January 2021

Dear Parents & Carers,

I have uploaded a pack of learning below that will take us to February Half Term, when we are expecting a further update on the return to schools.

I have included a daily phonics activity, maths, literacy, challenge and other curriculum area task. During the normal school day we always starts with our phonics, so if you wish to start with this, this may help the children with a routine at home. (I have also put phonic sound mats and videos further down the page.) Please note we are currently up to the 'zz' digraph in our sequence of teaching. 

I have also put together a list of useful websites that your children can use at home, these are games we have played in class, and use in our IT lessons. Please click on the free links as we do not subscribe to play, and ensure children are supervised when using the internet. 

Paper home learning packs will be available to collect from school on Friday 8th but are available to download online.

With Reception children, learning from home is slightly different as they are new to the logistics of remote learning, remember to keep it fun! Counting out pennies for shopping at home and counting how many tins of beans you have are learning experiences!

Please continue to read at home each day, and remember children are constantly learning - let them help you do the online shop by writing it down, imagine and act out silly stories, let them write down a list of ingredients for dinner, count how many tins you have and how many more you need, these are simple activities that will help them learn with you. 

We will be also be using 'Class Dojo' which is a fun, school based communication platform that teachers, children, and families can use every day to share learning. The simple app can be downloaded onto a smartphone or used through a web browser. 

Myself, Miss Jamie and Mrs Pallett will upload tasks and videos for the children to see each day and you can share the learning the children are doing at home, through photos. 

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you need any guidance.

Thinking of you all,

Mrs Joyce

a.joyce@holytrinity.lewisham.sch.uk 

The Department for Education has released a list of online educational resources for home schooling, please see the link below:

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/coronavirus-covid-19-online-education-resources/coronavirus-covid-19-list-of-online-education-resources-for-home-education

Daily Lessons for Reception children - Year 6 children are available online:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize

https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom

Phonics sessions:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqh11DN6jmbCsIPschffPaxvCdS9d6qPN

This youtube page has a 5 minute lesson on each of the phonics sounds the children have learnt. The children could watch the mini lesson, then write down all the words they can remember. This could then be extended - children could write sentences using the words.

Please encourage your child to sound out the words (segmenting) then get them to blend them together (blending).

Phonics vocabulary for adults:

Single sounds or graphemes - the written individual sounds of the alphabet

Digraphs - 2 letters together that make one sound - e.g oo/ee

Trigraphs - 3 letters together that make one sound - e.g. igh/ear

Useful websites for remote learning for Reception Class:

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ChildrensMenu.htm

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/Phase2Menu.htm

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/phase-2-games.html

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/kids-activities/games--1/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=online%20rhyming%20games

https://themumeducates.com/top-10-free-numeracy-games-for-reception-age-kids/

Some of our favourite class songs! 

We usually listen to these during our morning snack time, so these may be useful in establishing a routine at home.

Counting by 5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_awKlEMyleA

Counting by 10 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYRTtwZGwj8

Days of the week - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXMofxtDPUQ

Months of the year - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe9bnYRzFvk

3d Shapes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guNdJ5MtX1A

Jolly Phonics Phase 2 (initial individual sounds) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qpn2839Kro

Jolly Phonics Phase 3 (digraphs - 2 letters that make 1 sound) https://vimeo.com/35396335

Action song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hft6uJQIF4g  - We usually use musical instruments to 'play along' with this song - can you find any musical instruments at home? Or even make some!!

5-a-day dancing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBTvnJpwcKw

5-a-day sports - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLMGJ9S0seE

Tidy up time song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy5K1tGQhco - this may be useful to get children to tidy up after activities!

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The below resources are Archived from the 2020 Lockdown 

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Dear Parents & Carers,

I have put together a list of useful websites that your children can use at home, these are games we have played in class, and use in our IT lessons. Please click on the free links as we do not subscribe to play.

Each child has recieved a Home Learning pack, work through this with your child - 3 or 4 pages a day, remember to keep it fun, we are not expecting you to teach the full curriculum to them, we also don't want parents and children to feel stressed or pressured in these uncertain times. 

I will keep this page updated with relevant resources. Please continue to read at home each day, and remember children are constantly learning - let them help you do the online shop by writing it down, imagine and act out silly stories, let them write down a list of ingredients for dinner, count how many tins you have and how many more you need, these are simple activities that will help them learn with you. 

Please do not hesitate to contact me if you need any guidance.

Thinking of you all,

Mrs Joyce

a.joyce@holytrinity.lewisham.sch.uk 

https://hungrylittleminds.campaign.gov.uk/

Hungry Little Minds have a range of links to activities for children aged 0-5!

Phonics sessions:

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqh11DN6jmbCsIPschffPaxvCdS9d6qPN

This youtube page has a 5 minute lesson on each of the phonics sounds the children have learnt. The children could watch the mini lesson, then write down all the words they can remember. This could then be extended - children could write sentences using the words.

Please encourage your child to sound out the words (segmenting) then get them to blend them together (blending).

Phonics vocabulary for adults:

Single sounds or graphemes - the written individual sounds of the alphabet

Digraphs - 2 letters together that make one sound - e.g oo/ee

Trigraphs - 3 letters together that make one sound - e.g. igh/ear

Some of our favourite class songs! 

We usually listen to these during our morning snack time, so these may be useful in establishing a routine at home.

Counting by 5 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_awKlEMyleA

Counting by 10 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYRTtwZGwj8

Days of the week - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXMofxtDPUQ

Months of the year - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fe9bnYRzFvk

3d Shapes - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=guNdJ5MtX1A

Jolly Phonics Phase 2 (initial individual sounds) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Qpn2839Kro

Jolly Phonics Phase 3 (digraphs - 2 letters that make 1 sound) https://vimeo.com/35396335

Action song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hft6uJQIF4g  - We usually use musical instruments to 'play along' with this song - can you find any musical instruments at home? Or even make some!!

5-a-day dancing - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBTvnJpwcKw

5-a-day sports - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sLMGJ9S0seE

Tidy up time song - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jy5K1tGQhco - this may be useful to get children to tidy up after activities!

Useful websites for remote learning for Reception Class:

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/ChildrensMenu.htm

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/Phase2Menu.htm

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/phase-2-games.html

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/kids-activities/games--1/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=online%20rhyming%20games

https://themumeducates.com/top-10-free-numeracy-games-for-reception-age-kids/

Please find weekly projects for all classes below, these can be used in conjunction with the home learning packs we have provided:

https://www.robinhoodmat.co.uk/learning-projects/

Please see below for additional learning packs for each class:

https://classroomsecrets.co.uk/free-home-learning-packs/

Something fun for children to watch at home - Edinburgh Zoo has live webcams for Pandas, Penguins, Tigers and Koals. please see the link below:

https://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/webcams/panda-cam/

https://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/webcams/penguin-cam/#penguincam

https://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/webcams/tiger-cam/#tigercam

https://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/webcams/koala-cam/#koalacam

https://www.edinburghzoo.org.uk/webcams/rockhopper-penguin-cam/#rockhopperpenguincam

National Children's Day is on 17th May!

Children and Young People - Thinking differently to help our planet!

Reception Class what can we do to make the world a better place? What could you do to help start this?

On a piece of paper draw what you think we should do to make the world a better place! You can then ask your adult to send me a picture of your drawing!

Mrs Joyce x