Early Years Online Learning

Dear Hedgehog and Badger Parents,

With schools closed until further notice, we have set up a number of online learning platforms to support daily phonics, reading, writing, maths at home:

Reading-we have found a great website called Oxford Owl that offers free Ebooks covering different ages. We would advise you to look at age 4-5 and 5-6 but obviously this depends on your child’s reading ability-they could go further! All you need to do is register and start to read. You will find some other useful activities and games for maths and spelling that you will have access to once you register. Our philosophy has always been to read as much as possible and to share stories daily.

Phonics- we will provide a daily phonic focus and suggest that this can be practised on paper,with chalks,paint,outside etc. To help you, the website Phonics Play is brilliant for games and support information. They are offering free use of their site for this period of time. We use it regularly in our teaching of phonics.

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We would suggest that 15 minutes daily for phonics would be of benefit. This will also include Tricky Words practise-again this website is great for that too!

Writing- we will offer a daily suggestion of what your child could write. However, if you have any other great ideas or something that appeals to your child then tap into that and encourage them to write! We would be continuing to look for the application of phonics, tricky words, finger spaces between words.

Maths-we will suggest a daily song-many of you will know the Jack Hartmann songs already!-these can be found on Youtube. There will be a daily focus which we will provide more detail on. Obviously, it would be beneficial to keep counting forwards, backwards, recognition, writing numerals on a daily basis as well. Free websites that support are ICT Games, Topmarks, Crickweb, Maths Zone-look for the early years sections to guide you.

Physical Skills- this can be indoors and on a small scale or outside on a larger scale. It is important that children continue to develop cutting, tracing and manipulative skills as well as letter and number formation. Twinkl is a website offering free registering for parents that offers a wealth of activities and ideas-not just for physical development –but for all areas. If you can have access to outdoors or a space inside there are ideas for dance, yoga and simple action activities.

Wider Curriculum-we will offer suggestions of activities that your children could do that will link to other areas of the Early Years curriculum. We will provide all parents with the log in for a brilliant early years website called Busy Things.

Seesaw- is an online collaboration platform that allows pupils and teachers to collaborate in a safe and secure online space. Seesaw is an app that can be downloaded or accessed via a web browser. By joining or downloading the platform, you agree to share whatever you upload with the rest of the pupils in Early Years and the Early Years teaching staff. Please do not upload anything that you do not wish the rest of the year group to see. All uploads and comments have to be approved by a teacher before they are seen by others. We hope this platform will provide a safe place for us to communicate as a class in these unprecedented times.

We will post a weekly ‘activity timetable’ below.

Our emails if required:

a.shepherd@emsworth.hants.sch.uk

c.mingo@emsworth.hants.sch.uk

Thank you for your continued support,

The Early Years Team

If you need a 5 minute move during your day, here is another short session:

Online Learning 18/05/20

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Phonics	Focus-Phase 4 phonics ccvcc words-5 sounds in a word-Twinkl have got free resources to get started	Focus-Phase 4 –choose a game from Phonics Play to support phonic learning and consolidation	Focus –Phase 4 – try to write these words stand, crisp, trend, trust, spend, twist, frost, cramp	Focus –Phase 4 –try to write these words blend, stunt, crust, stamp, grunt, crept, drift, slept	Focus- Phase 4-try to write these words think, drank, blank, trunk, plump, blink, strap, crunch
Writing	Youtube- Aaagghhh Spider by Lydia Monks-share the story and talk about what you like/dislike about the story. Are there any parts that you found funny? What do you already know about spiders? Do you like spiders or not?	The spider in the story wanted to be a pet spider. What would you do with a pet spider? Where would you take it? Draw a 4 picture story about you and your pet spider-you can add a sentence to each picture	Facts about spiders. Youtube have good videos for children or Twinkl have fact cards about spiders and powerpoints. What new facts did you find out? Tell an adult some of the facts that you can remember. Have these facts changed your opinion of spiders?	Write your own factfile about spiders e.g. Where do they live? What do they eat? How do they move? What is the most interesting fact that you have found?	The life cycle of a spider-Twinkl has a good powerpoint about how spiders grow and a cut and stick sheet. You can always draw and write you own life cycle.
Reading	Use Oxford Owl Ebooks and of course books that you may have at home	Use Oxford Owl Ebooks and of course books that you may have at home	Use Oxford Owl Ebooks and of course books that you may have at home	Use Oxford Owl Ebooks and of course books that you may have at home	Use Oxford Owl Ebooks and of course books that you may have at home
Maths	Number songs on Youtube Making Webs Webs are very complex patterns. Have a go at being a very busy spider! How will you make yours? You could get creative with your web and add extra patterns or shapes.	Number songs on Youtube Subtraction Stories-Spot the Mistake The spider caught 7 flies. Then she ate 3. Now she has 3 left. Is she correct? The spider caught 6 flies. Then she ate 2. Now she has 2 left. Is she correct? Continue with some of your own.	Number songs on Youtube Number Bond Incy (from 10) 10 wincy spiders climbed up the water spout. Down came the rain and washed 5 spiders out. Out came the sunshine and dried up all the rain. So 5 wincy spiders won’t climb the spout again! Repeat with different numbers.	Number songs on Youtube Halving Ooh a lovely spider tea! Can you halve the spiders so you each get enough? As we know halving means sharing into 2 equal groups. Count the spiders and share between 2 plates to find half. You could draw some spiders or use any objects you have around to represent the spiders. Repeat with different numbers.	Number songs on Youtube Get Moving! What moves can you make with your body? Get a grown-up to photograph you as you move under things, over, in and even through! Remember next to, behind and in front of.
Physical	Spider cutting-there is a worksheet on Twinkl.If not cut out a body,8 legs and add some eyes-how many eyes does a spider have?	Weave a web-you can do this around a paper plate or find somewhere outside if you want to make it big	Cosmic Kids-Spider Power Yoga-13 minutes long	If you have chalk you might be able to get an adult to draw a web on the ground or a wall-use it as a target game with a ball/beanbag/ball of socks!	Spider pencil control sheet Twinkl-or an adult can do some patterns for you that you have to carefully trace over the top
Wider Curriculum	Find out about spiders that might live in other countries around the world.	Make a spider-dough, egg box top, ball of paper and add legs-however you can!	HeartSmart – Hat Game Find a selection of different hats. Put on one of the hats and create a character to go with it. Talk to your child as if you were that character. Ask your child to pick up one of the hats, put it on and create a persona to go with it. Repeat. When you have finished having fun, explain that pretending to be someone else is a lot of fun but being yourself is the most fun because that is who you are meant to be. There has never been and never will be another one of you!	Spider Hunt! Look out for webs or actual spiders inside and outside. Did you find any?	Busythings-Upper Reception-The World-Understanding the world-Animals-Parts of a spider

Online Learning 11/05/20

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Phonics	Focus-Phase 4 phonics cvcc words-4 sounds in a word-Twinkl have got free resources to get started	Focus-Phase 4 –Twinkl – cvcc picture cards. Get up on screen-children to say the sounds in the words to match each picture	Focus –Phase 4 – try to write some cvcc words-tent, pink, lamp, sand, nest, hand, pond, vest	Focus –Phase 4 –words to write-jump, silk, lift, desk, bank, help, milk, went	Focus- Phase 4-words to write-soft, left, belt ,lost, lunch, paint ,corn, tart
Writing	Youtube-Yucky Worms by Vivian French. Share the story and talk about worms. Do you like them or not? Why? Have you ever seen a worm? Have you ever held a worm?	Facts about worms. Youtube have good videos for children or Twinkl have fact cards about worms. What new facts did you find out?	Write your own factfile about worms e.g. Where do they live? What do they eat? How do they move? What is the most interesting fact that you have found?	Do you know how to make a wormery? Minibeast Adventures with Jess -CBeebies shows you what to do. Twinkl also has an instruction card. Can you now tell someone how to make a wormery using instruction language? E.g. First you…. Next you…..	Worm acrostic W O R M Using all that you now know can you complete each line with a worm fact/word. This is a bit of a challenge!
Reading	Use Oxford Owl Ebooks and of course books that you may have at home	Use Oxford Owl Ebooks and of course books that you may have at home	Use Oxford Owl Ebooks and of course books that you may have at home	Use Oxford Owl Ebooks and of course books that you may have at home	Use Oxford Owl Ebooks and of course books that you may have at home
Maths	Number Bubbles If you can, draw bubbles outside and write a different number in each bubble. Call out a number and see if your child can find it and stand on it. Repeat. ‘The Doorbell Rang’ by Pat Hutchins (Youtube) Act out the story. This involves your child sharing a number of cookies between different numbers of people/toys. Add 2, 3 more people/toys. Get your child to explain how he/she could share the cookies out so that they will all have the same number.	Number Hunt Pirate Panda Pirate Panda has taken all the treasure, 20 gold coins. Cat, Dog and Rabbit jump about excitedly. “Can we have some too?” “No” says Pirate Panda. Can you suggest what Pirate Panda ought to do? Sheep comes along - what should we do now? Bear comes too, so what could we do about the remainder? What else could you do?	Giant Dot-to-Dot (Draw one outside with chalk) OR find some on Twinkl. Pairs of legs How many legs does each of these three creatures have? How many pairs is that? How do you know? SPIDER/CAT/BIRD What about these three creatures? CRAB/LADYBIRD/SNAKE Can you match the animal to the number of pairs of legs it has? Did you know that legs on living creatures always come in pairs?	Musical Numbers Place number tiles/paper with tape to secure on the floor. Play some music for your child to dance to. When you stop the music, call out a number and your child stands on it. Repeat. Share Bears Yasmin and Zach are sharing bears/toys. Which numbers of bears/toys can they share out equally so that there are none leftover? Can they share one bear equally? Two bears equally? Three bears… Four bears… What do you notice about the numbers they share fairly? Do you notice a pattern?	Bingo 0-20 or beyond if your child is ready. Odd Socks Count socks and then pair them up. Is there an odd sock?
Physical	Threading pasta onto a stick/straw to make a worm.	Cutting wiggly worms out of paper.	Twinkl-Yoga Gross Motor activity cards-try some different poses	Playdough/plasticene rolling out worms-can you put them in order of length?	Cutting a spiral worm-there is a template on Twinkl that you can print off or copy to give you the idea.
Wider Curriculum	Worm hunt-if you can!	Learn the rhyme There’s a worm at the bottom of my garden.	HeartSmart – Be thankful to be me Animal Game Play the music ‘Carnival of the Animals’ by Camille Saint-Saens (available online) Tell your child that they are going to pretend to be different animals. Call out names of animals and encourage your child to move around the space, as that animal, in time to the music. Which animal was your favourite? Would you like to be an animal all the time? What can you do that an animal can’t? Finish by explaining that it is great fun pretending to be something else but the best thing they can be is themselves.	Busythings-Upper Reception-Understanding the World-The World-Animals-Worm World	Busythings-Upper Reception-Expressive Arts and Design-Music-Singing Squares

Online Learning 04/05/20

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Phonics	Focus-Phase 4 phonics ccvc words-4 sounds in a word Twinkl- ccvc word cards to read-don’t need to print-can read them on the screen	Focus-Phase 4 –Twinkl – ccvc bingo sheets-if you can print 2 sheets ,if not on screen to practise reading words	Focus –Phase 4 – try to write some ccvc words-from, stop, spot ,frog, step, plan ,speck, trip	Focus –Phase 4 –words to write-grab, track, spin, flag, grip, glad, twin, sniff	Focus-Phase 4-words to write-plum, drop, swim, clap, brick, clip, flap, trick
Writing	What is a minibeast? Do you know any minibeasts already? Use your phonics to write a list of minibeasts that you know.	Choose a minibeast to write some clues about it eg. What Am I? I have black spots, I am red, I can fly Twinkl-What am I? powerpoint game to inspire you.	Choose your favourite minibeast to write some facts about it. A couple of sentences using your phonics and a picture.	Create a minibeast story using pictures and sentences. Think about a beginning, middle and end.	Finish your minibeast story and share with somebody in your family.
Reading	Use Oxford Owl Ebooks and of course books that you may have at home	Use Oxford Owl Ebooks and of course books that you may have at home	Use Oxford Owl Ebooks and of course books that you may have at home	Use Oxford Owl Ebooks and of course books that you may have at home	Use Oxford Owl Ebooks and of course books that you may have at home
Maths	Quickwrite numbers-you call out and the children write the numbers down Sharing-Present this context-Betsy has 3 frogs who love eating bugs. She has 6 bugs to share between them. How many bugs will each frog have? Draw 3 frogs and share out the 6 bugs to check .Repeat with different numbers.	Quickwrite numbers-you call out and the children write the numbers down Sharing-5 flowers in a garden 10 bees flying around collecting pollen. How many bees can land on each flower so that there is the same amount of bees on each? You can repeat with different numbers.	Quickwrite numbers-you call out and the children write the numbers down Sharing-share out 15 biscuits or raisins-whatever you have-between your favourite 5 toys. How many does each toy have . Is it fair?	Quickwrite numbers-you call out and the children write the numbers down Sharing-cut an apple into 8 slices. If you shared it equally between yourself and someone in your family how many pieces would you have each?	Quickwrite numbers-you call out and the children write the numbers down Sharing-this is a treat!-if you have a cake or make one, can you share it equally with people in your family. The pieces need to be the same size!
Physical	Try to make a model of a minibeast-you could use playdough, junk, lego, bricks-create!	Twinkl-minibeast action cards-no need to print-can you move like a minibeast?	Find a balloon or if not fold some socks into a ball and play a game-how long can you keep it up in the air? Play with a partner. Have fun!	If you can have some time on your scooter, bike or other moving equipment	Explore travelling-can you jump,skip, hop, run, gallop, tiptoe, stamp?
Wider Curriculum	If you can get outside have a look for some minibeasts. There is a tick sheet on Twinkl but you don’t have to use that. Think about where they might be hiding!	Twinkl-share some minibeast rhymes-see minibeast nursery rhyme booklet pack. You might be able to learn one or add actions	HeartSmart-Read the story-'The Truth According To Arthur’-Youtube. As you read it ask the question-Is Arthur telling the truth?Ask them what he is trying to do with the truth. What would you do? Talk about how Mum responds to Arthur.	Finger print minibeats-if you have some paint dip your finger in to make a fingerprint on paper and then add wings, legs, antenna using a pen-What minibeast can you turn your fingerprint into?	Thinking about all of the minibeasts that you know can you create a new muddled up one? It can be a combination of 2 or more different minibeasts. Draw it and tell us what it is called.

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