If you are stuck for ideas to occupy your children during the teacher strikes on the next two days, Mr Hirst suggests:

• Reading in a favourite place (den etc)
• Maths
  o KS1 add two numbers together, the bigger the better.  How many squares can you find in your kitchen? With an assortment of cupboard items, put them in weight order according to the weight on the label.
  o KS2 TT Rock Stars
• Literacy
  o KS1 write a card to a relative, including the envelope.
  o KS2 Spelling Shed.
• PE, geography, art and emotional wellbeing
  o Go for a walk to the woods. Draw a map of your journey. When in the woods create a picture from natural materials (like Andy Goldsworthy does). Lie down on the ground and look up into the canopy of the tree.
• Design technology and literacy
  o Make your own lunch (with a little help if necessary) record the steps taken, pictures or sentences. Make one suggestion for ‘could be better if I…..’
• PHSE – being helpful and being kind
  o Tidy up your toys or your bedroom.
  o Play a game – turn taking. This could be a card game, board game or a game outside.

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