Activities you could do with your child:

• Share a story/write a book review/write a character description e.g. for a Top Trumps Card
• Read some opening chapters from the Love Reading 4 Kids website
• Write a story, poem, play
• Make puppets and put on a play
• Play a board game, dig out old favourites and hold championship tournaments! You could even design a new one for a target audience!
• Paint a picture and label it/write about it / create a poem
• Blackout poems – https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/blog-posts/john- depasquale/blackout-poetry/
• Look, say, cover, write, check spellings
• Create a poster about washing hands/hygiene about Coronavirus
• Make an Easter Egg Hunt with clues in your garden
• Make Mother’s Day cards, poems
• Research 'project'/poster on a topic that's been covered in school recently, e.g. the Egyptians, a famous author, an inspirational person etc. This could be in the form of a poster, leaflet, booklet or a PowerPoint presentation etc.
• Have a good declutter/sort-out of your toys! Which toys or books do you no longer use? Write a review of your favourite with a target audience!
• Bake! Bake your favourite recipe and write up the recipe so as to create a class book of favourite recipes when you return to school.
• Junk modelling – why not upcycle some waste materials in order to make something new?

Useful websites are:

• Oxford Owl (KS1) https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/
• Teach your monster to read (Reception- Y2) https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/
• ICT Runway (Y1) https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/writingRunway/index.html
• BBC Bitesize (Reception-Y6) https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize
• British Library (Reception -Y6) https://www.bl.uk/
• WordMania (An app for KS2)
• Phonics Play (Reception – Year 2) https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
• ICTGames (Reception - Y6) http://www.ictgames.com/
• Lovereading4kids (Reception-Y6) https://www.lovereading4kids.co.uk/
• Change for Life website (Reception-Y6) https://www.nhs.uk/change4life
• https://www.talk4writing.com/home-school-units/