Add sound effects to a favourite story. You could have a specific sound or song for each main character as they appear in the story. You could have a sound effect each time a cue word is used e.g. “magic” etc. You could use sound effects from the internet, instruments, vocal sounds or environmental/household objects. […]
Freeze something in ice! You could freeze a small toy in a bowl or tray with some water and see what happens. There are some more ideas here: https://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/things-you-can-freeze Talk about what happened and why water freezes and the differences between water and ice. Comment on the blog or email Mrs Aston to let us […]
Make your own musical instrument! It could be a guitar using elastic bands and an old box of tissues, or a shaker using an old yoghurt pot and some rice. Decorate your instrument and use it to play along to your favourite piece of music! We’d love to see photos and videos – email Mrs […]
Adam has been very busy converting his go-kart into a truck, all by himself! Wow, well done Adam! He has also been doing lots of Education City homework. Fantastic work!
What a lovely surprise to receive this letter from Callum through the post! Thank you so much Callum, what a wonderful letter and fantastic writing! If anyone else wants to send a letter to the school we’d love to receive it, and will make sure that we write back!
Declan has written this fantastic story! He planned it out and then thought carefully about the beginning, the middle and the end. Great writing Declan – and what a funny story!
Word rounds: Choose a category (from the list below or you could think of your own). Go around the circle, or take it in turns, with each player adding a category item (e.g. for animals, you might say horse, cow, pig). Keep going round the circle until a player has run out of ideas! Ideas […]
Eric has been baking cakes and wants to decorate them. Each cake can have a yellow smartie, a blue smartie or a green smartie. Using three smarties on each cake, how many different combinations of smarties could he have to decorate the cakes? E.g. one cake could have all blue smarties, one could have a […]
Make a den! You could make one outside or inside. Use your imagination – your den could be a location from your favourite story, a rocket that can take you up into space or a castle to protect you from dragons! Email your photos to Mrs Aston or comment on the blog to let us […]
Record different sounds around the house for example your pet, dishwasher, hairdryer then play the recordings for your child and ask them to identify the sound. They could also record some sounds for you to try and guess! Email Mrs Aston or comment on the blog for how you got on. What sound do you […]