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Year 1-English

Summer Term 2 - Week 2

Home Learning

Monday

Over the next few lessons we are going to be learning about the Battle of Hastings.

In the year 1042 a man called Edward the Confessor was the King of Anglo-

Saxon England.

He reined (ruled) successfully for many

years until the year 1066.

Edward the Confessor died on the 5th of

January 1066.

After his death England needed a new

King. There were 2 people who thought

they had the right to be the new king of

England.

Lets click on the next slide and see who

they are.

There names were Harold Godwinson and William Duke of Normandy. Harold lived in England and William lived in Normandy (France). Both men thought that they should be the new King of England.

Harold thought he should

be King because he had

won a lot of battles for

the King Edward before

he died. So he thought

he deserved to be king

because of all his hard

work.

Harold Godwin

William thought he should be

the King of England because

he said that Edward had

promised him the throne. He

also was a good ruler (king)

in Normandy so thought he

could do a good job in

England too.

William Duke of Normandy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ns-0J_bytOo&safe=active

Both men thought that they deserved to be

king. Click on the video link to find out who the

crowned king.

In today’s lesson I want you to imagine that you can hear Harold and William arguing about who should be king.

Think carefully:What would they say to each other?Why do they think they should be King?

Remember, both men might be quite cross so you may need to use an exclamation mark to show this.

E.g. I should be king! I would make a better ruler!

Star challenges

Please select either the 1, 2 or 3 star challenge for today’s lesson.

Star 1 – Imagine you can hear William and Harold arguing about the throne. Write a sentence for each person.

What would they say?Star 2 – Imagine you can hear William and Harold arguing

about the throne. Using the speech bubble write down what they might say to each other.

Star 3 – Imagine you can hear William and Harold arguing about the throne. Write the conversation they would

have. Try to use speech marks correctly.

Tuesday

In today’s lesson we are going to be

learning more about the Battle of Hastings.

RECAP: Can you remember the names of

the two people who thought they should

be King of England?

That’s right it was Harold Godwin

and William Duke of Normandy.Harold was crowned the

King of England on the 5th of

January 1066.

William was unhappy about

this as he believed he was

the rightful king so he

challenged him to a battle.

Finally! I am king!

Harold’s men were very tired because they had marched along way. William’s army sailed across the ocean. They brought horses on their ships.

The battle took place in Hastings

954 years ago.

This is because the Normans (William’s army) had to climb a steep hill and at the top of the hill Harold’s army had locked their shields together to create a wall. The wall was strong and William could not break through it.

At first Harold’s army were

winning.

He got his archers to fire arrows at Harold’s men. The men panicked and formed a circle to protect Harold, their king. Which left gaps in the wall and meant that the Norman’s could get through.

Then William had an idea.

The arrows hurt many

of Harold’s men and

Harold which meant

that William and his

army won the battle

and William took the

crown and became

the First Norman King

of England.

My new name is William the Conqueror because I conquered

England.

William was the new

King of England and

began building

castles. Motte and

Bailey castles were

the first to be built in

England.

William also built the

Tower of London.

He built the tower to protect

himself. If anyone decided

to challenge him to a battle

he would see them coming

and be able to plan to

defeat them.

The Tower took over 20 years

to build. You can still visit it in

London today!

Now we have learnt about the battle I would like you to select your star challenge.

Star 1 – Can you infer what you think William the Conqueror’s shield looks like. Use the shield template

to show me your design.

Star 2 – Can you draw a picture of William when he has won the battle. Can you infer what he might be

thinking? Write his thoughts in a full sentence. You might want to use a speech bubble.

Star 3 – Can you create a comic strip about the Battle of Hastings? Remember to include speech

bubbles for what the people are saying.

Wednesday– Phonics (SPaG)In today’s lesson we are going to be learning about different

spellings for the ‘ure’ phoneme.

Before we look at the different spellings of ‘ure’. Please log onto Phonics Play and practise your grapheme recognition using either of the games below. Please focus on Phase 5.

Wednesday – Phonics (SPaG)

Quick write: Tricky words:

Can you practise spelling these tricky words?

becauselittlepeoplesaid

Practise spelling these words in your book.

Wednesday– Phonics (SPaG)In today’s lesson we are going to be exploring different spellings of

the ‘ure’ phoneme.

All of the ure graphemes make the same sound but look different.

Wednesday – Phonics (SPaG)Please click on the link and complete the activities about alternative

ure spellings.

https://new.phonicsplay.co.uk/resources/phase/5/alt-spellings-ure

Please complete all three activities online before moving onto selecting your star challenge.

Discuss with your child how there is an additional ‘ure’ sound. When completing these activities. However in today’s lesson we are going to be focussing on the two most common ones.

Wednesday – Phonics (SPaG)

Please select the Star 1, 2 or 3 activity.

Star 1 – Can you read the comic strip and highlight all of the ‘ure’ graphemes?

Star 2 – Can you identify which ‘ure’ grapheme is in each word and decode

them accurately? Then can you use each word in a sentence? Remember

finger spaces, capital letters and full stops.

Star 3- Can you generate a list of words for each ‘ure’ grapheme? As an

extra challenge, can you use some of the words you have identified in a

short story?

Thursday

When William the Conqueror became king he built lots of

castles in England. One of the first castles he began

building was the Tower of London. In today’s lesson we are

going to imagine we are William the Conqueror and

design our own castle.

Thursday

We are going to be designing and making our castles

today and then describing them tomorrow. On the next

slide I will show you some examples of how you could

create a castle.

Remember to think carefully about the size, the shape, the

colours, the textures and materials.

You must be able to describe your castle in full sentences.

Castle designs

You could design and make your castle in

a number of different ways. You might

draw your castle. You might use paint and

materials. You might want to make it out

of Lego or use toilet roll cubes to create a structure. The choice is yours.

When you have decided on what you are going to use to make your castle, select your level of challenge.

Star 1 – Design and make your castle and then verbally describe it to an adult.

Star 2 –Design and make your castle and then write a list of adjectives to describe your castle. You will need these

for tomorrow’s lesson.Star 3 – Design and make your castle and then write a list of adjectives to describe your castle and also the setting.

I have attached a castle template on the website if you would like to use this to create your castle.

Friday

Yesterday you designed and created your own castle. Just

like William the Conqueror. Today we are going to be

writing a description about your castle.

Make sure you have your castle in front of you to help you

write your sentences.

Friday Think carefully about

what features of the

castle you may be

describing. You could

describe the:

-walls

-turrets

-flags

-doors

-windows

-keep

-bailey etc.

Don’t forget to write in full sentences using Capital

letters, finger spaces, and full stops. If you unsure about

how to spell a word sound it out by swiping and

clapping it.

Friday

Select your level of challenge today:

Star 1 – Can you write simple sentences to

describe your castle using the sentence stem

My castle is or My castle has.

Star 2- Can you describe your castle in simple

sentences using the adjectives you generated

yesterday to help you.

Star 3 – Can you describe your castle and its

setting using adjectives and similes.