Week: 1st March 2021 Focus: Goldilocks and the Three Bears Teachers/ TA: Mrs Clarkson, Mrs Veal and Mrs Flynn

Zebra Class Learning MenuPlease choose one starter, one main and one dessert daily until the menu has been completed.

Please upload your learning to SeesawWe will be recording daily phonics sessions to Seesaw for you to join in with- look out for these.

Don’t forget to look at the additional extras!Enjoy and keep smiling☺

Starters(these are focused

on helping todevelop your finemotor skills andpencil/ scissor

control)

Choose one daily

Buttons for a bear!Grown ups can help you toprepare this activity by drawingsome bear outlines for you on A4paper. Your grown up will need tothen write a number on your bearand draw the correspondingnumber of buttons (you can helpwith this bit if you like!)Then, using coins, buttons,counters or other small objects inyour house, have a go atrecognising the number andcarefully placing the correctnumber of buttons on the dots.Remember to try and use yourindex finger and thumb to pick upthe small objects. This will help tostrengthen the muscles neededfor pencil grip and control.You will need your numberrecognition skills, careful countingskills and fine motor skills for thisactivity! Send us your photos onSeesaw!

Goldilocks curls

You will need: plain paper, scissors,ruler

pens and glue.

Your grown up can help you to draw

some straight lines across the width of a

sheet of A4 paper to create strips (

these will become Goldilocks’ curls)

Using a yellow pen or pencil, colour in

the strips. If you want to be creative and

make rainbow hair or any other colour

then that’s fine too!

Carefully cut along the lines to make

strips of coloured ‘hair.’

Next, wrap a strip of hair around your

index finger carefully and give it a

squeeze. When you unravel it, you

should have created a ‘curl.’ Repeat this

action with all the strips.

You will then need to attach some

thicker paper strips together to make a

band that fits around your head (your

grown up can help you with this)

Finally, glue your curls to the hair band

and send us a photo of your Goldilocks

hair! If you don’t want to wear it then

maybe a grown up or a sibling might like

to wear it for you!

Grizzly Bear Workout

If you follow this link it will take you toone of Andy’s workouts. It will give youa good all body workout with a focus on‘bears’.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p06tmnbs/andys-wild-workouts-series-1-3-mountains

We hope you enjoyed this ‘workout’.You will have been listening andfollowing instructions and using lots ofmuscle to wake your body up!! You willhave learnt about bears all at the sametime!

This is a good way to start the day!!

World Book Day

Today is World Book Day 2021

Mrs Collins (our English lead atMaidstone) has scheduled a story andactivities to appear on Seesaw todaystarting at 8.50am. Please watch herreading the story ‘On a Sudden Hill’

and complete the activities she has setfor you. We would love to see your

work on Seesaw so please upload yourphotos and videos for us!

Challenge: As an additional challengetoday we would like you to send usyour “shelfie Selfie” Take a photo ofyourself in front of your bookshelf-maybe you would like to hold up yourfavourite book? We will send you our

Drawing and colouring -Pencil control

Follow this link and you will find acolouring picture of Goldilocks and theThree Bears outside the House of TheThree Bears.

https://www.colourcutstick.com/goldilocks-and-the-three-bears

You can print the picture or draw yourown picture of the bears and Goldilocksoutside the house. Your adult will helpyou do this.

Now you can colour in your picture, verycarefully, thinking about the colours youare using and practising your pencilcontrol. You should try to do thisindependently.

When you have finished you can show uson Seesaw.

shelfie selfies too!

Mains(these activities are

focused on yourreading, writing,number, shape

space and measureand

communicationskills)

Choose one daily

Communication and LanguageToday you are going to build abear den of your very own! Canyou use items you have aroundyour house to build a den- maybethe sofa cushions or a table andchairs covered with a bed sheet?You can be as creative as you liketo make your cosy den.Once built, can you find a teddybear to take inside your den? Canyou tell your bear the story ofGoldilocks and the Three bears?

If you like, you could even watchthe story first in your den beforeyou retell it:http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/short-stories/goldilocks-and-the-three-bearsHave fun and don’t forget to sendyour photos/ videos!

NumberToday we are going to introducechildren to the concept of halving.What do you already know abouthalving? Have you heard the word halfbefore? If it was my birthday and youand I were going to share my cake, howcould we share it fairly so we both gotthe same?Use the ‘Pedro’s Pizza’ slides tointroduce halving.As we cannot upload it as a powerpointto seesaw- the question mark buttonwill not be interactive. The questionsyou need to ask with the sides are: “ Arethe two pieces of pizza the same size?Would the customers get the sameamount? Why does the picture notshow two halves of a pizza? Is thissharing fairly and equally? ”Make sure you emphasise that in orderto half something, you need two equalparts.Today’s activity is making your ownpizza using the printable sheetsprovided (or you could use a paper platewith collage materials, felt pens andpaper, a real pizza...it’s up to you!)Once you have made your pizza, canyou carefully cut it into two equalhalves?Make sure you send us your photos onSeesaw- we love to see them!

ReadingIf you follow this link it will take you tothe story of Goldilocks with pictures andtext. First of all listen to the story,following the text as the words are readto you.https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/short-stories/goldilocks-and-the-thre

e-bearsNow go back and start the story againand as each page is read look carefullyat the words. You can be a worddetective:Can you find words that you can useyour phonics to read? Words likethisonandbedhotwentThere are some of our ‘Red words’ inthe text - can you find themthewasallThere are lots of words that arerepeated in the story. Can you findthese words:GoldilocksthreemybearYou will need to pause the story oneach page, so you can look carefully atall the words.

I hope you have enjoyed being worddetectives. Finally play the story againand follow the words as the story is readto you . Enjoy!

WritingFor your writing this week you are goingto think about how Goldilocks used hersenses during the story. Do youremember we learnt about our 5 senseslast term?Can you remember what they are?sight hearing smell taste and touch

Watch or listen to the story again andthink about how Goldilocks might haveused her senses. Talk to your adult.What might she see in the forest?What might she hear in the forest?What did she taste?What did she touch?

Write across the top of your paperHow Goldilocks used her senses.

Draw pictures and then write sentencesto tell us: egShe smelt the flowers.She heard the Bears .She felt the bed.Remembering a sentence gives thereader information. It should start with acapital letter and end with a full stop.There should be spaces after each word.Use your phonic knowledge to recordsounds you can hear in words and lookout for any ‘red words’ you might need.Challenge: add more information to yoursentences.She smelt the flowers in the forest.She heard the bears growl.She felt the hard bed.

Desserts(these activities are

focused on yourunderstanding of

the world skills, artand design skills,

personal, social andemotional skills

and physicaldevelopment skills)

Choose one daily

Expressive art and designToday’s activity is to design andcreate your own bear’s face usingtoast!You will find a recipe sheet for‘bear toast’ in this week’sprintable resources. This may giveyou some inspiration. You can, ofcourse, create your own recipeusing food that you have in thehouse such as peanut butter,chocolate spread, cheese spread,sliced fruit, raisins or slicedvegetables for example.Can you include some healthychoices on your bear toast? Thinkabout the shapes you will need tocreate different features on yourbear’s face.Don’t forget to take a photo ofyour bear toast and send it to uson Seesaw before you eat it!

Physical development

In the story Goldilocks and the Threebears we begin to the concepts of big,medium and small. We have exploredthese concepts in or shape, space andmeasure sessions too.

Either in your house, garden or whilstout on your daily exercise, can youmove around using footsteps that arebig like daddy bear would use?Challenge yourself to take the biggeststeps you can! Can you move usingmedium steps like mummy bear? Andtiny baby steps like baby bear? Can youskip like Goldilocks?Here’s a game you can play with agrown up or your siblings. Jog aroundthe room until your grown up/ siblingshouts out an instruction. If they shout“daddy bear” then you will need tostomp around using big footsteps. Ifthey shout “mummy bear” use mediumfootsteps, if you hear “baby bear” thenuse tiny footsteps. Finally, skip whenyou hear Goldilocks”This is a great game to practise yourgross motor control skills as well as yourcareful listening skills. Have lots of funand don’t forget to send us your photosand videos!

Understanding the world

The bears had made porridge for theirbreakfast. It is made with oats and milkand eating it is a great way to start theday. Here is a link for making porridgeand it is very easy to do. Ask an adult tohelp you make some porridge.

https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/perfect-porridge

You can add a variety of ingredients toyour finished porridge: brown sugar,syrup, jam, yoghurt, honey, or fruit.

Maybe you could try something youhaven't had before. If this is the firsttime you have eaten porridge - What doyou like with yours?

What do you normally have forbreakfast?

Write a list or draw what you have eachday for a week. What is your favouritebreakfast?

Understanding the world

Bears are wild animals and they can befound in lots of countries all over theworld. We don't have bears in GreatBritain but you may have seen them in azoo or wildlife park.

If you follow these links you will be ableto see bears in their natural habitat. Inthe first one Andy finds some baby bearsand watches them learn how to climb.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b083h9tr/andys-baby-animals-2-climbing

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m0002l18/andys-safari-adventures-series-1-22-andy-and-the-grizzly-bear

Spring is on the way and bears will bewaking up from their winter sleep. Theywill need to lose their winter coats readyfor the warmer weather.The second link shows some more bearsas they do this.How do you think they will do this? Youwill be able to answer this question whenyou have watched Andy’s adventure.Talk to your adult about what you havefound out about bears.

Extras(Optional)

● Thursday this week is World Book Day- Mrs Collins will be uploading activities for you to do on Thursday. Don’t forget to complete the “ShelfieSelfie challenge!

● Mr Entwistle (our sports coach) will be setting you a daily challenge on Seesaw to help you to stay active.● Scholastic have put together some free learning resource packs here: Free Resources for Early Years Home Learning – FREE Early Years teaching

resource - Scholastic you will just need to create a free account to access them.● Don't forget to visit the ‘Oxford Owl’ website where you will find a range of reading books and phonic activities to engage with.