Home challenges
Friday 5th June
Home challenge
This term, Christ Church has chosen the film ‘Inside Out’ as a tool to explore our feelings. The whole school will be exploring emotions and completing activities to empower us to talk about how we feel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsarXDyJYbE
Today, I’d like you to try to keep the excitement of joy going all day. What can you do to feel joyful or to share joy and make some one’s day joyful? It could be listening to birds in the garden, a random act of kindness for a neighbour, or letting your sister borrow your tablet. Keep a list or a diary of the things you did to make the day joyful.
Please send me your ideas and photos of your work to nbaker@christchurch.walsall.sch.uk
Best wishes,
Mr Baker
Thursday 4th June
Home challenge
This term, Christ Church has chosen the film ‘Inside Out’ as a tool to explore our feelings. The whole school will be exploring emotions and completing activities to empower us to talk about how we feel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsarXDyJYbE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fTRWpf-eH4 What are feelings?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIfLgHBwYx4 A story read aloud.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWujGPb6mgo A story read aloud.
Today, I’d like you to use colour to express a feeling. Perhaps you could draw an emotion rainbow / tree / monster / set of drawers and cupboards of feelings.
Please send me your ideas and photos of your work to nbaker@christchurch.walsall.sch.uk
Best wishes,
Mr Baker
Wednesday 3rd June
Home challenge
This term, Christ Church has chosen the film ‘Inside Out’ as a tool to explore our feelings. The whole school will be exploring emotions and completing activities to empower us to talk about how we feel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsarXDyJYbE
Today’s challenge is Watch your favourite film. Think carefully about the characters and their emotions. I love Toy story. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVeNlaUCa2E I see Woody has many emotions through the film. List the emotions you see in your favourite character, also try to suggest what caused that emotion.
Please send me your ideas and photos of your work to nbaker@christchurch.walsall.sch.uk
Best wishes,
Mr Baker
Tuesday 2nd June
Home challenge
This term, Christ Church has chosen the film ‘Inside Out’ as a tool to explore our feelings. The whole school will be exploring emotions and completing activities to empower us to talk about how we feel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsarXDyJYbE
Today’s challenge is What are feelings? Some feeling are: Joy, Anger, Fear, Disgust, Sadness.
Can you name anymore?
Try talking to people, ask how they feel. Look at emojis and categorise them into feelings. Look at books – what do the characters feel? How do they show it?
Please send me your ideas and photos of your work to nbaker@christchurch.walsall.sch.uk
Best wishes,
Mr Baker
Monday 1st June
Home challenge
This term, Christ Church has chosen the film ‘Inside Out’ as a tool to explore our feelings. The whole school will be exploring emotions and completing activities to empower us to talk about how we feel.
Today’s challenge is Where do feelings come from? You could draw, write or simply discuss your ideas.
Perhaps you could draw around your body on a roll of wall paper / draw around your hand and feet / or if you have a doll or teddy, you could label them.
Please send me your ideas and photos of your work to nbaker@christchurch.walsall.sch.uk
Best wishes,
Mr Baker
Friday 22nd May
Home challenge
Our school closed on 20/3/20. I bet you have misplaced your uniform, shoes and PE kit.
Why not spend this morning gathering your uniform and ensuring your name is on the label.
You might want to do the same with your PE kit.
Perhaps you’d like to clean and polish your shoes. Be careful not to get polish on your clothes.
Best wishes,
Mr Baker
Thursday 21st May
Home challenge
The shape of coins
Are all British coins circle?
A circle has only one round side.
A pentagon has 5 sides.
A hexagon has 6 sides.
A heptagon has 7 sides.
An octagon has 8 sides.
Look at a 2p coin. What shape is it?
What shape and colour is the 20p coin? How many sides does it have?
How many sides does the 50p coin have?
Is £1 coin round? Look carefully and count the sides. Use the internet to find the name of the shape. www.safesearchkids.com
Best wishes,
Mr Baker
Wednesday 20th May
Home challenge
Do you know the trees you have in your garden or the local park? Leamore and Bloxwich are very leafy places. We are lucky to have such beautiful trees, but what are they? Choose 3 leaves and try to identify the tree they come from.
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/media/48345/leaf-id-sheet.pdf
Tuesday 19th May
Home challenge
Who do you think the most famous person in the world is? Why are they famous? Write a question you would like to ask them.
Best wishes,
Mr Baker
Monday 18th May
Home challenge
Look at money bank notes. £5, £10, £20. How are they the same? How are they different?
Consider: size, colour, pattern, faces, material.
Challenge yourself to find out about the person on the back.
Write your question about the bank note to challenge your parents. For example: What is the name of the chief cashier? Who features on the £20 note? What year was he born?
Best wishes,
Mr Baker
Friday 15th May
Home challenge
Learn to tie your shoe laces.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BeSkBOYUlag
Take the opportunity to practise an important life skill. This video shows a fun, easy way to tie shoe laces.
I first set this task on 23/3/20. How are you doing? Are you a professional now?
Please send me photos or videos of your success.
Best wishes,
Mr Baker
Thursday 14th May
Home challenge
Which items in your home are battery powered / USB / Mains supplied?
Pick a room in your home.
List the electrical devices. Look, does it have a plug? Does it have batteries inside? Is it charged by USB?
Please be very careful with electrical items and ask an adult before lifting heavy things.
Best wishes,
Mr Baker
Wednesday 13th May
Home challenge
Find a news paper of the day you were born. Your adults may have kept a copy, or it is quite easy to Google. Please remember online-safety. What was happening in the news on the day you were born?
Best wishes,
Mr Baker
Tuesday 12th May
Home challenge
Look at a few 50p coins. I’m willing to bet they are different.
There are so many precious collections of the 50p coin.
https://www.royalmint.com/discover/uk-coins/coin-design-and-specifications/fifty-pence-coin/
Do you have any that fit a particular collection?
Your coins might have more value than you thought.
Best wishes,
Mr Baker
Monday 11th May
Home challenge
Magnet investigation
Are all metal things attracted to magnets? (Adults, the answer is no… only metals containing iron are attracted to magnets.)
Look around the home for metals: cans, tins, door hinges, keys, the iron, the fridge, microwave, baking tins, saucepans
Please don’t try the car key, phone, tablet or games console… I don’t want to be charged for any damage.
Which materials are attracted to the magnet?
If you don’t have a magnet, use the fridge seal. That’s a huge magnet.
Can you sort into a diagram or piles of the those attracted and those which aren’t?
Best wishes,
Mr BakerFriday 8th May
Home challenge
Today is the 75th anniversary of VE day. Look at these websites for information about the importance of the day and why many people choose to celebrate.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8bw5UZhZiA Making bunting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NEavcsrMoMw Winston Churchill’s announcement
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64xozK7CpBk history lesson with questions
Friday 8th May VE Day 75th anniversary
Friday 8th May
Home challenge
Family tree
Ask your adults about their parents and their grand-parents. How far back into history can you go?
Record a list, or even better, draw a tree of your family names. This is a called a family tree or genealogy.
Best wishes,
Mr Baker
Thursday 7th May
Home challenge
I’ve been doing a lot of jigsaws recently. I would love you to draw your own picture, or may be ask an adult for a photograph or page from a magazine. Cut it to make your own jigsaw. Try perhaps only 20 pieces. Of course, the difficult part is putting it back together again
Best wishes,
Mr Baker
Wednesday 6th May
Home challenge
Flower pressing
We now have lots of beautiful flowers and blossom.
Why not take some and press between dry paper or kitchen towel? Use weights or heavy books to press and dry them for a week. Next week, open the paper and see the beautiful flower pressed and preserved.
Best wishes,
Mr Baker
Tuesday 5th May
Home challenge
Are all shadows black?
Shine a torch or use the sun (being careful not to look directly at the sun) through coloured objects around the home. Can you make a coloured shadow?
Best wishes,
Mr Baker
4th May Why not have a movie marathon? Dress up? Video your impressions of the characters?
Monday 4th May
Home challenge
Some home science:
Which foods sink / float / dissolve?
Dissolve means to become the liquid for example coffee.
Investigate the kitchen cupboards. With adult supervision, use warm water and test which foods sink / float / dissolve- some ideas: sugar, rice, salt, black pepper, milkshake powder, gravy, mixed herbs, flour, ice-cubes
Something for the adults: It’s Star Wars day. How about a Star Wars Marathon? Fancy dress day? How many Star Wars films and actors can you name?
Best wishes,
Mr Baker
Friday 1st May
Find out about British traditions: celebrating May day.
Use www.safesearchkids.com to find out how some people celebrate 1st May.
Friday 1st May
Home challenge
Make old fashioned tin can / paper cup telephones. Does the length of string affect the sound quality? Does the tightness of the string affect the sound quality? Try different wools / types of string.
Best wishes,
Mr Baker
Thursday 30th April
Home challenge
Try a new hair style (with adult supervision)
Best wishes,
Mr Baker
Wednesday 29th April
Home challenge
Stop motion movie – Lego / plasticine / drawings: Make your own sea adventure story using stop-motion technology on the phone / tablet / laptop.
Best wishes,
Mr Baker
Wednesday 29th April
Something different for the adults.
I've been giving lots of ideas here for the children and whole family activities, but today, I'd like to focus on the new teachers... you.
You are doing a wonderful job doing things you are not necessarily trained to do.
Some of you may be looking for a few minutes' escapism.
An idea...
I'd love to see how you are thinking / feeling about home learning / teaching / learning about and from the kids/ lock down.
Just an idea...
Write a poem / design a tattoo / create a picture.
How has your life changed / what have you learned during the school closures?
Please, do have a go, and I'd love to see what you come up with.
Remember, it's Christchurch family, not just children :)
Very best wishes
Mr Baker
Tuesday 28th April
Home challenge
Cleaning coins: Which is the best liquid to clean a 2p coin? Try vinegar, cola, lemon juice, washing up liquid, clothes detergent. Record what you find.
Best wishes,
Mr Baker
Monday 27th April
Home challenge
Paper plane investigation: Use Youtube to find different plane designs. How far do they fly? Which flies the fastest?
Best wishes,
Mr Baker
Friday 24th April
Home challenge
Choose any three coins.
What shapes are they? What is the value?
How are the coins the same?
How are the coins different?
Consider shape, size, colour, value, patterns, pictures, year they were made.
Best wishes,
Mr Baker
Thursday 23rd April
Home challenge
Ask an adult if they’ll trust you to do their make-up.
I actually cannot wait to see what happens
Please send your pictures to me or put them on the school’s twitter account.
Best wishes,
Mr Baker
Wednesday 22nd April
Home challenge
Make an underwater creature puppet from old socks / gloves. Do you have any old buttons to use as eyes? Straws or pipe cleaners? Can you remember how to sew using the running stitch / back stitch when we made our I-Pad cases?
Please send your pictures to me or put them on the school’s twitter account.
Best wishes,
Mr Baker
Tuesday 21st April
Home challenge
Try planting: take a cutting off a plant. Can you nurture the cutting to develop new roots and a new plant?
Please send your pictures to me or put them on the school’s twitter account.
Best wishes,
Mr Baker
Monday 20th April
Home challenge
I think everyone has now heard of Captain Tom Moore. It’s his 100th birthday this week.
He famously raised many millions of £s for the NHS by walking laps around his garden wearing his blazer with his medals.
Today, I would like you to design a new tie for him, or a new medal. You can do so on the computer, or paints, or crayons, perhaps chalks in the garden.
Please send your pictures to me or put them on the school’s twitter account.
Best wishes,
Mr Baker