Welcome to FS2!

Our teachers in FS2 are:

Miss Hough (Teacher)

Miss Eyley (Teaching Assistant)

Mrs Mudarra (Care Assistant)

For this week's home learning activities, 

click on the rainbow, then select this week's date!

Wellbeing activities

Physical Development 

• Active songs and dances: Shake Your Sillies Out ♫ Brain Breaks Songs for Kids ♫ Kids Action Songs by The Learning Station - YouTube, The Skeleton Dance + More | Dance Songs for Kids | Super Simple Songs - YouTube 
• Cosmic Yoga Cosmic Kids Yoga - YouTube
• Try these physical daily challenge cards 

At Intake Farm we use cursive writing. We start in the Foundation Stage, using pre-cursive letter formation. This helps children to start all letters from the line and prepares children for joining letters later on.

Please use the rhymes on the document to help your child to practise forming letters correctly. 

Remember tricky words are words that we cannot sound out, we have to learn to recognise them by sight!

Previous weeks' home learning 

Friday 22nd January

Remember to upload pictures, of what you have been doing, to Tapestry! We cannot wait to see what you have been up to! 

(Please activate your Tapestry account if you have not done so already!)

Maths

Warm up

Practise following instructions involving positional language, putting your teddy in different places 

e.g. put it on your head, behind your back, under your leg, in between your feet.

Extend to Grandma says (Simon says) if more challenge is needed - children only do the instructions that Grandma says. If you do not say "Grandma says..." they don't do it.

Activity

Can you out out the journey you drew on your map yesterday? Can you give instructions to guide your grown up through it?

Look closely at the picture of the woodland animals that Little Red Riding Hood saw on her journey through the forest. Can you talk about the animals and where they are? Can you use positional language (on, in, under, on top of, next to, beside, above, below, in front, behind...)?

Follow-up Challenge:
Can you make an obstacle course in your house or garden, for your family?

Can you guide them through it, telling them if they need to go on, in, under, over, through, around...?

Phonics

Input 

Revisit

• Recap all letters learned so far: s a t p i n m d g o c k ck e u r h b f ff l ll ss v j w x y z
• Read tricky words: I no go to the into he 

Teach

• Introduce new tricky word 'she'
• Practice writing 'she' 

Practise

• Read sentence containing the word 'she'

Apply

• Write a sentence using 'she'

Follow up activity

Ask your grown up to hide tricky words (I no go to the into he she) around your house. Simply write them on sticky notes or strips of paper. 

• Can you go on a tricky word hunt and find them all?
• Can you read the words that you find?
• Can you write the words that you find?

Literacy

Rainbow Grammar

Look at the pictures of the Big Bad Wolf. 

Can you think of different sentences about the wolf? Can you use positional language?

Can you choose a sentence to write?

Remember to write the sounds that you can hear (use your sound mat). Words should be spelled phonetically they do not need to be correct. The tricky words (I, no, go, to the, into, he) that we have learned should be spelled correctly (find them on the sound mat).

Example: The wulf is bhnd the tri. (The wolf is behind the tree).

Underline/ highlight the parts of you sentence in green (subject), orange (predicate- what happened to the subject), red (stop).

Thursday 21st January

Maths 

Warm up

Practise following instructions involving positional language, putting your teddy in different places 

e.g. put it on your head, behind your back, under your leg, in between your feet.

Extend to Grandma says (Simon says) if more challenge is needed - children only do the instructions that Grandma says. If you do not say "Grandma says..." they don't do it.

Activity

Recap yesterday's journey to Grandma's.

Can you make a map to show the route to Grandma's? Add obstacles such  as a river to cross, branches to jump over...

Can you explain the route using positional language (through, across, over, on. in, under, next to, behind)?

For example:

We walked on the path, through the forest, jumped over the branches, hid behind a tree, crawled under a fallen tree, walked across the bridge to get over the river and found Grandmas house with the horses in front!

Phonics

Complete the following tasks, set out in the document below.

Revisit

Sing the Alphabet song

Recap the letters previously learned- Can you say the letter name and sound and perform the action?

Teach

New letter z- say the name and sound

Sing the Jolly Phonics song

Practise writing 'z'

Which words have a 'z' sound?

Practise

Read the 'z' words

Apply

Write the 'z' words

Literacy

Recap yesterday- We were writing a wanted poster for the Police to catch the Big Bad Wolf.

You should have drawn the wold and described his ears, eyes and  teeth.

Today we are going to complete the 'last seen' section. When do you think the Big Bad Wolf was last seen? Can you use positional language? (e.g. hiding behind a tree,  running away from the Wooodcutter)

Remember to:

• Verbally, rehearse what you want to write 
• Write one word at a time
• Sound out the words with your robot arms
• Write the sounds that you hear (words do not have to be spelt correctly, they should be spelt as they sound)
• Use the sound mat to identify the letters and form them correctly
• Use finger spaces between words (not letters)

For example: Hiding behind the tree.

Independent Learning Activities

• Make a wolf mask
• Make a wolf puppet
• Write a list of food to take to granny’s
• Prepare some food for granny (bake cakes, make sandwiches)
• Play ‘What time is it Mr Wolf’
• Play Grandma’s footsteps- pretend to be the wolf sneaking up on Granny, freeze when she turns around
• Use boxes or your toys to create the route to Granny’s - retell the story
• Make Granny a get well soon card
• Make Red Riding Hood a new cape

Outdoor Learning Activities

• Go on a Scavenger hunt- Can you find things on the list below?
• Ask your grown ups for some old or spare bowls, cutlery, cooking utensils and pans to take outside and create your own Mud kitchen - Can you bake cakes for Granny?
• Play hide and seek - What could you hide behind or under?
• Make a journey stick! - Go on a journey with your family through your garden or a nearby park or woodland. Can you find a stick? Search for natural materials along your journey and tie or stick them to your stick! Can you remember where you found the different things?

Wednesday 20th January

Maths

This week we are learning about positional language.

Warm up:

Find a teddy or toy 

Follow the instructions given by your grown up 

e.g. put it on your.... behind your... under your...

Activity:

Pretend you are Little Red Riding Hood and go on a journey to Grandma's house

Use the pictures to and act out the journey (For example, put the food in the basket to take for Grandma, open the door and walk through it, then walk on the path....)

Phonics

Complete the following tasks, set out in the document below.

Revisit

Sing the Alphabet song

Recap the letters previously learned- Can you say the letter name and sound and perform the action?

Teach

New letter y- say the name and sound

Sing the Jolly Phonics song

Practise writing 'y'

Which words have a 'y' sound?

Practise

Read the 'y' words

Apply

Write the 'y' words

Literacy

Recap the story of Little Red Riding Hood, using the pictures.

Look at and discuss the pictures of the Big Bad Wolf. 

Can you think of adjectives (describing words) to describe  the wolf? e.g. enormous, sharp teeth

Can you make a wanted poster to help the Police find the Big Bad Wolf? 
(Draw the wolf and complete all of the 'appearance' section, the 'last seen' section will be completed on Thurs).

Remember to:

• Verbally, rehearse what you want to write 
• Write one word at a time
• Sound out the words with your robot arms
• Write the sounds that you hear (words do not have to be spelt correctly)
• Use the sound mat to identify the letters and form them correctly
• Use finger spaces between words (not letters)

See the example below: big round eyes

Phonics

Revisit:

Recap learned phonemes - play phonics pop, spooky sounds (sets 1-6) or use the flash cards

Practise singing the Jolly Phonics songs

Teach:

Read and write HFW and Tricky words (play High Frequency Word Bingo (ictgames.com) or use the word mat)

(High Frequency Words are common words that are decodable by sounding out and blending. There are 26 high frequency words to learn in phase 2. Tricky words are common words that have unusual spellings therefore they cannot be sounded out. There are 6 tricky words in phase 2)

Practise: Sort the objects by their initial sounds (j, v, w), use the sheet below, draw your own or use objects in your house.

Apply: Letter formation practise writing (use the sheet below- you can copy from the screen or print it out)

Literacy

Recap the story (listen again on teams or youtube)

Can you make a character masks/ puppets? Can you act out and retell the story?

Can you use the pictures to retell the story?

Can you remember what Little Red Riding Hood said about how Grandma looked? What was the Wolf's reply?

"What big ....... you have"

"All the better to......"

Use your free time today to get active and try some of the PE challenges and Outdoor Learning activities!

Tuesday 19th January

There are no live Teams sessions today, but there are lots of tasks to try below!

Remember to upload pictures, of what you have been doing, to Tapestry! We cannot wait to see what you have been up to! 

(Please activate your Tapestry account if you have not done so already!)

Maths

The Big Bad Wolf has been hiding in different places in my house! Can you see him in the photos?

Can you use positional language to describe where the wolf is? (see key vocabulary on the document below)

Can you make a wolf (from toilet roll tube, box, sock, or paper) and put him in each of the  positions on the word cards?

Monday 18th January

Maths

Today we are learning about the number 8!

Watch  Numberblocks S2:E3 Eight

Can you put the missing numbers back on the number line?

Can you describe where each number should go?

Can you make a number 8 poster?

Can you draw 8 things?

Can you write the numeral 8?

Can you spot number 8 around your house? (on the phone, TV remote, cereal box etc.)

Can you find 8 toys?

Phonics 

Complete the following tasks, set out in the document below.

Revisit

Sing the Alphabet song

Recap the letters previously learned- Can you say the letter name and sound and perform the action?

Teach

New letter x- say the name and sound

Sing the Jolly Phonics song

Practise writing 'x'

Which words have a 'x' sound?

Practise

Read the 'x' words

Apply

Write the 'x' words

Literacy

This week, we are reading the story of Little Red Riding Hood.

Listen to the story (131) Little Red Riding Hood Story Read Aloud | Twinkl Go! - YouTube

Discuss:

Who was in the story?

What happened?

Should Little Red Riding Hood have spoken to the wolf and told him where she was going? (stranger danger)

Friday 15th January

Maths

This week we have been learning about time and sequencing our morning, afternoon and evening routines.

Practise singing the days of the week song?

• What day is it today?
• What day was it yesterday?
• What day is it tomorrow?

Task:

Can you sequence your home-school day?

Can you make your own home-school timetable to show what jobs your are going to do throughout the school day? (print the template below or draw your own)

e.g. maths, independent learning/ play, phonics, build a snowman, lunchtime, literacy, independent learning/ play, story 

Phonics

Recap all letters learned so far: s a t p i n m d g o c k ck e u r h b f ff l ll v j w 

Read tricky words 

Sing the tricky words song 

Introduce new tricky word 'he'

Practice writing 'he' 

Read sentence containing the word 'he'

Write a sentence using 'he'

Literacy

Rainbow Grammar

Look at and play in the snow!

Write a sentence about the snow!

Remember to write the sounds that you can hear (use your sound mat). Words should be spelled phonetically they do not need to be correct. The tricky words we have learned should be spelled correctly (find them on the sound mat).

Example: The snow is cold.

Underline/ highlight the parts of you sentence in green (subject), orange (predicate- what happened to the subject), red (stop)

Thursday 14th January

SNOW!

It's snowing!! I know many of you are very excited about the snow, so get your wellies out, wrap up warm and go and play in the snow!

Can you make a snowball?

Can you make a snowman?

Can you use a stick to write your name in the snow?

Can you catch the snow on you tongue?

Can you make a snow angel?

Have a great afternoon and remember to ask your grown ups to take lots of pictures and upload them to Tapestry! We can't wait to see what you have been doing!!

Miss Hough and Miss Eyley

Maths

Sing the days of the week song! 

Recap your morning routine - sing 'Here we go round the mulberry bush'

Can you put these times of the day in the correct order? morning, afternoon, evening and night time

Discuss what activities do you do in a morning, afternoon, evening and night time 

Sequence your morning, afternoon or evening routine. You might even want to do the whole day!
Act out your routine and take pictures or draw it!

• Can you tell me your routine using some of these keywords: first, next after, before, morning, afternoon, evening?

Phonics

Input 

The following activities are in the attached booklet below:

• Sing the alphabet
• Practise saying the names and sound of the letters and  reading the tricky words that we have learned so far
• Say the name and sound of our new letter 'w'
• Listen to the 'w' Jolly Phonics song
• What starts with a 'v' sound?
• Read the alien words

Follow-up task

Practise writing 'w' on the letter formation page, on paper or in the SNOW!

Watch Alphablocks Phonics - Learn to Read | The Letter 'W' - YouTube

Literacy

Sing 'When Goldilocks went to the house of the bears'

Recap the evidence found in the Three Bears' Cottage

Write a Crime Report describing the evidence found.

For an extra challenge write a statement from the witnesses (what did the bears see?)

Remember to write one word at a time. Sound the words out and write each of the sounds that you hear (it doesn't have to be spelled correctly). You can use the sound mat to find the right letters.

Some tasks are worksheets, however they can easily be completed by looking at them on the screen and doing the task with a pencil and paper, if you are unable to print them!

Wednesday 13th January

Maths

This week, we are beginning to learn about time!

Input

Can you sing the days of the week song?

• What day is it today?
• What day was it yesterday?
• What day is it tomorrow?

Sing 'Here we go round the mulberry bush'

What do you do each morning?

Follow up task

Can you sequence your morning routine?

You could do this by:

•  Cutting out and ordering the pictures (print document below)
• Acting it out and taking photos
• Drawing and labelling pictures

Can you describe your routine using the words:

• first
• next 
• then
• after
• before

Phonics

Input 

The following activities are in the attached booklet below:

• Sing the alphabet
• Practise saying the names and sound of the letters and  reading the tricky words that we have learned so far
• Say the name and sound of our new letter 'v'
• Listen to the 'v' Jolly Phonics song
• What starts with a 'v' sound?
• Read the alien words
• Write the 'v' words

Follow up task

Complete the 'v' letter formation page 

Literacy

Recap the story

Who were the characters?

What happened?

Can you help the Police?

• Look at the evidence from the Three Bears Cottage
• Describe and label the evidence
• Can you use adjectives (e.g. huge, large, medium, small, tiny, hard, soft lumpy etc)

Please encourage children to sound the words out and write the sounds that they can hear. The words should be spelled phonetically, the do not have to be spelled correctly.

Children can use the sound mat to identify letters and form them correctly.

For example: "tiny, empty bowl"

Tuesday 12th January

There will be no live lessons today but there are plenty of activities for you to try, including Phonics, Literacy, Maths, Independent Learning, PE and Outdoor Learning activities!

Maths

Comparing size 

Can you find things in your house that are big for Daddy Bear, things that are medium for Mummy Bear and  things that are small for baby bear?

Can you count how many objects you find for each bear?

Play the Teddy bear counting game: Learning to Count up to 15 with Teddy Numbers Interactive Maths Game (topmarks.co.uk)

Complete the path to the Three Bears' Cottage by filling in the missing numbers

Phonics

Revisit

Recap the phase 2 phonemes (sets 1-5) use the flashcards or play Phonics Pop 

Practise reading tricky words

Practise

Reading 

Try the I spy and read worksheet- can you blend the sounds and find the picture 

Match the picture to the word Pick A Picture (phonicsplay.co.uk) 

Read the words Short Vowel Word Machines (starfall.com)

Read the sentence Peg the Hen (starfall.com)

Apply

Writing 

Practise writing your phase 2 letters and tricky words

Choose a picture and write the word in the phoneme frame. Look carefully at the size of the box. (cvc phoneme frames)

Literacy

Make masks or puppets of Goldilocks and the Bears.

Recap the story of Goldilocks and the Three bears. 

Can you retell the story and act it out, using your masks or puppets?

Can you learn the rhyme: 'When Goldilocks went to the house of the bears'

Upload pictures/ videos to Tapestry to show us what you have been doing!

Outdoor Learning Activities

• Go on a Scavenger hunt- Can you find things on the list below?
• Ask your grown ups for some old or spare bowls, cutlery, cooking utensils and pans to take outside and create your own Mud kitchen - Can you use flour, oats or natural materials and water to make your own porridge?
• Make a nature wrist band - wrap masking tape   (sticky side up) or paper  around your wrist and stick on natural materials.

Independent Learning Activities

• Draw or paint a picture of Goldilocks and the Three Bears
• Make character masks or puppets
• Have a teddy bears' picnic
• Cook some porridge. Can you get it to taste "just right"?
• Sing some Nursery Rhymes
• Sing counting songs (5 Little Speckled frogs, 5 Little Ducks, 5 Gingerbread men)
• Make some playdough
• Make a dice
• Play dominoes
• Practise writing your name

Monday 11th January

Maths

Watch and discuss Numberblocks S2:E2 Seven BBC iPlayer - Numberblocks - Series 2: Seven 

Follow up task

• Can you use objects to explore different ways of making seven?
• Can you make a number seven poster? Practise drawing a number seven and drawing seven things.
• Can you spot the number seven around your house (TV remote, cereal box etc)?

Extra challenge:

• Can you write number sentences using add + ?
• Can you write number sentences using subtract - ?

Remember our counting rules:

• Place the objects in a line 
• Say the number names in order
• Your mouth and finger have to work together, touching each object as you say the number (1:1 correspondence). Don't go too fast!
• Count one thing at a time
• The last number you say is how many you have all together

Phonics

Input

See the phonics booklet below which contains the following tasks:

• Recap phonemes and tricky words learned so far
• Introduce the new letter ‘J’ ‘j’ can you say its name and sound?
• Sing the song  Jolly Phonics ”j” Sounds - YouTube
• Can you identify things that start with the /j/ sound?
• Can you write /j/?
• Can you read /j/ words?
• Can you write /j/ words?

Follow up task

• Complete the ‘j’ letter formation worksheet
• Watch Alphablocks Phonics - Learn to Read | The Letter 'J' - YouTube

Literacy 

We are beginning our second week of our 'Fairy tales' topic. This week we will be exploring the story of 'Goldilocks and the Three Bears.' We will be considering whether Goldilocks is right or wrong. 

Read the story: Goldilocks and the Three Bears (document below)

Discuss the story:

• Who were the characters?
• What happened?
• What Goldilocks right or wrong to do what she did? Why?

Can you draw a picture of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears?

Reminders

• Our PE day is now Thursday. Please come to school in your PE kit.
• Please make sure that ALL belongings are labelled to avoid them getting mixed up!
• Please bring a labelled water bottle to drink from throughout the day and at lunch time.

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