This week is ‘Children’s Mental Health Week’.
This morning in our live Google Classroom session, we listened to the story ‘Giraffes can’t dance’ and then talked about the things we are good at.
We ended our session with a lively GoNoodle!
This week is ‘Children’s Mental Health Week’.
This morning in our live Google Classroom session, we listened to the story ‘Giraffes can’t dance’ and then talked about the things we are good at.
We ended our session with a lively GoNoodle!
Wow, it’s week 5!
Good morning Nursery! We have reached week 5 already. Thank you for sharing your home learning photographs with us. Your learning journals are looking FANTASTIC as your teachers are also working really hard to put all of your home achievements in them. If you have any home learning photographs please email them to [email protected] and we will include them in your child’s learning journal.
We are continuing with our ‘People Who Help Us’ topic. This week we will be learning about police officers.
Todays activities are:
Literacy
What is the role of a police officer? How do they help us? Search for facts about police officers and look closely at what they wear. Can you use the items from your home learning pack to create a policeman or woman? You could draw, collage or make a police officer out of playdough. How will you make yours?
Maths
Police officers have shiny badges on their helmets. Draw the outline of a policeman’s helmet on your whiteboard and roll a dice to see how many badges to place on it. Draw your badge as a simple shape such as a triangle or a circle.
Monday 1st February 2021
Good morning Reception!
Phonics
Today we would like you to practise the sounds you have learned. We would like you to watch the video and practise spelling words with the ‘or’ sound. You will find a video Set 2 Spelling with Rosie ‘or’: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDe74j1F52zTYEYHmhC68VV_LVvzu-imu
We would love to see the words you have been writing!
Literacy
For our Literacy activity today, we would like you to begin by playing the ‘Pick a Picture’ game on Phonics Play.
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/pick-a-picture
Once you have practised sounding out and blending words, we would like you to read this week’s reading books. You will find the books on Google Classroom.
Maths
Today we are going to explore matching numbers 6, 7 and 8. We would like you to complete the White Rose, Growing 6, 7 and 8, week 2, session 1 Activity. The video and resources can be found at:
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/growing-6-7-8-week-2/
Topic
This week is the final week of our space topic. Today we would like you to impress you with your creative skills! We would like you to make a collage of a sun using different materials from around your home. Think carefully about the colours you are using.
Remember to send photographs of any completed activities to [email protected]
If you have any questions or need anything, please get in touch!
The Reception Team
It’s Fun Friday!
It was lovely to see so many of you on our live session this morning, all with your colourful toothbrushes and white sparkling teeth! We hope you have enjoyed learning about how to look after your beautiful smiles as well as learning about the role of a dentist.
Today’s activities are:
Literacy
Use the whiteboard and pen from your home learning pack. Ask your adult to write your name on your whiteboard. Can you copy each letter from your name? Remember to write your letters in the correct order and to hold your pen using froggy fingers. This is something we would ask the children to practise every day in Nursery!
Maths
Put the Ten Town cards in order. Draw two mouths with numbers next to them. Today’s task is to predict which mouth will have more, less or the same amount of teeth. Check by using your playdough and putting the teeth in each mouth.
Science
Observe the changes to the coke, tea and water experiment. Take the eggs out of each cup. What do you notice? Do the eggs look different? Then use a toothbrush and toothpaste to clean each egg. What do you notice now? What does it tell us about keeping our teeth clean?
Friday 29th January 2021
Good morning Reception!
Phonics
Today we would like you to practise the sounds you have learned. We would like you to watch the video and practise spelling words with the ‘ar’ sound. You will find a video Set 2 Spelling with Rosie ‘ar’: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDe74j1F52zTYEYHmhC68VV_LVvzu-imu
Literacy
Today we would like you to design your own pair of underpants and to write a few sentences about them. I wonder what pattern/shapes you have used? What colour are they? Why did you choose that design?
We cannot wait to see your design!
Maths
Today we are going to learning about 1 more and less. We would like you to complete the White Rose Growing in 6, 7 and 8, week 1, session 5 Activity. The video and resources can be found at:
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/growing-6-7-8/
There is also a fantastic Number blocks video to watch relating to one more and less. Please find attached below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7ObfFU6s-o
Topic
Today we would like you to learn about the planet Neptune. With help from your adult, have look at the PowerPoint about Neptune on Google Classroom. We would like you to draw a picture of Neptune and write some facts about the planet.

Remember to send photographs of any completed activities to [email protected]
If you have any questions or need anything, please get in touch!
The Reception Team
Good morning Nursery.
How does it feel to be a dentist? Lots of you put your new knowledge to good use yesterday through role play at home. We enjoyed seeing your pretend waiting rooms and dentist surgeries.
Today’s activities are:
Literacy
Use your scarf to make large movements as if you are brushing your teeth. Move up and down, in large circles and left to right. Then copy the shapes on your laminated mark making sheet, starting big then gradually getting smaller.
Maths
Draw two mouths with numbers next to them. Then use the playdough from your pack to put the correct amount of teeth in each mouth to represent each number. Which mouth has more, which has less or do they have the same? Repeat with different numbers.
Science
Set up another experiment. This time we are going to look at how different drinks can stain our teeth. Set up three cups with coke, tea and water then add a hardboiled egg to each cup. Predict what changes will happen to each egg.
Have fun!
Thursday 28th January 2021
Good morning Reception!
Phonics
Today we would like you to practise the sounds you have learned. We would like you to watch the video and practise spelling words with the ‘oo’ sound. You will find a video Set 2 Spelling with Rosie ‘oo’: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDe74j1F52zTYEYHmhC68VV_LVvzu-imu
Literacy
Today we will be showing you some of the Alien’s underpants. We would like you to write some sentences about them. You can start your sentences with either “It is…” or “They are….”
Please remember Captain Capital Letter, Queen Aneatta, Captain Finger Space and Captain Full Stop when writing sentences!
Maths
Today we are learning about matching 6, 7 and 8. We would like you to complete the White Rose Growing in 6, 7 and 8, week 1, session 4 Activity. The video and resources can be found at:
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/growing-6-7-8/
Topic
Today we would like you to learn about the planet Uranus. With help from your adult, have look at the PowerPoint on Google Classroom. We would like you to draw a picture of the planet and write some facts about it.

Remember to send photographs of any completed activities to [email protected]
If you have any questions or need anything, please get in touch!
The Reception Team
Good morning everyone.
We are half way through the week and are already impressed with all the super learning you have been doing at home. Well done everyone and thank you for sending your photographs. We love seeing them.
Today’s activities are:
Literacy
Talk to your adult about the story that was shared during the live session. What job does a dentist do? How do they help us in the community? Have you visited a dentist? What happened?
You could pretend to be a dentist today. What tools would you need and how would you tell people to clean their teeth properly?
Maths
Draw a mouth just like the one shown in the picture with 10 circle spaces for teeth. Take turns rolling the dice. Count the dots on the dice and put the same amount of teeth into the mouth. You can use playdough balls, marshmallows, ripped up pieces of paper. The first person to fill all of their teeth spaces is the winner!
Happy Tuesday Nursery!
There have been lots of creative activities going on at home which is FANTASTIC! It is great to see so many of you using your new home learning pack too. Did you find out about dentists? Do you know how they help us?
Todays activities are:
Literacy
Collect objects with the same initial sound and put them in a bag. Try to use different objects than yesterday. Make up a song, such as ‘What have we got in our bag today?’ and then show your adults the objects one at a time. Emphasise the initial sound (e.g. s-s-s-snake, s-s-s-sock, s-s-s-sausage) when you say the name of each object.
Maths
Ask your adult to draw a tooth on your whiteboard and write a number from 0-5 on it. Can you recognise the number? Now you have to draw the right amount of cavities (holes) on the tooth. Repeat and include numbers 6-10 if you can. Brush the cavities away with an old toothbrush to make it more fun!
Apple Experiment Observation
Look a the changes to your apple and tell your adult what has happened to the cavity (hole) that you made. Does it look the same or does it look different? Has it changed colour? Was your prediction right?
Tuesday 26th January 2021
Good morning Reception!
Phonics
Today we would like you to practise the sounds you have learned. We would like you to watch the video and practise spelling words with the ‘ow’ sound. You will find a video Set 2 Spelling with Rosie ‘ow’: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDe74j1F52zTYEYHmhC68VV_LVvzu-imu
Literacy
Listen to the story ‘Aliens love Underpants’. You can listen to the story on Google Classroom or at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_T_1ReSpWbE
Your task today is to write a sentence or some sentences about your favourite part of the story. We would also love to see a drawing to go with it.
Challenge: In your new work pack, you will find some pictures. Can you label the pictures sounding out the words and writing the sounds you can hear? Each set of activities in your new pack are labelled with a number. For this activity you will need number 8.
Maths
Today we are going to learn the number 7. We would like you to complete the White Rose Growing in 6, 7 and 8, week 1, session 2 Activity. The video and resources can be found at:
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/early-years/growing-6-7-8/
Once you have completed the White Rose Activity, watch the Sir Seven video on the Ten Town website and have a try at writing the number 7.
Topic
This week we are continuing to complete our planet booklet. Today we would like you to learn about the planet Saturn. With help from your adult, have look at the PowerPoint about Saturn on Google Classroom. We would like you to draw a picture of Saturn and write some facts about the planet.
Remember to send photographs of any completed activities to [email protected]
If you have any questions or need anything, please get in touch!
The Reception Team