Welcome to this week’s learning

Date: 18th May 2020 @ 7:42am

Hello Nursery!

It’s lovely to be back on the Nursery blog. It’s my turn to be posting lots of activities and challenges this week and Miss Heritage is busy thinking of some more fun things to do with you next week.

‘Nursery, Nursery what do you know? Teach me all about how plants grow’

These are challenges to complete any time over the coming week:

Connected Curriculum Weekly Challenge

This week I want you to complete one or more of the challenges on the list. You’re choosing your favourite ways to show me and Miss Heritage what you have learned over the past few weeks about growing and caring for plants.

Reading Weekly Challenge

We are going to read through the story ‘The Tiny Seed’ by Eric Carle and as I read it I want you predict what will happen to the seeds. After that you will be able to tell me all of the interesting things that happen in the story and create drawings with initial sound labels on them.

Vocabulary Weekly Challenge

This week our vocabulary challenge will be learning new verbs. We are going to learn about how the seed moves in ‘The Tiny Seed’ and play games using a vocabulary spinner.

Then you are going to complete one of the verbs action challenges to show me how you move. You can use the vocabulary spinner too.

Home Learning

Send any photos or videos of the challenges you complete at home to me by Friday and I’ll put them all up on the blog for you to share with your friends. This is one of my favourite parts of blogging from home so please send lots and lots of photos or short videos in.

nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk

Tomorrow I will start setting you daily phonics and maths challenges :

Maths Daily Challenges

As well as looking for and describing the flowers you see this week, we are going to be creating and drawing them. Then I want you to count how many petals, label them and compare them.

Phonics Daily Challenges

This week is a ‘show me what you have learned’ week in phonics. We are going to have daily challenges using our knowledge of some of our favourite nursery rhymes. There will be lots of challenges to choose from for each Nursery Rhyme. You will be able to show me that you can say the initial sound of objects and create rhyming strings by the end of the week.

I’m so exciting about learning together at home again. I hope you are too!

From Mrs Ganner

Wellbeing challenge 15.5.20

Date: 15th May 2020 @ 10:19am

Good morning and happy Friday! End of the week already! Fingers crossed we get some sun this weekend.

My last wellbeing challenge of the week is a creative one in case you want to spend some time on it over the weekend.

I’d like you to design your own face mask. As we know, face masks are being worn by many people at the moment to keep help them safe. If you had to wear one, what would you like it to look like? You can have whatever you want on it and make it as crazy as you like!

I’ve attached a template if you would like to use it but don’t worry if you don’t have a printer, you can just draw one like I drew mine! Here is mine for you to have a look at, now if only I could sew…

Please send me your designs as I’d love to see them! EALhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs Glover

Past challenges

Thank you to Heer who sent me this joke:

There were two boys who were going to school and they were late.The teacher asked why they were late.One said I was looking for my money that i lost. The teacher asked the other boy why he was late.He said I put my foot on his money.

and to Tomasz for these jokes:

What is a pirate's favourite letter?

Rrrrrrrrrrrr

What do you call an alligator in a vest?

An investigator!

and to Theodosia for sending me a lovely video of her telling me jokes such as:

What do you get if you cross a tiger with a porcupine?

A slow poke!

🌟 Outstanding Home Learners! 🌟

Date: 15th May 2020 @ 7:18am

Well done to all our super learners this week.

It has really made me smile, seeing all your fantastic learning! 😀

Thank you to all the parents who have taken time to send photographs and videos to us so we can celebrate your child’s work.

🌟 You are all Outstanding Home Learners 🌟

Remember Mrs Ganner is looking forward to doing the blog next week so if you didn’t manage to send your photographs this week, don’t worry, she’ll put them up for you next Friday!

Have a fantastic weekend and we’ll see you back here on Monday!

Take care

Miss Heritage

Friday 15th May: Phonics - Rhyme

Date: 15th May 2020 @ 7:01am

Hi Nursery!

Let’s remember some of the animals from the rhyming stories we have looked at this week…

You can remind yourself of them by listening to the stories again - just click on the picture of the book below:

Can you act out some of the animals from the story? Enjoy moving around like the animals. For example: a jumping frog, parrot flapping/flying, gorilla thumping chest, snake slithering along the floor, mule trotting, hare hopping, dog responding to instructions (walk, stop, sit, fetch, lie-down)

This week we have found lots of rhyming pairs and created rhyming strings of words.

Now we are going to complete this fun activity, where you need to have a look at the pictures on the rhyming strips to see if you can spot the odd one out!

Watch today’s ‘show me’ for an example, then use the pictures below to have a go at finding the ‘odd one out’ yourself!

CLICK HERE TO WATCH TODAY’S SHOW ME

Good luck!

Friday 15th May - Maths

Date: 15th May 2020 @ 6:46am

Good Morning Nursery!

This week we have looked at the story ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’. In the story the caterpillar eats through some different foods each day.

Can you remember the seven days of the week?

Let’s sing our days of the week song!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtQcnZ2JWsY

We have been looking at the sequence of events in the story ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’.

Yesterday your challenge was to make your very own ‘Hungry Caterpillar’ and to use your caterpillar to talk about the sequence of events in the story.

I hope you enjoyed making it and talking about what the caterpillar ate each day.

Today I would like you to think about the different activities you do each day.

Here is today’s challenge…

With your grown up, talk about the different activities you do each day.

Create a caterpillar template like the example below and draw a picture or symbol of something you do for each day of the week.

Use your caterpillar to talk through the sequence of the activities you do. Remember to use good sentences when talking. Point to each day on your caterpillar and tell your family the event that you do.

Amazing work!

Well done everyone, you have completed some Marvellous Maths this week!

Remember, we love seeing your work so send your pictures to: nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk

I hope you have a great weekend!

Miss Heritage

Weekly Connected Curriculum Challenge: Celebrating Special Times

Date: 14th May 2020 @ 12:23pm

Celebrating Special Times

Hi Nursery!

This week for our Connected Curriculum learning, we are thinking about special times and celebrations that we share with our family. (Please refer back to the Connected Curriculum blog posted on Monday)

Your challenge is to plan and prepare a celebration for your favourite teddy / toy!

Yesterday we had a birthday party for one of my daughter’s teddy – Rosie!

We set out some party food and invited some of Rosie’s friends to have a little tea party.

We then danced to some music and played some party games!

We made Rosie a yummy chocolate birthday cake. We put candles on top and sang Happy Birthday to her!

After that we gave Rosie a birthday card that we had made too!

How old do you think Rosie is now? Can you count the candles on her cake and card and say her special number?

Have you planned and prepared a celebration for your teddy / toy’s birthday?

Think about…

How are you going to celebrate? What will you do?

Maybe you would like to have a party, or maybe you would like to make a birthday card or hat.

What do you need to do to prepare a party? Where is the party going to be? What food do you need? Maybe you could make some decorations or even bake a cake!

Think about how old your teddy/toy is going to be.

What special number do you know? How many candles do you need to put on your cake?

Can you draw a picture of a cake and put on the amount of candles for your special number?

Can you make a birthday card, hat or a badge to show your special number?

Remember we would love to see some pictures of you and your favourite teddy / toy celebrating too. Send them to nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk

Enjoy celebrating!

Miss Heritage

Wellbeing challenge 14.5.20

Date: 14th May 2020 @ 10:23am

Good morning everyone,

I've had a request to make the font on my blog a little easier to read so that some of the younger children can have a go at reading it themselves which is a fantastic idea, so hopefully this will be a bit easier to read!

I hope people enjoyed yesterdays challenge, I know that some people did the Jason Manford quiz at 1.30 so if anyone didn't get the chance to watch Friday the turtle or had any problems accessing the Facebook live video then here it is on YouTube today: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VvhZZq0UnJI

Today's challenge is one that will hopefully make you and others around you smile. I want you to tell someone a joke! In fact, I think you should try and make as many people laugh as possible! Laughing is very good for both your health and wellbeing and it's certainly one of my favourite things to do, especially if I'm feeling a bit sad.

If you don't know any jokes then have a look at these:

https://inews.co.uk/light-relief/jokes/jokes-kids-funny-497875

https://youtu.be/NMIjkqZFN9o

Here are some that I like!

What do elves learn in school?

The elf-abet.

Why didn’t the skeleton go to the dance?

He had no body to dance with.

Please e-mail me on EALhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk with your best jokes or any stories of making people laugh.

Mrs Glover

Past challenges

Thanks to everyone who has sent me pictures of them doing a few of the past challenges, here are a few of them!

Thursday 14th May: Phonics - Rhyme

Date: 14th May 2020 @ 6:31am

Good Morning!

This week we have been learning about rhyme. Why don't you listen and join in some of your favourite rhymes by clicking on the link below:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/curations/nursery-rhymes

I have really enjoyed looking at the rhyming story ‘Oi Frog’, I hope you have too!

Now today we are going to look another rhyming book called ‘Oi Cat’.

You can listen to ‘Oi cat’ by clicking on the link below. When you are listening to the story see is you can hear rhyming pairs of words. You may even be able to help make a rhyming string too!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C7G2CNKhDbA

Did you hear lots of rhyming words in the story? Did you help to make a rhyming string?

Fantastic!

For today’s challenge, you are going to create rhyming strings by playing a game called:

Cat in a hat: A list with a twist!

What you’ll need: paper, pen

What to do:

1. On a big sheet of paper, write the word cat. Then underneath write the rhyming sound all down the page (_at).
2. Adults: Ask your child to come up with as many rhyming words as they can. Quite simply, they have to add a letter to the beginning of the word. Don’t worry if it’s a real word or not!
3. Take turns to come up with silly sentences based on the rhymes. Can you make each other laugh?

Play the game again for:

Dog on a log: A list with a twist!

Repeat the game as above, making another list of words that rhyme with the word dog.

We would love to see your rhyming string so make sure you send pictures of your learning to: nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk

I hope you have fun creating your rhyming strings!

Have a great day!

Thursday 14th May - Maths

Date: 14th May 2020 @ 6:24am

Let’s get started today by singing the Days of the week!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtQcnZ2JWsY

Yesterday you listened to the story of the ‘Very Hungry Caterpillar’. If you missed it then take a look using the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NQK-Sm1YY

You then used pictures from the story to talk about the sequence of events, using language: first, then, next, after and finally.

Think about the events of the story. Can you remember the order of fruits and food the caterpillar ate? Use the picture cards below to help you.

Talk through the pictures with your grown up and tell them the sequence of what the caterpillar ate.

Today’s challenge is to make your own lift the flap Hungry Caterpillar so you can talk through the sequence of what the caterpillar ate. Take a look at the picture below for an idea of what you will be making!

Ask an adult to help you to prepare the caterpillar.

1. Fold a piece of paper and draw 8 circles, starting at the fold.
2. Cut out the circles (Remember not to cut along the fold, otherwise the flaps won’t lift!) You might like to colour and draw a face on the first circle (this can just be a flat circle – no flap needed!)
3. Next stick the circles on to a long strip of paper, or place them in order. Starting with the head, followed by all the other lift up circles.
4. Ask your grown up to write the days on the top of each flap, starting with Monday to Sunday.
5. Now use the picture cards below to see the order of what the caterpillar ate, starting with 1 apple.
6. Lift up the flap and under each day draw what the caterpillar ate. So under Monday you will need to draw 1 apple, under Tuesday 2 pears and so on.
7. You might like to add some colour to your caterpillar and foods.

AMAZING!

Once you have completed drawing the pictures and have coloured your caterpillar, use your caterpillar to tell your grown up the sequence of what he ate by lifting up each flap in turn.

I hope you enjoy creating your caterpillar. We would love to see your work so send your pictures to nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk

Have a great day!

Wellbeing challenge 13.5.20

Date: 13th May 2020 @ 10:40am

Good morning everyone,

I'm sorry I didn't post a wellbeing challenge yesterday but I was in school! I meant to do it the night before but then forgot and had an early night ready for school yesterday, oops! Sorry about that but I'm back today and have a choice of 2 for you to do to make up for it.

You've been very creative lately (please see the past challenges below!) so I'm giving you something a bit different today. One is i you would like to relax and one is if you would like to have a bit of fun.

The first challenge is to do Jason Manford's comedy kids quiz at 1.30pm today, available from the following YouTube link. If you can't do it at 1.30 then it will be up for a few days after. and if you want more then have a look on his YouTube channel for past quizzes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qhVLZjO7Tms

The second challenge is also at 1.30pm although I think you can watch it later if you're not free then! The National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth are doing Turtle Time! A live video of their Green Sea Turtle who is called Friday. I always find watching sea animals very relaxing so you could watch it, learn some facts about turtles and then have a go at drawing the turtle. Ths live video will be on facebook so you'll have to ask an adult to log in to their account if they have one. https://www.facebook.com/NationalMarineAquarium/live/

Please e-mail me to let me know how you did in the quiz or any facts or pictures you have of the turtle! EALhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk

Past Challenges

I've been blown away by the effort you've gone to with these challenges (people have even dressed up!) and every time I get emails with pictures of your challenges it really cheers me up so thank you! Here are some pictures I've received over the last couple of days, thanks to everyone who's sent me one!

Wednesday 13th May: Phonics - Rhyme

Date: 13th May 2020 @ 7:55am

On Monday we looked at the story ‘Oi Frog’ and you found pairs of rhyming words.

You can remind yourself of the story by clicking on the link below.

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

Today we are going to continue our work on rhyme and create some rhyming strings.

Your challenge today is to look at the pictures below (snake/cake, fox/box, rat/hat, dog/frog, frog/log, fleas/keys). Say the rhyming pair, then think of another word that rhymes to make a rhyming string. 

For example:

mole, pole, hole

mule, stool, pool

Can you draw pictures of your rhyming string? Send photos of your learning to: nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk

Have fun!

Wednesday 13th May:  Maths – ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’

Date: 13th May 2020 @ 7:47am

Good morning!

Let’s start our learning singing the days of the week song!

Click on the link below to join in the song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HtQcnZ2JWsY

For the rest of this week we are going to continue our work on sequencing familiar events.

To help us do this we are going to look at the book ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’.

You can listen to the story by clicking on the link below:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NQK-Sm1YY

After you have listened to the story, talk with your grown up about the sequence of events. What happened first, then, next, after, at the end?

Your challenge today is to look closely at the picture cards below. Can you describe each picture, then talk about the sequence of events from the story? What happens first, next, after, at the end? (Be careful, the pictures are muddled up!)

Make sure you are using good sentences to talk about the sequence and events.

Have a great day!

Weekly Reading Challenge

Date: 12th May 2020 @ 6:44am

Do you remember reading the book ‘Jaspers beanstalk’? That’s great if you do!

Your first challenge this week is to track the text in the story by pointing to the words.

You can do this by joining in when I read the story and point to the words with me. Remember when we read, we go from left to right and top to bottom.

Have you got your finger ready to track the text with me?
 

Fantastic! You can watch the story by clicking on the ‘show me’ link below.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE SHOW ME OF JASPER’S BEANSTALK

Did you join in with the story? Did you point to the words with me and track the text from left to right and top to bottom? Well done!

When we looked at this book the other week, we discussed the events of the story and you talked about what might happen at the end when Jasper climbed up the beanstalk.

This week we are going to focus on the sequence of ‘how to plant a bean/seed’.

To talk about the sequence, we need to say the order of what we need to do.

I am going to plant some seeds in my garden (with a little help from my big girl!).

Click on the video below to watch ‘how to plant a seed’.

For your next challenge - It would be great if you could plant your own seeds / bulbs / plants / flowers or vegetables at home and tell your grown up the sequence of how to plant.

Explain what you are going to do by using the words: first, next, after and finally.

Don’t worry if you haven’t got any beans / bulbs / plants at home, you could try planting pepper seeds or apple pips instead!

You could also have a go at drawing the sequence of ‘how to plant’ too.

Make sure you send in photos or videos of your learning to:

nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk

Have a great day!

Tuesday 12th May - Maths

Date: 12th May 2020 @ 6:38am

Yesterday we were ‘Speaking Superheroes’. We used lots of super vocabulary to describe the shapes of objects that we found around our homes and outside too.

Whilst I was in the garden, I noticed lots of lovely shapes on petals and plants.

Will you help me use our ‘Superhero’ words to describe their different shapes?

CLICK HERE TO WATCH TODAY'S SHOW ME CLIP

Show me – tracing shapes using vocabulary from yesterday

Today’s challenge is to trace around the different shapes you have found. You could use your finger to do this or you could draw the shape you can see.

Use your ‘Speaking Superhero’ skills to talk about and describe the different shapes.

Is it tall, long, wide, short, small, straight, curved, round, pointy?

Can you think of any other words to describe the shaped objects you have traced around?

Don’t forget to send your pictures of your learning to nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk

Tuesday 12th May – Rhyming strings

Date: 12th May 2020 @ 6:20am

I hoped you enjoyed yesterday’s rhyming book ‘Oi Frog’. Did you find lots of rhyming pairs in the story?

Now today we are going to use some of these words to make a rhyming string.

At nursery we have baskets of rhyming objects. Hopefully you will remember these items from the baskets.

Challenge: Can you name each object below to make a rhyming string? What end sound do the words have? Can you think of some more words to continue the rhyming string further? (You can make some words up too!)

'at' words

'og' words

We play a game at nursery called ‘beat it’ – We pass the objects around the circle and take turns to say the name of the item being held.

Can you teach this game to your family? Don’t worry if you haven’t got all of the objects - you could help your grown up draw pictures of the rhyming words, then place them in a circle and name each item as you point to each picture. Try to keep in time with the beat of the music and have a little dance too!

Rhyming strings: ‘og’ words: dog, frog, log / ‘at’ words: cat, hat, bat, rat, mat

Click on the link below for ‘beat it’ music

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOn-HdEg6AQ

I hope you enjoy playing our ‘beat it’ game with your family.

Have fun!

Wellbeing challenge 11.5.20

Date: 11th May 2020 @ 10:38am

Good morning everyone,

I hope everyone has had a lovely weekend! I spent a lot of time in the sun, in fact possibly a bit too much time! I also had some delicious food and lovely video chats with some of my friends.

Thanks again for all your wellebing challenge e-mails. It really cheers me up whenever I get one and see what you've all been up to!

Today's wellbeing challenge is actually Miss Bryce's idea so thanks Miss Bryce! It's a creative one and is to design your own superhero.

Who would they be?

What would they do?

What would they wear?

Have a think about what is important to you and then either draw, make or write about your superhero.

See the attached picture file for all the details and how it relates to Banksy.

Remember to e-mail EALhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk to show me pictures of your superheroes!

Past challenges

Some fantastic origami by all the pupils who gave it a go, well done!

Weekly Vocabulary Challenge – The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Date: 11th May 2020 @ 8:07am

This week we are looking at one of my favourite stories. It is about a caterpillar who ‘pops’ out of a tiny egg, he then eats lots of food and builds himself a cocoon. At the end of the story the caterpillar turns into a beautiful butterfly!

Can you guess which story it is? That’s right, it’s ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’.

We will also be using this book in our Maths learning later in the week too.

Click on the link to watch Miss Heritage talk about the fruits and read and the story ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’.

In the story the caterpillar eats lots of different fruit and foods.

Can you talk about the different types of fruit in the story and use words to describe what they are like?

Use the Superhero Speaking Cape Symbols from class to help you (see photo below)

Pause the video: Can you use shape words to describe the different fruits and food the caterpillar ate? 

Shape Vocabulary: describe the shapes – round, curved, tall, pointy, wide, short

Pause the video: Can you use texture words to describe the pictures? 

Texture Vocabulary – soft, smooth, bumpy, silky, rough, shiny

Challenge:  Your challenge this week, is to use our ‘Speaking Superhero’ vocabulary to look at and explore different fruits. (You may have some different fruits from the story at home, that’s fine too!)

Have a look at the fruits you have, name them, talk about how it looks and feels, then use words to describe what they are like.

Look carefully, you may be able to use different words to describe the fruit when it has its peel on and off e.g. a banana.

Does your fruit have pips, or seeds or a stone? Or does it have spikey leaves like a pineapple? Can you describe what it is like on the outside and compare how it is different to the inside?

You could be creative with your fruits. Maybe you could use your fruit to make a fruit salad or fruit kababs or even try creating a very hungry caterpillar! Have a look at the pictures below for some ideas!

Have fun and make sure you send in photos or videos of your learning to:

nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk

Weekly Connected Curriculum Challenge: Celebrating Special Times

Date: 11th May 2020 @ 7:46am

This week we are going to be thinking about special times that we share with our family and think about celebrations!

What special times do you celebrate with your family? Have a think and tell your adult.

A special time we enjoy celebrating is our birthday!

Click on the link below to listen to the story of ‘Kipper’s Birthday’.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mm1BXicbFeU

In the story Kipper prepared a birthday party.

This week we are going to pretend it is your favourite teddy / toy's birthday and celebrate!

Your challenge this week is to think about the following so you can plan and prepare for your teddy / toy’s birthday:

How are you going to celebrate? What will you do?

Maybe you would like to have a party, or maybe you would like to make a birthday card or hat.

What do you need to do to prepare a party? Where is the party going to be? What food do you need? Maybe you could make some decorations or even bake a cake!

Think about how old your teddy/toy is going to be.

What special number do you know? How many candles do you need to put on your cake?

Can you draw a picture of a cake and put on the amount of candles for your special number?

Can you make a birthday card, hat or a badge to show your special number?

Amazing!

I can’t wait to have a party for my teddy! I going to start planning it now and later in the week I will post some pictures of my teddy bears birthday party!

We would love to see some pictures of you and your favourite teddy / toy celebrating too. Remember to send them to nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk

Monday 11th May – Maths: Describing shapes

Date: 11th May 2020 @ 7:32am

Last week you completed lots of fabulous shape work with Mrs Ganner.

We are going to start this week by continuing your super work by talking about and using lots of words to describe the shapes of objects and use vocabulary to describe them.

Now I have been on a shape hunt in my garden. Take a look at the video (describing shapes below) and see if you can join in and use ‘Speaking Superhero words’ to help me describe the shapes I find.

Today’s challenge is to use super words to describe the shapes of objects. Have a look around your house or go outside and see what shapes you can find.

Use your ‘speaking superhero words’ to talk to your grown up and describe the different shapes you see.

Shape vocabulary: wide / narrow / long / thin / round / curved / straight / short / tall

You can also use the ‘Speaking Superhero’ cape symbols from class to help you (see below)

Have fun!

Monday 11th May – Oi Frog

Date: 11th May 2020 @ 7:16am

This week we are going to continue learning about rhyme.

Remember rhyming words sound the same at the end.

I have a great story for you to listen to today. It is called ‘Oi Frog’.

Have your listening ears ready, so you can find the pairs of words that rhyme.

Click on the link below to watch and listen to the story ‘Oi Frog’.

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

I hope you enjoyed the story and heard lots of rhyming words.

Did you hear and say and the pairs of words that rhymed? You can watch and join in with the story again if you choose to do so!

Today’s challenge is to look carefully at the pictures from the story below. Use the pictures tell your grown up the pairs of words that rhyme.

For example, in this picture the rhyming pair is dog and frog.

Can you draw a picture of your favourite rhyming pair?

We love seeing your work, so don’t forget to send a picture to: nurseryhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk

Have a great day!

HOME LEARNING CELEBRATION!

Date: 7th May 2020 @ 1:32pm

We have had a phenomenal response to home learning this week! I am so happy to have received so many photos from you all. 

🌟 We are so proud of our Outstanding Home Learners🌟

Remember, Miss Heritage is looking forward to doing the blog next week so if you didn't manage to send your photos in this week, don't worry, she'll put them up next Friday for you.

Have a fabulous bank holiday weekend!

Stay home, stay safe and we'll see you back here on Monday.

From Mrs Ganner

BONUS BANK HOLIDAY CBeebies Reading Challenge

Date: 7th May 2020 @ 1:14pm

CBeebies Reading Challenge 

Olly Murs reads ‘Toad has Talent’ for the last of our bedtime stories this week.

It’s about a Toad who thinks he hasn’t got any talent and he’s nervous of entering the talent contest. Just like last night’s story there are lots of action words, ‘wiggled, jiggled, bend, twist, cartwheeled, slipped. 

What talents do you have? What would you do?

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN TO OLLY MURS READ THE STORY

Choose your own bedtime story over the weekend. Will you reread one of the ones we read this week or will you choose a new one?  Head over to CBEEBIES to choose one of your own

Night night sleep tight

From Mrs Ganner

BONUS BANK HOLIDAY Maths Daily Challenge

Date: 7th May 2020 @ 1:08pm

Maths Daily Challenge  

Our last challenge of the week is my favourite one. You’re going to create an amazing piece of art!

Straight Shapes Shape Challenge

Look at the photos attached to this blog. What shapes can you see? All of the shapes are straight sided shapes. Can you name them?

You could use chalks or paint or felt tips to make your own straight shapes picture - make the straight lines with a ruler or masking tape like the one in the photos.

Next week Miss Heritage is going to set lots more fun challenges.

Have a lovely weekend

From Mrs Ganner

BONUS BANK HOLIDAY Phonics Daily Challenge

Date: 7th May 2020 @ 1:04pm

Phonics Daily Challenge 

If you didn't make a sound monster, look at my video of how to make one:

WATCH ME MAKE A SOUND MONSTER HERE

Sound Monster Challenge  - p,i,n

Complete your phonics challenges for this week by finding groups of objects beginning with ‘p’ or ‘i’ or ’n’ and then practice writing the letters.

WATCH ME PRACTICE MY HANDWRITING HERE

Have an amazing weekend and Miss Heritage will be back next week with more fabulous phonics challenges. Have you mastered isolating initial sounds and writing them to label objects yet? If not, it’s O.K. you just need to keep practicing at home with your family.

Mrs Ganner

Wellbeing challenge number 19

Date: 7th May 2020 @ 10:28am

Good morning,

Yet another lovely sunny day! I'm looking forward to getting out in the sun later although I actually got a little bit sunburnt yesterday! Remeber that suncream!

Today's challenge is a creative one, I'd like you to try a bit of origami. Origami is the art of folding paper and while it can be a bit tricky, it's also quite a nice relaxing activity once you know what you're doing and you end up with something that looks amazing. You could even make a few things and use them to decorate your house!

What you need for all origami is a square of paper, either plain or patterned. If youre not sure how to turn a piece of paper into a square then have a look here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPxi1dIWRws

Then you could take some time to decorate your paper if you like before you fold it.

Then this is a fairly simple one to get started, a butterfly https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWjEYlMZnhE

Just follow each instruction carefully and the good thing about watching a video is that you can rewind it as much as you like! If you're not a fan of butterflies then feel free to have a look for something else on the Red Ted Art channel.

Here's my butterfly that I've just made. It's not perfect but it's the first time I've ever done it so I was quite impressed with myself!

As always I'd love to see pictures of what you've made or of any past challenges, e-mail EALhomelearning@ravensbury.manchester.sch.uk to send them or even just to let me know what kind of challenges you prefer so I can make sure I'm doing ones that people like :-)

Past challenges

Thanks to all the children who have sent me pictures, you've all been very busy which is great to see!