Thursday

“Why fit in when you were born to stand out?” -Dr. Seuss.

Maths

Ask your grown-up for a coat hanger and a basket of pegs. Can you put the pegs onto the hanger and to explore how their numbers can be partitioned in different ways and recombined to see how many altogether.

Dot Plate Activity

Look at the dot plates. 

Can you arrange the 6 plates so that they have:

• A pair of plates with a total of 4 dots

• A pair of plates with a total of 5 dots

• A pair of plates with a total of 6 dots.

Example: A pair of plates with a total of 4 dots

This could be done like this

or

Have a go at filling in these part-whole models.

Remember

Is there more than one way to solve the problem?

Phonics

Yesterday we looked at a brand new sound! Can you remember what it was?

I'll give you a tiny clue it was a new digraph sound!

That's right it was...

 oa

Have a go at the cut and stick activity below. The answers are attached to the PDF make sure not to peak

Understanding the World

On Friday 12th February 2021 lots of people around the world will be celebrating a very important festival it is called Chinese New Year. 

According to the Chinese calendar, the year you were born may determine your personality. Every year is represented by an animal, and legend has it that people born under that animal have certain personality traits. The year 2021 is the year of the Ox. So just for fun, find your birth year and that year's animal, and see what some people believe it says about you. Do the same for members of your family.

Watch this video below to find out more about how people prepare for Chinese New Year.

As mentioned in the video during Chinese New Year celebrations, children are sometimes given envelopes with money inside!

With an adult, look at some coins and see if you can see any numbers on them.

What numbers can you see?

What shape are the coins?

What colours are they?

Let's Get Creative

Today I'm setting you the challenge to create a handprint dragon.

In China the dragon is a very important symbol. The dragon is a symbol of power, strength, and good luck for people who are worthy of it.

Collective Worship

Mental Health in Lockdown – how have you been affected? Click on the link below to find out more. (Scroll down for video clips)

Questions to think about:

What activities do you do to help you to keep mentally healthy?

What new activities might you try after all that you’ve learnt this week?