Thornham

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD_RUVLPvTY&feature=youtu.be&t=3

Mrs Joanne Stanley

I joined Greyfriars Academy in September 2016 and I am currently working in a mixed year one and year two class. I enjoy teaching the younger children of the school and take immense pride in helping them to be the best they can be. Children in my class are happy, friendly and enjoy their learning. In my spare time I enjoy spending time with my family.

Thornham Bubble Week Ahead 30.11.20

Posted on Monday, November 30th, 2020

Good morning Thornham Bubble

I hope you all had a great weekend.

Children who are well but have to isolate are expected to continue their learning at home where possible. Please do not get worried if you cannot complete everything. Do what you can!

It would be great if you could send me any copies of work completed or just let me know what you have been doing. You can leave a message via the school office or you can contact me via my email j.stanley@gf.kwestacademy.com

Suggested Timetable

8.45 – 9.00 – spelling practise

9.00 – 10.00 – Maths

10.00 – 10.15 – Have a break and a well-earned snack!

10.15 – 10.35 – Phonics

10.35 – 11.30 – English

11.30 – 12.00 – Reading and handwriting practise

MONDAY

Maths – Subtraction and number bonds to 10

Practise your number bonds to 10 – click on the link to remind you.

Log into your Active Learn. Click onto Power Maths and find

Lesson 8 – Finding the difference

Have a go at some subtraction activities on Education City.

Phonics

This week we are revising phase 4 cluster and blends. Today, have a look at bl and br

https://youtu.be/FwVSSxC3h0U

Have a go at sounding out these words out and spelling these words

black blink blow blaze blew

brick bring brown breeze broom

Can you write a sentence using one or more of these words?

English – Instructions

This week we are starting our work on learning how to write instructions.

What are they?

How are they structured?

What language do we use to write instructions?

Have a think about when we might need instructions. Can you write a list?

Spellings – please practise these spellings with the wh sound.

when, which, where, what, why, whisper

Handwriting – m

Have a look at the link below clink on m and then practise some of your own.

http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/skyWriter/index.html

Reading

Please log onto Active Learn and continue to read books allocated to you. You should read for at least 10 minutes every day!

TUESDAY

Maths – Subtraction and number bonds to 10

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UD_RUVLPvTY&feature=youtu.be&t=3

Log into your Active Learn. Click onto Power Maths and find

Lesson 9 – solving word problems – subtraction

Have a go a the subtraction activities on Education City

Phonics

This week we are revising phase 4 cluster and blends. Today have a look at thr and gr

https://youtu.be/FwVSSxC3h0U

Have a go at sounding these words out and spelling them.

grab, green, grow, grip, group, grape

three, throat, throne, throw, threw

Can you write a sentence with one or more of these words?

English – Instructions

COLD TASK

Can you have a go at writing some instructions to complete an activity please. eg cleaning your teeth, making a jam sandwich.

Think about your presentation, handwriting, spaces between words.

Spellings

when, which, where, what, why, whisper

Handwriting – n

Have a look at the link below clink on n and then practise some of your own.

http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/skyWriter/index.html

Reading

Please log onto Active Learn and read continue to read books allocated to you. You should read for at least 10 minutes everyday!

WEDNESDAY

Maths – Subtraction and number bonds to 10

Log into your Active Learn. Click onto Power Maths and find

Lesson 10 – Comparing additions and subtractions (1)

Phonics

This week we are revising phase 4 cluster and blends. Today have a look at fl and sp

https://youtu.be/FwVSSxC3h0U

flat, flap, flip, flop, fling, flute

spot, spring, spade, spoon, speed

Have a go at sounding these words out and spelling them.

Can you write a sentence with one or more of these words.

English – Instructions

Look at the link – Oak Academy lesson below about instructions.

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-listen-and-respond-to-a-set-of-instructions-crr64r?activity=video&step=1&view=1

Now look at our model text – How to Catch an Alien. Look at the features. How are the instructions set out?

How to catch an alien (1)

Spellings

when, which, where, what, why, whisper

Handwriting – o

Have a look at the link below clink on o and then practise some of your own.

http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/skyWriter/index.html

Reading

Please log onto Active Learn and read continue to read books allocated to you. You should read for at least 10 minutes every day!

Thursday

Maths – Subtraction AND number bonds to 10

Log into your Active Learn. Click onto Power Maths and find

Lesson 11 Comparing additions and subtractions (2)

Have a look at Education City for more activities

Phonics – st and sw

stop start stick stair street

sweep sweet swap swing swoop

Have a go at sounding these words out and spelling them.

Can you write a sentence with one or more of these words.

English Instructions

Look at the link Oak Academy

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-tell-a-set-of-instructions-from-memory-6rr32t?activity=video&step=1

Revisit our model text –

How to catch an alien (1)

Think about how the instructions are set out

Title

You will need

Steps in order

Bullet points or number

Bossy words/imperative verbs

Spellings

when, which, where, what, why, whisper

Reading

Please log onto Active Learn and read continue to read books allocated to you. You should read for at least 10 minutes everyday!

Handwriting – p

Have a look at the link below clink on p and then practise some of your own.

http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/skyWriter/index.html

FRIDAY

Maths – Subtraction AND number bonds to 10

Log into your Active Learn. Click onto Power Maths and find

Lesson 12 -Solving word problems – addition and subtraction

Phonics – compound words

look at link below and try reading and spelling some of the words.

https://youtu.be/EVIHVSJ4flI

English – Instructions, using imperative verbs

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-use-imperative-verbs-6wr6cd?activity=video&step=1

Revisit our model text – can you make a list of the imperative verbs used?

How to catch an alien (1)

Spellings

when, which, where, what, why, whisper

Handwriting – q

Have a look at the link below clink on q and then practise some of your own.

http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/skyWriter/index.html

Reading

Please log onto Active Learn and read continue to read books allocated to you. You should read for at least 10 minutes every day!

Foundation subjects

Design and Technology

Please finish your Tudor Houses you started last week!

If your Tudor house is in school have a go at drawing/designing another one.

Music

Can you listen to a Christmas Carol? Have a go at learning some of the words.

Eg. Away in a Manger, O Little Town of Bethlehem

If you are able practise your target skils throwing a ball, bouncing and catching a ball, bounce a ball with one hand whilst moving around, bouncing the ball swapping hands

Can you listen to the The Christmas Story – who are the main characters in the story?

TOPIC

The Great Fire of London

Can you research some facts about the Great Fire of London. When was the Great Fire of London? Why is this event significant in our history?

Also – continue to work on the Homework grid.

Thornham Bubble Friday Celebrations

Posted on Friday, November 27th, 2020

Hello Thornham

We have had another great week. Here are some of the things we have been doing this week.

Design and Technology

In Design and Technology we have started to make our Tudor Houses. I will add pictures next week when we have finished!

In PE we had another great lesson with Mrs Woods. We practised our ball skills.

Swimming

Children who swam this week had great fun learning new skills. Mr Holmes our swimming instructor was very pleased with all the children.

Phonics

This week we have finished learning all the main sounds. We will now concentrate on practising these sounds as well as blends and clusters from phase 4.

English

We have now completed our English work using the model text – Whatever Next!.

Children have completed some great writing (Hot Task) based on our model text.

Maths

Continuing with our work on subtraction, the children have learnt about related addition and subtraction facts. Mollie and Devon have worked particularly well this week.

Homework

Well done to those children who have completed homework tasks.

Devon designed his own fairground ride.

Aaishah drew pictures of electrical items in her house and a list of things she would

take to the moon.

Alex completed activities in Education City.

Alex ordered the coins form least to most value.

He then weighed the coins and put in order from lightest to heaviest.

Violet has drawn a picture of her favourite fairground ride, which is the Sea Dragon mini rollercoaster at Hunstanton…

Violet also drawn a picture of her picnic she would like to take to the moon.. some interesting foods on there!

Violet has also been practising her number and counting in twos, fives She has also been making snowmen out of toilet rolls! We are promised a look nearer Christmas!😊

If you need the homework grid here it is –

https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

Mrs Stanley

Thornham Week Ahead 23.11.20

Posted on Monday, November 23rd, 2020

Good morning Thornham

I hope you all had a great weekend and found some nice things to do despite being in lockdown!

Children who are well but have to isolate are expected to continue their learning at home where possible. Please do not get worried if you cannot complete everything. Do what you can!

Suggested Timetable for your day

8.45 – 9.00 – spelling practise

9.00 – 10.00 – Maths

10.00 – 10.15 – Have a break and a well-earned snack!

10.15 – 10.35 – Phonics

10.35 – 11.30 – English

11.30 – 12.00 – Reading and handwriting practise

LUNCH

Afternoons

Each day work on one of our other subjects, DT, Science, Topic, PE, Music computing.

You could look at topic or science or explore the BBC Bitesize https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/levels/z3g4d2p or National Oak Academy – https://www.thenational.academy/ website where there are hundreds of lessons for you to ‘dip’ into.

ALSO – log into Education City for activities in Maths, English and Science. There are some great activities for each subject each week for you to have a look at.

MONDAY

Maths – We are continuing to work on subtraction-

Log into your Active Learn account. Click onto Power Maths and find – Lesson 4 Subtraction – breaking apart (2)

Read through the pages then have a go a some subtraction activities on Education City.

https://www.educationcity.com/

Phonics

Today we are learning the digraph wh click on the link below:-

https://youtu.be/vuYZVrh1iPc

Please log onto your Active Learn. Click onto the Phonics section and find the lesson and activities for wh.

Please practise sounding out the words – wheel, when, whiskers, which, whale

English

Today I would like you to re-read the beginning of the Model Text.

Can you write your own beginning of a journey story based on the model text? Here is the beginning of the text.

Whatever Next – Beginning

I have highlighted in red things you might want to change for your own story

Will your story start with – Once upon a time?

Who will be your main character?

Who are the other characters?

Where will they go?

How will they get there?

What will they take with them

Reading

Please log onto Active Learn and read continue to read books allocated to you. You should read for at least 10 minutes everyday!

Spellings- Please practise spellings every day

bike, like, slide, time, five, nine

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1bseW0nI2k

TUESDAY

Maths – We continue to work on subtraction-

Log into your Active Learn account. Click onto Power Maths and find – Lesson 5 Related Facts addition and subtraction – (1)

Read through the pages then have a go at addition and subtraction on Education City.

Phonics

Today we are learning the digraph ph click on the link below:-

Please log onto your Active Learn. Click onto the Phonics section and find the lesson and activities for ph.

Please practise sounding out the words – phonics, alphabet, Sophie, dolphin

English

As yesterday I would like to have a go a writing the next part of your story.

Whatever Next – middle

Reading

Please log onto Active Learn and read continue to read books allocated to you. You should read for at least 10 minutes everyday!

Spellings- Please practise spellings every day

bike, like, slide, time, five, nine

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=geralding+giraffe+ey&docid=608052603667153938&mid=E0C5E3CD293859CE10F2E0C5E3CD293859CE10F2&view=detail&FORM=VIRE

WEDNESDAY

Maths – We continue to work on subtraction-

Log into your Active Learn account. Click onto Power Maths and find – Lesson 6 Related Facts addition and subtraction – (2)

Read through the pages then have a go at addition and subtraction on Education City.

Phonics

Today we are learning the digraph ey click on the link below:-

Please log onto your Active Learn. Click onto the Phonics section and find the lesson and activities for ey.

Please practise sounding out the words – key, turkey, donkey, money, honey

English

Continue to write the middle part of your story as yesterday.

Reading

Please log onto Active Learn and read continue to read books allocated to you. You should read for at least 10 minutes everyday!

Spellings- Please practise spellings every day

bike, like, slide, time, five, nine

https://youtu.be/ZojmFjUAGh4?t=5

THURSDAY

Maths – We continue to work on subtraction-

Log into your Active Learn account. Click onto Power Maths and find – Lesson 7 Subtraction – counting back

Read through the pages then have a go at addition and subtraction on Education City.

Phonics

Today we are learning the digraph ew click on the link below:-

Please practise sounding out the words – new, blew, chew, few, stew

Please log onto your Active Learn. Click onto the Phonics section and find the lesson and activities for ew.

English

Can you now write the ending of your journey story?

Whatever Next -Ending

Reading

Please log onto Active Learn and read continue to read books allocated to you. You should read for at least 10 minutes everyday!

Spellings- Please practise spellings every day

bike, like, slide, time, five, nine

FRIDAY

Maths – We continue to work on subtraction-

Log into your Active Learn account. Click onto Power Maths and find – Lesson Subtraction – finding the difference

Read through the pages then have a go at addition and subtraction activities on Education City.

Phonics

Today we are learning the digraphs au click on the link below

Please practise sounding out the words – Autumn, August, Paul, Saul, launch, daub

Please log onto your Active Learn. Click onto the Phonics section and find the lesson and activities for au.

English

Continue to write your story. Re-read your work.

Do your sentences make sense?

Have your checked your spellings?

Is your handwriting neat?

Did you remember to include capital letters and full stops?

Did you remember spaces between words?

Reading

Please log onto Active Learn and read continue to read books allocated to you. You should read for at least 10 minutes everyday!

Spellings- Please practise spellings every day

bike, like, slide, time, five, nine

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zjrrd2p/articles/z96ckqt

Foundation Subjects

Topic:

Enquiry: What made the London Frost Fair of 1684 so special?

Last week we completed a time line of London Frost Fair, look at the link to remind you.

Time-line

Two things in particular made the London Frost Fair of 1684 very special. The first is that out of all of the 24 recorded frost fairs in London the ice in this year was the thickest (28 centimetres and lasted the longest (nine weeks – more than this term).

Look at the link below can you work out why the second reason why the 1684 Frost Fair was special?

Resource 6

Science:

Watch the BBC bitesize link below then design your own poster about using electricity safely.

Music:

What is your favourite Christmas song? Find the words, learn it and then sing it to your grown up.

DT:

Design your own Tudor house; think about your house you designed last week.

Make a list of the things you would need to make a model of it.

Computing:

Imagine you have been asked to write a class blog page on a topic of your choice.

Design the way it would look. Draw/write it out on a piece of paper.

Have a great week!

Mrs Stanley

Thornham 20th November 2020

Posted on Friday, November 20th, 2020

Hello Thornham

Another great week of learning again!

Half of the class were finally able to swim this week. Well done to the first two groups who swam on Monday. Mr Holmes said you were all fantastic and you all enjoyed yourselves.

A special shout out for Aaishah who worked very hard with her swimming.

A special mention to the whole class for their work in Maths, particularly learning number bonds to 10. We have enjoyed different activities, songs and games helping us remember our numbers bonds off by heart.

English – As a class we have created a new story based on our model text ‘ Whatever Next’. We have had some great ideas and thought about our sentences carefully. We are now preparing to write our own stories next week.

We had another great PE lesson with our coach Mrs Woods. The children enjoyed using basketballs to practise bouncing and catching. We then played some team games practising our new skills. Great team work Thornham!

Alex and Aaishah have brought in some lovely homework pictures this week.

Aaishah’s pictures

Alex has been completing activities on Education City.

OVER & ABOVE – Natalya, Gracey, Aaishah, Devon

Well done!

I would like you to choose another activity for your homework please.

Finally, if possible could you please send in a small box (or 2) with your child. The size of a tissue box would be ideal. This is for our D and T topic. Thank you!

Have a great weekend!

Mrs Stanley

Week Ahead for Thornham Bubble

Posted on Monday, November 16th, 2020

Welcome to a brand new week. I hope you all had a lovely weekend and are ready for more learning.

If you need to stay at home and isolate, then please follow the learning below. Any problems then contact me via my email address J.Stanley@gf.kwestacademy.com

Suggested Timetable

8.45 – 9.00 – spelling practise

9.00 – 10.00 – Maths

10.00 – 10.15 – Have a break and a well-earned snack!

10.15 – 10.35 – Phonics

10.35 – 11.30 – English

11.30 – 12.00 – Reading and handwriting practise

Here is your learning for the week ahead.

In maths we are learning about Subtraction and we will be practising our number bonds to 10 everyday. Also keep counting forwards and backwards in ones, twos, fives and tens.

Monday

Maths –

Please practise counting forwards and backwards in fives to 50.

Number Bonds to 10 – please click on the link

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/numbers-that-sum-to-10-c8w3cd?activity=video&step=1

Write out all the number bonds to 10. Read these out loud so you know them off by heart.

See the source image

Phonics

Today we are learning the split digraph a-e. Look at the link below

https://youtu.be/jkycxr-joDk

Please sound out the words… frame, shades, plate, make, came.

Now can you have a go at spelling them? Can you add dots and dashes?

Can you now write the sentence – The cake is on the plate.

There is also a lesson on Active Learn for you to look at if you wish – Log onto Active Learn, Go to My Stuff, click on Phonics and find the lesson for a-e.

English

Today we are learning using question marks in our writing.

Please click onto the following link and look at the video on ‘How to use question marks’.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z8x6cj6

Read through the Model text Whatever Next! again. Whatever Next ! (text)

Can you spot the questions in the text.

Write out all the questions from the text. Remember to add the ?

Spellings

Please practise these spellings –

tie, die, pie, dried, cried, fried, lied

Handwriting

Today we are practising the letter l. Click onto the link below and click onto the letter l. Then please practise some of your own.

http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/skyWriter/index.html

Reading- Please log onto your Active Learn and continuing reading your next book.

You should read for at least 1o minutes every day.

Tuesday

Maths

Please practise counting forwards and backwards in fives to 50.

Number Bonds to 10

Click on the link below

blob:https://classroom.thenational.academy/b204592b-9402-406c-a9a7-c674a67227a1

Write out all the number bonds to 10. Recite these so you know them off by heart.

There are lots of number bond songs on utube too!

See the source image

Phonics

Today we are learning the split digraph e-e

https://youtu.be/kFuETDoqVnA

Please sound out the words… Eve, even, these, theme, concrete

Now can you have a go at spelling them? Can you add dots and dashes?

Can you now write the sentence – Eve sat on the concrete.

There is also a lesson on Active Learn for you to look at if you wish – Log onto Active Learn, Go to My Stuff, click on Phonics and find the lesson for e-e.

English

Recap on yesterdays work.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zrqqtfr/articles/z2xdng8

Can you think of questions you would ask Baby Bear? Mummy Bear, and the Owl.

Can you write a question for Baby Bear, Mummy Bear and Owl? – don’t forget to add the question mark at the end!

eg, “Can I go to the zoo?” said Baby Bear

Spellings

Please practise these spellings –

tie, die, pie, dried, cried, fried, lied

Handwriting

Today we are practising the letter m. Click onto the link below and click onto the letter m.

Then please practise some of your own.

http://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/skyWriter/index.html

Reading- Please log onto your Active Learn and continuing reading your next book.

You should read for at least 1o minutes every day.

Wednesday

Maths

Today we start our learning about Subtraction.

Have a look at the link titled – What is subtraction?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwv39j6/articles/ztpmrwx

Log onto your Active learn account, look in ‘My Stuff’ click onto power maths.

Click onto Lesson 1, Subtraction – how many are left? (1)

Phonics

Today we are learning the split digraph i-e

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4-swf3Gy_40

Please sound out the words… time, five, nine, bike, like

Now can you have a go at spelling them? Can you add dots and dashes?

Can you now write the sentence – Is it time to ride my bike?

There is also a lesson on Active Learn for you to look at if you wish – Log onto Active Learn, Go to My Stuff, click on Phonics and find the lesson for i-e.

English

Inverted commas

Look at the link below

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvwwxnb/articles/ztcp97h

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zrqqtfr/articles/z2xdng8

Write a question to add in speech marks.

Can you think of any other words to use instead of said?

e.g. asked, replied, whispered

I have also put some activities on Education City.

Spellings

Please practise these spellings –

glue, clue, due, blue, flue

Handwriting

Can you write out the alphabet in your best handwriting? Remember to form your letters correctly.

Reading-

Please log onto your Active Learn and continuing reading your next book.

You should read for at least 1o minutes every day.

Thursday

Maths

Log onto the link below to learn more about subtraction

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/counting-back-in-ones-to-subtract-6gu64r?activity=intro_quiz&step=1

You can also Log onto Active Learn

Go to My Stuff, Power Maths,

Lesson 2, Subtraction – how many are left? (2)

Phonics

Today we are learning the split digraph 0-e

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDms5bRsvq4

Please sound out the words… bone, stone, note, home, cone

Now can you have a go at spelling them? Can you add dots and dashes?

Can you now write the sentence – The dog came home with a bone.

There is also a lesson on Active Learn for you to look at if you wish – Log onto Active Learn, Go to My Stuff, click on Phonics and find the lesson for o-e.

English

Sentence writing

Can you write sentences to describe a main character. Can you expand your sentences using the word and?

Here is an example –

Once upon a time there was a little rabbit and he was called Bounce. Bounce was a friendly rabbit who lived in a tiny burrow in a wood.

Log onto Education City for some activities to try.

Spelling

Please practise these spellings –

glue, clue, due, blue, flue

Handwriting

Please look at the following clips on Handwriting

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgjj6sg

Reading- Please log onto your Active Learn and continuing reading your next book.

You should read for at least 1o minutes every day.

Friday

Maths

Subtraction

Click on the link below

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/linking-subtraction-equations-to-problem-solving-contexts-cdjkgc?activity=intro_quiz&step=1&view=1

You can also log onto your Active Learn

My stuff, Power Maths, Lesson 3 Subtraction – Breaking apart (1)

Phonics

Today we are learning the split digraph u-e

https://www.bing.com/videos/search?q=geraldine+giraffe+u-e&docid=608031442376328541&mid=7A9CA3D1A8DE12A808887A9CA3D1A8DE12A80888&view=detail&FORM=VIRE

Please sound out the words… tune, ruler, flute, mute,

Now can you have a go at spelling them? Can you add dots and dashes?

Can you now write the sentence – I played a tune on my flute.

There is also a lesson on Active Learn for you to look at if you wish – Log onto Active Learn, Go to My Stuff, click on Phonics and find the lesson for u-e.

English

Today I would like you to start thinking about changing the model text to make a new story.

Can you list some ideas for:-

a new main character
other characters
Where would your main character like to go?
How do they get there?
What might happen? (what is the problem?)

High Frequency Words

Please practise practise reading phase 5 High Frequency words.

phase 5 words

Handwriting

practise writing some of the phase 5 words.

Reading- Please log onto your Active Learn and continuing reading your next book.

You should read for at least 1o minutes every day.

Friday afternoon

Choose an activity from the homework grid

Thornham-Homework-Grid-Aut-2-2

Foundation subjects

D and T

This week we are looking at and designing a Tudor House.

Can you research Tudor Houses and have a go at drawing/sketching your own.

Here are some ideas for you to look at.

See the source image Tudor-Houses.jpg (450×651) english-tudor-house-martin-bryers.jpg (900×900)

Science

Electricity

Thinking about electricity; what life would be like without it, its advantages and disadvantages, conserving it, using it to control a machine you have designed.

Can you design own machine powered by electricity to do a job you dislike doing.

In school we are continuing to learn ball skills – throwing and catching and aiming at a target. If you can please practise with a range of balls or bean bag aiming at a target. Remember to watch the target as you throw. Use an underarm action.

If you can get some exercise once a day – maybe a walk or bile ride with an adult.

In addition there are activities on Education City for you to have a go at.

Have a great week

Mrs Stanley

Thornham 13th November 2020

Posted on Friday, November 13th, 2020

Hello Thornham

A great well done to the whole class this week.

Unfortunately we were unable to swim this week but as I write we are still swimming on Monday morning (16th November).

If your child is swimming this week, please bring your full kit, swimming costume, swimming hat , towel. You may bring googles but these are not essential. For children’s health and safety, earrings will need to be taken out.

Remembrance

This week Thornham Bubble have been learning why we wear poppies and the story of the Unknown Warrior. We sat in silence for two minutes to remember all the soldiers who have died. I am very proud of the children who showed enormous respect. During our Art lesson we made our own poppies. Have a look at some of the ones we created. The children used a template to draw around, cut them out and decorated with tissue paper, glitter and crayons.

PE – We had another great lesson with our sports coach Mrs Woods. This week we practised our throwing and catching skills and aiming at targets. We enjoyed playing games trying to hit a target throwing balls underarm.

Over and Above

I am very pleased to say we have had several children who have gone Over and Above this week…

Isabella – who is working hard learning with her phonics, spellings, handwriting and maths work. She has drawn a fantastic rocket too for her homework!

Olivia for great maths work this week.

Ignas for his great work in phonics working with Mrs Wiggs.

Devon and Violet for their fantastic homework. Here are some pictures.

Violet’s rocket and she decided to make her own Poppy picture.

Here is another copy of the Homework grid – please choose an activity to complete.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zhfjqp3tesize/articles/zhfjqp3

Finally here is a copy of this weeks spelling words – digraph ie

13.11.20

Children in Need

On Monday please come to school dressed in spots and yellow. If you can could you bring a donation £1 for help f towards this very worthwhile charity.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs Stanley, Mrs Wiggs and Mr Crawley

Week Ahead for Thornham Bubble 9.11.20

Posted on Monday, November 9th, 2020

Hello Thornham

If you need to stay at home and isolate, then please follow the learning below. Any problems then contact me via my email address J.Stanley@gf.kwestacademy.com

Suggested Timetable

8.45 – 9.00 – spelling practise

9.00 – 10.00 – Maths

10.00 – 10.15 – Have a break and a well-earned snack!

10.15 – 10.35 – Phonics

10.35 – 11.30 – English

11.30 – 12.00 – Reading and handwriting practise

LUNCH

Afternoons

Each day work on one of our other subjects , Art, Science, Topic, PE, – see at the end of this blog

Please also log into Education City for activities for Maths English and Science.

Monday

Maths – Practise counting in fives, see link below to help you.

Today we are continuing with addition. Look at the links below

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwv39j6/articles/z8hyfrd

https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/combining-sets-count-all-cru68d?activity=video&step=1

Then log onto Education City and have a go at the addition activities.

Phonics

Today we are learning the diagraph ir

Practise reading the words –

girl

bird

first

stir

Write the words out and add sound buttons and dashes.

Write out the sentence – The girl had a pet bird.

Also keep practising the phase 5 sounds already taught ay, oy, ou, ie, ea

English

Ask an adult to help you learn our model text ‘Whatever Next’

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bihttps://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zhfjqp3tesize/articles/zhfjqp3

Can you think of any actions to help you retell the story?

Spellings

Practise the spellings

once

upon

time

there

little

Reading

Log into Active Learn and continue to read your next book. You should read for at least 10 minutes each day.

Handwriting

Today we are practising the letter – j see link below

Tuesday

Maths – Practise counting in fives, see link below to help you.

Today we are continuing with addition. We are finding and making number bonds to 10.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwv39j6/articles/zx3982p

Log on to Education City and complete the number bond activities.

Phonics

Today we are learning the diagraph – aw

Practise reading the words –

saw

raw

crawl

straw

Write the words out and add sound buttons and dashes.

Write out the sentence – I saw an ant crawl in the straw.

Also keep practising the phase 5 sounds already taught ay, oy, ou, ie, ea, ir

English

Continue to read and learn our model text ‘Whatever Next’

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bihttps://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zhfjqp3tesize/articles/zhfjqp3

Can you add the actions you chose yesterday?

Spellings

Practise the spellings

once

upon

time

there

little

Reading

Log into Active Learn and continue to read your next book. You should read for at least 10 minutes each day.

Handwriting

Today we are practising the letter – k

Wednesday

Maths – Practise counting in fives, see link below to help you.

Today we are are solving word problems involving addition and using a number line.

Have a look at the following clips

hhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zjw7tfr

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zwdq6sg

Then log onto Education City and have a go at the addition activities.

Now try these word problems.

Addition word problems

You can also log onto Education City for more practise.

Phonics

Today we are learning the diagraph – ue

Practise reading the words –

blue

clue

glue

true

Write the words out and add sound buttons and dashes.

Write out the sentence – The girl has a blue coat.

Also keep practising the phase 5 sounds already taught ay, oy, ou, ie, ea, ir, aw

English

Re-read and continue to learn our model text ‘Whatever Next’

Whaever Next! comprehension questions

Can you add the actions you chose yesterday?

Discuss with an adult what you like/dislike about it.

Discuss any words you do not know the meaning of.

Can you answer the following questions about the text?

Spellings

Practise the spellings

once

upon

time

there

little

Reading

Log into Active Learn and continue to read your next book. You should read for at least 10 minutes each day.

Handwriting

Practise your handwriting. Make sure you form your letters correctly – write out the alphabet!

abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz

Thursday

Maths

Practise counting in fives again https://www.bbc.co.uk/bihttps://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zhfjqp3tesize/articles/zhfjqp3

Write out the numbers in fives in order to 50 eg 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

Addition – Log into your Education City – complete the addition activities set

Phonics

Today we are learning the diagraph – oe

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bihttps://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zhfjqp3tesize/articles/zhfjqp3

Practise sounding out and reading the words

toe

Joe

hoe

woe

Write the words out and add sound buttons and dashes.

Write out the sentence – Joe said his big toe hurts.

Also keep practising the phase 5 sounds already taught ay, oy, ou, ie, ea, ir, aw, ue

English

Re-read our model text Whatever Next. whatever-next

Discuss with an adult what happens in the beginning, middle and end

Draw a story map of the text – look at the one already done to help you.

Handwriting/Spellings

Practise the spellings

once

upon

time

there

little

Can you write a sentence using the words eg Once upon a time there was a little boy called…

Reading

Log into Active Learn and continue to read your next book. You should read for at least 10 minutes each day.

Friday

Maths

Practise counting in fives again

Write out the numbers in fives in order to 50 eg 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 40 45 50

Addition – Log into your Education City – complete the addition activities set

Phonics

Recap on the phase five sounds we have already learnt and the new ones this week.

ay, oy, ou, ie, ea, ir, aw, ue, oe

Practise reading through phase 5 High Frequency Words

Phase 2 to 5 high frequency words

English

Re-read Whatever Next

Continue to work on your story map

Handwriting/Spellings

Practise the spellings

once

upon

time

there

little

Can you write a sentence using the words eg Once upon a time there was a little girl called…

Reading

Log into Active Learn and continue to read your next book. You should read for at least 10 minutes each day.

Here is a copy of the homework grid – choose an activity to work on this afternoon.

Thornham-Homework-Grid-Aut-2

Foundation Subjects

Topic – This week we will be looking at why we wear poppies – can you reasearch or ask an adult why we wear poppies?

Have a look at the attached powerpoint – Unknown warrior.

Unknown Warrior

Art – Can you create your own poppy? What colours do you need? You might like to use paint, tissue paper.

Here is a poppy template

poppy template

Science – This week we are starting to learn about electricity.

Make a list of all the things you know about electricity.

Look at the ppt https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zjrrd2p/articles/z96ckqt

Can you design a safety poster?

There are also some activities on Education City for you to work through.

PE– If you can try and get some exercise in your garden. Practise your ball skils – throwing and catching. How many times can you catch the ball, can you bouce the ball and catch?

Music– Have a sing song! Listen to your favourite song!

Learn a new song! Can you feel the beat? What instruments can you hear?

Why do you like the song? Can you make up a dance with your song/music?

Finally –

Children who are well but have to isolate are expected to continue their learning at home where possible. Please do not get worried if you cannot complete everything. Do what you can!

Have a great week!

Mrs Stanley

Thornham Friday 6.11.20

Posted on Friday, November 6th, 2020

Hello Thornham

This first week back has flown by in which the children have settled back into their learning and enjoyed being back with their friends.

We had a great PE lesson with our PE coach. The weather was perfect for practising our ball skills and moving around safely. We look forward to next week when we will playing games using the new skills we have learnt.

In recognition of November 5th – Bonfire Night we had a great afternoon designing and creating firework pictures – Lots of colourful paint and a little bit of glitter!

In maths we have learnt how to add using a number line. We have been practising using bigger numbers.

In English we completed our Cold Task before learning our new text. We had a go at writing the beginning of a journey story. We all worked hard sounding out our words and making sure our writing makes sense.

We also completed our 50 squares for our class reward! Well done to everyone for making good choices and working hard! As a result we enjoyed some extra playtime in the sunshine!

Here is a copy of this terms homework grid. Have a look and choose an activity or two to complete each week.

Finally, just a reminder that Thornham will not start swimming on Monday. Swimming lessons will commence on Monday 16th November.

Have a great weekend and we look forward to seeing you on Monday.

Mrs Stanley, Mrs Wiggs and Mr Crawley

Thornham Bubble Week ahead 2.11.20

Posted on Monday, November 2nd, 2020

Hello Thornham!

Welcome back! I hope you all had a lovely break despite the rather wet and windy weather.

We have lots of fun activities planned this half term which leads up to the Christmas period.

Here is what we are learning this week…

Maths – Addition and Subtraction

Y1 – Unit 3, lessons 1,2,3,4,and 5

We will be adding one and two digit numbers using a variety of maths resources to help us (bead strings, tens frame, numicon, multilink cubes).

Yr2 – Unit 2, lessons 1,2,3

Combining sets 1

Combining sets 2

BBC Bitesize

Please continue to count in ones, twos, fives and tens.

Phonics

This week we are learning the phase 5 sounds -oy, ou, ie and ea

Phonics video

We will be practising sounding out words such as:-

toy, boy. joy

out, shout, about

tie, pie, cried, fried

eat, heat, seat meat, beat

Log onto Education City for activities to reinforce your understanding.

Reading

Continue to read the next books allocated to you on Active Learn. Please read for at least 10 minutes every day!

Spellings

day, way, say, play, stay

Please practise spelling the words ending in the ay sound. Can you write a sentence too!

English

This week we are starting to learning our model text – ‘Whatever Next’. Please listen to the story and get an adult to help you read and learn the text.

Here is a copy of the model text and story map.