LeSheffieldarning Together Sixteen pages full of funlearning at home with your Sheffield schools We want tohear from children and teachers! Email your photosand letters [email protected] 2 THE STAR www.thestar.co.uk Thursday, May 7, 2020 SheffieldLearning Together Welcome The Star has been delivering news in South Yorkshire since 1887 A lot has changed on High Street and the whole of Sheffield while The Star has been covering news This is your newspaper so help us to create the next edition Star Comment [email protected] @SheffieldStar Welcome to our very first edi- tion of Sheffield Learning To- gether. We know that not all of us have good access to the inter- net and that is it very annoying when it crashes! So we thought the city's local newspaper would be the perfect way to help. It is also nice to try differ- ent challenges so we hope you will all find something to keep you entertained on these pages. This has all been designed by your teachers from schools right across Sheffield. There is something for all key stages, things you can do on your own or with your fam- ily. We also need your help. There are lots of ways for you to get involved in creat- ing next Thursday’s Star and, maybe, you could take your cutting into school when it reopens to show your class or assembly. Here are some of the ways you can get involved: • Write something for our The printing press to produce the newspapers were originally on York Street in Sheffield city centre letters pages. It could be to your class, teacher, grand- possible so take some snaps brave … show your class what have to do is let us know why or Twitter. If you prefer Ins- what fun we will all have once parents or the whole of Shef- of you doing one of the tasks is keeping you happy during it should be you – and what tagram, tag #SheffieldStar in lockdown is over. field. Just make sure you in this week’s paper. 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All you cial media sites on Facebook selves, take care and imagine The Star Thursday, May 7, 2020 www.thestar.co.uk THE STAR 3 SheffieldLearning Together Early Years #15 Dressing Up #48 Natural art Capture children’s imagination with everyday ‘dress up’ play. Use clothes and objects you have at home to pretend to be someone or something else and inspire children to make up their own pretend play. Use props - eg a spoon and bowl - to be a ‘baker’, or maybe children can make their own resources, for example make a crown and pretend to be a king or queen for the day. You can dress up inside and outside. Outdoor play can spark different ideas for dressing up and role play, perhaps pretending to be a window cleaner with a bucket and a cloth. How about having a go at some ‘Natural Art’? You Dressing up and pretend play are important can create patterns and figures or sculptures, opportunities for children to explore their ideas. using materials collected outside on your daily It’s also a great opportunity to develop exercise walk or in the garden. language and communication skills as children ‘act out’ their experiences, taking on the role of Have you got some wax crayons? Try making a someone or something else and thinking about wax rubbing of leaves you find. Place a piece of what they might say or do. paper over a leaf, hold firmly in place or tape it You might try a themed dressing up day for the down, then rub the wax crayon over the paper to whole family…football, magic, or even dress up reveal an image of the leaf from underneath. as other family members? #15 Dressing Up You could collect ordinary household items and create faces…who can make the funniest one? 50 Things to Do Before You're Five is now live in Sheffield. Find the full list of activities via the website 50 Things to Do Before You're Five is now live in Sheffield. https://sheffield.50thingstodo.org/app/os# or Find the full list of activities via the website https://sheffield.50thingstodo.org/app/os# or the app by the app by scanning the QR code. scanning the QR code. More #homeadventures More #homeadventures createsheffield.co.uk/adventures createsheffield.co.uk/adventures What to do Musical mark-making You will need Choose a piece of recorded music and, whilst listening, you and your child can Paper create shapes and patterns responding to the different sounds (Try Flight of the Coloured pencils/pens Bumblebee by Rimsky Korsakov). Or you Any music from the radio or could experiment creating vocal sounds. online See what shapes or patterns you make if To develop, you could also you make high/ low voice sounds or if you make short and snappy sounds. See this print manuscript paper example https://youtu.be/I8JJDjoeydE from the internet You (or older children) could draw smiley faces if the music makes you feel happy or sad or angry faces for other styles. You could even print some blank manuscript paper from the internet and Experiment with different coloured pens - ‘compose’ your own music. If you know does a particular colour feel happy or sad? anyone who plays a musical instrument, Think about different sounds for a chunky Did you know? could they improvise a tune inspired by crayon compared to a thin pencil. Discuss, The French composer, Claude your child’s drawings? and perhaps write down, any words to Debussy, wrote music that was describe your music or drawings. inspired by paintings. He created Remember You can’t do it ‘wrong’! Whether sounds to reflect different you create a page covered in dots and lines colours, shapes and moods or an elaborate piece of art, we are all enjoying being creative and trying new things! This #homeadventure was written by Polly Ives More #homeadventures @Concerteenieswithpollyives createsheffield.co.uk/adventures 4 THESTAR www.thestar.co.uk Thursday, May7,2020 Sheffield Learning Together Primary KS1Story Writing To celebrateNationalLostSock Canyou finish this Day youcould: • Tidy out your sock drawer andsee story?You candraw if youhaveany oddsocks pictures or writewords. • Matchsocks together than have been misplaced • Wear odd socksfor theday • Find some oddsocks,makea sock puppet and put on ashow • Design anew pair of socks • Find some oddsocks andturn them into anew pair – get creative! Saturday May9th is ‘National LostSockDay’ Once uponatime therewas achild called ________. ASpecial Dayfor Mourning AllYourLostSocks ________ wastaking along walk through the forest. Of course this is verymuchanunofficialholiday,but ________ sawsomething shining, so ________ whyshouldn’tyour lost socks be remembered.Let’s walked towards thebrightlight.Itwas abeautiful, face it we’veall got apile of odd socks lurkinginthe back of thesock drawer.Someofuseven like to magical oaktree house. _______ decided to knock make abig thingabout wearingthem.But does on thedoor… anyone know whereall theother odd socks go?Lets find out….. Iwonder what will happen next in your story! OUTDOOR ART Rainbow Rush: Be influencedbythe famous sculptor, Andy a lesson in dissolving Goldsworthy,tocreateamasterpieceusing natural materials. What youwill need: Instructions: See what youcan collect in your garden or Aplate or container – preferably Placeyourskittles or sweets onto aplate on your daily walk to create your ownpiece white. or container. of art,maybe even arainbow. Skittles,other coated sweets will Carefullypourwater into the centre of the container. If work too. the skittles move, pushthem quickly backintoplace. ALPHABET WORKOUT Warm water. Watchwhathappens… Completethe workoutfor your name andyourschoolname. A – 10 star jumps N – 10 frog jumps Do some Can you colours B – 10 spotty dogs O – 15 squat jumps change the dissolvebetter pattern of your C – 10 squats P – 20 side lunges than others? D – Plank(20 seconds) Q – 30 crosscountry skiers sweets? E – 5press ups R – 15 hops (leftleg) F – 20 high knees S – 10 tuck jumps G – 5walkouts T – Side plank(15 seconds) Doeschanging Doesthe theliquidalter H – 10 situps U – 30 lungejumps temperature of thereaction? I – Sprint on thespot(25 secs) V – 15 hops (rightleg) theliquidaffect Could youtry thespeed of J – Mountain climbers (20secs) W – Duck walk (30seconds) milk or clear dissolving? K – 30 heel kicks X – 30 lunges fizzyliquids? L – Sqquathold((20 secs)) Y – 30 Supermans M – 30 air punches Z – 15 burpees TheScience Bit… Sweets are usuallyfullofdye,which means thecombinationofdye andsugar dissolvesquickly in water. When placed in shallowwater, thedye quicklydissolves and is absorbed by thewater, makingacolourful rainbow. Thursday, May7,2020www.thestar.co.uk THESTAR 5 Sheffield Learning Together Primary Useblankets, sheets, pegs andstring to builda camp in either your home or your garden,thenget PrimaryAges3-7 comfortable andreadagood book. Bird Feeders HOME LEARNING CHALLENGES Nature Scavenger Hunt Treat the birds in your garden to anew bird Before headingout on your dailywalk, make feederusing some of your recycling! alistofall the objects youthinkyou’llsee.