Saturday 4th April - Sunday 19th April 2020
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Saturday 4th April - Sunday 19th April 2020
Good morning, Reception, and Happy Easter holidays !
Here are some challenges, activities and fun things to enjoy together over the Easter break.We have also
uploaded some separate ideas on the Home Learning page too.
Whilst we will not be uploading daily, please do still email us or comment/upload on Tapestry to share what you
have been up to.
We are really enjoying seeing all your brilliant hard work, and it brightens up every day!
Well done Reception, and a big thank you to all your families for being amazing during this tricky time.
We will be back with a new set of challenges on
Monday 20th April!
Miss Ellis and Miss Curd :)
Craft Ideas There are lots of lovely things could make and create at home together, often using everyday items and a little bit of colour! See if you can choose some things to make together at home. We would love to see photos on Tapestry of anything you make!
Easter Bunny Craft ideas
Easter Egg Craft Ideas
Can you decorate a hard-boiled egg? You
could paint your design, use craft materials
(such as feathers and glitter) or draw your
own design! Here are some of our favourites.
Easter Chick Craft Ideas
Cooking Together! Easter holidays are the perfect time to learn to make and bake some delicious food together! Here are some our favourite things to cook at home.
Our Favourite Recipes! Miss Curd's Mum's Crumble: Pre-heat oven to 200C. 3ozs butter (melt in pan) Then add: 1 ½ oz sugar (any) 3ozs self-raising flour 3ozs fine semolina and mix together well. Cook/prepare your favourite fruit as filling- I like apples and raisins with cinnamon! Spoon the fruit into your ovenproof dish, top with the crumble mix, and then cook for 30 minutes . Allow to cool slightly then enjoy!
Our Favourite Recipes!
Miss Ellis's Chocolate Brownies!
Pre-heat oven to 160C and line a tin
(Approx. 30cm x 23cm) with greaseproof paper.
Ingredients
- 275g butter (softened) 1. Combine butter and sugars together then add the eggs
with a spoonful of the flour.
-300g caster sugar
2. Mix in the cocoa powder and remaining flour then stir in
-75g brown sugar chocolate chips and marshmallows (if using).
-4 eggs 3. Spoon mixture (it will be very thick) into the tin and
smooth out. Top with halved cream eggs if desired!
-75g cocoa powder
4. Bake for approx 40 mins. If you have used marshmallows,
-100g self raising flour cover the tin with foil for the last 10 mins of baking- the
-100g milk chocolate chips marshmallows will rise to the surface and may burn
-100g white chocolate chips
otherwise. Be careful not to overbake, you want a slight
wobble in the middle so you have fudgy brownies!
Optional: 50g mini marshmallows, cream eggs 5. Leave to cool in the tin.
halved. 6. Cut up and enjoy!
Our Favourite Recipes!
Miss Ellis's Chocolate Flapjack
Pre-heat oven to 160C and line a baking tin (Approx 20cm
squared) with greaseproof paper.
1. Put butter, sugar and syrup into a saucepan and
Ingredients warm over a gentle heat until sugar has dissolved.
2. Once melted mix well with the oats and add any
- 220g oats extras at this point if using (chocolate chips/dried
- 140g butter fruit)
- 125g light brown soft sugar (if not any type should 3. Pour mixture into the baking tin and press down
be fine) with a spatula until even and flat.
- 1 tablespoon golden syrup 4. Bake in oven for 20 minutes until golden brown.
5. Once baked leave to cool.
Topping (optional)
Topping
- 150 g milk or dark chocolate 1. Melt chocolate and pour over flapjack base and
leave to cool and harden.
2. Once firm cut into squares.
3. Enjoy!
Cooking Together!
There are some great baking ideas here if you have run out of flour, but still fancy some
cake!
https://www.bbcgoodfood.com/howto/guide/kids-baking-recipes-without-flour
You can also access all of the recipes from CBeebies' 'I Can Cook' programme online.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/food/programmes/b00w1ddl/recipesAnimal Challenge! As we have been learning about life cycles this half term, can you choose an animal to find out about? It could be any animal in the world! Here are some of our favourite animals to give you some ideas.
Animal Challenge! You could find out... • Where the animal lives- what part of the world? •What type of habitat it lives in •What it looked like as a baby •What it likes to eat •Which other animals live nearby You could draw and write about your animal, make models of it, find out facts from books and online...
Reading
Please keep reading and sharing books together over the Easter break!
• Bedtime stories, books with breakfast, sharing non-fiction books together...
• You can access books online through Oxford Owl and Pearson's Bug Club
(more info on the next page)
• Play games on Phonics Play and Phonics Bloom
•Spot words and sounds around the house!Oxford Owl You can access lots of eBooks online through Oxford Owl! Follow the link below to explore their catalogue. These are banded just like the books at school, so you can choose the books which are the appropriate level for your child. https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a- book/library-page/ It's also worth exploring the other sections, such as the Julia Donaldson Songbird section. https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/?s=Read+with+Ox ford+Songbirds&fwp_post_types=find_a_book
Bug Club Pearson are currently offering 90 days free access to their online resources, including Bug Club! This is a great platform for reading eBooks together online, and the books are all banded to match the coloured levels we use at school, e.g. Pink, Red. It's very handy if you have run out of school reading books already! You can also complete quizzes on each book. Sign up by following the link below and requesting 'ActiveLearn Primary access'. https://www.pearson.com/uk/learners/primary-parents.html
We will have lots of lovely new things to explore
and learn about together after Easter!
Each week we will have a P.E. challenge from Mrs
After Parfitt for you to try at home.
We will also be providing a link to our online
Easter... Music programme, Charanga, which Mrs Parfitt
and Miss Douglas use on a Monday
afternoon, that you can access at your own rate.
We will also be starting an exciting new topic...
Watch this space!Have a wonderful Easter break!
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