Home Learning

Wishing you all a happy new year. Unfortunately we find ourselves in the same position we were in last year, which is not what any of us wanted for our children, but obviously public health is a priority and must come first.

Our home learning will take place across our two platforms - Tapestry and our class page on this website - https://www.angleseysch-bham.co.uk/nursery-8/ 

Each day, 2 child initiated activities will be uploaded onto Tapestry. These will be activities that link to the things we may have been doing that week in school. There will also be a link to our website. On our website class page, we will upload the phonics, maths and writing activity for that day (unfortunately Tapestry doesn't allow us to upload word documents). We do not expect your children to be working all day... the activities are there to help keep your child in a routine, and continue their learning they would have been doing in nursery without forgetting everything we've taught them so far.

You can email us on yn@anglesey.bham.sch.uk to ask any questions, Mrs Noakes and Miss Spilsbury will get back to you. You can also upload any photos of the fun stuff you've been getting up to at home onto Tapestry for us to take a look at.

We will be making wellbeing phone calls once every 2 weeks, so if you receive a call from an unknown number, it could well be your child's teacher.

Stay safe, look after each other and we'll hopefully see you all soon.

Miss Spilsbury and Mrs Noakes :)

Home Learning 11.01.21 - 15.01.21

Please see this week's maths, phonics, reading and writing home learning activities below.

Below the home learning activities, we have shared a picture of objects that all begin with the letter sound 's' to help you with your child's learning.  
 

There are also daily home learning activities on Tapestry for you to try.

We would love to hear how you are getting on with with them at home. You can upload photos and videos to Tapestry (www.tapestryjournal.com) or email us at: yn@anglesey.bham.sch.uk

Easy Playdough Recipe

Ingredients:

2x cups of plain flour

1x cup of salt 

1x tsp of vegetable oil 

1x cup of cold water 

Spices, food colouring and glitter (optional)

Method:

Add all the ingredients together in a mixing bowl and give it a good stir. You can also add some food colouring, spices or glitter if you would like.  If the mixture is too wet then you may need to add some more flour but if the mixture is too dry then you may need to add some more water.

Stop mixing when the dough begins to firm, as the children will now need to knead the dough using their hands and knuckles. This will help children strengthen the muscles in their hands, fingers, wrists, arms and shoulders which is important if they are to become excellent future writers. 

Making playdough is very much a trial and error activity, but this is great as you can talk to your child about how the textures are changing when making playdough. Also, it is lots of fun!

Friday 8th January

Phonics - Sound Bag

• Collect some objects from around your house that make different noises e.g. empty crisp packet, keys, bottle of water, salt or rice in a container to shake, scrunched up newspaper, dry twig or leaves to snap, squeaky toy etc. 

• Place these objects in a bag or box and keep them hidden from your child. Ask your child to listen to each object’s sound as you make a noise inside the box or bag. Can your child say what the object is? Can they describe the sound the objects are making? e.g. crunchy, swishy, quiet, loud, slow, fast etc. 

Maths - Counting

• This week you have been counting actions from 1-10. Today, you could make your very own number cards. You will need paper, a pen and some scissors. 
• If you wanted to, you could ask your family to show you what the numbers from 1-5 look like and then have a go at copying them. You could even draw the correct number of dots for each number on your cards.  
• When finished, you could play a game. You could turn the cards over and pick one at a time. Think of an action and get your family to join in with making the actions. E.g. '3 head taps, 2 jumps, 4 leg kicks, 5 stomps etc.
• There are many other games you could play with your family. For example, you could put the number cards 1-5 in order. Close your eyes and ask someone to take a number away. When you open your eyes, can you say which number is missing? 

Writing - Drawing a picture of yourself

• Today, you could draw a picture of yourself. Can you look in a mirror and talk about your features. E.g. how many eyes, nose, ears, arms, legs mouth you have etc. When drawing your picture, can you talk about the marks you are making. E.g. "this is my mouth". When you have finished, you could then have a go at copying the letters in your name. 

Please share photos or videos of you doing these activities at home on Tapestry for us to see.

Wednesday 6th January

Phonics - listening walk

• Go on a walk around your neighbourhood or to the park. On your way listen to the different sounds around you. Can you say what you can hear? e.g. wind, cars, birds, rain, people talking etc.
• If you need to stay inside you could also use YouTube to find familiar sounds for your child to listen to and identify. e.g. doorbell, car horn, dog, cow, chicken, turning the tap on, phone ringing, train etc.

Maths - counting

• Can you think of a number from 1-5 and count that many actions e.g. 1 clap, 3 jumps, 5 nose taps etc. Remember to only count one action and say one number at a time.  

Writing - paintbrushes or sponges and water

• Go outside in your garden or on the pavement or use an outside wall or fence to make marks with water and paintbrushes or sponges. You could draw circles, straight lines, wiggly lines, zig-zags, spirals etc.

Please share photos or videos of you doing this activity at home on Tapestry for us to see.