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Health and Well-being

April’s Activity Coping Calendar

BBC Bitesize bring you this helpful calendar of activities for you to try.

Calming activities

Check out this website from Childline for calming activities.

Language, Literacy & Communication

Bore da magazine

A monthly magazine written in Welsh especially for children learning Welsh as a second language.  KS2 pupils see this in school each month.

BBC Teach – Tales from Around the World

A series of short animated films based on folktales from around the world.

Mathematics & Numeracy

N Rich

Maths puzzles, games, activities and challenges for all ages from Nursery to Year 6+.  Why not challenge someone in your house?

Third space learning

Maths games that do not require the internet.

BBC Teach – Supermovers KS1 & 2

Easy to follow active learning videos covering topics including topics, including division, number bonds and 2, 4, 5 and 10 times tables.

Science & Technology

Scratch

Coding is the new literacy! Scratch is a free programming website for kids 8+ who can program and share interactive media such as stories, games and animations.  It is the next step up from last week’s Scratch Jr.  With Scratch they learn to think creatively, work collaboratively, and reason systematically. 

BBC Teach – Supermovers Science Collection 

Get up and moving with active learning direct from the TARDIS.  Covering the Solar System and Light. 

Expressive Arts

BBC CBeebies Pablo – Live lesson

This Live Lesson for 5-7s was created in collaboration with the CBeebies series Pablo, the first animated TV series to star an autistic character and the first TV programme with an all-autistic core cast. 

Pablo uses his magic crayons to turn his life challenges into fantastic adventures and his feelings into colourful characters with a voice. 

In Pablo's imagination, just about anything can happen.  

BBC Teach – Get Creative  - Stop Motion Animation

A series of short films for primary schools exploring creativity in art and design and creative writing 

Humanities

Online archaeology course 

We were asked to find an archaeology resource by two families.  Take a look at this one.  We cannot endorse any independent providers, so please check it out carefully first.

BBC Teach – Religions of the World 

A series of short animated films teaching primary pupils about different religions.

Tolerance and understanding comes from knowledge, so sit back and enjoy some tales from around the world that will help you understand the different cultures you will meet in our school.