Pixie Rae from The Magical Lair of the Craft Pixies made the most wonderful "under the sea" inspired bookmark, yesterday. If you'd like to make one, pop over to her website!
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Watch the short video below. Now, imagine that this film is going to be released on DVD and Blu-Ray. I'd like you to design the front and back cover of the DVD box, and the art on the disc too. You will need to describe the film without giving anything away to somebody who hasn't seen it. Who would enjoy this film? Why would they enjoy it? What other things would people watch if they like this?
I look forward to seeing your efforts. Draw the following picture but do not colour it in yet.
Have you done it? Fantastic! Well done. Now, follow these instructions for colouring! What I’d like you to do is colour in half of the little fish. Now colour in this amount of gold: the answer to 3 x 2. Now colour in a quarter of the seaweed. Now colour in this amount of bubbles: 7 – 3 Now colour in half of the starfish. Now colour in this amount of jellyfish: 2 x 2. Now colour in a quarter of the sharks. Now colour in one third of the divers (that means you colour in one for every three you have) Colour in half of the rocks. Colour in one whole submarine. Well done! You have drawn with maths! How brilliant! This fun activity is so simple to do and you won't believe me when I tell you that it begins with you scribbling all over your paper like this! I know, ridiculous, right? The next step is to colour in the blocks left behind by the scribble. Choose two or more colours from the colour wheel below to colour your blocks in. We recommend that you choose colours that are opposite one another on the colour wheel, as these will really stand out. Here is our example. As you will see, no coloured block should touch another coloured block of the same colour. Why not have a go with 1 colour, then 2, 3, and 4? Or see if you can make a picture out of your scribble blocks? Why not make a rainbow pattern or use shades of the same colour? Go crazy! Enjoy it!
Today, you will learn about using different words to order sentences and make them more interesting. Read the passage below. I got up. I did my teeth. I had my shower. I got dressed for school I went downstairs. I had my breakfast. I walked to school. I said hello to everyone. I did my maths learning. What do you think of it? Be honest. It’s not great, is it? What doesn’t work about it? Yes, you’re right. It’s a bit dull. It’s very repetitive, which means ‘I got’ or ‘I did’ or ‘I went’ or ‘I had’ are repeated over and over and over. It makes you want to fall asleep, doesn't it? Let’s see if we can throw in some words to help liven the passage up. These words are all to do with time.
Can you use any of those to improve the passage? You may wish to chuck in some conjunctions you know too as well as some description. I’ve made a start.
First thing that morning, I got up groggily and scrubbed my teeth really well. After that, I climbed into the shower and made myself nice a clean, before getting dressed into my school uniform. It's much better, isn't it? Can you finish it? Now have a bash at writing what you did yesterday using the same type of language. Mr Green loves writing in code. In the Second World War, spies used to do that all the time so that if their message was found by the enemy, they wouldn’t understand it. These days, Mr Green likes to leave coded messages around the house for Mrs Green to solve. Have a go at solving this one using the key below.
Did you solve it?
We do. We really do. My friend Toby is a good dog. His tail is constantly wagging, which shows he is always in a good mood. He likes nothing more than to go walking to the playing fields and play fetch with his favourite tennis ball. Would you like to learn how to draw him? If so, head on over to The Magical Lair of the Craft Pixies now!
Sometimes, when you want to tell a story it is hard to get started. It's hard to think up your characters out of nothing. It's hard to think up the plot. Well, with this activity, you can draw characters, plots and settings at random, leaving your brain to do the truly creative bit and come up with the story! Choose two character cards, one plot card and one setting card. These will make up the bare bones of your story. Try to make sure your story has a beginning, a middle and an end. Why not write down your story or act it out? Have fun with it! To make your story card, print the PDF file below. Cut the two horizontal lines first, fold along the dashed line in the centre, cut out the vertical lines, and stick the front of each card to the back of each card.
To play this game, you will need a pack of playing cards. Here’s how to play.
The rules are similar to a normal game of snap. You begin by turning over the top card, then the next card, then the next, and keep on going. If a card is the same value as the card before it, the person who shouts “SNAP!” gets to keep all of the cards already turned over. The game continues, turning cards over until the next SNAP happens. In this game, you will also get to say “SNAP!” If a pair of cards adds up to ten. For example, the 2 of diamonds and the 8 of clubs. 2+8=10. In this game, picture cards (the King, Queen and Jack) count as a zero. Enjoy! Pixie Rae has outdone herself this time! These Pom Pom Aliens are amazing! And they are so easy to make.
All you need is: a pair of scissors, a couple of toilet roll tubes, a ball of colourful wool and a fork. |
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