RE Activity – Designing a prayer mat 🎨

In RE we are learning about the month of Ramadan and how Muslims celebrate the end of Ramadan with a big celebration called ‘Eid’.

As we approach the festival of Eid al-Fitr, we look at how Muslims pray to their God.

Watch this video to find out about Prayer in Islam.

Your activity:

Design your own prayer mat, it should include important symbols to you, lots of different shapes and various colours.  You can use paint, pens or pencils to create your prayer mat.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Here are some ideas:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Don’t forget, we love to see how you are getting on with your home learning! Your grown up can email us at  year1team@stgeorgesschool.org.uk

 

 

 

 

Telling the time 🕐🕕🕣

Watch this video all about telling the time.

Use this Telling the time powerpoint to remind yourself about the minute and hour hands. 

Why not make your own analogue clock using this sheet – Interactive clock

Have a go at the following worksheets 👍

Play this Telling the time board game with someone in your house! 😊

Complete this time diary about what you have been up to 🕕🕣

Enjoy! 😊🌈

 

 

Literacy ✏✏✏

Hello everybody! 🤗

We hope that you are well and are keeping safe.

Spelling and Grammar. 

Verbs. These are doing or action  words. Here is a video to watch to help you remember some verbs.

When you have watched it have a go at finishing the sentences with the right verb.

verbs worksheet

Handwriting.❤✏

This week we are going to practise our hanging letters. Practise one every day if you want to.

y video           p video           j video          f video

Here is some paper to practise on.

handwriting lines

Reading and writing. 🍋🍊🍈🍇🍐

Listen to the story Kitchen Disco. 

Then have a go at finding the fruit in the word search.

fruity word search

Stay safe and stay happy! 🌈😎

 

Topic Activity – Teddy Bears🧸🧸

We are learning about toys in Topic

Today we are going to look at Teddy Bears🧸

Listen to this story – make sure to have your teddy with you!

Where's My Teddy?: Amazon.co.uk: Alborough, Jez: 9780763698713: Books

Do you have a teddy at home? (You can always use a different cuddly toy)

Try some of these activities:

  • Tell us why your teddy is special.
  • How does your teddy make you feel?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Design/draw a teddy for someone else – what things will it need?

 

Make sure to send us some pictures of what you have created. We love to see what you are getting up to! year1team@stgeorgesschool.org.uk

 

Nature Art Activity 🍁🍂🍃

Creating nature art

On your daily walk, see what you can find to make some beautiful nature art. Here are some ideas we love!

Make sure to send us some pictures of what you have created. We love to see what you are getting up to! year1team@stgeorgesschool.org.uk

 

RE Activity 🌙

In RE we are learning about the month of Ramadan and how Muslims celebrate the end of Ramadan with a big celebration called ‘Eid’.

Watch this video all about ‘Eid’.

Muslims like to paint beautiful patterns on their hands using henna, this is called ‘Mehndi’.

Your Activity:

Using a marker pen and a cut out of your own hand, can you design your own Mehndi pattern?

Don’t forget, we love to see how you are getting on with your home learning! Your grown up can email us at  year1team@stgeorgesschool.org.uk

Science Activity 🐑

We are learning about Animals including Humans in Science. Today we are looking at life cycles.

Watch this video about sheep and cow life cycles.

Can you remember what type of animal cows and sheep are?

Watch this video about a butterfly’s life cycle.

Can you remember what type of animal a butterfly is?

 

Your activity:

Have a go at drawing a life cycle from one of the videos, draw pictures and arrows to show the order.  You could also write down some words that you remember from the videos.

Look at this one:

 


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Topic Activity 🧸⚽

The Old Toy Room

We are learning all about toys in Topic. Today we are looking at old toys!

Listen to this story…

The Old Toy Room by Twinkl Originals - book, teaching resources ...

This story is about Lottie meeting lots of different old toys.

Your Activity:

Have a go at answering these questions:

  • Which old toys did you spot?
  • What did everyone do after the ballerinas danced in the theatre?
  • What were your favourite old toys?
  • Do you have any of these old toys at home?

How many old toys can you remember? See how many you can draw and label.

Parents, please see the list below to find what your child should be trying to use in their writing. 

  • Beautiful handwriting – tall (t, h, l, b, d…) short (a, c, s, r…) and hanging (g, y, p…) letters
  • Finger spaces – making sure there is a finger space between each word
  • Capital letters – capital letters for names and at the start of a sentence
  • Phonics sounding – using their phonics knowledge to sound/spell words
  • Full stop – using a full stop at the end of a sentence
  • To make your writing more interesting you can use adjectives.

Don’t forget, we love to see how you are getting on with your home learning! Your grown up can email us at  year1team@stgeorgesschool.org.uk

Foundation activities for this week📝

 

Topic – Toys from the past🧸

Old Toys Topic Lesson

Links:

100 Years of Toys Video

Toys from the past power point

Spinning top activity 

Old Toys word search

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Science – Looking after pets 🐶

Looking After Your Pet Science Lesson

Links:

Looking after pets video

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VE Day – Friday 8th May🎈

VE Day information and activities

Links:

All about VE day

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RE – The month of Ramadan🌙

All about the month of Ramadan Lesson

Links:

All about the month of Ramadan

t-re-357-ramadan-lantern-paper-craft

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Don’t forget, we love to see how you are getting on with your home learning! Your grown up can email us at  year1team@stgeorgesschool.org.uk

Happy 100th Birthday Sir Tom🎈

Captain Tom Moore to be guest of honour at new Nightingale ...

Captain Tom Moore, who has raised more than £29m for the NHS by walking laps of his garden, has been made an honorary colonel on his 100th birthday.

Here are some things you could do at home, to celebrate Sir Tom Moore’s birthday.

  • Design Sir Tom a 100th birthday card. Here are some ideas.
  • Create a poster all about Sir Tom, or even thanking him. Here are some ideas.
  • Write a letter to Sir Tom or a story about Sir Tom
  • Write a letter about how you think it feels to be 100!

Don’t forget, we love to see how you are getting on! Your grown up can email us at  year1team@stgeorgesschool.org.uk