If you’d like to keep your children active, take a look at the sessions provided by TB Sport
Mathletics certificates
Look who has been working hard this week!
Silver – Macey-Leigh
Bronze – Lucas A, Finley, Sian, Brandon, Macey-Leigh, Naomi
Fiction Express
We have signed all children from Year 1 to Year 6 up to fiction express. Individual text messages will be sent to each parent with login details over the next few days.
What is Fiction Express?
An innovative book platform that connects students with professional authors, encouraging reading for pleasure through fun co-creation of stories.
Every half-term, three books are published on their website in weekly chapters. What happens next is entirely up to the readers. Using their votes, they are able to decide where the plot goes next. Then the author will bring the most popular choice to life.
How does it work?
READ the chapter
At any time, readers can choose from one of three books being published live at reading ages 6+, 8+ and 10+ which can be read online, offline or on paper. Our online reader offers added accessibility for dyslexic readers in different font and background colour combinations.
In addition, the Fiction Express Gold Reader level gives access to more than 80 books previously published on the platform where readers can compare their vote against the option that won when the book was initially written.
2VOTE on the plot
Be part of the story and decide what happens next through an online voting system. The voting deadline gives readers an impetus to complete the chapter before midday every Tuesday when the author starts writing the winning option. The only way for them to find out if their vote won is to read the next chapter.
3ANSWER the quiz
Each Fiction Express chapter is linked to an online comprehension quiz. Immediate results are given to students and shown on the teacher’s dashboard. The multiple choice questions can be stored as evidence to see how their scores improve, and teachers can easily identify who is struggling with comprehension before discussing the chapter in class.
4TALK to the author
Students and teachers interact with the authors through the book forum of every live book. They can share all their ideas and thoughts about the book or post questions. Authors get real-time feedback from their readers as they write the story.
5ENJOY the activities
Teachers are supported with an annual publishing plan and additional activities for every chapter to ensure the story’s learning potential is exploited to the full.
Progress is evidenced in the teacher dashboard showing individual student usage in terms of reading, voting and the outcome comprehension questions. Fiction Express allows teachers to track student attainment over the year.
IMPROVE your skills
Fiction Express is designed to improve children’s attitudes towards reading for pleasure. Progress is made evident through the teacher dashboard showing individual student’s reading, voting and comprehension question results. Fiction Express allows teachers to track student attainment over the year.
FREE Easter Activity Challenge for 10 minutes at 10am on Bank Holiday Monday, April 13th
As the coronavirus lockdown continues into the Easter Bank Holiday weekend, Fit For Sport is offering families fresh inspiration and motivation by inviting them to take its free Easter Activity Challenge. Its aim is to engage at least 10,000 families for 10 minutes at 10am on Bank Holiday Monday, April 13th in a bid to raise heart rates and smiles across the nation.
Getting right behind this initiative is Jo Pavey MBE, five-time Olympian British long-distance runner and mum of two. “Exercise is so beneficial for physical and mental wellbeing during the lockdown and I love the energy and fun of the Fit For Sport Easter Activity Challenge,” she says. “The kids and I have given it a little go already and we’re all set to join in the fun on Easter Monday at 10am,” says Jo who has filmed the exercises with her children at home for others to follow on the day. Like so many families, Jo has been looking for ways to keep the family active while on lockdown. “I love the idea of families up and down the county being active at the same time and whether you choose to do it indoors like us or outside I highly recommend this 10 minute challenge which will raise your family’s spirits as well as your heart rates.”
Easy to take part
It couldn’t be easier to take part in the Fit For Sport Easter Activity Challenge. You simply register at http://www.activitychallenge.co.uk/, take the challenge and log your family’s results. Depending how you perform, you will be awarded a Bronze, Silver or Gold grading. No TV screens, Apps or downloads necessary! The Activity Challenge can be done indoors or outside and consists of three age-graded activities: Throw & Catch, Running and Jumping. The idea is that having done it once, your personal target is set – ready to try and improve on it the following day which is highly motivating! Once you’ve recorded your results, please tag #ActivityChallenge when posting your family videos and photos on social media.
“Our Activity Challenge is a fun and easy way to get families moving together,” says Fit For Sport CEO Renee Bowman. “Here at Fit For Sport we share a passion for keeping families moving and it’s vitally important we do this during these uncertain times. Designed to measure agility, stamina, and hand-eye coordination, our Activity Challenge provides a baseline score for everyone taking part which they can aim to improve upon. It’s highly motivating and children love to see their scores go up.”
Serious Health Concerns
Behind the fun of the challenge are some serious health concerns around children’s inactivity which is known to rise significantly when not in school and, therefore, when on lockdown
- Inactivity during school holidays will reverse major fitness gains: ukactive research has highlighted the stark disparities in cardiovascular fitness levels between children growing up in different socio-economic backgrounds, with the poorest children losing up to 80% of their fitness levels over the six-week school summer holidays. At the same time, BMI levels in the poorest children are on the rise, contributing to a health crisis of the highest order.[i]
- Active children are happier than their inactive peers: there’s a positive association between levels of engagement in sport and physical activity and levels of mental wellbeing with the most active children expressing most happiness (Source: Sport England’s Active Lives Children & Young People Survey, December 2019)
“We absolutely welcome the Fit For Sport Easter Activity Challenge and think it could be just the tonic families need as the lockdown continues,” says Jack Shakespeare, ukactive Director of Children, Young People and Families. “We know that even in normal circumstances many children don’t meet their physical activity targets and levels drop even further when they’re not at school. The Easter holiday combined with the lockdown will impact children’s activity levels but the Fit For Sport Easter Activity Challenge is the perfect way to kickstart family fitness and fun.”
Seeking Britain’s most active region
As well as wanting to get at least 10,000 families active on Bank Holiday Monday, Fit For Sport wants to find Britain’s most active town and region. So, make sure you log your activity and see if you can put your hometown on the UK’s Activity Map!
The Fit For Sport Activity Challenge
- The Fit For Sport Activity Challenge has three age-graded options for children aged 5-7; 8-9 and 10-11 respectively. They are tasked to Throw & Catch, Jump and Run as much as they can within 60 seconds, 90 seconds and 120 seconds depending on their age. They are awarded a Bronze, Silver or Gold grading depending on their results.
About Fit For Sport
- With 29 years’ experience, Fit For Sport is the UK’s leading expert in educating and engaging children and young people through physical activity.fitforsport.co.uk
- Fit For Sport operates over 60 holiday camps and over 100 school services nationwide.
- Fit For Sport also Trains, Supports and Delivers in over 350 schools each week, keeping over 250,000 children active every year.
Why not try an Indoor Scavenger Hunt
Thanks to Emma and Ruby for this idea :
No need to print – why not create your own list, set a timer? award points? turn points into minutes of reward – extra time on the ipad etc. This could be repeated in many different ways – give it a try! But dont forget everything must be put away again at the end.
Free Printable Primary Worksheet resources
Cambridge University Press, have created free packs of worksheets that children can complete at home with help from a grown-up. The packs contain science, English and maths activities that will have students occupied for hours – sorting, questioning, playing, and most importantly, learning. Simply choose the stage you need, press download and enjoy.
COVID Time capsule Idea
Click the link below to find printables to help you make a COVID Time capsule
FOR ALL EARLY YEARS PARENTS – EASY PEASY
Give your children the best start in life.
It’s
Fun and games that are proven to help children’s development – from birth to 5 years-old.
EasyPeasy has been made completely free until May 31st. Parents can sign up directly, and practitioners can register an EasyPeasy ‘Pod’ and invite parents in their community to join. We’ve given full access to all of our home learning games and activities.
To keep families happy, healthy, and mentally well during this time of social isolation, they are going to be regularly adding extra activities and ideas on their blog. They are also sharing trusted advice from partner organisations (including the NHS and NSPCC) onto the platform. Today’s ideas are captured in their latest post – bringing the great outdoors, indoors!
Things to do at home
There’s still time to make a rainbow picture
Thanks to Finley from Year 3 for sending this one with important messages to stay safe.
Check our class pages for any new activities.
New pictures have been added to the gallery as well.
Well done everyone for working at home!
Certificates achieved last week
Lexia
Year 3: Lillie, Naomi
Mathletics Bronze
KS1: Amelia
Year 3: Lucas, Lillie, Naomi, Kody
Year 4: Sam
Year 5: Abigail P
Year 6: Daniel B, Macey-Leigh K, Emily R
Purple Mash
Year 4: Isla, Imogen, Kaitlyn, Logan, Sian
Take another look at your work and you’ll find messages from Mrs Reed!
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