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Welcome To

The Academy of Cuxton Schools

“Foundations for Life”

Wednesday

Hello, Year 1! You have all been working so incredibly hard. Keep up the amazing learning and have a fun day today! Don’t forget to check out Workout Wednesday and find out who the special guest is!

 

Wednesday

Handwriting

Watch the video below.  Don’t forget to sharpen your pencil before you start.

 

Reading

Read your reading book with an adult or sibling. Adult to ask you questions about what you have read - https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/ - Oxford Owl have lots of free reading books that you can download and read! Also, check out Rising Stars for a new book.

 

Phonics – 15 minutes

Phonicsplay login – Username – jan21          Password - home

 

Mrs Hutcheon’s group:

Before we start, let’s practise all of our sounds - https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/flashcards-speed-trials  (Phase 5) Write down the score you get and see if you can beat it tomorrow! If you cannot access phonicsplay, test yourself on the sound mat!

 

Play ‘Phonics Frog’ on Phonics Bloom and revise all Phase 5 sounds. Can you read all of the words? - https://www.phonicsbloom.com/uk/game/phonics-frog?phase=5

 

I would like you to play ‘I Spy’. Play I Spy with a family member or identify the pictures and write them down.

 

Miss Powell’s group:

Before we start, let’s practise all of our sounds - https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/flashcards-speed-trials  (Phase 2) Write down the score you get and see if you can beat it tomorrow! If you cannot access phonicsplay, test yourself on the sound mat!

 

In Phonics, today, we are going to be learning about the ‘z’ phoneme. Make a list of all the ‘z’ words you know! How many can you name? Watch Geraldine the Giraffe and see if you got more words than her! - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6jgGvZ-3zQ

 

Play ‘Dragons Den’ on Phonics Play and identify the real and nonsense words for the ‘z’ grapheme. - https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/3/dragons-den

Challenge – Can you think of your own alien word?

 

Mrs Lenotti’s group:

Before we start, let’s practise all of our sounds - https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/flashcards-speed-trials  (Phase 3 and 4) Write down the score you get and see if you can beat it tomorrow! If you cannot access phonicsplay, test yourself on the sound mat!

This week we are learning about 2 syllable words. Today I’d like you to get up and dance! Listen to this song: Clap It Out - Blazer Fresh | GoNoodle - YouTube

Have a go at the worksheet, you need to sort the words by the amount of syllables they contain.

 

Mrs Emslie and Mrs Houghton’s group:

Before we start, let’s practise all of our sounds - https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2/flashcards-speed-trials  (Phase 3) and you also need to re-cap the phase 5 sounds we learnt last week – ay, ou, ie, ea oy, ir, ue, aw, ph, wh and ew.  Write down the score you get and see if you can beat it tomorrow! If you cannot access phonicsplay, test yourself on your sound mat!

Today is tricky word Wednesday!

The tricky words we are going to learn today are Mr, Mrs, have and like.

Write each word out on a separate piece of paper. Play SNAP! Or Memory with the cards.

Can you write them out 3 times each?

Re-cap your phase 4 tricky words by playing this game:

Discovery Education Espresso - Reading tricky high-frequency words (Phase 4 Kim)

Adults – if you can continue to practise these words until your child can read them and spell them confidently that would be great.

Username: student17015

Password: cuxton

 

English – 1 Hour

Watch the video below.

You will need:

  • A copy of the worksheet below
  • The sound mat you are using for phonics
  • A sharp pencil

 

Complete the worksheet by using your senses to describe what is happening in the picture. What can Beegu see? Hear? Smell? Touch? Don't forget to use your amazing adjectives!

 

Challenge - Write a sentence about how the picture makes you feel.

Break - Grab a healthy snack and a drink and have a break. Could you go outside to get some fresh air?

Maths – 1 Hour

Number Bonds - https://www.cuxtonschools.co.uk/number-bonds-1/

 

This week, we are learning about Time. Today we are going to be looking at dates and using the vocabulary ‘today’, ‘tomorrow’ and ‘yesterday’. Go through the Maths Video and complete the worksheet.

 

Days of the Week Song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtQcnZ2JWsY 

 

Don’t forget about Numbots! - https://play.numbots.com/#/intro

 

Lunch – What’s for lunch, today?

PE – 20 minutes

As we have been learning about famous astronauts and creating our own rockets, today, we are going to train and become astronauts! The videos below are a mixture of physical and mental activities.

 

Mental activities:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rayUIMcbyQ0

 

Physical activities:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XLuIDYuv1UY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5fyUq5Xk1g

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26fk7LFLI5Q

 

 

Don’t forget to check out Workout Wednesdays with Tom! I wonder who the special guest is this week!

 

Music – 25 minutes

In Music, we are going to listen to different types of music. This week, we are going to be looking at Rock Music. Go through the Music Video and listen to different types of Rock Music. Think about how the music makes you feel and complete the worksheet.

 

Song 1 – Livin’ on a Prayer by Bon Jovi - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3BD6NQCGrA

 

Song 2 – Play by Marmozets - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiG_vRlPeLQ

 

Song 3 – Don’t Stop Me Now by Queen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z85SpkfdMhI

 

Song 4 – You Wanna Know by Don Broco - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RiVoiyux9Ug

 

Song 5 – Bring Me to Life by Evanescence - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5QFLV_lzeQ

 

Handwriting

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English

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Maths Video:

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Music Video:

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Story Time:

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