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Oak Class Summer 2 Overview

“I wonder how many animals I know and when and where they live/d”

Core Texts and Rhymes

Ideas for Home Learning

Can you find a copy of the book to share at home in the local library?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=XoHn8rLj9pc watch a video of the story being narrated and signed together
Practise Dear Zoo Yoga poses together – www.lakeside.theharmonytrust.org/serve_file/681619
Practise making animal noises together
Move like different animals

Can you find a copy of the book to share at home in the local library?
www.youtube.com/watch?v=AC6-yK6GeGU watch a video of the story being narrated and signed together
Bake some teddy bear biscuits together- www.cookingwithmykids.co.uk/everywhere-bear-biscuits
When you are out on a family walk, scoot or ride see if you can find a different object for each colour in the story. Why not take photos so you can make a book or collage when you get home?
Practise making animal noises together
Move like different animals

Can your child retell you the story at home?
Practise making animal noises together
Move like different animals
Talk about what animals you might find on farm.
Can you visit the local farm and find any of the same animals?
Link to the story being narrated and signed- www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKpnNlZn1BI

Can you visit a library to find a copy of the book?
Can you move and travel like the different dinosaurs?
Describe the dinosaurs- colour, size, shape.
Can you make Roar noises like a dinosaur?

Can you talk about different animals that you might see 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, car registrations, 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 or picture 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, showing fingers decreasing and re- counting when we take one away or add one.

Rhymes
Old MacDonald had a farm,
5 little Ducks,
5 cheeky monkeys,
Little Lizzie- alliteration

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

Watch Ganneys Meadow Staff Recordings of rhymes on Tapestry

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

Can you talk about what the weather is like each day?
What should we wear?

Useful Links:

Pre Phonics and Phonics

www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/#tabnametabSupportForPhonics

www.sound-train.com

www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/2

Sound Discrimination and Listening

www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/eyfs-listening-skills/zbc4y9q

www.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/1

Number

www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/joinin/numberblocks-help-your-child-with-maths

www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/nursery-rhymes-counting-songs/zn67kmn

Oak Class Summer 1 Overview

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

Core Texts and Rhymes

Ideas for Home Learning

Look at your reflection in the mirror and make funny faces.
Go on a colour hunt
Use emotions words like happy, sad, angry, excited to describe how you are feeling
Draw faces with different emotions
Decorate biscuits with different emotion expressions.

Make fruit salad at home, or how about a fruit smoothie?
Talk about different fruits you see as you do the shopping- use language like big, small, smooth, rough, heavy.
Count how many apples/ oranges/ bananas are in a pack/ bunch.
Where does fruit come from? How does it grow?

Talk about the weather when out and about
Enjoy playing in sunshine, puddles
Enjoy ice lollies and link this to melting
Talk about what we wear when it is hot
Talk about what we eat and drink to keep cool

Use mathematical language when describing different fruit and vegetables.
Make repeating patterns with vegetable paint prints
Recognise numbers 0-10 and beyond

Rhymes Humpty Dumpty,
Here we go round the Mulberry Bush,
Mary Mary, quite Contrary,
Jelly on a plate

Sing/ recite rhymes at home
Watch Ganneys Meadow Staff Recordings of rhymes on Tapestry app

Useful Links:

Pre Phonics and Phonics
www.littlewandlelettersandsounds.org.uk/resources/for-parents/#tabnametabSupportForPhonics

Sound Discrimination and Listening
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/eyfs-listening-skills/zbc4y9q

Number
www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/joinin/numberblocks-help-your-child-with-maths

Link to apps that support learning:
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/early-years-teaching-resources-cbeebies-go-explore-and-storytime-app/zdvyhbk

Oak Class – Spring 2 Overview

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

Can you do any planting together? Do you think it will grow small or tall? How long do you think it will take to grow?

You could build your own castle together big enough for a giant! You could use blocks, junk modelling, lego or playdoh.

You could visit the library and find any other Jack and the 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 and pans to chant familiar phrases from the story- FEE, FI , FO, FUM… you could experiment with different voices as you chant

Could you make a healthy snack together? Could you try any fruits from the story?

Can you go on a bug hunt? What can you find? Can you see a caterpillar?

Be a butterfly- run around and flap your arms up and down

Can you spot all the food in the story when you are shopping?

Could you paint a butterfly by painting one side and folding 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 look similar or different to where we live? Why? Maybe you could 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 animals on your walk and can you count them.

Join in at home with our story telling on tapestry- can the children retell the story for you?

Can you visit the local farm and find any of the same animals?

Link to the animated story being narrated
www.youtube.com/watch?v=CfaR6NvwJ2A

Can you talk about different animals that you might see on a farm?

Can you sing Old MacDonald?

Can your child start to show awareness of the numbers 4, 5, 6 in the indoor/outdoor environment e.g. house numbers, car registrations, in shops and on buses.

Can you think of different ways to make numbers 4, 5, 6?

Match shapes that are the same and begin to categorise – square/rectangle e.g. shapes in your house e.g. coasters or picture 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, showing fingers decreasing and re- counting when we take one away or add one.

Rhymes
Sleeping Bunnies
I’m a Little Teapot

The Grand Old Duke of York

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

Watch Ganneys Meadow Staff Recordings of rhymes on Tapestry.

“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? What changes can you see?

Talk about different jobs you might see. What would you like to be?