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St Peter and St Paul Catholic Primary Academy

Who am I? That's the riddle game we will be playing this week! Each day I will give you a riddle to solve. You try and work it out and I will give you the answer tomorrow. Today's riddle is:

I have wings but I am not a bird, I am small, colourful and beautiful, I live in gardens and fields and forests, I used to be a caterpillar - Who am I ?

Here is our work for today Monday 18 May

9.00 – 9.10

Spelling – common exceptions

Download your spelling for this week. Complete your 1st attempt today.

9.20-10.00

English   Tadpole’s Promise

We have a letter from Jeanne Willis, the author of Tadpole’s Promise! Read it on the worksheet. She wants us to create a booklet about caterpillars and butterflies and how they grow and change! We can start by looking at the pictures on the worksheet. Cut out the pictures and paste them you’re your book in chronological (time) order. Write a sentence under each one to explain what change has happened. E.g. The tadpole has grown a tail OR The caterpillar is fatter.

10.00-10.20

PE -  “PE with Joe” The Body Coach

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=the+body+coach

OR Check out the Academy’s new ‘Healthy Living’ page and try one of the 20 minute active lessons

10.20-10.40

B R E A K               snack and outdoor play              Wash hands

10.40-11.00

Reading

Read from a book from home OR log onto Purple Mash and read Anna and the Third Leaf Chapter 5 and do the Quiz. They have both been set as a 2Do for you!

11.00-12.00

Maths  Part-whole relationship number bonds

Let’s remind ourselves about the bonds of 10. Remember to look for the patterns we learned about at school. If we know the number bonds of 10 then we will know the number bonds of 20.

Watch White Rose Maths Summer Term week 3 lesson 1 Part-whole relationship number bonds

https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Stop the video when you are asked to have a go and tell your grown-up your answer or write them down in your book before you check the answer. Now complete the worksheet.

12.00-1.30

L U N C H         Pray    outdoor play        wash hands after play

1.30-2.30

Topic Work  Growing and Planting

You know that a plant needs water in order to grow, but how does the water you give your plant feed it? Here’s a little experiment. You can try it at home. If you don’t have celery you can use white flowers, maybe even an onion!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KIug9Foou3s

What did you learn? Download the worksheet How do stems work. Write your answers on page 2 then draw the experiment on page 3.

2.30-3.00

RE Sorry

Watch I’m Sorry by Sam McBratney

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oFxvzcltljU

Have you ever had to say sorry to a friend? We sometimes make the wrong choices and have to say sorry. Download the PowerPoint. What do you think happened in the picture on the PowerPoint? Read the questions and tell your grown-up your answers.

3.00-3.10

* NEW Phonics Read Write Inc. Ruth Miskin

This is the phonics scheme we use at school. It is now being offered online

https://www.ruthmiskin.com/en/find-out-more/help-during-school-closure/

RWI Phonics lessons at home - some information

To help children learning to read at home during school closure, we are streaming 7 phonics, reading and spelling lessons every weekday on our YouTube channel.

Each lesson is ten to fifteen minutes long and available for 24 hours.                                   

Speed Sounds Set 1 - for children in Nursery and Reception and children who are new to English

  • Set 1 Speed Sounds 9.30 am (BST)
  • Set 1 Word Time 9.45 am
  • Set 1 Spelling 10.00 am

Speed Sounds Set 2 - for children in Reception that can read Set 1 Speed Sounds and for children in Year 1 and 2

  • Set 2 Speed Sounds and Word Time 10.00 am
  • Set 2 Spelling 10.15am

Speed Sounds Set 3 - for children in Year 1 and 2 that can read Set 2 Speed Sounds

  • Set 3 Speed Sounds and Word Time 10.30 am
  • Set 3 Spelling 10.45 am

Don't worry if you miss a lesson. Once each set has been shown, we will replay one a day from each set.

Please select the level appropriate for your child and follow the lesson daily.

3.10-3.15

Tidy Up Time       

Help your home teacher to clean your work area and remember to work as a team.