Grayling 4

Good morning, Grayling 1! Just a reminder that next week live sessions for Maths and Literacy will start! They will be at 9am each morning. We had also planned to include a story time at 12.15 but have now decided to include stories in some of our catch up meetings. So here is the plan for next week – we’ll also pop it on the blog on Monday to remind you. Then scroll down for today’s activities!

Maths

Today we would like you to work in your red book for maths and practise some of the addition and subtraction skills you have been learning this week.

Please work out all of these calculations by counting on or counting back. You could use objects, a number line or your fingers to help you. Some are correct but some are not!

You could print them out cut up and stick into the table or you could write them in the correct place in the table.

Draw this table into your book.

True	False

Now either cut and stick or write these calculations into the correct place. Don’t forget to check whether you are adding or taking away. Is the answer true or false?

7+7=20	14-3=11	13+6=19
16+5=21	10+3=14	11+4=15
9-7=2	13-3=8	10+2=12
9+2=13	19+5=21	10-4=3

• Challenge yourself to write some of your own calculations and put them in the correct place on your table.
• If this is a bit tricky just choose some of the easier calculations for your child to work out, or create your own tailored to your child’s ability. You could tell your child they are the teacher and need to mark your work to see if you have the correct answers!

Phonics

If you can’t join in with our live session at 11 then please watch Lesson 10 of the Year 1 Spring Term lessons where you will recap the graphemes we have learned this week – y (igh), ow, (oa), ie (ee), and aw (or).

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw

We will also be recapping some Common Exception words from last term (was, of, said, do, to, you) and learning to spell some words from our next set: no, go, so, my, by

Harmony

This week we are going to look at a famous collage created by Matisse. 

Can you spot it in this video clip?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1W4fdGyS98

This piece of art is huge, but it was inspired by a very small creature… can you guess what it might be?

It is called ‘The Snail’ (or ‘L’escargot’ in French). Can you spot the snail’s shell?

If you start on the green shape in the middle of the collage then go up you can trace the spiral that the shapes make. See if you can tell someone at home the order of the colours in the spiral. Matisse knew that putting some colours together would make them look really vibrant – for example putting red next to green or orange next to blue makes each colour ‘pop’ and look even brighter!

Can you make a snail collage with a spiral shell? You might want to try and copy the shapes and colours that Matisse used, or you could create your own unique version. If you don’t have any coloured paper or card you could draw and colour or paint your shapes before cutting them out. We can’t wait to see your creations!

You might also like to watch this video clip about a snail that goes searching for his portrait!

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

Have a wonderful weekend, everyone – stay safe and we look forward to seeing you all next week!