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Do you remember our special Year 1 artist?

The Stone Age Boy is a fabulous book to read.  This link will take you to a reading of the book on youtube.  If the link doesn't work, just type the name of the book in youtube.

When you have listened to it, I would like you to hotseat the main characters.  This means that you will need to…

How are you going to be kind today?

A few weeks ago my son and I found a painted rock that someone had thrown into the brook! We fished it out, put it on the bank and patted it dry.  You can see it in the photograph above. Today we are going to touch up the paint, seal with varnish (this is a job for the grown-ups) and then rehide it for someone else to marvel at.

Painted rocks are a very good way at spreading kindness and some much needed cheer.  Why don't you decorate some rocks for your garden or, maybe,  for one of your relatives who you haven't been able to see for a while.  I am sure that it will put a smile on their face.

As requested, it’s boys Vs girls....

Who will win?

Here is today’s challenge for you to have a go at.

Well done to all of you who had a go at yesterday’s, especially April with the highest score!

Can you beat her score today? 

Good luck and stay safe!

I love 'think of a number' activities as they give your brain a really good work-out.

To tackle them you need to work backwards and use the inverse.  Remember that division and multiplication are friends and, so too are  addition and subtraction.  When you know this then you know, for example, …

I have got to apologise to all of the grown-ups in advance as this song  is VERY catchy!

Here is the link to it. If the link doesn't work, type 'homophones bitesize song' into your internet search engine.

Play, listen, sing and dance to the song a few times before correcting the following…

How are you going to be showing kindness today?

I like to batch cook meals so that we always have something for our evening meal on those days when we are really busy and time just runs away with us.  My son and I are going to take some of those meals out of our freezer and put them on his grandparents doorstep so that they have something quick and nutritious to eat.

Let me know what you would do in the comments box below :)

Remember that this week is Mental Health Awareness Week.  In our classroom we have a Worry Eater called Enno.  Here he is:

If you have any worries, you can always write them down like we do in our classroom and let one of your favourite toys eat them up instead or you could make one of these using a lollipop stick and your imagination.

Here is today's challenge.

Well done to all of you who had a go at yesterday's, especially our joint winners William & April! 

Good luck and stay safe! 

A huge thank-you to Mrs. King for letting me know about this incredibly important week.  The focus for this year is kindness and here is a challenge that you could get involved  with your family at home. You could do the suggestions mentioned on the chart or you might think of something else to do…