Hopefully this won’t happen but…In the event of school closure or absence due to COVID19.

In maths keep practising adding and subtracting. Using the towers of ten initially then try vertical addition and subtraction and get expert at telling the time to quarter to and quarter past the hour. If you can do this try to 5minute intervals.

I would like the children to continue to learn their 2,5, and 10 times table and the divides that are the reverse of these. Use times table rock stars.

I would like the children to do a project on the local area.

You could begin by exploring maps and buildings from now and comparing them with photos of long ago. Try to make simple maps and replicate photos or the work of local artists like Helen Bradley who has a webpage.

I would like the children to find out about jobs/ industry in the area and how the land has been used compared to the past and how it is has changed.

The children could research using the internet, books or just talk to their family/grandparents about it Ask questions like “what did you eat when you were younger?” “What was school like? ““What games did you play?” “What job did you do?”

It would be great if they made a simple presentation – a power point, or a video of them presenting their findings, this will help their IT skills as well as their oracy skills.

In other subjects.

The children should practise their spellings (see the inside of your reading diary) and handwriting alongside writing a simple daily diary of the things they have done that day. Make sure you use long and short sentences, that you correct spellings and that you check your punctuation. Try to learn a “wow” word a day, ask an adult to pick a word of the day that you use when speaking and writing- learn what it means and teach it to someone else.

Please learn by heart the poem “The Owl and the Pussy Cat.”

Remember to read any books and compare them to other books you have read – how are they alike or different?

Try to keep active and have fun! Cosmic yoga is great, as is Let’s Dance for kids. Both can be found on you tube.

In the run up to Easter learn about the life of Jesus and the first Easter. Remember to do all the good you can and be the best you can!

School will continue as normal for now unless we hear otherwise.

I pray you will be safe, happy and healthy!

Mrs M

Good websites include

TT Rock stars

Top Marks

BBC bitesize

Twinkl are offering a free trial.

Oxford Owls - reading books.

ICT Games

Have fun too!

Create a treasure hunt with maps and clues.

Learn to identify trees and plants in your garden by leaves.

Make a lego maze.

Play Battleships.

Learn a card game.

Test a friend on the continents/ oceans and UK countries and their capital cities.

Play North East West and South.

Write your own book.

Help make dinner for your family.

Make a time capsule.

Make a den.

Learn to sew.

Plant a butterfly garden.

See what happens to pennies and chicken bones when you put them in vinegar.

Invent a new game.

Tidy your bedroom and move it around so it is more purposeful.

Read a book a day- and act it out as a show.

Watch on you tube “The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe.” BBC adaptation.

Spell all of the above words.

Learn by heart.

The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea   In a beautiful pea-green boat,They took some honey, and plenty of money,   Wrapped up in a five-pound note.The Owl looked up to the stars above,   And sang to a small guitar,"O lovely Pussy! O Pussy, my love,    What a beautiful Pussy you are,         You are,         You are!What a beautiful Pussy you are!"

Pussy said to the Owl, "You elegant fowl!   How charmingly sweet you sing!O let us be married! too long we have tarried:   But what shall we do for a ring?"

They sailed away, for a year and a day,   To the land where the Bong-Tree growsAnd there in a wood a Piggy-wig stood   With a ring at the end of his nose,             His nose,             His nose,   With a ring at the end of his nose.

"Dear Pig, are you willing to sell for one shilling   Your ring?" Said the Piggy, "I will."So they took it away, and were married next day   By the Turkey who lives on the hill.They dined on mince, and slices of quince,   Which they ate with a runcible spoon;And hand in hand, on the edge of the sand,   They danced by the light of the moon,             The moon,             The moon,They danced by the light of the moon.