Bugs, bugs, bugs! 

What is a minibeast?

This term the home learning planning will look different. There are activities planned for the whole week. If your child is coming to school you will only need to complete the activities on the days that your child is learning from home. For example; if your child is in school Tuesday and Wednesday they will only need to do the activities for Monday, Thursday and Friday. As well as these activities there are skills that your child needs to practice regularly.

Our Makaton sign of the week is insect: 

Monday:

Activity 1: 

What is a minibeast?

Can you do some research with your grown up to find out some facts about minibeasts?

Have a look on the internet or in some books you may have at home. 

Espresso login: 

https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/modules/ey_espresso_zoo/minibeasts/video_minibeast_insects.html?source=search-all-F-all-all&source-keywords=minibeasts

Activity 2: 

What do minibeasts look like? Can you describe them to your family?

Tuesday

Activity 1

Read the book: Mad about minibeasts by Giles Andreas and David Wojtowycz 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW-7MgHEZOE

Which minibeasts did you spot?

Activity 2

Go on a minibeast hunt. Take pictures of the minibeasts that you find and send them to Mrs McGhee.

Wednesday

Activity 1

Do a family survey. Ask your family and friends what is their favourite minibeast out of a spider, butterfly, ladybird and bee. Make a tally chart and count up all the marks. Which minibeast had the most marks?

Activity 2

Draw or paint a picture of your favourite minibeast.

Thursday

Activity 1

Can you label the minibeasts?

https://central.espresso.co.uk/espresso/primary_uk/standalone/activity_html/item325383/index.html?referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fcentral.espresso.co.uk%2Fespresso%2Fmodules%2Fsearch%2Findex.html%3Fsource%3Despresso-home-mixed-topnav-search&bgcolor=ffffffn

Activity 2

Make a minibeast out of play dough. What can you use to make legs and antennae?

Friday

Activity 1

Watch the Numberblocks episode about ordering numbers. Can you order your number cards?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08cr0y7/numberblocks-series-1-off-we-go

Activity 2

Have a sing song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoIeeIEPGJI

Do you know anymore songs about minibeasts?