Year 1
School Closure Information
We are so thankful to see that you are so keen to support your child to continue their learning journey at home. Remember we are here for any advice should you need it, please contact the teachers through Tapestry or email the school on office@benthal.hackney.sch.uk. We will be using Tapestry https://eylj.org/ to upload activities on a daily basis so please make sure that you log in regularly.
Weekly timetables
Spring
W/B: 23rd March Year 1- Week 1
W/B: 30th March Year 1- Week 2
Summer
W/B: 20th April-Year 1- Week 3
W/B: 27th April-Year 1-Week 4
W/B: 4th May- Year 1- Week 5
W/B: 11th May-Year 1- Week 6
W/B: 18th May-Year 1- Week 7
W/B: 1st June-Year 1-Week 8
W/B: 8th June- Year 1-Week 9
W/B: 15th June- Year 1-Week 10
Below are some web links that you can use to support your child at home:
Phonics
There will be daily RWI phonic lessons on the Ruth Miskin website.
Each lesson is ten to fifteen minutes long and available for 24 hours. The children are familiar with the programme as it is used at school every day.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo7fbLgY2oA_cFCIg9GdxtQ
Reading
Oxford Owl have made free ebooks available during the duration of school closures so that your child has more to read. If you know, your child’s reading level, download the levelled books for them to read independently.
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/reading-owl/library-page
Audible an audio book service has cancelled the paid subscription and has given children free access to audio books! How amazing!
https://stories.audible.com/start-listen.
Nick Cannon, a trained actor, teacher and a storyteller reads well- known stories. Storytime includes books by Tom Percival, Cressida Cowell, David Melling, Jeanne Willis, Judith Kerr, Oliver Jeffers and David Walliams.
A new story is added to their YouTube channel at 2pm on Monday, Wednesday and Friday each week.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDe74j1F52zQ51fqNpKV07E71knNl8HFn
Maths
White Rose have organised daily ‘lessons’ that flow across the course of the week, with a short explanatory presentation, an independent task and answers for each day.
https://whiterosemaths.com/homelearning/year-1/
Science
Our summer term topic for science is plants. We will set activities on Tapestry and ask children to watch some of the BBC Bitesize videos.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zpxnyrd
Physical Education
Joe Wicks has daily workouts, which children can follow.
https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1
Music
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/nursery-rhymes-songs-index/zhwdgwx
Creative
Want something creative to do with the children? Click on the link below for some ideas:
http://www.robbiddulph.com/draw-with-rob
Spanish
Rockalingua provides songs to help children learn greetings, numbers, colours, and the parts of the body in Spanish
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCp0EBWJ3eGG7bV8ictf05SQ