Good morning everyone,

A Happy New Year to you all!

I hope you enjoyed the Christmas holidays and had a chance to relax with your family.

Below are some activity choices for this week:

Option 1 (daily activity) – Early Level

Alphabet list

We all celebrated the recent holiday, for each of us, the focus would be different, for example, for some, it’s about the meaning of Christmas, for others, it’s about the giving and receiving of presents, family time or a winter holiday (even a mixture of these).

You are going to create an alphabet list based on the focus of your holiday. For example:

Christmas alphabet  – b – baubles,  p – presents

Gift alphabet            – c – chocolate,  s – socks

Family                        – f – fun,  m – movies

Winter holiday         – s – snow,  g – games

So, for example, if you choose the Gift alphabet, you would write down a-z on paper, and next to each letter, you would write down an item that either you or a family member received for Christmas. How many can you remember?

Option 2 (week long activity) – First Level and beyond

Diary

You are going to create your own diary. First, research some famous dairies, e.g. The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank – google an excerpt to look at the format (how it is laid out).

Now, it’s your turn!

Create your own personal diary and design the front cover which should reflect your personality.

Every day make a diary entry that explains the events and experiences of your day.

The key features of a diary are explained below:

• describes the places where events happened
• is written in the past tense
• talks about the most important events
• uses some personal pronouns: I, we, my, me
• talks about feelings
• uses time conjunctions (e.g. before, next, after) to show when things happened.

Try to think about your choice of words to make your writing more interesting by using adverbs and adjectives.

An adverb – a word that describes a verb (an action or doing word). E.g. I ate (verb) my breakfast slowly (adverb).

An adjective – a word that describes a noun (the name of a thing or place). E.g. I played a fun (adjective) game (noun).

Option 3 (browse the web)

Explore one or more of the following websites to find something of interest and benefit to you:

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/

https://www.educationcity.com

https://www.helpkidzlearn.com

https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/short-stories

http://www.literactive.com/Home/index.asp

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk

https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/

https://www.poissonrouge.com

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com

https://stories.audible.com/

https://www.storylineonline.net/

https://schoolreadinglist.co.uk/

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/

Good luck!

Laura (Language Teacher)

Good morning everyone,

Our theme today for home-school learning is summer.

Here are some activities to choose from:

• Read and or listen to some poems. https://childrens.poetryarchive.org/explore/?key=&type=&poet=&theme=127&form=&age=
• Read and or listen to some poems and think about what they mean. https://childrens.poetryarchive.org/explore/?key=&type=&poet=&theme=127&form=&age=
• Research acrostic poems and create your own about SUMMER. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z4mmn39/articles/ztdvw6f
• Research haiku poems and create your own about https://www.youngwriters.co.uk/info/other/poetry-types/haiku-poem
• Create a poem about summer (it doesn’t have to rhyme).

Read the following poems about summer (they may also give you some ideas for your own poems):

Summer Days

I’m looking for a hot spot.

A what spot?

A hot spot.

I’m looking for a hot spot.

To lie out in the sun.

I’m looking for a hot spot

To play and have some fun.

I’m looking for a hot spot

To hit a ball and run.

Oh, I’m looking for a hot spot.

A what spot?

A hot spot.

I’m looking for a hot spot

Now summer has begun.

 Anne English

Summer Song

 By the sand between my toes,

By the waves behind my ears,

By the sunburn on my nose,

By the little salty tears

That make rainbows in the sun

When I squeeze my eyes and run,

By the way the seagulls screech,

Guess where I am? At the ……!

By the way the children shout

Guess what happened? School is ……!

By the way I sing this song

Guess if summer lasts too long:

You must answer Right or ……!

 John Ciardi

Good luck!

Laura Leathem (Language and Communication Teacher)

Good morning everyone,

Here are today’s choice of activities https://sway.office.com/sVLcsX2cSrAiEjBV

Today is my last post. I would like to thank you all for your hard work during lockdown.

I hope you all have a great summer and will look forward to seeing some of you in August.

To all the leavers – Wishing you the very best of luck for your future! It’s been a pleasure getting to know you all.

Take care everyone!

Laura Leathem (Language and Communication Teacher)

Good morning everyone,

Nearly there!

Please see today’s activities at https://sway.office.com/3bbEPARUMXPSwCFr

Hope you have a good day!

Laura Leathem (Language and Communication Teacher)

Good morning everyone,

Hope you enjoyed yesterday’s activities.

Please see today’s work at https://sway.office.com/ZIWQmNBoikAlqQ2d

Have fun!

Laura Leathem (Language and Communication Teacher)

Good morning everyone,

Final week before the summer holidays – hooray!

This week we are going to focus on writing a story, using all the work that we have been doing in previous weeks.

Please see a choice of activities at https://sway.office.com/qMD2mB1eD1k0RmAl

Hope you are all well and have a good day!

Laura Leathem (Language and Communication Teacher)

Good morning,

I hope you are all well. Not long now until the holidays!

Please see today’s activities at https://sway.office.com/4GtqhBhAPUIGydeg

Also, here are some book review templates to choose from:

Book review 1 Book review 2 Book review 3

Hope you have a good day!

Laura Leathem (Language and Communication Teacher)

Good morning everyone,

Please see today’s activities at https://sway.office.com/u1lHuxsdWK8unKhF

Hope you have a good day!

Laura Leathem (Language and Communication Teacher)

Good morning,

I hope you are having a good start to the week.

Please see today’s activities at https://sway.office.com/zoxZ2RCxeE1Mhwow

Have fun!

Laura Leathem (Language and Communication Teacher)

Good morning everyone,

Hope you are all well and enjoyed the weekend.

Please see today’s choice of activities at https://sway.office.com/NVmuWP3dLO0NC5Z3

Have fun!

Laura Leathem (Language and Communication Teacher)