Week 9 - 15th June 2020 'Sports Day Week!'
Sports Day is such a fun and exciting event for us in school. We spend weeks practising and preparing and keeping our fingers crossed that the sun will come out on the big day! As we won't be together to celebrate Sports Day in school, we thought we would use this week to dedicate our activities to this special day!
Please continue working on your weekly spellings, reading and mental maths alongside these activities. The Bug Club Reading Activities can be found in the Extras section at the bottom of this page. |
Before starting the activities, have a look at this Sports Day information PowerPoint with your child. Talk about the differences between our usual Sports Day and the Sports Day they are having at home this year. Answer the prompt questions and play the little games on the slides, and discuss what it means to 'be a good sport.' Can your child think of a time when they were a good sport?
Monday - Races
NumeracyLay out a race track somewhere in your garden/on the beach/somewhere nice you might go for a walk. It can be a straight track or a round track depending on the space available. Make sure it has clear starting and finishing points.
You will need: - timer (you could use a watch, an ipad/phone, or even have someone counting) - recording sheet - pencil Your child is going to run the race five times. Talk to them about how important it is to take rest in between their runs until their heart rate becomes steady and they are ready to run again. They should try to run the race as fast as possible each time. Each time they finish, they should record their time on the sheet. (Depending on the timer that you are using, you may want to round the second up/down so that you are working with whole numbers to help your child's understanding). After your child has recorded all five of their times, have discussion about their results. Ask them questions such as : - which time was your fastest/slowest? How do you know? - why do you think your times changed? - did you run faster at the beginning or the end of the races? Help your child to answer the questions at the bottom of the recording sheet. |
LiteracyUsing a race is a really good way to practice High Frequency Words!
Stick a number of high frequency words up on a wall/door. Choose the words that your child struggles with/needs more practice with. Set up a starting point a short distance away from the words. 1. Call out one word at a time. Your child should run from their starting point, touch the correct word, and run back again. Take note of the words they take the longest to recognise and challenge them to do it quicker the next time you call that word! 2. Using a timer, challenge your child to read all of the words that you have stuck up. Repeat this process a few times to see if they can do it quicker and beat their previous time! 3. Set the word cards out on the ground/on different walls around an area big enough for your child to run. Call a few words out in a sequence and then challenge your child to run to each of the words in the same order as you called them out. Start with one word, then two, and build to a sequence with as many words as they can remember! 3. Set a timer for one minute and challenge your child to write as many high frequency words as they can remember. They must be spelt correctly to earn a point! Repeat and see if they can beat their score! |
Tuesday - Object Toss
NumeracyYou will need:
- a soft object to toss. A beanbag would be ideal, but a soft toy or ball would also work. - recording sheet - pencil Start by talking to your child about the different types of throw; overarm and underarm. These videos are a useful tool to help explain the difference between the throws: |
LiteracyYou will need:
- a soft object to toss. A beanbag would be ideal, but a soft toy or ball would also work. - four hoops or other objects that your child can throw the object into, eg. buckets/baskets etc.. - number labels (you could use post-its/chalk etc depending on where you are doing the activity) - word list Tell your child that we are going to be aiming while we are throwing this time. Explain that an underarm throw is best for this kind of activity because it gives us more control and allows us to aim more accurately. Set up four hoops/buckets (or whatever you have available at home!) and label them with numbers 1-4. The numbers will correspond to the number of syllables in words. Using the word list, call out one word at a time. Your child should count the number of syllables in the word and throw their object into the corresponding hoop/bucket. You could even switch and give your child the chance to call out words for you! To support your child if they are struggling, reduce the number of hoops/buckets and only work with 1-2 syllable words, depending on what they are comfortable with. To challenge your child, please feel free to add hoops with bigger numbers/add your own words to the idea list we have provided. |
Give your child a chance to practice both of the throws and choose the one that they feel more comfortable with for this activity. They can choose either throw, but must use the same one throughout. You could also talk about which throw they think will make their object go further, because they will be trying to throw it as far as they can for this activity!
Your child is going to measure the distance of their own throws using their feet. Talk about how we can measure with our feet (we have done this in school so they will hopefully remember!) A few discussion points are: - this is not an accurate measurement tool, but because we are only measuring our own throws using the same feet each time, it will work. Why would it not be accurate if we measured some of our throws with someone else's feet? - we must position our first step accurately on the starting line to ensure our measurement is accurate - our last step should end with our toes as close to the object as possible. - if our feet measurements stop just before the object or go a little bit past it, we must choose the most suitable number, because we can't have in-between numbers! - we must make sure we set our foot right in front of the other one with no gap each time we take a step - this will help keep our measurements accurate. Set up a starting line from which your child will make their throws. They should take ten throws and record their distances on the recording sheet. Once they have finished, help your child to answer the questions about their results. |
*Extension*
Give your child some blank pieces of paper and encourage them to write their own word for each hoop! |
Wednesday - Obstacle Course
Thursday - Egg and Spoon Race
Numeracy/ScienceThe egg and spoon race has caused much controversy over the years. Whether that be the type of egg used, the type of spoon, the blu tac holding the egg to the spoon!! But what is the real secret to winning the egg and spoon race? We would like you to find out!
You will need:
We would like to leave this investigation quite open. But we do have some suggestions that you may want to use/try:
The, when you have found your perfect egg & spoon combination - it is time to carry out your egg and spoon race. Maybe get all of your family involved in the races? Good Luck! |
LiteracySports Day Comprehension Exercise
Watch this short episode entitled 'Sports Day' by clicking below - it is based on The Large Family books by Jill Murphy. Then ask your child these comprehension questions to see how well they listened, observed and to assess their overall understanding of the story.
These questions have multiple choice answers (apart from the final question) and so can be read and answered orally. *You may annotate your child's final answer, or alternatively you may want to encourage them to write their own answer! |
Friday- Scavenger Hunt
NumeracyWhat better way to finish our Sports Day week than with a scavenger hunt?
Choose 10 maths challenge cards to hide around your house or garden. Help your child follow the clues (see literacy activity) to find and answer the questions. A wide range of maths questions have been added so have a look and select questions that best suit your child's ability. Why not try making up some questions of your own? You could challenge your child to create some maths questions for you to answer as well! Scavenger hunts are such a fun family activity so why not try some of these?
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LiteracyCan you write some clues for your child to follow in order to find the maths challenge cards that you have hidden? These could be simple directions e.g. Take 5 steps forwards and three steps right. Or you could write a clue that involves a bit more thinking e.g. Find me inside your favourite book. Help your child to write out some of the clues, focusing on fingers spaces and letter formation. Encourage them to try sounding out new or tricky words. As a challenge, could they write some clues for you to follow? Below is an example, if you wanted to write clues like this then encourage your child to help you think of rhyming words! Create your own scavenger hunt.
Once your child has experience following clues, why not challenge them to create their very own scavenger hunt! They could hide toys around the house/garden and write clues for family members to follow. |
Extras
Bug Club Reading Activity
Please select the book your child is reading this week and click to complete the relevant activity.
Extra Sports Day Activities
These are some more fun activities in the theme of Sports Day!