‘Bread and butter’ learning - these are the things that need to be happening regularly – aim to do these at least 4 times a week. Read reading books and visit Bug Club - record in Reading Record. Talk Homework – given on a Friday and used in Big Writing on a Monday. Practise counting in 2s, 5s and 10s. This half term our theme is ‘Animal Planet’ with a focus on Penguins and Antarctica. Literacy: Recounts, information texts about penguins and performance poetry. Maths: New curriculum objectives within weekly areas: place value, addition and subtraction, multiplication, simple division, simple fractions. Cross-curricular links made. Snowy Owls “Working and Learning Together” Spring 1 - 2015

WALT - Working and Learning Together Choose TWO of the following to complete during this half term. Fill in a record sheet and present your work neatly in your special WALT book. First task due Monday 26th January Second task due Monday 23rd February (after half term).

Design a Penguin game Design a game that is connected to penguins in some way i.e. a game in the style of ‘Beetle Drive’. You might need to number the track, or number different parts. Think about how many players the game can have. Draw and colour carefully and neatly. Write the instructions to go with the game. Explain how the game ends e.g. how do we know who has won? Penguin Factfile Find out about three different types of penguins. Below there are some ideas to get you started on what to include in your penguin factfile! What type of penguin is it? How tall is it? How much does it weigh? Where does that type of penguin live? What does it look like? Is there an interesting way you can present this information e.g. on a penguin’s tummy?!

Penguin (imaginary) survival kit What things do penguins need to survive? Imagine what penguins would love to use if they could e.g. a hot water bottle or a tin of soup! Draw and label these items. Include at least 5 items. Write a sentence explaining why you chose each item. Penguin Adventure! Three penguins called Percy, Patricia and Polly go on an adventure around the world. They visit three continents. They collect three facts about each continent. Can you: List the continents they choose to visit. Find out three facts about each continent they visit. Imagine what their favourite continent is and why.