Welcome to a new term and a new topic.  This half term the topic focus should be 'Life in the Water' so we are going to be suggesting some ideas and tasks based around this theme.

English:

• Focus on the letters i, n, m, d.  Work on correct letter formation and write/draw a list of objects that start with those initial letters.
• Research the life cycle of a frog.  Draw a diagram and write a sentence about what happens at each stage.
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• Go on a walk to a local river/pond/stream.  Which animals/insects can you see that live in or near the water?  Make a list/draw what you see.
• On the Cbeebies website, listen to the story/podcast of Oscar and the Frog. Can you read any other frog stories?
• https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio/sunday-stories-oscar
• Can you make a rhyming string list of words that rhyme with frog?  E.g. frog, log, cog, bog ...

Maths:

• Sing the song'5 Little Speckled Frogs'.
• Play the Leaping Frog game - can you help the frog jump onto the lily pads?
• http://www.mathgametime.com/games/leaping-frog
• Make a hopscotch grid outside - play the game and work on your frog jumps!
• Can you solve these froggy subtraction problems?
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• Can you draw a 2D shape frog?  Experiment with different 2D shapes for the body.
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Creative/topic:

• Can you make a frog with concertina springy arms and legs?
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• Use some old yoghurt pots, an egg box or a paper plate to make a frog.
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• Can you research some different types of frogs from around the world? What is the same/different about them? What do they eat? Do they always live near water?
• Paint a symmetrical frog by folding a piece of paper in half, paint half of the picture and the refold and press to transfer the paint to the other side of the paper.
• How about doing some exercise? On Youtube watch 'Frank the Frog: A Cosmic Yoga Adventure'.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TY8xx7c6_z0&vl=en-GB