Reception

Top Ten Learning Activities

Week Beginning 08.06.20

Activity 1

Literacy

Focus on the following sounds –

ur – hurt, turn, burn, fur, curl, burp, surf

ow – cow, owl, how, down, town

ur

• Read, Write, Inc YouTube link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6VqTTnhE2LQ

• There is no song for Jolly Phonics. Instead, we learn the Read, Write, Inc Rhyme - ur ur

ur, a nurse with a purse.

ow

• Read, Write, Inc YouTube link - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KxDCayCEjCA

• There is no song for Jolly Phonics. Instead, we learn the Read, Write, Inc Rhyme – ow ow

ow, brown cow.

Step down - If this is too tricky, please recap the sounds of the alphabet and focus on the

sounds that your child does not recognise. Jolly Phonics -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qpn2839Kro

Please see the Home Learning Pack for ideas for learning sounds. If not, please message me!

Sentences

Can you read out a short sentence for your child to write? Focus on using finger spaces

between words and full stops at the end of sentences.

o ur - Can you turn the lid? I do not want sun burn. I hurt my hand.

o ow - The owl and the cow can sing. Can we go down to the town?

Alphablocks

❖ ur - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHK3Q0-a3iI

❖ ow - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMuAjxj6bSk

Tricky Words

▪ Recap I, go, no, to, the, into.

▪ Recap he, she, me, be, we, my, was, her, they, you, are, all.

▪ Focus on the words that your child does not yet know.

▪ If your child can read all of these tricky words, move onto the next set of tricky words –

said, do, there, have, out, some, little, one, what, like, come, were, when, so

▪ Ask your child to use bright colouring pencils, pens, crayons etc... To practise writing out

the tricky words on the ‘Rainbow Wall’. The Rainbow Wall will be posted on the Class

Story for you. You could print out 5 copies and ask your child to focus on a different

word every day.

▪ Extra activity – can you match the flash cards to the word mat? Hide the flashcards

around the house/garden for your child to find. How many can you find in 1 minute/3

minutes?

• Extra activity -

Activity 2

Numeracy

Halving

This week, I’d like you to learn how to find half of a number. Explain that we need to find half

of the following even numbers: 2, 4, 6, 8 and 10.

Half of 10 is 5.

Half of 8 is 4.

Half of 6 is 3.

Half of 4 is 2.

Half of 2 is 1.

1. Start with having a bowl of sweets/lego/toys (2/4/6/8/10 objects). Sit opposite your

child and explain that you will share the objects out to have half each. 1 for you, 1 for

me. Keep sharing the objects until they are all gone. ‘Let’s count to find out how many we

have each.’ ‘We started with 4, we have half each. Half of 4 is 2!’

2. Use the halving mat to find half. Put 2 objects on the top rectangle. Drag 1 down at a

time to share them out. Explain that if we shared 2 objects between 2 people, there

would be 1 object each.

3. Complete the ladybird worksheet – cross out the spot as you draw it in the ladybird’s

wing. Share out the spots. Draw one spot in each wing until you have used all of the spots.

Alternatively, complete the pirate sharing task. Children need to place the pictures into

the boxes, 1 at a time to share them equally between the pirates.

4. Relate halving to last week’s doubling activities. ‘We know that double 2 is 4. Now, we flip

it and know that half of 4 is 2.’ You could use this game to demonstrate the link between

doubling and halving - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=inversemachinev3

Number Jacks – The Number Taker is taking half -

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azVL530KCgA

Step down – if children are finding this tricky, please use the pictures on class dojo to find

‘half’ of a picture. This TopMarks game is great for symmetry/finding half of a picture -

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/symmetry/symmetry-matching

Extra activity – doubling game – count the apples to find out double the number

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/archeryDoubles/index.html Make the link between

halving and doubling.

Activity 3

Topic

This week I’d like you to make up your own comic strip. You can either use last week’s story or

think of a new one!

• Can you include onomatopoeia? – bang, pop, crash, woosh, zoom, crack, smash, splat

• What will happen at the beginning, middle and end of the comic strip?

• What characters are in your comic strip?

• Where is it set?

• What magic takes place?

• Do the characters encounter any problems?

Activity 4

PSE

We are all different!

Read the story/powerpoint.

Key questions to ask:

• What does different mean?

• How are the children in the story different from each other?

• Why do the children like different things?

• Does it matter if you like different things to your friends?

• Are the children in the story friends?

• Do friends have to like the same things?

• Does it matter if friends have different coloured hair?

• Do you have the same pets as your friends?

• What is your favourite hobby?

• Does your friend have the same hobby?

• Are everyone’s families the same?

• What would the world be like if everyone was the same and liked the same things?

• What do you think unique might mean?

• Is it good to be different?

Send me a message on Dojo to tell me what you discuss.

Activity 5

Outdoors

Use 2 hoops/string/draw two chalk circles on the ground/use two buckets or bowls. Write on

pieces of paper or just ask your child to find half of 10/8/6/4/2. Could they find 10 leaves/8

stones/6 petals in the garden first? Share the objects out one at a time in each hoop until all

of the objects have been used. Then count to see how many you have in each hoop. Link to

doubling. ‘We know that half of 8 is 4. Double 4 is 8.’

Activity 6

Funky Fingers

Share playdough between 2 people.

• Can you share 10 sausages between 2 people?

• 8 hearts

• 6 biscuits

• 4 stars

• 2 chips

• Make the link to doubles. E.g. Make 2 sausages. Cut them both in half. How many do you

have now? ‘Double 2 is 4’.

Playdough Recipe

Equipment

• Large pot

• Spoon for stirring

• Gallon size bag or wax paper for cooling

Ingredients

• 2 cups all-purpose flour

• 3/4 cup salt

• 4 teaspoons cream of tartar

• 2 cups lukewarm water

• 2 Tablespoons vegetable oil (coconut oil works too)

Optional: food colouring

Instructions

1. Stir together the flour, salt and cream of tartar in a large pot. Next add the water and

oil. If you’re only making one colour, stir in the colour now.

2. Cook over medium-heat, stirring constantly. Continue stirring until the dough has

thickened and begins to form into a ball. Remove from heat and then place inside a bowl,

gallon sized bag or onto wax paper.

3. Allow to cool slightly and then knead until smooth. If you’re adding colours after, divide

the dough into balls (for how many colours you want) and then add the dough into the

quart sized bags. Start with about 5 drops of colour and add more to brighten it. Knead

the dough, while inside the bag so it doesn’t stain your hands. Once it’s all mixed

together, you’re ready to PLAY.

4. Store the play dough inside the bags to keep soft. If stored properly it will keep soft

for up to 3 months.

Notes

For a fun addition, add about 1/4 cup glitter to the bag and knead it in.

Activity 7

PE

Jasmine

Over the next couple of weeks, we will develop our ball skills.

Please bouncing a ball:

1. Stand still, bounce the ball on the ground and catch it.

2. How high can you bounce the ball?

3. Bounce the ball against a wall and catch it.

4. Aim for a spot/target/chalk circle to bounce the ball on.

5. Bounce the ball, and it a target/circle on the wall.

6. Walk, bounce the ball on the ground and catch it.

7. Bounce the ball for a partner to catch.

Talk about how the technique to bounce a ball. Do they need to throw the ball harder to make

it go further?

When catching the ball, have your hands ready and then bring the ball into your body. Make

sure that your eyes are on the ball.

Alternatively, please visit https://home.jasmineactive.com/ for daily PE activities.

You can work through these at your own pace.

The login is parent@treuchafpr-9.com

The password is treuchafpr

Once you have logged in, scroll down to find daily activities.

Send me a photo or video to show me which activities you decide to do!

Activity 8

Welsh

Complete the first-person profile in Welsh.

Pwy wyt ti? - Who are you?

Dw i'n ____. I am ____. (Dw i'n Miss Trotman.)

Sut wyt ti? - How are you?

Dw i'n ____. I am ____. (Dw i'n hapus/drist/ofnus/wedi blino/grac/gyffrous.)

Beth wyt ti’n hoffi? - What do you like?

Dw i'n hoffi ____. I like _____. (Dw i'n hoffi afal/banana/teisen/siocled.)

Dw i'n ddim yn hoffi _____. - I do not like _______. (Dw i'n ddim yn hoffi oren/mefus.)

Beth ydy dy hoff liw? - What is your favourite colour?

Coch – red

Melyn – yellow

Glas – blue

Gwyrdd – green

Porffor – purple

Oren – orange

Pinc – pink

Gwyn – white

Du – black

Llwyd – grey

Activity 9

Reading Eggs

Driving Lesson 7 has been assigned to everyone in Reception.

Children will focus on missing letters in words.

Activity 10

Creative

Can you make your own song on Song Maker on Music Lab?

https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Song-Maker/