Let’s make a butterfly feeder!

April 23, 2020 Ms Bakavou 1 Comment

Spring is here!A variety of different butterflies visit our gardens looking for food, places to breed, or spots to overwinter as adults, larvae or pupae. Each garden will attract a different set of butterflies depending on the plants, trees and shrubs present, and what the surrounding habitats are like.

I wonder if we can attract more butteflies with our butterfly feeders!

If you want to learn more about butterflies click on the link below:

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/wildlife/identify-garden-butterflies

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Can’t wait to see your butterfly feeders!!!

Mrs Bakavou xxx

ABC music home school

April 22, 2020 Ms Bakavou 1 Comment

ABC Creative Music are delighted to launch the FREE ABC Music Home School at www.abcmusichomeschool.org.uk.

I have used it and it is great fun!

This resource is free to all parents – you just need to register and set up a password to use. Even if you have no musical experience, we promise our resources are easy to use.

ABC Music Home School offers the following: –

age-targeted activity plans for parents and children
online interactive music, games & videos
timetable of live music lessons delivered by trainer on screen

downloadable worksheets
downloadable virtual instruments for phones and tablets
material to learn French and Spanish through music

There are also resources for learning literacy and numeracy with music.

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Mrs Bakavou xxx

7-day positivity challange!

April 21, 2020 Ms Bakavou 2 Comments

Day 1: Make a list of five things in your life right now that you are thankful for.

It can be the people you live with, your toys, a delicious bar of chocolate , a safe home to live in or the flowers at your garden. It can be anything that makes you feel safe and happy.

Day 2: Go a full day without a single complaint!

Day 3: Epxress gratitude to at least one important person in your life. If you don’t live with that person you can always express your gratitude by writing a letter to him.

Day 4: Spend 30 minutes doing something that makes you feel really happy!

Day 5: Get active! Have some physical exercise!

Day 6: Make a list of 5 things that you like about yourself!

Day 7: Smile! Give everyone you meet a smile!

Stay home, keep safe and think positive 🙂

Mrs Bakavou xx

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Let’s make a mindfulness jar!

April 20, 2020 Ms Bakavou Leave a comment

The mindfulness jar is a very good tool that can help us to express our feelings. The glitter in the jar represents our thoughts, feelings, and behaviours. When we feel upset or angry, we can shake the jar and watch the glitter move around before gradually settling. As the glitter settles to the bottom of jar, we can relate that to our mind settling too. The cultivation of stillness after the swirling and chaos subside is quite effective.

These jars can also be used as a visual timer for short mindful breathing exercises. Many people prefer to take a few breaks during the day to gather themselves and depart from their everyday tasks.Using a mindfulness jar to time these shorts breaks is a great way to allow yourself to focus on the break and relax.

Have a lovely mindful day!!

Mrs Bakavou xxx

Chocolate easter egg nest cakes!

April 3, 2020 Ms Bakavou Leave a comment

Easter is the perfect time to get the family together and a great excuse to eat lots of chocolate! These easy chocolate Easter egg nest cakes take no time to make! Just keep an eye on any leftover Mini Eggs as they have a habit of disappearing…

Remember to ask the help of a grown-up!!

For this recipe you will need the following ingredients:

225g plain chocolate

2 tbsp golden syrup

50g unsalted butter

75g cornflakes

2 bags of Mini Eggs

Happy Easter everyone! 🙂

3D pop up tulip card

April 2, 2020 Ms Bakavou Leave a comment

Today is our Big Writing day!

Let’s design and make a ‘Thank You’ card for all the health workers who work so hard at this difficult time to keep us all safe and well!

It’s always lovely to say thank you with a flower, isn’t it?

Feel free to borrrow the idea below for your cards, too!

Let’s spread our love and kindness!!!

Let’s write and count from 1-10 in Mandarin Chinese!

March 31, 2020 Ms Bakavou 1 Comment

Learn the basics of writing and counting from 1-10 in Mandarin Chinese. In this animated flashcard video kids and beginners can watch how each number is written and practise their counting in Mandarin.

Let’s play Pong Hau K’i!

March 30, 2020 Ms Bakavou 1 Comment

Pong Hau K’i is a traditional Chinese game which is simple enough for kids, and even preschoolers. It is known as Ou-moul-ko-no in Korea.

What you need: A pen or pencil (any colour), a piece of paper, a ruler and 4 bottle lids or tokens.

What you do before you play: First of all, you have to make the board. Take a piece of paper and then get your pen and the ruler to make a big x in the middle of your paper. Add three sides on your x. Your board should be looking like this:

How to play:

Each player has two tokens. Players take turns to move. At each turn, the player moves one of their two pieces into the next available vertex (corner). If a player can’t move, they lose. If both players play perfectly, the game continues endlessly with no winner.

Salt painting

March 27, 2020 Ms Bakavou 1 Comment

I love this idea!! The only materials you need are salt, PVA glue and watercolour paint.

The video says that you need cardboard, but I think a plain piece of paper will be fine. If you use a plain piece of paper try not to wet it too much with the paint! 🙂 🙂

Have fun and keep safe!