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Hello Topaz, I hope you are all well? Here are the bits needed for the week's learning :) 

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Hello Topaz, I hope you are all well? Here are the bits needed for the week's learning :) 

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How to Make a Treasure Map - easy, even for slow pirates!

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A Hole in the Bottom of the Sea | Barefoot Books Singalong

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School might be a little like this :) But no thermometer testing unless feeling poorly x 

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School might be a little like this :) But no thermometer testing unless feeling poorly x 

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Welcome Back to School - COVID-19 Return to School Animation

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You are going to make your very own Matisse-inspired collage. Take a closer look at nature and be creative with shapes and colours as you cut out your own masterpiece!

Henri Matisse is a French artist known for making colourful works of art. He used a variety of materials in his work, including paint, bronze (for his sculptures), and he also made drawings using charcoal. As Matisse became older, he began to work with brightly coloured paper and would 'paint with scissors' to cut out shapes, animals, leaves, dancers and flowers and then arrange them.

One of Matisse's most famous works is called The Snail. Does the spiral pattern of shapes remind you of anything?

It was made in 1953 and shows Matisse's interest in bright colours. He arranged complementary colours alongside each other to create a vibrant effect. For example, you'll see that by putting green next to red, and blue next to orange the colours seem to buzz and really attract your attention.

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Make a Matisse inspired collage. Discover art projects and craft activities on Tate Kids

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Cat invites the listeners to identify where they can hear the sounds? Cat then encourages the children to imagine that it is a beautiful day at the seaside and that they are applying suncream, digging in the sand, making sandcastles and eating ice-cream.
Rhyme - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, once I caught a fish alive!
Final song - The big ship sails on the ally ally-oh The captain said it would never never do
Never never do
The captain said it would never never do
On the last day of September! The big ship sank to the bottom of the sea
The bottom of the sea
The bottom of the sea
The big ship sank to the bottom of the sea
On the last day of September! We all dip our heads in the deep blue sea
The deep blue sea
The deep blue sea
We all dip our heads in the deep blue sea
On the last day of September!
The big ship sails on the ally ally-oh
The ally ally-oh
The ally ally-oh
The big ship sails on the ally ally-oh
On the last day of September! 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, once I caught a fish alive...
6, 7, 8, 9, 10, then I let him go again.
Why did you let him go?
Because he bit my finger so
Which finger did he bite?
This little finger on my right!
Story time: At the seaside
Once upon a holiday time... If possible have a suitcase with some holiday items, sandals, t-shirt shorts, sun cream, sun hat, bucket, spade, to aid vocabulary and focus attention. These will also aid any additional retelling and sequencing activities. Perhaps you will see a big ship at the seaside?

Help the children to clap with a steady beat. Once they are familiar with the song they could try the traditional game (it works best if adults are Arch and Leader).

: they hold hands in a long line. The child at the end (Arch) holds one hand against a wall to make an arch; the child at the other end is Leader. As they sing the first verse (repeating as often as necessary), Leader leads the line through the Arch. When Arch goes under his or her own arm, he or she twists round with arms crossed. Leader then takes the line through the arch formed between Arch and his or her partner, and so on. This continues until all the children have twisted round and crossed arms. Leader then crosses arms and joins hands with Arch to form a ring.

: everyone slowly bends knees and sinks to the floor, ending up falling flat.

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Cat invites the listeners to identify where they can hear the sounds? Cat then encourages the children to imagine that it is a beautiful day at the seaside and that they are applying suncream, digging in the sand, making sandcastles and eating ice-cream. Rhyme - 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, once I caught a fish alive!

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Hi everyone! Here are the activities for this week's learning :) 

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Hi everyone! Here are the activities for this week's learning :) 

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Fun song to explain social distancing.

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Two Meters Away - Social Distancing Song for Kids

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The Little Elf and the Flowers of Hope and Bravery

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The Little Elf and the Flowers of Hope and Bravery

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A therapeutic story to help primary children to explore feelings relating to a return to school during the coronavirus pandemic. From Nottinghamshire Educational Psychology Service.

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The Book of Hopes: Words and Pictures to Comfort, Inspire and Entertain Children in Lockdown

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The Book of Hopes: Words and Pictures to Comfort, Inspire and Entertain Children in Lockdown

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Edited by Katherine Rundell with contributions from more than 110 children's writers and illustrators. Available to read online here. Bloomsbury hopes to publish the book in the autumn.

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Edited by Katherine Rundell, with contributions from more than 100 children's writers and illustrators

This extraordinary collection of short stories, poems, essays and pictures has contributions from more than 110 children's writers and illustrators, including Lauren Child, Anthony Horowitz, Greg James and Chris Smith, Michael Morpurgo, Liz Pichon, Axel Scheffler, Francesca Simon and Jacqueline Wilson.

The collection, published by Bloomsbury, is dedicated to the doctors, nurses, carers, porters, cleaners and everyone working in hospitals.

Read the book

When schools were closed during the COVID-19 pandemic in both 2020 and 2021 Bloomsbury generously permitted us to share The Book of Hopes as an ebook freely accessible to schools and families.

As part of our Education Recovery support for schools and children we worked with partners to develop a range of supporting resources, that you can find linked below.

The Book of Hopes is now available as a beautiful hardback gift edition, with 23 never-seen-before stories, poems and illustrations, providing an ongoing wealth of discovery, comfort and inspiration for children.

The Book of Hopes is available to buy from all good book retailers. A donation from the sale of each book will go to NHS Charities Together, in gratitude for the incredible efforts of all those who worked in hospitals over the quarantine period. Learn more and purchase your own copy.

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The Book of Hopes | National Literacy Trust

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Read The Book of Hopes: Words and Pictures to Comfort, Inspire and Entertain Children

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Hello everyone! This is the learning for the week x :) 

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Hello everyone! This is the learning for the week x :) 

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Morning Topaz! Here is this week's learning x 

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Morning Topaz! Here is this week's learning x 

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Morning everyone! Here's this week's learning x 

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Morning everyone! Here's this week's learning x 

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Morning Topaz families! Here is the learning for this week x