Monday 23rd March

Date: 23rd Mar 2020 @ 9:37am

Monday 23^rd March

Good morning my lovely Goldfinches. I hope you all had a restful weekend after a busy week last week.

Lots more has happened in the news so I’ve been chatting to my children about ‘social distancing’ this weekend. This means staying at home with your family and not meeting up with anyone else- even people really close to you like grandparents, best friends and cousins. This is a very strange new thing to do and feels really weird- especially because it was Mother’s Day yesterday. Toby has asked a lot to have friends over to play but I have had to say no each time. Because… like we talked about last week, this is advice from the expert scientists and it is to help us all to keep safe. Remember to keep washing your hands too.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9VjeIWLnEg This is the link to our funny handwashing clip!  

Today is the start of having a go at doing school jobs at home. This will also be really strange but I’m sure we will get used to it after a little while. Each morning I will blog to share ideas of what you can do to keep our love for learning strong. I will share what I have done with my own children too.

Active time…. Choose 1 of these to try out:

Outside- go for a walk with an adult in your house (staying 2m away from other people) and see how many rainbows you can spot in people’s windows

or trampoline

or make a garden obstacle trail

or Inside-  try out Go Noodle   https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2YBT7HYqCbbvzu3kKZ3wnw

School jobs

Spelling

Choose 5 spellings from your diary or the Y3/4 statutory word list and record them in your spelling doodle or make a picture poster to help you remember them. You could even write a test for an adult in your house.

If you do IDL- do a lesson online.

Maths- Time

From now on try to read the clocks in your house as much as possible. Ask adults to ask you what time it will be in …10 mins…30 mins…. How long is it until snack time… outside time… etc.

Find a ‘Telling The Time’ game to play on a tablet or laptop. Have a go at a page from your Home Learning Pack.

Topmarks have a great teaching clock https://www.topmarks.co.uk/time/teaching-clock

and a good game to play to match analogue and digital

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/116/telling-the-time

 

Creative time- choose 1 of these to have a go at:

30 day Lego challenge

30 day drawing challenge

Quiet time

Find a quiet spot to curl up with one of the lovely books you chose to take home. My kids hung out on the trampoline today with beanbags, blankets and books!  

   

Relax with your mindfulness jar or some music.

 

Topic time

Science and Geography: Volcanoes

 Use the Natural History Website  to find out about how to make an erupting volcano. This used to be a learning log task and there are so many different, fun ways of doing it…. Cardboard, Lego, cake….

https://www.nhm.ac.uk/discover/how-to-make-a-volcano.html

Don’t worry about trying to do all of this in one day… perhaps split it up into researching, collecting things from your house to make it with and then making. There is no rush. Take a photo of your finished volcano as I would love to see it!

Or….

Geography: RIVERS research. Watch Planet Earth Fresh Water on BBC I-Player to help you begin to learn about rivers. As you are watching, you might want to jot down some notes or diagrams to help you remember for the next lesson.  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0074sgj

 

Fresh air

If it is sunny and warm again today then play, play, play outside in your garden! Plant Mr and Mrs Bean and find a warm spot inside on a windowsill for now to help the seeds germinate.

Remember… be kind, be polite and be helpful. More from me tomorrow and enjoy your day today.

From Mrs Evans and a big hello from Mrs Brennan and Mrs O'Marah 

from Mrs Powell…

“You are braver than you believe, stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think. But the most important thing is, even if we’re apart…I’ll always be with you.” A.A. Milne.

 

I am so proud of all the children, enjoy your first day of learning in a different way and remember to plant those sunflower seeds.  Mrs P

 

Parents/Carers

Please try not to put pressure on yourselves to do too much or for too long. Remember this is new to us all and is quite a daunting thought. All of these tasks are SUGGESTED and not compulsory. The timetable is a guide to help support some structure but doesn’t have to be followed to the minute. Take each day as it comes and share the day timetable with your child(ren). I have uploaded a visual timetable for you to use with your children to help you to choose the activities for the day. They respond so well when they know what is coming next and how long activities will be for. If they end up completely absorbed in something creative/outdoors/practical, then follow their lead.

 If it’s sunny and warm be out in your garden with your children- I know I will be as much as possible!

Look after yourselves, Mrs Evans