4 years ago
Posted on December 14, 2020 by Zoe Horton

Hedgehogs Home Learning – Monday 14th December

🎄 Good Morning Hedgehogs at home! 🎄

We’ve only got one week left in school before we start our Christmas holidays, so all your home learning this week has a Christmassy theme! 🎅

Phonics:

Have a go at playing this Christmas tree phonics game. Look carefully at the words and pictures on the baubles. Place each bauble onto the Christmas tree that shows the matching letter sound.

Baubles

Christmas Trees

Maths:

Using all that you have learned in Maths this term, complete this Christmas Maths Booklet.

English:

Think about the tricky words you have been learning this term. Have a go at completing this Tricky words booklet.

Christmas Crafts:

In class today we are going to be making Christmas cards. We liked the look of these ones. Don’t worry if you don’t have pom poms or googley eyes, you can use paint or a pen and draw them on instead.

You can follow the step by step video: https://www.thebestideasforkids.com/christmas-handprint-cards/?jwsource=cl

I hope you have a good day!

Miss Horton 🙂

4 years ago
Posted on December 11, 2020 by Sally Johnson

Hedgehog wreath making

Some of the children in Hedgehog class enjoyed making a Christmas wreath today.

We made one wreath from tinsel and another with foliage. They were easy to do (we wound the tinsel or willow/foliage) around the frame and ta-da!

If you would like to make one with your child at home, please let us know and we will send home the metal ring that you will need to get going. Simply follow our picture instructions or get creative and design your own. We’d love to see photos of the finished results.

4 years ago
Posted on December 10, 2020 by Sally Johnson

Friends of School ‘Christmas tree’ competition

Thank you to everyone who entered our ‘Friends of School’ Christmas tree competition.

We had lots of wonderful entries from children who have made a Christmas tree in so many different ways. We were very impressed!

The photos of the entries are in the windows at the front of school if you’d like to see them, but here they are if you are unable to get to school to see them. Please note that entries with children’s faces on are not displayed in the windows.

There is a winner from each class, chosen by the children on our Fun and Games Council. The judges didn’t know who each entry belonged to as we removed the children’s faces and names from their entries! All of the winners will be announced in worship by Mrs Ball on Monday next week.

On behalf of The Friends Of St John the Baptist Primary School, thank you to everyone who has taken part.

4 years ago
Posted on December 10, 2020 by Sally Johnson

Hedgehogs at home – 10th and 11th December 2020

Hello Hedgehogs

We have a busy week at school again, and the children are all very excited about Christmas now , as I’m sure you are too!

Please find your tasks and activities for the next two days below. If you have any questions please get in touch.

Thank you

Mrs Johnson

English

We will be writing our own acrostic poems about Christmas, just like the one below. Can you write one too? Decorate your paper with the things you have included in your poem.

The children are sharing the story of Baboushka (a Russian Christmas story) this week. Look at the story online and retell the story in your book, drawing pictures to show what happened alongside your writing.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xWrwVMVCEiU

Maths

Over the next two days we are revisiting our work from earlier this term on shape. Please find the activity sheets to use below.

Shapes activities and answers

Music

We are learning some traditional Christmas Carols for our Christingle next week. If you would like to learn them too, you can find the video’s to song along to here…

Little donkey – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQsK44zAN_s

Away in a manger – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-VAke_WpwM

Hark the herald angels sing – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyXucFzLXwA

O Little town of Bethlehem – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmSxlavvAek&vl=en

Silent Night – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmioEzAZCVc

We wish you a merry Christmas – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C41q5YLnF10

In the bleak midwinter – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOEYVN6Qj6w

Phonics

Please watch the video for the day here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw/videos

Spelling

All of the words this week are something to do with Christmas! CAN 10.12.20

Reading

Please choose one of these lovely stories to share https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/?view=image&query=&type=book&age_group=&level=&level_select=book+band+3%3A+yellow&book_type=&series=#

4 years ago
Posted on December 10, 2020 by Sally Johnson

Hedgehog spellings – 10th December

Hello Hedgehogs

All of the words on your spelling lists this week are about Christmas.

I hope you enjoy learning to spell them. They might come in useful over the next few weeks!

CAN group CAN 10.12.20

SHOULD group SHOULD 10.12.20

COULD group COULD 10.12.20

The blank Look cover write check sheet might be useful to help you practice too.

4 years ago
Posted on December 9, 2020 by Jen Whittingham

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas…

4 years ago
Posted on December 8, 2020 by Jen Whittingham

Congratulations Matthew

Congratulations to Matthew in Owl Class for being nominated and then selected for pupil of the month for November by his Your Space Music trumpet teacher Chris. Here is what Matthew’s teacher said about him:

‘A huge nomination for Matthew to be pupil of the month! He works so hard, by far one of my best students and his rate of improvement has been fantastic. I call him my little scale demon! A comfortable merit on his first grade exam is very much deserved.’

Fantastic news Matthew and very well-deserved. Enjoy spending your prize voucher – I think I can guess what on!

4 years ago
Posted on December 8, 2020 by Zoe Horton

Hedgehogs Home Learning – Tuesday 8th December

Good Morning Hedgehogs at home!

Here is your home learning for today…

Phonics:

This link will take you to the phonics lesson.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw/playlists

Your lesson will be uploaded at 10am. If you feel like you need a bit of extra practice there is another lesson at 11:00am that focuses on blending sounds. After they have been uploaded the videos are available to view at any time throughout the day.

If you’re struggling to concentrate for the full video, try doing it in sections and have a break between each bit.

English:

Have a go at labelling everything you can see in this Christmas picture.

Maths:

Have a go at playing this more or less game. You’ll need a dice and some cubes (or you could use lego/counters/beads).

More or Less Game

I hope you have a lovely day, any problems let me know 🙂

Miss Horton.

4 years ago
Posted on December 7, 2020 by Sally Johnson

Hedgehog Class Homework 1st-16th December 2020

We are busy learning Christmas songs for our Nativity performance in class. We are going to film the performance and put it on the school website soon, as detailed in the letter on Parentmail you had from Mrs Ball.

In addition we are hoping to hold a Christingle celebration in school on 17th December and there are lots of songs for the children to learn for this. As your homework for the next two weeks, please watch the YouTube videos below and help your child to learn these traditional Christmas carols that the children will be singing at our Christingle.

We would love for parents and families to join in too so please enjoy these together!

Thank you

Little donkey – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nQsK44zAN_s

Away in a manger – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-VAke_WpwM

Hark the herald angels sing – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyXucFzLXwA

O Little town of Bethlehem – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DmSxlavvAek&vl=en

Silent Night – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nmioEzAZCVc

We wish you a merry Christmas – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C41q5YLnF10

In the bleak midwinter – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOEYVN6Qj6w

4 years ago
Posted on December 7, 2020 by Zoe Horton

Hedgehogs Home Learning – 7/12/20

Good Morning Hedgehogs!

I hope you’ve had a lovely weekend, here is your home learning for Monday:

Phonics:

This link will take you to the phonics lesson.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw/playlists

If you’re struggling to concentrate for the full video, try doing it in sections and have a break between each bit.

English:

It’s not long until Christmas now, and I’m sure you’ve been thinking about what you would like Father Christmas to bring you. You might have already written your letter to Father Christmas but I’m a bit nosey and would love to see what you’ve asked for!! You can use this template to help you.

Maths:

Today we’re having another practice at using the greater than sign (the one that looks like a crocodiles’ mouth <). Remember the crocodile wants to eat the bigger number so the big open mouth end needs to point towards the bigger number.

Sally the alligator is very hungry and loves to eat more fish. Cut out the pictures of Sally the alligator and glue them in the boxes (making sure her mouth is open towards the side with the most fish!)

Sally the alligator

Science:

We’ve been busy all term learning about animals and humans, and today we are lucky enough to join in with a virtual trip to Chester Zoo! The live stream starts at 2pm on this link Primary Science: Creatures and Colour – Live Lesson – BBC Teach

Use what you have learned from the live lesson to complete this booklet:

Why are animals different colours?

I hope you have a lovely day, any problems let me know 🙂

Miss Horton.