Author: Charlie Ridge

Dear parents and carers,
This week our learning focuses around the story of the Frog Prince. You can access a PowerPoint for this story on the school website but you might like to watch it on YouTube too:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DvkJl4zT50Q
This will be our last newsletter for this half term. We would just like to take this opportunity to say a big thank you to you, for continuing to be such resilient and hardworking Highweek Learners. We have loved seeing you take on the challenges of home learning and hearing all your news. Stay safe and keep in touch. Happy half term!
Miss Ridge cridge@highweekprimary.co.uk
Mr Waldron lwaldron@highweekprimary.co.uk
Miss Taylor mtaylor@highweekprimary.co.uk
Mrs Dinata ldinata@highweekprimary.co.uk

KS1 Newsletter 18.5.20

Physical Development
The Dartmoor School Sport Partnership (DSSP) have provided the next challenge for you to complete at home: The Bean Bag Throw Challenge! Find it in your school pack!

Mind Up!
Mrs Mac has provided some information and activities to support our mindfulness and wellbeing. These can be found in the Year 1 and Year 2 school learning packs.
This week is focusing on perspective talking. Give it a try with your families!

Hello everyone,
I hope you are all well and enjoying the beautiful sunshine!
I have been busy working from home, supporting Isla with her school work and caring for her little sister, Emilia. In the afternoons, we have been in the garden. We moved house in January and I am now trying to make the garden look all neat and tidy. I have started to stain my decking as well!
Sending you all a huge smile and I hope to see you all soon!
Love, Miss Taylor

Hello Key Stage 1.
I’ve been busy at home this week doing some home learning with my children. We’ve been so lucky with the weather that I have been out in the garden with our guinea pigs enjoying seeing all the plants growing.
I go out for daily exercise in the woods with our dog, all the wild flowers are out. My children built a base camp and we threw stones in the river.
I hope you’ve managed to enjoy some of the nature around you.
Miss you all.
Mrs Dinata

Check out all of our home learning!

Congratulations Ellie on your baby brother!

Monday
In literacy today your learning job is to sequence the story pictures of The Frog Prince to tell the story events in order.
In maths, help the princess to reach the other side by counting in your times tables!

Tuesday
Today your literacy challenge is to write a newspaper article about the amazing frog that turned in to a prince!
In maths today, help the Frog Prince and the princess solve the addition sentences. Use the Dienes to help you!

Wednesday
Today you are going to imagine that you found the Frog Prince, how would you feel? What would you do? Can you draw a picture and write about it.
Help the Frog Prince and Princess solve the subtraction calculations in maths today!

Thursday
Today you are going to pretend to be a frog. What would you do in a day. Use the story to help you with some ideas. Then, draw a picture and write about it for your diary entry.
Here is another story about a frog you might like to listen to:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QI8f-HOyYDM
Use the pictogram to count the class pets and then answer questions about the data.

Friday
Today it is your turn to write a story. Can you draw a picture of a different animal prince and write about your picture. Can you make up a story that the adult could write out for you?
Use all the maths that you know to solve the problems on the maths activity mat.

Creative Learning Journal Subjects
Cut out the pictures and place them on stones (you can also use Duplo bricks, the back of spoons, or straws and use the pictures as puppets). Then you can use the pictures to retell the story with a grown up.
Cut out the pictures from the story, turn them upside down, muddle them up and see if you can find the pairs.
Collect junk during the week to make your own frog prince.
There are some sheets in your school pack to make shadow puppets. If the sun is shinning on a wall you could use these to put on a puppet show telling the Frog Prince story to the grown ups.
Use the maze’s in your pack. Can you solve them? Perhaps you can draw or make your own maze.
Practise holding the scissors correctly and cutting along the lines very carefully to cut out the pictures. Then, you can stick them and use colouring pencils to make your own picture.

Ruth Miskin and the RWI team are continuing to add new speed sound and word time lessons every day. Use this link to find them:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ?mc_cid=88ed0ca51f&mc_eid=%5BUNIQID%5D&mc_cid=88ed0ca51f&mc_eid=0efc3da19e
All RWI story books are available as e-books here:
www.oxfordowl.co.uk/read-write-inc-home