Monday 1st June
31 May 2020
Good Morning Everyone!
It's Mrs Micklefield with you today. It's lovely to be with you. I'm very excited to be looking after your class page while Mrs Higginbotham is teaching in school. I know that she is missing you all and looking forward to seeing some of you in school tomorrow. It's been a while since I've seen you! Do you remember that I came into your class last term, with Mrs Barker and we did some Guided Reading together?
Did you have a lovely Half-Term holiday? I hope you are all well and ready for today's activities. You can do the tasks in any order, and you don't have to do everything if you don't have time. 
The Learning Project this week is Sport!
I know that this is something that you enjoy doing at school. We are also very lucky to be able to do a wide variety of sporting activities outside school. Sport is great fun, as well as being a very important way of keeping our bodies healthy. I hope that you will enjoy doing some of the project activities about sport, throughout the week.
Let's begin the day with some exercise.
P.E:
Wake up and shake up! Start the day with some PE, or maybe have a PE session later in the day.
Click on the link below to choose from the selection of activities. You could do a morning routine with Joe Wicks, find a fun activity on GoNoodle or try something new like yoga: https://www.harrogatessp.com/keeping-all-young-people-active/
You might like to do one of these activities, or maybe go for a walk, run or do some cycling.
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Maths:
Please log in to MyMaths to find today’s tasks. Click here to log in --> 
Year 1 - Please watch the lesson first, then complete the task about Position, direction and movement.
Year 2 - Please watch the lesson first, then complete the task about Position and turning.
Today, we are also going to practise counting and the language of position and direction, by playing Snakes and Ladders. You can use a board game or here is an interactive version: https://www.primarygames.com/puzzles/board/snakesandladders/
Reading:
Try to read a variety of books at home each day. Aim to spend at least twenty minutes reading. This can be reading a
book aloud or sharing a book with an adult. It might be a book from your bookshelf, a book from school or an online text.
Have a look on your bookshelf for books about sport. See if you can find some information about a sport that you are interested in.
Phonics/Spelling:
Play the Solve, Shoot, Score spelling game on the Premier League https://plprimarystars.com/for-families/play-game
Write a list of the each of the words that you have spelt correctly on the game
Writing:
What is your favourite sport? What do you like doing to keep fit and healthy?
Is it a team game? Do you need special equipment or clothing?
Write a description about the sports that you enjoy. Then draw a picture to show the sport, equipment and clothing.
Exercise Diary: Throughout this week, please can you keep a diary of all the sport and exercise activities that you do each day.
Hopefully, you will have lots of things to add to your diary each day!
Write all the activities you do today, under the heading 'Monday'.
Be kind and help others
Don’t forget to try to do something to help someone else each day! There are lots of things that you could do to be helpful. I hope you tried hard to be helpful during the holidays! Have a think about what you could do to help someone!
The Learning Project for this week: Sport
These activities are to work on throughout the week. Choose the tasks that interest you.
● Obstacle Course Fun-
Your task is to design and make your own obstacle course outside. Draw and label the design first and include all the equipment you will need. Then use your design to create the obstacle course. Ask your family to complete the obstacle course whilst you time them. You could even make medals from tin foil or any other suitable material and present them to the winner during a winner’s ceremony
● Make a Family Mascot
You could make your own family mascot using materials from around the house.
First, visit the Olympic Mascot Official list and look at past mascots. Click on the British mascot to find out more ---> 
What makes a good mascot? What qualities does the mascot represent?
● Remarkable Routines
Can you create a simple routine, just like a gymnast, dancer or synchronised swimmer? Start by watching a video of a routine together, here are some suggestions:
men’s gymnastic routine https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNIuIuv4eE0
ladies’ gymnastic routine: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_MaUTcJIc0
Then, choose a piece of music to practise your routine to.
When you are confident, you could ask someone to film your sequence.
Watch the performance together- what do you think went well? What could be even better?
● Terrific Team Kits
Can you design your very own team kit?
Think about the flag of the country that you would represent and how to incorporate the flag colours into the design. You could draw the design with a pencil or maybe use a computer program to do this.
● Research about the Olympic games.
What are the Olympic games? When did they start? How often do they take place? 
● Can you Invent a New Olympic Game?
Challenge you invent your own game for the 2021 Olympics?
Look at a list of all of the sports that already compete in the summer Olympics: Click here ---> 
Can you write a set of instructions for the new game or draw illustrations?
Why not test the game out as a family?
Brilliant Bodies
● What can your body do? Balance on one leg? Touch your nose with your tongue?
Look at the body challenge cards and see how many you can do.
Click here to see the challenge cards ---->
Ask your family to join in. You could make your own body challenge cards.
Additional learning resources parents may wish to engage with
● The NHS Change 4 Life website has some great games and activities, specifically ones for staying indoors.
Click --->
Outdoor Activities:
Here are some lovely ideas about activities to enjoy when you are outside.
The Woodland Trust: https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2019/07/9-outdoor-activities-for-kids-this-summer/
Forest School: Please see the message from Mrs Goss on the SchoolNews page on the website for more ideas about activities to enjoy outside.
Work hard, be kind and have a fun day.
I will be back with you tomorrow!
Mrs Micklefield
