Under the sea theme - Week 7 – 13.7.20

Year 1

We hope you have enjoyed taking part in the other learning activities you have

completed at home.

This week our learning theme is ‘Under the sea and the seaside.’ We will be

learning about sea creatures and their habitats and the impact humans have on

marine environments, for example, plastic found in the oceans and litter left on

the beaches.

Sea creatures exist in oceans and seas all around the world! Sea creatures live

in different habitats. Some fish live on coral reefs, others inhabit shipwrecks

and some live close to the shore in rock pools. Sea creatures are as varied as

their habitats. They are all different shapes and sizes; from octopi to whales,

jellyfish to sea snakes and seahorses to crabs, they are all very different, but

they all live in the oceans and seas around the world.

Sea

snake

Seahorse

Coral reef

Humpback whale Jellyfish

Rock pool

Shipwreck

Year 1

This week we will be looking at sun and water safety and planning a trip to the

seaside. Challenges have been set for the children to work through with you. We

will be thinking about how we can keep our beaches and seas clean.

Personal, Social, Health and Emotional Education (PSHE)

Talk about when you have been to the seaside as a family.

What did they enjoy the most? Why was it so good?

Plan a day out with your child. It could be to the seaside at Burnham on Sea or

Weston-Super-Mare or further away. What would they like to do?

Build a huge sandcastle, dig a moat or go for a swim in the sea?

Maybe have a lovely ice-cream!

Help your child learn about safety at the beach and sun safety for their trip.

Can your child name some items you will need to take with you?

Ask your child to write the names of the items on paper in a list. This will make

sure you don’t forget them!

Sun safety.

Talk about keeping safe in the sun, ask your child to tell you

what they need to do.

Ask the following questions.

Why do we need to use sunscreen?

What could happen to our skin if we did not use it? Which clothes should you

wear to the beach?

Why do you need to cover your body and wear a hat?

Keeping hydrated

Talk to your child about drinking lots of water. Did you know our bodies are

made up of up to 60% water? Our hearts and brains are each made

of 73% water. We lose water from our bodies when we exercise or

when we sweat and get hot! We need to replace all the water we

lose, so we must drink lots of water each day.

This chart helps you and your child see how much fluid everyone needs to drink

each day.

Children draw your own poster to show others how to stay safe in the sun.

You need a title, pictures, bullet points and short sentences or captions and

remember to use your phonics, to help you spell the words.

Enjoy your time at home together, but please make sure everyone keeps

safe in the sun at home and at the seaside

Literacy

Reading and Writing

It is important to hear your child read as often as possible, but it is also

important to help them understand what they have read. Reading together can

be one of the most rewarding activities you can take part in with your child. If

reading is fun, your child will enjoy it more!

We are looking at two books this week, they are:

Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae, Illustrated by David Wojtowycz,

and The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister.

Commotion in the Ocean Activities -

Listen to the book of poems at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aeVMtruBX9Q

read by Fi,

Ask your child to think about the poems. What do they notice? Can they think of

rhyming words of their own to match some of those in the story?

Ask your child to fill in the rhyming words sheet provided below.

Encourage your child to write a shape poem. Poems do not have to rhyme, but they can.

Ask your child to think of a sea creature they would like to write their poem about.

They can then draw their own creature and write their poem inside it. An example of

how it may look can be seen below.

Dolphin shape for

shape poem. Can

your child draw

their own

underwater

creature for their

poem?

The Rainbow Fish activities –

Listen to the story at:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jQTjTe42-0

the story is read by the author Marcus Pfister

Talk about the story. What happened at the beginning of the story?

Who are the characters? Why doesn’t The Rainbow Fish want to share his

scales? How did the other fish treat him? What changed his mind? Why was the

Rainbow fish happy at the end of the story?

Ask your child to plan a short story on the story plan mountain below, changing

the characters of the story and the setting. For example, from the Rainbow

Fish to a Spotty Frog and the sea to a pond. Your child should then write their

story on the writing frame on the next page. They should use the phonic sounds

and ‘tricky’ words they have learnt. Tricky words are the words they cannot

sound out and read by sight. Remind them to use spaces between words and

capital letters and full stops for each sentence.

It will help your child remember what they are going to write if they say

the sound, word or sentence they are trying to write out loud.

Other books to read together or for your child to read to you.

The snail and the whale by Julia Donaldson

The secret sea horse By Stella Blackstone

A house for a hermit crab and

Mister Seahorse both by Eric Carle

Other useful websites to help your child with their reading

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/storytime-app

Follow the instructions to install the app. There are lots of activities!

https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI_dDlmKGk6gIVuIBQ

Bh1g7QWWEAAYASAAEgKgdfD_BwE

Teach your monster to read

http://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/songs/everything-beneath-the-

sea?page=1%2C0%2C0%2C0

Reading practise and stories based on ‘under the sea’.

Below is a read and colour sheet and a writing activity sheet your child can complete.

Phonics

Your child has been taught phonics to help them read and write. Phonics include

learning the sounds they can hear in words (phonemes), as well as the ‘tricky’

words they have learnt. Tricky words/ common exception words are words

children cannot sound out. They learn to recognise them by sight.

Lists of tricky words they may know are:

I to no go the

he she we me be

was my you they her

all like are

said so have some come

were there little one do

when out what

oh their people Mr Mrs

looked called asked would could

Please remember not all children will have learnt all these words.

Help your child learn more tricky words by playing games with them.

For example, make some cards with the words on and keep showing the words to

your child.

Remember to swap the order of the words!

Use chalk and write the words on a path, draw circles around the words.

Children can jump into the circle with the word in it that you ask for.

This game is very good for learning letters and sounds as well. The children can

jump on the sounds to blend for reading or break apart words for spelling. It

works really well when there are four or more sounds in words, or the words

have different ways of spelling a sound.

A variation could be to write them on paper or card and pin them to a wall. Your

child could use a water pistol and shoot the words or sounds!

If you have paintbrushes and food colouring, children can write their sounds and

words using coloured water on a path. (Paint can be used, but probably best to

use on paper.)

Can your child think of rhyming words for each word on the sheet below?

Computer games to help children read or spell words from Phase 2 to Phase 5 of

Letters and Sounds, can be found on these websites:

http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/phase-2-games.html

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/alphablocks

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WD4-vPkeIqs

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=phonics+play+games&p=1

www.phonicsplay.co.uk

www.teachyourmonstertoread.com

Mathematics

Your child could use real objects such as beads, buttons, Lego or pens to help them

work out these adding, subtracting and sharing word problems.

Try the following number problems.

Extra Challenge

Draw your own grid. Add 10,20,30 to the top line, 40,50,60 to the middle line

and 70, 80, 90 to the bottom line.

Can you predict the answers? Were you correct?

Can you solve this grid question about pattern?

Use the grid below to find out!

Topic – Geography and science

Does your child know anything about the sea and what lives in it?

Which plants live there?

Which sea creatures?

Take a look at these power-points to help them learn about the creatures and

habitats.

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-t-5574-under-the-sea-habitats-video-

powerpoint

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-t-5515-under-the-sea-what-am-i-

interactive-powerpoint-game

Can your child make a list of animals and plants that live in the sea?

Children can write their list on paper or a whiteboard and dry-wipe pen if they

have one.

Sea creatures live in different oceans and seas around the world. Can your

child find out the names of different seas and oceans?

Encourage your child to learn about the different environments, the plant life

and the marine life that live in the seas and oceans.

Look at these websites to learn more about marine life. https://www.cornwallwildlifetrust.org.uk/wildlife-explorer/marine/marine-mammals-and-sea-

turtles/common-dolphin

Different sea-life that can be found around Cornwall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOJkvhSpBiQ

The Pacific Ocean and its marine life

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J2BKd5e15Jc&feature=emb_rel_pause

Learning about Coral reefs

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TJN3gJoZqlY

All about fish

https://www.mcsuk.org/ukseas/search?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIsIeb9YOk6gIVT4uyCh0O

-gWaEAAYAiAAEgIPbvD_BwE

Sea-life around the United Kingdom

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/puzzles/octonauts-creature-

quiz?collection=octonauts-games

This is a quiz to find out how much your child has learnt about sea creatures.

After looking at some of the websites, ask your child to add more animals and

plants to their lists.

Ask your child to use their lists to make a fact-file about some of the sea life.

Decide which sea creatures they want to include. Children can find pictures in

magazines or on the computer, with adult help. They can stick them on to their

fact-file or draw pictures of their chosen sea life and colour in. Then write

sentences about each one.

It has been widely reported that our seas and oceans are polluted by plastic.

Which kinds of plastic would you and your child take to the seaside?

Ask your child to think about their planned day out at the seaside. Are you

taking disposable plastic?

Have a look at the World Wildlife Fund’s web page,

https://www.wwf.org.uk/updates/plastics-why-we-must-act-

now?pc=ATC001002&ds_rl=1263542&pc=ASF001002&ds_rl=1263542&gclid=EAIaIQob

ChMIuMTR_YCp6gIVxYGyCh3YYwHiEAAYBCAAEgLCE_D_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds

How do you feel about the pictures and information given?

Children are going to create a poster to show how to keep the oceans and seas

plastic free. Remember you need a title or slogan that will make people want to

read more and short sentences to make people who read your poster think about

what you are saying. Decide on pictures for your poster that will make your

point of view clear.

Art, Design and Technology

Children enjoy using everyday objects to create their own models, paintings and

drawings. The only limits are the child’s imagination. To help your child we have

made some suggestions of activities they could take part in. Ask your child to

describe their picture or model. Can they give their creation a name and write a

title for it?

https://buggyandbuddy.com/ocean-crafts-kids/

A selection of activities making sea life from everyday things you can find at home.

https://buggyandbuddy.com/make-kite/

Create a kite to fly at the beach.

Use an egg box or a box to

create an underwater scene.

Create an underwater

collage or a painting.

Claude Monet was a famous impressionist artist who painted lots of pictures including

ones of the sea. Have a look at some pictures of his paintings. Can you paint or draw a

picture in this style?

Music

Join Nigel to Learn ‘The Big Ship Sails’ with your family: https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/music-ks1-sun-sea-song-1-the-big-ship-sails-on-the-ally-

ally-oh/zb7spg8

Help him make up some new parts to the song. Work on singing your words

clearly and keeping to the pitch of the song.

RE

Different people in the world believe different things and sometimes have

special books that they read. Christians read the Bible to find out what God is

like and his plan for their lives.

In the Bible there is a story about a man called Jonah who sank down into the

sea and was swallowed by a big fish. Listen to the story carefully:

https://request.org.uk/restart/2020/03/26/bible-quest-jonah/

Now cut out the parts of the story and put them in the correct order:

Activities that you can do at home without a printer

Act out the story of The Rainbow Fish or the poems in Commotion in the Ocean

by pretending to be the different sea creatures and perform it to the rest of

your family. Can they guess who you are?

Draw some fish, cut them out, and then hide them around the house. Ask

someone else to go on a fish hunt. Use positional and directional language to

direct them to each fish. (e.g. positional – under, behind, in front etc. directional

forwards, backwards, turn left, turn right,) You could even include counting in

this activity by saying how many steps need to be taken.

Build a boat using things you have around you e.g. blanket, chair. Can you add a

funnel or sails? Make sure you have your parent’s permission to use these things.

Draw a picture of your favourite sea creatures and label them, write facts you

already know about them.

Make up a story about going to the beach or on a boat looking for treasure.

o Where is the setting – a beach, the funfair

o Who are the characters?

o What will you be looking for?

o What happens?

o How does the story end?

Draw a picture and write it as a short story.

Go on a shape hunt