Easter Holiday Ideas:

Church Services and Worship

Participate in St. James’s Church Sunday SchoolSunday School starts at 10:00amSunday Mass at 10:30amhttps://www.facebook.com/stjamessussexgardens/

If possible, Fr Owen will host the St. James & St. John Collective Worship on Wednesdays at 2:45pm. Please check the St. James’s Facebook page for updates.https://www.facebook.com/stjamessussexgardens/

Participate in St. John’s Church Sunday ServicesSunday Worship at 10:00amhttps://www.facebook.com/stjohnsHP/

Active Learning

Create a treasure hunt for your parents and/or siblings – hide 10-20 items around your home and create clues to help your hunters find them.

Think about how to train a pet, if you have one, to follow instructions such as sit, stay, down, wait etc. Make playdough and use it to create some sculptures of things you can see from your window.

HOW TO MAKE PLAYDOUGH

Playdough ingredients:

2 cups all-purpose flour 3/4 cup salt 4 teaspoons cream of tartar 2 cups lukewarm water 2 Tablespoons of vegetable oil (coconut oil works too) Food colouring, optional Freezer or zip-lock bags – small and large

Stir together the flour, salt and cream of tartar in a large pot. Next, add the water and oil. If you’re only making one colour, add in the colour now as well. Cook over medium heat, stirring constantly. Continue stirring until the dough has thickened and begins to form into a ball. Remove from heat and then place inside a large zip-lock or freezer bag or onto wax paper. Allow to cool slightly and then knead until smooth. If you’re adding colours after, divide the dough into balls (for how many colours you want) and then add the dough into the smaller-sized bags. Start with about 5 drops of colour and add more to brighten it. Knead the dough, while inside the bag so it doesn’t stain your hands. Once it’s all mixed together you’re ready to PLAY.

Spring-clean or re-organise a cupboard. Identify things that could be donated to charity at a later date. Play a card game: Go Fish, Speed, Solitaire/Patience, UNO, Old Maid, Snap. See the link for some games and

instructionshttps://www.kidspot.com.au/things-to-do/kids-games/indoor-play/snap-12-classic-card-games-to-teach-the-kids/news-story/1d153893aee53908749c1377c588928c

Play a board game in physical or app form. For example, Scrabble, Yahtzee, Monopoly, Snakes and Ladders, Checkers, Chess

Play charades or Heads Up. Apps are available. Practise relaxation, mindfulness techniques, meditation. Set up an indoors hopscotch – be mindful of your neighbours if you live upstairs. Create a safe obstacle course inside. Only do this under the supervision of an adult. Take a Yoga class

https://www.youtube.com/user/CosmicKidsYoga

Exploring the World and Nature

Watch the beluga whales at Georgia Aquarium in the United States.

https://www.georgiaaquarium.org/webcam/beluga-whale-webcam/

Write something about what you saw on the stream. For example:- A non-chronological report about beluga whales- A diary entry from the beluga whale’s perspective- A set of instructions written by the beluga whale keeper- An advertisement to get people to watch the beluga whales- A persuasive piece of writing to protect beluga whales- A balanced argument looking at keeping animals in zoos and aquariums

Take a virtual tour of Yellowstone National Park in the United States.https://www.nps.gov/yell/learn/photosmultimedia/virtualtours.htm

Plan out a world tour and then take a virtual holiday using Google Earthhttps://earth.google.com/

Visit a farm:https://www.farmfood360.ca/

Watch the sea-otter feed:

https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams/sea-otter-cam/

Write something about what you saw on the stream. For example:

- A non-chronological report about beluga whales- A diary entry from the beluga whale’s perspective- A set of instructions written by the beluga whale keeper- An advertisement to get people to watch the beluga whales- A persuasive piece of writing to protect beluga whales- A balanced argument looking at keeping animals in zoos and aquariums

View an African waterholehttps://explore.org/livecams/african-wildlife/african-watering-hole-animal-camera

Watch the puppy cam:https://explore.org/livecams/currently-live/service-puppy-cam

Visit the Great Wall of Chinahttps://www.thechinaguide.com/destination/great-wall-of-china

Do some bird watching from your window, balcony or backyard. Research the birds you find.https://www.rspb.org.uk/fun-and-learning/for-kids/

Research insects and create an artwork/report/website/presentation showing all of the information you learnt:https://ssec.si.edu/expedition-insects

Take a glider tour of the world:https://ssec.si.edu/glider-guide

Observe the weather outside through your window or from you balcony or backyard. Keep a record of the weather and check to see how accurate the weather reporting is on your local weather station or broadcast.

English - Reading

Complete the Read At Home Bingo chart

Choose a book that everyone in the house can read either in organised book-club mode – each person reads a set number of pages per day (this obviously takes timetabling if only one copy of the book is available) or as a read-aloud. Have a discussion about the book once everyone has read the sections identified.

Listen to a story being read from space.https://storytimefromspace.com/

Listen to the Story Pirates podcasthttps://www.storypirates.com/podcast

Watch Oxford Education’s Story Hour:https://youtu.be/SweSXYs6DZc

Maths

Practise your mental maths strategies dailyhttps://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

Support your child with different online learning activitieshttps://www.prodigygame.com/pages/parents/

Bingo is always a class favourite, and you can play it with any number of children. You can also make up your own. The way it works is students have to solve math problems in order to know what number to mark off on their sheet.

Help with simple household tasks, such as laying the table. Find out how many plates or chairs will be needed. If you are baking or cooking, weigh or count out spoonfuls. Use fractions, too, dividing things into halves and quarters. A standard six, nine, or 12 bun tin offers a wonderful opportunity to practise addition and/or multiplication skills.

Exploring Museums and Galleries

Take a virtual tour of the Louvre in Paris.https://www.louvre.fr/en/visites-en-ligne

Take a tour of the British Museum:https://britishmuseum.withgoogle.com/

Design and Technology - Cooking

Bake some cookies, a cake or brownies. Remember to think about your measuring skills from maths and science lessons.

Have an indoor picnic. Grab a sheet, some food (real or make-believe) and enjoy a living room picnic. You could play memory games such as, “I’m going to the picnic and I’m bringing 1 sandwich. I’m going to the picnic and I’m bringing 2 apples and 1 sandwich. I’m going to the picnic and I’m bringing 3…, 2…, and 1…”

Design a pizza menu and then choose one of them to make either in edible or make-believe form.

Design and Technology

Practise some origami:https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/virtual/origami2/exploring01_04.html

Learn how to make your own soap:https://www.pbs.org/parents/crafts-and-experiments/how-to-make-soap

Create jewellery out of pasta or homemade paper beads (You will not believe how much the paper beads look like beads):https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jMG40809rws

Make your own terrariumhttps://food52.com/blog/12411-how-to-make-a-terrarium-and-keep-it-alive

Music and Dance

Choose your favourite song and choreograph your very own music video for it, either individually or as a family. What props could you use? You could even film it on your phone or tablet.

Practise playing an instrument if you have one, or make one out of things around the househttps://feltmagnet.com/crafts/Music-Instruments-for-Kids-to-Make

Exploring Space

Visit Marshttps://accessmars.withgoogle.com/

Keep Busy Activities

Complete the downloadable printables (See attached)

Art and Design

Redesign your home by drawing a plan of the house/apartment and re-create a new layout that includes a study/office area, technology-free zones, fitness area etc. You might have to invent new multipurpose tools that transform from one thing into another for example, a workstation that turns into a bed etc.

Paint self-portraits of everyone in your household. We will add any submissions to our virtual art gallery.

English - Writing

Write a letter – not an email – to post to a grandparent, the NHS, a classmate, a relative. Write a reflective travel journal about your last holiday. Create a plan or itinerary for the first holiday you

would like to take when the stay-at-home period is over. Keep a Stay-At-Home diary/journal. This time in our lives is something none of us has ever experienced.

Keeping a diary is something that can be kept and shared with generations in the future. You may even want to learn how to journal: https://www.homeschooling-ideas.com/journaling-for-kids.html

Drama

Put everyone’s names in a cup. Draw them out and then take on the role of that person by dressing up for an alternative family photo.

Computing

Practise your coding skillshttps://mommypoppins.com/coding-kids-free-websites-teach-learn-programming

Science

Watch Bill Nye the science guy. You could even, with the help of an adult, do one of the experiments at the same time.https://www.billnye.com/home-demos

Learn about the properties of sugar:https://ssec.si.edu/sugar-simulation

Complete one of the science lessonshttps://mysteryscience.com/school-closure-planning

Family-Friendly Podcasts

Listen to the But Why: A Podcast for Curious Kids podcasthttps://www.vpr.org/programs/why-podcast-curious-kids#stream/0

Listen to KidNuz, a newscast for kids.https://www.kidnuz.org/

Listen to Wow in The World podcasthttps://www.npr.org/podcasts/510321/wow-in-the-world?t=1585561087751

General Knowledge

Use the Brain POP website to learn about an array of different topics:https://go.brainpop.com/COVID19

Use Scholastic’s Homelearning lesson ideas and resourceshttps://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome/grades-3-5.html

Complete the Countries of the World quizhttps://www.jetpunk.com/quizzes/how-many-cou ntries-can-you-name

Have a safe and restful Easter break. The Virtual School team will see you back on Monday 20 th April 2020.

St. James & St. John Church of England Primary School