have a
discussion about what makes you special and different but also the same to others.
Can you draw a picture of something you
are really good at? For example painting or
running etc..
Can you draw a picture of your self?
Can you draw a picture of something you
would like to be better at? E.g reading or
swimming.
Can you draw one of your friends?
Tuesday
Can you join in with us for Dough Disco?
Phonics – Rhyming words
English – Discussion about the text.
Maths – Ordering numbers 1-10.
Phonics – Rhyming words
Words that rhyme are words that sound the same. Just like cat and mat. They
just have a different sound at the beginning but the end sounds the same.
Can you cut out the pictures below and match them to words they rhyme with?
Cat Pig Bun
Dig Mat
Sun Wall
Ball
English
Can you re- read the story and have a discussion using the
questions below. You can either just talk about the book or you
could write down what your child says.
Who did the mermaid enjoy singing to?
How did the mermaid feel when she was taken to the circus?
How did the mermaid escape the circus?
How did the mermaid feel at the end of the story?
Maths
Using the numbers on the next page can you stick them into the correct space
to complete the number lines. Here is a number song to help them with the
ordering of numbers, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diMJIlv-4N0
1
2
4
6
8
10
2
3
5
7
9
3 7 5 9
1 6 4 10
8
Wednesday
Phonics – shell phonics
Fine motor – Threading – make a mermaid necklace or bracelet.
English – Design your singing mermaid
Maths – Touch counting
Phonics -
Using the shells below can you cut them out and write different letters onto
the shell. If you have sand at home can you hide them in the sand and find the
shells and read what the letter says. If you don’t have sand that’s ok, you could
hide them around the room.
Fine motor- threading
Threading for children improves fine moto skills: Threading beads can help
strengthen the small muscles in children’s hands as the grasp different sized
beads.
Can you design and make your own mermaid necklace, if you have?
beads excellent, but you could also cut out shapes and add a hole for them to be
threaded. You could also use buttons, or at school we often paint pasta and
thread pasta to make necklaces, this also looks like shells.
English
Design your very own Singing Mermaid. What colour will their hair and scales
be?
Maths – Touch counting
Count the pictures and circle the amount at the bottom of the card.
Thursday
Phonics – Read and Draw
English – Favourite part of the story
Maths – Say and Draw
Science – Waterproof experiment.
Phonics – Read and blend the words and draw the picture underneath the cvc
word.
English –
Have a discussion about the book The Singing Mermaid. Talk about what happened in the story
and what parts they liked and which parts they did not.
Then can you draw below your favourite part of the story?
Explain why you like this part of the story, how did it make you feel?
Maths – Say and Draw
Can you say the number on the shell and then draw the correct amount of
mermaids underneath the shell.
Science – Waterproof experiment
For this experiment you will need
- A teddy
- A range of different materials (foil, paper, cling film, coat, umbrella etc.)
- Water
- A jug/ watering can for your water
- Tray or plate
Place your teddy onto your tray or plate. This is going to act as your mermaid.
Pretend your teddy is your mermaid. You may have a teddy mermaid, if so
wonderful.
You are then going to cover your teddy with the different materials, so for
example cover your teddy with the foil. Then you are going to pour over the
teddy with your material over the top your water in the jug.
When you have done this, you are then going to see if your teddy is wet or dry.
If you material is waterproof this means the teddy will be dry.
If it is wet this means the material is not waterproof.
You can talk through this experiment or you can also record in the table on the
next page.
I hope you find a material to help Marissa the Mermaid.
Have fun!
Material Waterproof or Not
(Tick or Cross)
Friday
Phonics – real or not real words.
English – Water play
Maths – Size order
Theme – Mermaid crown
Baking – Rock cakes
Phonics -
This game is for the children to blend the CVC words and decide if they are real
or not real words.
IF they are real words they put them on the treasure chest if they are
nonsense words (not real words) they go into the bin.
cat
not
liv
hen
nin pog
mit bed
cug pen
English – Water play
Drop some sand, pebbles and shells into the bottom of the water tray and add
some plastic fish tank plants for seaweed.
Water play encourages children to use language to imagine and recreate roles
and experiences in play situations.
Maths
Order the star fish from the smallest to the biggest.
Theme – Mermaid Crown
Design and create your very own mermaid crown. Share your crowns
with me on Tapestry or Twitter.