From now on our challenges will be for the whole school, and can be found on our new Weekly Challenge page.
This week, as we are unable to have Sports Day this year, we are setting you a sports challenge each day !
Will be in the usual place on your class/homework page.
We have made videos of the new classroom layouts with details of the new routine for arriving at school.
There are videos for
** New videos added for Years 5&6, Kingfisher, Swift, Puffin and Dove for the week beginning 29th June. Swift children will be back in their own classroom. **
You can find them in the Video Resource Centre :
https://fitzmaurice-primary-school.primarysite.media/playlist/new-classroom-layouts-new-routines
Year 6 : Sorry, we didn't have time to do videos of your classrooms, but if you have a look at the other videos it will give you an idea of what your classroom will look like and the routine for when you get to school in the morning.
The barefootcomputing website has lots of home learning resources to help children learn about computer science during lockdown, and plenty of them don't require screen time !
Check it out here -
Check out this cool website for help with your letter formation !
RadioBlogging.Net is a daily radio programme that teaches literacy and is aimed at families and schools. It is interactive so that children write and their work is published during and after the show. Each day there are spelling, grammar and vocabulary games, followed by creative writing and responding to reading. The show features a poet of the day and author of the week.
Previous shows are also available to listen to.
Click on the link to find out more:
Follow the link below to hear Dr Tiffany Taylor (Milner Centre for Evolution at the University of Bath) read her new book, Little Letters, which gently introduces the ideas of genetics and DNA in the form of a bedtime story. (Video link is at the end of the article.)
https://www.bath.ac.uk/announcements/help-your-children-learn-about-biology-with-a-bedtime-story/
Starting Monday 27th April.
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCP_FbjYUP_UtldV2K_-niWw/channels?view_as=public
PSHE (Personal, Social, Health and Economic) home learning resources from Coram Life Education.
Try out some of their ideas for keeping healthy on the outside and on the inside. This link will be updated with new resources every other week.
https://www.coramlifeeducation.org.uk/SCARF-home-learning-plans-set-1
Top Marks
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/
A whole host of activities and weblinks to
other providers for all National Curriculum
and Early Years areas.
Smiling Mind
https://app.smilingmind.com.au/
Meditation. Short audio sessions to help
with mindfulness.
We are missing you all so much that we made you a video. Hope you enjoy it ! Stay safe and keep smiling !
https://fitzmaurice-primary-school.primarysite.media/media/fitz-staff-video-whos-got-the-toilet-roll
Check out the VIDEO RESOURCE CENTRE, under the Children Tab, for videos from your teachers.
Have a look at our Home Learning Gallery page to see what our children have been doing at home, including their Easter Creations.