Spring 1 Homework Year 1

SPRING 1-HOMEWORK-YEAR 1

Remember to take photos of your child's homework and email me at s14lparker@cheswick-green.solihull.sch.uk before we break up for half term in February.

Hi Everyone,
Our new topic this half-term is Bright Lights, Big City. Here are the homework activities for you for this half term. Please choose at least 3 out of the 7 topic activities to complete. There are also English and Maths tasks which will support your child with their school work and learning. Please continue to read daily with your child and help them learn their ORT words and spellings. We will be working on Phase 3, 4 and 5 phonics depending on your child's level.

TOPIC ACTIVITIES

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Build a real or fantasy city using Lego, blocks or 3D junk materials. Play with your city using figures and vehicles.
Create a 2D city shape picture. Can you label the shape names? What are the properties of the shapes in your picture?
Spot and talk about different types of vehicles while you are out and about with your family. Make a scrapbook of the vehicles you saw.
Choose a city in the UK and make a poster to include pictures, labels and captions.
Our Science topic this half term is Weather. Keep a weather diary for a week. Record the day, date and month. Record the rainfall, wind speed and temperature. Design a weather symbol to show the weather each day in your diary.
Find out about Chinese New Year. What date is it in 2021? According to the Chinese zodiac, which animal is it the year of? How do people celebrate the New Year? Make a Chinese dragon or write the story about how the years got their names.
Make some bread rolls. Write the instructions.

MATHS ACTIVITIES

Listed below you will find suggested activities designed to help your child with their Maths learning in school over the next half-term. Remember to make it practical, fun and relate it to everyday life. 

Practise writing you numbers 0 to 20 using the correct formation. All the numbers start at the top when writing them.
Count to 100.Can you count confidently backwards from 20 to 0?
Ask your Mum or Dad to say a number within 100 and can you count forwards from that number, then backwards from that number. Try with a different number.
Can you count in 2's to 40 and 10's to 100? Can you count backwards in 10's from 100? Can you count in 10's from 17, 23, 39, 41? What do you notice?
Choose a number within 50 and say what is 1 more and 1 less than that number. Challenge with higher numbers and say what is 10/20 more and 10/20 less. 
Recite the days of the week in order? Write the days of the week in order. What is the date today / tomorrow / yesterday?  Can you recite the months of the year?				                                
Play BBC Bitesize Games (Maths Key Stage 1) 'Karate Cats'  and work on the 'Shapes', 'Measurement' and 'Addition and Subtraction' topics. Choose your level  Bronze, Silver  or Gold.  
Play shops and get to know the different coins. Use 1p, 2p and 5p coins to buy priced items. Can you give change from 10p/20p?
Rehearse your number bonds to 10. Write down the pairs of numbers that make10. How many different ways did you find?  Can you find out the number bonds to 20?
Learn to tell the time o'clock and half past times. Make a clock and play with it. Ask questions: What is one hour earlier than 7 o'clock? What is one hour later than 11 o'clock?
Double numbers to 10. Write the calculations in a number sentence. Eg. 5+5=10
Weigh ingredients with your child and talk about the language of weight. 

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Over the next 6 weeks, complete as many activities as you can from the list. Remember to ask your Mum or Dad to take a photo and be ready to email me by 12th February.