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Thursday 2nd of April – Pink Class

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Good morning everyone!

Let’s wake up! Get everyone to join in!

Calendar –

Can you name the four seasons. What happens outside during each season? Let’s see.

Movement –

What will we do for movement today? Check out the movement section. How are you getting on with Joe Wicks?

Life Skills –

Mmmmmm! Can you help make lunch today? Let’s make some sandwiches.

Maths –

Today’s focus is MONEY.

Follow this link for sorting coins: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/coins-game

Follow this link for using coins to pay for items: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money

Empty out your adult’s purse or wallet…what coins or notes can you spot?

Fiddly Fingers –

Let’s make some slime!!!

Story –

Have you seen any bears out on your walk? Have a good bear hunt next time, how many can you spot? Can you describe the bears you see? How many bears do you have in your windows for other children to spot.

Let’s go on a bear hunt!

https://youtu.be/Waoa3iG3bZ4

Signs of the Day –

Yesterday I was learning the signs for some fruit. You will have to test me when we go back to school. Check out today’s signs of the day section. What signs will we learn today?

Music –

Check out the music section to make an instrument or to do some singing with Connie. Have fun!

Sensory –

Play with some shaving foam today. Can you practise your letters or numbers or impress someone in your family by writing their names in the foam.

You can also check out Tracey’s sensory section for some more fun ideas.

Dance –

How are you getting on with Rachel’s dance? I think I’ve got two left feet!

Challenge of the Day –

We have been looking at water in the Pink Class. Here is an outdoor water challenge. Challenge your family to see who makes the best waterproof shelter. Who will be brave enough to sit under it while you test if it is waterproof? Have fun!

Outdoor Shelter

Some of you have emailed some fantastic pictures of all of the hard work and fun you are having. Unfortunately, I can’t post these yet as our photo/picture capacity is full at present. However, keep sending me your great pictures, they put a huge smile on my face.

Wendy

Wednesday 1st of April – Pink Class

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Good morning,

A brand new month starts today.

Calendar –

Do you have a calendar in your house? Explore the calendar. What do you see? Do you see the days of the week? Do you see the months of the year? Today is the first day of April. Can you find April on the calendar?

Movement –

Check out the movement section or join in with ‘Shake your sillies out’

Life Skills –

I have washing to do today. Can you help sort the washing out?

Literacy –

Sound work

If you don’t have magnetic or wooden letters you can write these sounds out on pieces of paper. Say the sounds. What words can you make?

Make these words – it, on, am, mum, dad, dog, cat, mat, pig, hen, mud – read them to a family member.

s	a		t		p		i		n
m	d		g		o		c		k
ck	e		u		r		h		b
f		ff		l		ll		ss

P.E. –

See the P.E. section for some good ideas from Gerry and Pedro.

Story –

Today’s story is inspired by a little creature I spotted in my garden yesterday. What do you think I spotted?

Signs of the Day –

What signs will you learn from Lorna today? I learned the signs for colours yesterday.

Art –

David has posted a good idea about Picasso yesterday – check out the art page to have some fun or have a go at the colour wheel I posted yesterday.

Science –

I found an interesting little creature in my garden today. I’ll post the pictures when I can. It was a caterpillar!

Let’s learn about it’s life cycle. What does a caterpillar grow/turn into?

HWB –

What a busy day. Let’s take a breathe for a minute.

Challenge of the Day –

Build the best living room fort.

Have fun Pink Class!

Pink Class – sharing learning

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Oops forgot to post this wee video last week.

Keeping fit and healthy in the Pink Class. Go you!

Tuesday 31st of March – Pink Class

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Good morning everyone!

What day is it today? Can you show someone our sign for Tuesday?

Today’s tasks:

Calendar –

How did you get on with ‘wall touch’ yesterday? Practise our months of the year then try ‘wall touch’ again. Is it harder with 12 months?

Movement –

Check out the movement section – let’s get moving Pink Class!

Life Skills –

Help out at home by making your bed – it’s tricky!

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ICT/Technology –

Design and make your own boat that will float on water.

What materials can you use to make a boat that actually floats? Here’s a list to get you started:

Paper (will it need to be waterproofed?)
Foil
Plastic container
Cork
Egg cartons
Cardboard (will it need to be waterproofed?)
Orange peel
Straws
Craft sticks
Sticks from a tree or other pieces of wood

Dance –

Check out Rachel’s dance section. I’m still trying to learn Dance -Part 1!

Story –

Enjoy this little story about planting seeds.

What happened to the little seed?

Sign of the Day –

See Sign of the Day section for today’s signs.

Fiddly Fingers –

Chop up some fruit for a healthy snack for your family.

Gardening/CDT –

Do you fancy being a fairy or elf king/queen. Today is the day we make crowns. All you need is a paper (or card) strip, some glue or cellotape and some beautiful fallen things. Collect some fallen petals, leaves or even feathers to help create your majestic headpiece.

18 Delightful Nature Crowns for kids -- So beautiful! Nature Crown for Autumn | Kids crafts, Natuurlijk knutselen nature crowns Archives - Jay Primrose

HWB – Make some yummy, scrummy healthy flapjacks

Sensory –

Tracey has added a sensory section – check it out!

Challenge of the Day –

How many red objects can you find in your house?

Have fun!

Pink Class – sharing learning

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Some more great photos of the fun you can have at home!

Fantastic colour wheel – you did a much better job than me!

You found some fantastic things on your walk.

Pink Class – sharing work

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Some more great work from a girl in Pink Class!

Monday 30th of March – Pink Class

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It’s Monday! Wakey, wakey! Let’s start with a good morning song.

Calendar –

Let’s play a favourite learning game – ‘Wall Touch’

Write days of the week on pieces of paper. Place the pieces of paper around the room or blu-tac to the walls. Everyone stands in the middle of the room. Someone shouts out a day of the week and everyone races to find it and touches it. Repeat for other days of the week. Mix the cards up and try again. Have fun!

Movement –

Check out the movement section for some ideas. How are you all getting on with Joe Wicks?

Life Skills –

Help out with doing the dishes today. This is one of our classroom jobs.

Maths –

Let’s continue with money.

Make a money caterpillar. Can you add up the coins? How much is each caterpillar worth?

P.E.-

Check out our P.E. section. Gerry and Pedro have put some great active ideas on here. I’m going to have a go myself.

Or try our ‘Spell your name’ workout.

Story –

Vicky from Silver Class found this little story about social distancing. Watch it and discuss with family.

Sign of the Day –

What signs will we learn from Lorna today?

Art –

Can you make your own colour wheel using items from your house?

Here is the colour wheel:

Here are some attempts:

Have a good search around your house. Have a family competition. Who can make the best colour wheel?

Outdoor Learning –

Here’s a little challenge for a walk today. As you wander around your estate or garden collect items to record your journey. What can you find that nature has provided? Tie them to a stick to help tell your journey story. Was it fun? Were you happy? What did you find? Did you find any feathers? What animal did they come from?

Nature Crafts for Kids: how to make a journey stick - Growing Family

HWB –

How are you all getting on with brushing your teeth? Are you remembering to reach the tricky bits? Set a timer for 2 minutes each time.

Challenge of the Day –

Find 8 things in your house that begin with the letter ‘b’

Have fun!

Pink Class – reflection time

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Hi again,

Today is reflection day. There is a reflection sheet in your home learning pack, this should be filled in a t the end of each week and brought back to school when we return.

This week we are looking at nurtured.

Here is a little video to help with this.

Have fun!

Friday 27th of September – Pink Class

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Good morning Pink Class!

It’s Friday! Friday dance time!

Assembly –

Friday is assembly day and Tracey has posted today’s assembly under Primary Assembly. Enjoy!

Easter Singalong –

Connie has posted an Easter singalong. Some of our favourite spring and Easter songs can be found here. Can you teach someone in your family the songs, movement and signs?

Calendar –

Let’s have fun with the months today. Someone in your family will know ‘the Macarena’. Learn the moves while ordering the months of the year.

https://youtu.be/pfIDbOn6EbA

Movement –

see Movement section for some great ideas

Life Skills –

Have a look at your room, can you tidy it?

Literacy –

Look through a book, can you find any words with more than 5 letters?

Social Studies –

Draw a picture of your house

Story –

Here is a story about a very different house. Can you describe the house to someone in your family? How is the inside different to the outside? Talk about the characters in the story. If you had a Gingerbread house what would it be made of? Yummy!