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!

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?

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!

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!)

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. 

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 

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. 

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.

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.)

1. wash your hands
2. collect some small containers: ice cube tray, small plastic cups
3. 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!
4. place in the freezer and allow to freeze. (probably over night)
5. 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!” 

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

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)

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. 

Good Morning  Everyone

It was a wet day yesterday. I wonder if you managed to get outside at the end of the day when the rain stopped and the wind calmed down?

I wonder how you keep physically active when you are inside when its so wet?  Do you dance to your favourite music?  Do you try different ways of moving around your house? Do you remember a few weeks ago I set a challenge using a piece of masking tape and asked you to find different ways of moving over or across the line.

I wonder if today you could try walking on your hands?.. Have you ever been turned into a wheel barrow by your mum or dad? How far could you walk on your hands?

I decided that I need to let my plants grow a little more before I share a photo!! I keep seeing your brilliant growing,  my plants are tiny in comparison! THIS IS NOT MINE…. A family sent me this FAB picture of there plants ….They are very healthy and strong.

Look at this snail that I was sent. Another great spiral but this uses cutting as the main skill. Cutting a spiral out is a hard skill you might wish to try. Strong finger work is needed for this task. 

I wonder if you can make a mini insect? maybe out of pompoms if you have any at home? 

I wonder if it is wet again tomorrow,  Could play hide and seek with one of the smallest items you found? That’s a hard hide and seek. You will have to get little clues to help your family find them. 

Today’s story involves hide and seek with mini items.. You need to look with great care to find one tiny caterpillar on each page.  Try these pages before you read the story…CAN YOU SPOT THEM??

DID YOU FIND THE CATERPILLARS ON THE THREE PAGES?  Now listen to the story and you have 10! caterpillars to spot. Can you find them all. remember to pause the pages so you can look with care. ENJOY

Have a lovely day and keep smiling and enjoying your time together as a family.

From Miss Butler, Mrs Breakwell, Miss Lofthouse. 

Good day everyone!

What a wet start to Tuesday! But a great day to find those small garden creatures especially snails I counted: 11 on the compost heap! They were all different sizes!  Did you spot some? If you have some play dough can you make yourself a family of snails? How many family snail members can you make? Mummy, daddy, brother, sister, baby, Nanny, Granddad,Aunty, cousin?

I hope that you enjoyed the story of the “Little Red Hen” yesterday. Do you think the hen should’ve shared the bread or not?

Today work with your family to create a story.  Collect up to 10 toys  (maybe start with 5) and place on a tray. You are now going to take turns to make up a story by adding an item from the tray. How will the story begin? “once upon a time…” maybe or “One rainy day…” or “Long, long ago..” Take an item from the tray and it must be part of your story carry on creating a story together using all the items and the last person needs to end the story. Maybe saying “The End!” or “they were happy ever after.” Can you remember and retell the story. Maybe a grown up could write down the words each person used in the story! Have fun and enjoy creating a story together. Use the same toys to make up a new story.

Did you have a go at making a sandwich for lunch yesterday? Perhaps today you could try make a simple bread pizza choosing your own toppings:

(adults to support this activity but let your child try as many skills as possible!)

1. wash hands
2. help slice some French bread or rolls into slices
3. spread some tomato puree or some tin tomatoes
4. grate some cheese
5. add other vegetables: perhaps you may choose: mushroom sliced. sweet corn, a pepper sliced. You may want to add some meat: cut up ham or salami
6. add dry herbs and salt and pepper (optional)
7. place on an oven tray and bake in a hot oven for 5-10 mins (grown up job)
8. ENJOYPizza is the theme for today’s story. It is  called “Pete the Cat and the Perfect Pizza Party” I love Pete the Cat books hope you like it? This story made me smile!

Did you notice all the “p” words? Pete’s perfect pizza party this is called alliteration can you think of other words that start with the same sounds to create your own sentence? I have this suggestion: Snails, slithering  silently slowly and softly!

we wish you all a happy Wednesday doing the things you enjoy

Mrs Penn, Mrs Heap and Mrs Coleman

Hello All

I hope that you have had a good start to this week?

Yesterday I was busy working from home answering emails and doing some thinking!! It has been fun seeing your photos and answering your queries in the emails.

As yesterday I have seen that like me you are enjoying your daily walks! I have uploaded a picture of Guy and his big sister Mia splashing in a stream with their wellie boots on of course! Have you tried this? It is such fun and do you know that even with boots on you can feel the change in temperature of the water!

Yesterday was the last of Mrs Heap’s rhyme times. It has been so good to hear about how you have enjoyed these and tried making the instruments.

Cyrus and his family have been using YouTube: “just Dance” to do a daily dance together~ this might appeal to you!

Mrs Heap has been busy over the weekend and she and her husband have made a new video about Ching Ching. In this video Ching Ching is disturbed by lots of sounds. The listening skill activities you may have tried last week should help you to hear the sounds in this video. (If you missed the activities go back to last weeks posts and give them a try Tuesday 28th April and Wednesday 29th April) Remember listening is a vital learning skill and one we need to practice to perfect.

I also received an email from Ella who has been learning how to make bread! It seems cooking and baking are activities you all really like to do at home and the skills and learning that your child gets from these activities are many! In the photos of Ella below we can see how she is really listening to follow verbal instructions, how she is using careful measuring skills to place the correct amounts in the bowl and how she has discovered that things can change(the yeast fizzes, the dough grows in size) and the immense pride in the finished product!

Today’s Challenge: To make your own sandwich for lunch!

(grown ups support but let your child do all the skills themselves)

1. Wash your hands
2. take 2 slices of bread
3. use a knife to spread the butter
4. add your filling choice of filling: Maybe: jam or marmite~ spread onto the bread, cheese use a grater to grate some cheese and sprinkle on your bread, ham (you choose)
5. place the bread on top
6. cut in half with a knife,
7. cut each half into half again
8. Enjoy  What shape are your sandwiches? Can you think how you could make a different shaped sandwich?

This activity is fun but full of so much learning! Listening, keeping healthy, using tools like knives and graters for a purpose, quantity only a small amount of spread or jam, shapes, fractions !!

Ella’s bread making has reminded me of the story of “The Little Red Hen” the version I have chosen requires you to listen and imagine the characters because there are no pictures! Enjoy the story telling. Can you then tell the story to your grown up??

Take care all keep in touch through emails and photos

Mrs Heap, Mrs Coleman and Mrs Penn

Ps: I have collected some flowers and placed them under some books to flatten them? Have you done this? I have to wait at least 5 days before I can take a look : Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday~ I will look on Saturday!! Mrs Penn!