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Ashdale Home Learning

14th January 2021Demi Stroughton

HOME LEARNING

ASHDALE BUBBLE

 

Dear Parents/Carers,

As you are aware, Ashdale is having to restrict the amount of children attending school to ensure the correct level safety is in place for both children and staff. As a result, we are offering children at home the opportunity to access high quality virtual teaching and learning.

This will take place on the following platforms:

  • Zoom/Google classroom
  • Tapestry
  • Classroom 360
  • Education City
  • Oxford Owl
  • Posted resources (at families request)

There are five key elements of our home learning offer:

  1. Home learning packs
  2. Personalised targets linked to EHCP, basic skills and life skills
  3. Activity suggestions
  4. Whole group  zoom sessions
  5. Online learning sessions

Home learning will be used to support the transition between school and home and will encourage a healthy routine when the children are not in school. We will support this transition with visual resources and daily zones of regulation check in’s.

Virtual home learning:

Home learning days will begin at 9.00am where the children will be invited to join a whole class zoom call with a familiar adult. This session will last 15 – 20 minutes and will include a weather/story massage routine, zones of regulation check in and a makaton sign of the day.

The children will then be invited to join various subject specific zoom learning sessions throughout the day (a timetable will be uploaded via Tapestry).

 

The day will end with a show and tell session with a member of the home learning team, the children will be encouraged to talk about something they have learnt/made that day. The zoom call will end for the day with a zones of regulation check in and a story time.

We ask that you ensure that an adult is in the same room as your child whilst they are on the zoom call, this is to safeguard both staff and children.

Tapestry:

The home learning team will also upload various ‘Winter Themed’ activities which you can use at home. These will be updated regularly and you will also be able to gain access to Education City and Oxford Owl through the login details which will be posted on Tapestry.

Teachers have created life skills documents which include a range of targets that we aimed to work on with your children in school this half term. Teachers have added suggested activities to these targets for you to work on at home.

Tapestry can also be used as a way for you to communicate with staff at school and show us the lovely activities that your children have been doing at home.

 

If you require any further information please do not hesitate to contact us at school on 01670 336906 or by emailing demi.stroughton@thedales.northumberland.sch.uk

 

Thank you for your continued support.

 

 

 

 

1A,2A,3A,4A,5A,Blogs

2A The start of Christmas

4th December 2020Beth Thompson

This week we continued looking at traditional tales, reading Hansel and Gretel. We ordered and acted out the story then used coloured symbols to answer questions about it. In maths we revisited capacity, using water and other objects to fill, sort and order different containers. In science, this week, we continued looking at liquids and solids by making our own slime and chocolate bars though melting, freezing and mixing.

Most excitingly, we started our Christmas activities! We explored the winter wonderland that the elves had made for us. We loved the North Pole room as it had snowballs for us to play with. Our classroom has new fun things, like the reading area igloo, the North pole tough tray, the Christmas art area and the elf workshop, where we can build and wrap toys for those on Santa’s list. We also began making things for our Christmas goodie bags, making cards, ornaments and crowns. It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas here in 2A.

2A,Blogs

2A The Gingerbread Man

27th November 2020Beth Thompson

This week in 2A we read The Gingerbread Man. We answered lots of questions about the story and even made our own versions by changing characters and the setting. In maths we used the gingerbread men to play adding and taking away games. We also counted out jellies for the gingerbread man’s buttons. In RE we made lots of things to cheer up the gingerbread man, like houses to feel cosy and boats to get him across the river safely. We even decorated our own gingerbread men and gingerbread houses – Yum!
We looked at ice in science, trying to melt it in different ways such as pouring water on it, breathing on it or even just holding it. In art some of us used different sponges to paint a giant gingerbread man, while others practised different joining techniques such as sewing.
We have all behaved amazingly so had extra choose time, making the most of our café before it leaves us on Friday, ready for new Christmas areas next week. See you then.

2A,Blogs

2A Sandwiches and sums

20th November 2020Beth Thompson

This week we had a new book called ’Sam’s sandwich’, about a boy who made a sandwich for his sister but added gross things like bugs and insects. We looked at how to make a sandwich and what bossy words to use in instructions.
In maths we practiced addition and subtraction using lots of fun food items like M&Ms and jelly beans. We played lots of counting games on the interactive whiteboard and practiced writing some numbers using whiteboards.
In science we looked at food – what is sweet, salty and sour, what is healthy and not healthy, which foods we like and don’t like. In Art and Design we started small projects. Some of us were Subway workers, designing sandwiches and the wrappers. Some were smoothie shop assistants, designing cups and making our own smoothies, and some of us where Wonka employees, designing and manufacturing chocolate bar wrappers.

2A,Blogs

2A A tiger-filled week for class

13th November 2020Beth Thompson

This week in 2A we have been practising our instructions. We have listened to and followed different instructions for washing hands, different moving activities and we even made jam sandwiches. We also got a postcard from our tiger friend who told us all about his jungle home in India. We talked about what jungles are like and we made a home for him. We also used different pictures of animals to match them to their homes.
In maths we practised our counting again through lots of different fun games and activities. We compared numbers and fed the tiger the biggest number. We did cupcake counting, building our fine motor skills through using the tweezers to count out the number in the cake cases. We also played counting games on the interactive board. Our favourite is the speed round where we count yetis as fast as we can.
For art this week we made our own playdough and decorated it like a tiger. We also made stripy biscuits again. In Makaton we practiced milk, juice, drink and eat, as well as some of our favourite Makaton songs, like the Alphabet song. For our treat this week, we painted bread with edible paint, with a Pudsey theme for ‘Children in need’. We did lots of fun Pudsey jobs.
Well done class 2 for another happy week!

2A

2A Blog

9th November 2020Beth Thompson

This week in class 2 we had a surprise guest come in who left behind some muddy paw prints, orange and black fur, and a letter. The letter told us that the guest was a stripy, hungry animal and they he would come to school on Friday for a tea party. It was a tiger! We made lots of tiger art, made invitations and planned what food we wanted to have at the party. On Friday, we played lots of tiger themed games and made tiger striped biscuits. Then the tiger came in! It was very exciting and we had lots of yummy tea party food.

In maths we practiced our counting using different food. We counted numbers, put them in order and practiced writing them. In science we looked at which baby animals match which mammy animals. We also did food experiments earlier in the week, practicing our instruction following. Some of us made rain with whipped cream, water and food colouring. Some made volcanoes with lemons, sodium bicarbonate and food colouring and some of us more ice melt with salt.

Well done for another lovely week, everybody! Next week we will continue to look at food and drink as it is our new topic. We will also complete more ‘Tiger who came to tea’ activities.

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