English Activities

Choose the front cover of any fairytale (you could Google them if you don't have them at home). How many adjectives and similes can you list to describe the cover?

 

Find another story that includes a witch. Can you create a comic strip or story mountain to retell the story? 

 

Practise reading and writing the Y1 common exception words. 

 

Play one of these games online to practise your Phase 3-5 phonics sounds. 

 

If you have any puppets at home, could you write a playscript using them as characters? You could always create your own puppets using paper bags!

 

In science we will be learning about magnets. Can you research what magnets might be used for and write a fact file?  

 

Do you have any flower or vegetable seeds at home? Can you write instructions for how to plant something and help it grow?

 

Think about a journey you have been on. Perhaps it was when you went on holiday, or to visit some family or friends? Can you write a postcard about the journey to say where you went and what you saw?

 

Do you know any poems off by heart? Can you practise saying one out loud? You could also write down all or part of it and add illustrations as a border.