Task 5–Adjective alphabet When you are writing poems or doing a super piece of writing, you usually have to use lots of adjectives to make it fun and exciting. On your own, with a partner or with multiple people, could you have a go at thinking of an adjective for ever letter of the alphabet. You could take it in turns and play word tennis. For example, one person would say ‘A is for angry’ and then the other person could say ‘B is for beautiful’ etc. YouTube also features seven natural wonders of the world, including: Grand Canyon, Great Barrier Reef, Mount Everest, Paricutin Volcano, Harbour Rio de Janiero, Victoria Falls and the Northern Lights.

Encourage children to create a fantasy story to tell their friend about how they hurt themselves. Some children will use a scenario from the book for this while others will have their own ideas. Art / DT related task - Design your own magic box. You could use an old shoe box or cereal box and decorate it or you could just draw a picture of your box on a piece of paper. Mr Bear hears lots of sounds during the night. Can you find the words which describe these sounds? Can you think of any other words that describe a sound? Adverbs have been used throughout the story e.g. playfully, carefully. Can you find out what an adverb is and talk about some more examples?Post box and letter writing materials - paper, pencils, envelopes and stamps (buy a sheet of 1p stamps) Task 2–Word detective This poem was written nearly 150 years ago and you may not know what all of the words mean. After you have read the poem, could you write down any words you don’t know and with some help from someone at home, maybe a parent or an older brother or sister, find out what they mean? You could use a dictionary, a laptop, a tablet or whatever you can!

Spreading their wings from Year 1 to Year 2 - we thought the children might enjoy filling out this booklet and having fun to decorate it! Task 2–The story starts with the question ‘Did you ever go to Silver Sands on a sunny summer’s day?’. Can you write some different questions which would make good story openers? For example, ‘Did you see the big, brown bear stomping around the woods?’. Read It: ‘ The Tiny Seed’ by Eric Carle, is a beautifully illustrated story of the life cycle of a flower.

Task 3–Similarly to last week, this poem is also full of rhyming words. Can you underline all of the rhyming couplets in the poem? E.g. pink (end of the 1 st line) and brink (end of the 2 nd line). Can you think of any other words which rhyme with the rhyming couplets? e.g. think, blink, wink. Task 6–Rewrite the poem We would not expect the children to do this in one lesson as we would usually spend at least one lesson planning their version of the poem. Could you plan and rewrite the poem changing the things for each colour? You could follow the structure of this poem with each line starting with a question, or we have included a template that you could use where each line is a simile. Jill’s books have won many major awards including The Smarties Prize and two commendations for the Kate Greenaway Medal and her work has been adapted for film and television, with the Large Family series becoming a successful animated series. The Worst Witch has also been adapted for television, film and theatre, becoming an Olivier Award-winning stage show. To make observations about the toys from the past and present – look at the colours, materials and whether it has any electronic parts. Make notes of your observations in each box and discuss the similarities and differences. Try to answer the pink for think challenge question. Week 1 of The Magic Toymaker

Find pairs of objects around your house. Which do you think would be heavier? What makes you think that? If you have some weighing scales, you could have a go at measuring them for yourself and seeing if you were right! Watch the video at https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-capacity-volume/zj8njhv and see Professor Pipette explain capacity and volume. (Apologies in advance for the very catchy song, parents!) Year 1 have completed Phase 3 Phonic sounds and are currently working on Phase 5 Phonics. Please see the mats below.

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Task 1–On the attached document there are 10 poems from the book typed out in bubbles. It is your job to use your super detective skills to work out what animal each poem is describing. Once you have done this, we would love it if you could underline or highlight the rhyming words in each poem which is something you should all be experts at by now! Please work with your child to discuss their ideas. Why do you think this toy is old or new? How do you know? What do you notice about the colours? What is it made out of? Does it need batteries? Have you ever played or seen a toy like this?

The story did not appeal to me however, I did like the ending because Claire thankfully speaks the truth; this is good moral for a child to use and remember. Task 2–The story starts with the question ‘Whatever Next?’. Can you think of other questions about the story? Baby Bear goes into space in the story, so maybe you could write some questions about space? Think about the 5W's (Who? What? Where? When? Why?) and remember the punctuation needed at the end of a question. My copy of On the Way Home has a different picture on the cover and is old, battered and well loved. It was well read when I first started teaching and it’s now the perfect story for my daughter who is trying to make sense of real characters versus fantasy characters, we have long conversations about the reality of ghosts, giants and dragons! During the 19th century the Victorians used to make some of their peg dolls into pedlar dolls adding little trinkets to the finished doll when they could. The tradition of making peg dolls out of wooden clothes pegs comes from a time when people had little money to spend on toys. When toy making stopped during World War 2, children would make toys from any items they found in and outside their homes. Oneof our objectives this week is to understand what a seed is and how to plant them. Watch the following videoHave a look at the toy timeline dating from the Victorian era to today. Discuss the changes over the years. Where would the toy from last week’s interview sit on the timeline? Could you make sketches and take photographs with a range of digital devices such as cameras and iPads so that you can refer to these in forthcoming tasks. Look at the photos you have taken - which do you like best and why? Discuss what makes these your favourite photos, drawing attention to details such as focus, close up, wide shots and lighting (draw upon your knowledge from our photo editing work).