F2 Oak

Oak Class Spring 2 Overview

“I wonder what is happening now that it is Spring?”

Core Texts and Rhymes

Ideas for Home Learning
  • Can you do any planting together? Do you think it willgrow small or tall? How long do you think it will take togrow?
  • You could build your own castle together big enoughfor a giant! You could use blocks, junk modelling, legoor playdoh.
  • You could visit the library and find any other Jack andthe Beanstalk books/alternative texts to read e.g.Jasper’s Beanstalk.
  • Can you visit the local farm and find the cows?
  • Link to the story being narrated with Makaton signs-
    www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p08lc99s/mr-tumble-tales-jack-and-the-beanstalk
  • You could make some noise together- using pots andpans to chant familiar phrases from the story- FEE,FI , FO, FUM… you could experiment with differentvoices as you chant
  • Could you make a healthy snack together? Could youtry any fruits from the story?
  • Can you go on a bug hunt? What can you find? Can yousee a caterpillar?
  • Be a butterfly- run around and flap your arms up anddown
  • Can you spot all the food in the story when you areshopping?
  • Could you paint a butterfly by painting one side andfolding the paper to make it symmetrical.
  • Link to story narrated with Makaton signing
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQNxBrONqaA
  • Can your child retell you the story at home?
  • Look at the pictures in the book. Does Kenya looksimilar or different to where we live? Why? Maybe youcould show your child where Kenya is on a map.
  • Can you make your own clay animals?
    Can you paint your own animals from the story.
  • Can you go on a nature walk? Can you see any animalson your walk and can you count them.
  • Join in at home with our story telling on tapestry- canthe children retell the story for you?
  • Can you visit the local farm and find any of the sameanimals?
  • Link to the animated story being narrated-
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfaR6NvwJ2A
  • Can you talk about different animals that you mightsee on a farm?
  • Can you sing Old MacDonald?

Maths

  • Can your child start to show awareness of the number 0-10 in the indoor / outdoor environment e.g. house numbers, carregistrations, in shops and on buses.
  • can you think of different ways to make numbers 0-10?
  • Match shapes that are the same and begin to categorise –square/rectangle e.g. shapes in your house e.g. coasters orpicture frames
  • Notice patterns and start to arrange things by pattern
    www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b08bzfnh/numberblocks

When singing rhymes, present numbers on fingers, showingfingers decreasing and re- counting when we take one away oradd one.

Rhymes
Sleeping Bunnies
I’m a Little Teapot
The Grand Old Duke Of York
Spring Chicken
The Ants Go Marching
Old MacDonald

Sing/ recite rhymes at home: use resources from homelearning packs to do this

Watch Ganneys Meadow Staff Recordings of rhymes onTapestry

“I wonder what is happening now that it is Spring?”

  • Can you talk about what the weather is like each day?
  • Can you see any signs of spring? E.g. baby animals,plants growing etc.
  • Can you look at different family pictures? Whatchanges can you see?
  • Talk about different jobs you might see. What wouldyou like to be?
  • Can you cook/bake and share your favourite foods andshare on tapestry.
Pre Phonics and Phonics

Sound Discrimination and Listening

Number

Oak Class Autumn 2

“I wonder what we are celebrating?”

Core Texts and Rhymes

Ideas for Home Learning

  • Watch and listen to the story being narrated by Mrs Billington on Tapestry.  Enjoy listening to the sounds and making the actions using the take home sheet.

  • Put on your wellies and go and stand or stomp in the thick oozy mud
  • Use a torch to look around the room and track the light
  • Visit a local forest/ park and walk through the swishy swashy grass
  • To experience a snowstorm, throw scrunched up paper in the air for snowballs
  • Play hide and seek with Teddy Bears around the house
  • Link to story narrated with Makaton signing –
    Makaton Signed Story – WE’RE GOING ON A BEAR HUNT – Singing Hands
  • an you go for a walk in the dark- what can you spot in the sky? Planets, stars, clouds, planes…
  • Help your adult to create a yummy picnic – enjoy it inside or outside
  • Find a cardboard box and make your very own space rocket- don’t forget to count down- 5,4,3,2,1, BLAST OFFFFFF!
  • Investigate noise- can you bang a pan loud/ quiet?
  • Can you sing loud or quiet?
  • What noises can you hear in your house?
  • What noises do different animals make?
  • With help from your adult, can you use a torch to make shadows on the walls?
  • What other lights do you have in your home?
  • Where else can we find lights? Eg cars, buses, traffic lights
  • Can you go for a walk in the dark? Use a torch to help you to see.
  • Tell stories by torch light with your favourite cuddly toy
  • Watch the story with Makaton signs (link below) Can you learn to sign; car, kite, ball, tiger, paint, trumpet and kitten?
  • Can you move like a tiger and go roaring around  the house?
  • Throw a big ball and catch it. ‘My turn, your turn’ Try a smaller ball if you can throw and catch a big one. If this is tricky hit and catch a balloon
  • Link to story being narrated with Makaton signing –
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=99SARGoQoNc
  • Can your child start to show awareness of the numbers 0-5 in the indoor/outdoor environment e.g. house numbers, car registrations, in shops and on buses?
  • Support and encourage your child to begin to recognise the numbers 0-5 and show an interest in counting. Model
  • counting the objects your child is counting with.
  • Listen to and join in with number rhymes – 2 Little Dickie Birds, 5 Little Ducks
  • Encourage your child to look at the dickie birds as they are counted and taken away
  • www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episodes/b08bzfnh/numberblocks target=”_blank” rel=”noopener”
  • Find opportunities to use the language of big, little, full, empty, heavy, light  eg when baking, when filling up a water bottle, when out shopping.

Rhymes
Incy Wincy Spider, Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, Pop Goes The Weasel, Two Little Dickie Birds

Nursery Rhyme Week:

Twinkle Twinkle, Old Macdonald, The Big Ship Sails, Incy Wincy Spider, 5 Currant Buns
When Santa Got Stuck Up The Chimney

Ideas to support children’s early phonological development

Use rhymes and songs with words repeated in a string e.g. Row, Row, Row your boat. Clap, Clap, Clap your hands.

Say word strings – link with an object of interest e.g. blue block, green grass

Blow feathers, blow bubbles and listen to the quiet pop. Feel and hear them pop on your hand, knee, foot, head

Listen to the sounds the child is making. Repeat back. Add a new sound.

Make a speech sound, then add on another one and then another one to make a pattern e.g. e…i…o….s

Reading packs will be sent home and swapped weekly.
Watch out for the Light and Dark Home Learning Pack which will be sent home mid November.
Pre Phonics and Phonics

Sound Discrimination and Listening

Number