Any sort of reading is good for the soul, giving children time- out from their busy, tech-centred lives and helping them to relax and unwind.

Each day this week, we will try to suggest a book that you can read with your children.

Today’s book is called ‘ Have You Filled A Bucket Today?’ by Carol McCloud.

Use this link to listen to the story on YouTube.

Kindness Activity

Kindness Cootie Catcher

Seen on playgrounds for quite some time, cootie catchers, also known as fortune tellers, have been around for years. Turn a typical fortune teller into a kindness craft with acts of kindness written under each flap, like “give a friend a compliment,” share a toy,” or “let a friend go first.”

Watch this video on YouTube to learn how to make one. 😊

Following on from our literacy task this morning, have a go at these turtle craft activities!

As you might have guessed by now.. I love a bit of weaving! 😊

Weaving Baby Turtles

Paper Loops Turtle Craft

This week is Mental Health Awareness Week and the theme for this year is ‘Kindness’.

Every day this week, we will suggest a kindness activity for you to do at home.

Today’s activity:

Show someone you love them by creating this lovely flower explaining why they are special to you. 

Don’t forget we are running a whole school kindness project this week.  We want to celebrate all the wonderful acts of kindness around us. Email in any work that you have done to admin@stgeorgesschool.org.uk

Examples of work:

• Photos of acts of kindness that you have seen or are doing
• Create a picture
• Write a poem
• Write a newspaper article

 Problem Solving

Developing a systematic approach to problem solving is an essential skill…as is resilience. This is a great problem that can be adapted for any age child. To simplify, use less flavours.

The problem:

Whilst at the beach, you decide to buy a delicious ice cream. There are 3 different flavours on offer:

• Vanilla
• Chocolate
• Strawberry

The ice cream vendor has a sign up in the van:

3 flavours – 2 scoops

How many different combinations are there?

Can you solve the problem? 🤔

Continuing with the theme of rainbows… have a go at these lovely craft ideas and display them in your windows to brighten up someone’s day. 😊

Pom Pom Rainbow

Let’s Weave a Rainbow!

This activity is slightly trickier but perfect if you have a spare bit of yarn and for developing early sewing skills.

Click on the link for instruction on how to make it.

Have a lovely day!

Year 2 Team

Paint and Hide Numbered Rocks

Write out a series of equations suitable for your children’s ages — these could be addition, subtraction, division or multiplication calculations. Then get your children to decorate rocks, painting one number or symbol on each rock.

So for example, for the following calculation, you use five rocks:

13 + 27 = 40

One rock for the number 13, one for the plus symbol, one for the number 27 and so on.

Once rocks have been painted and numbered, hide them around your home or garden. Then children can have fun finding the rocks to complete the calculations.

Flashcard Race

This activity is perfect for children who love to get competitive. Create flashcards with mathematical calculations written on them and place them in a line along the floor.

Children can step up to the first flashcard, and once they’ve shouted out the right answer to the calculation, they can jump forwards to the next flashcard.

You can make the line of flashcards as long or short as you like, but to introduce a competitive element, time how long it takes for your child to reach the end. They can then keep practising calculations and trying to beat their own time. Siblings can also race against each other.

At the moment, rainbows are everywhere- a symbol of hope in these challenging time. In fact, sighting a rainbow has long been believed to be a promise of good things to come. So today’s learning is all in celebration of this!

Write your own ‘Eye Spy’ Poem

Write down the colours of the rainbow

Brainstorm ideas that you associate with each colour. E.g. a red bus or an orange traffic cone.

Then choose the three you like most and create a little Eye Spy poem, like the one below.

Eye Spy

with my red eye, 

poppies swaying in the field,

juicy cherries bulging, 

and an Angry Bird, stomping its feet.