Hwb

To assist you with Hwb, there are instructions on using it if you're not familiar with it further down the page.
Any questions or help you need to navigate around the site please email us and we will get back to you as soon as possible.

Homeworking Weeks 1 and 2

Reception Home Learning

Hello children! 

I hope you all managed to enjoy the Easter holidays and spent lots of time in the sunshine with your families. My little girl has been keeping me very busy!! We have been gardening, painting, baking, walking, singing and have found time to eat lots of Easter eggs too! I am soooooo tired at bedtime!  

I miss you all so much and I know that Mrs Bond and Mrs Hughes do too. We hope that we’ll see you all again soon. I have set some activities for you to try to complete for the next 2 weeks while you’re at home. There are 2 activities each day and also the DAILY FIVE. These can just be something quick and easy (see ideas sheet below) If you have time to do them all that would be fantastic! But if you are busy helping at home, playing, baking, walking and making memories with your families that is fantastic too!     

The activities that you complete can be recorded in your exercise books or on paper or you can just take a photo.   

If your parents/carers need my help with anything or you would like some more work please get in touch - maesycoedprimary82@gmail.com

I’ll be adding more activities in 2 weeks. 

Stay safe and keep smiling! 

Much Love,

Mrs Reynolds. X

Ideas for Daily Five

Reading – share stories and books you have at home. Read to younger/older siblings. Read magazines if you have them. Read or listen to e-books online (go to www.oxfordowl.co.uk) Help to read recipes, instructions for games, help to find your class page on the school blog, read signs when you go for a walk. Find familiar words/letter sounds in the newspaper, in books, in your post.

Maths – Everyday counting… count when you walk up stairs/steps, count things around the house/garden, look at house numbers on a local walk, identify numbers on a clock and ask a grown up to help you to tell the time. Measures.... find things that are big/small, think of other words we use for big and small, help to weigh out ingredients if you bake, find things that are heavy/light, think of other words we use for heavy and light. Explore money…. identify different coins, count them, compare them, use coins to pretend to buy things. 

Keep Fit – walk, jog or run, enjoy a bike/scooter ride, time on your trampoline (if you have one) exercises in the garden, dancing. Cosmic Kids Yoga and Joe Wicks P.E (both on You Tube) We LOVE Joe Wicks in my house!! 

Being Creative – draw, paint, collage, chalks on your patio/driveway, make junk models, bake a cake, help to make a meal, build with Lego/blocks or sets, use dolls or figures to act out a story. Sing songs (www.outoftheark.co.uk) or (www.youtube.com) make actions, dance and perform. Maybe have a family talent night! 

Celebrating – Each day think about and talk about something that you have done well or enjoyed doing and celebrate it!  Can you ask others in your house if they have something to celebrate?   

Click here to access weeks 1 and 2 and any links if available

Singing is an important part of our life at Maes-y-Coed,  so we are keen to keep pupils singing and enjoying music home.
Please go to
www.outoftheark.co.uk
and click 'Take a look'.
You will find a different song released each day, with words on screen for pupils to sing along. You will also find activities / actions to accompany each song. Please take a look and have fun with singing!

Instructions on how to use Hwb with your child

Log in to Hwb

You will see this screen

Click on just2easy

Then click on Jit5

Paint

1. Click on paint and select a picture (make sure to scroll through as there are colouring sheets at the bottom)

2. The pictures to the left of the screen can be selected by clicking on the words.

3. Use the arrows to change the picture and the +/- to size it. Click on the picture where you would like it to go.

4. You can also draw in the picture by clicking on the paintbrush, selecting the colour and size of brush.

5. Give your picture a name and save.

Turtle (which is simple computer coding)

1. Select turtle.

2. Click on big bad wolf.

3. Click on the arrows and direct the wolf to each of the houses and knock them down.

4. Click on the play button bottom left of screen and watch him in action.

Writing:

1. When you log into hwb go to just2easy.

2. Click on Jit5.

3. Click on write and select a picture from the template.

4. You can choose the size you want of the text as well as the colour.

5. When you have written your story, give it a name in the white box above the picture (this will say write).

6. Save your work by clicking the orange circle with a blue disk in.

Pictogram

1. Select pictogram
2. Select a picture in the templates or make your own using the pictures on the left hand side (lion etc)
3. Minibeasts is a great one for children as they can go into the garden to count. Click the + or - beneath each picture to create a pictogram.
4. Don't forget to give it a name in the white box above the chart and save.
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