28 June 2020
Monday 29th June
Hello Class One,
This week our learning is around the story of Oliver’s Vegetables! We will have some activities themed around the story and healthy eating.
There are some other Oliver books to read together. Why not read Oliver’s Milkshake or Oliver’s fruit salad this week too! Which story is your favourite? Why?
I hope you have a super week learning around the story and I can’t wait to see your amazing learning! Please send me a photo and a message about the things you have been learning and getting up to at home.
Mrs Coleman-Harris x
Parents remember to do what you can (2 hours throughout the day is plenty- this doesn’t need to be all in one go!) Continue to learn lots more through your own play too.
Watch the animated story of Oliver’s Vegetables here
Here is the link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yvllKqyVUc Make predictions and talk about the main events, characters and setting as you watch it together. What do you think of Grandpa’s garden?
Literacy-
Nursery and Reception
Can you draw and write a shopping list of the fruits and vegetables you would buy from the grocery shop?
Nursery can you draw the fruits and vegetables you would buy? Can you label them with the initial sound or more sounds you can hear in the word? For example what sounds can you hear in apple? Your parents can help you with some of the sounds and you can take it in turns to write some of the sounds in the words. Use the letter mat to help you. Tell your parents all about your favourite fruits and vegetables. They can write down what you said or maybe you could have a go at writing some more words to describe the fruits and vegetables for example; yum!
Reception can you independently use your phonics to label the fruits and vegetables. Then can you write some sentences to tell me all about your favourite fruit and vegetables. Remember to use your phonics to spell and use the sentence check list to help you remember to include spaces, capital letters and full stops! Here is an example and some sentence starters to help you.
I love red, yummy strawberries. They are tasty.
My favourite…because….
I like…
I love…
It is….
They are….
Shopping lists
Class one writing prompts
Continue to practice your letter formation
I have recorded a letter formation video for you to help you develop your letter formation at home. It’s quite long so you may want to just practice a few letters at a time. I hope it helps! When you open the link, it can be slow loading. Wait a while and it should start to work.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=JRuk5EO
It is super to hear about how this is helping lots of you with your letter formation!
Phonics and reading
Please look back at the phonics blog on the class one school closure blog for lots of phonics resources and ideas. Here is a list of websites and resources to support phonics learning at home. Nursery can try the phase 1 and 2 games and activities. Reception can try the phase 2, 3 and 4 activities. Please try and read a little each day.
https://monsterphonics.com/home-learning-in-the-covid-19-lockdown/reception-home-learning/
https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/
http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/literacy.html
https://www.phonicstracker.com/games/index
https://epicphonics.com/games/phase/1
https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/list/phonics-games-phase-3
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/3-5-years/letters-and-sounds
https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/
phonics songs- https://www.youtube.com/user/teachinguk/videos
I have recorded the phase 2 phonic sounds here for you to practice at home. https://www.showme.com/sh?h=Q55krcu
I have recorded the phase 3 sounds for you to practice with me here. https://www.showme.com/sh?h=E3IchcG
Free access to e-libraries here:
Reception books- https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/?view=image&query=&type=book&age_group=Age+4-5&level=&level_select=&book_type=&series=#
Free 3 months access to another e-library here -https://www.risingstars-uk.com/series/reading-planet/products/rising-stars-reading-planet-online-library
Maths
What is your favourite vegetable?
Can you ask your family and call some friends and other family members to ask them what is your favourite vegetable and why?
Record it using a tally on the tally chart (You can print the one below or make your own!).
Which vegetable was the most popular? Which was the least popular? How many chose carrots and broccoli altogether? What if one more chose…? What if there was one fewer…?
Tally chart
White Rose maths
All Nursery and Reception children can have a go at completing some of the day 1 and 2 Oliver’s Vegetables themed maths challenges over the next two days. You can pick a few of the activities to try out on here.
Here is the link. Click on Summer term- Week 10 (w/c 29th June) and all of the activities for the week will be there. https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/
Forming numbers
I have recorded a video to help you develop your number formation.
https://www.showme.com/sh?h=A4gog1A
Numberblocks
These are a super way to learn and develop your maths skills. There are lots of episodes available on the iplayer. You could use a whiteboard or paper and join in with each episode by drawing the amounts or writing the number. Maybe you could make some numberblocks cakes, constructions or play dough creations too?
Other play based maths activities for Nursery to work on throughout the week
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Sorting and counting skills- sort the different vegetables you have at home. How could you sort them? Why? Can you count how many vegetables are in each group and create a number label? What if there was one more? One less?
Now can you sort the fruits at home?
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Order numbers 0-5 and then up to 10, then count and draw the matching amount of fruit or vegetables. Can you count out 10 grapes to match the number 10 or 5 oranges to match the number 5.
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Patterns- Can you make a simple repeating pattern with fruit and vegetables?
Here is mine. Can you describe the pattern? Now make your own and tell your family all about it!
Other play based maths activities for Reception to work on throughout the week
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Order numbers 0-20, then count and draw the matching amount of fruit or vegetables. Can you count out 20 grapes to match the number 20 or 5 oranges to match the number 5.
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Adding and subtracting using lots of practical resources (use fruit or vegetables) and drawings where you can. Use number stories to help with adding and subtracting e.g there were 2 strawberries and 4 bananas, how many altogether? Make/draw/get the amounts of fruit to help set up and solve this. Look at recording as a number sentence together 2 + 4 = Continue to make your own number addition stories.
The Princess had 5 apples and then 3 were eaten/ taken away by the wizard, how many are there now? Make or draw 5 apples, subtract the 3 (cross them out/take them/eat them). Look at recording as a number sentence together 5 - 3 = Now make some of your own subtraction number stories.
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Doubling and sharing- explore doubling fruit and vegetables.
Then explore sharing them fairly between 2 people or 4 people by cutting them up.
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Patterns- Can you make a simple repeating pattern with fruit and vegetables?
Here is mine. Can you describe the pattern? Now make your own and tell your family all about it! Can you make a pattern with 3 fruits or vegetables?
Oliver’s Vegetables and Healthy Eating themed fun ideas for you to try out all week!
Here are some ideas for things to try out this week.
Learn the Makaton for fruit and vegetables
Fruits- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGGA5Yq66JU
Vegetables- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lp0jFLJPWEg
Relaxation stories and yoga
Relax with some yoga and relaxation stories.
Betsy the Banana- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40SZl84Lr7A
Role play
Set up your own fruit and vegetable shop at home. All you need is some food items from the kitchen and some money (real, pretend or made on paper)
“Welcome to the fruit and vegetable shop, how can I help you? Would you like a basket? What would you like to buy? Today we have strawberries on special offer. They cost 10p.”
Nursery work together with your family to give the correct coins to pay for items up to 10p. Reception can have a go at combining coins to make small amounts up to 20p. Reception could even explore counting in 2’s and 10’s to make amounts.
Make a Mr Potato Head
Sort fruit and vegetables you have at home
Explore mark making with different vegetables and fruits
Fruit and vegetable printing
Sort foods and pack a healthy lunch box or make a healthy plate
Explore fruits and vegetables using the senses
How does it taste, smell, look, feel, sound?
Collage fruit and vegetables
Paint a fruit bowl
Fine motor fun-pinch the peas using tweezers or your finger tips to move them
Design your own healthy plate
Will you paint it? Draw it? Collage it? Build it?
Can you use construction toys to build a shopping trolley or basket?
Healthy Recipes
There are lots of simple recipes here that are easy for children to follow. They have symbols that help the children to read the recipes independently.
https://symbolworld.org/categories/show/33
Here are lots of other Healthy Eating themed ideas, activities and printables to try at home.
Oliver's Vegetables and Healthy Eating
Posted by Mrs Coleman Harris
Category: Class 1 School Closure
