Cooking programme to inspire

Have you tried cooking at home? Are you helping mum and dad with the cooking?
Take a look at these young people competing on Punk Kids a cooking show for deaf children shown on BSL Zone. Do you think you could try any of these recipes?

Punk Chef

Countries around the world

Do you know the 7 continents?

How many countries can you name?              Can you find them on the world map?

Do you know how to sign the country name?

What is the currency of the countries you have found? 

                                         

100 basic signs

Take a look and try to sign along with your family.

Friction experiment

Here is a great experiment you can try at home. You only need to fond some cardboard or an old box, some glue, silver foil, sand or rice, play dough or blue tack and your cars or balls. Simply build your ramps as shown below and see which surfaces are rough or smooth. Which do you think will have the most friction and will slow the cars down, and which has the least friction so the cars will go faster?
Try it and see.

You could build it like this and have races, just remember to make the surface of each track different.

Below is a link to a programme explaining forces on BSL Zone. Take a look.

Secret Lab 1 : Forces

More great signing videos

More great signing videos have been added to Mrs Clarks Vimeo page. Learn to sign your numbers to 30, days of the week, interests and hobbies, describing words, these are just a few of the wonderful videos to watch. Take a look by clicking the link below.

Sensory Team Vimeo

Oxford Owl online reading books

Take a look at this brilliant resource, there are lots of books covering all stages. From Oxford reading tree stories to Project X. An easy to navigate website just sign up and start reading these great online books.

Sign up here

Welcome back maths games and activities

Here are some links to different games you might like to try.

Numbers 1 - 10

Ordering coin values

Add to 10

Add to 20

Multiply by 10

Multiply by 2

Multiply be 5

Times 2,5 and 10 quiz

Number words

3 digit addition and subtraction

Stay safe from everyone at Howes

A message from all your teachers.

Stay Safe, Be Happy

Who can you spot, can you make or do any of the activities shown?

Scavenger hunt

Get active with these great scavenger hunts. You’ll have great fun finding objects and exploring your environment. Discover hidden objects and toys previously forgotten.

Rainbow artwork

We have all seen the wonderful rainbows decorating people’s windows, why not try some of the ideas below to brighten up your home.

Write a word or message using rainbow writing.

Make a rainbow snake by weaving around sticks stuck on a toilet roll tube.

Paint a picture using a cotton bud.

Make a rainbow animal.

Try to draw a 3D picture. (Make the outline of your hand faint so it’s not seen when you have coloured your stripes)

Try these rainbows, you could make a few and hand them in your windows or outside in the garden.

BBC bitesize daily homeschooling programmes

BBC iPlayer and the Red Button service will host Bitesize Daily. These are six different 20 minute shows, each designed to target a specific age group, from ages five to 14, and for pupils throughout the UK. Experts and teachers will be involved, covering what should be learned that day for the different year groups and key stages. Maths, Science and English will be covered in dedicated programmes, and other subjects such as History, Geography, Music and Art will also be covered.


From Monday at 9 o’clock, they will bring you new things to do, videos and fun stuff to learn every weekday.

Bitesize daily on I player

Visit the hidden worlds of the National Parks in America

Take a trip to the frozen Kenai Fjords in Alaska, Hawaii’s volcanos, the Carlsbad caverns in New Mexico, the Bryce Canyon in Utah and the Dry Tortuga's in Florida. These guided tours will take you  to places tourists do not always get to see.

National parks USA

Attract butterflies to your garden

Try making a butterfly feeding station. It’s quite simple, find a flat bases tray (this could be an old baking tray, foil tray or garden pot saucer. Place tray in a warm sunny position and add a shallow layer of sugar water (one part sugar to ten parts water heated until sugar dissolves, then left to cool) and slices of fruit. Butterflies like ripe or over ripe fruit. Orange slices, pineapple slices and bruised banana seem to be a favourite. You could add a sponge soaked in the sugar water. If there are bees and wasps cucumber could deter them.

How to make video

Legoland California build challenge

Like playing with Lego, take a look at these great build challenges from Legoland California.
Try making a star, dog, cupcake or ball. Share your creations. Print their activity sheets and have fun.
Their activities are updated weekly so check for more builds and activities each week.

Build challenge

Warwick Castle

Learn all about medieval times on the Warwick castle website. See how castles were attacked and defended, play games and take part in the quizzes.

Warwick castle

Birmingham museums

Take a look at these great history activities from the Birmingham museum.

Birmingham museums

Happy Easter

Wishing everyone a Happy Easter, hope the Easter bunny visits you all.

BSL Zone Lets Go Wild

Learn all about animals, where the live, how we classify them and more here.

Let’s Go Wild

Learn to sign colours

Another great video from Mrs Clarke teaching us how to sign our colours.

Colour signs

#campingathome

Join lots of people camping out in their gardens or living rooms this bank holiday weekend.
We can’t go on holiday this Easter but we can still enjoy different experiences, go technology free and enjoy time together as families playing games and learning new things.

Camping at home

Safari

Take a trip around Longleat Safari Park. If you want to see more watch BBC 2 at 6.30 for a behind the scenes look at the animals in Animal Park.

Safari drive

Silhouette art

Get arty out in the sunshine, just make a background, find some toys to cast a shadow, draw around the shadow and colour it in black.

If you have a tree or plant in your garden making a shadow on the ground, have a go at drawing that too.

Ice excavation

Here is a brilliant idea to try during this lovely weather.

1. Find a container, it could be an old food tray or cooking mould.
2. Fill with water, not too much or you might spill it.
3. Find some toys or objects and put them in the water.
4. Place container in the freezer overnight.
5. Take out of freezer, push ice from container onto a covered surface, can you see your toys/objects?
6. Use sticks or water in a squeezy bottle to free your toys/objects.

Have fun