Year 1 Mr Charles

Week Beginning 18th May

Maths and Numeracy

Recording Data

Show children 4 old bowls you are happy to use in the garden, all of different sizes. Remind children that to find out more about how much they hold, we can measure by filling each with shovels of mud. Demonstrate how to draw a pictogram to record the capacities measured in number of shovels (see table below as an example). A pictogram records data by using a picture or a symbol, in this case we would count how many shovels of mud it takes to fill a bowl. I have used smiley faces to represent each shovel. Bowl 4 holds the most, with five smiley faces, or shovels.

Problem Solving – Use the instructions from this simple problem here to create another pictogram of the number of ladybirds each child collected. 

Language, Literacy and Communication

Oracy – You can use soil from a garden or grab some from the supermarket. The soil from a supermarket will be sterilised, but not as interesting because there will be no living things in it. If using garden soil, ensure children wash their hands carefully after the activities. Have a conversation while you play with the soil. Talk about what the soil feels like, smells like, what does it look like? What is mud made from? Where does it come from? What is it for?

Writing – Tell children that the mud they have been playing with is magic, it can come to life! Add a little water and try to sculpt the mud. Ask children to design a mud monster and describe it with a few simple sentences eg. The mud monster is _______. It has _______. Begin to build a story with their description. 

Reading – Access the free online reading library from Oxford Owl here, Could you read “The Troll in the Pond”, “The Play Park ” or “Stuck in the Mud” together?

Health and Wellbeing

Try another of the Real PE sessions at home.

Real PE at home includes an online programme which supports families to be active, play and learn together.

Log into the address using a computer or your phone here: home.jasmineactive.com 
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You can view what real PE at home looks like by clicking here. 

Play a game of ‘Stuck in the Mud’ with your family.

Read a copy of the ‘We’re Going on a Bear Hunt” with the children and get them to join in. If you do not have a copy, the story can be found online here, read by the author. Recycle some plastic drinks bottles and create some sensory bottles to retell the story. You fill one bottle for every scene they encounter in the story. You can follow the instructions here.

Expressive Arts

Use a stick to draw in a mud patch, or mix mud with water to make natural paint. If you want to make other colours, add mashed up chalk or berries. Paint some mud pictures on card, thick paper or draw mud graffiti on an outside wall. 

Science and Technology

The best way to see why worms are the gardener’s best friend is to make a wormery!

Go out after the rain and collect a few worms in a bucket of damp soil. Make sure children wear gloves if needed and wash hands thoroughly afterwards.

Find a large glass jar with a lid (an old mayonnaise jar etc. would be perfect). Add alternate layers of sand, moist soil and dead leaves. Leave 5cm space at the top.

Put the worms in the wormery and add some dead leaves, grass and a few vegetable or fruit peelings. Replace the lid of the jar and pierce some small holes so that the worms have a supply of fresh air.

Worms hate light, so cover the wormery with dark fabric or paper and put somewhere cool for about a week.

After about a week or so, look at the wormery and see what the worms have done. Can you see where they have been burrowing? What has happened to the leaves? Release the worms back into the garden.

Humanities

A long time ago in our country and in countries across the world, still today, many people use mud as a building material!

Watch this video from BBC Bitesize about the Maasai warriors in Africa.

Discuss with children why the type of hut seen in the video would be unsuitable for use in the UK (high rainfall, very cold winters) and then why they are suitable for use in rural Kenya. Children could think of alternative materials that could be used for making the huts and could even try out some of their ideas by making miniature models. The clip could also provide a stimulus for children to compare and contrast houses from different countries (for example Russia, West Indies, Greece) and identify how the different climates affect the design of the houses (for example houses in Greece are whitewashed three times a year to keep them cool, as the white colour reflects the heat of the sun away).