Dear ChildrenWe hope that you are well and healthy. Life is very different at the moment, but we want you to know that even though we are not together we are thinking about you. Your teachers have planned some learning that we think you will find enjoyable. Every day there will be three activities for you to complete, you can return it to your teacher via teams.We would like you to try and complete the three activities but as life is very different and we are all adjusting and adapting it is more important that you stay healthy and happy. If on one day you only complete one activity you are not to worry.Some of you are learning about things that interest you and that is wonderful, we are very proud of what you have achieved. Please could you share it with us?Finally, please try and read at least once a day if you can. Remember you can read anything, books, rules from games, instructions, recipes, subtitles to a film. Reading really is the most important thing you can do.We are all looking forward to seeing your incredible work because we know that you will try your best and have a go.Take care.Mrs Coombes

Nursery & Reception

Week beginning:29/06/20

Elmer

Instructions to find books at your reading level/book bandReadingRemember to read a book from

your book band every day.

"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If

you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy

tales." - Albert Einstein

Step 1:

go to https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ and click

'Log in' in the top right-hand side of the page.

Step 2:

click on the 'eBooks' button.

Step 3:

scroll down slightly and click the pink 'eBooks' button.

Step 4:

Click on the 'Levels'drop down menu.

Step 5:

Click on the 'Book Band' drop down menu and then choose the book

band you are on.

Monday 29th JuneFriendship

Languages, Literacy and Communication

Listen to Miss Whittaker read 'Elmer' on Teacher Tales.

https://www.llanishenfach.co.uk/teacher-

tales/

Activity: Can you create your own little jungle for Elmer using natural materials?

You could also find a little spot in your garden. Why not make your own Elmer

puppets out of card and act out the story?

Example:

...and something else...

Activity: Make a friend laugh! Think of different ways to make them

smile and give it a go.Example: Pull a funny face, do a

wacky dance, make up a silly song!

ReadingRemember to read a book from

your book band every day.

"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If

you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy

tales." - Albert Einstein Elmer

Now choose your challenge:

Keep adding 1 more person to your queue until there are 5 people in your queue.

Keep adding 1 more person to your queue until there are 10 people in your queue.

Keep adding 2 more people to your queue until there are 10 people in your queue.

Monday 29th JuneMathematics and Numeracy

Today's Maths Warm Up: Click here to view your daily maths warm up video

You will need: 10 objects to be your people in the queue (you could use cuddly toys, small figures or pens)

Adding 1 or 2 more: Join the queue

Make a queue of 3 people

Count forwards and backwards e.g. 1, 2, 3 3, 2, 1

Write the number of each person

Languages, Literacy and Communication

Activity: Elmer starts with an 'e'. What other items around the house begin with an 'e'? Can you go on an object hunt? Can you find 'e' in any

of your reading books?Example:

Use Geraldine to help you!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWyKmM-PqJY

...and something else...

Activity: Friendship soup.What ingredients do you need to make

a good friend?

Example: Watch this clip:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7w7yXkJTu0

Could you make your own soup using characteristics that mak

e a good friendship? Perhaps you could even film it using stop motion or

imovie?

ReadingRemember to read a book from

your book band every day.

"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If

you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy

tales." - Albert Einstein

Tuesday 30th JuneFriendship

Elmer

Practise feeding the elephant up to 4 pieces of food then count on one more.

Practise feeding the elephant up to 9 pieces of food then count on one more.

Practise feeding the elephant up to 9 pieces of food then count on two more.

Tuesday 30th JuneMathematics and Numeracy

Daily Warm Up:Click here to view your daily maths warm up video

You will need: cuddly toy to represent the elephant, 10 pieces of food for the

elephant (e.g. pieces of pasta, sultanas, pieces of satsuma, cornflakes)

Finding 1 more or 2 more by counting forwards: Feed the elephant

Line up 5 pieces of food

Make the elephant eat 3 pieces of food

Count on one more piece of food, how many pieces has he eaten now?

Choose your star challenge

Languages, Literacy and Communication

Activity: Elmer is bright, funny and polite. Can you think of words to

describe your best friend? Tell your friend and make them smile. Why

not have a go at writing your adjectives down: paint, chalk, mud-

be creative!Example:

...and something else...Activity: Can you decorate

some pebbles, just like Elmer's friends? Why not brighten

someone's day by displaying them on the wall?

Example:

ReadingRemember to read a book from

your book band every day.

"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If

you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy

tales." - Albert Einstein

Wednesday 1st JulyFriendship

Elmer

'tall'

Use your coins to add these amounts together:3 + 2 =1 + 4 =2 + 2 =1 + 3 =

Use your coins to add these amounts together:3 + 3 =2 + 4 =1 + 1 =5 + 1 =

Use your coins to add these amounts together:5 + 3 =6 + 2 =9 + 1 =4 + 5 =

Wednesday 1st JulyMathematics and Numeracy

Daily Warm up:Click here to view your daily maths warm up video

You will need: 10 pirate coins – you could draw coins and cut them out or use pieces of lego, buttons, milk

bottle tops or anything you can find!

Combining two sets of objects: Pirate Treasure

Choose your star challenge below.

Remember to put your coins into 2 groups then combine them to say how

many there are altogether.

Languages, Literacy and Communication

Activity: Elmer needed reminding of how special he was at the beginning of the story. Can you write a little letter to your friend and tell them how special

they are?Example:

Mark making- use scribbles, shapes, pictures or familiar letters/ words to

express your thoughts.Simple sentence- use a repeated sentence, such as 'You are kind.'Connectives- extend that simple

sentence by using 'and'- 'You are kind and funny.'

...and something else...

Activity: Now you've written them a letter, why not create a Friendship song.

Think about the words you used to describe your friend.

Example: Listen to the song ‘You’ve got a friend in me’ from Toy Story

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHFy3YWpRx8

ReadingRemember to read a book from

your book band every day.

"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If

you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy

tales." - Albert Einstein

Thursday 2nd JulyFriendship

Elmer

Thursday 2nd JulyMathematics and Numeracy

Daily Warm Up :Click here to view your daily maths warm up video

You will need: pencil and paper, a blank ladybird drawing (draw a circle with a line through the middle) and sultanas to represent the spots.

Represent addition using numbers: Ladybird spot addition

1. Say it “1 + 3”

2. Make it

3. Write it

Choose your challenge level:

Languages, Literacy and Communication

Activity: The other elephants decorated themselves to celebrate

Elmer day. Can you create your own colourful elephant? You must be

able to explain why you chose your design.

Example: 'My elephant has blue stars, because they make me

happy.'

...and something else...

Activity: Make a friendship bracelet.Think of a friend you would like to make a bracelet for. What are

their favourite colours?Think about the words you used to

describe them.Example: Create your own design or

follow the instructions in the link below:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5knLsLjlaE

ReadingRemember to read a book from

your book band every day.

"If you want your children to be intelligent, read them fairy tales. If

you want them to be more intelligent, read them more fairy

tales." - Albert Einstein

Friday 3rd JulyFriendship

Elmer

Friday 3rd JulyMathematics and Numeracy You could use objects

to help you count or use the pictures.

Number stories with our favourite characters

Elmer ate 3 berries. Then he ate 2 more. How many did he eat altogether?

Floppy has 4 bones. He gets 1 more bone. How many bones does he have altogether?

The Gruffalo has 3 purple prickles. He grows 3 more. How many does he have now?

Chip gets 2 presents for his birthday. Then he gets 4 more. How many presents does he have altogether?

Mog the cat eats 5 eggs for breakfast. She eats 3 more, how many eggs does she eat altogether?

The mouse has 6 nuts. He finds 4 more. How many nuts does he find altogether?

Today's Maths Warm Up: Dragon Ordering (numbers up to 5,10,20)

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/chinese-dragon-ordering