During these unusual times our teachers are thinking of new ways to connect with their classes, this is increasingly involving new technology! Please understand that our teachers are working hard to regularly set work for children online and to virtually monitor and possibly interact with the children. This may look slightly different for each class at the moment, as each teacher is navigating their own journey with this new technology. Therefore, we ask that you continue to be supportive during these unprecedented times and not necessarily expect instant replies to queries and understand that sometimes feedback may just be a "like or a smiley face"! If we all work together we will come through this stronger and with an increased sense of community! Happy learning!

A very warm welcome to Sea Turtles' Class page

We are very proud to be named after one of the most amazing creatures on the whole planet.  Not only did sea turtles exist around 110 million years ago, which means they shared the planet with dinosaurs (yes, that's right, even Tyrannosaurus Rex!), but they can live to about 100 years old.  We think they must be incredibly wise creatures indeed... just like us!

Below, you will find information about our school routine and our learning for the term.

I will be continuing to update this page regularly, so please keep visiting. Following government protocols, information for home learning can be found below.  The work set for remote learning is the same as that which our key-worker children will be doing in school.  Please photograph your child's learning daily and upload it to their portfolio on ClassDojo so that we can celebrate their achievements and award Dojos, as we would do when they are in school.  The key stage 1 team will be in contact with you to give help and support with your child's learning weekly.

I look forward to talking to you soon and seeing you from across the playground as soon as we can (in-line with government guidelines of course!).  In the meantime, if you would like to contact me, you can do so by contacting the school office.

Best wishes, stay safe and well,

Mrs Leigh
Sea Turtles' Teacher
Key Stage 1 Leader


Term 5: Ready Steady Grow Newsletter

Term 5: Ready Steady Grow Topic Web


Online Safety

Children, remember your e-safety rules: make sure you let your parents know you are online and share what you are learning about.

Parents and carers,

During this time of remote learning, it has become more fundamental than ever to keep our children safe online.  The National Online Safety website provides, among others, guides with tips for parents to do this. We have posted a few of those guides below for your information. Please visit https://nationalonlinesafety.com/hub/guide for more. 

Online Safety
Safe Online Remote Education
Social Media
Among Us

Welcome back!  It's Term 5 already!

Term begins on Monday 19th March!

We're excited to begin our new topic Ready, Steady, Grow!  It really is my favourite topic of the year!  We'll starting our new class text which promised to inspire us to get growing at school and, I hope, at home too.  Our writing for the beginning of the term compliments this perfectly: we will be learning  to write clear instructions designed to encourage our readers to join in.  And we cannot wait to sow our sunflower seeds for Rye Bloom 2021!

Continuing with instructions and commands, computing is also taking off in a big way!  At the end of last term, we were all able to test out the new computer suite.  This term we will be getting our hands on the our new BeeBot robots (maintaining distancing and cleaning of course!) and coding them to follow our precise instructions.

As always, please continue with Reading Eggs and Maths Seeds on a daily basis.  I will begin setting some challenges for the children to complete as part of the home learning.


Although we were back at school before the Easter break, it will still be natural if your child still has mixed feeling about returning to school.  With the reduction of lockdown measures, we all still time to readjust.  The following sheets may also be of use to help reassure your child and help plan and prepare. Please click on the links below.

8 reasons to Feel Reassured

Anxiety Tools for Parents

Reducing Separation Anxiety


Hot off the Press! This week's Spelling List 18.06.2021

KS1 Weekly Newsletter 18.06.2021

With the children's return to school, we are introducing some new spelling groups.  I will be contacting you to confirm your child's group.

KS1 Timetable – Term 5, Week 1

If your child needs to self-isolate but is well-enough to work, please follow the links on the timetable to see and download this week's learning activities.  It is the same learning that the children will be completing in school.
To support access to learning on different platforms, most work has has been duplicated into PDF documents.

Please do not feel obliged to print off all the pages for the children to work on: we are more than happy for the children to complete the work on paper, for you to photograph and upload to their portfolio on Class Dojo.  All work will be posted by 8:30am in the morning but, as you see, most is posted well before.



8:30 – 8:50


8:50 – 9:20


9:20 – 9:40      9:40 – 10:15


10:15 – 10:30

10:30 – 10:45

11:25 – 11:45

11:45 – 12:00

12:00 – 12:45

12:45 – 1:30

1:30 – 2:30

2:40 3:00



Quiet reading


Whole School


Experience lesson 
& Cold Task

LI: To write instructions.
Level 1 Task
Level 2 Task
Level 3 Task

Levels 1 and 2 sequencing cards



Cold task

10:45 – 11:45


Maths PowerPoint
Level 1 Activity
Level 2 Activity
Level 3 Activity

Year 1 Shape Assessment

Year 2 Shape Assessment


Book Talk – Guided Reading



LI: to demonstrate an understanding of commutative law.

Level 1 Task
Level 2 Task
Level 3 Task


LI: To use simple equipment to make observations about plants


Observing Plants PowerPoint
Task 1
Task 2
Task 3
Task 4

Story time
Demonstration Reading



Maths -  Fluent in Five



Writing instructions

LI: To make predictions.

Level 1 - Pre-key stage

Level 2 - Band 1

Level 3 - Band 2


Maths PowerPoint

Level 1 Activity

Level 2 Activity



Book Talk – Guided Reading




Digits  0-9

PSHE/Well being

To know that everyone’s families are different

PSHE PowerPoint and Task about Families


PSHE Pictures for Task


Maths *Linked to ICT.  Maths objectives made explicit

LI: To explain what a command will do.
To use directional language

Moving a robot

Computing PowerPoint

Story time
Demonstration Reading






Writing instructions

LI: To write a list.


Band 1

Band 2


Maths PowerPoint

Level 2 Activity


Book Talk – Guided Reading


Visitor (remote)


LI: To demonstrate an understanding of  inverse relationships (addition and subtraction)


Afternoon Maths PowerPoint

Problem Solving Task


Your Imagination

LI: To work as part of a group singing.


Choose from a range of activities

Joe Wicks' 5-minute work out
PE @home

Cosmic Yoga

Home PE KS1 Challenge
(supervision required!)

Why don't you take some pictures of your PE activities and put them in your Dojo portfolio!

Story time
Demonstration Reading



Fine Motor



Writing instructions

LI: To use imperative verbs.

To use time conjunctions.


Band 1 & 2



Book Talk – Guided Reading




Symbols ? !


LI: To recall number bonds to 10 /20/associated facts


History / Geography

LI: To use world maps to discover where different food comes from.

Geography PowerPoint
Task Map of the World


Story time
Demonstration Reading



Handwriting / Spelling

Assembly Celebration


Spelling Test

Grammar, punctuation and spelling

LI: Use Capital letters and full stops correctly



GPS Cont’d

LI: To use suffixes –ful and -less

Year 1 PowerPoint
Year 1 Tasks

Year 2 PowerPoint
Year 2 Tasks


Fluent in Five

Mental arithmetic


Book Talk – Guided Reading


LI: To use subtraction facts within 20

To use addition & subtraction related facts up to 100.

Afternoon Maths PowerPoint

Level 1 and 2 are on the PowerPoint

Level 3 Task


Art / DT

Sunflowers – Van Gogh

LI: To use colours and  lines to create shade and tint.

Art PowerPoint and Task

Story time
Demonstration Reading


Further Support

The links below alternative tasks for children if they have trouble accessing the work above.
These links will be added to regularly so please look out for updates or ask if you are looking for something specific.





Pencil Control Work Pack
Pencil Control Feelings Monsters
Further handwriting sheets

Phase 2 Phonics Activity Mats
Phase 2 'I can read' Activities -
Phase 2 Activity Booklet
Phase 2 Picture and caption matching

Letter Formation Pre-cursive
Number Formation Work Pack

Number Bonds Challenge


Daily online Letters and Sounds for Home and Schools Lessons.
Phase 2 Video Lessons - 
Phase 3 Video Lessons
Phase 4 Video Lessons
Phase 4 Video Lessons PDF
Phase 5 Video Lessons
Phase 5 Video Lessons PDF


Additional resources

Homework - Term 5 - Ready Steady Grow - What will you choose to do? Click on the the image to find out about the homework challenges.

The links below lead you straight to the additional sheets you will need.

Change the colour of a flower's petals - Flower experiment

Book list

Book list 2

Useful stuff


Spellings are set each Friday, and tested the following Friday.  The first spellings for this term will be posted ready for Friday 8th January.  In the meantime, there are spelling and phonics activities for children to complete in Purple Mash.  Please find them set in the 2Dos.
In addition, all children should know how to spell the days of the week by the end of Year 1 (including the capital letter!).  Please help your child learn these key words.

Spelling frame is another site that also has a range of activities to help practise spelling patterns and conventions.



Here are handwriting pages that we use in class.  The letters have been grouped as they are formed in similar ways, apart from Blue family which have their own distinctive shapes.  Forming letters correctly help the children to begin joining their letters clearly.  It's a good idea to make sure that handwriting is practised sitting with a good posture at a table.  They can be done independently and, as long as they hold the pencil or pen correctly, they can use any writing equipment they like.

Go for quality over quantity. Although the sheets are A4, only spend 15-20 minutes at a time.  Have a break, or use the handwriting as quick early morning activity.

If your child finds letter formation challenging, it's a good idea to write the letters as big as possible.  You can even use shampoo or shower gel and write them as large as possible on a tiled wall, shower screen or window!  Only focus on one letter at a time.


BBC Bitesize clips are quick and sometime have a quiz to match the topic.
BBC Bitesize Clips Year 1
BBC Bitesize Clips Year 2

BBC Class Clips - clips from BBC programmes explaining different concepts.

Numberline 0-10
Blank Numberline 0-10
Numberline 0-20
Blank Numberline 0-20
100 square

Learning Archive

Click here to view previous weeks' learning.

Year 1 and 2 Learning@home.


Purple Mash

Year 1 and 2 use Purple Mash to support learning across the curriculum.  Each child's login details can be found in their contact book however, if you need a remind please do not hesitate to contact me on Class Dojo.

Class Dojo

We use ClassDojos in school to reward children for brilliant conduct and fantastic learning.  Invites have been sent to the parents via e-mail so that the children can share their learning with me.  If you have not received an invitation to join, please check your junk/spam folders.  Otherwise, please contact the school by phone or email telling us the e-mail address that you would like to be contacted on; I will do my best to resend you the information you need as soon as I can.
How children sign in to Class Dojo at home.
How to change your Dojo monster!

Reading Eggs

Rye Primary School have purchased a subscription for all our children to access Reading Eggs. It supports each child’s learning by offering individual, one-on-one lessons that allow children to progress at their own rate.  The Reading Eggs programme focuses on a core reading curriculum of phonics and sight words using skills and strategies essential for sustained reading success.  With interactive animations, fun games, great songs and lots of rewards, Reading Eggs is a great place to learn to read. Children are highly motivated to return again and again. At Reading Eggs, learning to read is enjoyable as well as very rewarding. Every lesson ends with a new book and a new critter to add to your growing collection.

All children have their own login and password, which can be found in their home-school contact book.  However, if you need a reminder, please don't hesitate to contact me on ClassDojo.
Click here for further information about Reading Eggs.

Weekly Reading Following feedback from parents, children and Buster Book Club:

We are going to continue to run Busters' Book Club; this is a great scheme which celebrates reading children do outside school. Reading daily is so important and we would like them to read for 15 minutes daily.  Even if it isn't their school reading.  The children can send in their reading minutes on a Thursday as the classes with the most minutes will win extra treats!
Throughout lockdown, I am still keen to collect the children's reading minutes so  please continue to let me know how long they have read for.  Reading Eggs can count towards their total minutes.



At Rye Community Primary School, we teach phonics at Key Stage 1 using the 'Letters and Sounds' programme.  Phonics Play provide a wide range of resources that support this.
Fast Phonics also provides further engaging activities.  They can be accessed here, using your child's Reading Eggs login.



Instead of a class book, we are exploring different poems.  Please take the opportunity to share these poems and any other poems and rhymes you know, including family favourites, limericks, nursery rhymes and rhymes in other languages.

Michael Rosen - You Tube

Knowing the alphabet is an important  skill that children should know by the end of Year 1.  As they learn the many sounds that make up the English language, it is important that they recognise the letters by their letter names, as well as their sounds so that they can distinguish between different graphemes (letters and letter clusters) that make the same sound.  For example, the 'ay' sound can also be writtern 'ai', 'a-e', and 'ey'.
Here are some fun ways for them to get to know the letter names that make up the alphabet. 

BBC Supermovers - Alphabet song
Alphabet and alphabetical order PowerPoint
Alphabetical order activity sheets

Learning Steps

  • Say the alphabet in order, saying the names of the letters not the sounds.
  • Put the alphabet in order
  • Match lower and upper case letters.
  • Put words in alphabetical order.
  • Sentence stacking - demonstration writing, using Writing Rainbow
  • Writing sentences, using capital letters to begin the sentences and for proper nouns.
  • Writing sentences, using a full stop at the end of the sentence.
  • Read writing aloud for sense and accuracy.


Here are some additional maths books that will give further practise in all the maths areas they cover during key stage 1.

Maths Parent Work Books.
Please choose the appropriate year group for your child.

Year 1 parent work books
Block 3 Shape
Block 2 Fractions
Block 5 Money
Block 6 Time
Year 2 parent work books
Block 1 Place Value
Block 3 Money
Block 1 Division
Block 2 Statistics
Block 4 Fractions
Block 2 Time
Block 3 Measurement















Our science topic this term is "Everyday Materials".  We'll be learning about the properties of different materials and what they are used for.  We'll even learn about recycling, so get your bins out!

BBC Learning at Home - Materials

[Click here]  The BBC also has a range of interesting video clips to learn from and enjoy.


Geography and History:

Maps: Using atlases and Google Earth, can you find the UK?
Which continent do we live in?
Label a map of the UK with the different countries.
Where are the capital cities?
What are the different flags for each nation in the UK?
Can you name the seas surrounding the UK?.

National Geographic Kids

Other learning links

There are further useful links and websites for learning here.

Further ideas for home learning activities:

  • Board games
  • Memory games
  • Listening games
  • Cookery
  • Gardening
  • Phonics and spelling games.
  • Look at newspaper articles.
  • Create to-do lists (with bullet points).
  • Bingo
  • Origami
  • Get bored... children are creative geniuses when they have 'nothing' to do!

To help explain Covid -19 to your children you might find these especially helpful.

A story book that aims to help children understand  and come to terms with COVID-19 has been produced.
With the help of a fantasy creature, Ario, 'My Hero is You, How kids can come to terms with COVID-19' explains how children can protect themselves, their families and friends from coronavirus and how to manage difficult emotions when confronted with a new and rapidly changing reality.

Nosy Crow is an award winning, small, independent children's book publisher who have produced Coronavirus: A book for children.
Illustrated by the wonderful Axel Scheffler and crammed full with great information, this free digital book will be useful to children, parents and carers.





CBBC Operation Ouch!

In this special episode, Dr Chris, Dr Xand and Dr Ronx explore the science behind the current Coronavirus pandemic, answering all your questions along the way about why the outbreak occurred, what the virus does to your body, and how patients are being treated. 

While Dr Xand has been unwell at home with Coronavirus symptoms, Dr Ronx tells us how her emergency department have been caring for patients. Meanwhile, Dr Chris finds out about the latest advancements with a vaccine, and an exciting medical collaboration with Formula One to create ventilators for hospitals. And Mini Xand is joined by Mini Chris and Mini Ronx to give you some top entertainment tips for staying at home.

Useful Links and Websites


 Kid Normal

This first book, by Greg James and Chris Smith, is available as a free audiobook.

It's available here, through Amazon, or via other online audiobook outlets.

David Walliams 

Every day at 11am, you can listen one of David Walliams’ World’s Worst Children stories, so sit down, take a break, and enjoy 20ish minutes of pure fun!  There is also a catch-up available so you can listen to any stories that you might have missed or re-visit some of your favourites.

Learning Archive
