Dinosaurs and All That Rubbish

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Slide 2 – In class we use the Calm Me script to make sure the children are focussed and ready to learn but you may not feel this is necessary at home. Slide 3 -Read the words of the song “For Me” and ask children what they think it means. Talk about the difference between dreams we have when we are sleeping and dreams when we are awake, e.g. desires and aims. Not knowing it is Earth he sets off again in its direction in hope to finally find a world of natural beauty.

Activity: Complete the materials scavenger hunt (inside, outside or both) to find as many objects for each material as they can. Or perhaps it is a children's picture book in which dinosaurs rise up from beneath the earth to sweep up and dispose of all the rubbish that humanity has produced and the ruins of our industrial society. Then, since dinosaurs are apparently keen gardeners, they turn our plant into a lush paradise, that is somewhat implausibly suitable for both people and dinosaurs to enjoy in harmony, with neither people being eaten nor Sauropod eggs for breakfast in my memory there was an extensive series of pictures showing dinosaurs sweeping rubbish into volcanoes, ripping out motorways like so much old carpet, however upon re-inspection it proved that my imagination had substantially embellished the original in my memory. The dinosaur explains that the earth belongs to everyone. Could you use this message on a poster / banner?As your child’s well being is more important than ever we will be providing 5 suggestions for wellbeing activities each week, based on the NHS idea of “Five to Thrive”. These areas are: Video– This is a lesson on related facts and fact families. In this lesson, they will work practically to find links between the addition and subtraction sentences. They will represent this on ten frames using small objects. They should recognise that addition and subtraction are inverse operations. (if you would like to view the powerpoint used in the video it is here).

For the following session you can use an atlas if you have one or use this online tool: https://kids.britannica.com/kids/browse/atlas Children to create these sentences orally using the words from their thought tapping. (No written recording). Discuss the sentences first and children to write them. Remember capital letters and full stops. ****Please submit this piece to Google Classroom*** Extension Introduce compass directions, London is SE, Bristol SW etc. Discuss whether the places you are plotting are urban or rural. Discuss the difference. The book begins with the lines: “A man stood on a hill and looked at a star. All he thought about, dreamed about, was the star.” It follows a businessman who will do anything to travel to space, even if he has to destroy his own planet to get there. When he finally reaches the faraway star – a barren planet with “no trees, no flowers, and not a blade of grass” – he starts to think that maybe Earth wasn’t that bad in the first place.Kindly the Dinosaur explains to the man that the Earth belongs to everyone and in turn everyone is responsible for looking after it.

Watch the story Dinosaurs and all that Rubbish being read here– only watch the first part, pause after ‘Somehow I must fly’. Powerpoint: The Qur’an– talk this through emphasising the respect shown for the Qur’an, (it must not touch the ground, must be closed after reading etc) and who Muhammad is for Muslims. Extended challenge: Can the children identify why materials are man-made and which occur naturally? Imagine a world that is full of rubbish and pollution. Can you think of words / phrases to describe it?Powerpoint– Work through the powerpoint recapping the key skills of ‘days of the week’ and Number bonds. There are links to the following built into the powerpoint: Talk about and find on the map where children have been to visit or on holiday or have relatives. (in future weeks we will plot these on the map so this is just discussion based) This is a great thought provoking story which can be enjoyed by children of all ages. The pictures are colourful, bright and friendly. Although published in 1972 the message of pollution and the importance of recycling remains the same and is probably even more relevant today. Plus we have arranged all of the printables into one folder as we know some people last time wanted to print it all in one go. A link to that folder is here.

If they are finding the part part whole difficult try using counting objects instead or carry on reinforcing the tens frame method from yesterday.

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When he lands he is greated by a Dinosaur, at first the man thinks he has found a new planet but is soon corrected by the Dinosaur who is angry that the man destroyed the environment so carlessly. Phonics sheet here– Complete the sheet using some of the sounds looked at this week, wh ph ir and tch. At the bottom, complete the phoneme spotter.