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Authorfy Daily Challenge

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Authorfy are running daily 10 minute challenges from children’s authors! There have been some fantastic challenges across the week, and today’s challenge is about creating a monster from plastic and drawing a comic strip! Access the link below:

10 Minute Challenges

The author running the challenge today is M.G. Leonard, who visited our school earlier this year and worked with some of the children in KS2, so I’m sure they will really enjoy this challenge. Send in your work via Class Dojo, email or tag us on Twitter at: @westcornforthps.

 

White Rose Maths Home Learning

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Brilliant resources from White Rose Maths Hub to support parents and children during this time! Videos and resources cover content from Early Years to Year 8. Enjoy some challenge and reasoning activities at home, and then share your work on Class Dojo or tag us on twitter. Click the link below:

White Rose Maths Home Learning

A Big Thank You

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We hope everyone is safe during this time. We just wanted to say thank you to the parents for their kind gifts and words, they’re much appreciated. From West Cornforth Staff.

School Sports Partnership Activities

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A message from Sedgefield School Sports Partnership:

In light of the forthcoming school closures, we are preparing some sport related / physical / mental wellbeing / olympic challenge activities for pupils, parents and staff whilst they are away from the usual daily routine. Please follow us on social media – Sedgefield School Sport Partnership – facebook / twitter / website.
TODAY’S CHALLENGE:
  • Get pupils to draw around the outline of their hand on a piece of A4 paper
  •  Then turn the drawing of their hand into the best sporting picture/person/event that you can

Zoo Live Streaming Tasks

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A range of zoos and aquariums are offering live streams of their animals. Keep busy at home by watching animals live and see what they are up to in real time. You may not get the chance to see these animals in a zoo near you, so take the chance to have a look.

Suggested tasks:

  • Write an adventure story including an animal of your choice
  • Write a diary entry from an animal’s point of view
  • Draw a picture of your favourite animal and label it
  • Write a newspaper report based on an animal
  • Creative artwork based on an animal you have watched
  • Write about ‘a day in the life of…’
  • Write about how the animals might feel about being in a cage/enclosure
  • What is the difference between being in captivity and in the wild?

Access a range of live streams below:

Edinburgh Zoo (UK)

Panda, Koala, penguin & Tiger cams 

Marwell Zoo (UK)

Flamingo, Penguin, Giraffe & Lemur cams 

Dublin Zoo (Ireland)

Elephants, Penguins, giraffes, rhinos, ostrich & zebras cams

San Diego Zoo (USA)

Panda, Penguin, Baboon, Polar Bear, Ape, Koala, Giraffe, Burrowing Owl, Condor, Elephant & Tiger cams 

Houston Zoo (USA)

Giraffe, Gorilla, Chimp, Elephant, Leafcutter Ant & Rhino cams

Living Coast Wild Planet trust (UK)

Penguin cam 

Paignton Zoo (UK)

Meerkat & Sulawesi Crested Macaque cams

Smithsonian’s National Zoo (USA)

Naked Mole-Rat, Lion, Giant Panda & Elephant cams 

Monterey Bay Aquarium (USA)

Monterey Bay, Sea Otter, Shark, Penguin, Coral Reef, Aviary, Kelp Forest, Jelly, Moon Jell & Open Sea cams 

Kansa City Zoo (USA)

King Penguin, Gentoo Penguin, Polar Bear & Masai Giraffe cams 

Weekly Tasks During Closures

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Over the coming weeks, tasks for children to complete will be posted weekly on individual class blogs. You can access the class blog by clicking on the ‘Year Groups’ tab and selecting the appropriate class. You then need to click on the link to take you to the class blog. In the meantime, children can keep busy reading and you can access free books online here.