Hello all!

Friday already! The weather this week has been bright, breezy if a little chilly and I hope the weather over this weekend is good for us all! This week we have suggested some science type of activities and so I thought we should continue this theme moving into the weekend.

I was chatting with Mrs Heap yesterday and she remembered a story called “Who Sank the boat?” by Pamela Allen and we think you will enjoy this story as well!

Why do you think the boat sank when the last animal, the tiny mouse, got into the boat??

Why not try some experiments with floating and sinking at homeYou will need a deep bowl filled half way with water

Items you find that you want to test to see if they can will float or sink? (toys, natural items, food you choose!)

Can you predict what will happen before you place the item in the water?

Can you make an item that sinks float?

Try and make your own boat from some paper, some wood and a plastic container. Which boat floats the best? Can you put some of your small toys in the boat and does it still float?

If your boat has a sail can you use your breath to blow it quickly across the bowl?

Kieran has also been experimenting with light and his torch!

You could try these activities as they look like fun! Perhaps you could hide some toys in the garden or balcony and then go out with your torch when it is getting dark to find them! Remember to count the objects you hide so you know how many to find! 

What shapes could you create with your shadow or perhaps like Thomas when we were in school you can select items and look at their shadows in the sunshine?

Mrs Heap has sent me an activity sheet about Ching Ching out and about in Newton Abbot. Click the blue writing to have a look:

Out and About with Ching Chingx

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We wish you a very happy weekend. Have fun whatever you do making up a story perhaps, playing football , drawing ,cooking and writing and gardening!

Mrs Penn, Mrs Heap and Mrs Coleman

Good Morning all

We trust that you all had a good Wednesday! It was my turn to work in school yesterday and I had a very busy fun day! I managed a few phone calls to chat with you and I will try to make some more on Friday. When I got home I looked at some lovely emails and photos and as ever we are so humbled and proud of how our families are managing this time sensibly, keeping each other happy and safe being the priority, but also trying some of our activities as well as coming up with your own! One mum wrote this in her email  “ I’ve really been noticing how so many things we do together or ……… does solo are actually all aiding his learning and development.”

Mrs Heap reminded me of a rhyme that she enjoys singing with you at school and she has made this rhyme sheet for you! Please click the blue writing to open. This Rhyme comes with an activity make have fun!

The Bear went over the Mountain

Did you listen to the story of “Rosie’s Hat” yesterday? If you missed it please go back and view  the link from yesterday as it is a great story. I suggested that you create a journey or an adventure for one of your toys or indeed your hat, did you manage this? Do you think you could draw me a picture your story. If you fold some paper in half and then into quarters you can draw 4 pictures to represent your story. Or perhaps you could create a story map to show the journey your toy went on. Did your story involve a rescue ? Was it a fire fighter , a super hero, a  police officer or a member of your family who came to the rescue?

Here are some photos sent to me about your story making:

I was working in school yesterday and we played lots of games outside but one game that Mrs Breakwell invented was so much fun! She hid different colour wool strips (they were pretending to be worms!) in trees and bushes 20 green, 20 pink and 20 blue and then in teams we had to find them it was quite hard but great fun! In the end we found all but 1 pink one. We should have found 60 but found 59! You could play this game with your family inside or outside. You could choose the number and the colour each member of your family has to find!!

Today’s story is the one I read yesterday to children aged 5-9years old and they really loved it! As you listen to the story can you decide whether it is a fiction story which means: it is not real someone used their imagination or do you think it is non-fiction: this is real it could really happen?

As this story involves a picnic why not make a miniature picnic so your favourite toys can join you!

(Grown ups will need to support this activity but let your child cut up the fruits themselves)

you will need small containers like egg cups, lids, shells

Cut up some fruits and vegetables to fit in the small containers

make small sandwiches using small cookie cutters!

We hope you have a good Thursday

Mrs Heap, Mrs Penn and Mrs Coleman

Good Morning. I was in school again yesterday. It is still so strange not seeing you all playing in the classroom or chatting together at lunch time. We played a bubble blowing hide and seek game today, designed by the children!! I’ve added a bubble liquid recipe at the end because I know bubbles are always so popular but the small liquid pots runs out so quickly. We even spilled half a pot on the floor today during our game!

Look at this amazing Birthday Cake ….‘Happy Birthday to you, Benjamin’. I’m so glad that you had a lovely day. It was great to hear your voice again today.. I hope you liked our singing!

DENS continued to be built today with windows, doors and I know the children want to carry these designs on tomorrow. I am not in school now until next week so I look forward to seeing how these ideas developed. Its wonderful watching how learning and thinking develops over time. 

Look at this learning over time …. No wonder you were EXCITED… WOW ! Brilliant caring for your plant. 

Today two more  snail spirals were sent to me ..we now have a mini friendship group of snails…I WONDER if you have you have made your spiral snail? We might have more paper spiral snails by the end of the week.

It requires perseverance to make a spiral snail. 

Look at these lovely plants . I know so many of you are gardening …planting flowers, fruit and vegetables. It will be wonderful to watch these grow and bloom. Mrs Breakwell gave us all some flowers seedlings today..I will need to work hard to continue to care for the vegetables and now flower seedlings. I hear some of you are finding ways to feed the birds. I wonder if you have ever made a bird feeder? You can then watch the birds which visit your garden. 

Another family are helping bees and flowers by hanging up a bee house in their garden. Lovely care for our natural world. 

You could even make binoculars like this family to spot birds and insects .. Loving the rainbows! 

Do you remember the story we read about Timothy Pope?  He didn’t have binoculars but a telescope… You might might want to make a telescope instead!  Click on the free reading resources.

Shark in the Park

Most recipe’s I have previously used require glycerin but its difficult to find this at the moment,  so I’ve found a new recipe for us all to try!

Enjoy your explorations and active learning . Keep Smiling and enjoying your time together as a family. Miss Butler, Mrs Breakwell and Miss Lofthouse.

Good Morning The sun was really shining again on Tuesday and we spent a lot of time outside, playing tennis and building with tyres but DEN’S also became a huge interest again.  Have you made an outside den this week to give yourself  shelter from the wind or sun or built a new inside DEN?

This is the first paper snail I have been sent. Yes!! he’s standing up and has a cool curly shell. I wonder if he has any other friends out their that you have made this week? 

Another wonderful concentration photo …Your interest in drawing is showing how much your finger strength skills are developing as you explore your imagination.  I wonder what else you can draw and make? 

You could even add the swirls we have been learning about into your pictures.. Keep exploring the different ways which you can strengthen your fingers but also have FUN. 

I know cooking is still such a strong interest for you all and an activity that covers so many skills. Just look at the concentration being demonstrated in this photo…. Brilliant. My Baking has not worked during my last 3 attempts….I need to keep trying practicing and learn from you all. I’m currently exploring how to use coconut flour!!! Its not working well at the moment…I will let you know If I find a recipe that works. 

Have you got a dice at home in any of your family game… Have you used it to play physical Challenge games together? I wonder if you could challenge your sister, brothers and parents to move in different ways matching the number that you throw on the dice. Today in work I set a challenge for two girls and  they managed to jump over a masking tape line, 30 times  before falling onto the floor telling me they were now tired!! 

I wonder what Physical Challenges you would create?  

Enjoy your Fine ( finger) and Gross ( whole body)  physical challenges today? You might be exploring this inside or outside OR while you cycle OR cook., there are so many different ways in which you can explore your physical skills. HAVE FUN.

This is a story you might remember that we explored at school, F2 children …………..??

                         DO YOU REMEMBER PUTTING YOUR FEET into THE PAINT? 

Keep Smiling and Stay Safe Miss Butler, Mrs Breakwell and Miss Lofthouse.

Hello everyone!

We hope that you all enjoyed Tuesday! It was bright but a little chilly,however, the sunshine always lifts our spirits and we hope you feel this way too!

I promised some more science experiments today. I would like to draw your attention to the lava lamp experiment that Mrs Breakwell found and tested with her daughter; and they were amazed to see it worked! I have a lava lamp in my lounge and I often marvel at the shapes that appear when it is working! Give the experiment a try.

I was thinking about bubbles I suggested you explored yesterday and suddenly I remembered that you can make a different type of bubbly slime using soap flakes! If you can get some soap flakes it is very easy to make. It can be kept and it gives a slimy ,swampy texture great to explore or use to create a new world for your small toys like dinosaurs, super heroes and so on. Here is the recipe followed by a video of how to make it:

How to Make Soap Flake Slime 

1. Mix 1 cup soap flakes with 4 cups hot water
2. Add a few drops of food colouring (optional)
3. Let the mixture stand for up to an hour
4. Beat the mixture vigorously with a spoon.

How did you get on with making a kite? Please send us some photos! Maybe today you would like to make a paper aeroplane and then measure how far it flies each time. You must always stand on the same start position. You can measure it by counting your footsteps, laying down a row of cuddly toys to match the distance or your could use string to measure the distance each time! Here are some simple instructions:

1. fold paper in half, open out
2. fold the top corners in to the middle fold
3. fold these corners in again
4. fold in half
5. fold back each wing
6. ready to fly!
   

   Folding paper planes and adding a paper clip on the front…

Today’s story links to wind again! It is called “Rosie’s Hat” by Julia Donaldson. After listening to this story I wondered if you can create a journey for one of your toys or even your hat! Where will it go? Will it hide? Will it be safe? How will it find it’s way home? Have fun creating your own story! we would love to hear them.

Thank you and we hope you have a good Wednesday

Mrs Penn, Mrs Heap and Mrs Coleman

Here is some information about bug club:

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Hello everyone!

What a very windy day Monday turned out to be! At one point I noticed that my washing nearly blew over the fence! Thank heavens for strong pegs!

I know that very often on a windy day at school lots of you are keen to make kites. You can have so much fun making a kite; all you need is:

Paper (any paper a page from an old news paper or magazine would do), scissors tape and  string or ribbon

Draw a picture or pattern on your paper or cut out the shape you would like your kite to be and then colour it in or, if you have any you, could stick on some stickers or pictures you have cut out!

Attach the string with tape making sure it is secure. You choose whether you would like long or short string!

Take it outside run very fast and see if your kite flies behind you!

This  short video shows another way to make a kite with some simple folds

Kites can also be easy made from a paper plate or a paper bag!

Why not have a try at making your own kite! Let me know how you get on!

The wind is not a great mover of washing on the line but also of bubbles!

Why not have some bubble fun in your outside space. You can make bubble mixture easily with water and washing up liquid and you can make bubble wands with pipe cleaners or cake/cookie cutters! Are bubbles always the same shape! Are they still a sphere even if you use a star or square? Can you keep whisking the bubble and water mixture to make bubble foam? Does bubble foam float on the wind?

I have chosen a story by Nick Sharratt “Shark in the park on a Windy day!”

Take care all, we may have some more science fun for you tomorrow

Mrs Coleman, Mrs Penn and Mrs Heap

Good Morning Happy Tuesday It was another sunny day on Monday but the wind was also VERY strong. I was in school on Monday helping the Key Worker children and we go blown around the playground!  We made paper planes and wind sticks.. The wind blew the planes a really LONG distance down the grass bank!. If it is windy again this week maybe you could make a paper plane or a windmill/ pinwheel

  I know that lots of you love exploring sticky textures …

Cornflour mixture and water is always popular .… I’m not sure what ingredients are in this gloopy mixture  but it looks like GREAT FUN! I said that I would want to put my hands in to play…

Tomorrow Mrs Breakwell is going to lead a session on making a Larva Lamp at school,  so I thought you might like to explore making one at home.

Making a larva Lamp is a new exploration for us all.. Mrs Breakwell made a larva lamp with her daughter today and sent me a video of the lamp completed,  it was AMAZING. The recipe works really well. ` ENJOY the experimenting today!!

Today I have added a story that lots of you might know very well …Julia Donaldson books are SO GOOD.. Enjoy. 

Keep Smiling and Enjoying Time together as a family and KEEP SAFE Miss Butler, Miss Lofthouse and Mrs Breakwell.