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Reception week 7

This week we will be focusing on pollution and the effect is has on our planet.

 

Monday 18th May 2020

English

Listen to the story of ‘Somebody swallowed Stanley’. Can you explain what the story is about either by video or in a sentence?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uf4b4no8ric

Word of the day: swept (to move quickly)

Maths

Can you solve these sharing problems? You may want to draw them out to help you.

  • If you shared 8 goldfish between 2 bowls how many goldfish would there be in each bowl?
  • There are 3 dolphin and the keeper has 18 fish, how many fish would each dolphin get?
  • There are 5 turtles and 15 eggs how many eggs do they each have?

Topic

Can you create a kite using a plastic bag? Follow the instructions to make the kite.

kite making

Physical activity

Go outside and enjoy flying your kite.

 

Tuesday 19th May 2020

English

Think about the story from yesterday (Somebody swallowed Stanley) can you write a list of the different creatures that Stanley came across.

Word of the day:  few (not many)

Maths

Can you solve these doubling problems? You can want to draw pictures to help you.

  • The blue fish has 5 scales and the green fish has double that. How many scales does the green fish have?
  • Yesterday the shark caught 7 fish. He caught double today. How many has he caught?
  • An octopus has 8 tentacles. How many do 2 octopus have?

Science

Collect some different items from around your house and then sort the items according to what they are made of eg metal, plastic, wood. You could label the objects or take a picture.

Physical

Have a go at making your own homemade bubbles

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kg9nF8yXtww

Independent

Can you set the table for lunch or tea?

 

Wednesday 20th May 2020

English

Can you write a sentence about how the animals in the sea might feel about the pollution?

Word of the day: Vast (very big)

Maths

Can you solve the having problems? You can want to draw pictures to help.

  • The golden fish has 14 scales and gives half to the silver fish. How many do they both have now?
  • The whale caught 20 fish but the dolphin only caught half that many. How many did the dolphin catch?

Topic

Have a go at some plastic bag art. Cut a 20cm square of plastic from a bag. Paint some bold stripes on it using coloured paint. Turn the plastic over and place paint side down onto a piece of paper. Press gently to create a print. Peel off the plastic and repeat.

Physical

Using a bean bag, ball or soft toy have a go at some throwing and catching.

 

Thursday 21st May 2020

English

Can you write a sentence explaining how you will help protect the ocean from pollution?

Word of the day: hum (to sing with your lips closed)

Maths

When you have your snack today such as a picket or raisins or crisps can you share them out between your family and see how many you each get?

Science

Can you help your grown up sort the objects into the correct bin? Which can we recycle and which can’t we recycle?

Physical Activity

Have a go at these yoga movements

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gCLW77sABTc

 

Friday 22nd May 2020

English

Can you make a poster showing people how to keep our planet/ocean safe?

Word of the day:  choke (somethings blocking you being able to breathe)

Maths

Draw 8 fish on a piece of paper. Now double it. How many fish do you have?

Physical Activity

Practice your cutting skills. Can you cut out the jelly fish? You could also colour it in!

fellyfish fine motor

RE

Jesus told stories about lost things in the bible. The story of the Lost Coin tells Christians that God loves each one of us and thinks we are precious.

“The Lost Coin” Luke 15:8-10

You can watch the story here    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yvHxUxjaboE

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