As part of our work on ‘How does your garden grow?’ we will be looking at a variety of plants. We would like you to use the powerpoint attached to find out how to label the parts of a plant and what job each part does to keep a plant healthy. There are other plant activities loaded onto Seesaw for you to choose from and the letter below outlines some activities you might like to do whilst at home.

Parts of a Plant PowerPoint

Plants activities

We would like you to read the story of Jack and the Beanstalk which we have attached to this message. There are some questions to answer after you have read the story. There are also two activities to choose from to be able to retell the story and then share with a partner.

Jack and the Beanstalk Y1

t-e-2549605-jack-and-the-beanstalk-cut-and-stick-story-map-activity_ver_1

T-T-7891-Jack-and-the-Beanstalk-Story-Sequencing-Worksheet

As we are approaching the Easter break, we would like you to look at the Easter story. Most of you will have had chance to complete the story with us in school before we closed, but you can find a copy of the story in the free Twinkl resources.

See if you can retell the story verbally or tell the story through your own pictures. We have sent a drawing board with sentences but if you can’t use this then draw the pictures in your yellow book.

Draw the Easter story

On Twinkl you can also access a really lovely story called The Easter Journal, which includes information about Easter and a range of different Easter activities which you might like to try at home, for example, painting eggs or decorating a cross. If you click on the link below, you will find the story and lots of resources linked to it which you could choose from.

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/share-a-story-easter-ebook-5-7-years-school-closure-pack-t-tp-2549439

This one looks good fun.

Easter Cheeky Chick POP UP Card

Have fun trying some of them out.

This week’s SPAG focus is conjunctions or joining words as we also call them in school.

We have attached a very simple powerpoint just to get the children thinking about these words again and a task which they can complete either in their yellow book or on Seesaw.

Please note that Year 1 pupils only need to concentrate on these simpler conjunctions, and, but, so, because.

Year 2 pupils will already know a wider range. Year 2 pupils will also know that some conjunctions can be used to start a sentence too.

Conjunctions Y1

Conjunctions Y2

Y1 and 2 Conjunctions ppt

Useful websites

Attached is a list of useful websites.  We think you will find Twinkl and Phonics Play particularly useful to start with.  Both are now offering free subscription to parents