Religious Education (R.E)
Word of the Week – Commitment
Please visit YouTube to view our word of the week video on commitment. Reflect by praying the decorated stone prayer. You will need; a medium sized stone, felt tip pens and other art materials for decoration. Pick up the stone, hold it in your hands and think of something you can promise to commit to God, such as love. After you have done this, select a felt tip pen and write the word onto the stone. You can then decorate the stone as you wish.
Week Commencing-Monday 27th April
Use some religious words such as Pentecost, Good News, Alleluia, Easter, Holy Spirit AT1 (ii)
This week I would like children to explore the story of Pentecost and begin thinking about the Holy Spirit. Please read the story by downloading the PowerPoint provided or using a children’s bible you already have at home.
It is difficult at this age for children to understand the abstract concept of the Holy Spirit. The effects of these elements are what we want the children to explore and thereby deepen their understanding.
Here are a few activities you could carry out with your child to help them:
Take photos and stick them into your home learning books or email to school for us to post on the website.
Please view the reading of 'Walking through the Jungle' written by Julie Lacome below and view the literacy planning and relevant documents.
Your graphemes this week are 'ar', 'or' and 'ur'
Monday - 'ar' Piggy Bank Activity
Tuesday - Spot the 'ar' Words Activity Sheet
Wednesday - Find and Write the 'ur' Words Activity Sheet
Thursday - Reading 'or' Phoneme Spotter Story Activity Sheet
(parents to help with reading if needed)
Friday - Visit the Phonics Play Website & Play the Tricky Words Trucks Game
(Select Phase 3)
This week learn the cursive letter formation for the letters:
i l t f
Continue to learn key words from week 1 (no more than three words per week). See how many key words you can find in and around the environment.
Creative / Art
Jungle Theme Art Work:
This week have a look at the art work by Henri Rousseau -https://www.nationalgallery.org.uk/paintings/henri-rousseau-surprised.
Using this as a starting point, create a painting of the jungle - What colours would you see? Would the leaves be large or small? Will you add birds and animals to your painting? Use your imagination - be as creative as you wish!
LI: To know about similarities and differences in relation to places, objects and living things.
Talk to the children about different environments/ habitats and the animals which live there.
Children can either do a,b, or c
a: Children sort animals into categories – with a parent.
b: Children sort animals into categories – independently.
c: Children sort animals into categories –independently and write a sentence about each of the environments.
P.E and Music
Over the week have a look at the following sites for music and movement lessons.
Join in on BBC Bitesize music: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z4fgrj6
Exercise those vocal chords and learn some new songs.
Developing listening skills at : https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/listen-and-play-down-in-the-jungle/zfysxyc
Movement lesson 2: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01n8mxv
Movement lesson 3: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p01n8n2w