• Reading: Below is a range of books read by the authors.  Just scan the QR code with your phone which will take you to a video of the story being read by the author.  Enjoy!   b3022991-52d0-4c32-a7cc-8541d88859d8.filesusr.com/ugd/df731a_aa013e5600b64869a53f13140ae40a73.pdf 

• Counting:  Keep practising your counting.  Count forwards and backwards.

• ​Writing: 
•  Use these high frequency words to write the sentences below:                                       You said....
• Use your sounds and/or high frequency words to complete the sentences. e.g You said go away.  You said come to me.  Remember it is ok to only write the sounds you hear.  As always, don't forget a capital letter for the start of the sentence, finger spaces and a full stop at the end.  Read over your sentence once you have written it.  Point to each word as you say it.   ​
• Do some exercise: Play musical bumps or musical statues - Play music.  When the music stops, freeze like a statue or bump onto the floor. ​
• Keep talking - Tell someone your story using your story map.  

Phonics: Today we are going to keep practising the sounds we have learned and blending those sounds to make words.  Watch the video and join in with Rachel. You will need some paper and something to write with. 

Writing: Practise your handwriting.  Follow the direction of the arrows.  Use your magic writing finger at first, don't stop writing until you finish the letter.  Next, try writing it on paper.  ​We are going to practise the last group of letters from the curly caterpillar family.  We have practised these letters before.  

Literacy: See the video below for today's lesson. 

Have a go at filling three different sized containers.  Don't worry if you don't have plant pots or soil.  You could use any containers you have in your kitchen like a cup, jug, plastic lunch box. Just make sure they are three different sizes.  You could use an egg cup or a spoon to fill them.  Instead of soil you could use rice, flour or water.  Which container is smallest or largest?  Compare two of the containers and say which is smaller or larger? Which container holds the most?  Which holds the least?  

Well done for working very hard this week!  Do something you enjoy on your own or with your family -  go outside for a walk, play a game, play with your toys, do some cooking, draw a picture, listen to some music.  

• Reading:  Enjoy this story called 'My Hair' read by the book's author Hannah Lee.  Do you remember this story?  We have read it at storytime in class. See the video below.

• Counting:  Keep practising counting backwards from 20.  
• Writing: Use these high frequency words to write the sentences below:                                       This is a ....
• Use your sounds and/or high frequency words to complete the sentences. e.g This is a big, red dog.  This is a fluffe (fluffy) cat.  Remember it is ok to only write the sounds you hear.  As always, don't forget a capital letter for the start of the sentence, finger spaces and a full stop at the end.  Read over your sentence once you have written it.  Point to each word as you say it.   Draw a picture of what you have written.  
• Do some exercise:  Play Simon Says.  You can only do the moves that Simon says to do e.g Simon says jump up and down 10 times, Simon says touch the ground, Simon says hop on one foot.  See if you can trick someone by NOT saying Simon says and just giving the instruction e.g Run on the spot.  Then they are out. Take turns with someone in your family.
  
• Keep talking:  What would you like to be when you grow up?  I would like to be a .......
  

Phonics: Keep practising the sounds we have learned and blending those sounds to make words.  Watch the video and join in with Rachel. Today you will also need some paper and a pencil to write with. 

Writing: Keep practising your handwriting.  Follow the direction of the arrows.  Use your magic writing finger at first, don't stop writing until you finish the letter.  Next, try writing it on paper.  ​We are going to practise some more letters from the curly caterpillar family. 

Literacy:  Today we are going to draw the end of our story maps today.  See the video below for today's lesson.

Have a go at filling different size cups or containers with water.  Can you make a cup full?  How do you make it empty?  How many full cups of water would fill a jug?  Can you fill a cup so it is nearly empty?  Can you tell when a glass is nearly full?  Remember to talk about what you notice.  e.g This glass is full. This glass is nearly empty. 

R.E.  Look at the picture below.  It is showing an important story from the Bible called The Presentation story. Mary and Joseph took Jesus to the Temple.  
Here is the story to share while you are looking at the picture.  

Mary and Joseph took baby Jesus to the Temple in Jerusalem.  They wanted to present him to God and thank God for giving them their lovely boy.
 
Whilst they were there they met two people, Simeon and Anna.  They went to the Temple every day to pray.  Simeon took Jesus in his arms and gave thanks to God.  He said a prayer over Jesus and blessed Mary and Joseph.  He said Jesus was like a light to help people.  Anna was delighted to see Jesus and gave thanks to God for him.
 
Afterwards Mary and Joseph took Jesus home to Nazareth.

Now, think about these questions.  Can you talk about the answer in a full sentence? 

1. Who do you see in the picture?
2. Why did Mary and Joseph take Jesus to the Temple?
3. Who were the people that they met?
4. Why did Simeon and Anna go to the Temple?
5. What did Simeon do?
6. Why do you think Simeon and Anna were so pleased to meet Jesus?
7. What did Mary and Joseph do after they left the Temple? 

• Reading: Share a story - Share one of your own stories, read a book on Myon or why not listen to a Cbeebies Bedtime story.  www.myon.co.uk/index.html    www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b00jdlm2/cbeebies-bedtime-stories
• ​​Counting:  Practise counting backwards from 20 to 1.  Use the numbers you wrote yesterday to help you. 
  
• Writing:  Use these high frequency words to write the sentences below:                                       I like to play....
• Use your sounds and/or high frequency words to complete the sentences. e.g I like to play with my frend. (friend).  Remember it is ok to only write the sounds you hear.  As always, don't forget a capital letter for the start of the sentence, finger spaces and a full stop at the end.  Read over your sentence once you have written it.  Point to each word as you say it.   
• Do some exercise: Try some yoga with Rebecca from Cbeebies  
  

www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/yoga-with-rebecca-jojo-and-grangran?collection=have-fun-at-home

• Keep talking - If you could be any animal, what would you be and why?  I would be a ... because

Phonics: Today we are going to keep practising the sounds we have learned and blending those sounds to make words.  Watch the video and join in with Rachel. 

Writing: It is important to keep practising your handwriting.  Follow the direction of the arrows.  Use your magic writing finger at first, don't stop writing until you finish the letter.  Next, try writing it on paper.  ​We are going to practise the letters from the curly caterpillar family.  Can you see Curly Caterpillar?  Try going over him first before you write the letters.  We have done these letters before - can you do them even better this time?  

Literacy:  We are going to draw some more of our own story maps today.  See the video below for today's lesson.

Compare the mass of two objects to see which is heavier or lighter.  You could hold the objects in your hands to feel which is heavy or light.  You could make your own balance scales using a coat hanger and buckets/plastic cups/yoghurt pots/boxes/bags, then place the coat hanger on a door knob (see pictures below) or play this interactive game from Nrich called Seesaw Shenanigans to see which woodland animals are heavy or light.    nrich.maths.org/14796
​Remember to talk about which is heavier or lighter - The apple is heavier than the grape.  The lego figure is lighter than the teddy.  Try to predict which is heavier or lighter before you weigh them.  

Did you know that you can use your body to make music?  Have a go at the activities below to make music using only your body.  Can you make up your own?  

• Reading:  Read one of your own books or read a book on Myon.  www.myon.co.uk/index.html
• Counting: Keep practising couting to 20 or beyond.  Can you write the numbers as you count them?  
• Writing:  Use these high frequency words to write the sentences below:                                       We are going to....

Use your sounds and/or high frequency words to complete the sentences. e.g We are going to the shop.  We are going to hav (have) lunch.  Remember it is ok to only write the sounds you hear. It doesn't have to be spelled correctly.  As always, don't forget a capital letter for the start of the sentence, finger spaces and a full stop at the end.  Read over your sentence once you have written it.  Point to each word as you say it. 

• Do some exercise: Try Oti's Boogie Beebies www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/m000jsds/otis-boogie-beebies
• Do some talking:  Talk to someone about your favourite things to do.  I really like......

Phonics: The next five lessons are review lessons.  It is important to keep practising the sounds you have learned and blending sounds to make words.  (Blending just means putting sounds together). There will only be one video for phonics from now on.  Watch the video and join in with Rachel. ​

Writing: Keep practising your handwriting.  Follow the direction of the arrows.  Use your magic writing finger at first, don't stop writing until you finish the letter.  Next, try writing it on paper.  ​We will practise some more letters from the ladder letters family.  

Literacy:  See the video below for today's lesson.

Get 5 toys and a bucket or box.  The toys can be anything that fits in the bucket or box.  Give some objects to someone in your house and hide some in the bucket/box.  How many objects can you see?  How many are hidden?  How many objects are there altogether?  

From all the colours you looked for yesterday, which is your favourite?  Maybe it is a different colour that was not on the chart.  
Make a colour collage of your favourite colour.  There are lots of ways to do this - you could find lots of bits and pieces of things that are one colour and glue them onto a piece of paper.  If you haven't got any glue, you could collect lots of objects in your house that are the same colour, arrange them and take a photo.  
Below are some ideas for inspiration - you can be as creative as you like!  There is no right or wrong way to do it.  

• Reading: Read a book on Myon or read one of your own books.  www.myon.co.uk/login/index.html 
• Counting: Watch this Numberblocks episode of 'I can count to 20!'

     www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0006s5q/numberblocks-series-4-i-can-count-to-twenty​​

• Writing:  Use these high frequency words to write the sentences below:                                       He is....

          She is...

Use your sounds and/or high frequency words to complete the sentences. e.g He is a quit boy.  (He is a quiet boy.) She is sing.  (She is singing.)   Remember it is ok to only write the sounds you hear. It doesn't have to be spelled correctly.  As always, don't forget a capital letter for the start of the sentence, finger spaces and a full stop at the end.  Read over your sentence once you have written it.  Point to each word as you say it. 

• Do some exercise: Choose a way to move around the space e.g running, hopping, jumping, skipping, sidestepping etc. Call out a body part (for example knee), freeze and balance using that body part on the floor.
• Keep talking:  Tell someone about your favourite part of a book you have read.  I liked it when.....

Phonics: Today's lesson is a review of last week's sounds that you learned.       

​Writing: Keep practising your handwriting.  Follow the direction of the arrows.  Use your magic writing finger at first, don't stop writing until you finish the letter.  Next, try writing it on paper.  ​We will practise some letters we have learned already.  These are called ladder letters.  Go up and down the ladder first, before you practise the letters.  You could make some words using the letters - it, ill, till, lit, tilt.

Literacy:  See the video below for what to do today.

For the next part, you will need 5 objects and a box or a bag.  Choose a number of objects.  How many objects do you have altogether? (e.g 4) Hide some objects in the box or bag. (e.g hide 2 objects).  How many objects can you see?  (e.g 2) How many objects must be hiding in the box/bag?  (2 )

Go on a colour hunt in your house.  Can you find something that is each of the colours below?  
Draw what you find for each colour.  Can you find anything else that is a different colour that is not on the sheet? e.g brown   Can you say whether they are a dark or light colour?  e.g light or dark green

• Reading: Read a book about nocturnal animals from Myon.   www.myon.co.uk/index.html​​Search on Myon - click on Library at the top then Search and type in nocturnal animals.  There are 2 books to choose from. 

• Counting: If you go for a walk, count how many people you walk past.  Did you count 20?  Maybe you counted more than 20?  Or less than 20?  If you live on a busy street, you could count how many people walk past in 5 minutes.  
• Writing: Use these high frequency words to write one or both of the sentences below:                  The dog can...

          The cat can...

Use your sounds to complete the sentence. e.g The dog can brk. (bark)  The cat can run.  Remember it is ok to only write the sounds you hear. It doesn't have to be spelled correctly.  As always, don't forget a capital letter for the start of the sentence, finger spaces and a full stop at the end.  Read over your sentence once you have written it, pointing at each word as you read.  

• Try this Supermovers Just for Fun with Danger Mouse Level 1.  
  https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/just-for-fun-danger-mouse-l1/z6mcpg8
  If your feeling energetic, try level 2 as well.
  https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/just-for-fun-danger-mouse-l2/zv3m47h
  Follow the instructions on the screen.  Move your body!
• As always keep talking.  Remember to talk in full sentences.  You could talk about something you enjoyed doing yesterday for St Agnes Day.

Phonics: The phoneme for today is       ng
Watch this Youtube video with Josh for today's phoneme.  This is a tricky sound, listen carefully to how to say it.  

Writing: Keep practising your handwriting.  Follow the direction of the arrows.  Use your magic writing finger at first, don't stop writing until you finish the letter.  Next, try writing it on paper.  ​We learn to write n and g together because it is a digraph - 2 letters that make one sound.

Literacy:  Today I am going to read you another story with owls in it.  It is called 'A Bit Lost' by Chris Haughton.  Listen carefully because I want you to think about things that are the same and different with 'Owl Babies'.  See the video below.

Now it's your turn.  Draw a picture of the pond, log and grass like you saw in the video.  
Next draw 5 frogs and cut them out.  Put different numbers of frogs in the pond, on the log and on the grass.  How many frogs are there?  How many in the pond?  on the log?  on the grass?  How many are there altogether?  You could also draw 3 train carriages and use 5 lego people as passengers.  Or you could draw a park with a slide, swings and a sandpit.  Or a jungle with a tree, grass and vines and draw 5 jungle animals to use.  

Think about all the animals that are nocturnal.  Can you remember the names of any of the ones that you read about?  Which one is your favourite?  Why do you like it?  We are going to make up a story using a different animal next week.  
Choose from:  a hedgehog, a fox, a mouse, a badger, a bat
Draw a picture of your favourite nocturnal animal.  

 Literacy:  Think about how Sarah, Percy and Bill felt during the story when they realised their mother had gone.  Look at the picture below and choose a word that tells how each of the baby owls were feeling.  Because there are speech bubbles when we say the sentence, we say "I feel worried," said Sarah.  Do you know what each of the feeling words mean?  Can you act out each feeling?  What does it look like?  

Now get 5 small objects.  They could be buttons, lego bricks, pieces of fruit - anything you can find.  You also need 2 plates. 
Put some of the objects on one plate and the rest on the other plate.  
Use these sentences to describe what you are doing.  I have 3 buttons on one plate and 1 button on the other plate.  There are 4 buttons altogether.  

R.E. - Last week we talked about the Parish Family and how they celebrate together in Church.
This week, practise the prayer that the Parish Family says when they celebrate Mass together in Church - the Our Father.  Say the Our Father together with your family.  Practise making the Sign of the Cross at the beginning and end of the prayer "In the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.  Amen"

• Reading: Share a book from Myon www.myon.co.uk/index.html or read one of your own books. 
• Counting:  Keep practising counting to 20.  Help set the table tonight before dinner.  How many knives/forks/spoons do you need?  How many do you need altogether?  
• Writing:  Use these high frequency words to write the following sentence:  

                                 Look at the ....
Use your sounds to complete the sentence. e.g Look at the cr.  (car)    Remember it is ok to only write the sounds you hear. It doesn't have to be spelled correctly.  As always, don't forget a capital letter for the start of the sentence, finger spaces and a full stop at the end.  You can write more than one sentence if you want to.  

• Do some exercise - Try Animal Walk

Can you slither like a snake, hop like a frog, gallop like a horse, or walk like a bear on all fours?  What other animals could you pretend to be?  

• ​Keep talking - Tell someone about something you have learned today.

Writing: Keep practising your handwriting.  Follow the direction of the arrows.  Use your magic writing finger at first, don't stop writing until you finish the letter.  Next, try writing it on paper.  ​We learn to write s and h together because it is a digraph - 2 letters that make one sound. 

Now it's your turn to have a go at making numbers up to 5.  You will need 5 teddies or any toys will do.  
See the activity below.  Don't forget to say how many you have in each group and how many you have altogether.  

Yesterday we looked at light and things that make light.  The opposite of light is dark.  Choose one of these activities to do: 

• Build a dark den with blankets, cushions and chairs.  Try to make it so you can't see any light.  Bring a torch (or the light on a mobile phone will do) and look at books using the torches.  Can you make funny faces by shining the torch on your face?  
• Go outside with an adult when it is dark.  What can you see?  What can you hear?  Do you know what any of the sounds belong to?  

• Reading: Share a book from Myon www.myon.co.uk/index.html or read one of your own books. 
• Counting:  How many toys have you got?  Line them up and count them.  You could use soft toys, dolls, action figures, lego figures.  Can you find 20?   You will need two or three toys for today's Maths activity (see further down the blog).
• Writing:  Use these high frequency words to write the following sentence:  

                                 I  go  to ....
Use your sounds to complete the sentence. e.g I go to the prk.  (park)    Remember it is ok to only write the sounds you hear. It doesn't have to be spelled correctly.  As always, don't forget a capital letter for the start of the sentence, finger spaces and a full stop at the end.  You can write more than one sentence if you want to.  

• Do some exercise - Try this Jungle Jig www.nhs.uk/10-minute-shake-up/shake-ups/jungle-jig-with-nala-and-simba or just put on some of your favourite music and have a dance.  
• Keep talking - Maybe you can tell someone about something you remember doing that you really enjoyed.  It might be a trip to the zoo or to the park or visiting a family member or a holiday you had.  If you have got any photos you could look at them and talk about them.  

Phonics: The phoneme for today is         ch
Watch this Youtube video with Josh for today's phoneme.

Literacy: Now that you have learned the story of 'Owl Babies', make some owl puppets and retell the story to someone in your house, using them.  Draw your own pictures of Sarah, Percy and Bill and cut them out. Turn them into puppets by sticking them with sellotape onto a fork or spoon.  Or use the pictures below.  

Now it's your turn to have a go.  Set up your own picnic for two then three of your own toys.  Share some food (or you can pretend any objects are food) between the two then three toys.  Which toy has more?  Which toy has less/fewer?  Do they have the same (an equal) amount?  Is it fair?  

Last week we looked at night and day in Maths.  During the day, the sun makes light but at night we have to turn lights on in our homes.  What objects can you find in your house that make light?  Record what you find on a piece of paper.  Look below to see what light sources I found in my house.  
If you have a torch, shine it on a wall. What shadow shapes can you make with your fingers and hands?  Put your toys in front of the torch to see their shadows.  If you put the toy near the torch, does it make the shadow bigger or smaller?  Now move the toy away.  What happens?