Welcome back to another week of online learning! Can you believe that it is nearly half-term?
Here is a booklet all about Empathy for you and your families to do together.
Family Activity Pack_Countdown to Empathy Day (1)
Mental Health Awareness Week
Hosted by the Mental Health Foundation, Mental Health Awareness Week takes place from 18-24 May 2020. The theme is kindness.
Mental health is about our feelings, our thinking, our emotions and our moods and it is important that we look after our mind just as we do after our body. We have prepared some activities for you and your families to engage with. You will receive video links in your daily emails. Your challenge is to do lots of acts of kindness this week, are you up for it?
Mental Health Awareness Week activities
Here are some other useful links if you are interesting in finding out more:
https://www.annafreud.org/
https://www.mentalhealth.org.uk/campaigns/mental-health-awareness-week
Helping children with anxiety: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aq1x5p2poo&feature=youtu.be
LEARNING
In Maths, you will be reviewing how to solve column subtraction.
In English, you will be exploring your favourite books and writing a book review.
In Topic, you have a longer design & technology, creative project that you can start and complete over half-term. For this, you will need all of your geography and science knowledge about seas and oceans.
Monday 11th May
Maths –Tarsia activity
English –Summarising Fiction and non-Fiction
Tuesday 12th May
Maths –Column subtraction with regrouping
English –Making notes for a book review
Wednesday 13th May
Maths –subtraction game L3 template
English –Book review project ideas
More ideas here: https://www.weareteachers.com/creative-book-report-ideas/
Thursday 14th May
Topic- design and technology project: Under the sea diorama project
Friday 15th May
Cooking challenge: Recipe for Italian focaccia
French: see below for some links to practise your language skills.
Steps to wellbeing: Mental health checklist: SMILERS Sheet
Have a well-deserved rest and happy half-term!
Unlock challenge
Last week we introduced the “Unlock Challenge”, a set of challenges tailored to each year group that focuses on achievable curriculum skills to focus on before we return to school. Please note that the Unlock Challenge is NOT IN ADDITION TO the videos. It is intended as an alternative for those who wish to not follow the video curriculum. You can find lots of resources related to these challenges online (e.g https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize).
New Educational Resources
Reading
Do you love reading and want to find out more from your favourite authors? Hay Festival Digital 2020 is completely free to access online. This is aimed at inspiring creative reading, this programme has events for children and learning resources to accompany the sessions.
https://www.hayfestival.com/c-247-programme-for-schools.aspx?genrefilterid=79
French
Some of you have been asking us for resources to practise your French. Here are some useful links for you to explore if you want to.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/z39d7ty
https://www.duolingo.com/course/fr/en/Learn-French
https://www.thefablecottage.com/french
https://www.lightbulblanguages.co.uk/resources-pr-fr-resources.htm
https://www.french-games.net/frenchtopics
https://www.thefrenchexperiment.com/learn-french
National Celebrations Challenges
As a community, our country celebrates a range of diverse and interesting themes. This week you can find here challenges and brain teasers related to some of these celebrations.
Walk-to-School-Week-Magic-Maths
Well being: AvantiSchools are providing well being opportunity. FREE. DAILY. Stay home and be well. You can register and find the videos here: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIKgipHTGr75vUPjsVQsj9g
Reading: Free online children’s stories: https://sooperbooks.com/?fbclid=IwAR2x25ir2Yahqsg3PPv6j5wzuXRHAtoOlleIA04pbXtj-hzVHObpnUOvNRI
Summer Virtual School Games
Thanks to the support of Matt Morley at Cambs Cricket we are pleased to have an extra week of activities and challenges for you linked to cricket. This could be your physical and mental health activity for the week to do with family and friends.
Sustrans Outside In
Walking, cycling and scooting are great ways to contribute to keeping us active and healthy in body and mind. During this time where we are mostly required to stay at home, these activities become harder to do so. Sustrans Outside In therefore aims to provide ideas and inspiration to bring health and wellbeing activities into the home.
https://www.sustrans.org.uk/campaigns/outside-in/
