Good morning P2/3!

Green Eggs and Ham has been a P2/3 favourite this year – here is a new version. You could try reading it to your grown ups, or have a go at a poem of your own about what it’s like not coming to school…

I am home.

I am home, home I am.

Stuck home I am, stuck home I am, I do not like being stuck at home…

Will you cook or clean your room?

I will not do that, Dad and Mum, I will not cook or clean my room.

Would you like to read a book?

I would not like to read a book, I will not even take a look, I will not cook or clean my room, I do not like being stuck at home.

Would you like to dust the house? Or click some links with that there mouse?

I do not want to dust the house, I do not want to click that mouse, I do not want to read a book, I will not even take a look, I will not cook or clean my room, I do not like being stuck at home.

How about some mental maths? How about we weed the paths?

No mental maths! No weeding paths! No dusting house, No clicking mouse, I would not like to read a book, I would not even take a look, I would not cook or clean my room, I do not like being stuck at home!

Would you make an Easter card? Draw an egg – it isn’t hard!

I don’t like drawing eggs on card.

You may like it, You will see, I’ll go first – just copy me!

It’s not for me, I want to play my x-box, see? No making cards. You let me be. I do not like doing mental maths, I do not like our weedy paths, I do not like to dust the house, I do not like to click that mouse, I do not like this stupid book,  I do not like its boring look, I do not like to cook or clean, I do not like you being so mean!

You do not like to learn at home?

I do not like to do that, mum.

Could you, would you have a go? If you don’t, you’ll never know…

I would not, could not have a go, I don’t care if I never know.

You don’t like home-school, So you say. Try it! Try it! And you may. Try it and you may, I say.

Mum!If you will let me be, I will try it, you will see…

Say!I like to learn at home! I do! I like it, Dad and Mum! And I will practice mental maths if I don’t have to weed the paths. And I’ll click websites with this mouse if I don’t have to dust the house, To learn why we must all stay home, Or what the Romans did in Rome. And I will try to read this book. At least, I’ll give this book a look. Teach me to make green eggs and ham! Or, better still, a piece and jam!

I do so like to learn at home. Thank you. Thank you. Dad and Mum.

The link above contains a host of ideas and links to resources that the first level teachers at Bishopmill have gathered together to support home learning during these very unusual times.

This week, and each week after the Easter holidays while we are not in school, I will post some suggestions for home learning activities here. These can be used as a general guide – I know that not everyone will have the opportunity to tackle or complete every activity and there is no expectation that children must do this – we are all in unknown territory and circumstances that vary widely from home to home. Do what you can and, hopefully, have some fun along the way.

Maths: I have allocated a number of individual practice games for multiplication and division skills on the children’s Heinemann Active Maths accounts.

Writing and History Detectives Topic: How much can you remember about the work of a stone carver at Elgin Cathedral? Write a diary entry as if YOU were working there in the ??th Century. What did you carve? Why did you make your figures and faces look a certain way? How did you make sure you got paid for all your own carving?

Reading: Try to read every day –  If you don’t have books of your own at home, flutter over to the oxford owl site (link in the pack above) and search their ebooks, which are tablet friendly.

HWB: Ball skills – if you have a parent/carer, brother or sister to play with, here is a fun game to develop your throwing and catching skills:

DONKEY:

You will need: 2 or more players; one tennis ball or similar; enough space not to break anything (outside is ideal).

How to play: throw the ball to another player. If they drop it, they say the letter ‘D’ then continue with their turn. The next time they drop a catch, they say ‘D-O’.  A player who has spelled out ‘donkey’ is out of the game. The winner is the last player left once all the rest are ‘donkeys’.

If you don’t have anyone to play a game with, do some throwing and catching practice by yourself.

You will need: one tennis ball or similar; one wall.

How to play: throw the ball so that it bounces off the ground, then the wall, and back to you. You have to catch the ball. See how many times you can catch it in a row without any drops. Each day, see if you can beat your best score from the day before.

Take care and stay well.

Mr Risk B¬)