Years 1 & 2

1.7.20

Hello everyone. We have found some more fun activities for you to complete.

Maths

We are now on White Rose week 10 day 3 to day 4. The worksheets and answers are below. The links to the videos are at:

Link year 1     https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Link year 2    https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

The BBC Bitesize website is now following the same maths schedule as White Rose and so this will have daily maths activities and videos on the same topics as White Rose.

Link BBC Bitesize     https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons

On Friday you can access a challenge activity at

Link year 1     https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Link year 2    https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

Reading

It is important for children to hear stories being read to them. Jonathan Emmett has been reading some of his brilliant stories. You can access them via his website.

Link   https://www.youtube.com/user/JonathanEmmett/videos

English

On Monday [29.6.20] you answered questions about an information text about a fictional creature called a green-winged flay. You then created your own fictional creature. Today you are going to write your own information text about your creature.

If you did not complete the English activities on 29.6.20 you can complete them using the links below.

Link for activity 1 from 29.6.20   https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-listen-to-an-information-text

Link for activity 2 from 29.6.20   https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-create-a-creature

In the first activity today you will be thinking about where your character lives [their habitat] and what they eat [their diet]. You will need a pencil and paper.

Link   https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-develop-my-creature

Now you have all the information to start writing your information text about your fictional creature. You will need a pencil and some lined paper. Watch the two videos below to help you whilst writing your information text.

Link 1   https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-begin-to-write-my-information-text

Link 2   https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-continue-to-write-my-information-text

Science

‘Science Sparks’ and the ‘Primary Science Teaching Trust’ have created this activity for you to do at home. It is a spider safari! Attached below is an identification guide for the spiders you might find.

PE

Active Notts and Notts School Games have created dance routines based on different places and countries around the world. This week the routines are linked to Africa. You can access the two videos at the link below.

There is also a sheet for your to complete about Africa.

We have attached two documents to help you. One has pictures of 3 African flags [Seychelles, Ghana and South Africa] and the other one has animals that you find in Africa.

 Link   https://www.broxtoweactiveschools.co.uk/dance

Geography

In this activity you will carry on learning about the 5 oceans on our Earth and the location of them to in relation to the 7 continents. If you didn’t complete the Geography activity on 29.6.20 it would be useful to complete this first.

Link to 29.6.20 activity  https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/what-is-an-ocean

In today’s activity you will find out which continents surround the oceans. You will also compare the difference between an ocean and a sea. You will need paper and a pencil.

Link   https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/where-are-the-worlds-oceans

You can label the 7 continents on this worksheet.

Computing

In this activity in BBC Bitesize you can learn about how to stay safe whilst using a computer. After watching the videos you can get an adult to ask you the questions on the online safety quiz. You can also create 5 online safety rules for your family to follow.

We hope you enjoy doing these activities.

KS1 team

29.6.20

Hello everyone. Here are some activities for you to choose from.

Maths

We are now on White Rose week 10 day 1 to day 2. The worksheets and answers are below. The links to the videos are at:

Link year 1     https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Link year 2    https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

The BBC Bitesize website is now following the same maths schedule as White Rose and so this will have daily maths activities and videos on the same topics as White Rose.

Link BBC Bitesize     https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons

English

During this week you can find out how to write an information text and then have a go at writing your own information text about an imaginary creature. Some of the activities to help you with this are uploaded below and the rest will be uploaded on Wednesday [1.7.20].

Below are links to two activities for you. In the first activity you will listen to an information text about a fictional creature called a green-winged flay. You will then answer some questions about it.

Link for activity 1  https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-listen-to-an-information-text

In the second activity you will create your own fictional creature. You will need to think carefully about the different parts of the body. Use the link below to help you with this activity. You will need a pencil and paper.

Link for activity 2  https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-create-a-creature

Reading

Here are two short reading comprehensions for you to complete.

Geography

In this activity you will learn about the 5 oceans on our Earth and the location of them to in relation to the 7 continents. You will need paper and a pencil.

Link    https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/what-is-an-ocean

You can label the 5 oceans on this worksheet.

Science

In this activity you create your own rainbow. You will need felt tips, kitchen roll, water, a bowl and a paper clip. This works through the scientific process called capillary action which is how plants take water from the soil to their leaves.

PE

This week’s daily sporting activity is boccia. The sheet with all the ideas is attached below and can also be accessed via the link.

 There is a virtual competition that you can enter on Friday.

Link https://www.broxtoweactiveschools.co.uk/nottsschoolgames

Computing

The ‘Thinkuknow’ website has created activity sheets linked to online safety. Each sheet has two 15 minute activities linked to online safety. We started uploading the sheets on 22.6.20. Today here are sheets 5 and 6.

We hope you enjoy completing these activities.

KS1 team

24.6.20

Hello everyone. Here are some more activities for you to choose from.

Maths

We are now on White Rose week 9 day 3 to day 4. The worksheets and answers are below. The links to the videos are at:

Link year 1     https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Link year 2    https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

The BBC Bitesize website is now following the same maths schedule as White Rose and so this will have daily maths activities and videos on the same topics as White Rose.

Link BBC Bitesize     https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons

On Friday you can access a challenge activity at

Link year 1     https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Link year 2    https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

Reading

Below are two more short reading comprehensions for you to complete.

It is important for children to hear stories being read to them. Oliver Jeffers has been reading some of his brilliant stories. You can access them via his website.

Link   https://www.oliverjeffers.com/books#/abookaday/

English

In this BBC Bitesize activity you will find out about common and proper nouns. Proper nouns always start with a capital letter, like the days of the week.

You can write some sentences with capital letters – Remember the capital letter at the start of the sentence, the capital letter for proper nouns and the capital letter for I when you talk about yourself. Try to include the days of the week in your sentences.

Link    https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zn7296f

Science

‘Science Sparks’ and the ‘Primary Science Teaching Trust’ have created two science activities for you to do at home.

In the first activity you will explore if materials are waterproof by making a waterproof shelter for a toy. Water cannot pass through waterproof materials.

In the second activity you can go on a scavenger hunt outside. You must ask your adult if you can pick up the object because some things are dangerous.

Art

In this activity on BBC Bitesize you can find out all about sculptures. Link  

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbppqfr

You can then use the link below to learn about Barbara Hepworth who created lots of sculptures. You can then make your own sculpture from a bar of soap [instructions are on the link].

Link about Barbara Hepworth  https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/explore/who-is/who-barbara-hepworth

Link to make a sculpture using soap   https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/make/sculpture/soap-carving

Computing

The ‘Thinkuknow’ website has created activity sheets linked to online safety. Each sheet has two 15 minute activities linked to online safety. We started uploading the sheets on 22.6.20 [including the reward card] and will upload the remaining sheets over the next few weeks. Today here are sheets 3 and 4.

As you complete activities 1-4 you can complete the reward chart.

PSHE

In this video you will think about your feelings about being at home and not being in school. There are things you will have liked about this and things you will have missed, such as playing with your friends. You will listen to the story ‘The Colour Monster’ by Anna Llenas. You can then create a ‘Happiness Jar.’ You will need a small jar, box or container for this activity.

Link   https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/my-lockdown-feelings-73d5ff

We hope you enjoy doing these activities.

KS1 team

22.6.20

Hello everyone. We have found some more activities for you to choose from. We hope you are remembering to do some exercise every day.

Maths

We are now on White Rose week 9 day 1 to day 2. The worksheets and answers are below. The links to the videos are at:

Link year 1     https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Link year 2    https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

The BBC Bitesize website is now following the same maths schedule as White Rose and so this will have daily maths activities and videos on the same topics as White Rose.

Reading

It is important that your child reads regularly whilst at home. The Oxford Owl website has lots of books that your child can read in the free e-book library on the link below. You can find appropriate books by choosing books within the book band colour that your child is reading [see the coloured sticker on your child’s current reading book in their book bag] and searching using the ‘Browse by Oxford Level’ option on the link below.

Link   https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/books/free-ebooks/

Attached below are two short reading comprehension sheets to complete

Geography

In these videos at BBC Bitesize you can learn all about Antartica. You can access the activities online and then write a postcard pretending that you have visited Antartica. Remember to include what it is like and the animals you would have seen whilst there.

Science

In this activity you will learn about the 5 senses and the body part that relates to each sense. You will then do an investigation exploring sound using your ears.

Link   https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/what-are-the-5-senses

The next time you go for a walk you can do a ‘senses field walk’ by using your senses to spot things. You can record what you see, hear, feel and smell on the sheet attached below [it would not be safe for you to taste anything whilst on a walk]. Remember that you need to ask your adult before you touch anything because some things are dangerous.

If you want to find out more about the parts of the body and senses you can watch the videos on BBC Bitesize. You can label the parts of the body on a body outline.

PE

This week is ‘National School Sports Week’ and so we would like you to take part in this at home by taking part in the Get Set 4 PE ‘Rainbow Games Sports Day.’ Attached below are the ‘Rainbow Games Values’ which are key to how you should approach the games and instructions for each game. You can either complete one activity each day or complete them as a sports day for your family to watch or take part in. As you complete each game remember to record your best score on the attached score sheet. You can then send your scores into school via email [office@albany-inf.notts.sch.uk]

Computing

The ‘Thinkuknow’ website has created activity sheets linked to online safety. Each sheet has two 15 minute activities linked to online safety. We will upload the sheets over the next few weeks. Today here are sheets 1 and 2.  As you complete the activities you can complete the reward chart.

Art

In this video you will learn about how colours can be described as warm or cool colours. You will create a piece of artwork in the style of Georgia O’Keeffe as she uses warm and cool colours in her artwork. Attached below is a document with some of Georgia O’Keefe’s flower inspired artwork. You will need paper, pencil and some paints/colouring pencils for the activity. You will need to go outside to do the activity to look up at the clouds [do not look at the sun as this is dangerous] or to look at the flower on a plant. Below are some photos of flowers to help you with your artwork.

Link   https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-investigate-warm-and-cool-colours-04a169

Have fun doing these activities.

KS1 team

17.6.20

Hello everyone. Here are some more activities for you to choose from.

Maths

We are now on White Rose week 8 day 3 to day 4. The worksheets and answers are below. The links to the videos are at:

Link year 1     https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Link year 2    https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

The BBC Bitesize website is now following the same maths schedule as White Rose and so this will have daily maths activities and videos on the same topics as White Rose.

Link BBC Bitesize     https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons

On Friday you can access a challenge activity at

Link year 1     https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

English

If you didn’t complete the English activity uploaded on the 15.6.20 about expanded noun phrases you should complete this activity first.

Link https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-identify-and-use-expanded-noun-phrases-503195

In todays’ first activity the video will help you to identify the features of a character description. You will need a pencil and paper. You will find the expanded noun phrases that describe the character’s appearance and the adjectives that describe a character’s personality [what the character is like as a person].

Link https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-identify-the-key-features-of-a-character-description-990d5b/activities/1

In the second activity you will write your own character description for a character called ‘The Goddess of the Lake’ in the book ‘The Firework Maker’s Daughter’. The video will help you do this. Remember to include expanded noun phrases that describe the character’s appearance and adjectives that describe the character’s personality [what she is like as a person]. You will need a pencil and paper.

Link    https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-write-a-character-description-7e8f59

Science

In this video by Jules Pottle, who is a science teacher, you will find out all about some fun science investigations linked to paper. 

You can do an investigation using paper flowers. Try to answer these questions: Does the type of paper used change the result? Does the shape of the paper flower change the result?

You will listen to a story all about recycling old clothes by making them into different items of clothing and then you can recycle any scraps of paper that you have by making them into new paper that you can write on!

Link   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gRJccIBOuyY&feature=youtu.be

History and Reading

On BBC Bitesize you can find out all about Queen Victoria. You can watch the video and read the facts. You should then be able to  answer the questions about Queen Victoria on the attached sheet.

Link   https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zvcsvk7

You can then find out more about Queen Victoria’s Coronation Day by completing this reading comprehension.

Art

In this video you can find out all about tints and shades and learn about the Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky. He liked to use lots of colours and shapes in his artwork. You can then create your own Kandinsky-inspired artwork. You will need paper, pencil, paints/colouring pencils. We have attached some photos of artwork by Kandinsky for you to use for inspiration for your art work.

Link    https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-explore-tints-and-shades-ae6dfb

PE

It is really important that you do some exercise every day. Joe Wicks is doing sessions on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday each week live online. Please be aware that ‘PE with Joe’ is hosted on his YouTube channel and so it may have adverts.

Link  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

You can also make up your own routines using the exercise cards below that Joe Wicks has created.

We hope you enjoy doing these activities.

15.6.20

Hello everyone. We have found some more activities for you to choose from. We hope you are remembering to do some exercise every day.

Maths

We are now on White Rose week 8 day 1 to day 2. The worksheets and answers are below. The links to the videos are at:

Link year 1     https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Link year 2    https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

The BBC Bitesize website is now following the same maths schedule as White Rose and so this will have daily maths activities and videos on the same topics as White Rose.

Reading

Have fun listening and reading along to these stories.

Rumble in the Jungle by Giles Andreae.

Link   https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/rumble-in-the-jungle/

A Hole in the Bottom of the Sea adapted by Jessica Law.

Link   https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/A-hole-in-the-bottom-of-the-sea/

English

This activity is all about expanded noun phrases. An expanded noun phrase is an adjective, adjective noun. Don’t forget the comma between the adjectives. The video reminds you about what adjectives and nouns are. You will need a pencil and paper for this activity so that you can write your own expanded noun phrases.

Link https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-identify-and-use-expanded-noun-phrases-503195

Physical Education

This week’s daily sporting activity is gymnastics. The sheet with all the ideas is attached below and can also be accessed via the link.

 There is a virtual competition that you can enter on Friday.

Link https://www.broxtoweactiveschools.co.uk/nottsschoolgames

Science

In this activity you can learn all about worms by making a wormery and observing them. You can find out about their habitat [where they live] and think about what worms eat. The instructions for making the wormery are on the attached sheet.

Religious Education [RE]

In this activity you will learn all about Jewish Festivals. The festivals you will learn about are Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur, Passover [or Pesach] and Hanukkah. You will need a pencil, coloured pencils and paper during this activity.

Link    https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/what-are-the-jewish-festivals

Have fun doing these activities.

KS1 team

10.6.20

Hello everyone. Below are some more activities for you to choose from.

Maths

We are now on White Rose week 7 day 3 to day 4. The worksheets and answers are below. The links to the videos are at:

Link year 1     https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Link year 2    https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

The BBC Bitesize website is now following the same maths schedule as White Rose and so this will have daily maths activities and videos on the same topics as White Rose.

Link BBC Bitesize     https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons

On Friday you can access a challenge activity at

Link year 1     https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Link year 2    https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

Physical Education

Here is this week's daily sporting activity ideas from the link below. There is a virtual competition that you can enter on Friday.

Link https://www.broxtoweactiveschools.co.uk/nottsschoolgames

Reading

Try to share a story with your child every day. The Book Trust website has lots of stories that you can read to your child.

Link   https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/

This link also has lots of videos of authors reading their own children’s stories.

English

On the 8.6.10 there was a link to an activity about syllables. If you didn’t do this activity I would recommend doing it before doing today’s activity.

Link to 8.6.10 activity    https://www.thenational.academy/year-2/english/to-identify-syllables-year-2-wk6-3

Below is a link to a video all about a type of poem from Japan called a Haiku. This is a poem about a noun [a thing, a person, place or animal] and has a set number of syllables in each line [5 syllables in the first line, then 7 in the 2^nd line and 5 in the 3^rd line]. Watch this to find out about the features of a Haiku.

Link   https://www.thenational.academy/year-2/english/to-identify-the-key-features-of-a-haiku-year-2-wk6-4

You can then have a go at writing your own Haiku about an animal that lives in the jungle. If you watch the video at the link below it will support you with this.

Link    https://www.thenational.academy/year-2/english/to-write-a-haiku-year-2-wk6-5

Geography

In this activity on BBC Bitesize you can learn all about Rio de Janeiro, a city in Brazil. This is in South America. Every year there is a huge carnival in Rio de Janeiro. You can design your own costume for the Rio de Janeiro carnival. You will need paper, pencil and coloured pencils/crayons.

Link   https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6yg9mn

Science

Find out all about the wind in the video at the link below and then make your own windsock. Windsocks at airports are used to show pilots the wind direction and speed so that they can take off and land safely.

To make your own windsock you will need a cardboard tube [e.g. kitchen roll tube], scissors, paper, string and glue or sellotape. How to make it is explained in the video.

You can also complete a wind log to record what the weather is like each day.

Link   https://www.thenational.academy/year-1/foundation/how-can-we-record-wind-direction-year-1-wk6-3

Religious Education [RE]

In this activity you will learn all about the Torah. This is the Holy Text of Judaism.

Link    https://www.thenational.academy/year-2/foundation/what-is-the-torah-year-2-wk6-4

Have fun doing these activities.

KS1 team

8.6.20

Hello everyone. Here are some more activities for you. Remember that you don’t need to complete them all.

Maths

We are now on White Rose week 7 day 1 and day 2. The worksheets and answers are below. The links to the videos are at:

Link year 1     https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Link year 2    https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

The BBC Bitesize website is now following the same maths schedule as White Rose and so this will have daily maths activities and videos on the same topics as White Rose.

Link BBC Bitesize     https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons

Reading

The Oxford Owl website has lots of opportunities to read and develop reading skills whilst at home.

There are ideas of games that you can play with your child linked to reading. You can select activities by first selecting your child’s age range on the link below.

Link   https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/

It also has lots of books that your child can read in the free e-book library on the link below. You can find appropriate books by choosing books within the book band colour that your child is reading [see the coloured sticker on your child’s current reading book in their book bag] and searching using the ‘Browse by Oxford Level’ option on the link below.

Link   https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/books/free-ebooks/

English

This video teaches you all about syllables. See if you can clap the syllables in the different sentences. You will need a piece of paper and a pencil. You can also have a go at some spellings.

Link  https://www.thenational.academy/year-2/english/to-identify-syllables-year-2-wk6-3

Physical Education

You can access this week’s daily sporting activity ideas at the link below. There is a virtual competition that you can enter on Friday.

Link https://www.broxtoweactiveschools.co.uk/nottsschoolgames

Design and Technology

You can find out about food packaging by watching the video and exploring different packaging within your house. You will think about the material it is made from and its shape.

Link    https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkf8jhv

You can then make your own packaging using a net. We have attached some nets that you can use to create your package.

You will need a pencil, paper/card, scissors, ruler, sellotape/glue.

Science

In this activity you can find out all about hibernation.

Link  https://www.thenational.academy/year-1/foundation/what-is-hibernation-year-1-wk5-3

You can then sort animals into those that hibernate and those that don’t using these pictures.

Have fun doing these activities.

KS1 team

03.06.2020

Hi again everyone,

We have attached some more activities for you to try at home for the remainder of this week. Remember you do not have to complete them all, just choose something you would like to do. As well as these activities we have selected for you, you can still continue to do some reading, writing and other practical activities.

PSHE – We are all different

We all have differences and we are all unique and equal. Why don't you compare yourself and a friend or a family member? How are you both different? How are you both the same? Remember our differences make us who we are! It is great to be you!

Maths

You will find the next two activities from White Rose maths. We are currently on Summer term, Week 6 – day 3 and day 4. If you do not have access to a printer you can always answer the questions on paper or verbally with your parent.

The video clips on the links are really useful as they will give you some practise questions and you can also do the flashback 4 questions, which recap a range of maths topics.

Year 1
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Year 2
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

English and phonics

Below is a link to a lesson about suffixes. Try and complete the whole lesson and write some sentences using a variation of suffixes.

Here are some more links to different phonics activities.

For these activities, use the free login details that phonics play provide. They are  ‘march20’ as a username and ‘home’ as a password.

Practise reading these sentences and have a go at writing your own.

Science

On 6^th June it is Butterfly Education and awareness day. Why don’t you try some of these activities?

1.6.20

Hello everyone. We hope you had a lovely half term holiday and did lots of fun things. The weather has been amazing! Below are some more activities that you might like to do whilst you are at home. Please remember that we aren’t expecting you to complete all of them!

Maths

We are now on White Rose week 6 day 1 and day 2. The worksheets and answers are below. The links to the videos are at:

Link year 1     https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Link year 2    https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

The BBC Bitesize website is now following the same maths schedule as White Rose and so this will have daily maths activities and videos on the same topics as White Rose.

Link BBC Bitesize     https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons

English

BBC Bitesize has some activities to help you to remember to use capital letters and full stops:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zv78jhv

If you work through the activities you can then write some sentences about pirates! Don’t forget your capital letters and full stops!

Religious Education [RE]

In this activity you will learn all about synagogues which is the building where Jews go to worship.

https://www.thenational.academy/year-2/foundation/where-do-jews-worship-today-year-2-wk6-1

Music

In this activity on BBC Bitesize you can find out all about xylophones and then make your own xylophone using jam jars.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zd748xs

The detailed instructions for making the jam jar xylophone are below. We have also uploaded a sheet with other ideas of homemade instruments that you might like to make.

History

You may have seen on the TV on Saturday the launch of a rocket from America which took two astronauts up into space.

In this activity you can watch a video about Neil Armstrong who is a famous astronaut because he was the first man to walk on the moon. You can then be a historian and map out the story of his life.

You will need a piece of paper and a pencil.

https://www.thenational.academy/year-1/foundation/who-was-neil-armstrong-year-1-wk6-1

Science

Have a go at this plant hunt. Below is a sheet with different plants for you to find whilst you are outside in the garden or whilst on a walk. How many can you find?

Have fun doing these activities.

KS1 team

20.5.20

Hello everyone! Only a few more days of home learning until half term, we have added some more activities for you to try at home. Have a look through and see what you would like to complete. Please make sure you enjoy your half term and use this opportunity to switch off from school work and enjoy the time with your family, there won't be any activities added over the half term. 

KS1 team. 

Geography 

Below are some videos relating to the continents and oceans on Earth. Listen to them, sing along and see how many you can recall. 

Challenge: Can you create a map of the world and label it with the 7 continents and 5 oceans? 

You could use collage materials, paint, crayons and lots more! 

18.5.20

Hello everyone. We hope you had a great weekend and have been enjoying the lovely weather. We have identified some more activities that you might like to do whilst you are at home. Please remember that we aren’t expecting you to complete all of them!

Maths

We are now on White Rose week 5 day 1 and day 2. The worksheets and answers are below. The links to the videos are at:

Link year 1     https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Link year 2    https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

The BBC Bitesize website is now following the same maths schedule as White Rose and so this will have daily maths activities and videos on the same topics as White Rose.

Link BBC Bitesize     https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons

English

BBC Bitesize has some activities about conjunctions at:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6rvbdm

Joining words are known as conjunctions. They can be words like: and, because, if and when. After watching the videos to find out about conjunctions you can try to write your own sentences that include a conjunction. Year 1 children can focus on using and.

Science and Art

In this activity you can make insects using natural materials that you find on your daily walk or in your garden. You will need things like small twigs, leaves, petals and stones. You can watch the lesson first, then complete the activity!

https://www.thenational.academy/year-2/foundation/to-make-insects-using-natural-materials-year-2-wk4-5

Geography

In these activities at BBC Bitesize you can learn all about Shanghai. This city is in the country of China and the wider continent of Asia.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbpm6v4

One of the activities is to complete a wordsearch containing Asian animals. This is attached below.

Computing

In these online activities at BBC Bitesize you will learn all about computer code. Computer code is a set of rules or instructions.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkjy382

If you would like to do some more activities at home linked to computational thinking then the attached document has lots of ideas. Computational thinking is about learning to solve problems with or without a computer.

We hope you enjoy these activities.

KS1 team

13.05.2020

Hi again everyone,

We have attached some more activities for you to try at home for the remainder of this week. Remember you do not have to complete them all, just choose something you would like to do. As well as these activities we have selected for you, you can still continue to do some reading, writing and other practical activities.

PSHE – managing emotions

During this strange time learn about the importance of self -belief and managing your emotions.

Maths

You will find the next two activities from White Rose maths. We are currently on Summer term, Week 4. If you do not have access to a printer you can always answer the questions on paper or verbally with your parent.

The video clips on the links are really useful as they will give you some practise questions and you can also do the flashback 4 questions, which recap a range of maths topics.

English and phonics

Below is a link to a lesson about compound words. Some of you will have learnt about compound words in phonics sessions, some of you won’t have. There are lots of compound words!

Here are some more links to different phonics activities. When spelling words, it is sometimes tricky deciding which digraph or trigraph to write. Going over these will help you with spelling patterns and rules. For these activities, use the free login details that phonics play provide. They are  ‘march20’ as a username and ‘home’ as a password.

There is also a reading comprehension for you to do all about toys. There are two to choose from, based on age and ability.

Science

An interactive lesson all about the weather.

In this lesson we are going to be learning about the four seasons and the weather. We are going to learn what a scientist is and how important they are. We are going to complete an observation of the weather outside of our windows and compare this to the four seasons. Lastly, we will be identifying the different weather in the four seasons. You will need a piece of paper and a pencil for this lesson.

11.05.2020

Another new week begins and we miss you all more and more as time goes on. 

Below are some activities for you to try over the next few days. Remember to enjoy spending time with your families and make the most of this time. 

There are lots of resources online, another reminder about the Oxford reading tree website with lots of reading materials for your children. 

We hope to see you soon! 

KS1 team. 

English 

Below is a link to the BBC Bitesize website which has daily activities for a variety of subjects. We have attached todays English activity which is about using phonics to develop vocabulary. Please log onto the website on other days so you can access their daily lessons. 

Phonics

Below is a link to letters and sounds daily phonics lesson. 

06.05.2020

Hello everyone, we hope you are all having a lovely week and enjoying your time at home. Below you will find some activities for the remainder of this week. Please remember that it is not vital for you to complete every activity, pick and choose what suits you and your child/children.

Remember that you can also do any other activities that you enjoy to enhance the happiness and wellbeing of your child/children. It is really important to us that your children come back to school happy, full of lovely memories and ready to learn!

English

Year 1

Here is a link for a daily lesson on practising using capital letter and full stops.

Year 2

Phonics

Maths

You will find the next two activities from White Rose maths. We are currently on Summer term, Week 3. If you do not have access to a printer you can always answer the questions on paper or verbally with your parent.

The video clips on the links are really useful as they will give you some practise questions and you can also do the flashback 4 questions, which recap a range of maths topics.

PSHE – Online Safety

This week’s PSHE is all about staying safe online. Follow the link and find the resources for ages 5-7. After completing the different activities, you could try and make an online safety poster about how to stay safe online. You could display it near your electronic device at home to remind you and people in your household how to stay safe online.

Art

Here is a lesson all about investigating colours. It focuses on an artist called Andy Goldsworthy. This lesson requires you to collect petals, leaves, sticks and other items to make a colourful picture. If you have already been on your one walk, run or cycle, don’t worry you can do this activity tomorrow. Or you can get extra creative and use colourful items from your home, like toys, fruit or clothes.

4.5.20

Hello everyone. We hope you had a fun weekend. Below are some more activities that you might like to do whilst you are at home. We have attached a selection of  activities for you to choose from but you don’t need to do them all!

Maths

We are now on White Rose week 3 day 1 and day 2. The worksheets and answers are below. The links to the videos are at:

Link year 1     https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Link year 2    https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

The BBC Bitesize website is now following the same maths schedule as White Rose and so this will have daily maths activities and videos on the same topics as White Rose.

Link BBC bitesize     https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/dailylessons

We have also uploaded below a ‘Home Maths on the Move Challenge’ Sheet that will enable you to do some maths and be active at the same time!

Science

Below is a document [Science Set 1 Quick Investigations] that contains lots of fun science investigations that you can do whilst at home. Have a look through the booklet and then have fun being a scientist! There are also some KS1 questions that you can ask your child whilst doing an investigation.

Phonics

Letters and Sounds have now provided daily phonics sessions. Below is a poster and schedule. The link to access the sessions is:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw/featured?disable_polymer=1

PE

Below is a ‘PE from Home’ poster that another school have created that has a number of links to different PE activities online. It is really important that we all do some physical activity every day to help us stay fit and healthy.

Art

If you would like to do an art activity about texture there is an art session introduced by a teacher through a video for year 1 and year 2 children at:

https://www.thenational.academy/year-2/foundation/to-go-on-a-texture-treasure-hunt-year-2-wk2-5

The start of the video is sharing work that children have sent in to the teacher. The session on Texture starts at 3 mins 40 secs.

You will need a piece of paper, a sharp pencil and a black pen for the activity.

Reading

If you are wanting some new books to share then ‘Renaissance myOn’ have an online library at:

https://readon.myon.co.uk/

They have a wide selection of books that you and your child can listen to being read or you can read them to your child yourself by turning off the sound.

29.04.2020

We hope your week is going well and you're enjoying the activities that we have set. Below are some activities for maths, Week 2, lesson 3 and 4. On Friday there will be a maths challenge on the white rose website. Follow the link to access this. Remember to access the videos on the website. We have added a PSHE (Personal, social and health education) learning pack. This weeks focus is about keeping ourselves healthy inside and out. This is a really useful exercise that could be really beneficial for children to complete with you at home. We have also added a section called 'Picture news'. This is where there is a picture as a focus for something that has been in the news recently, this week the news is focused around Captain Tom Moore! Look through the resources and discuss with your children. Remember to access the oxford reading tree website which has free online books for the children to read at home. We have also attached a DT project that you could complete using only a milk carton! This year we have studied dinosaurs, challenge the children to make a T-Rex using a milk carton by following the instructions. 

We hope you have a lovely week, 

KS1 team. 

27.04.2020

Hi everyone. We hope you are all keeping well. We can't believe we are in another week of lockdown. We hope you are all enjoying spending time at home with your families. 

We have attached some learning activities for you to do at home. Remember if you haven't got a printer you can always write down your work and ideas on some normal paper. 

As well as trying some of these activities, remember you can do other things with your families, such as baking, reading and your daily exercise!! 

Maths

We are continuing with the White Rose maths activities. We are on Week 2 and lesson 1 and 2. 

Please follow the links for the videos. Remember to try and answer the flashback 4 questions, pause the videos if you need to.

Year 1 link

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Year 2 link

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

Remember to also keep practising your times tables (2, 5 and 10) and your number bonds to 10, 20 and 100! 

English

For your English activities we have found the famous traditional tale of 'Goldilocks and the three bears'. Have a try at reading the story with your parents or family. Then you could try some of the following activities.

• Retell the story verbally. Can you add actions?
• Write the story, using the story frame
• Write a letter to the three bears from Goldilocks apologising for all of the trouble that she caused
• Create a wanted poster to help to capture Goldilocks! 
• Create some questions for an adult to answer about the story. 

Hello everyone!

We have some exciting activities that you can do at home. Below is an attachment that has weekly programme of physical activities that you can do at home with your family. These activities will have a theme for the week, this week the theme is golf! There daily activities within this programme with lists of equipment you could use that you have at home and in the space that you have available. This pack contains a schedule of suggested activity challenges for the week and daily activity cards. You do not have to do them in the suggested order and you could repeat a day if you really enjoyed it! If you do the personal challenge, we would encourage you to try this every day and see if you can get better as the week goes on. Every Friday there will be a virtual competition that you can enter, details of how to enter are on the overall schedule and on the Friday activity card. There will be prizes for schools with the highest percentage of entries, certificates for every child who enters a competition and a prize draw for children who enter 100% of the virtual competitions. The values that we strive for throughout these activities are: determination, honesty, self-belief, respect and passion. Each day states which one is being focused on so really cheer your child on for showing that value. We hope you have fun carrying out these daily physical challenges and activities.

23.04.20

The new internet safety story MonkeyCow has been released as a video. The children have heard this story in the internet safety week assembly with Mr Allen but we thought it would be beneficial for the children to listen to the story again, especially as they are spending more time on internet devices.

Thank you,

KS1 team

22.04.2020

Geography

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zyhp34j/articles/z4v3jhv

Since September we have been learning lots of different things about the UK. We have learned all about our capital city, London and also about the different countries that make up the UK and their capital cities. This link will help you to recap that knowledge. It will also discuss the climate in the UK. There is a quiz at the end to test your knowledge too! We think you will all do fantastically well! Enjoy!

PSHE - Friendships

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zwfhfg8

During this strange time, when we are all missing our friends and families, it is important to make sure we are communicating with them in a different way. This might be over email, letter, skype, phone calls etc. In this video clip two friends talk about how it is possible to stay friends, even from far away. Why don’t you write one of your friends a letter and send it through the post?

Maths

You will find the next two activities from White Rose maths. If you do not have access to a printer you can always answer the questions on paper or verbally with your parent. The video clips on the links are really useful as they will give you some practise questions and you can also do the flashback 4 questions, which recap a range of maths topics! Keeping those mathematical brains active!

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

English

On the PowerPoint you will find a traditional tale, which I am sure you are all familiar with, Jack and the beanstalk. Read the story on your own or with an adult or sibling and then have a think about the different characters in the story. How could you describe them, using adjectives?

Take a look at the character description worksheets to help you. You could write a whole description about one character or a sentence on each of the characters.

Year 2s – can you include adverbs (quietly, amazingly, slowly) to describe the verbs (doing words)?

Year 1s- can you try and write an expanded noun phrase (two adjectives to describe the noun)?

Science

Thinking about the story of Jack and the beanstalk, can you create a life cycle of a bean? You can use the worksheets to guide you or you could create your own. Maybe you could do your own planting in your garden too?

20.4.20

We hope you all had fun over the Easter holiday.

Below is a link to a book written for children about Coronovirus. It is illustrated by Axel Schleffler - who has illustrated some of Julia Donaldson's books. You may like to share this with your child to help to answer some of the questions that they may have.  

https://nosycrowcoronavirus.s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/Coronavirus_ABookForChildren.pdf

The Great Bug Hunt 2020 competition is now open for entries. It would be great if the children from Albany Infant and Nursery entered it. There are prizes for the child's class and the chance for the winning children to win a microscope!

This is the information from the website:

Our challenge is pretty simple – take your children into the garden or any outside space you own and see what bugs they can find!

Simply point them at the nearest hedges, flower beds, trees, long grass, logs, stones, rocks (well, you get the picture)... let them explore and then report back to us what they have found.

Please be sure, however, to follow government advice and do not leave your property. To do this, stay 2 metres away from people not in your household and do not put yourself or others at risk. 

Make it into a project – if they find a spider or woodlouse, find out all about it. Draw it, examine it (carefully!), what does it eat, where does it live – maybe even write a story or poem about it, design a poster, shoot a video and then email it over to us by the 12^th June to rebecca@ase.org.uk (use mailbigfile free to send large files).

Maybe you’ll find a spider under the bed, maybe you’ll have a bug hunt indoors, maybe your explorers could learn about a habitat or insect online, the options are endless – with a little bit of imagination…

The website link for further info and also how to enter the Great Bug Hunt is as follows

http://www.schoolscience.co.uk/bughunt

The children enjoy listening to stories and we share a story every day at school. If you would like to share a story with your child the Book Trust website has lots of lovely stories that you can read to your child. The website link is

https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/

The BBC Bitesize website has launched some new resources today. If you would like to find out some history then the following links for year 1 and year 2 would be fun.

Year 1 can learn about Rosa Parks at https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6qnscw

Year 2 can learn about how to be a historian at https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zrb492p

We have attached below two maths activities for Year 1 and two maths activities for Year 2. The answers are also attached. If you would like to watch the videos to support the activities these can be found within 'Week 1 Summer term' at

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

Attached below is a reading comprehension, a writing activity [Pobble] and two science activities. 

For the writing activity the Year 1 children can try to include adjectives [these describe the noun] and the Year 2 children can try to include adverbs [these describe the actions - verbs].

Please remember to keep active.  We will add some more ideas on Wednesday 22nd April.

Thanks

KS1 team

01.04.20

Hello children! We hope you are keeping safe and enjoying spending time with your families.

Here are some more activities you could try this week...

• Make a poster or present a news report all about amazing Australia. You can incorporate all of the landmarks, the physical features like the Uluru Rock and talk about all of the deadly animals you would find in Australia. 

• If you're going out on a daily walk could you collect things from your walk or garden to create art. 

• If you have paint at home, you could look for rocks and stones in your garden and paint them. You could make them look like animals or you could paint a rainbow or a positive word or message and leave them for someone else to find on a walk.

• Creating models and figures with playdough is a great way to get creative. Manipulating playdough helps to develop fingers and make the nice and strong, ready for writing. Maybe you could model your name? It’s lots of fun too for all ages! If you don’t have any playdough use the link below for a very simple recipe using household ingredients.

https://www.google.com/search?rlz=1C1GCEU_en-GBGB819GB819&q=homemade+playdough+recipe&spell=1&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwio-r_P5MboAhV1XRUIHWKLDEAQBSgAegQIDhAm&biw=1536&bih=747&dpr=1.25#kpvalbx=_tk6EXvaiGIup1fAPlN6G4AU25

There are also some reading, maths and writing activities below for you to try too! 

Don't forget to keep active by doing some of the suggested exercise below and to keep up your amazing reading! We can't wait to hear all of your fantastic reading when you come back to school! 

See you all soon,

The KS1 team :)

30.3.20

This week we would like you to see if you can incorporate some geography into your daily walk. Ask the children if they can spot some human and physical features as they are walking and ask them to explain how they know. 

(Human features - Things that are man made - house, bike, microwave, playground equipment. Physical features - Things that are natural - mountains, rivers, grass.)

Attached below is a map of Australia, in school we have labelled this map with the different states in Australia and then went on to label the capital cities. Can the children remember them all and have a go at labeling them? If they have forgotten some, you could help them to research the answers.  

Please try and access physical activities each day, the Joe Wicks PE lessons on youtube are really good for our children, there are also plenty of yoga videos on 'cosmic kids' (youtube) and on the BBC website 'supermovers'. Physical activity has been proven to have a positive affect on children's concentration levels and their behaviour. 

At school we would normally read a story at least once per day to the children so alongside the children reading to you, you could also read to them. They love to sit a listen to a good story. As Mr Allen and we have already said, this is not a time for you to be teaching the children, enjoy doing these activities together, but also enjoy spending this time together. 

We will update this page on Wednesday 1.4.20

Thanks, 

KS1 team. 

Home learning 25.03.2020

You will find some useful links below which will help to support your children's learning at home. 

The activities are related to; reading, maths, writing, there are some topic activities about Australia and a science activity about the life cycle of the chick. Please do not feel that your children have to complete all the activities, little and often is key! We hope you are also outside in your gardens, enjoying the sunshine! 

There is also an app you can use called 'Epic!' - this is a an app that allows you to read books with your children. 

There will be an update on Friday with some new resources for you to complete. 

Many thanks, 

KS1 team. 

Here are some activities for Year 1 and Year 2 

You could try and create some Australian Aboriginal art, using some cotton buds and some paint. Ask the children to choose an animal and create a stencil to draw round onto some paper.

Using what they know about Australia and the links below, children could create a poster or a leaflet all about Australia and why you should visit!

What can you find there? Think about the landmarks, the deadly animals and the beautiful weather! 

We also had chicks in school last week so it may be a good opportunity to discuss the life cycle of a chick. Use the powerpoint and worksheet to guide you. 

Welcome to Year 1 and 2

You can find some links below that might be useful to you. There is also a link to our knowledge organisers.

Websites below have information about Australia:

https://www.kids-world-travel-guide.com/australia-facts.html

https://www.dkfindout.com/us/earth/continents/australasia-and-oceania/