Focus activity - Creative 

Look at the examples of Tony Hudson's art work Products – Tony Hudson

What can you see in his art work? Think about how he has mixed the colours to create the paintings. Look at how he has used darker/bold colours to show the silhouettes of the trees or people. 

Think back to the animal you wrote a fact and question about on Tuesday. Draw, paint, colour or make a collage of this animal in the style of Tony Hudson's work.

Peg activity - Writing

Think about the animal you wrote a question for on Tuesday. Today you are going to research the answer to that question and find some other interesting facts about this animal. Make notes about what you find and keep hold of them for tomorrow where we are going to write a final piece. 

These websites may help you to find some information:

Animal facts for kids | National Geographic Kids (natgeokids.com)

South Africa Animals | Wildlife | Big Five | Animals in South Africa (kids-world-travel-guide.com)

Lolly activity - Maths

Make your own balance scales

Things you’ll need:

clothes hanger

2 same sized pots or small boxes

string

Scissors

Method:

• Make two holes close to the rim of the containers and on opposite sides.
• Cut 2 pieces of string and lay them next to each other to make sure they’re the same length
• Tie the ends of the string through the holes in the containers. Use 1 piece of string per container.
• Hang the containers on the clothes hanger with the string.  Both containers should be hanging at the same level
• Hang your balance scale on a doorknob or any kind of any kind of handle or bar you can hook the clothes hanger onto.

Focus activity - Phonics

During the morning briefing the children will flick through previously taught digraphs, trigraphs and tricky words.

Through your child’s Sims ID, log into Espresso - Key Stage 1 - English1 – Phonics - Ash’s Phonics – aw and au – reading activity. Have a go at playing the 'or' reading activity game.

Tricky word

We are going to have a go at practising some of our tricky words. We are going to give you a word a day to practise. Today your tricky word is would.

Choose one of the options, or anything you can find at home, and write the tricky word for today using that resource. See how many times you can write the word in a minute! Then choose 3 more resources and rewrite would using;

1. Rainbow writing
2. Sand, flour, rice
3. Paint
4. Water
5. Mud
6. Chalk
7. Glitter

Additional activity

P.E.

At school we would have P.E. today so have a go at this Cosmic Kids Yoga

Dress Up!

What do you think Dr Rose is wearing whilst she is in the African Savannah? She might wear a big floppy hat and long sleeve shirt to protect her from the sun. She could have a back-pack to carry all her equipment. She might have binoculars around her neck. She might have camouflage clothes to hide her from the dangerous animals or shorts, t- shirt and sunglasses because it is so hot!

It would be fantastic if you could come dressed as Dr Rose or an explorer to our Friday morning Teams meeting.