Good morning!
ANOTHER REMINDER THAT YOU CAN COME TO COLLECT ANY PERSONAL ITEMS LEFT IN NURSERY: TODAY, 9AM-3PM, FROM THE SCHOOL’S MAIN ENTRANCE.
LEAVERS, WE LOOK FORWARD TO WELCOMING SOME OF YOU TODAY AT 12:30-1:30PM OR 2-3PM, AS PER YOUR INVITATION.
We had wonderful time at our farewell celebrations yesterday, with every child reminding us exactly what we have missed about them in our time apart. How they had grown too! We will share photos and video clips on Thursday and Friday.
Today’s post is inspired by the party atmosphere!
- Plan a little ‘party’ you would like to have in your garden when it is safe to do so. Write/draw the names/faces of a few people you would like to come.
2. Invite them by calling on the phone or sending a text or email. Tell them what you miss about them. Maybe you could take a nice photo and send that too.
3. Where will everyone sit? People from different households shouldn’t be too close to one another. Can an adult use a measuring tape or other equipment for you to measure 2 metres? How many steps is that? Can you walk it and count? Does your adult take the same number of steps? Why is that?
4. What homemade decorations could you create?
5. Why not practise some of these socially distanced games with your family? Which ones did you like? Which ones could you play with others?
Social Distancing Games for Kids
Football
This can be played outside or in the school hall with players always staying two metres apart from one another.
Be sure to minimise manual contact with the ball. Ideally, everyone should only be able to kick the ball, even if they’re the goal keeper.
Make the focus on passing and handling skills by setting up zones for each player to stay inside. You could also make courses with cones for pupils to dribble the ball through.
Charades
This social distancing game for kids is great for groups of all ages. Children take it in turns to act out book or film characters, scenes and words for their friends to guess.
You could use props and costumes, but make sure that they’re cleaned before and after use. Make sure everyone is washing their hands regularly too.
Scavenger Hunt
Get children to search for a list of items in the school building or outside in the grounds.
The items could be natural materials, which they can then use to create a collage.
Here’s another idea: why not get them to photograph the items with a camera or tablet, then use them to make a display or artwork?
Bingo
Use a random number generator to play a game of bingo. Children will love learning the amusing calls – two little ducks anyone? – and inventing some of their own.
Footgolf
Footgolf combines the skill and accuracy of golf with the fun of football.
Not sure how to play this social distancing game for kids? Children use their feet to kick a ball into a target such as a hula hoop.
You could set a course of ‘holes’ around the playground or field and keep a tally of how many kicks it takes each child to get around the course.
Challenge older children to use a tennis ball, while keeping younger children interested with a football or large sponge ball.
Hide and Seek
Add a social distancing twist to this fun activity. Children find a place to hide, show only a hand or foot, and another child takes a photograph of the scene.
Afterwards, have a competition to see who can spot the person hiding in the photograph.
Sports Day
Recreate sports day with your children. Set up activity stations for children to enjoy. You could include:
- Balance beam
- Skipping
- Jumps over a hurdle
- Football goal practice
- Squats
- Lunges
Set a time challenge before moving onto the next station.
It’s also good fun to include some competitions such as a sack race, silly walk race, backward walking race or forward rolls race!
Design a Game
Children will love designing their own games to play as well. Give clear instructions about social distancing and encourage children to be creative. It will be good fun playing the games too.
6. Help to do some jobs to tidy up the garden; weeding, sweeping, tidying your toys…
7. Stop to notice how the plants have grown and changed. I do this very often and take lots of photos to remind me of the differences. I also like spotting little creatures. How many insects can you find in 5 minutes? Can you take photos of what you see or maybe record it in a pictogram with little drawings?
8. Last week I spotted a ladybird!
Here is a story about a ladybird that you may know:
