Good morning Earl’s Hill!

Sad to say the weather has turned a bit over the weekend. Although my plants could definitely use a good bit of rain!

We are starting a new book today! It’s another book by Julia Donaldson. It’s called Zog. Some of you may have already heard of him. It’s an absolutely brilliant story about a young dragon and a princess.  He has his own TV show! Here is the story:

For your literacy task, I would love for you to write a list of all of the skills that you need to be a dragon from dragon school. Remember, lists should follow one underneath the other down the page.

Cheeky Challenge: can you write an explanation of two of the skills using full sentences?

White rose maths – it is gets much harder this week and so is not so suitable for Reception any more. I will upload a separate Maths activity for Reception to complete each day.

Here is the link for White Rose for Year 1    and here is the worksheet:Week 2 Lesson 1

Extra Zog related activities: 

Can you learn some first aid? Could you make a poster to teach first aid skills to other people?

Create a dragon with playdough

Learn the Brave Knight Song : Brave Knight Song

Paint a Castle on Purple Mash

Create a dragon mask for yourself as if you are a real dragon!

Decorate a crown for you or a sibling to be the prince/princess.

Dress up as a doctor or a nurse and practise helping each other get better.

Build a castle and defend it from a dragon!

Pretend to be a knight and use the best manners – being polite and chivalrous

Make and decorate a dragon egg