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Monday 11th May 2020
Good Morning
We hope you enjoyed the long weekend! The weather was so lovely warm and sunny we hope you all managed some time outside on a walk or perhaps riding your bike or scooters? Like me, I think some of you had a BBQ our first this year and we sat outside in the garden to eat!
I have enjoyed receiving some messages from you and looking at your photos. It seems that as ever you have been so busy!
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- Finding treasure with a metal detector!
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- Wow! Brooke found this slow worm in her garden.
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- Alfie spotted sheep on his walk!
Alfie sent me a photo of his pressed flowers the next stage is to arrange these to create a picture. I will try to do this with my pressed flowers today. Did you do this ?Are your flowers ready to create a picture?
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- Flowers pressed and dried
I hope you enjoyed the story” We’re going on a bear hunt” on Friday? Did you create a bear hunt for your family to follow? Brooked has been hiding her dolls in the garden and her mum has been finding them? Can you hide some toys that your family has to find? Remember you need to remember how many toys must be found and also where you hid them!! It might help you to use an egg box or a grid to count them back.
Listening challenge! Can you recognise the following sounds that you might hear in the woods?
On my walk yesterday I spotted a duck with some ducklings. I counted 9 ducklings! The mummy was quacking at them to keep them swimming with her.
This of course reminded me of the song 5 little ducks went swimming one day. Please join in with the video!
We hope you have a good Monday.
Mrs Penn, Mrs Heap and Mrs Coleman
Update: we did send some of your pictures to Captain Tom for his 100th Birthday! He got so many!
Monday 11th May
Hello Year 1, it’s Monday again!
I hope you have all had a lovely weekend? I’ve spent a lot of time relaxing and reading in my garden, and, you guessed it, cycling. I really enjoyed our cooking week last week and have felt very inspired to try out some new recipes. As it’s my birthday tomorrow, I have made myself and Harry some “birthday” chocolate mousses and they seem to have turned out pretty well (we tried one, for quality control of course). If you want to have a go at making them at home, here is how you do it:
Ingredients
- 1 table spoon of sugar
- 25 grams of butter
- 100 grams of dark chocolate
- 3 eggs (with the yolks and whites separated)
You will also need: a cup, glass or other container to put your mouse into, a saucepan, a glass mixing bowl, scales a spoon and a whisk.
Method
- Break up the chocolate into small squares and put it into the mixing bowl with the 25g of butter.
- Add water into a saucepan and allow the water to simmer (not bubbly boiling, just small bubbles). Place the bowl of chocolate and butter on top of the water. Allow it to melt only stirring it a little.
- Once the chocolate and butter have melted together, carefully take the bowl out (adult job!) and place it on the side.
- Stir the 3 egg yolks into the chocolate.
- Now leave the chocolate because it’s time to whisk the egg whites! Whisk the egg whites until they form soft peaks (an electric whisk is best, we discovered that using a hand whisk is hard work!).
- Carefully, using a little at a time, fold the egg whites into the chocolate. Try not to mix much as you want lots of air in your mixture.
- Put your mouse mix into your serving dishes and put them in the fridge. It’s a good idea to leave them overnight to allow them to set.
- Once they are set, enjoy your homemade mouse!
SO onto this weeks theme! This week we shall be exploring science, thinking about mini beasts and where you might find them.
Some activities you might like to enjoy today:
Keep up your reading and Bug Club! If you have read last weeks book and completed you activities, new books will have been allocated for you.
Word exploring: what does the word habitat mean? How can you use it in a sentence? Can you share your sentence with 2 people or more?
What is a mini beast? Talk to the people in your home about what you think a mini beast might be.
Go on your own minibeast hunt. Use https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2019/04/minibeast-hunt/ to get some top minibeast tips. Use minibeast-hunt to see which minibeasts you find. If you find a minibeast that is not on the checklist, take a photo and be a detective to find out what it is.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/search.aspx?q=minibeast Have a go at one of the minibeast games on Top Marks.
Maths. Have a go at the Adding by counting on activity. If you can, use coins or other items from around the house to practice counting on.
I have taken up doing 10 minutes of yoga a day. If you would like to join in with some yoga, have a go at Cosmic Kids yoga at https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga or set yourself your own keep active challenge! Try to find an activity you can do for 10 minutes each day this week. If you can, send me a photo to show me what you have been doing. Can you keep it up until Friday?
As always, do the things that make you happy. You might want to do something kind for someone because when you make someone else happy, this can give you amazing feelings!
Best wishes
Miss Hall 🙂
Monday 11th May Paper Spiral Snails and A Magic Paintbrush!
Good Morning Everyone, I hope you are all SMILING on this lovely Monday Morning. I’m sure that you all had a very busy weekend. Saturday was such a hot day, I spent it working outside, painting pictures in the garden. I wonder what you all played and enjoyed in the sunshine? I know lots of you are exploring your biking skills and some of you have now learnt to ride without stabilizers on your bike (WELL DONE) and others can now balance on balance bikes and travel further.(YEAH!)
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- Keeping safe wearing a helmet
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- Strong legs to ride up hills
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- Balancing a bike AND finding snails!
On Friday 1st May I asked you a question and then forgot to post the answer!! I asked you all if you could remember how to roll paper to make a spiral……..
How to make a PAPER SNAIL …making your own SPIRAL.
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- We had explored paper folding at school
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- A Spiral , Zig Zag fold, Bridge with feet etc
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- To make a Snail – Colour a strip of paper
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- Then roll your strip of paper around a pencil.
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- You can draw the eyes and either cut these out or ask your mum and dad to cut out the eye.
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- You can make ANY pattern on your snail.
I wonder what colour and pattern you will choose to have on your paper spiral snail?
Look at these beautifully coloured snails ..and a sock insect!
I just love the way that you are drawing and designing images. This activity covers so many skills particularly exercising your fingers and thinking as you create your own stories. Fantastic Thinking
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- I just LOVE these pictures
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- Just look at this SMILE
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- A whole family together – BEAUTIFUL
Today’s story is AMAZING and told with such drama .. ENJOY it and join in if you wish!………
It should make you Smile or Laugh!
I wonder what you would Paint if you had a magic paint brush?
Enjoy your Monday and I look forward to seeing pictures of your paper spiral snails and all of the other learning that you want to explore inside or outside.
Keep SMILING and Enjoying time together as a family. Keep Safe Miss Butler, Miss Lofthouse and Mrs Breakwell.
Friday 8th May
Today is VE day! A day where we celebrate Victory in Europe which marks the day in 1945 when Britain and its allies accepted the unconditional surrender of Nazi Germany, bringing the war to an end. On this day some people choose to celebrate by putting up bunting and having a street party! What will you choose to do to celebrate VE Day? An activity you might like to do is joining in with a VE Day song at https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/bring-the-noise/ve-day-2020/zksjjhv or creating your own bunting using bunting_template.
If you have created the meal you planned, evaluate how it went. Meal evaluation
Today is a bank holiday, so enjoy spending time together and doing the things that make you happy.
Best wishes
Miss Hall 🙂
Thursday 7th May
Hi all!
Today is looking like another glorious day! A great day to open up the windows and enjoy time in the garden or taking your daily exercise outside. I have heard from some of you that you have been learning to ride your bike (which is amazing!). I will be taking out my bike today and soaking up some of the sunshine. I have also heard that there are different toy, treasure and rock hunts going on around the estate which sounds like lots of fun. Remember your sun cream and water if you are heading out too as it’s due to be a roasting day!
So this week you have explored different food groups and have began to think about what your own meal might be using your Meal plan. Today you can give you meal a go! . Make sure you look at your plan before you start so you know what you need. Talk to the adult(s) helping you about what you need to be careful of in the kitchen. Are there some jobs that your adult needs to do to keep you safe? Are the worktops clean and clear? As you start creating your meal, don’t be afraid of making changes if things are not working out.
Once you have finished creating your meal, think about how you are going to present it. Are you going to use a plate, a bowl or something else? Are you going to separate parts of your meal? Stack the different ingredients? Mix them? Make sure you take a photo of your meal as I would love to see what you have created!
You might want to take photos at each step of your cooking to help someone else to create your meal. You might want to use these photos to create recipe instructions or even start your own cook book!
For your maths today, have a go at measuring your ingredients accurately. What will you use to measure? Scales? A ruler?
Have a go at the part and whole day 4 activity. Remember you can use your part and whole plate to help you!
Enjoy reading together. What strange place in your home can you find to share a book? My favourite place is on my chair in my bedroom. Where is yours?
Keep going with Bug Club! Make sure you have answered all of the Bug questions in your book before closing so I can see that you have finished.
I have heard some great stories about how people are staying connected in this time. A great idea shared with me yesterday is cake sharing! Talk to your neighbour and find out their favourite cake/food. Could you surprise them by making it for them? Or you might choose to do a cake swap where you can swap recipes or creations with your neighbours.
Take care, stay safe and do things which make you happy!
Big smiles
Miss Hall 🙂
Thursday 7th May 2020
Hello everyone!
What a beautiful sunny day Wednesday turned out to be! We hope you were able to play in your outside space and go for a walk or perhaps a bike ride or scooter ride! Remember to upload any photos of you doing your fun activities and I will write back to you and perhaps put your photo on the web page for you all to see. ( if you are finding it hard to upload onto the Haytor View website please use admin@haytorview.devon.sch.uk and message for Mrs Penn.)
Of course this is a long weekend as Friday is a Bank Holiday to celebrate May Day and 75 years since VE Day! Alfie has made some bunting to go in his window thanking all the people who have done things for our country in the past and those that are still doing so today: all carers and Key workers and the NHS. You could make some bunting like Alfie and spot flags that might be flying in your neighbourhood.
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- Alfie’s bunting!
Are you still enjoying doing some physical activities in and outside. Why not try this these:
Physical Challenge 1
When on your daily walk choose an item that you must not walk on: it might be cracks in the road, sticks, puddles! Remember to jump over these or carefully tip toe between them!
Physical Challenge 2
Set up a line of tins that you can run in and out of (about 10) at one end have some cuddly toys at the other a box. Weave in and out of the tine to collect a cuddly toy and then weave back to place it in the box. Repeat. Can other members of your family do this? Time yourself Who can get the most in 1 minute?
Physical Challenge 3
For building upper arm strength.
You have your hands on the floor and someone holds your feet can you move like this round your room?
I hope you were able to help make the lunch this week? When I was talking to Ella yesterday she said she was making an ice lolly with no stick a bit like a Calippo! So Today’s challenge is to make some ice lollies, you will have to wait for these to set. Thank you for this idea Ella!
(grown ups please support your child but let them try all the skills like pouring and making choices of flavours etc.)
- wash your hands
- collect some small containers: ice cube tray, small plastic cups
- make your favourite drink in a small jug and then pour into the container: you may make squash or even a yogurt smoothie (you could add some fruit to if you want) or use fruit juice your choice!
- place in the freezer and allow to freeze. (probably over night)
- Enjoy.
Today’s story is an old favourite but has lots of actions and sounds in so sit back listen and enjoy Micheal Rosen retelling of the “We’re Going on a bear Hunt!”
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Can you create a hunt for one of your toys either in the house or in your garden. Where will your toys cave be? Which way do you and your family need to go to find it? Do you need to draw a map or write some directions? What will you go over, under or through?
Please continue to stay happy and remain safe this weekend and we will post some new activities on Monday for you!
Mrs Coleman, Mrs Heap and Mrs Penn
Thursday and Friday 7th and 8th May Patterns and Repeating Things
Good Morning lovely children and families… The telephone calls and email messages this week have been overwhelmingly beautiful in every way. I miss your laughter and chatter everyday and hearing the bounce in your voices brings a smile onto my face. I pass on my thanks and gratitude for the way in which you have all engaged with the on line sharing of learning. ( If you are finding uploading onto the Haytor View site difficult please use the admin@haytorview.devon.sch.uk instead and just add into the message bar: message for Miss Butler )
Look at these photos of deep concentration, they show wonderful learning in their facial expressions and body positions….SUCH STRONG BRAIN CONNECTIONS BEING BUILT!! I love watching deep engagement in learning. You will notice it so often when your child’s tongues pop out and their gaze is fixed when completing a task.
Do you remember one of challenges I set in the first days of lockdown? I asked if you could try to put elastic bands on top of a pot … I wonder if you are faster at this challenge now?…. Can you remember how to place the bands over the top of a pot? It will strengthen your fingers.
Stretching an elastic band between fingers ready for the challenge.
It was so sunny yesterday afternoon and evening, which was lovely again.. So if you manage to go out on a walk, I wonder if you find a collection of item, daisies, sticks, leaves etc. I wonder if you can create or copy a repeated pattern? ( copying is the easier skill)
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- Can you create or copy a simple 2 piece pattern
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- Can you create or copy a 3 piece pattern
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- What patterns can you create with flowers and leaves?
You might even want to use your toys or fruit pieces to make a repeated pattern. You could even draw or stick a repeated patterns onto a flag for your garden.
Look at this ACTIVE phonic picture which I was sent yesterday. What a wonderful approach to active reading…. You need to be able to juggle managing your physical body alongside the skill of reading words. The family also adapted the game so that her younger sister could take part by naming colours as she came down the slide. I will create some new physical reading challenges for next week… I wonder if you can think of some different physical challenges which you really enjoy and then do let me know. We can all share your great ideas.
If you have created or told any Story Squares, please do keep sending them to me. I am putting them together so that I can record them. Some families are creating mini books. You can make your own mini book very easily from paper and 1 cut. We use this process at school it is easy and so quick.
Today’s story is a PERSONAL favourite of mine and it is read by the author! You are ALL authors of your own stories. This is why story squares are so special. Enjoy this familiar story. I wonder when you hear it you can remember it being read at school and the loud voice I use!! It often makes you all jump.
I will not be posting home learning this Friday because it is a special bank holiday but I will be back with more challenges on Monday. Enjoy the long weekend. Keep Safe and Keep Smiling. Miss Butler, Mrs Breakwell and Miss Lofthouse.
It’s Thursday 7th May! It’s a Stay and Play day.
Hello all.
It looks like it might be a fine day today, so I’m hoping you will be able to get out outside to play. If not you could always try some of the games on this website, http://www.papg.com/ All you need to play them is some paper and a pencil.
For those of you who are accessing this website regularly and using it to inform your daily activities, today could be about preparing and cooking a healthy balanced meal for you and your family.
Activities that could be done today might be
- A quick risk assessment- What might cause you to be hurt doing this activity and so what will you do to make sure you don’t get hurt?
- Do you need to measure any ingredients? What equipment do you use to measure things when you are making a meal? What UNITS do they measure in?
- Could you write a recipe – a set of instructions so someone else could do exactly the same meal if they wanted to?
This weeks maths focus is all about telling the time, so if you are cooking, you might want to work out what time you have to prepare the elements for your meal.
Make sure you are completing the BugClub activities fully so I can set you new ones but most importantly, Keep reading! It does not matter what you enjoy reading as long as you are doing it daily. If you need things to read I am updating BugClub with new books for anyone who finishes what they have already been allocated.
Tomorrow, I will give you an evaluation sheet where you can capture your thoughts and feelings around your learning this week. Friday is also Jobs and Jokes day, so start thinking about some great jokes to share and what job you would like to help out with around the house next week.
Take care, stay safe and do things which make you happy!
All the best
Mr F.
Welcome to Wednesday!
Welcome to another wonderful Wednesday!
How are your Food Diary‘s going? Yesterday we tried a new recipe, but we are still waiting for our food delivery which means we didn’t have many ingredients to choose from. We had: some courgettes, an onion, some pasta, garlic, some chicken breast, some passata and some grated cheese. We decided to cook it all together and see how it goes. It turned out to be very tasty!
Can you spot any of the food groups in my meal?
Have you tried to create any of own recipes? Why not have a look in the fridge and see what you can be inspired to create!
Have a go at planning your own meal Meal plan. Check to make sure you have all of your ingredients!
Maths . Have a go at the Part and whole activity. You can use your part and whole plate to help you.
Enjoy the sunshine and take a stroll! Have a go at playing the alphabet game. Can you spot something on your walk beginning each letter of the alphabet? For example: an apple, a brush, a car…
Have a wonderful Wednesday!
Miss Hall 🙂
Tuesday 5th May
Hello Year 1!
I hope you had a great start to your week! I have received some fantastic bits of home learning through. Thank you to everyone for sharing 🙂
Bug Club are going to be updating their website on 16th May so you will have to type your username and password again. If you click the show me button, it will remind you of your details so you can make a note of them before this happens, but if anyone has any problems, just let me know and we will get them sorted.
Things to explore today:
Word to investigate today: balanced. What does balanced mean? How would you use it in a sentence?
What do you need to keep you healthy?
Explore the different food groups and create your own balanced healthy eating plate using foods you enjoy.
Here are some resources to inspire your plate:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zrd4d2p
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/healthy-eating-what-young-children-need (Some balanced diet eating inspiration!)
https://www.healthyeating.org/Healthy-Kids/Kids-Games-Activities/My-Very-Own-Pizza/Make-a-Pizza (Have a go at making your own healthy pizza and find out about the history of pizza)
Maths. Create your own parts and whole plate! What different number sentences can you create?
Why not try some Cosmic Kids yoga? https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga
Have a wonderful day!
Miss Hall 🙂