Author: Miss Taylor

Learning together activities

Fun and creative activities, built by teachers to help you guide your child through fundamental parts of the computing curriculum without the need for screen time. They include everything you need to get started with activity sheets and accompanying materials.

https://www.barefootcomputing.org/homelearning

Examples from the site-

Interactive learning games

We have also created some fantastic online games for children to explore. These fun activities are Barefoot inspired and apply computational thinking concepts to promote learning while playing.

BAREFOOT ZOO

• Age:5-11 years
• Concepts:Abstraction
• Overview:Help Ranger Jack use the powers of abstraction to save his struggling zoo!

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CODE CRACKING

• Age:7-11 years
• Concepts:Evaluation, Logic
• Overview:Learn about code cracking in WW11 and use your evaluation skills to help stop the invasion!

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COLOURFUL KITS

• Age:5-7 years
• Concepts:Data
• Overview:Learn all about patterns, logic and debugging through a series of sporting themed activities.

Please have a look at the RAINBOW FAMILY LEARNING SECTION for this week –

Somewhere over  the rainbow”- Music Education Partnership Group

You will know, and may be have been taking part in, the weekly “Clap for NHS” on a Thursday night at 8 o’clock. In many streets people have started to play instruments too, so the Music Education Partnership Group are challenging musicians to play the song “Somewhere over the rainbow” this Thursday.

The first choice for P5-7 writing is linked to this and instructions are below-

Somewhere over the rainbow writing for P5-7

The second choice is linked to the movie that the song came from-

Somewhere over the rainbow writing for P5-7 story

Mindfulness Quotes    (look at poster 5!)

 

  This week our writing tasks link to the rainbow learning!

Please only complete these tasks when your teacher asks you to!!

Rainbow writing P3s and 4s

Rainbow writing examples

rainbow template to colour

You may also know this character from a book and movie-

Maybe you could write your own story for “Somewhere over the rainbow”?

What would be your dreams come true?

 

At this challenging time, the world has adopted the rainbow as the symbol of hope.

Using the theme of the rainbow, these learning activities suit a variety of ages. Older children could support learning for their younger siblings, and many of the activities can be used as family learning opportunities.

Let’s start by looking at the rainbow and why it has become the symbol of hope at this time!

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rainbow template to colour

• Can the children learn ‘I Can Sing a Rainbow’ ? Here’s a clip to help – https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/school-radio/nursery-rhymes-i-can-sing-a-rainbow/zn3tqp3
• Make a rainbow – using stones which you can find in the garden or when out for a family walk. Paint the stones and make your own rainbow.  Put it in the garden for everyone to see
• Build on the discussions which have taken place around rainbows – what does it mean just now and why are people putting them in their windows? This clip might help as a starter  https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/51953553or https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-england-leeds-52008155/families-decorate-windows-with-rainbows-to-cheer-people
• Look at some of the messages which came from children to other countries – https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-scotland-52117854/coronavirus-always-think-positively-we-are-all-with-you who they would like to send a message of hope to –  It might be a friend, a grandparent, the people in their neighbourhood or even a stranger in another country.  What would  the message be?

Investigate how rainbows are formed – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cm9ZkYTnCNE

More challenging-

• You might want to use https://live.firstnews.co.uk/or https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround#more-stories-2 to help us learn about a bit more about why we are self-isolating and the virus.
• Time to be reporters –interview your family members to find out how they are feeling, what they like most about self-isolating and what they like least. Have they had to do this or anything similar before in their lives?
• Think about the colours of the rainbows – look at the artist Kandinsky and create your own Kandinsky styled pictures – https://www.projeccom/kandinsky-art-for-kids-chalk-pastels/ or https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=kandinsky+for+kids&qpvt=kandinsky+for+kids&FORM=IGRE

 

 

https://www.kiddle.co/

is a child friendly search engine  – great for use at home!

 

We are very lucky to have had some amazing weather recently and with the days getting longer we can hopefully get out every day for a walk, at some point!

Below is a health and wellbeing sensory walk challenge. It can easily be adapted just by changing colours and objects to be found each day. You will only need a device for taking photos and maybe a notepad for drawings. Enjoy!

Health and Wellbeing Sensory Walk

You may have seen Captain Tom Moore on the news in the past week or so. He has been walking to raise money for the NHS and has raised over 27 million! At almost 100 years old, he is an inspiration to many people and reminds us that we all can play our part in some small way.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/52277760

I bet in 100 years of life,  Captain Tom has many stories to tell!

This week P5 – 7 children we are going to write to him to share our stories and ask about his!

Planning questions Second level

Letter to Captain Tom example

Letter to Captain Tom writing lesson notes

Please access this when your class teacher asks you to!

Before the Easter break, we followed some of Lucy’s adventures in lockdown and now Chris Duke has written a new book all about Lucy! It is available as an ebook – which you are welcome to download and print if you are able to. 

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There is also  a reading of the story too if you would like to watch and listen.

P3, P 3/4 and P4 writing tasks – please access and complete this when your teacher asks you to.

Letter to Lucy writing lesson notes

Planning questions

Letter to Lucy

Letter to Lucy sentence starters

informal letter display

 

            

How about making a jar or box, where everyone in your household  can put their wishes, for what they would love to do when we can be out and about again !

My wishes are – go for a walk on the beach, visit my friend for a cuppa, get a Krispy Kreme donut ……

Follow the instructions of how to decorate a jar or just get a box (a tissue box maybe)  and decorate that instead. They only rule is you can’t read them until you can make them come true!!!

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As many of our classes have been learning about the Easter story, here is a craft activity you could do over the Easter holidays to make an Easter Garden.

This is also a great example of our Instructions/ Procedure genre as it gives us a title, what you will need and numbered steps to complete.

Would love to see any photos!

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