INSET

Luca asked “how do we make chocolate cake?” We will introduce today’s activity by telling the children that we have received an email from a friend, Belinda Baker. We will read the email to the children, which explains that Belinda made a special cake for a party today but she burnt it in the oven. She needs to make a new one but hasn’t got enough time to buy the ingredients. So, she has asked you to get the ingredients for her. We will ask the children - Have you ever helped to make a cake? What ingredients did you use? We will tell the children that Belinda Baker has sent us a recipe but we need to create a shopping list. We will show the children a pre-prepared shopping list saying ‘This shopping list shows me all the different things that I need to buy for Belinda Baker. Now, I won’t forget anything.’ Adults will read the recipe, showing the children the number and group of each item. For example - we need two bags of flour. We will follow the children’s suggestions on how ‘two’ could be recorded next to the flour picture. We will ask one of the children to come and make the marks of their choice and then all children will have a go at recording using their template. We will repeat this with each ingredient, focusing on ‘how many’ and recording this in their own way. Throughout we will remind the children to use the pinch and flick technique and an appropriate grip with their pen. At the end they will also need to write their names on their piece of work.

Today we will begin by playing ‘Floor is Lava’ - both Reece and Henry wanted to know about how to escape lava! We will introduce this by explaining to the children that we are setting them a challenge - when adults call “floor is lava” they need to be off the floor standing or sitting on something that is safe. Once we have played this a few times and the challenge is ended – Jigsaw Jenie will talk to the children about how hard that was, how they achieved their goal and one thing that was especially tricky. Then Jigsaw Jenie will ask how they found that challenge. How did it make them feel? Was it easy? We will explain that we are proud of how they kept trying. Then we will read ‘giraffes can’t dance’ a story about not giving up and keeping trying in the face of a challenge. Then we will talk about how sometimes we may come across things that are difficult. We will discuss how we could overcome them, working together, not giving up etc. If we were to do the challenge again – what could we do to help us to do it better?

Bertie and Ivy asked about ‘how do we fly?’ We will talk about different ways that people can fly - in a plane, hot air balloon etc. Then we will remind the children about the story that we read yesterday (Superhero Hotel) and the superpowers that we found about - one of which was flying. Today the children are going to each create a picture and caption of themselves as a flying Superhero. We will show them how to use ‘mashcam’ on Purple Mash to take a photo and add it to a Superhero. We will show them how to make the image larger and smaller. Finally adults will model how to type in their name using the keyboard. Each child will then have the opportunity to use the Chromebooks to create their own picture and label. We will give them their name cards for support - explaining that the initial letter will look different on the keyboard. We will support them in finding each letter to type.

Friday

The children will be changing for PE so please ensure that PE kits are in school. This term PE will be taught by Superstar sports. Today the children will be exploring different ways of using their hands to move with a ball. They will explore different ways of pushing a ball. They will also develop understanding of the meaning of the word ‘control’ and start to understand why it is important to keep the ball close to them.