Wednesday 6th January

Morning Briefing 10:30 am on Microsoft Teams - please see instruction PDF named 'How to join a Morning Briefing.

Login details are found on the inside cover of the yellow reading journal. 

Focus activity- Creative 

After seeing the Dinosaur Egg this morning at the briefing, Dr Kit and Dr Beth would like us to paint or draw a picture of what you think the new species of dinosaur might look like. Use anything you have at home- paints, crayons, felt tip pens. Is it going to be a big dinosaur, a small one, a flying one a swimming one? Does it have a long tail or a long neck? We look forward to seeing your ideas. Please send them to us. 

Focus activity- Phonics Activity

In the morning briefing the children will be recapping the letter formation of c, o, a, d, g and q. Please practise forming these in your Ground, Grass and Sky board we provided. 

Another game you could play or adapt if you wanted would be...

I Spy the Sound

‘I Spy the Sound’ is a fun way to build phonics skills and phonemic awareness. In this variation of the classic game, ‘I Spy’, ask your child to spy words that begin with a certain sound, rather than a letter. For example, “I spy with my little eye, something beginning with mmm.”

Thursday 7th January

Morning Briefing 10:30 am on Microsoft Teams - please see instruction PDF named 'How to join a Morning Briefing.

Login details are found on the inside cover of the yellow reading journal. 

Focus activity- Maths

This week Dr Beth and Dr Kit sent us a treasure hunt to try to find some missing dinosaur bones.

We would like you to have your own treasure hunt at home. Pick a toy and ask a grown up to hide it in different parts of your house or garden. They then have to give you a clue so that you can work out where your toy is.

The phrases you might hear are:

next to

under

inside

between

left/right

forwards/backwards

up/down

on top of

in front of

above/below

beside

by

beneath

on

through

outside

Happy hunting!

Focus activity- Phonics Activity

In the morning briefing the children will be recapping the letter formation of r, n, h. m, b, p, k  please practise forming these in your Ground, Grass and Sky board we provided. 

Another game you could play or adapt if you wanted would be..

Syllables game

Children to clap out syllables in children's names and other objects.

Friday 8th January

Morning Briefing 10:30 am on Microsoft Teams - please see instruction PDF named 'How to join a Morning Briefing.

Login details are found on the inside cover of the yellow reading journal. 

Focus activity- Computing

Can you create your own dinosaur maze game in Purple mash? If you login to through Sims ID. From the home screen press computing then 2 Do It Yourself 3D.

Watch the videos circled for instructions but then try to create a dinosaur themed game. Have fun!

Focus activity- Phonics Activity

In the morning briefing the children will be recapping the letter formation of s, f, e, v, w, x please practise forming these in your Ground, Grass and Sky board we provided. 

We will also be writing the tricky words: the, to, I, no,  go. 

Children could also play a game of Hangman which they have been introduced to in school.