I hope you all enjoyed the bank holiday weekend. I saw my best friend for a lovely walk on Sunday. What did you do? 
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I can't quite believe we are nearly half way through this term already - time flies when you're having fun! 

Here is your homework to complete this week: 

If you have any questions or queries, please do not hesitate to ask!! 

​Miss Kennedy x

I am so impressed with how you have settled back in to class after the Easter holiday!
It is so lovely to be back in the classroom with so many smiling faces too! 

I have noticed that we are not super confident with out number bonds to 10. If you could continue to practise this at home too. In class, I say a number and you tell me what I need to add to make 10. 

​Here is your homework for this week: 

If you have any questions or queries please do not hesitate to ask me - you can grab me at the end of the day or email me: [email protected] 

Miss Kennedy x

I hope you had a wonderful Easter and had some time to relax and recharge ready to start learning together again! 

Below you will find your homework for this week. 
Remember, when you read you do not need to read the book from cover to cover each day. Here is a suggested structure: 

• Day 1: Look at the title and blurb and make a prediction. Have you read any similar books that could help you make this prediction too? 
• Day 2: Read the book. Was your prediction correct? If so why? If not why? 
• Day 3: Recap the book and sequence the story to someone you live with. What was your favourite part? 

As we are recapping some key maths skills for the next couple of weeks, you may find the maths homework a little repetitive. However it is really important to learn these skills and learn them well - this will help you apply them to more challenging questions! 

Miss Kennedy x

Well done Year 1, we have made it to the end of another term together! I am so glad to be back in the classroom with you all and I am so proud of all of your progress too!

Here is your homework for this week: 

I hope you have a wonderful Easter break!! 
​Miss Kennedy x

I am looking forward to speaking to you all over the next couple of days. 

Here are the codes to access the google meets. Please make sure you have a google account and are logged in ready to go. You will be taken to a waiting room and I will let you in to the meeting. 

Tuesday: 
​meet.google.com/aee-poxn-gns


Wednesday
meet.google.com/ncu-konm-ahe

Hello and welcome back to your homework for this week. I am impressed with how well you have settled back into school and the routines we have here. Well done you!! 

Don't forget it is so very important to read and talk about a book EVERY DAY!! 
Remember on day 1 you may wish to look at the front cover and the blurb and make a prediction about what you think the story will be about. Then, on day 2 you could read the book and think about why events happened. Finally, on day 3 you could recap the book and discuss your favourite parts or sequence the story. Reading is about so much more than just being able to read the words on the page, we need to understand them too! 

Let's have another brilliant week year 1! 

​Miss Kennedy x

I have loved being back in school, have you? 
It is so lovely to see all of your smiling faces every morning, you are all doing so well with your work too. 
Last week, I read with each child and this week you may have different coloured books to before! 

Here is your homework for this week: 

Here is the maths link: 
nrich.maths.org/14796 



Happy learning! 
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Miss Kennedy x

We are back in school and using this space for homework instead of our daily lessons. I am so grateful to be back learning in the classroom with you all again, I have missed you terribly. 
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Here is your homework to complete this week: 

I hope you all enjoyed your World Book Day activities yesterday, here are some of your creations: 

I am so excited to see you all on Monday, here are your LAST activities to do at home. Don't forget to send them over to me!! 
[email protected] 

Phonics: 
Here is your last online phonics lesson to complete. I cannot wait to see how well you are doing with your phonics and reading!! 
Here you are going to look at all the letter combinations for the oo/u-e sound. 

English: To write a simple sentence using the suffix -ed.
On Wednesday you practised using the -ed suffix to turn words into the past tense.
Today you are going to use some of those words, or any others you wish to use, to describe what the children did in the book.
For example:
The children climbed into the house.

Can you write a couple of sentences to describe what the children in the story did using the -ed suffix? How many sentences can you write? 

Listen to the story again to help you: 

Maths: To measure lengths.
Watch and join in with the last maths lesson of the week found here: 
whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/spring-week-8-measurement-length-and-height/ 
​Complete the questions below when asked to throughout the lesson. 

Catch up afternoon: 
As always you have this afternoon to complete any work you may have missed during the week. 

​Let's finish our home learning with another story: 

SEE YOU ON MONDAY ?
Miss Kennedy x

Today is world book day! This is going to take a very different structure to what we are used to in school. But, we are going to have a day off timetable (apart from maths). 
We usually dress up as your favourite character from a story but you do not need to do this at home, however, if you do wish too, I would love to see your fantastic outfits! 

​We will begin today with a story, this one is one of my favourites: 

Now its challenge time! 
Here are two creative challenges for you to choose from, please only do one, but it is nice to have the option! We will celebrate your creative pieces in tomorrow blog, so please send them over to me as soon as possible. 
[email protected]
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Option 1: Paint a potato
Decorate a potato as a character from a book using paint. Be as inventive as you like. The potato does not have to be a character. It can be an object or scene or setting from a book Please challenge yourself. Take a look at the pictures to get ideas.

Option 2: Anything egg box
​Use old egg boxes to create artwork based on a book. This can be a character which is the obvious choice but challenge yourself to be creative with your ideas. In one example here, an old egg box have been used to create the backpack from the front cover of The Boy at the Back of the Class.

You could also, if you have time, listen to another one of my favourite stories, The Tiger Who Came to Tea, and complete the activity booklet below. 

Maths: ​To measure lengths and heights
Today you have another practical activity to help you explore different lengths and heights. 
Follow along with the lesson here 
whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/spring-week-8-measurement-length-and-height/

What objects around your house can you use to measure with?
Using blocks or something similar, can you measure the length of your cutlery?
 
Now find some other objects to measure. What will you use to measure them with? Remember they need to be the same size!   
Have fun exploring!!


I hope you have a wonderful world book day! Can you share your favourite story with someone at home? 

Miss Kennedy x