Week 1 Themed Activities 20 April 25 April 2020 Festivals and Celebrations

Here are some tasks we hope you will enjoy.  Please scroll down and select the tasks appropriate to your child.  

BLUE COLOURED TASKSare aimed at Pathway 1 pupils as well as pupils who prefer more interactive activities and require a higher level of support.

GREEN COLOURED TASKS - are aimed at pupils in the main body of the school.

PURPLE COLOURED TASKS - are aimed at pupils who would enjoy more of a challenge

If you prefer, you can download and print off the sheets by clicking on the attachments at the bottom of the page.

 

Religious / Cultural Festivals and Celebrations

Aims:  These tasks are designed to be done with your child. Blue coloured tasks are aimed at Pathway 1 pupils as well as pupils who prefer more interactive activities and require a higher level of support. These are tasks we hope you will enjoy, please select the ones you feel are most appropriate for your child.

Thinking

Literacy Focus

Recommended Audible.com
listening this week

Winnie the Pooh - Look out for the
chapter In Which Eeyore Has A Birthday
& Gets Two Presents
.

https://stories.audible.com/pdp/
B002V1BPOQ?f=adbl_ent_anon_
ds_pdp_pc_cntr-0-0

 

Speaking & ListeningTell someone about the best party you have been to OR a favourite present you have been given.                                  
Resources: family photos, things in your bedroom.
Learning Focus:  Identifying something you like. Explain why.  Answer a question.

Communication:  Play a game you would like to play at a party.                                  
Resources:  Any games you have at home or can find on the Internet. 
https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/indoor-party-games
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEGQSjsNyW8
Learning Focus:  Taking turns.  Following the rules.  Being a good sport!

Reading Listen and talk about a story Winnie the Pooh’s birthday.
Resourceshttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTQjdHhjZj8
Top Tip:  Watch all the way through then rewatch stopping to answer questions.

Writing:  Make a celebration card.  Write your name clearly.                           
Resources: 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2dFlUpTVtg  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvD6zvQCKOs  3D easy to follow, slow pace
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsE81TzsQg8 
5 easy to adapt cards
Learning Focus: Forming the letters of your name clearly.  Fine motor work cutting or colouring in.

Maths Focus

 

 

Creativity

Cooking/Technology 

 

Cooking tasks to choose from: 

1.     Rice Crispy Cakes for Easter 
Link: https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/eastereggnests_93841

2.     4th May is Star Wars Day! Cook up some Star Wars recipes:
Link:
https://www.starwars.com/news/5-blue-milk-recipes-for-star-wars-day
https://www.starwars.com/news/jabbacado-toast

3.     Here are some Easter recipes that you also may want to choose from which range from different abilities.
Link:
https://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/food/recipe-collections/easter-recipes-for-kids-46497


Technology Task to choose from: 

1.     Design a device that will protect a hard boiled egg when it is dropped from a height. 


2.     Design some packaging for a new Easter egg. 
Link:
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/au-t-3781-easter-egg-packaging-design-template


3.     Build an Easter egg / bunny using Lego or other construction toys.
Link:
https://youtu.be/3PgOPg2OdM4 https://swooshable.com/sets/9000005-1 

Drama / Arts

 

Other optional tasks for wider learning:
How to make Playdough eggs and a basket
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCegW75_9q0

 

 

Task Focus: Discuss parties and celebrations that you know, watch the Easter action song, have a go joining in with your family. Then make a card to celebrate your favourite festival

Key Information:

In RE lessons you all have so much to share about what you and your families celebrate, from birthdays, Christmas and Easter to Diwali, Eid and Chinese New Year, what do you remember?

Task helpful clip to watch:

Easter Action Song

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOVFn2oZXWE

Fun Easter Cards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsE81TzsQg8

Materials Needed:

Poster-Paper pencils, colour pencils or pens

Coloured paper or old wrapping paper, scissors and glue

Keywords: Celebration, Party, Food, Music, Dancing, Family, Friends, Easter Springtime Animals

Health & Wellbeing 

Physical Activity

 

Cosmic Kids Yoga ‘Easter’

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEp9euhuu2E

 

Easy Zumba

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ymigWt5TOV8

Cross Curricular

 

In RE and PSHCE lessons you all have so much to share about what you and your families celebrate, from birthdays, Christmas and Easter to Diw.ali, Eid and Chinese New Year. Pick a celebration of your choice and create a collage (either drawings or computer based images) relating to that celebration. Label the pictures and discuss your collage with a sibling or adult

 


 

 

Religious / Cultural Festivals and Celebrations

Aims: These tasks are designed to be done with your child. Green coloured tasks are aimed at pupils in the main body of the school. Tasks are a mixture of interactive tasks  and tasks which build core skills. These are tasks we hope you will enjoy, please select the ones you feel are most appropriate. 

Thinking

Literacy Focus

Recommended Audible.com
listening this week

Winnie the Pooh - Look out for the
chapter In Which Eeyore Has A
Birthday & Gets Two Presents
.

https://stories.audible.com/pdp/
B002V1BPOQ?f=adbl_ent_anon_
ds_pdp_pc_cntr-0-0

 

Beezer - Disgraced Beezlebub, prince of demons, is banished by his father to Earth. He now lives with a family who are far too nice - he has a heart and feelings, too many feelings!

https://stories.audible.com/pdp/
B083MBWSYQ?ref=adbl_ent_anon_ds_pdp_pc_cntr-2-0

Speaking.& Listening + Reading: 
Follow a recipe to make food for a party
Resources
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K2RB1KcNtAM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7D7-HtaTLo              ​​​​Learning Focus: Listening, reading + understanding.  Teamwork - collaborate.
 

Speaking. & Lisening / Reading + Writing.: 
Make a list of food and games for a party
Learning Focus
:  Sharing ideas with others; planning, writing a list.        
                         

Writing: Create an invitation to a party      
Resources:   
 [Click here to see an Invitation to a Party presentation]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LqmTZXdPmzk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vNbP8XRCooE
Learning Focus:  Thinking about what information needs to be in an invitation.  Presenting information in a clear and interesting way.

Extension Task:  It is the Buddhist festival of Vesak on 7th May -  a time to value all living things.  Why not try a vegetarian meal today OR see if you can find an insect, study it and see what is beautiful about it. Channel your inner David Attenborough - draw it or take a photo.            [I’m going to try this one to get over my fear of spiders! Mrs. Sugden]

Maths Focus

 

 

  • It is Ramadan in May! - Answer these Ramadan themed maths questions.

    1. How many days does Ramadan last? Convert this into hours.

    2. If daylight hours are from 4:45am to 21:15pm, how many hours are spent fasting each day? Each week? For the whole of Ramadan? Round your answers to the nearest whole day

Creativity

Cooking/Technology 

 

 

Cooking tasks to choose from: 

1.     Birthday Cake (Cupcakes)
Link:
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/cupcakes

2.     4th May is Star Wars Day! Cook up some Star Wars recipes: 
Link
:https://www.starwars.com/news/darth-maul-waffles


3.      Here are some Easter recipes that you also may want to choose from which range from different abilities.
Link:
https://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/food/recipe-collections/easter-recipes-for-kids-46497


Technology Tasks to choose from:
Try some of these egg-citing Easter challenges:

1.     Create an advert to promote a new Easter egg. This could be for a poster / billboard, a digital display advert or an advert for radio / television / cinema.

2.     Design an Easter basket that can carry your Easter treats! 
Link:
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-t-19015-design-and-make-an-easter-basket-booklet

3.    Design a card / board game with an Easter theme. 
Link:
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-t-10264-easter-themed-editable-board-game

 

Drama / Arts

 

Other optional tasks for wider learning:
 

Dying  eggs:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zjHeWTqPgT8&feature=youtu.be

 

Task Focus: Create a poster,  inspired by the Holi Colour Festival or your favourite celebration

Key Information:

In RE lessons you all have so much to share about what you and your families celebrate, from birthdays, Christmas and Easter to Diwali, Eid and Chinese New Year.  Discuss celebrations that you know, then research the Holi Colour festival in India by watching the link. Use the drawing poster video to give you ideas.

Task helpful clip to watch:

Holi Festival of Colour

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OwuWADuM5vQ

Drawing posters https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgE9oRC-_Ek

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LezPxwOryhY

Materials Needed:

Poster-Paper pencils, colour pencils or pens

Research-Computer/ipad-internet or encyclopedia.

Keywords: Celebration, Holi, Colour Party, Family, Friends, Favourite, Like, dislike

Health & Wellbeing 

Physical Activity

 

Joe Wicks PE Lessons

https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1/videos

Yoga

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kgZnJqzNaU&t=939s

Cross Curricular

 

In RE and PSHCE lessons you all have so much to share about what you and your families celebrate, from birthdays, Christmas and Easter to Diwali, Eid and Chinese New Year. Pick a celebration of your choice and create a collage (either drawings or computer based images) relating to that celebration. Label the pictures and discuss your collage with a sibling or adult. Think about how YOU and your families celebrate various occasions in you community. 

 



 

Religious / Cultural Festivals and Celebrations

Aims:  These tasks are designed to be done with your child. Purple coloured tasks are aimed at pupils who would enjoy more of a challenge .  These are tasks where pupils should be working with greater independence, however  please take time to support pupils in starting the tasks and build communication skills. 

Thinking

Literacy Focus

 

Sp. & Comm./Reading & Writing:  Plan a party for family or friends [for the end of social distancing or whatever you want to celebrate - what will your theme or colour ideas be?]Resources: [  Click here to see a Planning A Party presentation]    
Learning Focus: Discussing ideas with others - listening and responding, making clear notes, reading your notes back to confirm ideas and check nothing has been missed.
 

Research Reading/Writing:  Planning a  Party - Organising ideas.   
Resources:
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dCM4yK7kWNE
Learning Focus:  Researching, planning and organising an event, using bullet point planning pages.         
          

Extended descriptive writing piece:   Write about the best present you ever got OR Write about a party you will never forget.
Resources
:  [See your folder we sent home  - Reading ‘Identifying writer’s techniques’], Bilbo Baggins has an ‘unexpected party’ at his lovely neat hobbit hole  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DTQjdHhjZj8
Learning Focus: Writing in detail, using descriptive writing techniques to entertain your read

                                                  AND/OR

It is the Buddhist festival of Vesak on 7th May.  It is a time to value all living things. Go vegetarian!

Write a detailed description of a vegetarian meal [This can be a good or bad experience depending on your cooking skills!]                       

Go on an insect hunt - study one, try and see what is beautiful about it. 

Write a detailed description of this insect.  [Top Tip: Take a photo]

[I’m going to try this one to get over my fear of spiders! Mrs. Sugden]

Maths Focus

 

 

Albert and Bernard just became friends with Cheryl and they want to know when her birthday is.  Cheryl gives them a list of ten possible dates.

May 15               May 16            May 19
June 17              June 18
July 14                July 16
August 14         August 15       August 19

Cheryl then tells Albert and Bernard separately the month and the day of her birthday respectively.

Albert:  I don't know when Cheryl's birthday is, but I know that Bernard does not know too.

Bernard:  At first I don't know when Cheryl's birthday is but I know now.

Albert: Then I also know when Chery's birthday is.

When is Cheryl's birthday?

 

 

Creativity

Cooking/Technology 

 

 

Cooking tasks to choose from:

1    Birthday Cake (Cupcakes)

Level of Support:Work as independently as possible (to be able to follow and read the recipe with no/limited support)

Link:
ttps://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/cupcakes
 

2.     4th May is Star Wars Day! Cook up some Star Wars recipes:

Link:
https://www.starwars.com/news/porg-puffs-recipe


3.     Here are some Easter recipes that you also may want to choose from which range from different abilities.

Link:
http
s://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/food/recipe-collections/easter-recipes-for-kids-46497

 

Technology tasks to choose from:

1.Make a comic strip or an animation with an Easter theme.
Link:

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/ks2-easter-comic-strip-differentiated-t2-re-710

2.     Use programming software to design a game with an Easter theme

3.     Design a card / board game with an Easter theme.
Link:
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-t-10264-easter-themed-editable-board-game

Drama / Arts

 

 

Other optional tasks for wider learning:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7-HasNjXbC0&feature=youtu.be

Myleene Classes Music channel

https://www.youtube.com/channel/
UCQh2wgJ5tOrixYBn6jFXsXQ

 

Task Focus: Discuss celebrations from around the world. Then create a fun poster, powerpoint or presentation

Key Information:
In RE lessons you all have so much to share about what you and your families celebrate, from birthdays, Christmas and Easter to Diwali, Eid and Chinese New Year. Watch the clips then make a Presentation, powerpoint or poster which tells us about a range of celebrations from around the world. Did you spot any similarities or differences?

Task helpful clip to watch:
Reading about celebrations https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Sv0ac-W8Vc

Border designs for making posters 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GzHrGnPBVgA

Materials Needed:
Poster-Paper pencils, colour pencils or pens
Poster on Powerpoint- Computer or laptop

Presentation: Write it down or video yourself presenting your celebration

Keywords: Celebration, Party, Food, Music, Dancing, Family, Friends, Country, Similarities, differences

Health & Wellbeing 

Physical Activity

 

Joe Wicks PE Lessons

https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1/videos

Yoga

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7kgZnJqzNaU&t=939s

Cross Curricular

 

In RE and PSHCE lessons you all have so much to share about what you and your families celebrate, from birthdays, Christmas and Easter to Diwali, Eid and Chinese New Year. Create a knowledge quiz (can use Powerpoint) about the chosen celebration and play with your family.
Find out how Easter is celebrated in different parts of the world. https://www.rd.com/culture/easter-traditions-around-the-world/   Could you create a news report or an ebook to teach others what you discover? https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-t-13459-newspaper-template