KS1 - Comment ça va?

Join in with Mademoiselle Longo’s song «Bonjour les amis, comment ça va ?»

Now practise how you are feeling with funny voices and different actions.

Fancy revising your numbers ? Join me in reading the popular nursery rhyme “1,2,3 nous irons au bois”.Which colours are the cherries?How do we say cherries in French?

Parlons francais

KS2 - describe someone

Draw your friends or family members and label the picture. UKS2 : Listen to my character descriptions and transcribe them or write a description of your own favourite characters. Use a bilingual dictionary to expand your descriptions.

Need some help? Look at the following link : https://www.rocketlanguages.com/french/lessons/describe-people-in-french/

Qui suis-je?Can you guess the names of the 3

characters I’ve chosen to describe ?

Young CarerDon't forget to upload your activities to

seesaw :)

Colour Hunt Let’s get outside for our first activity. You will need: Plain piece of paper, glue and coloured pencils or crayons Instructions: 1. On your plain piece of paper colour in small squares of different colours. 2. Get your shoes on and head outside 3. Use a plastic bag and go on a walk hunting for lots of different things that are different colours 4. When you feel you’ve filled the bag, head home and glue all your different items on to your paper next to the coloured square.

Photo a day challenege

Although each day is different and we are all having to stay inside it’s going to be a time we talk about in years to come. During lockdown lots of people have been scrapbooking so I thought we could do a little of our own. Your challenege for the next 7 days is to take 1 photo a day.. These photos will be something that you can look back on in years to come.

Cheese and Marmite swirls

You will need: 1 roll of puff pastry, 250g cheddar cheese and 3 tbsp MarmiteInstructions: 1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees 2. Grate 250g cheddar 3. Spread the marmite across the rolled out puff pastry using a knife 4. Spread the grated cheese on top of the marmite ensuring an even coverage 5. Roll your ptasry up so it ends up looking like a swiss roll Slice in to 2cm pieces 6. Place on a baking tray and wash with egg.. Place in oven for 20 minutes

NatureHunt

For this you will need an egg box.

Can you decorate the outside to looklike a treasure chest?

There are 2 options for the inside.

“We all get to be Pirates this week and go in search of treasure.What will you find on your walk?”

Option 1 - Choose 12 natural objects you would like to find then draw them and stick to the inside of the box. Place the items into the compartments as you find them.

Option 2 - Choose a different colour for each of the compartments and colour them in. Can you find 12 items that match the colours you have chosen?

Can you make a collage with all the exciting things you have found?

Physical Education Miss Wood Style

Disc Golf is a game in which you must throw a plastic disc towards a target (usually metal baskets). The aim of the game is to complete the course using the fewest possible throws. There is usually up to ten differents holes on each course. Disc Golf

This week your task is to create your very own Disc Golf course at home.

You will need: A Frisbee (if you don’t own one you can use a PLASTIC PLATE or a make one from cardboard)

And a Selection of towels First dependant on whether you’ve got a Frisbee/ Plastic plate. You will need to create your frisbee, so grab a plate and a cardboard box (cereal box) and trace around the outline of a plate, then cut it out. You can decorate it however you would like.

Then set up your course with lots of different holes. The towels will represent the metal baskets . THINK ABOUT making your holes vary in difficulty, so start off easy and then make them harder. Look to have at least FOUR to FIVE holes. Then create your starting point, this is where you will start throwing from each time.

Give each hole a ‘PAR’ this means it’s the number of throws a disc golfer is expected to complete an individual hole in. Your ‘PAR’ will vary depending on how hard your hole is.

And finally start throwing. Get yourself on the starting point and have a go at trying to get the disc to land on the towel.

This weeks Big Question: Imagine you were the principal of Tadpole Farm School...

What changes would you make?Think, Talk and Discuss

Talk to your school friends other people in your family about anything you would like to change about your school and what would you like to always be the same. Listen to their answers. Do you agree or disagree with their choices?

Activity 1 (EY and above)Draw or paint a picture to show what the school would be like after you have made the changes you want to happen.

Activity 2 (KS1 and above) Act out a role-play where you pretend to be Mrs Leo telling the school about the new changes (You could use cuddly toys to be the children)

● How would the children react?● How would the teachers react?

Activity 3 (LKS2 and above)Write a letter or record a speech trying to persuade Mrs Leo to make the changes you want to see happen.Try to use the phrases:

● Surely you would agree…● Everybody knows ….● Imagine …● Don’t you want us ……..?

Activity 4 (UKS2)Think about some of the impractical things the younger children might want or try to change about our school. Pretend to be Mrs Leo and write a letter back to some of these children explaining why their suggestions are not possible.(Is it to do with the cost, the space needed, keeping people safe, the time that it would take or the number of staff that would be needed )

How could Tadpole be even better?

Would you like longer play times?

Tired of wearing school

uniform?

Think our school needs a swimming

pool?

Should every child have their own Chromebook?

Should school start later in the morning?

Family SupportWell...here we are again.It seems like we are moving forward, with small changes being implemented. Some of us may be feeling a little less stressed or anxious whereas others are feeling anxiety.I thought this week we could think about mindfulness and what we can do to support this...

Being mindful is focusing on the present situation and how you are feeling. You can practice mindfulness as a family, taking a moment to slow down and come together. Mindful activities can help children to relax and unwind. Here are some examples for you to try…

* A daily family yoga session.

* A quiet walk, taking in the sights around you, engaging with nature and the smells of cut grass.

* When you are sitting down for dinner, talk about one positive thing that happened in that day. It could be something you saw or something you heard.

* Meditation. Sitting relaxed, in a comfortable position, focusing on your breath.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ZpkRAcgws4 Yoga

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64QzBuhsyuk Meditation

Printing at Home!

Printing with

elastic bands

Cut up elastic bands into different sizes and glue them onto a piece of cardboard to create a

picture. Using thickened paint or ink, print your

image onto any paper or surface you like!

Printing with lego

A lot of you will have lego at home so why not try printing with it! You could make pictures that can be coloured in, abstract prints, bookmarks or even try recreating famous pieces of art! All you need is lego, thickened paint or ink and paper!

Printing with rolling pins (or a kitchen roll tube!)

Find different materials around your home and stick them to a rolling pin. Dip

in paint and find out what repeating patterns you create!

Activity 1

ASSAULT COURSE!

THE AIM OF THE GAME

Following instructions involving different actions and position words.

HOW TO PLAY

Play this game outside or inside, using everyday items. Arrange a safe ‘assault course’ , using chairs to crawl under, small boxes to jump over and toys to weave in and out.

Give instructions to the child, e.g. “Jump over two boxes” or “Walk between the toys”. Encourage listening and responding to the action and position words. Take in turns with the child to be the instructor.

TOO EASY

Make the instructions longer or more complex, or give the instructions when the child is further away from what you’re talking about.

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Activity 2

VOICE SOUNDS

Can you make sounds with your voice?

● Make your voice go down a slide...Whee!

● Make your voice bounce like a ball...boing, boing

● Hiss like a snake...ssssss

● Be a steam train...chchchchch

● Buzz like a bee...zzzzzz

● Keep everyone quiet….shshshsh

● Gently moo like a cow...mmmoooo

● Be a clock...tick tock tick tock

MAKE IT FUN

Provide small mirrors for the children to observe their faces, lips, teeth and tongue as they make different speech sounds and experiment with their voices. Make these sounds in a loud voice, fast voice, slow voice or quiet voice.

Speech & Language

Early Years Foundation Stage Crafts.

Homemade Clay

What you need:-

2 cups of baking soda1 cup of cornstarch1 ¼ cups of waterFood colouringPan

How to make it:-

Put the baking soda, cornstarch and water into a pot.Cook over a medium heat, stirring until it looks like mash potatoes.Let the clay cool, then divide into four pieces.Add food colouring, knead until smooth.Make your clay into your chosen design.Leave to dry.

Early Years Foundation Stage Crafts.

Microwave Puffy Paint.

What you need:-

1 cup of flour3 Teaspoons of baking powder1 Teaspoon of saltWater Food colouring4 Ziplock Bags

Instructions

Mix the flour, baking powder, salt, add enough water that it makes pancake mix consistency.Divide the mixture into the four ziplock bags, add your food colouring. Mix and squidge away.Put a rubber band at the top of the bag, making the cone shape of an icing bag. Cut of the tip and paint.When finished pop the painting in the microwave for 30-45 seconds and watch it puff.

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Prayer & reflection

REFLECTION

This week I would like you

all to do the same activity.

● Create a prayer wallYou can do this on whatever

scale you want. Write on

post-it notes, paper or

cardboard. Remember our

prayer space; be creative.

Write prayers for all those

who you would like to pray

for.

Maths Activities

What’s cooking in your kitchen this week?

Dark & White Chocolate refrigerator cake - makes 12

200g (7oz) plain chocolate75g (3oz) golden syrup75g (3oz) unsalted butter150g (6oz) digestive biscuits75g (3oz) dried apricots, chopped50g (2oz) raisins50g (2oz) pecans, finely chopped40g (1 ½ oz) rice krispies60g (2 ½ oz) white chocolate, chopped into small pieces

Line a 23cm (9in) square shallow tin with cling film, leaving enough to hang over the sides of the tin.

Melt the plain chocolate, syrup and butter in a heatproof bowl set over a pan of simmering water, making sure the bottom of the bowl does not touch the water. Stir occasionally until melted, then set aside to cool down.Break the digestive biscuits into small pieces, and mix together with the chopped apricots, raisins, pecans, rice krispies and chopped white chocolate. Stir these into the melted chocolate mixture. Spoon the mixture into the back of the spoon.

Place in the fridge to set, which should take 1-2 hours. To serve, carefully peel off the cling film and cut into 12 squares.

Do forget to upload your pictures to

Seasaw

Cranberry, lemonade & Orange juice cubes/ice lollies

250ml (8fl oz) cranberry juice100ml (3fl oz) lemonade100ml (3fl oz) fresh orange juice)Mix together all the ingredients. Pour into ice-lolly (ice-block) moulds and freeze.

Simple doughnuts (approx 15-20 mini)250g plain flour ½ tsp salt70g cold butter 1 teaspoon baking powder170ml milk1. Mix all ingredients apart from the milk so that it’s breadcrumb like texture.2. Slowly add the milk. You may not need it all.3. Create a firm-ish dough4. Roll out to about 1 cm thickness.5. Cut doughnut shapes (you can use two circle cookie cutters)6. In a pan/fryer heat oil (ADULT ONLY)7. Slowly add the doughnuts in and changing the sides every so often. Fry until golden brown.8. Take out. Then dip in some sugar and/or cinnamon sugar (cinamon and sugar mixed together)

Prayer and Worship- Patience

Patience is when we wait in a calm way. We show patience all the time but sometimes it is really hard because we might want something straight away. Can you think of a time when you have shown patience? How about when you were learning how to walk?. We may take a few steps, fall over but then we try again. Before we know it we can walk! We learn by being patient and showing perseverance.

Christians believe that God knows what will happen in every situation and that they need to trust him and be patient while they wait. The Bible says ‘But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience’ Romans 8:25

Why not listen to this great Veggietales song about patience https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHG-k5UxFig

Elmo and Zac Efron have a few ideas about patience- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qgeuCgODgv4

Activity 2-

Search around your house for a timer.

Is yours like one in the picture?

Have a go at asking someone in your house to set a timer but not tell you how long they have put it on for - wait for it to go off.

What is the longest you can wait without getting impatient?

Activity 4-

Is there anything that you have have wanted to do for a while but not yet been able to do?

This might be riding a bike, doing a tricky puzzle, completing a level in a game,

This week why not see if you can do that task and if through showing patience you can do it! Send your

pictures into your teachers

Activity 3-

FInd a seed, plant it and watch it grow!

You may have to wait a long time to watch it grow into a plant but in this time you will be showing patience and perseverance.

Take some pictures to show your teachers on SeeSaw when it has grown.

Activity 1-

Think of someone who is really special to you that you might be able to write a letter, draw a picture or make a card for.

In the letter/card/picture ask them to send something back to you.

While you wait for a response you will be showing patience!

Things That Go!!!!!

This week we are thinking about things that move and how they do. What vehicles can you think of? What are the different things that power them?

Paper Aeroplanes

Can you design and make a paper aeroplane? What happens if you change the design? How far can you make it fly. There are lots of designs and instructions on line - which do you think will go the furthest?

Brilliant Balloons.

Can you make a balloon powered car? You could make this from scratch, or you could adapt a toy , lego or other item to power it with a balloon. What happens if you change the size of the balloon or how large you blow it up? You could even have a race against your family members.

Steam in Swindon

Swindon is known for being the home of the Great Western Railway. But how does steam power work?Find out what you can about steam power?What was is used for? Is it still used today? You could make a diagram, powerpoint etc. decide how to present your findings.

Resources www.rigb.org/families/experimental/balloon-car-racers

www.science.howstuffworks.com/transport/engines-equipment/steam1.htm

https://trn.trains.com/railroads/abcs-of-railroading/2006/05/how-a-steam-locomotive-works

Mindfulness and WellbeingWith the closure of school for the majority of children, they are really missing their friends right now, so why not take some time to make a Friends Booklet? Click on the link below to print the booklet or, or just make your own! Draw a friend, write their name and list the things you are looking forward to doing with them, along with a list of their qualities….Are they funny? Kind? Caring?https://www.elsa-support.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Friends-little-booklet.pdf

Below is another photo challenge for you. Click on the link to download and print, or make your own photo challenge . Each day, you have something different to capture, so get creative! Don’t forget to share your photos - we would love to see.https://www.elsa-support.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Friends-little-booklet.pdf

Lets Upcycle You will need:

Cut the bottom flaps off of the boxes so you can put each box inside the other one:

Name your nesting animals They could be the lovely elephant, cute cow, dinky dog, silly cat, tiny rat...the choices are endless!