Please find below home learning resources:
Willow Class Home Learning
Week 6: Beginning 8st February 2021
Chinese New Year
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Monday |
Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
Friday |
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PSHE |
Music |
English |
English
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English |
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Art |
Topic |
Maths
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Maths |
Maths |
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PE |
Life Skills |
DT |
RE |
Topic |
Please choose the work that is appropriate for the ability of your child.
Please take photos of your home learning and send them to homelearning@ifield.kent.sch.uk
If you have completed any worksheets, please make sure you write your name and date on the back and bring them into school.
Monday
PSHE
LO: To recall the celebrations of the Chinese New Year
Starter
- Introduce the topic of the Chinese New Year by watching CBeeBies video
- CBeebies: Celebrating Chinese New Year - Let's Celebrate - YouTube
- Discuss the celebrations taking place during the video. What did they see? what did they hear?
Activity
Create a paper cup lantern by decorating a paper cup (upside down) use brightly coloured paper as a base wrapped around the cup to get the size. Then pupils can decorate this flat before sticking it on. Use stencils, 2D shapes to draw pictures on the paper. OR create a large paper lantern. Please see paper lantern printout.
Resources
Paper, scissors, glue, colouring pens or pencils, collage materials
Art
Starter
Share the Chinese New Year PowerPoint and recap learning from PSHE.
Activity
Use the Chinese Dragon printout to create a 3D decoration. Use pens or pencils to add colour to the dragon template. Once coloured, carefully cut out all the different parts of the dragon. Cut a piece of paper lengthways then fold into a Konstantina for the body. Stick down the different parts of the dragon, then add handles using lolly sticks or straws.
Resources
Chinese dragon template – A4 or A3
Coloured paper – A4 or A3 same size as template.
Colouring pens or pencils
Scissors, Glue
PE
Watch and join in an exercise video on You Tube.
PE With Joe 2021 | Friday 5th Feb - YouTube
Tuesday
Music
Watch and join in with Chinese music video.
Chinese New Year 2021 Song for Kids - YouTube
Topic - Science
LO: To can investigate how the shadow of my puppet changes when I move the puppet closer and further away from the torch.
Starter
Watch and discuss MAIN light and shadow PowerPoint.
Activity
Use a torch and your hand to create a shadow in a dark room See Animal hand shadow display posters. Invite children to a discussion about light and shadow. Did they notice how you created a shadow of your hand? How is this possible?
Cut out animal shadow puppets and attach each puppet to lolly stick. Pupils to use torches to create a shadow of their puppet and to investigate how the size of their puppet changes when they move the puppet closer and further away from the source of light.
Medium - Complete the Light and dark Silhouette matching activity
Explore/Sense - Explore various torches, light toys, Christmas lights and objects that don’t create any light.
Resources
Animal shadow puppet worksheet
Torch
Various torches, light toys, Christmas lights
Life Skills
LO: To recall how to change a bed
Activity
Medium – Cut and stick the Change the bed sequencing cards into the correct order.
Help an adult to change a bed.
Wednesday
English
LO: To recall the story of the Chinese New Year
Activity
Read the story of the Chinese New Year.
Hard / Medium - Answer the questions.
Medium / Explore – Point out key objects from the story.
The myth behind the Chinese zodiac - Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen - YouTube
Maths
Activity
Sense – Cut out and count the bees along to the Nursery Rhyme
Five Little Bees | Count to Ten | Busy Bees | NurseryTracks - YouTube
Explore – Find different objects around the house and count them.
Medium – Work out the subtraction sums using the worksheets.
Hard – Work out the arrays and the multiplication sums using the pictures to find the answers.
Design Technology
LO: To design and make an alligator out of an egg carton
Starter
Making an Alligator out of an Egg Carton - YouTube
Egg Carton Alligator Craft for Preschoolers | Crafts (mytravelingroads.com)
Watch the videos and discuss
Activity
Follow the instructions to design and make an Alligator out of an egg carton
Resources
Two cardboard egg cartons for 1 crocodile
Green paint
A pair of large googly eyes
Four toilet paper rolls for 1 crocodile
Paint or sponge brushes – get a small brush for hard to reach spots and grooves.
Glue & scissors
Construction paper (small pieces of red and white)
Thursday
English
LO: To recall the story of the Chinese New Year
Starter
Read the story of The Chinese New Year again. Ask questions from the story.
Activity
Hard – look at the animal pictures and cut them out. Write a sentence to describe each of the animals.
Medium – look at the animal pictures and copy-write the words to go with each animal.
Explore – Match the words to the animals and over-write the animal names.
Sense – Print 2 copies of the animals. Cut out one set and match the animals from a choice of 3. Make a dried rice or pasta sensory tray and hide the animals within. Let the pupils dig to find each animal.
The myth behind the Chinese zodiac - Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen - YouTube
Maths
Activity
Explore – Cut out the number squares 1-5 or 1-10 and place the correct number of items on top (pasta/toys/treats) count together placing items on and off the numbers. Repeat.
Medium – work out the subtraction sums using the worksheets.
Hard – work out the arrays and the multiplication sums using the pictures to find the answers.
RE
L.O. To recall the story of The Chinese New Year
Starter
Read the PowerPoint of the Chinese New Year.
Activity
All – Use the 2D shape sorting sheet and make a Chinese dragon.
All – Make a Chinese New Year dragon paper craft
Friday
English
LO: To recall the story of the Chinese New Year
Starter
Read the story of The Chinese New Year again. Ask questions from the story.
Activity
Hard – Complete the comprehension sheet of typed questions.
Medium – Read the questions and match the answers to the questions.
Explore – Copy-write or over-write the key words from the story.
Sense – Use collage paper to add colour to the Dragon template.
The myth behind the Chinese zodiac - Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen - YouTube
Maths
Activity
Sense / Explore – Cut out the number squares 1-5 or 1-10 and place the correct number of items on top (pasta/toys/treats) count together placing items on and off the numbers. Repeat.
Medium – work out the subtraction sums using the worksheets.
Hard – work out the arrays and the multiplication sums using the pictures to find the answers.
Topic
LO: To recall some key facts about China
Starter
Look through China PowerPoint and watch video:
China Fun Facts | Mocomi Kids - YouTube
Activity
Create a fact sheet all about China.
Hard – Cut & stick or draw images linking to China. Add annotations to describe what each image is about or any interesting facts about China.
Medium – Cut & stick images linking to China. Copy or trace key words to describe each image.
Explore/Sense – With support cut & stick chosen images use collage to add colour to the flag
Extra Activities
- Chinese Dragon cookies
- Chinese drum craft
- Chinese New Year pencil control
- Chinese New Year wordsearch
- Colour by numbers
- Colour page
- Dragon cutting skills
- Ox Mindfulness colouring page
