These simple maths games should help to keep children practicing their times tables, as well as other maths skills. They are fun to enjoy with family members in your household and need very little equipment to play!
I’ve loved sharing bedtime stories with you on the website and Mrs Franks has enjoyed sharing stories with her son Thomas.
Here he is reading Dinosaur Roar with his own dinosaurs.
What have you been reading whilst at home? Let us know in the comments below.
While you’ve been safe at home, I’ve been keeping a close eye on the Spelling Shed scores and it’s been great to see all the game playing!
Year 6 have managed to overtake Year 3 recently, and are our current top spelling year group. Well done Year 6!
There are lots of new names appearing on the the playing boards which is fantastic and our current super spellers are:
Y2- Dylan, Scarlett and Georgie
Y3/4- Anya, Layton and Jayden R
Y5/6- Oscar S, Harvey and Ruby
As a reward for the excellent spelling work, I’ve given our current super spellers a honey pot reward on their account. Well done!
Who will get the honey pot rewards next week?
As an extra challenge, I’ve set up a school spelling contest which everyone with a login can access on their Spelling Shed home screen. The contest covers some common homophones and will be available from tomorrow for one week. The top five spellers in this contest will also receive a honey pot reward next week … so get spelling everyone!
Due to the current climate, we are all spending increasing amounts of time online, whether it be for home schooling, contacting relatives or friends or accessing social media.
To help protect children both online and offline, Northumbria Police would like to highlight their free ‘ThinkuKnow’ online safety programme, which is designed to help children of all ages stay safe online.
The programme is separated into different categories and targets different age groups. There are also resources for parents and carers which could assist home learning.
To access the ‘ThinkuKnow’ programme and resources, click here.
Today is Earth Day and it marks the 50th anniversary of celebrating Earth Day. It was set up to tackle environmental issues such as climate change and pollution as well as celebrating our beautiful planet. This years theme is climate action. What can we do at home to celebrate Earth Day?
Look at recycling in your house. What do we recycle?
Can you play some recycling games at home?
http://www.suffolkschoolsrecycling.org.uk/Kids/Fun-and-Games
Challenge: Can you recycle something and make something new?
Try this: Can you make a bird house from a shoe box?
https://www.jampaper.com/blog/earth-day-craft-diy-shoe-box-birdhouse/
Reading is one of my favourite things to do and I know that I have been reading a lot at home. I have really enjoyed Mrs Hanratty’s bedtime stories and I hope you have been reading at home too.
Try looking at the Read On Website. There are over 7000 free children’s books to read online!
Happy Reading!
https://readon.myon.co.uk
As we are spending increasing amounts of time indoors, Sport England have started a new campaign called #StayInWorkOut.
They are offering access to a range of free online fitness and exercise platforms, which are designed for adults, children and families.
They are also offering advice on how to get active active at home and outdoors and have lots of free resources.
To find out more visit the Sport England website.
To support home schooling, the BBC have launched a new programme which consists of three daily lessons. They also have a range of activities and games that can be accessed at any time for children aged 3 – 16.
The initiative starts from today and can be found at BBC Bitesize.
Have fun!
Here are some activities to try starting Monday.
During these challenging times, it’s really difficult trying to find the balance with everything that is going on.
In case you are feeling worried or apprehensive about home schooling, everything on this list also counts as learning (and some will happen every day without you even realising! 😊)
🌈 Try not to put too much pressure on yourself and remember to stay safe. 🌈
