Year 1 - Wednesday 25th March

                            

Hello Everyone!

I've been enjoying seeing your children's work during the Today at POW sessions with Mr Spracklen. It's wonderful to see how well they are engaging with the virtual school programme in addition to seeing your own individual learning projects. 

Below are some additional activities that you may want to do with your child. These activities are based on things that we would have been doing in school in year 1 at this time but please don't feel any pressure to do them.

Science

1)  Observe the weather

In science we would have been recording the weather each day and hopefully noticing that the weather was improving and getting warmer over time as we move into Spring and Summer.

- Your child could create their own weather record sheet drawing a symbol for the weather each morning and afternoon. 

-  Perhaps your child could watch weather reports and make a record of the temperature each day. The Met Office has regular weather forecasts that they may find interesting. 

- Could your child prepare and practice their own weather forecast? It could be based on the real weather we are experiencing or they could use their imaginations and make up the weather!    

2) Signs of Spring

Spring is definitely in the air so studying the changing seasons is a lovely activity to do with your child at the moment.
- Can you (or your child) create a Spring check list or scavenger hunt? Can they find: an insect, a flower bud, blossom, daffodil, a bird, a seedling, a green leaf?
- Your child might enjoy watching past episodes of BBC Spring watch or this lovely BBC teach film which shows what happens during spring.
- Could your child practice and prepare their own Spring watch television or radio report? They could use toys or go outside if possible and report on the signs of spring that they have noticed.   
- Could you plant something and watch how it changes over time? If you don't have any seeds at home there are plenty of household vegetables that can be regrown such as celery, garlic and carrots.
   

As I mentioned in my last blog I am working on putting all these ideas into a Prezi presentation . These presentations are based on the content I'm sharing in the blogs (which I will add to) but have lots of extra videos for children to watch. There is also audio of me describing the activities and it is hoped that your children may be able to navigate through the presentation independently or with the help of an older sibling (giving you some time to enjoy a cup a tea). Unfortunately, I have been told that the link doesn't open properly via facebook and so to get the best of the content it it is recommended that you open the blog via the Prince of wales website or you open the link through Prezi Viewer (this is a free app to download). Click here for the link (which will update as more content is added).        

As ever please get in touch if I or any of the Prince of Wales team can support you in any way..

Kind regards,
Ms Browne