Ruggin | West Buckland Primary School

Ruggin Class page has material to support your child’s learning while school is closed and lots of ideas to keep them busy. We will do our best to provide feedback at least once a week on anything that they are able to do. However, please put your child’s needs first. If you or your child are finding this difficult to manage, just do what you can, when you can.

Ruggin Class: Years 1 and 2

Class Teacher: Mrs Allerston

Teaching assistant: Mrs Biggs

Year 1 Spellings wc 13.7.20

Year 2 Spellings wc 13.7.20

Y1 Maths wc 13.7.20 (watch videos first)

Y2 Maths wc 13.7.20 (Watch vdeos first.)

New White Rose maths workbooks for parents and children

White Rose Maths has produced a range of free work booklets for parents and children to use over the summer or during next year. These booklets can be found on Amazon for the Kindle or downloaded from the White Rose website. There is one booklet for each of the blocks for Y1 to Y6.

Phonics Phase 5 phoneme spotter stories

Phase 5 phoneme spotter comprehension

Weekly Learning Record.

home-learning-record-ruggin Fri to Thurs.docx

Class email address - ruggin@educ.somerset.gov.uk

REAL PE at home - daily family PE activities Login details sent previously by email

Free e-reading books

Oxford Owls (inl RWI books) https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/books/free-ebooks/

Big Cat Collins Phonics reading books https://collins.co.uk/pages/big-cat-ebooks

Maths Challenges and Games

Number Blocks (series 3 and 4)

nrich maths challenges

isee maths challenges

Y2 Maths skills

Y1 Maths skills

ENGLISH

Please continue with either Bitesize English, National Academy or use the Talk for Writing Units below.

Y1 Bitesize

Y2 Bitesize

Talk for Writing English wc 6.7.20

wc 6th July Project Earthworms

( or choose own minibeast to research)

Earthworm video – Wizz

Worms are Wonderful video

Worm science for kids video

Mr Bloom's Nursery video Worms making compost

Worm facts

Y1 Spellings wc 6.7.20

Y2 Spellings wc 6.7.20

Y1 White Rose Maths Videos

Y1 maths videos

Y1 Maths wc 6.7.20 (Watch teaching videos first)

Alternative Y1 Maths wc 6.7.20

Y2 White Rose Maths Videos

Y2 maths videos

Y2 Maths wc 6.7.20 (Watch teaching videos first)

Project Work wc 29.6.20 Butterflies (and Moths)

This week I thought we would continue with insects and look at butterflies. There are some interesting videos and other links below as well as some optional activity sheets. Please help your child to see the similarities to the ant life-cycle they looked at last week. If your child would like to produce a finished piece of work, for example on the life-cycle of the butterfly or about the range of species etc, that would be lovely. Or perhaps your child would like to engage in art or craft linked to this theme.

You could look for butterflies at Quants Nature Reserve near West Buckland, which can be accessed from Higher Ruggin. https://www.somersetwildlife.org/nature-reserves/quants

NB - It’s best not to touch caterpillars as some are poisonous.

National Geographic Butterfly life-cycle video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVm5k99PnBk

Life-cycle video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3kZD6rlSLUw

Caterpillars for Kids https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYbMScXPEV0

Butterfly Facts – find out about the butterflies in your garden https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/wildlife-guides/other-garden-wildlife/insects-and-other-invertebrates/butterflies/

Common UK butterflies and facts https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2019/07/butterfly-identification/

5 UK species to introduce to children https://candidegardening.com/GB/stories/02bb663b-8bbe-409a-8ea5-5fc8ff168c8e

The Very Hungry Caterpillar animation (just for fun!) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75NQK-Sm1YY

MOTHS

If your child is interested, you could find out about moths and look at similarities and differences between moths and butterflies. Don’t feel your child needs to write about it all though! It’s just fascinating looking at the pictures, reading up on them and making comparisons.

Information on moths

https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/trees-woods-and-wildlife/animals/moths/

http://www.mothscount.org/text/2/about_moths.html

https://ukmoths.org.uk/thumbnails/

How to make a butterfly feeder

Caterpillar and butterflies (optional activities) wc 29.6.20

Y1 Spellings wc 29.6.20

Y2 Spellings wc 29.6.20

Y1 Maths wc 29.6.20 (Watch White Rose videos first)

Y1 maths videos

Y2 Maths wc 29.6.20 (Watch White Rose videos first)

Y2 maths videos

Mini Project for wc 22.6.20 Ants

Following on from our successful week learning about snails, I am suggesting a project on ants for the coming week. Below, you will find a few video links and general information, to use as a starting point. Hopefully you will be able to see an ants' nest in your own garden. Sometimes a loose paving slab can be lifted to reveal amazing ant tunnels and larvae etc.

(If you didn't get to do the work on snails, please feel free to do that instead.)

Wizz Ants for kids video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S7QiQPtKN9k

Ants Science for Kids video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CASrmm4BUJk

DK Ants https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/animals-and-nature/insects/ants/

National Insect Week (22^nd – 28^th June)

National Insect Week encourages people of all ages to learn more about insects. https://www.nationalinsectweek.co.uk/discover-insects/bees-ants-wasps/black-garden-ant

Grasscutter ants video clip https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/science-ks1-ks2-wonders-of-nature-grasscutter-ants/zbjd7nb

Leafcutter ants video https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/science-ks2-inside-an-ant-colony/z4crkmn

Spellings Y1 wc 22.6.20

Spellings Y2 wc 22.6.20

Maths Y1 wc 22.6.20 (Please watch White Rose videos first)

Maths Y2 wc 22.6.20 (Please watch White Rose videos first)

Maths Y2 (alternative)

Phonics Practice (Choose your child's level.)

w.c. 15.6.20 Snail Project

The mini-project I’m suggesting for this week is based on the activities and interests of the year 1 children who returned to school last week. They were fascinated by the snails they found on the school field, and spent ages building homes for their new friends. I thought we could all discover a bit more about these curious creatures.

I have found various resources on Twinkl, which I’ll post below, but actually the Youtube videos are more interesting as a starting point.

In addition to the science involved, the theme of snails lends itself to art activities such as sculpture, painting or collage etc. But please follow the interests of your own child with this.

Snails https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLCtVGB1mFw

Slugs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=duXDMC2UpZ0

Read aloud book ‘Are You a Snail’ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_H5PiUuAPv4

DK Find out https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/animals-and-nature/squid-snails-and-shellfish/snails/

Art

Matisse Tate Modern https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1W4fdGyS98

Matisse Snail https://www.tate.org.uk/kids/make/cut-paste/collage-matisse-snail

Crafts

https://iheartcraftythings.com/12-colorful-snail-crafts-for-kids.html

https://artsymomma.com/16-fun-and-silly-snail-crafts-for-kids-of-all-ages.html

Talk for Writing English

Y1 Spelling wc 15.6.20

Y2 Spelling wc 15.6.20

Y1 White Rose Maths wc 15.6.20

Y1 alternative WR Maths

Y2 White Rose Maths wc 15.6.20

Sing Up at Home

Y1 Spellings 8.6.20

Y2 Spellings 8.6.20

For other subjects please follow either Bitesize or National Academy daily lessons, week 7.

Year 1 lessons https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/zjpqqp3/year-1-lessons/1

Year 2 lessons https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/z7s22sg/year-2-lessons/1

National Academy lessons week 7

Year 1 https://classroom.thenational.academy/schedule-by-year/year-1

Year 2 https://classroom.thenational.academy/schedule-by-year/year-2

Optional English Units based on Talk for Writing

White Rose Maths Video Lessons

Year 1 White Rose Maths video lessons

Year 2 White Rose Maths video lessons

Daily 10 Maths

Y1 White Rose Maths worksheets 8.6.20

Alternative Y1 White Rose Maths worksheets 8.6.20

Y2 White Rose Maths worksheets 8.6.20

Alternative White Rose Maths worksheets 8.6.20

31.5.20

Dear Parents,

I hope you’ve had a relaxing half-term break and enjoyed lots of outdoor activities in the sunshine!

For the next few months, we now have free access to a great online PE resource (jasmineactive) devised for parents to carry out with their children at home. It’s designed to keep children active throughout the day and encourage them to do some physical activity at least every 30 mins. There are 7 weeks of daily activities which will take us to the summer holidays. I will be sending the login details via email.

As before, please follow either the National Academy or Bitesize lessons this week, as best suits your child. You will find the White Rose maths sheets along with the weekly spellings below. Please continue to practise number bonds and times tables, and use any other websites as previously advised (further down the class page). I have had a recommendation, from a parent, for an early reading app called ‘Homer’ which might be helpful and motivational for some children.

I think it would be a perfect time over the next few weeks to do some wildflower spotting and identification in our locality. I usually cover this in school whilst on our welly walks, but we are now unable to do this. I know many of you are going on regular family walks and will have noticed the profusion of plant growth. It’s the perfect opportunity to start identifying wild flowers, by encouraging children to look closely both at the flowers and the leaves. Links to spotter sheets, the PlantNet ID app and the Great British Wildflower Hunt can be found below.

Many thanks for your continued support with your child’s home learning.

Mrs Allerston and Mrs Biggs

Summer Wildflower Spotter Sheets

PlantNet A useful mobile plant identification app, if you don’t have a book...just take a photo!

The Great British Wildflower Hunt

Y1 Spellings wc 1.6.20

Y2 Spellings wc 1.6.20

Y1 White Rose Maths Sheets (must watch the teaching videos 1st)

Alternative Y1 Maths (if main lessons have already been covered)

Y2 White Rose Maths (must watch the teaching videos first)

Home Learning for w/c Monday 18th May

Please use either the BBC Bitesize daily lessons or the Oak Academy, whichever is most engaging for your child. You may have found other websites offering useful support to home learning, in which case please continue with those. We want to nurture children’s excitement and enthusiasm for learning, which as we all know really isn’t all about pencil and paper activities (although we need to do some!).

Maths

The Bitesize lessons now follow the same learning as White Rose Maths. After watching the teaching videos with your child and discussing the ideas, you might want to use the worksheets, which I’ve posted along with the answers further down the page. The maths videos can be accessed in the usual way. Please note that some of the worksheets include greater depth challenges so don’t feel your child has to complete these. If they are struggling you could give further practice with objects, counters or by drawing on paper etc, to consolidate the basic mathematical idea.

Bird Project

I’m pleased that many children have started to, or continued to investigate and observe our garden birds. As an additional challenge, try to identify birds by their song. A good website to help with this is the RSPB

https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/bird-songs/what-bird-is-that/

An app I have used on my phone, to record birdsong and then identify the bird, is birdNET

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.tu_chemnitz.mi.kahst.birdnet&hl=en_GB

A few parents have recommended this great science resource, Let’s Go Live.

If you haven’t yet discovered it, you may want to check it out on YouTube.

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmTANLv-GyXWvII2La-sXEePmN2PC9H3g

Please see also the whole school D&T challenge on the main page, which is to make a super-crown for the Queen.

Remember to check out Purple Mash, Numbots and TTRockstars!

Scroll down this page for links to PE, maths games and other online resources.

Many thanks for your continued support with your child’s learning.

Best wishes,

Mrs Allerston

BBC Bitesize daily lessons week 5

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize

Year 1 lessons https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/zjpqqp3/year-1-lessons/1

Year 2 lessons https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/z7s22sg/year-2-lessons/1

National Academy lessons week 5

Year 1 https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-1#schedule

Year 2 https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-2#schedule

Year 1 Spellings w/c 18.5.20

Y2 Spellings w/c 18.5.20

White Rose Maths Video Lessons wc 18.5.20

Year 1 Maths wk 5 https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Year 2 Maths wk 5 https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

Nrich challenges https://nrich.maths.org/9414

Numbots https://play.numbots.com/#/intro

TTRockstars https://ttrockstars.com/ (use same login as for Numbots)

Y1 White Rose Maths worksheets and answers wc 18.5.20

White Rose Maths worksheets and answers wc 18.5.20

Reading and Phonics

Free e-reading books

Oxford Owls (inl RWI books) https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/books/free-ebooks/

Big Cat Collins Phonics reading books https://collins.co.uk/pages/big-cat-ebooks

Super online phonics games

https://www.phonicsbloom.com/

Read Write Inc Youtube Phonics

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ

Purple Mash (huge range of activities across the curriculum)

https://www.purplemash.com/sch/westbucklandcomm

Mini-Topic Finding out about birds

Home Learning for w/c Monday 11^th May

Please use either the BBC Bitesize daily lessons or the Oak Academy, whichever is most engaging for your child. The Bitesize lessons now follow the same learning as White Rose Maths. However, the worksheets are no longer available via the online link, so I have posted them separately. The maths videos can be accessed in the usual way.

Remember to enjoy the wonders of the outdoors at this time of year. There is so much to observe and discover in nature! At the end of this week's post, I have added some resources to support finding out about the birds you might see in your garden or in the countryside (I know some children are already doing lots of bird spotting). Please use them if you wish, or feel free to encourage your child to follow their own interests.

Many thanks for all your efforts with your child's learning.

BBC Bitesize daily lessons week 4

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize

Year 1 lessons https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/zjpqqp3/year-1-lessons/1

Year 2 lessons https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/z7s22sg/year-2-lessons/1

National Academy lessons week 4

Year 1 https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-1#schedule

Year 2 https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-2#schedule

White Rose Maths Video Lessons

Year 1 Maths wk 4 https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Year 2 Maths wk 4 https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

Nrich challenges https://nrich.maths.org/9414

Numbots https://play.numbots.com/#/intro

TTRockstars https://ttrockstars.com/ (use same login as for Numbots)

Y1 White Rose maths worksheets (watch video lessons first)

Y2 White Rose maths sheets

Year 1 Spelling 11.5.20

Y2 Spelling 11.5.20

Home learning for week commencing 4.5.20

Maths

Please use White Rose for the main maths lessons and supplement thses with games and activities to practise memorising number bonds and times tables. Numbots has some great challenges for mental arithmetic (Y1 and Y2). TTRockstars will help you practise your tables (Y2). Purple Mash also has maths -based activities and don't forget Numberblocks on iplayer or Youtube.

Use the nrich website for links to logic problems and challenges.

Year 1 Maths https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/

Year 2 Maths https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-2/

Nrich challenges https://nrich.maths.org/9414

Numbots https://play.numbots.com/#/intro

TTRockstars https://ttrockstars.com/ (use same login as for Numbots)

Year 1 Spellings 4.5.20

Y2 Spellings w.c 4.5.20

Phonics

Read Write Inc Daily Phonic Lesson shedule.pdf

BBC Bitesize daily lessons

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize

Year 1 lessons https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/zjpqqp3/year-1-lessons/1

Year 2 lessons https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/z7s22sg/year-2-lessons/1

National Academy lessons

Year 1 https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-1#schedule

Year 2 https://www.thenational.academy/online-classroom/year-2#schedule

Free e-reading books

Oxford Owls (inl RWI books) https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/books/free-ebooks/

Big Cat Collins Phonics reading books https://collins.co.uk/pages/big-cat-ebooks

VE Day activities

PHONICS and MATHS links

Daily RWI phonics lessons on Youtube

PHONICS PLAY (free access) Phonics practice through games

Numbots A highly engaging platform for recall and fluency in mental addition and subtraction

Daily 10 minutes maths Maths fluency

nrich games and activities

4 different book review sheets...take your pick!

Year 1 Spellings (w/c 27.4.20)

Year 2 Spellings (27.4.20)

Maths w/c 27.4.20

Week 4 MATHS home learning.docx

Online stories and questions

Evercreech Bedtime Stories Questions.docx

Home Learning Week commencing 20.4.20 (links to English and maths)

Home Learning w.c 20.4.20.docx

Spelling w.c.20.4.20

Reading Comprehension (choose 1 or 2) 20.4.20

Science Activities 20.4.20

Y1 Maths wc 30.3.20

Y2 Maths wc30.3.20 (only 1st 5 sheets, if they become too challenging)

White Rose Maths Y2 Home Learning Week 2 Online learning to support the worksheets

Y2 Fractions Challenges

English Y2 for wc 30.3.20

Y2 Reading Comprehension and Grammar

Y1 English wc 30.3.20

Y1 Grammar and Reading Comprehension

Additional Handwriting Practice

Maths

Year-1-Spring-Block-1-FB4.pptx

Y2 I-See-PS-KS1-Tasks-Fractions.pdf

KS1 maths activity videos I See Maths lessons and videos

Ruggin class letter 20.3.20

Ruggin class letter 20.3.20.docx.pdf

Home Learning

Hamilton Trust Y1 English lessons week 1

English Lessons Y2 (Hamilton Trust) Week 1

Optional Y1 Maths Resources (Hamilton Trust)

Optional Y2 Maths Resources Hamilton Trust

Twinkl - Free Learning Resources

Y1 interactive learning links.pdf

Y1 Home learning resource pack Link to free Twinkl resource pack

Y2 interactive learning links.pdf

Y2 Home learning resource pack Free Twinkl resources

Have fun with outdoor learning!

Signs of spring spotter sheet

signs-of-spring spotter sheet.pdf

Woodland activities for Children and Families. Build dens. Spot wildlife. Make natural art.

Self-isolating with nature 10 nature activities for kids if you're self-isolating at home

bird_spotter_sheet.pdf

Online Learning and Apps

White Rose Maths video lessons Y2 Fractions - halves and quarters

White Rose Maths Video Lessons Y1 Weight, mass, capacity, volume

Teaching and Learning games, all subjects

Maths is Fun (maths practice)

UR Brainy year 2

Online maths games and activities for key stage 1

Maths videos for parents

Online learning

Keeping Active

Physical activity and exercise can improve our health, make us feel better, give us more energy and it reduces the risk of developing several diseases like diabetes and heart disease. In this time of increasing restrictions on our movement with Coronavirus, it is still crucial we are active for 60 minutes a day. Being active also releases natural endorphines that make us feel much happier. It also tires the children out and some peace and quiet may ensue (not guaranteed!).

There are many ways we can keep fit at home with no equipment. You Tube has a plethora of content - obviously, please supervise the children while they are using this platform. These are some of my favourites and the children (and you) can literally just follow them - click, play, workout, happy days.

Sallys - awesome strength workouts. There are Sallys for squats - the easiest, stomach/core which is harder and if any of you can complete Sally arms, you get a gold medal!

Sally squats: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bql6sIU2A7k

Sally core: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q9cnrvL4Apc&t=18s

Sally arms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41N6bKO-NVI

Moovlee - there are so many workouts - yoga, meditation and active workouts. Here are a couple of good ones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7i0tUVNHfLA and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=toi50kBcLM8.

Joe Wicks the Body Coach. Joe Wicks is brilliant - he has hundreds of workouts on his YouTube channel specifically for children, but also tons for adults to do too. It is important that children do the children's work outs as they are specifically designed for their growing bodies. All of the workouts need little space and no equipment and are really easy to follow.

Cosmic Kids Yoga. I use these a lot in school and the children love them. There are lots to choose from and they too have their own YouTube channel.

Government advice is to still be active and even if self isolating, it is important to go out, but keep away from others. This means a walk, a run, a cycle or scoot is an option, but no close contact with anyone.

Home Circuits - this is a really fun way to keep fit - design your circuit, set up your timer, get some music on and off you go! Here is one that I do at home: star jumps, press ups, sit ups, sprint on the spot, tricep dips (I use the edge of the sofa), lie on back and do leg raises, jumping squats, plank, punches (stand with legs apart and punch forward with alternate arms as hard as you can), squat with alternate knee raise, punch up in the air (straight up above your head) with alternate arms, crunches.

You decide on the work/rest balance. Start with 30 seconds work and 30 seconds rest between each exercise, then try 35 seconds work with 25 seconds rest and aim for 40 seconds work and 20 seconds of rest. I write the exercises out on bits of paper so I can re-use them. Enjoy!

Autumn Term