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We are a Year 1 class and we have two members of staff: Mrs Deeming is the class teacher and Mrs Smith is the learning support assistant.
We hope you enjoy looking at what we have been learning about in class and out and about. We always have lots of fun! 
Good morning!
Below you will find Home Learning for the coming week if you have chosen not to to return to school just yet.
Remember to keep sending us photos of your work or activities to share with the class. You can e-mail to:
alison.deeming@racemedow.org
Home learning week beginning 13th July 2020:
Maths:
This week we are focussing on telling the time to the hour and half past. It would help if you could look at an analogue clock and be even better if you could move the hands around yourself to change the time.
As always, remember to watch the video to go with each lesson before attempting the activities and pause it at appropriate places. If you are unable to print off the sheets at home, you can just write the answers in your own way into your home learning book. Work hard and have fun! 
Reading for home learning week beginning 13th July.
Writing - Wendy, Michael and John had lots of fun when Peter Pan showed them how to fly! What would you do if you could fly? Think about what you could see, where you would go and who you would go with? What might your wonderful thought be?
Science - This week we would like you to have some fun with shadows!
Ava has shared photos of her home learning this week. Her mum said that she had lots of fun.
Home learning week beginning 6th July 2020:
Maths:
This week we are focussing on finding half and quarter of objects and amounts. You will need some objects to count and split into groups for example: beads, pasta or sweets. It would also be nice if you had a cake/s or pizza so you can cut them into halves or quarters!
As always, remember to watch the video to go with each lesson before attempting the activities and pause it at appropriate places. If you are unable to print off the sheets at home, you can just write the answers in your own way into your home learning book. Work hard and have fun! 
Reading - week beginning 6th July. Green/Blue is easier. Red/Orange/Yellow is harder and comes with the answers so please don't cheat. Have fun!
Writing - This week we would like you to think about Neverland. What would you have in a land where no-one grows up? Draw a picture of your map and write sentences about what you would have in it. We look forward to seeing them!
Ava has sent us some brilliant photos of her home learning this week. Thank you Ava.
Home learning week beginning 29th June 2020:
Maths:
This week we are focussing on ordering numbers and money. You will be learning to recognise the different coins and notes that we use in the United Kingdom and how much they are worth. It would be helpful if you could see real money as well as looking at the pictures.
As always, remember to watch the video to go with each lesson before attempting the activities and pause it at appropriate places. If you are unable to print off the sheets at home, you can just write the answers in your own way into your home learning book. Work hard and have fun!
Reading week beginning 29.6.20.
Writing - hopefully you have managed to watch Peter Pan so you will be able to write about some of the characters. You don`t have to print this sheet,, you can write in your yellow books. Remember capital letters, finger spaces and full stops ;0)
Art DT - this week have a go at creating a headdress like Tiger Lily`s dad, a teepee or a prayer stick! We look forward to seeing the pictures you send us!
Ben has been very busy with his home learning and has managed a family walk too. Excellent work Ben. Thank you for sharing the photos.
Home learning for week beginning 22.6.20. There are 5 reading activities - blue/green are easier red/orange/yellow are more challenging.
Writing home learning. Week beginning 22.6.20.
Maths:
This week we are focussing on numbers to 100 – counting, partitioning into 10s and 1s and comparing numbers. As always, remember to watch the video to go with each lesson before attempting the activities and pause it at appropriate places. If you are unable to print off the sheets at home, you can just write the answers in your own way into your home learning book. Work hard and have fun! 
This week's school challenge is a basketball one. Have fun.
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Reading for week beginning 15.6.20, there are 4 sessions for Green /Blue (easier) and 4 sessions for Red/Orange/Yellow (harder).
Maths:
This week we are focussing on making arrays, doubles, grouping and sharing. It would be useful if you had something for the children to work with instead of cubes for example coins, buttons, pasta, beads or even sweets! As always, remember to watch the video to go with each lesson before attempting the activities. If you are unable to print off the sheets at home, you can just write the answers in your own way into your home learning book. Work hard and have fun!
Ben's been busy inside and outside this week. Thanks for the update Ben. We love to see all of your photos.
Sophie's Mum sent this photo to us. She said, "Sophie is looking forward to coming back to school next week. Yesterday we took part in another Home Concert Club on zoom. This time with a musician called Francesca Ter Berg who plays the Cello. She specialises in folk music and has an interest in Klezmer. Here is a photo of our zoom screen. Sophie has done some written work about the session in her book." Well done Sophie.
Sophie has been learning Dance Monkey moves. Good job Sophie. We're glad that you're enjoying the dances.
Home learning week beginning 8th June 2020:
Maths:
This week we are focussing on counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. These skills are very important when working towards learning times tables which the children will do in Year 2, so lots of practise and reinforcement are important. As always, remember to watch the video to go with each lesson before attempting the activities. If you are unable to print off the sheets at home, you can just write the answers in your own way into your home learning book. Work hard and have fun!
Writing - this week we would like you all to keep a diary. Look at the document to find out how to do it ;0)
Reading for week beginning 8th June - choose either Green/Blue (easier) or Red/Orange/Yellow (harder).
Monday 1st June 2020
Good morning! We do hope you have had a wonderful Half Term and managed to keep busy in the glorious sunshine.
Below you will find Home Learning for the coming week.
Remember to keep sending us photos of your work or activities to share with the class. You can e-mail to:
alison.deeming@racemedow.org
Ben has had a busy week. In addition to his home learning he has been playing on sumdog and doing extra adding and subtraction activities. Thank you for sharing your photos.
Declan has been busy with his writing about his experiences during lockdown. Super job Declan. Thank you for the photos.
Sophie and her sister have been trying out Nikki's dances and Sophie has been taking part in her dance lessons at home too. Thank you for the photos Sophie.
How did you spend your half-term? Harley and Lilly went camping with their Daddy.Thank you for sharing your photos.
Home Learning week beginning 1st June 2020:
This weeks sporting competition focuses on tennis. We hope that you enjoy taking part. Good luck!
Reading and writing for week beginning 1st June 2020
Maths: This week's Maths is reinforcement of Mass and Capacity which your children have been introduced to earlier in the year. Remember to watch each separate video link before completing each lesson in order. Most of all, have fun and please send us some photos of your work so we can share them with the rest of the class! Don't get too wet!! 
Week beginning 18th May 2020
Ben has been doing lots of maths home learning. Check out these lovely photos. Thanks Ben.
Sophie has sent us a video from home. Her Mum said, "Today we joined another zoom concert, which featured a flute player, who played film music using different types of flutes from all over the world. It was very interesting. Please see photos. Sophie has written about it in her book and has also made an instrument of her own from a milk bottle." Thank you Sophie.
How is your home learning going this week? Ben has been doing lots of creative work and science experiments as well as completing his maths work. Well done Ben.
Maths: Here are your Maths activities for the week. Remember to complete them at your own level and to watch each lesson video first, pausing it and answering the questions before you carry on. Each Maths activity starts at a more basic level and gets more tricky as you work your way through! Do your best.
Topic work
Reading/Art -Hand-Print Flying Superhero If you are unable to print this to mix-up and sequence, don`t worry! Just read the instructions with your child then follow the instructions to create your own handprint flying superhero!
Writing instructions - * = blue group, ** = green and yellow groups, *** = orange and red groups
Superhero Science experiments! Please take photos and send them to me - I would love to see how they work! ;0)
We have new sporting challenges for you this week. Can you take part and win a prize?
Monday 18th May - Harley and Lilly have been busy with their maths work. Super colouring both of you. Well done.
Sophie has been drawing her Shopkins by copying them. DIdn't she do a great job?
Ava sent us photos of what she has been doing at home. She found a great place to read a book. Where is your favourite place to read?
Ben has been doing all of his home learning, practising number bonds, exercising and taking part in the athletics challenge. Check out his videos and photos. Fantastic job Ben. We're so proud of you.
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Sophie has been working on the athletic challenge we set. Sophie's Mum said, "We have completed the athletics challenge this week, luckily the weather was nice and warm. Also we have been trying to get our head around quarters so Sophie has been practicing using pasta to share between 4 dolls. This seemed to work well." Thank you for sharing the photos Sophie.
Sophie celebrated VE. Her Mum told us, "We had a lovely day on Friday. We had a garden party, we did some chalking and we sang to We’ll Meet Again too. We had a tray bake cake to share with the street, and Sophie loved asking everyone who walked past to help themselves."
Deus has been extremely busy with his home learning. I love the picture of the Gruffalo Deus in particular. Thank you for sharing all of your brilliant photos.
Welcome to Home Learning
Good morning. We hope that you had a lovely time celebrating VE Day on Friday and had a great weekend. This week's home learning includes some more map work. Don't forget to log on to Sumdog and Charanga and play the games/learn the music there. We can see how often people are logging on and who is scoring the most. Keep sending us photos and videos of what you are doing so we can share them with your classmates. Have fun!
This week you can take part in a special athletics competition - click on the link for details.
Harley and Lilly have been having a go at the athletics. Lilly has changed her name to Freddo the frog according to her Mum!
Maths
This week, we are adding and subtracting. Please follow the video link for each lesson and watch it, before completing each activity. remember to pause the video whenever you need to and complete the answers. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to email me.
Have fun and remember to start where you are most comfortable as each day's activities get more challenging as you work through them.
Topic work
Writing
Once you have completed your labelled design. Write a story about what you get up to as a superhero ;0)
Use the questions above to help you and think of what your Superhero name will be.
Remember:
• use capital letters and full stops
• use `and` to join your ideas
• use adjectives to describe your costume
• use your BEST handwriting!
We can`t wait to read them! 
THEN…… Create a maze for your superhero using lego, or draw a maze on the playground, in chalk, for a partner to follow – give them directions using NSEW, turns, left, right, etc. HAVE FUN!!
Reading
Harley and Lilly have been busy this weekend. Their Mum said. "We've all enjoyed learning about VE day, crafting and celebrations. It was our Nans/Grandmas birthday today, 1st with out her and not been able to do her ashes. But went to put flowers on Grandpas grave for her where she will go, Harley wanted to pay his respect to the Atherstonian soldiers and put flags on his grave." Thank you for the photos.
Ben and his family celebrated VE day with a party. Thanks for sharing your photos Ben.
Ben has also been working hard on his phonics by segmenting the sounds in words.
Ben has been busy with his VE day home learning. Fantastic work Ben. Thank you for sharing your lovely photos. I hope everybody has a great time celebrating tomorrow.
Sophie has shared her brilliant writing about VE day.Sophie's Mum said, "We called her great Nanny Rose to ask her about VE Day in 1945. Nanny Rose was 8 years old. She told Sophie about what she remembers of the day and Sophie has written about this in her yellow book. Here is a picture of Sophie’s writing. Sophie said that if Nanny’s house had got bombed she doesn’t know where she would have gone to. Our plans today are to decorate our garden ready for tomorrow’s party. We have made bunting and posters and the airplanes you put on the website. We hope you enjoyed Sophies radio broadcast we sent you the other day." Thank you for sharing this with us Sophie.
Leo has been researching his family history and medals. His mum said "This week we've been looking into our family history and learning about VE day. Leo has seen photographs of his Great Grandad Ealings military medal, which he earned for his bravery in WW2. The story of his bravery was in a book. We also looked at photos of Leo's Great Grandad Purkiss' national service medal and Great Great Grandad Purkiss' WW1 medals. My cousin is in the royal engineers so he sent us photos of his medals from his Afghanistan tours and his queens jubilee medal. Leo loved looking at the medals and it inspired him with his own VE day medal design. He also loved seeing photographs of family members when they were in their military uniform. It has definitely kept him interested this week." Thank you for sharing all of this with us Leo.
Declan is ready for a V.E. celebration on Friday. Thank you for the photos Declan. I hope you have a lovely party with your family.
Thank you for sharing your photos Oliver. What a lot of things you've been doing. Oliver is growing lots of vegetables and flowers and is excited to see his sunflowers grow. He has been practising months/seasons and learning to tell the time, playing shops to understand money and doing lots of crafts.
Well done Ben for reading over 200 times! Good job.
This week's topic/writing home learning.
Reading comprehension - complete your group`s activity - if you find it too easy, do the next group above`s task! ;0)
Design and writing task.
Look at the pictures of the medals above.
Your task is to design a medal for British Soldiers who served in the Second World War.
Your medal can be any size or shape.
Think about the ribbon AND the metal part.
You must include:
- The years of the war (1939-1945)
- The colours of the Allies
- A symbol to show the fighting and victory (winning)
- Air, sea and land (the areas the war was fought)
Write about what you have decided to do and why, in your yellow book.
Maths:
The Maths follows the same pattern as weeks one and two. There are four lessons which you can follow by clicking on the video links (one for each lesson) and join in with by pausing and answering each question when reminded. Once you have watched the daily video, have a go at the activity to go with the lesson. If you don't have a printer at home, please don't worry, you can draw the pictures into your book and write the number sentences to go with them. Remember, each daily activity starts easier and gets more challenging towards the end so start and stop at the place you feel most comfortable, but have a go!! 
Maths activities and video links:
Monday 27th April
Good morning. I hope that you had a good weekend and made the most of the lovely weather. Below you will find details for this week's home learning. Don't forget you can also log on to Charanga for music activities and Sumdog for reading and maths games. If you did not receive your log ons by Marvellous Me for these two sites just e-mail me. You can also send me photos or videos of things you have been doing at home so that I can share them with your friends. Mrs Smith and I are missing seeing you all but hope that you are keeping safe at home.
Mrs Deeming & Mrs Smith x
Friday 1st May. Ava has also been busy making these great superhero wristbands. She also gave her mum a spa day by doing her nails for her. I love the colour Ava. Thank you for sharing your pictures.
Sophie has been very busy making her superhero cuffs and even helped her little sister make some too. She also took part in a Home Concert Club and listened to a violinist playing. Thank you for sharing your photos Sophie.
Harley and Lily had a very disruptive pupil during their lessons today!
Declan has been working hard on sumdog. Have you all logged on yet? Who can score the highest? Let me know how you are doing. Thank you Declan.
Ben has completing his home learning activities and shared these photos with us. Wow! You have been busy Ben. I love the wristbands you made. They're so cool. Good job. Thank you for sharing your work.
Tuesday 28th April - Lilly and Harley have been going on long walks whilst the weather is nice. Did you spot any bluebells?
Tuesday 28th April. Lilly and Harley had an Easter egg hunt over the Easter weekend. It looks like you both managed to find lots of eggs. Thank you for sharing your lovely photos. I wish the weather was still that sunny.
Home Learning for week beginning 27th April Topic Work/Reading/Writing
Reading - It was The Queen`s birthday last week so your reading this week is all about The Queen ;0)
Writing/Phonics - this week your tasks are focusing on common exception words you find tricky ;0)
Art/DT - last week you read a story about Ayesha the Superhero Princess; I hope you enjoyed it! This week, can you follow the instructions to make a pair of superhero cuffs? It would be great if you took photos of them and sent them to me so I can see how brilliant they are!
Maths video and lessons
Maths Answers
Ben shared photos of his brilliant writing. As a treat for doing his work he chose to have a disco in his room. Great moves Ben. Thank you for sharing.
Monday 20th April
Welcome back everyone; we hope you’ve had a lovely Easter holiday and have managed to stay safe and have lots of fun. :-)
Below you will find your new home learning for this week:
Maths: There are 4 Maths activities for your child to do over the week which we would like them to complete into their home learning exercise book. If you can’t print the activities, your child can copy and complete the sentences into their book. They could even draw the pictures that go with each question. Each day’s activity is designed for all children to have a go at. They start off at an easier level and gradually get more challenging towards the end. If your child finds the later parts too difficult then stop at the appropriate point. On the contrary, if your child finds the earlier parts too easy, start a bit further in and work to the end. Work at the level that they feel most comfortable and complete the whole lot if they are really keen! 😊
There are video tutorials to accompany each lesson which are great and very easy to follow. I have added the link below for you. Just click on the link and then play the correct video for each lesson. If you have any problems, do not hesitate to email me.
Happy learning, Mrs Deeming.
Maths activities W.B: 20.04.20
Art Activity: What colour is your leaf?
Print out the art activity or complete it in your own way into your exercise book. Be as creative as you like. :-)
English tasks
Look for your colour group and complete a mat each day. The answers are there too but no cheating! 
As with the maths, you can either print each sheet or complete the tasks in your books, each day. Have fun!
Blue group tasks
yellow and green group tasks
red and orange group tasks
Reading and writing tasks
Riley-James has been completing his home learning tasks. Wonderful writing Riley-James. Well done.
Declan has shared the photos of some of the things he has been doing at home. He has welcomed some new fish into his garden and then he was busy baking. Those cakes look very yummy Declan. Thank you.
Ben has shared some of his home learning with us. Wow! what a lot of work you've been doing Ben. Thank you for sharing your photos with us.
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Ben has been working on his passport targets of counting in 2's and 10's. Well done Ben.
Ava has sent us photos of her home learning. It looks as if you are having lots of fun Ava.
Thank you for sharing your home learning with us. Sophie has been busy baking. I love her face when she tastes her own cooking!
Deus has been learning about tadpoles or "baby frogs". Thank you for sharing your learning Deus.
During the Easter Holidays I would like you to have a rest and spend some time with your families. I know lots of you have been working really hard and I have loved seeing your photos and videos that you've sent in. I have attached a link below that has some nice Easter themed activities that you might like to do. Remember to stay safe at home.
Take care
Love Mrs Deeming x
Link to Easter Activities - https://otmomma.com/easter-activities-kids/
Remember you can e-mail me with your news, pictures and videos which we will share with your classmates. My e-mail address is alison.deeming@racemeadow.org
Sophie has been trying out a different experiment. Thank you Sophie.
Laylen has sent us some photos of his home learning. Thank you for sharing them Laylen.
Answers for Friday 3rd April.
Home Learning for Friday 3rd April. Have fun!
Answers for Thursday's home learning. Did you get them all right?
Riley-James has sent us some more photos of his learning at home. What lovely neat writing Riley-James and great finger spaces. Thank you for sharing your work.
Home Learning for Thursday 2nd April
Answers for Wednesday's home learning
Ben has been very busy at home and has completed nearly all of his activities. Well done Ben and well done Mum and Dad.
Ava has been experimenting using her sense of smell. I think eating the chocolate would have been my favourite part too.Thank you for the photos Ava. x
Riley-James has been busy with his home learning. Thanks for sharing your photos.
Home Learning for Wednesday 1st April
Tuesday's Answers - how well did you do?
Ava has also been achieving her maths passport by learning number bonds to 10. Brilliant work Ava. Here's the proof
Ava sent these photos of her home learning. Excellent work Ava. Well done.
Home Learning for Tuesday 31st March
Answers for Monday 31st March
Sophie has had fun conducting a "smell" experiment. I love the expressions on your face Sophie. Thank you for sharing.
Ben has shared this message for his friends. Thank you Ben.
Ben has been busy using charanga and getting creative. Well done Ben.
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Home Learning Monday 31st March
Hi all - hope you are staying safe. I've "borrowed" these ideas from Mrs Ballinger. Keep checking back for extra ideas and keep sending me your photos and videos . I'm missing seeing your smiley faces. Hope to see you soon.
Mrs Deeming x
Try some of these activities:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCYnmH2_NwwPzEoA-iJPxNgQ
Youtube video with Anthony James showing you how to create a dinosaur with junk modelling.
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
Choose any story to listen to for free! 😊
https://www.thebodycoach.com/blog/pe-with-joe-1254.html
Join in with Jo everyday at 9am for a PE session!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-collection/zr4ky9q
Maths, English and topic videos to dance to.
This allows you access to any learning resources or games you might like.
http://www.sciencefun.org/kidszone/experiments/
A variety of experiments you can carry out!
Wednesday 26th March
Good Morning everyone!
We would have been learning about Peculiar Pets in school right now. I know you are all learning about them in your packs but if you look at the Edinburgh Zoo web page they have lots of live web cams, where you can see what the animals are up to in real time. I have just been watching the penguins playing!
Let me know what you see and choose an animal to find out more about. Are they a carnivore, herbivore or omnivore? Are they nocturnal? Are they a mammal? What is their diet? Draw or make your animal too!
Have fun!
Sophie has also been busy doing PE and learning about plants. Well done Sophie. Thank you for sharing your photos.
Ben has shared more of his home learning with us. He's been busy learning rhymes and working out with Joe Wicks. Fantastic work Ben. Thanks for sharing your hard work with us.
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Lovely idea - the challenge is to read a book in a different place everyday - even upside down!
More home learning, Good job.
Thank you for all of your home learning photos.Great work on time.
Don't forget you can e-mail videos too. Super reading!
Look who has has been busy with his home learning pack. Thanks for the photos.
The twins have been practising their maths skills by playing top trumps. Thanks for sharing this idea.
Spread the happiness have posted these ideas. How many can you do?
As part of our Superhero topic we have had some real life superheroes in school.
Visit by the Dentist
Firstly, we were taught how to look after our teeth with a visit from the dentist.
Visit by the Paramedic
Then we had a visit from a paramedic (and a Dad). Mr Jackman showed us around an ambulance which had a special lift for poorly people to get in and out more easily.
Mr Jackman showed us some of his equipment and what he uses it for. His backpacks are extremely heavy.
Visit by the Guide Dog
Laura came to school with Hester her guide dog. We tried on different pairs of glasses which showed us what it would be like if our vision was impaired. Laura showed us how Hester guided her around obstacles and taught us that you should not distract a guide dog when they are working and wearing their harness.
Visit by the Firefighters
The firefighters taught us to drop and roll on the floor if our clothes catch fire. We practiced crawling under the smoke so that we could get out of a room quickly in the event of a fire.
We dressed up in the firefighter's uniform which was very heavy and rather smelly.
Visit by the Police
We had a visit by two police officers from Warwickshire Police. They taught us that the police force is there to help us as well as arresting bad people. We looked at PC Ford's uniform and listened to a message on his radio. He showed us his baton, spray and pocket book. Then he used his handcuffs to take some children prisoner.
We also looked around a police van and tried on police uniform.
