On the Way Home

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Ask your child to choose one of the wonders of the world and find out as much as they can about it. Their research should answer the following questions: Our objective this week is: To identify and describe the basic structure of a variety of common flowering plants, including trees by making and labelling plant pictures. This week is our final week of Year 1. We are so proud of all your hard work and dedication! We have had a very strange year and have missed you all dearly over the past few months. We are so grateful to all the parents who have worked so hard to continue to teach and work through the Year 1 work. We know it has not been easy with other pressures but we just want to take this opportunity to say a huge thank you! Whole Class Reading resources and planning for Year 2 in a zip file based on Jill Murphy’s ‘On the Way Home’ book based on early retrieval, sequencing and prediction skills. This book is based on a structured, repetitive story where the children can use what they have read to both accurately predict and also retrieve for word work and sequencing.

Can you identify the rhyming words which have been used in the story and talk about the rhyming pattern and rhythm of the story? Carnivores, herbivores and omnivores– children need to be able to identify and name a variety of common animals that are carnivores (meat eaters), herbivores (plant eaters) and omnivores (eat both meat and plants). Look at the shape of Mr Bear's feet in the pictures. Can you find out about the footprints of different creatures? How are they similar / different? The V&M Childhood Museum has lots of information on toys and some ideas for creating and making some simple toys. Task 5–In the Circus we meet Annie the Acrobat, Ding and Dong the circus dogs, a Juggler, a Fire Breather and a Clown. Think of a character that you would like to see perform in a circus. What can they do? What do they look like? What costume do they wear? Draw a picture and write about them, describing what they look like and what they can do.Task 3–Baby Bear and Owl had a picnic on the moon. Can you write a set of instructions on ‘How to Make a Sandwich’ to take on a picnic? The sandwich filling could be your favourite or even one you have today. Remember to use time adverbials (first, next, then...)and imperative verbs (bossy verbs; cut, spread...). Task 6–Rewrite the poem We would not expect the children to do this in one lesson as we would usually spend at least one lesson planning their version of the poem. Could you plan and rewrite the poem changing the things for each colour? You could follow the structure of this poem with each line starting with a question, or we have included a template that you could use where each line is a simile.

Encourage children to create a fantasy story to tell their friend about how they hurt themselves. Some children will use a scenario from the book for this while others will have their own ideas. Imagine that you could go diving underwater. What might you see? What might you need to go deep water diving? Reading is essential for all of our children to help them become independent life long learners. Please continue to read with your child daily. We have enclosed some useful questions to help support reading at home.Task 5–Adjective alphabet When you are writing poems or doing a super piece of writing, you usually have to use lots of adjectives to make it fun and exciting. On your own, with a partner or with multiple people, could you have a go at thinking of an adjective for ever letter of the alphabet. You could take it in turns and play word tennis. For example, one person would say ‘A is for angry’ and then the other person could say ‘B is for beautiful’ etc. Task 1–In the story, the hermit crab shares his home with his friends. Can you draw a picture of your home and write some sentences about who you live with? You could use lots of adjectives to describe them and write about what you like to do together.