HOME LEARNING - Thursday 15th July

Here is the home learning for today. If you would like to, you can upload any completed work onto Tapestry.

Tomorrow, your learning will be back on Google Classroom and we will have a Live Phonics Meet at 10am. See you there!

Phonics –  

Starter – adult to write out these digraphs and trigraphs on separate pieces of paper (ai, ee, igh, oa, ow, or, er, oo, ear, air). Either use these cards for a digraph hunt or as flashcards.  

Add sound buttons and read the words ‘crab, milk, soft, plum’. Talk about how these words all have 4 sounds in them.  

Write short sentences with 4 letter words in them, ‘I will camp in a tent.’ ‘The sand is soft.’  

Write a sentence and draw a picture to match, ‘She is sitting on the bench.’ Remember that we practised spelling two syllable words yesterday! 

Maths –  

Play ‘one more’ catch. Adult to throw a teddy or soft toy to your child and say a number. Child to catch it and say the number one more than your number as they throw the teddy back to you. They must do this really fast! (Differentiate by choosing numbers appropriate for your child.)  

Impress your adults by showing them how you can count to 100 using this video!  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TgLtF3PMOc

Handwriting; Funky finger challenge -

Follow the line - Adult to draw a spiral on a piece of paper. Children to use a highlighter or felt tip to follow the spiral around by ‘dotting’. Once they have ‘dotted’ along the spiral, they can cut it out. Practise holding the scissors correctly as they cut.  

Join in with this funky fingers video to strengthen your fingers ready for writing in phonics! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Of7i10EVdtE&list=PLOcPymb-OvBzRZZ5RUMWhW_USBIqIlHll&index=2 

Short RE -  

• We have been learning about the Sacraments and what happens when a baby is Baptised.
• We know that Baptism marks a person being welcomed into the family of God and having any mistakes that they have made washed away so they can make a fresh start as they follow Jesus’ footsteps.
• We have also learnt about Jesus’ own Baptism. Jesus was baptised by his cousin, John the Baptist, in the River Jordan when he was a grown up.
• Today we are going to focus on one of the main symbols of baptism – water.
• Have a wonder at water's properties, using a large bowl of water:
• Show how things change in different ways when they go underwater:

• Some things just get wet but stay the same: put in a sponge / plastic toy and bring it out - when it dries it will not have changed.
• Some things look changed but are really no different: Watch how a straw looks bent in water.
• Some things are completely changed by the water: Drop in a fizzy tablet like a soluble Vitamin C tablet or show how a tissue breaks up in water.

• John the Baptist knew that water itself doesn't change people on the inside but it could be a sign that they had changed.
• During baptism water is poured over the person’s forehead 3 times. The water is used to show that the person has been washed cleanof any mistakes or bad choices they have made and can make a fresh start, following God.
• Today we are going to think about how we can use water to wash away the things that we are not proud of and that we would like to say sorry for.
• Children choose a stone and a felt tip pen. Take a few moments to think about the things that you would like to say sorry for. (Have you been mean to anyone? Have you left anyone out? Did you ignore someone when they needed help?)
• Write one word on your stone or draw a symbol to represent the things you want to say sorry to God for and ask for God’s forgiveness.
• Just as water washes away sins at Baptism, we are now going to use water to wash away the things that we have written on our stones.
• Children to wash their stone in the bowl of water – they might need to give it a bit of a scrub!
• Water is powerful and can destroy things in its path but it can also cleanse and bring new life.
• Our stones are now washed clean and we can see that God has shared his love and forgiveness with us.
• Remember that God is forgiving and will give us a fresh start no matter what because: nothing can separate us from his love (Romans 8:38)

• End session with a prayer:
• Dear God, Thank you for washing away our mistakes and giving us new life at Baptism. Help us to follow in the footsteps of your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen

TenTen (PSHE) - 

(To follow shortly)

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