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Tuesday 28th April 2020

Posted: Apr 28, 2020 by: Greg Hobson (GHobson) on: Class 1

Morning all,

Thanks to all of you who have been in touch, it is nice to hear from you. If you haven't heard from me yet, don't worry I'm doing my rounds!  

Here is today's list of suggested activities:

- GoNoodle -

- Phonics - 

We are still focussing on the 'dge' sound, however, today I would like you to make up a sentence using some of the words below and some of your own too!

Smudge      ledge     bridge     hedge      edge      porridge    badge

- English - 

Well done for your lovely work on the front cover of Woolf.

Today, I'm going to read the story to you and then I want you to talk about the questions below at home!

Click here to listen to the story!

Chat about these at home:

Which two characters have fallen in love?
Can you explain what is unusual about a wolf and a sheep falling in love?
What does the phrase (simile) ‘crept like a shadow’ suggest about the she-wolf?
First, the she-wolf falls in love with the sheep’s soft, woolly coat. True or false?
What does the word ‘unaware’ mean?
What might the she-wolf be thinking and feeling when she hears the sheep’s song?
Why did the sheep feel sorry?
What does the sheep give as a present to the she-wolf?
Can you point to the adjective that describes the she-wolf’s claws?
Why do you think neither the flock nor pack approved of the wedding?
How might the sheep be feeling when no one comes to the wedding?
Where do the sheep and she-wolf live?
What is the name of the couple’s son?
What is unusual about Woolf?
What do you think will happen to Woolf next?
What did Woolf do at night?
Can you explain the phrase ’He was sheepish’? What does it mean?
What does the phrase ‘he’d wolf down the dandelions’ mean? Why is it funny?
What does Woolf do for fun?
Why does the shadow have ‘jagged teeth’?
Why do you think Woolf is lonely?
What evidence is there to suggest that Woolf is becoming more confident as he grows up?

- Break - 

- PE - 

Throughout the summer term, I would be teaching athletics and tennis to the children. While at home, I am going to leave this open-ended for you and make this a repeated PE 'job' for the coming weeks.

If you have the facilities and space to do tennis, teach your children balance and coordination, by balancing a ball on the racquet while walking and jogging, get them to bounce the ball like a basketball using the racquet, try to encourage good eye to hand coordination by getting the children to drop the ball with their non-dominant hand and hit the ball after a bounce with their dominant hand.

Encourage a good grip of the racquet by showing them either the frying pan grip or the axe grip. Use a swingball if you have one!

After a while, try to feed them throws and ask them to hit back to you with control.

Encourage a forehand style shot and work up to a backhand shot.

Once they have shown understanding have a game where you shout out forehand or backhand and they have to return the ball using the correct shot type. 

Other shot types could be practicing the volley (hitting the ball without it bouncing) or the smash (hitting a ball in an over arm style above head height shot).

Always encourage control over power, as balls in next door's garden will soon halt PE play in these days of social distancing! 

Over the coming weeks, try to get to a level where you could have a rally of five or ten simple shots with your child and incorporate moving to the ball where space allows it.

Where athletics are involved, track and field style events could be replicated at home through the use of jogging and running as track events or the use of makeshift hurdles. Field events could be trying to improve and progress the throwing technique, working on jumping, both high and long. 

This is an open-ended PE task that is open to interpretation and adaption to fit your needs. Most of all, have fun!

- Lunch - 

- Geography -

Today, you are going to be learning all about the United Kingdom and its countries!

Start by talking about how to use an atlas, globe, map or google maps.

Zoom all the way out on google maps for all you can see is earth as a planet.

Then, zoom in and try to spot the United Kingdom.

Use any paper or online resources you have to discover the four countries that make up the United Kingdom. 

In your remote learning books, have a go at sketching the shape of the United Kingdom and then talk about the countries and label where they are. You could even colour each of the countries a different colour to make your homemade map extra clear! 

Thanks again for all your hard work! 

Stay safe! 

Mr. H.

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Ava Moult Apr 28, 2020

hi mr hobson I have gone on my bike today and used my pedals really really well today from ava