The Gates Primary SchoolEYFS- Penguins: Blog items
Date: 5th May 2020 @ 10:22pm
It's Wednesday already!
This week is going by so fast. Who is looking forward to their VE day tea party on Friday?
You have done such a great job on your party invitations and bunting.
You've also created some fantastic beanstalks and giants like the ones in our story!
Harrison has even given this lovely message to Mrs Mort.
Keep up this amazing work, Penguins. I am very proud of you all!
Here are today's challenges:
Challenge 1
Can you draw a picture of Daisy the cow? This could be done on Purple Mash or on paper.
What colours will you use?
Can you name some of the body parts?
Challenge 2
To get ready for our party, can you make a special cake or a favourite sweet treat?
I will make one too and post a picture later. I'd love to see yours so don't forget to blog.
Try not to eat it yet, it's for our special party!
Please also complete activities on Purple Mash, IXL, PhonicsPlay, or Mini Mash.
As always, I hope you have a wonderful day!
Miss Altham
Date: 5th May 2020 @ 4:27pm
Another day done and another day of great learning! I have loved reading your menus today. They have made me very hungry!!
You have done brilliantly with your halving too, I have put some examples below. I love how imaginative you and your grownups have been with the objects you have been using to halve.
Well done Penguins.
Penguins 5th May Home Learning
Date: 5th May 2020 @ 7:31am
Good morning penguins!
You all worked really hard yesterday and I was really pleased to see how many of you remembered how to halve and your invitations where fab! Let’s have another great day!
Maths
Can you recap on halving again today? Choose a number and halve it using drawings. Watch the video again to remind you.
Remember to use the correct language each time to describe what you have done.
“half of 4 equals 2”
Challenge: If you can confidently halve numbers using drawings can you answer some of these halving work problems?
Literacy
So today we need to write our menu, what food are we going to have at our tea party?
Watch the video and then write your menu, I can’t wait to see them!
Challenge: Can you add adjectives to describe the food on your menu?
We are going to play rocket rescue today. Choose the sounds you need to work on when you play this game. Remember to sound out each word carefully using your sound fingers!
Daily reminders:
- Oxford owl reading
- Purple Mash
- Spellings
Don’t forget to upload your pictures on the blog so I can see what you have been doing.
Have a great day!
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 8:47pm
Happy Tuesday, Penguins!
Well done to all those children who are posting updates on the school blog and completing to-do's on PurpleMash. I am really enjoying looking at all your creations.
Here are some highlights:
I am going to start posting more stories for you to enjoy at home as well as the story of the week so keep an eye on my YouTube page! I hope you enjoy today's story.
Here are today's challenges:
Challenge 1
Can you create a beanstalk that is made of something other than jellybeans? Maybe yours is a chocolate beanstalk or even made of teddy bears...
Challenge 2
Can you create some bunting ready for your tea party?
Please also complete activities on Purple Mash, Mini Mash, PhonicsPlay or IXL
Have a great day, Penguins!
Miss Altham
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 3:38pm
What a great start to the week! I have loved seeing your invitations for your tea parties and it has been great to see so many of you remembering how to halve.
Theres not been very many blogs yet today; remember to try and blog your homelearning everyday so we can see what amazing learning you are doing.
Look at these amazing invitations.
Penguins 4th May Home Learning
Date: 4th May 2020 @ 7:33am
Good morning penguins!
I hope you have all had a really good weekend and have been enjoying the sun again. We have had a quiet one this weekend we have done lots of baking though!
Maths
We are going to recap on halving this week. Remember halving is when you share something into 2 equal groups, those groups have to have the same number.
Watch the video using objects and then have a go with numbers:
2, 4, 6, 8, 10
If you can confidently use the objects to halve then have a go at halving with drawings using the same numbers.
Challenge: have a go at halving numbers up to 20?
Literacy
This week we are celebrating VE day so I thought we would plan and have a little tea party. To plan a party we need to write invitations, a menu and make some food. Today we are going to write some invitations.
Watch the video and then write an invitation to invite someone from your house to your party.
Challenge: Can you add more detail and information to your invitation?
Flash card time trial today. How many sounds can you read? How quickly did you read the sounds? Make a note of the sounds that you don’t know and see if you can practise them this week. If you know them all move onto phase 4 sounds.
I have added new spellings for you on the discussion part of your blogs.
Daily reminders:
- Oxford owl reading
- Purple Mash
Don’t forget to upload your pictures on the blog so I can see what you have been doing.
Have a great day!
Nursery Home Learning 4th April
Date: 3rd May 2020 @ 8:37pm
Good morning my lovely Penguins,
It’s Monday again! I hope you had a great weekend. I have been very busy doing a bit of gardening and cleaning my car.
You are doing some great work and I am really enjoying looking at all the blogs and pictures on PurpleMash. Keep it up, Penguins!
I have posted another video of you to enjoy. This story is a little bit different from the one we read last week… I wonder what happens.
It’s also VE day on Friday which is a special day that celebrates the victory in Europe at the end of WWll. It would be special if we could all get ready for an afternoon tea party on Friday by completing the daily challenges!
I am going to post two challenges for you every day this week about the story of the week and VE day and I am really looking forward to seeing your completed challenges on the school blog.
Challenge one
To begin this week, can you tell me what your favourite jelly bean flavour would be?
I think mine would be chocolate, YUM!
Challenge two
Could you create some special VE Day tea party invitations?
Can you write your own name?
Who is your party invitation for?
Please also complete activities on Purple Mash, Mini Mash, IXL or PhonicsPlay
Have a great day,
Miss Altham
VE Day celebrations EYFS and KS1
Date: 1st May 2020 @ 11:03am
VE Celebrations – WB 4.5.20
Dear Parents,
Next week marks the 75th anniversary of VE Day and despite not being in school, we would still like to be able to celebrate this with the children.
It would be brilliant if at home you could have a tea party or a picnic on Friday as a special celebration on this day. Some streets are planning a ‘Stay at home street party’.
At home, it would be great if your child could make a VE Day t shirt (decorate a plain t shirt using felt tips of fabric paint) which they can wear to their own VE Day tea party/picnic.
Here are some ideas for your child to complete at home if they would like to. If you do complete any of these activities, we would love you to share them with us on the blog.
Here are some websites which you may like to visit:
Useful websites:
Date: 30th Apr 2020 @ 9:57pm
Well done to Eddie- Our first EVER Nursery Star of the Week.
You have been so dedicated to your home learning and tried some very tricky work to keep your brain growing. You have shown me all the different things that you've been up to and it's been lovely to see your smiling face on the school blogs.
You have done lots of work on PurpleMash and even completed the challenges about the story of the week. Keep up the good work, Eddie. I can't wait to see what you get up to next!
Miss Altham
Date: 30th Apr 2020 @ 9:37pm
Good Morning, Penguins!
It's Thursday!
I have been looking through PurpleMash and the school blogs and I was so happy to see what some of you have been up to. Here are a few highlights from yesterday.
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I was so glad to hear that you enjoyed the story I read! I will post another one for you next week.
It's Friday today so have a go at our final two challenges of the week. I can't wait to see more of your blog posts.
Challenge 1
Can you have a go at retelling the story of Jack and the Beanstalk to someone else at home?
FEE FI FO FUM...
Challenge 2
Don't forget to keep trying new challenges on IXL, PurpleMash or PhonicsPlay
Have a wonderful day and weekend!
Miss Altham
Date: 30th Apr 2020 @ 3:52pm
Well done Erin!
You are my star of the week this week. You have worked so hard everyday to get better and challenge yourself. Your writing this week has blown my socks off! Really, really proud of you!
You have all worked really hard this week Penguins it was a really tricky decision.
Date: 30th Apr 2020 @ 3:46pm
Good morning penguins!
Friday already! What a week of incredible learning we have had, well done everyone!
Don't forget to check out the star of the week blog!
Don’t forget to blog your learning so I can see!
Maths
We are going to look at word problems again today. I have added a mixture of addition and subtraction ones. Read the problem and then with your grownup can you decide if you need to add or subtract. Once you know can you find the answers using one of the methods from this week.
Remember to look back at last weeks video if you need a reminder.
Challenge: Can you answer this? It is really tricky! Your counting in 10’s might help you!
Literacy
All week you have been working really hard on your spellings. Ask your grown ups to test you and see how many you can read and write today. The spellings are on the discussion blog but to remind you they are;
Once you have done that can you choose 2 of those words and write 2 sentences. Can you add an adjective to make your sentence even more exciting?
Red group: Can you use a conjunction and write more at least 3 sentences?
Your choice Friday again today. Choose one of the phonics play activities and practise those phase 3 sounds.
Daily reminders:
- Oxford owl reading
- Purple Mash
Don’t forget to upload your pictures on the blog so I can see what you have been doing.
Don't forget to check out the star of the week blog!
Have a great day!
Date: 30th Apr 2020 @ 3:08pm
Well done Penguins, another day of lovely learning. Not as many blogs today but i'm sure that doesn't mean you haven't all been busy!
Can't believe its Friday again tomorrow. Tomorrow we have a suprise, we are going to have our Penguin star of the week just like we would in school. I have been looking at all your learning. It's going to be a tricky decision.
See you in the morning Penguins.
Nursery Home Learning 30th April
Date: 30th Apr 2020 @ 7:45am
Hi Penguins,
It's Thursday today, almost the end of another week.
I haven't seen many blog posts so I can't share the wonderful things that you have created. Make sure you are sending me all the daily challenges so I can what you've all been up to.
Take a look at some of the brilliant pictures that have been completed on PurpleMash this week:
Keep up the great work there, Penguins.
Here are today's challenges:
Challenge 1
Can you draw a picture of the Giant?
How big is he?
What kind of clothes does he wear?
Is he a nice giant or not?
Challenge 2
Don't forget to keep trying new tasks on PurpleMash, IXL, or Phonicsplay.
Have a wonderful day!
Miss Altham
Penguins 30th April Homelearning
Date: 30th Apr 2020 @ 7:36am
Good morning penguins!
I can’t believe it is Thursday already. We are having a really great week and your learning continues to wow me! Let's see what we can do today!
Don’t forget to blog your learning so I can see!
Maths
Can you watch the videos on subtracting again to help reinforce the learning?
We are going to look at solving some subtraction problems today. So just like last week with the addition word problems you need to use one of the methods we’ve looked at this week. Remember when your making the the number sentence to put the biggest number first.
Remember to look back at last weeks video if you need a reminder.
Challenge: Can you answer this? It is really tricky!
Literacy
Reread or watch the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Watch the solutions video. Can you write me 2 sentences today about the solution? What happens at the end?
Challenge: can you add an adjective into your sentence?
You could draw or paint a picture too.
Red group can you write at least 3 sentences, make sure they have an adjective in each one and can you use the conjunction 'and’, ‘but’ and ‘so”
How did you do with the sounds yesterday? Can you play buried treasure and select the sounds that you find tricky.
Choose one of the sounds from here that you don’t know so you can practise.
Daily reminders:
- Oxford owl reading
- Purple Mash
- Spellings
Don’t forget to upload your pictures on the blog so I can see what you have been doing.
Have a great day!
Date: 29th Apr 2020 @ 4:53pm
Another day done and another day of brilliant learning from you all Penguins. I have attached some of the amazing writing you have done. I am starting to see some real prgress in your writing, this is amazing. Keep it up!
Date: 29th Apr 2020 @ 2:06pm
Hi everybody, I have just seen that some of you are struggling to access the problem video. I have added it again below, it should work now. Sorry about that.
Mrs Jarrett
Nursery Home Learning 29th April
Date: 28th Apr 2020 @ 8:25pm
Hi Penguins,
It's Wednesday! I hope you're all doing well and keeping busy.
I have enjoyed being in school so far this week and working with some Penguins and even some big boys and girls!
Keep up all the good work on PurpleMash and IXL, you are doing so well!
How are you doing with your challenges about Jack and the Beanstalk this week?
Did you enjoy the story I read? What would you like to hear next time?
Here are your challenges for today:
Challenge 1
Jack found a hen that laid golden eggs every day in the Giant's castle. What would you like to find in the castle if you could climb a beanstalk? Draw a picture and label it then post it on the blog for me to see!
Challenge 2
Have a brilliant day!
Miss Altham
Date: 28th Apr 2020 @ 4:07pm
Good morning penguins!
All ready to grow those brains even more today?
Don’t forget to blog your learning so I can see!
Maths
Can you watch the videos on subtracting again to help reinforce the learning?
Today, just like last week, we are going to create our own number sentences. Can you or your grownup write numbers on different pieces of paper, then can you choose 2 numbers and put them into a sentence BUT you need to put the biggest number first for the number sentence to work.
For example if I picked a 7 and a 19 I would write:
19-7=
Challenge use higher numbers in your number sentences if you think you are ready.
Literacy
Reread or watch the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Watch the problems video. Can you write me 2 sentences today about the problem? What does it look like? What would it feel like? What could you hear?
Challenge: can you add an adjective into your sentence?
You could draw or paint a picture too.
Red group can you write at least 3 sentences, make sure they have an adjective in each one and can you use the conjunction 'and’, ‘but’ and ‘so”
How did you do with the sounds yesterday? Can you play picnic on pluto and select the sounds that you struggled with yesterday to play today.
Choose one of the sounds from here that you don’t know so you can practise.
Daily reminders:
- Oxford owl reading
- Purple Mash
- Spellings
Don’t forget to upload your pictures on the blog so I can see what you have been doing.
Have a great day!
Date: 28th Apr 2020 @ 3:53pm
Hi Penguins, hope you have all had a great day. We have had a really busy day at home today, lots of learning and fun.
As always there has been some great learning shared, there are still quite a lot of you that aren't posting on the blog so please can you try and post every day!
Your writing is coming on really well and I love how you are challenging yourself in your maths, this is brilliant. Keep it up Penguins!
I want to share 2 brilliant drawings today, I loved Emily's picture of the three bears, the detail was amazing. I also loved Isobels painting and how she has stuck bears on. Have you done any drawings of the Goldilocks and the Three Bears?
See you all tomorrow!
x
Nursery Home Learning 28th April
Date: 28th Apr 2020 @ 7:56am
Happy Tuesday, Penguins!
I hope you had a great day yesterday and enjoyed the story I read. I will post a new challenge every day about the story so don't forget to keep watching the video so that you remember the story.
I have been looking at all the wonderful pictures you have created on PurpleMash, Well done!
We have gardens, beanstalks, and even Goldilocks!
I can't wait to see what else you create!
Don't forget to post pictures of your challenges on the blog!
Challenge 1
Jack's beanstalk was very tall. It was taller than Jack himself! Can you find 5 things in your house that are taller than you and 5 things that are smaller than you?
Challenge 2
Have a wonderful day!
Miss Altham
Penguins 28th April Home Learning
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 3:36pm
Good morning penguins!
You all worked so hard yesterday, lets see if we can have another day the same today. Don’t forget to blog the learning you can do at home so I can see.
Maths
We are going recap on taking away this week.
Have another look at the videos today, I have also added a counting back in our heads video. If you could do the taking away method you used yesterday challenge yourself today with the next one today.
Can you answer these questions?
20-5=
17-9=
15-9=
18-5=
17-11=
20-17=
Challenge Can you use the counting back method to work the answers out in these tricky number sentence?
27-8=
32-13=
24-9=
39-9=
I will add a number square to help you as these are quite tricky!
Literacy
Reread or watch the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears.
Watch the settings video. Can you write me 2 sentences today about the setting? What does it look like? What would it feel like? What could you hear?
Challenge: can you add an adjective into your sentence?
You could draw or paint a picture too.
Red group can you write at least 3 sentences, make sure they have an adjective in each one and can you use the conjunction 'and’ and ‘but’.
Can you do phase 3 flash cards today please? (red group can you do phase 4 and then 5) How many sounds do you know? Make a note of the sounds you don’t know and then try and practise these so next time you know them!
Daily reminders:
- Oxford owl reading
- Purple Mash
- Spellings
Don’t forget to upload your pictures on the blog so I can see what you have been doing.
Have a great day!
Date: 27th Apr 2020 @ 3:33pm
Hi Penguins, have you all had a good day?
We have had a very busy day with our homelearning here. I have loved looking at all the fab things you are getting up too. You really are working hard on growing those brains whilst your not at school.
Special mention to Erin today for her writing, it really blew my socks off! Well done Erin!
I am also so proud of how you are challenging yourself. You are really testing yourself with some tricky numbers in Maths.
I have attached some of the great learning below for you to look at!
Nursery Home Learning 27th April
Date: 26th Apr 2020 @ 8:15pm
Good morning my lovely Penguins,
It’s Monday again! I hope you all had a lovely weekend. I finished building a new table and enjoyed having a barbeque in the garden.
I have been looking at all of the wonderful things that you’ve been up to on PurpleMash and at home, I’m very impressed! Gianluca set up a camera with his grown-ups to observe some animals in the wild and take a look at what he saw!
I have missed reading stories with you, so to kickstart our topic of traditional tales, I wanted to share with you one of my favourite stories. Do you recognise it?
I am going to post two challenges for you every day now and I am really looking forward to seeing your completed challenges on the school blog.
Challenge one
To begin this wonderful week, can you create Jack’s beanstalk?
What colour is it?
How big will you make the beanstalk?
What sounds can you hear in 'Jack' and 'beanstalk'?
Challenge two
Please also complete activities on Purple Mash, Mini Mash, IXL or PhonicsPlay
I hope to see you all soon,
Miss Altham
Date: 26th Apr 2020 @ 12:03pm
Good morning penguins!
Hope you have all had a wonderful weekend and enjoyed getting out and playing in the garden. We have had a nice quiet one with the paddling pool and water slide out, lots of fun!
I hope you are all ready for another week of learning. I can wait to see what you get up to.
Maths
We are going recap on taking away this week.
I have done 3 videos for subtracting with objects, drawing and using a numberline. Try the objects first to remind yourself and then challenge yourself with another way.
Can you answer these questions?
14-7=
19-10=
20-11=
12-6=
18-10=
17-9=
Challenge Can you use bigger numbers to make your number sentences harder?
Literacy
This week we are going to look at Goldilocks and the Three Bears. If you have this story at home you could read it or there are lots of online versions on youtube.
Today we are going to write sentences about the character of the story. I have added some pictures to help.
Challenge: can you add an adjective into your sentence?
You could draw or paint a picture too.
Red group can you write 3 sentences, make sure they have an adjective in each one and can you use the conjunction 'and'.
Let’s do tricky word trucks. How quick can you read the tricky words in either Phase 2, 3 and 4. Remember you should know all the phase 3 tricky words by now so keep practising! Don’t forget to challenge yourself if you know them all!
I have added new spellings to practise on the discussion.
Daily reminders:
- Oxford owl reading
- Purple Mash
Don’t forget to upload your pictures on the blog so I can see what you have been doing.
Have a great day!