4 years ago
Posted on 16th Feb 2021 by Mrs Garraway

Pancake day!

Happy pancake day!

Join Mrs Sixsmith and the children in reception cooking pancakes!
https://youtu.be/otFittAFRew

We look forward to seeing your pancake creations and what your favourite toppings are!

140g plain flour
2 eggs
200ml milk
100ml water

We’d love to see any photos or films of you making pancakes too!

Pancake day is the day before Ash Wednesday which sees the beginning of Lent. Have a look at the BBC website below to learn more about Lent.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/ztkxpv4/articles/z77jf4j

If you are giving up anything for Lent let us know and good luck! 😊

4 years ago
Posted on 31st Jan 2021 by Mrs Garraway

Monday’s lessons

Good morning! We hope that you have enjoyed a lovely weekend and are feeling refreshed and ready for another week.

Letters and sounds

Today we are going to look at the long oo sound. Watch and join with the video of Mrs Garraway below.

https://youtu.be/uzYqj9IvC_s – long oo lesson

You can have a go at the ‘star word hunt’ activity below. All you need is some sand, flour or crunched up cereals to hide the stars. You can even just hide them around your house! There is also a mission to the moon game to play!

Find the oo Stars Cut Outs Mission to the Moon Board Game

Fine motor

This week our get squiggling will be ’Troll’. See if you can follow Squiglet and join in!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFUe9rw7ma8

Maths

Go through the bitesize video that explains what a 3D shape is.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zjv39j6/articles/zgqpk2p

Have a go at playing the games to help identify 3D shapes.

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/shiftingShapes/index.html

There are also some 2 and 3 d shape activities on Purple Mash that you can do.

Topic

Today’s theme for our wellbeing week is ‘be active’.

There are lots of things that you could do! You could go out for a walk with your family or dog, you could have a go at some online workouts, you could dance to your favourite song or play with a ball/hoop/skipping rope in your garden.

If you go out on a walk, how about having a go at filling out our tick list sheets. See if you can spot all the things on the list and tick them off!

Buildings checklist Spring checklist Winter checklist

You could even have a go at mile Monday! See if you can walk/run/cycle a mile, take a picture and share it to our facebook page or send it to our email address.

Be active, stay healthy!

4 years ago
Posted on 28th Jan 2021 by Mrs Garraway

Friday

Happy Friday!

Letters and sounds

Today we are going to be looking at our phase three tricky words. Watch the tricky words song, join in and then have a go at the tricky words worksheet below.

tricky words lock and key

Fine motor

Have a go at the pencil control sheet below.

Friday pencil control

Join in with England rugby’s ‘Get your shirt on’ with Danielle ‘Nolli’ Waterman. If you are rugby mad like Mrs Garraway, you will love this! If you’re not, there are lots of fun things to try out!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dtaFIpmoAK0

Maths

Friday: Write numbers- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DzKqCmjVXLI

Sensory number formation. Using porridge oats or flour. Practise writing your numbers.

Topic

Wow it’s been a long week. For some final research into arctic animals, get a mug of hot chocolate, some popcorn and watch a ‘cold’ film.

You could watch ice age (1,2 or 3) Happy Feet, Small foot, Abominable, Frozen 1 or 2 or anything else you can think of!

4 years ago
Posted on 27th Jan 2021 by Mrs Garraway

Thursday

Letters and sounds

Today we are looking at oa. Mrs Garraway has made a video to introduce the ‘oa’ sound and some of the words you may find on the treasure map below.

https://youtu.be/DmcWkkGp8Y4

oa sheet oa Treasure Hunt story words ticklist

Maths

Let’s see if you can go through this worksheet and count back more than 1.

Read the number sentence.

Find the starting number.

Jump back.

Write your answer at the end of the number sentence.

Thursday Sheet

Topic

polar bear mask polar bear photos script

Can you use the story to pretend to be a polar bear? You could make a polar bear mask or use the polar bear you made yesterday. Can you do some of the actions like polar bears do?

4 years ago
Posted on 26th Jan 2021 by Mrs Garraway

Wednesday

Letters and sounds

Today we are looking at igh. Igh is a trigraph (3 letters that make one sound). Watch Geraldine introduce the sound and then have a go at making the Knights shield below, decorating it with ‘igh’ words and pictures.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OYCR2RZ4ZYY

Decorate a Knights Shield Activity igh sheet igh sheet

Fine motor

Have a go at writing the letter a with Squiglet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D-OdmQzIm98

Maths

Have a go at this worksheet for taking away 1.

Watch this video that shows you how to take away more than 1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BLNxW2Ya5M

Using your number lines let’s have a go at some of the number sentences in this video. You don’t need any paper or pencils. Just your number line. Pause the video after each number sentence to try and work out the answer. Have a go at working out the answers to the following questions.

5 – 2 =

7 – 3 =

6 – 4 =

10 – 5 =

1 less sheet LA Wednesday 1 less sheet HA Wednesday 1 less sheet MA Wednesday

Topic

Can you use a paper plate to make a polar bear?

You will need to cut out a head, stick it on and draw feet and facial features. Can you make up a story about your polar bear?

4 years ago
Posted on 25th Jan 2021 by Mrs Garraway

Tuesday

Letters and sounds

Today we are looking at ee. Watch the video of Geraldine the Giraffe and see how many ee words you can spot!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Ci0oEO8dXE

Have a go at the mice and cheese games below. Feel free to use the headband included or make your own mouse headband to really get into the activity.

collect the cheese game ee sheet feed the mouse hopscotch ee sheet feed the mouse hopscotch

Fine motor

Squiggle while you wiggle! To help us with our letter writing this week for a, join with Mrs Garraway. You will need two cloths or tea towels, and a piece of paper and two pens which you can grab quickly. You will also need lots of energy! Enjoy!

https://youtu.be/_ZVY97cd9WM

Maths

Using the number line you made yesterday, can you follow along with the video of Miss Hedges as we learn to takeaway using a number line.

hungry monsters subtraction powerpoint

(Video WALT Find 1 less on a number line. https://youtu.be/p0lQiKt1LyM )

Topic

Watch the power point about arctic animals. Which one is your favourite? Can you write the sounds you can hear in its’ name and draw a picture of it? Can you write a sentence starting with

I like the ____________ because _______________. Your grown up can help you with the tricky words.

Tuesday powerpoint

4 years ago
Posted on 24th Jan 2021 by Mrs Garraway

Good Morning!

Good morning! We hope that you have had a good weekend and enjoyed playing out in the snow. Here is a summary of what we will be looking at over the next week! We hope that you enjoy the activities we have set and look forward to seeing what you have been up to via our reception team email address- receptionteam@stgeorgesschool.org.uk

4 years ago
Posted on 24th Jan 2021 by Mrs Garraway

Monday

Letters and sounds

Today we are going to look at ai. Watch and join with the video of Mrs Garraway below.

https://youtu.be/OzRhTSuI_Us

Have a go at one or both of the activities below. The instructions are included with the sheet. Happy hunting!

Snail Trail Game Hide and Seek Game ai sheet

Fine motor

Grab your paper and pens and have a go at following Squiglet for our Get squiggling! Today we are doing ‘Cat’.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zMnn8DBzyQA

Maths

Watch this video of Miss Hedges.

WALT Order numbers: https://youtu.be/0lXXD_hrZjw

Use the worksheet below to make your own number line. Can you practise counting back from 10.

Create your own number line- Monday

Topic

This week, we will be learning about polar bears and other arctic animals.

Watch the powerpoint to learn some facts about arctic animals.

Can you use the sheet to label the parts of the polar bear? Or you could draw a polar bear and do some labelling of his nose, feet, eyes, ears.

Monday Arctic animals powerpoint Polar bear labelling

4 years ago
Posted on 27th Apr 2020 by Mrs Garraway

Keeping in touch!

A great big hello to reception! We hope that you are safe, happy and keeping busy whilst you are at home. We have really missed seeing and teaching you and would love to find out about what you have been up to. We have decided to start a reception pen-pal system so that we can keep in contact. If you have completed/created any work that you would like to share with us or there is anything that you would like to talk about then please email our reception email address which is:

receptionteam@stgeorgesschool.org.uk

We can then reply to your emails when we are able to do so, during normal school hours. We really look forward to hearing from you all!

Mrs Croft, Mrs Garraway, Miss Hedges and all of the reception team 😊