We are living through history! Children will be learning about this time in school in the future. We thought it would be a good idea to make a time capsule to remember what was going on at this time.

What are some things you could include?

All about me! How old you are, how tall you are, your favourite song ect.

How are you feeling? Record some of your feelings during this time. What are you excited to do when this is over?

Special occasions- What have you celebrated whilst in isolation?

Interview your parents! What have they enjoyed or found difficult?

Objects- Could you include a piece of your favourite game? A newspaper?  A drawing of you and your family? A photograph? A toy? Some of the learning you have done?

Find a box, a bottle or any container that you like and include all of your time capsule information so that future generations can know what it was like to live through COVID-19 and how brave you all were!

Take a picture of your time capsule and send it to us on year2team@stgeorgesschool.org.uk

Bouncing sums

Use a permanent marker to write random numbers all over a ball. Then when children throw the ball to each other, get them to call out the number closest to their right thumb. The next person who catches the ball does the same but also adds their number to the previous number. So the longer children spend playing the game, the higher the number they’ll finish on. The game ends when someone drops the ball.

Each time children play this game, they should record the highest number that they reach in a game. Then they can try and beat this number when they play again.

Shape Hunt

Print or draw a variety of shapes on a piece of paper and get your children to find items around the house that match these shapes. You could set a time limit for five or ten minutes, then see how many shapes they can find.

For each shape children find, you can award a single point, or award more points for irregular shapes like a hexagon.

Siblings can compete against each other to find the most shapes to score the most points.

Spend some time creating decorations to display in your house for VE Day tomorrow.

There are lots of ideas on this website for you to try:

VE Day decorations

Don’t forget to send in photos to admin@stgeorgesschool.org.uk by this afternoon and we will put together a video to show off your work. 

How did you get on with yesterday’s games? 

Here are a couple more maths activities that will get your children moving!

Mathematical Bowling

Everyone loves ten pin bowling, and you can create your very own bowling alley at home. Save ten plastic bottles and write a number between one and ten on each. If you want your homemade skittles to look extra glitzy, you can get your children to decorate them.

Once you have the skittles, find a ball that you can use as a bowling ball. The whole family can take turns bowling, and when you knock skittles down, add up the numbers on each of the bowling pins to work out your score.

Turn UNO into a maths game

Before you start playing, assign a movement for every colour. For example:

• Blue — touch your toes
• Yellow — star jump
• Red — hop on one leg
• Green — high knees
• Wild card — turn around and touch the ground

Whenever anyone lays a card, all players need to carry out the action assigned to that colour the correct number of times. So if someone lays a blue nine, you all have to touch your toes nine times.