Infants

Speenhamland School Home learning Spring Term 2021

Each week your home learning will be set on DB Primary https://speenhamland-westberks.secure-dbprimary.com or Purple Mash www.purplemash.com

Links to the live TEAMS lessons can be found through DB Primary.

Each child has their own DB Primary login, which is found in the front of their reading records.

If you click on the links below you will see an overview of this week’s learning.

Parents/Carers - Thank you so much for all of your help and support. We know that this is a worrying time for everyone so if you need anything at all please get in touch.

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

Week 4 - Commencing 25th January 2021

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 3 - Commencing 18th Janaury 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 2 - Commencing 11th Janaury 2021

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 1 - Commencing 4th January 2021

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)

Current Lockdown Plans for Speenhamland School – January 2021

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Infants

Week 4 - Commencing 25th January 2021

Week 3 - Commencing 18th Janaury 2021

Week 2 - Commencing 11th Janaury 2021

Week 1 - Commencing 4th January 2021

Current Lockdown Plans for Speenhamland School – January 2021