On Thursday, we were very excited to spend the morning the outdoor learning area in the sunshine. To our surprise, when we arrived, it appeared there had already been a visitor... there were some little Easter eggs hidden for the children to find! It was very exciting and we had a wonderful morning together. 

On Tuesday, Year One ran a mile on the school field with OCRA. The children were so enthusiastic and all completed the mile with a smile on their face! I am extremely proud of the children for not giving up and encouraging one another to keep on going! Well done, Year One!

This week, Year One had a fabulous afternoon in the sunshine exploring the school grounds, searching for and identifying wild flowers as part of our science topic. The children worked so brilliantly in their groups to find the flowers on our identification sheets. We also couldn't help but stop to admire the beautiful daffodils in the planters in the big playground. 

What a lovely week we have had being reunited with our friends in Year One; it has been a pleasure to welcome all of the children back to school and wonderful to see the children interacting with their friends face-to-face and re-establishing friendships after such a long time apart. The fun and smiles across the classroom has been joyous to witness! 

We have continued our UK topic this week with some traditional foods from around the UK. We tasted shortbread, Welsh cakes, scones and soda bread. 

Today we are extending our World Book Day activities. 

9:00 - Live whole school assembly with Mrs Marvin. 
9:30 - We're Going On a Bear Hunt Yoga - www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=KAT5NiWHFIU
The Very Hungry Caterpillar Yoga -  www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhWDiQRrC1Y

10:00 - Finish book nooks / any other world book day activities you have started. 

11:15 - *Live - Show and tell - Bring your book nook or something you have done for World Book Day to show and share with your friends. 

12:00 - Lunch 
13:00 - Screen-free Friday afternoon. 

World Book Day so far...
We have had some fantastic extreme reading, shared reading with pets and siblings as well as some beautiful book nooks... I am so impressed! If you have any more photos please do share them. 

Can you spot Miss Rowe reading to the cows on her farm?
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Home Learning
9:00 - Whole school assembly with Mrs Marvin - TEAMs link has been emailed. 
9:30 - World Book Day activities. - Please see blog post - www.southtawton.co.uk/school-news/world-book-day
- Making book nooks. 

There are some fantastic activities on the following links. -
www.worldbookday.com/ideas/share-a-story/
literacytrust.org.uk/about-us/world-book-day-national-literacy-trust/

12:00 - Lunch 

13:00 - *Live registration and story time 

13:30 - Continuing with World Book Day activities. 

Timetable 
9:00 - Watch this visit Wales video - www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=VD7wH8MMaRw
​Imagine you have been on holiday to Wales. Can you write a postcard to a loved one about where you have been and what you have seen/done? Maybe you have visited one of Wales' beautiful castles or walked along the coastline. 
Postcard template
9:30 or 10:00 - Live Phonics with Miss Rowe or Mrs Dennis
10:30 - Snack and play
11:00 - Maths - Adding lengths - vimeo.com/511039862 - Adding lengths worksheet
12:00 - Lunch 
13:30 - *Live Saints PE
14:30 - Science - Parts of a plant - Watch the video clip - www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zpxnyrd/articles/z3wpsbk 
Activity -  Label parts of a plant

'Happy St David's day' 

We have had a wonderful day today learning about traditional St David's day celebrations while having a dance to Welsh folk music over TEAMs. 

Timetable 
9:00 - Super movers - 
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/pshe-super-mood-movers-wellbeing/zpxc3j6
www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-length-height/zdrx92p
9:30 or 10:00 - Live Phonics with Miss Rowe or Mrs Dennis 
10:30 - Snack and play 
11:00 - Maths - Measure length - vimeo.com/510394371  -  White Rose Worksheet 
​Dive deeper
12:00 - Lunch 
13:00 - *Live registration and geography - What are physical and human features?
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Activity - Name the physical and human features using the words from the box. Then cut out and sort the pictures into physical features and human features. 
- Use google earth to explore those places in Wales.
earth.google.com/web/@51.956356,-3.2657002,245.9651954a,274388.50472331d,35y,0h,0t,0r

14:00 - Art - Look carefully at this painting of Mount Snowdon, in Wales. Can you create your own version of this mountain painting? Look at how the artist has used very little colour, but created plenty of texture. Think about the techniques we have used to create texture.