Daily Archives: April 3, 2020

Group 4 – 3rd April

Here are some activities for your timetable today:

Circle Time

It’s Friday!!!

What is the weather like today?

Photo from my window this morning

Reflection time

There is a reflection sheet included in your home learning pack – please complete this today to bring to school when we get back.

How has your week been?

  1. Have you listened to your mum/dad/gran?
  2. Have you been kind to all?
  3. Have you been polite?
  4. Did you have fun?

Choosing time

For good listening, being kind and polite, and being helpful you will get 5 min for each day.

How many minutes is your choosing time?

You can choose a favourite game on the device or game console of your choice.

Make a good choice!

Life Skills

Choose your job to help clean your house today.

Literacy

Have a look in the language section to find out what Laura has planned for you today.

Story

Today our story is “We’re going on a Bear Hunt”. Have you been outside for a walk? Have you seen any bears out in the windows? Do you have any bears in your windows for other children to spot?

Enjoy your story!

Social studies

Linda has planned something for you today in the SOCIAL STUDIES section.

Signs of the day

Check out Lorna’s sign of the day video. Today is all about Toys.

Food Technology

Check for some ideas post by Hazel in Food technology or you can use our Pinewood Recipe Book and try your favourite recipe.

https://www.flipsnack.com/Lorneej/recipe-book.html

Music

Check on Easter singalong with Connie and Gordon.

I hope you all have a lovely Easter break. Keep helping at home, be kind and spread smile and happiness around you. Enjoy the time with your family.

Happy Easter!

Red class – Friday 03-04

Good morning,

Remember to check Tracey’s assembly.

Remember to sing along the songs for our morning routine.

I thought we could try and sing a new song for the weather today.  Tell me what you think.

the day of the week song,

and a movement song,

I have a lot of washing to do today, can you help me sort it?

literacy, check the story that David is reading, let me know if you want David and I to read more stories for you.

and don’t forget to check Nicole’s story massage, here it is again,

The Strokes

Story Massage Strokes handout

You can do it as you please but here are the strokes I have used

  • The downward fan
  • The circle
  • The drum
  • The bounce
  • The walk
  • The claw
  • The semi circle (upside down)
  • The drum
  • The walk
  • The semi-circle (upside down)
  • The claw
  • The semi-circle (upside down)
  • The drum
  • The semi-circle (upside down)
  • The walk
  • The semi-circle (upside down)
  • The circle
  • The semi-circle (upside down)
  • The drum
  • The semi-circle (upside down)
  • The squeeze
  • The sprinkle
  • The walk
  • The wave
  • The claw
  • The bounce
  • The calm
  • The circle
  • The drum
  • The squeeze
  • The semi- circle (right way up – smiley face)
  • The circle
  • The calm
  • The sprinkle
  • The semi- circle (right way up – smiley face)
  • The circle
  • The walk
  • The circle
  • The squeeze

If there are strokes your child does not like then miss them out and replace with ones they do.

If you want to access the book, it can be found here

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Time for some song  now then an Easter story

 

 

You could help with the dishes today, so remember, when snack (or lunch) is finished, to put your plate and spoon or fork in the sink.

I hope you continue to learn the signs that Lorna is teaching us, you will soon be as good as her.  I am practising my signs at home.  Check Lorna’s post.

We haven’t done a lot of cooking so why not try Gina’s Easter bake tray?  It looks yummy doesn’t it!

 

technology: check Helpkidzlearn

Please click on the link below to access the resources available to parents during the school closure. Please note they are not all free although this is a site which is very accessible for our pupils and certainly worth considering.

https://www.helpkidzlearn.com/updates/school-closure.html

 

and now for music …

lots of songs with Connie and Gordon, don’t forget to check under the music section.

Remember to sing the song for the Friends of Pinewood which you will find in Connie’s post.

Don’t forget, you  can also relax with some yoga or some meditation, check my previous posts, check other classes.  Remember to go out and have fun when you play in the garden or when you go for walks.

Have a good day!

Group 10 – It’s Friday!

Good morning Group 10.

Morning routine – What day is it today? What jobs can you help with around the house?

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Literacy- Look at Challenges for Group 10 from Monday to see what to do or have a look in the Literacy section and see some of the work Laura has been doing.

Social Studies –  Linda has lots to do about Easter in the Social Studies section. Have a look and see

Story – We have our weekly story. Find somewhere quiet to watch and share.

Signing – check out what Lorna’s sign of the day is.

Food Tech – The school recipe is now on the blog. Have a look and see what you can make

ICT – Kirsty has games and activities for all in the ICT section. How many can you do?

Music –  See Gordon’s blogs to find lots of music activities to do

 

It’s Easter break now, so have a chilled and relaxing break and I will speak to you in two weeks. Have a great day!

CDT – blacksmithing (measuring and marking)

Hi guys, so I’m now a Youtuber! Sorry for the delay, we’ve been having memory capacity issues with the blog. So watch this first part (sorry for the volume issues in a workshop) and I’ve prepared a question sheet for after. When the memory issues are resolved I can upload the question sheet. Enjoy as you follow me on the journey of making a wood burning stove! Copy and paste this link into your browser bar!   https://youtu.be/bPjr0zNGlvQ

Group 11 Fri 3 April

Good morning Group 11!

You could work on your transition passport today and could also try some of the following:

Movement: put your favourite song on and dance like no one is watching.  We are going to use https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSD4vsh1zDA

Life Skills:  tidy up your room.

Literacy: See Laura’s blog or use https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds

Social Studies:   See Ana’s blog or write/record/draw a diary about having no school just now.

Story: Read your favourite book or listen to one of these stories.  https://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/have-some-fun/storybooks-and-games/

Signing: check Lorna’s sign of the day video.

Food Tech: See Hazel’s blog.  We are going to make pancakes.

ICT:  See my blog it is making a video call to one of your friends or family.

Music: See Connie’s Easter singalong or do some karaoke to your favourite tunes.

 

Enjoy the holidays.  Have 2 weeks chilling out with your families and having fun together.

Kirsty

ICT Fri 3 April

Make a call or video call to one of your friends or family.

Make sure that you do this over the holidays so you get lots of practice.

I will video call my mum and dad.

Happy Easter. Have lovely holidays.  Take care, Kirsty.

Yellow Class – Friday, 3th April

Hello Yellow Class!

Hope you are all well and everyone is keep safe.

Here is a guide to Friday as promised 

Circle Time – We start our circle time singing “hello – super simple songs” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVlcKp3bWH8

This is also the time we started to learn some Spanish. Leave you here some Spanish translations.

Good morning – “Buenos Dias”

Hello – “Hola”

How are you? – “como estas?”

We then talk about how we are feeling today (happy, sad, tired, and excited). We find how does the weather look like and what day it is – You can do your calendar book.

And we finish our circle time sharing the last day news – Feel free to share your news, by email, posting here on blog some videos, photos or comments. J

 

MovementHere some of our favourite movement songs. You can use this ones or any other of your preference

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4vVcJWTmT7c

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P3-cEsqc4vY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22kqia2ibVU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=amJ87z5jVAc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMb-Fhvdiso

Life skills – challenge of the week: make your own bed. Help mum or dad to make your bed.

Literacy – Can you write your name?

Social Studies – It’s never too much remind you why is so important to wash your hands. Here is a little video about germs and bacterias. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uMbCZfb5k3M

STORY – It’s nearly Easter! Here’s a nice story for you to watch. Follow the link below.

https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=animated+the+easter+story

Sign of the day – Don’t forget to be practicing the sign of the day – if you want to send me a video then feel free

Food technology – Short bread Elephants / Easter Egg

Ingredients

  • 200g/7oz unsalted butter, at room temperature, cut into small cubes
  • 100g/3½oz sugar, plus extra for sprinkling
  • 300g/10½oz plain flour, sifted, plus extra for dusting

Method

  1. Preheat the oven to 160C/140C Fan/Gas 3 and line a baking tray with baking paper.
  2. Mix together the butter and sugar, either by hand or using an electric hand whisk, until pale and smooth. Gently mix in the flour until completely incorporated (try not to work the flour too much or the biscuits will not be so crumbly). Using your hands, squeeze the mixture together into a ball of dough. (See tip for additional fillings)

Gently roll the dough out to about 5mm/¼in thick (dust the work surface with a little flour if the dough sticks). Cut into shape using a biscuit cutter. If you have an elephant cutter shape you are lucky!!! 😉

3. Or you can make Easter Egg shapes. Use your imagination! Be creative.

4. Transfer the biscuits onto the baking tray and chill in the fridge for 15 minutes to rest. (See tip for alternative method)

5. Bake for 15–20 minutes, or until pale golden-brown.

6. Decorate with icing, smarties or sprinkles.

ICT – You can go on your Ipad, tablet, mobile… and choose one of the games you like most. You don’t know what to choose from?  If you go to ICT/ technology sections there’s some apps you can use.

Music – Go to the Music section and choose one of the activities that your Music teacher prepared for you. Have fun J

I hope you enjoy your day! Stay safe!

Friday 3rd of April – Pink Class

Good morning,

What day is it today………

Calendar –

Yesterday we looked at the four seasons. Can you name the four seasons? What season is it just now? What signs are there outside that help us to know that it is Spring?

Here is a little Spring scavenger hunt. You can use it in your garden or if you go for a little walk.

Movement –

Check out the movement section…….let’s get moving!

Life Skills –

How many of these things can you help with today?

Literacy –

Can you use lego or blocks to make your name? Can you make someone from your family’s name too? Can you make your full name? How many letters are in your name?

 

Social Studies – 

Go for a walk in your local area. Take some photos of some interesting things you find.      

Story – 

Here are some Spring stories:

Signs of the Day –

Check out today’s sign with Lorna. Can’t wait!

Food Technology –

Check out our new resources section, Lorna has posted Pinewood’s recipe book. There are lots of yummy recipes there to try. Get cooking or baking!

ICT/Technology –

Check out the ICT section – Kirsty has posted a fun selfie challenge

Music – 

Check out the music section, Connie and Gordon have put some fun ideas here for you to try.

Challenge of the day –

Here are a few challenges to keep you busy!

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I’ll be back in touch on Monday 20th April with more activities, have a lovely relaxing Easter break.

Here are some ideas for things to do over the break:

I’ve also posted some links in today’s email.

Have fun!

Wendy

Making music with apps 1

There are lots of Music creation apps that our children might enjoy. As we head into the holiday, I wanted to show people a couple of free ones that you may find helpful.  I will add more ideas over the weeks, including ones for Android/ iOS. Many of the suggested activities can apply to any music-making app.

GarageBand (free, Mac and iOS only)

GarageBand - Pro Filmmaker AppsThis highly sophisticated app shouldn’t put anyone off. From recording, effects, multitracking, jamming with others and virtual instruments, it may seem overwhelming to some, but it is also easy to get started and begin playing around.

Virtual instruments include drums, bass, guitar, keyboards and orchestral strings. With lots of online tutorials on YouTube and elsewhere, it is possible to take it as far as you like.

Ideas to get you started:

  • Open up, select an instrument and just play. Try different settings within the instrument environment. What is your favourite?
  • What are the other instruments? Discover the instruments of the orchestra.
  • Build beats using the drum machines
  • Play relaxing music
  • Play music for dancing
  • Play along to a favourite piece of music
  • Use the microphone to record your voice and pass it through the various effects such as Robot or Alien. Which is the funniest? Which friend or relative sounds funniest?

Soundforest (Free, iOS)

Compose music using a collection of creatures, trees, flowers and shapes. Each icon/image represents a different sound which you add to the project area to create a piece. The vertical position of an icon will affect the pitch (even with rhythmic sounds). Soundforest is very visual, using graphic-style notation to represent your piece and perfect for younger students. The free version has limited projects.

https://apps.apple.com/gb/app/soundforest/id1194745290

Ideas to get you started:

  • Create a forest landscape with trees and birds. What does it sound like?
  • Share the sounds with a friend
  • Take turns with a friend to add items to the Soundforest
  • Dance to the sounds you make
  • Using instruments at home or your own homemade instruments, play along to your Soundforest music.

Have fun and share your music with others!