This half term, we have been looking at the parable of ‘The Lost Son’. A parable is a simple story told to teach a lesson about how to behave. Jesus told many parables and these can be found in the Gospels in the Christian Bible. Here is a clip showing the story.

What was Jesus trying to help people understand with this story?

Do any other stories from any other religions have messages like this?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p018zdcp

This week in history, we started thinking about The Gunpowder Plot. This clip will help you with this week’s homework. What can you find out..? Who is the man in the picture above..?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/history-ks1-why-did-the-gunpowder-plot-happen/zv462v4

In our Talk 4 Writing, we have started looking at the journey tale Augustus and his Smile. Watch this clip and learn the story about a tiger with a problem:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CPlGXh0EkI

We have been trying to remember the countries in the United Kingdom and the capital cities. Click on the links and try to complete the quizzes to prove what you know.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zyhp34j/articles/z4v3jhv

https://wordwall.net/resource/22506660/geography/uk-label-countries

https://www.playgeography.com/games/countries-of-uk/

https://wordwall.net/resource/19050629/geography/uk-capitals-map

Thank you again to all of the parents who attended our workshops on Friday 3rd and Monday 6th February. We hope they were useful.

Here are the sites mentioned in our Year 1 workshops:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting

https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/arrowCards/

Interactive dice

https://www.online-stopwatch.com/chance-games/roll-a-dice/

Have fun!

Try to use these links and explore the area around school and perhaps you can find your home..?

https://www.instantstreetview.com/

https://earth.google.com/web/

Have fun practising how to write your letters correctly with this game!

https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/skyWriter/index.html

Have fun making numbers but remember to start on the right hand side.

Talk about how 14 is 10 and 4…

https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/arrowCards/

Here are some Advent calendars and  games to play and things to watch over the Christmas holidays. We hope you have a lovely holiday! Have fun and stay safe!

http://projectbritain.com/Xmas/calendar/index.html

https://www.santagames.net/calendar/index.htm

http://www.northpole.com/

https://www.whychristmas.com/cultures/

Christmas Jigsaws

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/christmas/jigsaws

Christmas Games

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/christmas/ChristmasGames.aspx

The Snowman

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZE9KpobX9J8

The Night before Christmas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W3RcSp0hvrc

Mr Shepherd’s Webpage – Sing Christmas songs
https://www.musicaltoad.co.uk/

Have fun trying to complete the Christmas Reading Challenge. You can get into Bug Club by using your login details in your Reading Log!

Enjoy!