Month: June 2020

Good afternoon

Today’s challenge has been set by Mrs Pitblado

Have you tried shadow drawing?

This is a fun activity for outdoors, or indoors. Using pencils, crayons or chalk. You could even use your body to make a shadow, draw round someone’s shadow on the ground. All we need is the sunshine!

Or, how about having fun with shadow puppets? Do you have a torch? Smart phones have torches built into them!

Have a look at the pictures below for some ideas to get you started.

Have fun!

Mrs McNee

Good Afternoon

Today’s challenge activity has been set by Mrs Woods showing us the importance of hand washing

You will need a bowl of water
Pepper
Soap

Pour some water into a bowl then add your pepper

Put one finger into the pepper water and see what happens

Then put some soap on a finger of your other hand and see what happens now

Mrs Woods has made a video of how to do this which you can view on your Learnes Journal

Have fun and remember to post your photos to your Learners Journals

Mrs Mcnee

Good Afternoon

Today’s challenge was set by Mrs Pitblado and it involves freezing water and melting ice.

You will need

Water
A bowl
Anything small such as toys, natural items from your garden or anything else you would like to use
Salt

Pour your water into a bowl,
Add your items you want to freeze
Put your bowl in the freezer and let it freeze over night.
Once your ice has frozen pour on the salt and see what happens

See the pictures below

 

Have fun and remember to share your learning on your Learners Journal

Looking forward to seeing your photos
Mrs Mcnee

Good Afternoon

Let’s look at forces one last time in today’s STEM challenge this challenge was set by Mrs Glidden and you can watch her video on your Learners Journal.

Can you build a ramp ? I used a cereal box but I’m sure you could be far more creative than me 😊

Can you make a small ramp, or an enormous one, or one in between ?

What can move down your ramp ? Does it need to have wheels?

What can you do to make your item go faster or further ?

Finally can you build more than one ramp ? What happens if you join them together ?

See pictures below

Have fun !!!

Remember and post your photographs on your Learners Journal

Mrs McNee

Have you been on our Youtube Channel recently?

Did you notice that our second Rhyme Time Session was posted to our channel last week?

If not have a look and join in with our songs and rhymes all about animals. You can find it by following the link below or scanning our QR code.

Let us know if you have a favourite song or rhyme that you would like us to include in our next session.

Have fun and enjoy!
Mrs Olford

Good Afternoon Everyone

Today’s challenge comes from Mrs Farquhar. Mrs Farquhar loved Mrs Glidden’s FORCES challenge so much that she has challenged us to use paint, a straw and different forces of blowing to create patterns and pictures. See pictures  below.

 

Can you do it? Have a go and share your learning with us on your learners journal

Have fun!
Mrs Olford

Good morning everyone

Today’s STEM activity comes from Mrs McNee. Mrs McNee loves to build things and she has challenged us to build a shape but use things that we would not normally use.

You will need

Cocktail sticks or Kebab sticks or Plastic Straws
Peas or Mini Marshmallows or Jelly Tots or Jelly Beans

The challenge is to build a 3D structure using only these items. Can your structure move? You can see some examples below

Can you do it? What about the others that live in your house, can they do it too? Have a go and remember to share your learning with us on your Learners Journal.

Have Fun!
Mrs Olford

Good Morning everyone

Did you try Mrs Glidden’s FORCES Challenge? Did you notice what happened when you blew gently and when you blew harder?

Today Mrs Prentice has a challenge for you using the Dry Wipe or Whiteboard Marker that was in your learning pack. If you didn’t get a learning pack you can use any Dry Wipe Marker.

Have a look at the video on your Learners Journal and try for yourself.

Remember to share a picture of your learning on you Learners Journal.

Have Fun!
Mrs Olford

Good everyone

Did you try Mrs Glidden’s FORCES challenge yesterday?

It became quite easy when you practiced so she has set us a trickier challenge today. Why don’t you have a look at your Learners Journal and see if you can do this one.

Remember to share your learning with us on your Learners Journal.

Good Luck

Mrs McNee

Good Morning Everyone!

This week it’s STEM Week at Knightridge Early Years Centre

All of our activities this week will help develop our curiosity, our inquiring mind and our problems solving skills.

Mrs Glidden has posted the first of our activities on your Learners Journal.  Do you know what Forces are?  Why do you have a look at the activity and find out more.

Remember to share your learning on your Learners Journal.

 

Have Fun

Mrs Olford