Dear Parents and Carers
During your child’s time away from school, please take the opportunity to continue to help develop their learning.
A home Learning pack has been created for each child. These can be picked up from the school office. The packs contain Maths and Literacy activities, Purple Mash and Mathletics logins and a booklet of fun filled home learning opportunities such as playdough activities, creative play, super science, nursery rhymes and traditional tales.
I will be setting the children tasks through Purple Mash and Mathletics. These tasks are linked to what the children would currently be learning in Reception. It is important for children to complete these activities. When children hand their work in through Purple Mash, you or your child can send me a message to let me know how they are finding the tasks. It would be lovely for the children to keep in touch with me and let me know how they are getting on with their learning tasks at home! Children can also use this if they have any questions they would like to ask about their work. I will mark the Purple Mash activities handed in and reply to children's comments. This will be a great way to keep in touch
Please contact k.flanagan@holycrossprimaryschool.co.uk for your child’s login.
Talk4Writing
Click on the document below for an English Home Learning activity booklet. This booklet is designed to inspire and support your child to develop skills and confidence in speaking, reading and writing.
In this booklet, you will see 8 different types of learning activities:
• Let’s read together
• Let’s talk
• Rhyme time
• Ladybird Words
• Let’s pretend
• Ready, steady, write
• Out and about
• Let’s get creative
ReadingWise Phonics
Reading Wise is a brilliant new reading app designed for early reading. The app is currently being used throughout the school. Reception children have now been given access to Reading Wise. It is recommended that children spend 5-10 minutes daily on the programme.
To get your child's log in details please email k.flanagan@holycrossprimaryschool.co.uk
Home Learning Ideas
For children in the Early Years Foundation Stage, it is important to make learning as fun as possible. While you may have some extra time at home with your child you could try some of the following:
Please see the link below for some more Home Learning ideas:
Reading
For the next few weeks, I recommend reading as much as you can with your child.
Reading with your child is one of the best ways of covering many curriculum areas. Reading with your child will improve their listening and attention, communication, language and speaking, imagination, reading and writing skills.
You can read any book with them; fiction or non-fiction. These can include stories, traditional tales, stories in your home language, encyclopedias, atlas', books from your school reading scheme (Biff and Chip), magazines, comics etc.
While you are reading with your child you could encourage them to read some simple words or phrases.
See link below for some free online e-books and videos:
Literacy
Daily virtual lessons for children
From Monday 23rd March Read Write Inc. Phonics lessons will be available on Facebook and YouTube for children to watch at home.
RWI will release three short Speed Sound lessons with one of their trainers every day for the next two weeks. The films will only be available at the times below:
Please note: the films are streamed live and won’t be available at other times.
They're also releasing a film of a poem for Reception and Year 1 children to join in with at 2.00 pm every day. The poems will be available on YouTube to watch again and again.
A great opportunity for children to learn these by heart!
Some useful links for literacy learning:
https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/
https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/literacy.html
http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/phase-2-games.html
http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/phase-3-games.html
https://www.mrmcmakingmemories.com/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks
https://epicphonics.com/games/phase/2
https://epicphonics.com/games/phase/3
Maths
At 10am each day, Reception children can watch 'Number fun' live on YouTube. This will include Maths songs, challenges, problem solving and interactive learning.
Please see the link below:
Some useful links for Maths learning:
https://mathszone.co.uk/tag/eyfs/?s=
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/3-5-years/counting
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/topics/numeracy
http://www.crickweb.co.uk/Early-Years.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b08bzfnh/numberblocks
PE
Joe Wicks is uploading daily exercise videos to his YouTube channel. These are an excellent way of keeping both children and adults fit and healthy physically and mentally.
Cosmic Kids is another website that offers meditation, yoga and mindfulness activities in a child-friendly way. Reception class often complete these activities in class and they really love them!
PSHE
Here are some useful links for keeping your child safe online:
Music
https://www.singup.org/home-schooling/?embutton - Sing up home schooling page
https://youtu.be/j4mZhv9HS-g - free body percussion workshops
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/bring-the-noise - new set of resources from the BBC launched last year
https://www.mydso.com/dso-kids/ - Dallas symphony orchestra’s site just for children
Thank you for your ongoing support!
Miss Mitchell