Nursery: Blog items
What we've been learning about..First week back (12/03/21)
Date: 12th Mar 2021 @ 4:32pm
This week we have been learning about Doctors and Nurses. We transformed our home area in Nursery into Greenhill's Doctors Surgery! We all joined in with some great doctor and patient role play, using a stephoscope, a thermometer and even bandaging our patients up. We also looked at some pictures of patients in the doctors and talked about what we thought was going on, this works great to improve our sentence structures.
In phonics we had a re-cap rhyme and made a silly soup.
In maths we looked a more and less, comparing amounts.
In the creative area we made ambulances using junk modelling and blue pompoms for the siren.
We also made mothers day cards for our lovely mums!
Great first week Nursery!!
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Date: 7th Feb 2021 @ 6:42pm
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Date: 15th Jan 2021 @ 3:13pm
Nursery Home learning 11/02/21
Date: 10th Jan 2021 @ 3:50pm
Nursery Isolation Home Learning: Week commencing 11th January 2021
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Important Announcement All parents have been sent an email invitation to join an online classroom. Please sign up and use the resources to complete these tasks below. All worksheets for planning below is on seesaw. Make sure to save so the teacher can see your children’s lovely work and mark! |
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Book of the week: Jack and the Beanstalk |
Time to spend on activity |
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Reading |
Read with your child daily. I will attach some links below of story books for you to read online. After reading, question your child on story.
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5//10minutes
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English |
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Monday
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(L.O) Learning objective: To introduce story of the week
You can access the story as a video on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VCpAYajmvo Questions to ask about the story
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15 minutes |
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Tuesday |
LO: To draw my favourite part of the story from jack and the beanstalk Starter: Re-cap the name of the story to the children and show/describe them a picture of the characters.
Main: Ask the children to draw a jack from the story. Remember to focus on detail. Encourage your child to draw the beanstalk also. Remember the beanstalk was very big so we need to make sure it’s a lot bigger than jack. Draw on a paper at home, parents to upload these pictures onto seesaw so your teacher can see and mark it! |
10 minutes |
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Wednesday
Phonics.
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L.O: To take part in a listening walk around the house.
Explain to your children that you are going to on a listening walk about the house. Now you need to listen very carefully walk around very quietly Listening walk. Walk around your house and listen out for the different sounds you can hear.
Go around each room focusing on what sounds you could also here.
Talk to your children about what they can hear. Encourage good language.
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15 minutes |
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Thursday
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L.O: To guess the sound behind the door (Online game)
To follow on from Wednesday listening game, click the link below to take part in a listening game again. This time children have listen out to what animals they can hear. https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/whats-behind-the-door?phase=1
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10 minutes |
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Maths |
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Monday
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Practice counting to 20.
Find random objects around your house, to count. Count your steps, your fingers, how many leaves you can see outside.
Count backwards also. |
5 Minutes |
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Tuesday |
L.O: To recognise numerals 1 and 2.
Introduce the number 1 and show the amount on your fingers. Do the same with number 2.
Practice writing these numbers out. (Practice on paper and take pictures for seesaw) |
10 minutes |
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Wednesday |
LO: to talk about where objects are Introduce propositions to the children. (Positions of place) on / on top of *in *next to *behind *under
Using objects around the house to describe these points. E.g: Look the toy is under the book. Look at the work sheet and discuss the positions with your child. Ask them what they think. Use the worksheet to encourage conversation about where jack is positioned. When your child gets the hang of this, encourage them to have a go. E.g: where the smiley face? Is behind the beanstalk or infront?
Ask questions! This work sheet does not to be edited, the purpose is for you and your child to discuss the positions.
(Worksheets to look at will be attached on the school website and also on seesaw) |
10 minutes |
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Thursday |
LO: To draw objects with positional language instructions Find work sheet attached on school website and seesaw. Seesaw gives you the option to edit the work sheet and send it to the teacher so she can mark and be proud of your children. Complete worksheets on seesaw. Children to follow instructions of where to draw objects. For e.g: Draw a flower in the put. Child to then draw a flower in the pot. |
10 minutes |
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Science – understanding of the world |
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Friday |
L.O: to show a care and concern for the environment.
Starter: Show your child a picture of a labelled plant and discuss the features. Explain that plants need sun and water to grow. How we need to eat our dinners to grow it’s the same for plants. Talk your child about how the plant grows. Look at the example of the cycle also.
Task: Go into your front of back garden and look for what plans you can see.
Go back inside and draw a picture of what you saw. Parents to take a picture of the drawing and upload onto seesaw so teachers can see and mark. |
15mins |
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Daily practice for name writing |
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Daily Name Writing |
Can all children practice writing their names out every day. Parents to write out the child’s name first so children can copy.
Can I remind parents’ names should be written with one Capital letter at the start and the rest lower case.
For example: Miss Pervez |
5 minutes |
Thank you for your support. Take care and stay safe
Miss Pervez
Isolation Home Learning 11/02/21
Date: 10th Jan 2021 @ 3:39pm
Nursery Isolation Home Learning: Week commencing 11th January 2021
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Important Announcement All parents have been sent an email invitation to join an online classroom. Please sign up and use the resources to complete these tasks below. All worksheets for planning below is on seesaw. Make sure to save so the teacher can see your children’s lovely work and mark! |
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Book of the week: Jack and the Beanstalk |
Time to spend on activity |
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Reading |
Read with your child daily. I will attach some links below of story books for you to read online. After reading, question your child on story.
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5//10minutes
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English |
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Monday
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(L.O) Learning objective: To introduce story of the week
You can access the story as a video on Youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_VCpAYajmvo Questions to ask about the story
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15 minutes |
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Tuesday |
LO: To draw my favourite part of the story from jack and the beanstalk Starter: Re-cap the name of the story to the children and show/describe them a picture of the characters.
Main: Ask the children to draw a jack from the story. Remember to focus on detail. Encourage your child to draw the beanstalk also. Remember the beanstalk was very big so we need to make sure it’s a lot bigger than jack. Draw on a paper at home, parents to upload these pictures onto seesaw so your teacher can see and mark it! |
10 minutes |
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Wednesday
Phonics.
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L.O: To take part in a listening walk around the house.
Explain to your children that you are going to on a listening walk about the house. Now you need to listen very carefully walk around very quietly Listening walk. Walk around your house and listen out for the different sounds you can hear.
Go around each room focusing on what sounds you could also here.
Talk to your children about what they can hear. Encourage good language.
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15 minutes |
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Thursday
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L.O: To guess the sound behind the door (Online game)
To follow on from Wednesday listening game, click the link below to take part in a listening game again. This time children have listen out to what animals they can hear. https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/whats-behind-the-door?phase=1
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10 minutes |
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Maths |
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Monday
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Practice counting to 20.
Find random objects around your house, to count. Count your steps, your fingers, how many leaves you can see outside.
Count backwards also. |
5 Minutes |
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Tuesday |
L.O: To recognise numerals 1 and 2.
Introduce the number 1 and show the amount on your fingers. Do the same with number 2.
Practice writing these numbers out. (Practice on paper and take pictures for seesaw) |
10 minutes |
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Wednesday |
LO: to talk about where objects are Introduce propositions to the children. (Positions of place) on / on top of *in *next to *behind *under
Using objects around the house to describe these points. E.g: Look the toy is under the book. Look at the work sheet and discuss the positions with your child. Ask them what they think. Use the worksheet to encourage conversation about where jack is positioned. When your child gets the hang of this, encourage them to have a go. E.g: where the smiley face? Is behind the beanstalk or infront?
Ask questions! This work sheet does not to be edited, the purpose is for you and your child to discuss the positions.
(Worksheets to look at will be attached on the school website and also on seesaw) |
10 minutes |
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Thursday |
LO: To draw objects with positional language instructions Find work sheet attached on school website and seesaw. Seesaw gives you the option to edit the work sheet and send it to the teacher so she can mark and be proud of your children. Complete worksheets on seesaw. Children to follow instructions of where to draw objects. For e.g: Draw a flower in the put. Child to then draw a flower in the pot. |
10 minutes |
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Science – understanding of the world |
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Friday |
L.O: to show a care and concern for the environment.
Starter: Show your child a picture of a labelled plant and discuss the features. Explain that plants need sun and water to grow. How we need to eat our dinners to grow it’s the same for plants. Talk your child about how the plant grows. Look at the example of the cycle also.
Task: Go into your front of back garden and look for what plans you can see.
Go back inside and draw a picture of what you saw. Parents to take a picture of the drawing and upload onto seesaw so teachers can see and mark. |
15mins |
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Daily practice for name writing |
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Daily Name Writing |
Can all children practice writing their names out every day. Parents to write out the child’s name first so children can copy.
Can I remind parents’ names should be written with one Capital letter at the start and the rest lower case.
For example: Miss Pervez |
5 minutes |
Thank you for your support. Take care and stay safe
Miss Pervez
Isolation Home Learning 05/02/21
Date: 5th Jan 2021 @ 12:22pm
Nursery Isolation Home Learning: Week commencing 4th January 2021
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Reading. Book of the week: Little red riding hood |
Time to spend on activity |
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Reading |
Read with your child daily. After reading, question your child on story.
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15 minutes 5 |
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English |
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Tuesday
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LO: To recap story of the week The book of the week is Little red riding hood. The children read the story as a class on Monday. Can parents re-cap the story with the children and question their understanding.
You can access the story as a video on Youtube.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivg_Yc-YDYo
Questions to ask about the story
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15 minutes |
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Wednesday Writing |
LO: To draw my favourite part of the story from Little Red Riding Hood. Starter: Re-cap the name of the story to the children and show/describe them a picture of the characters.
Main: Ask the children to draw a scene from the story. This can be their favourite part or any part they remember from the story.
Remind the children to draw in detail, thinking about the setting also. Draw grandma’s house or the forest in the back of the picture.
Colour your picture in. |
10 minutes |
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Phonics – Phase 1 Rhyme and Rhythm |
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Thursday |
LO: to develop an awareness of rhymes and rhythms Explain to your child that how we sing songs in nursery we are going to practice at home also. Songs to sing with actions: - Hockey Cocky - A ring a ring a roses - Farmers in his den - Wheels on the bus - Incy wincy Spider You can search these songs on youtube also. .
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10 minutes |
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Maths |
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Tuesday & Wednesday |
Practice counting to 20.
Counting your fingers and toes.
Count backwards also. |
5 Minutes |
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Thursday & Friday |
LO: To select small amounts of objects when asked.
Go around your house and find 10 small objects you can count, this can be anything from coins, to toys.
Lay them in front of you and count with your child. Ask your child to give you 2 objects. When handed the objects, count with your child to see if the amount is correct.
Try again with asking for 3 objects, 4 objects, 5 objects (ect)
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10 minutes |
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Daily Name Writing |
Can all children practice writing their names out every day. Parents to write out the child’s name first so children can copy.
Can I remind parents’ names should be written with one Capital letter at the start and the rest lower case. For example: Miss Pervez |
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Thank you for your support. Take care and stay safe
Miss Pervez
What we have been learning about this week (07.12.20)
Date: 10th Dec 2020 @ 7:08pm
This week we have been learning about the story 'The Jolly Postman'. We learnt how christmas is celebrated by christians. As a group we wrote a letter of the things we would like from Santa Claus and then posted the letter, using a stamp and envelope. For maths we played a game called build a tower, we had to roll the dice, count the dots, then build a tower using that number of bricks. In phonics, we listened to different sounds in bottles, trying to guess what they were and if they compared to any everyday sounds we hear.
On panto day we filmed our two christmas songs that will be joined with Reception Nativity. More information on how to access this will be sent out soon.
How to make home made playdough
Date: 27th Nov 2020 @ 4:46pm
I have attacthed an ingredients list for whats needed to make home made playdough. This is a great way to get the children the improve their fine motor skills.
Simply add all the ingredients into the bowl, (Listed in the picture) and mix away. Place the bowl into the microwave for 2 minutes, stir, microwave again and stir.
What we've been learning about..23.11.20
Date: 27th Nov 2020 @ 4:40pm
This week we've been learning all about weddings. We read the story 'Scarecrows wedding'. We took part in some role play and dressed up as brides and grooms and had our own wedding, in play. We drew our own brides and grooms focusing on the features. We talked about our own experiences of celebrations, drawing mendhi patterns and looking at the teachers wedding experiences. Using junk model materials and lots of imagination we made our own wedding cakes.
What we have been learning about this week (16.11.20)
Date: 21st Nov 2020 @ 3:03pm
This week we've learning about birthdays. We read a story called 'The Night Before My Birthday'. We made birthday invitations talking about who we would invite and where we have the party. In the creative area we painted birthday cakes and made birthday hats using, coloured shapes, features and pom poms. In maths we looked at numbered cupcakes and tried to match the amount using candles. On the theme of cake, we also talked about healthy and unhealthy food, looking at pictures of food and separating them into the two piles.
This week was Anti bullying week. In small groups we talked about what makes a good friend and a bad friend. We looked at pictures of behaviour we think makes us happy and sad.
What we have been learning about this week (09.11.20)
Date: 21st Nov 2020 @ 2:50pm
This week we've been learning all about the story 'The tiger who came to tea'. During the week learnt some tiger facts and recorded our answers as a group. We drew our ideal meal we would make for the tiger. On the creative side we made some tiger faces using colour, eyes and stripes, painted tigers focusing on the features of a tiger and finally we practiced our cutting.
In maths we learnt about the shapes, circle, triangle, square and triangle. We also went on a shape hunt. We also learn about money and played 5 current buns in a bakers shop.
What we've been learning about in Nursery! (19.10.20)
Date: 22nd Oct 2020 @ 5:28pm
In nursery we have been learning about a story called 'We're going on a bear hunt'. In groups we went on our own bear hunt outside, looking for hidden bear cutouts which was great fun! The children have also been busy painting and drawing the main character from the story, the bear!! We created story maps, drawing out what we remember from the story. We also acted out the story in a music session. Remebering all the key phrases from the story!
What we have been learning about this week (12.10.20)
Date: 15th Oct 2020 @ 6:30pm
We have finally got our full intake of Nursery children. During circle time we had the confidence to share our names to our new class with lots of our new friends. Our topic this week was 'My family'. We listened to a story about Mum and Dad and shared our own thoughts about our parents, we made paintings of our parents. We also made little paper houses with drawings of our family members. To end the week we shared family photographs and spoke about out family members to our class.
What we've been learning about this week! 28/9/20
Date: 1st Oct 2020 @ 4:41pm
In Nursery we have been welcoming lots of new children. We have been painting our own self potraits focusing on the detail of our features. We have also been familarising ourself with all of the area's we have to explore. Lots of children were busing in the creative area using glue.
Nursery Home Learning Pack WB 13th July 2020
Date: 7th Jul 2020 @ 3:07pm
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Home Learning Nursery- WB: 13th June 2020
Don’t forget- we love seeing your home learning. You can always take a photo and email to school or tweet us! We are looking forward to seeing what you have been up to. |
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Nursery Home Learning Pack WB 6th July 2020
Date: 3rd Jul 2020 @ 2:11pm
Home Learning Nursery Pack. Wb 6th july 2020
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English |
How long to spend |
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Phonics: Phase 2
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Phonics: Continue to use learn the sounds of the alphabet. Watching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=po5FZltkFVI
Type ‘jolly phonics’ into YouTube.
Remember to learn the sound according to how the You Tube video pronounces it. Sssss like a snake. Not ESS.
Task: Learn a new sound daily then practice writing a line of that new sound daily. |
20 minutes
10 minutes a day |
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Reading: |
Book of the week: The Enormous Turnip Read aloud on You Tube - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mGw5yTOPTSQ
After your second reading of the book, ask your child questions about what happened in the story.
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20 minutes a day |
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Writing: |
Complete the Activity – Draw of picture of your favourite scene.
Remember to think of the different characters…was the grandad as small as the little girl? Do not forget to concentrate on the environment and setting of the story. Did you see the bird in the background? |
20 minutes a day |
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Handwriting:
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Please continue to practise your name writing every day. Encourage correct pencil control. |
10 minutes a day |
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Maths: |
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Mental maths: |
Rehearse: 1) Counting to 30- can you play number tennis with a partner? You say one, your partner says two and repeat until you get to 30.
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10 minutes a day |
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Numerals |
Recognise and write numerals. 1) To recognise numerals 1-5 2) To write numerals 1-5 Challenge children to 10. |
10 minutes a day |
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Curriculum |
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Topic:
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Refer to the page for full information,
Task: Can you recognise the animals and learn the baby names. Can you draw your favourite animal and think about what environment it would live in.
Do you think a tiger could live in a park? |
Two afternoons |
Date: 20th May 2020 @ 10:57am
Access Purple Mash here to find tasks set by your child's class teacher.
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All children at Greenhill Academy have access to Purple Mash. Your child’s teacher will set work on here. Check the alert button on your child’s home page for work that has been set. Otherwise, there are 1000s of fun resources for your child to explore on here, for all curriculum areas. www.purplemash.com/greenhill-ol4
01 Apr 2020 - White Rose Hub Maths- Daily Learning
Date: 20th May 2020 @ 10:54am
White Rose Hub is a website that we use to help support our Mathematics curriculum. They have kindly put on an activity of the day for you to access at home.
Check it out:
31 Mar 2020 - Ideas for Home Learning
Date: 20th May 2020 @ 10:53am
These are ideas to help you support your child's learning and are not to be completed all at once. There will be updates from Mr Garth frequently, so please keep checking this page for new ideas and resources.
Home learning ideas for parents and Pre-school children
Nursery Rhymes
In Pre-school we enjoy listening to a variety of nursery rhymes, the children love watching these in class. You can use the Youtube kids app to make sure your children are not exposed to inappropriate advertisements.
Click each link below to find suitable videos for your child :
Mr Tumble — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iyIDg6m4gA0
The Wiggles — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=se5XcrG4S8s
Phonics
In Pre-school the children are looking at environmental sounds and discovering the sounds we can make with our bodies using body percussion, all of these are aspects from phase 1 phonics.
For advice on doing phase 1 phonics at home with your children please click on the links below :
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/member-only/ParentsMenu.htm
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/member-only/PreSchool.htm
These websites are excellent for playing phonics games with your child :
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ — This website is currently free for parents to use. Username: March20 Password: home
https://www.phonicsbloom.com/ — This is currently not free however some games are free without a subscription.
Maths
The children love watching Jack Hartmann and numberblocks. You can use the Youtube kids app to make sure your children are not exposed to inappropriate advertisements.
Click on the links before for these videos :
Jack Hartmann — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LJMfmGU4VMY&list=PLQK2XiUY9C2grTkHc4Kv0496_5bTt9RYv
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGL7xYEVeaY
Numberblocks — https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPlwvN0w4qFSP1FllALB92w/videos
Moving and handling
The children enjoy taking part in different yoga and exercise activities in class, below are links to videos your children will be familiar with :
Patty Shukla — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmclP1Qh09A&list=PL1C312DEA6B4206E6
Joe Wicks — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3LPrhI0v-w&list=PLyCLoPd4VxBvPHOpzoEk5onAEbq40g2-k
Cosmic kids yoga — https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
Reading
Alongside the books in your child's book bag, here are a few links to other high quality texts :
https://www.gruffalo.com/world-of/books/gruffalo-books
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0gyI6ykDwds
30 Mar 2020 - Useful websites for Home Learning
Date: 20th May 2020 @ 10:52am
Here are a list of useful websites for Pre-school to access for home learning
Phonics:
http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/freeIndex.htm
http://www.ictgames.com/looCoverWriteCheck/LCWC_demo/index.html
Reading:
Oldham Library are now offering a service where you can borrow eBooks and audiobooks online. If you are already a member, make sure you take a look and get borrowing. If you are not yet a member, the website will guide you through on how you can become one.Borrow Box - Oldham Library
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/stories
http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/
Maths:
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?Subject=37
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/numbertime/index.shtml
Other:
http://www.sebastianswan.org.uk/
http://www.abc.net.au/children/play
http://www.britishcouncil.org/kids-songs-little-kids.htm
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/barnabybear/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/laac/story/sbi.shtml
Music:
OMS Class Music Home Learning 2020.pdf
Oldham Sports Development
Oldham Sport Development will be setting a daily challenge for all the students who are missing out on teaching over the coming weeks. This daily challenge will include various activities aimed to keep students active throughout the lockdown. This is open to all Oldham Children. There will range from activities for 4-16 year olds, including physical activities, dances and links to other sites/social media. They will also be able to see clips/videos from their usual coaches. Please could you ask your parents to visit us on twitter- @volsportoldham for updates.
