South Brent Primary School

Foundation

Welcome to Foundation 2019-20!

** UPDATE: As of 14th April all daily learning will be posted on Tapestry by 9am. If any EYFS parents need support accessing this then please email southbrent@ventrus.org.uk and I (Miss Bassett or Mrs Edwards) will amend your account accordingly! Happy learning everyone.

Miss B :-) **

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Easter Holiday - 28th March - 14th April

Easter Holiday rules from Miss B! Be kind, help your Mum and Dad out, exercise once a day, be brave, be happy and try and do something you have not done before. Keep reading those phonics books! Miss you all very much. Miss B!

Day 5 - Friday (27/03/20):

Happy Fri-yay you lovely lot! Enjoy the sunshine over the weekend :-) Fun fact of the day - an Ostrichs eye is bigger than its brain! Here is the learning for today:

Writing / Phonics:

Can you write Miss Bassett a letter? What have you been up to?

Ask the children to read the follow tricky words (tricky words – we do not sound them out – we just need to know them). If the children cannot read a word, tell them what it is, put it into a pile and come back to them later! Tricky words: I, no, go, the, to, into, he, she, we, be, you, are, her, was, all, they, my, said, have, like, so, do, some, come, little, one, were, there, what, when, out.

Maths:

How many numbers can you find around your house? Copy them all down into a tally chart!

Play this game: UnderWater counting - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/underwater-counting

Topic:

Gruffalo's Child Shadow Puppet - https://www.science-sparks.com/the-gruffalos-child-shadow-puppet/

Day 4 - Thursday (26/03/20):

Morning Foundation - the sun is shining and I am missing you all. Stay safe everyone - here is the learning for today!

Writing / Phonics:

Ask your children to write these words jam, chop, chips, fish, dish, night, fight, feed, see, box, fox, yes, wet, cow, brown, now, I, go, into, like, you, are. Can they pick three of these words and write a sentence for each.

Maths:

Can they draw a circle, square, triangle, rectangle, write in the shape how many corners and sides it has.

Play this game online:

Count the Yeti - https://www.themathsfactor.com/games/try/?

Topic:

Floating or sinking activity - https://www.nurseryworld.co.uk/features/article/early-years-science-floating-and-sinking

Day 3 - Wednesday (25/03/20):

Writing / Phonics:

Use your sound mats to recap all of your learnt sounds. Draw a picture of your bedroom (colour it too) and label everything in there.

Watch this video – pause the video every time you can read a word – write the word down in a list - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JACuywfoLCU

Maths:

Can you make a backwards number line? Start at a chosen number and count all the way back to 0.

Play this game online (Curious George) - https://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/busyday/bugs/

Topic:

Ask a grown up to show you how to make paper aeroplanes or use YouTube (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7KPaxKUDj6I) to help. Test them out outside, measure the distance with a tape measure or how many of your feet does it take together to get the plane? Which one goes the furthest?

Day 2 - Tuesday (24/03/20):

Writing / Phonics:

Can you write a list of 15 different objects around your house?

Maths:

Can you double these numbers 2,4,6,8 (teach the children that doubling is adding the same number together)

Topic:

Can you...

Stand on 1 leg for 20 seconds? Swap legs? Which leg is the easiest? Can you hold a 3 point balance? (3 point of your body touching the floor) Can you balance something on your head for 1 min?

Day 1 - Monday (23/03/20):

Writing / Phonics:

Please read 1 of your phonics books sent home. How many 'tricky words' can you find? Write them down on a list?

Maths:

Make your own number line to 30. All numbers that end in 0, 2, 4, 6, 8 must be in blue. All numbers that end in 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 must be in red. (Colours can change depending on what is available to you)

Topic:

Create your own garden! Plan / draw / make your own 'perfect garden'. Think about vegetable patches / toys / animals.

Take a look at the exciting learning that happens in Foundation! Clicking on the stars below will allow you to access supporting documents and relevant information about the Early Years Foundation Stage at South Brent Primary School.