Wed 1/7
ZOOM PARTY THURSDAY 3.30pm
► WEDNESDAY REGISTER
► WELCOME
"What has an eye but cannot see?" - Lots of answers - thank you to Gracie-Mae, Lois, Jakub, Phoebe, Alfie, Abi, Zayaan and Daniel for the answers of: a needle or the alphabet (letter i).
Brainteaser...
► MORNING ASSEMBLY - resilience
featuring professional sports people!
► WAKE ME UP WORKOUT
Wake up your mind and body by working out with Joe Wicks live at 9am or workout later in the day. Click below...
Here is a special workout - Just for Fun! Click below..
► DAILY GRAMMAR BOOST
► MATHS
► ENGLISH - quest!
Choose your challenge (Crystal Explorers is tougher) or do both....
► TOPIC - illusions
We explored optical illusions yesterday. They are great fun.
Click below to see some more examples. Look at them closely and see what illusion they create - how do they trick the brain?
Today we are going to use an optical illusion to create a toy that was popular in Victorian times.
That toy is a thaumatrope. Watch the video below....
LEARNING ACTIVITY
I would like you to design and make a thaumatrope (or more than one).
You will need:
- Card
- Scissors
- String or wool
- Pens/colours
Watch the films below for inspiration. I would love to see a picture or video of your finished design!
► STORY
Listening to someone read a story is a great way to relax and unwind.
We are lucky that, at the moment, we have some fantastic stories being read by famous people and excellent story-tellers that are wonderful to enjoy.
Choose a story from below to listen to. Choose somewhere to relax and enjoy it.
David Walliams is reading this story this week...AWFUL AUNTIE
Russian Myth: Last week I shared a Vietnamese myth with you. Here is a Russian myth to listen to:
Audio Library: Fancy something different? Visit our audio library where you can listen to a *HUGE VARIETY* of books and stories! Find somewhere comfortable...click below and then choose a story to listen to
► WHAT ELSE?
EXTRA LEARNING SKILLS & EXPERIENCES
SPELLING - practise your spelling words from Monday
DEFENDERS OF MATHEMATICA - did you defeat the enemies last week? If not click here
READING - are you keeping up with your regular reading and recording it in your orange reading diary? Let me know how many reads you are up to.Today's interactive wordsearch click hereToday's interactive crossword click hereToday's interactive sudoku click here