Infants

Each class teacher can be contacted on their class email for additional information or via DB Primary

Miss Hipgrave class3@speenhamland.newburyacademytrust.org

Miss Buckell class4@speenhamland.newburyacademytrust.org

Miss Greenwood class5@speenhamland.newburyacademytrust.org

Term Topic Overview

Towers and Turrets

Infants

Spring Term

Image result for donnington castle

English:

We will be developing our knowledge of fairy tales by reading Rapunzel and comparing this to the film adaptation Tangled. We will also study modern adaptations of Rapunzel in Guided Reading.

We will be writing:

Character descriptions
Setting descriptions

· Re-telling a known fairy tale

· Adapting a known fairy tale

We will also be studying non-fiction and learning to write a set of instructions.

History

This topic will include lots of historical skills and knowledge. We will begin our topic by thinking about where castles are located and why and also consider the features of castles and their uses. We will learn about what life was like in a castle, consider some of the jobs people had and make comparisons to life now. We will then learn about King Charles I and the Civil War. Finally, we will learn about the importance the Battles of Newbury and why Donnington Castle was important.

In addition the following will be taught:

Maths:

In Maths this term we will be working on:

· Weight and mass

· Capacity and volume

· Consolidating the four operations – Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication and Division.

RE:

In RE this term we will be looking at Christianity and new beginnings. Exploring the question “How important is it to Christians that Jesus came back to life after His crucifixion?”

Computing:

Using Purple Mash, the children will learn about:

· Spreadsheets

· Questioning

PSHE:

This term we are learning about Healthy Me.

Design Technology:

This term, our DT unit will be based on Food Technology. We will be applying our knowledge from our previous topic, Farm to Fork to help us with our learning.

We will cover:

Identify a range of picnic food
Understand what makes food suitable for a picnic
Taste a range of picnic food
Follow a recipe to make biscuits
Design a healthy option for a picnic
Make healthy option picnic food using chopping, cutting and peeling skills
Evaluate our final product

Music

This term, we will be learning about rhythm and beat and the difference between the two. We will also be using musical instruments to keep in time with the beat. We will listen to a range of songs and pieces of music, which we will interpret.

Home Learning March 2021 Archive

Speenhamland School Home Learning Spring Term 2021 Week 2: 1.3.2021
Each lesson has a pre-recorded video on DB Primary on the Class page under the relevant subject tab. Make sure you watch the video before completing the set tasks.
Each class teacher can be contacted on their class email for additional information.
Miss Hipgrave – class3@speenhamland.newburyacademytrust.org
Miss Buckell – class4@speenhamland.newburyacademytrust.org
Miss Greenwood – class5@speenhamland.newburyacademytrust.org
Home Learning Weekly Overview
Please find the videos for each lesson on the relevant subject page on the class page. Find the allocated tasks on your child’s own homepage.

Subject	Location/learning platform	Task
Phonics	DB Primary	Watch the Phonics video each day linked to the sounds you are working on.
Writing	Live on Teams on Thursday @ 9:30. All other lesson pre-recorded on DB Primary.	Monday: Plan an adapted set of instructions. Tuesday: Write a set of adapted instructions. Wednesday: Write a set of adapted instructions. Thursday: What We’ll Build launch and a range of World Book Day activities Friday: Spelling Test
Maths	Live on Teams on Tuesday @ 9:30.	Monday Introducing capacity and volume Tuesday Measure capacity Wednesday Year 1 - Measure capacity Year 2 - Measuring using millilitres and litres Friday Compare capacity and volume
Story	DB Primary Live on Teams Tuesday 2:30	Watch the pre-recorded stories from KS1 Teachers and Teaching Assistants. Join us live on Teams on Tuesday at 2:30 for a story.
These tasks run all week
Reading	Purple Mash	Read A little act of kindness and then answer the questions on Purple Mash.
G. Reading	Teams – Wednesday @ 9:30	Live on Monday @ 9:30 on Teams to continue our focus story Fergal is Fuming!
Spellings	DB Primary	Practise the words ready for the test on Friday.
Handwriting	DB Primary	Practise the join ‘ef’ and ‘if.’
Maths Fluency	DB Primary	Maths Games assigned as tasks on DB Primary.
DT	DB Primary and Teams – Monday @ 9:30	Lesson 1 Live on Teams Tuesday @ 9:30 - Planning a healthy picnic snack Lesson 2 Pre-recorded on DB – Making and evaluating your healthy picnic snack
Music	Teams	Understanding the difference between beat and rhythm.
Computing	Purple Mash	Lesson 1 - Adding images to a spreadsheet. Lesson 2 - Using the ‘speak’ and ‘count’ tools to count items.
P.E.	YouTube DB Primary	P.E. with Joe Wicks (Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9.00) Look out for Mr Page’s challenges on the Infant Sports page.

Home Learning February 2021 Archive

Speenhamland School Home Learning Spring Term 2021

Week 1: 22.2.2021
Each lesson has a pre-recorded video on DB Primary on the Class page under the relevant subject tab. Make sure you watch the video before completing the set tasks.
Each class teacher can be contacted on their class email for additional information.
Miss Hipgrave – class3@speenhamland.newburyacademytrust.org
Miss Buckell – class4@speenhamland.newburyacademytrust.org
Miss Greenwood – class5@speenhamland.newburyacademytrust.org
Home Learning Weekly Overview
Please find the videos for each lesson on the relevant subject page on the class page. Find the allocated tasks on your child’s own homepage.

Subject	Location/learning platform	Task
Phonics	DB Primary	Watch the Phonics video each day linked to the sounds you are working on.
Writing	Live on Teams Monday @ 9:30 All other days watch the lesson videos on DB Primary on the Maths page.	Monday: Introduction to new topic: Instructions Tuesday: To listen and respond to a set of instructions Wednesday: To tell a set of instructions from memory Thursday: To use imperative verbs Friday: Spelling Test
Maths	Live on Teams on Tuesday at 9:30. All other days watch the lesson videos on DB Primary on the Maths page.	Year 1 Monday Introduction to weight and mass Tuesday Measure mass including grams and kilograms for Y2 Wednesday Compare mass Thursday Weight and mass problems Friday Weight and mass problems
Story	DB Primary	Watch the pre-recorded stories from KS1 Teachers and Teaching Assistants.
These tasks run all week
Reading	Purple Mash	Read Max and the Pirates of Puddleton Bay and then answer the questions on Purple Mash.
G. Reading	Teams	Wednesday live on Teams to read Fergal is Fuming and then practise inference and retrieval skills.
Spellings	DB Primary	Practise the words linked to our topic ready for the test on Friday.
Handwriting	DB Primary	Practise the join ‘aw’ and ‘ew.’
Maths Fluency	Teams DB Primary	Thursday live on Teams at 9:30 for Maths fluency games. Maths Games assigned as tasks on DB Primary.
DT	DB Primary	Lesson 1 To learn about, taste and explore a range of picnic food. Lesson 2 To make Teddy Bear biscuits.
Music	Teams	Tuesday live on Teams at 2:30. Bring along your homemade musical instrument!
Computing	Purple Mash	Introduction to Spreadsheets using 2Calculate on Purple Mash.
P.E.	YouTube DB Primary	P.E. with Joe Wicks (Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9.00) Look out for Mr Page’s challenges on the Infant Sports page.

Week Commencing 8th February

Speenhamland School Home Learning Spring Term 2021 Week 6: 8.2.2021
Each lesson has a pre-recorded video on DB Primary on the Class page under the relevant subject tab. Make sure you watch the video before completing the set tasks.
Each class teacher can be contacted on their class email for additional information.
Miss Hipgrave – class3@speenhamland.newburyacademytrust.org
Miss Buckell – class4@speenhamland.newburyacademytrust.org
Miss Greenwood – class5@speenhamland.newburyacademytrust.org
Home Learning Weekly Overview
Please find the videos for each lesson on the relevant subject page on the class page. Find the allocated tasks on your child’s own homepage.

Subject	Location/learning platform	Task		How well did you do?
Phonics	DB Primary	Watch the Phonics video each day linked to the sounds you are working on.
Writing	Watch the lesson videos on DB Primary on the English page.	Monday: Starting to learn the poem Food Fight by Kenn Nesbitt Tuesday: Identify and count syllables Wednesday: Recognise and use the features of Haikus Thursday: Perform Food Fight by Kenn Nesbitt and your own Haiku. Friday: Spelling Test
Maths	Live on Teams on Thursday at 9:30. All other days watch the lesson videos on DB Primary on the Maths page.	Year 1 Monday Make equal groups - Sharing Tuesday Make equal groups - Sharing Wednesday Make equal groups – Grouping Thursday Make equal groups - Grouping Friday Recapping arrays	Year 2 Monday Make equal groups - Sharing Tuesday Make equal groups – Grouping Wednesday Dividing by 2 Thursday Dividing by 5 Friday Dividing by 10
Story	DB Primary	Watch the pre-recorded stories from KS1 Teachers and Teaching Assistants.
These tasks run all week
Reading	Purple Mash	Read Ned and the Jungle Animals and then answer the questions.
G. Reading	Teams	Live on Monday at 9:30 for final section of Jim and the Beanstalk
Spellings	DB Primary	Learn to spell the names of the shapes.
Handwriting	DB Primary	Learn the joins ‘ar’ and ‘an.’
Maths Fluency	DB Primary	Maths Games assigned as tasks on DB Primary.
Computing	Teams and DB	Tuesday live at 9:30 linked to Internet Safety Day.
PSHE	Teams	Tuesday live at 2:30. We will review our dreams and goals and look at The Colour Monster.
RE	DB Primary	Finding out about Islam and commitments
Science	Teams	Wednesday Live at 9:30. We will be looking at animal life cycles.
Geography	DB Primary	What is life like on a farm? How is it different to living in a town?
Art	DB Primary	Creating our own self portrait in the style of Arcimboldo
P.E.	YouTube DB Primary	P.E. with Joe Wicks (Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9.00) Look out for Mr Page’s challenges on the Infant Sports page.

Week Commencing 1st February

Speenhamland School Home Learning Spring Term 2021 Week 4 1.2.2021
Each lesson has a pre-recorded video on DB Primary on the Class page under the relevant subject tab. Make sure you watch the video before completing the set tasks.
Each class teacher can be contacted on their class email for additional information.
Miss Hipgrave – class3@speenhamland.newburyacademytrust.org
Miss Buckell – class4@speenhamland.newburyacademytrust.org
Miss Greenwood – class5@speenhamland.newburyacademytrust.org
Home Learning Weekly Overview
Please find the videos for each lesson on the relevant subject page on the class page. Find the allocated tasks on your child’s own homepage.

Subject	Location/learning platform	Task		How well did you do?
Phonics	DB Primary	Watch the Phonics video each day linked to the sounds you are working on.
Writing	Tuesday Live on Teams at 9:30. All other days watch the lesson videos on DB Primary on the English page.	Monday: Y1: Learn to use the prefix ‘un.’ Y2: Learn to use apostrophes for contractions Tuesday: Plan an alternative version for The Gigantic Turnip. Wednesday: Write the beginning of your adapted story. Thursday: Write the middle of your adapted story. Friday: Write the ending of your adapted story.
Maths	Monday Live on Teams at 9:30. All other days watch the lesson videos on DB Primary on the Maths page.	Year 1 Monday Make doubles Tuesday Make equal groups- Grouping Wednesday Count in 2s Thursday Count in 5s Friday Count in 10s	Year 2 Monday Make doubles Tuesday Pictorial multiplication sentences Wednesday 2 Times tables Thursday 5 Times tables Friday 10 Times tables
Story	Live on Teams	Join us on Tuesday at 2:30 for a game and a story.
These tasks run all week
Reading	Purple Mash	Read Wolf’s New Friends then answer the comprehension questions.
Guided Reading	DB Primary	Watch the next part of Jim and the Beanstalk and then answer the questions.
Spellings	DB Primary	Learn to spell numerals in words – Multiples of ten. Test on Friday.
Handwriting	DB Primary	Learn the ‘id’ and ‘ig’ join by watching the video and then have a go yourself.
Maths Fluency	DB Primary	Maths Games assigned as tasks on DB Primary.
Science	Teams	Wednesday Live on Teams at 9:30. Bring along a photo of when you were younger!
Geography	DB Primary	Exploring life on a farm and how it is different to a town.
Art	Teams	Thursday Live on Teams at 9:30. Bring along paper and pencils!
P.E.	YouTube DB Primary	P.E. with Joe Wicks (Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9.00) Look out for Mr Page’s challenges on the Infant Sports page.

Home Learning January 2021 Archive

Speenhamland School Home Learning Spring Term 2021 Week 4 25.1.2021
Each lesson has a pre-recorded video on DB Primary on the Class page under the relevant subject tab. Make sure you watch the video before completing the set tasks.
Each class teacher can be contacted on their class email for additional information.
Miss Hipgrave – class3@speenhamland.newburyacademytrust.org
Miss Buckell – class4@speenhamland.newburyacademytrust.org
Miss Greenwood – class5@speenhamland.newburyacademytrust.org
Home Learning Weekly Overview
Please find the videos for each lesson on the relevant subject page on the class page. Find the allocated tasks on your child’s own homepage.

Subject	Location/learning platform	Task		How well did you do?
Phonics	DB Primary	Watch the Phonics video each day linked to the sounds you are working on.
Writing	DB Primary Live on Teams - Friday 9:30	Monday: Re-telling The Gigantic Turnip. Tuesday: Setting description of the cottage and farm. Wednesday: Identifying and use a range of sentence types. Thursday: Identifying, using and improving verbs. Friday: Grammar Games
Maths	Monday – Live on Teams Rest of the week on DB Primary	Year 1 Monday Odd and Even Numbers Tuesday Making equal groups Wednesday Adding equal groups Thursday Making arrays Friday Making arrays continued	Year 2 Monday Odd and Even Numbers Tuesday Making equal groups Wednesday Adding equal groups Thursday Making arrays Friday Introduce multiplication symbol
Story	Live on Teams	Join us Monday – Thursday at 2:30 for a game and a story.
These tasks run all week
Reading	Purple Mash	Read Class One and the Winter Walk then answer the comprehension questions.
Guided Reading	Live on Teams - Tuesday 9:30	Listen to the story Jim and the Beanstalk and answer the questions linked to vocabulary, inference, prediction and retrieval.
Spellings	DB Primary	Learn to spell numerals in words – 11 to 20. Test on Friday.
Handwriting	DB Primary	Learn the ‘ed’ join by watching the video.
Maths Fluency	DB Primary Live on Teams – Thursday 9:30	Addition and subtraction games Addition and Subtraction strategies
Science	DB Primary	Knowing why and how to keep ourselves clean.
Geography	DB Primary	Finding out how our food is processed.
Art	Live on Teams – Wednesday 9:30	Exploring and recreating Arcimboldo’s Four Seasons painting.
P.E.	YouTube DB Primary	P.E. with Joe Wicks (Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9.00) Look out for Mr Page’s challenges on the Infant Sports page.

Week Commencing 18th January 2021

This week’s home learning tasks will be set on Monday and are due to be completed by Friday.

Each class has a DB Primary class blog that will allow the children to share any of the amazing things they are doing at home. We would love to know what the children are up to. The children can get to the blog by logging on to DB Primary Speenhamland. Your child’s log in for this is in their reading record.

Each class teacher can be contacted on their class email for additional information.

Miss Hipgrave – class3@speenhamland.newburyacademytrust.org

Miss Buckell – class4@speenhamland.newburyacademytrust.org

Miss Greenwood – class5@speenhamland.newburyacademytrust.org

Home Learning Weekly Overview

Please find the videos for each lesson on the relevant subject page on the class page. Find the allocated tasks on your child’s own homepage.

Subject	Location/learning platform	Task		How well did you do?
Phonics	DB Primary	Watch the Phonics video linked to the sounds you are working on.
Reading	Purple Mash	This task runs all week: Read the eBook Ned and the Three Bears and then answer the questions.
Guided Reading	DB Primary	This tasks runs all week: Listen to the story Jim and the Beanstalk and answer the questions linked to vocabulary, inference, prediction and retrieval.
Writing	DB Primary	Monday: Identify and use conjunctions linked to Jim and the Beanstalk. Tuesday: Write a letter responded to the Giant as Jim. Wednesday: Plan an alternative ending for the story Jim and the Beanstalk. Thursday: Write an alternative ending for Jim and the Beanstalk. Friday: Finish writing an alternative ending and edit writing.
Spellings	DB Primary	Learn to spell numerals in words.
Maths	DB Primary	Year 1 Monday Recognise 2D shapes Tuesday Sorting 2D shapes Wednesday Recognise 3D shapes Thursday Sort 3D shapes Friday Make patterns with 3D shapes	Year 2 Monday Recognise 2D shapes Tuesday Sorting 2D shapes Wednesday Recognise 3D shapes Thursday Sort 3D shapes Friday Make patterns with shapes
Maths Fluency	DB Primary	This task runs all week: Finding 1 more/1 less and 10 more/10 less. https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/chopper-squad
Science	DB Primary	This task runs all week: Identifying healthy and unhealthy foods.
Geography	DB Primary	This task runs all week: Finding out where our food comes from.
Art	DB Primary	This task runs all week: Identifying who Giuseppe Arcimboldo is and why he famous.
P.E.	YouTube	P.E. with Joe Wicks (Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9.00)

Week Commencing 11th January

This week’s home learning tasks will be set on Monday and are due to be completed by Friday.

Each class teacher can be contacted on their class email for additional information.

Miss Hipgrave – class3@speenhamland.newburyacademytrust.org

Miss Buckell – class4@speenhamland.newburyacademytrust.org

Miss Greenwood – class5@speenhamland.newburyacademytrust.org

Home Learning Weekly Overview

Please find the videos for each lesson on the relevant subject page on the class homepage. Find the allocated tasks on your child’s own homepage.

Subject	Location/learning platform	Task		How well did you do?
Phonics	DB Primary	Watch the Phonics video linked to the sounds you are working on.
Reading	Purple Mash	Read the eBook Little Red and answer the comprehension questions.
Writing	DB Primary	Monday: Introducing our new story Jim and the Beanstalk and making comparisons to Jack and the Beanstalk. Tuesday: Writing a setting description of the castle from Jim and the Beanstalk. Wednesday: Grammar Lesson looking at sentence construction. Thursday: Write a list of things that the Giant has in his pocket.
Spellings	DB Primary	Learn to spell the months of the year.
Maths	DB Primary	Year 1 Monday Add using number bonds Tuesday Add by making 10 Wednesday Subtraction counting back Thursday Subtraction not crossing 10 Friday Subtraction crossing 10	Year 2 Monday Add two 2 digit numbers Tuesday Add two 2 digit numbers crossing 10 Wednesday Subtract two 2 digit numbers Thursday Subtract two 2 digit numbers crossing 10 Friday Subtract two 2 digit numbers crossing 10
Maths Fluency	DB Primary	Play Hit the Button select Number Bonds and practise 3 times this week. Number and place value warm-up games
Science	DB Primary	This task runs all week Why is exercise important and what effect does it have on our bodies?
Topic (Geography)	DB Primary	This task runs all week Exploring different types of farms and why they are important.
P.E.	YouTube	P.E. with Joe Wicks (Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9.00)

Week Commencing 4th January

This week’s home learning tasks will be set on Wednesday and will be active until the following Wednesday (10 days for completion). New tasks will be set every Monday and will be due for completion by the end of the week.

Each class teacher can be contacted on their class email for additional information.

Miss Hipgrave – class3@speenhamland.newburyacademytrust.org

Miss Buckell – class4@speenhamland.newburyacademytrust.org

Miss Greenwood – class5@speenhamland.newburyacademytrust.org

Subject	Location/learning platform	Task	Self-evaluation
Phonics	DB Primary	Watch the Phonics video linked to the sounds you are working on.
Reading	DB Primary	Read The Three Billy Goats Gruff and answer the questions
Writing	DB Primary	Learn and retell the story Jack and the Beanstalk Collect and use adjectives to describe Write a character description of Jack Write a character description of the Giant
Spellings	DB Primary	Practise spelling the days of the week and upload a photo of your completed sheet.
Maths	DB Primary	White Rose videos/ PowerPoints with linked worksheets. Uploaded your completed sheets on DB.
Maths Fluency	https://www.topmarks.co.uk /maths-games/hit-the-button DB Primary	Play Hit the Button select Number Bonds and practise 3 times this week. Number and place value warm-up games
Science	DB Primary	Learn about the basic needs of humans and animals. Create an animal fact file.
Topic (PSHE)	DB Primary	Decorate a jar/tub/box to create your own ‘treasure chest’ to keep your own goals and achievements. Set a goal to achieve this New Year
P.E.	YouTube	P.E. with Joe Wicks (Monday, Wednesday and Friday at 9.00)

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8th March 2021 –Speenhamland School is open for all pupils on 8th March as normal. Please refer to the ‘Back to School Guidance – Feb 2021’ for further information.

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8th March 2021 –Speenhamland School is open for all pupils on 8th March as normal. Please refer to the ‘Back to School Guidance – Feb 2021’ for further information.