This week is the last week of school and, therefore, we thought it would be a good idea to reflect on the year we have had and think about the future and next year.
Reflecting on this year
Thinking about next year
History
Who were the Suffragettes?
· Find out who the Suffragettes were and write a report
· Make a campaign poster demanding votes for women
· Compare women’s rights between now and then (1900s)
https://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/the-suffragettes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3eGgyD27jg
https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/discover/history/general-history/suffragettes-facts/
https://learning.parliament.uk/resources/votes-for-women-video-and-resources/
PE
· Find out about famous women tennis players and write a fact file on your favourite
· Have a Wimbledon day where you play tennis matches with your family/friends and eat strawberries and cream, as they traditionally do at Wimbledon. If you cannot play tennis then you could watch some old matches online and pick up some tips.
https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/index.html
https://www.wimbledon.com/en_GB/news/articles/2019-12-20/matches_of_the_decade_ladies_singles.html
https://www.cbc.ca/kidscbc2/the-feed/10-fun-facts-about-wimbledon
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/40557264
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/27974108
Art
Frida Kahlo is a famous Mexican artist. In 1925 Frida was in a serious traffic accident and while she was recovering she started to paint. She always painted herself looking very serious because she wanted to find unusual ways to show how she was feeling. To do this she painted curious images as clues.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfbLR15Bh74
· Re-create one of Frida’s self-portraits, the link below gives you a step by step lesson in how to draw her face.
https://artprojectsforkids.org/draw-frida-kahlo/
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· Draw/Paint your own self portrait in the style of Frida Kahlo.
If you want to do some more art and crafts based on Frida there are some ideas here:
https://www.redtedart.com/frida-kahlo-projects-for-kids/?cn-reloaded=1
PSHE
International Women’s Day was officially in March but there is nothing to stop us celebrating Women at any time.
Find out all about amazing women from history and from the present day from the CBBC website (see link below) including quizzes, songs, interviews and TV programmes.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/curations/international-womens-day
Science
There are many different famous and important women in science. These are a few examples:
· Maria Sibyila Merian - insects
· Rosalind Franklin - DNA
· Katia Krafft - Volcanologist
· Dr James Barry - women disguised as a male doctor, her real name is Margaret Ann Bulkley
· Elizabeth Blackwell - first women to receive a degree in medicine
· Ada lovelace - computer scientist
Research a famous women in science to create a:
· poster
· PowerPoint
· Autobiography
· fact file
https://royalsociety.org/topics-policy/diversity-in-science/influential-british-women-science/
https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Activity/7213/13-Women-in-STEM-Who-Changed-the-World
Wider Curriculum Project 12
This summer would have been the 2020 Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan. Unfortunately, due to the COVID pandemic this will not be going ahead this year. Therefore, we thought it would be nice to have an Olympic week.
Art and Design
Design a new Olympic gold medal
https://www.olympic.org/olympic-medals
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t-t-3016-design-a-medal
Re-Design the Olympic Games logo
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/olympic-logo-design-12297677
Design a new Team GB kit i.e. Tracksuit, running vest
https://www.teamgb.com/news/team-gb-kit-launch-rio-2016-designs-revealed
Draw / Paint a picture of your favourite Olympian
https://www.olympic.org/athletes
History
Find out about the history of the Olympics and write a report about it.
https://www.historyforkids.net/ancient-greek-olympics.html
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z87tn39/articles/z36j7ty
Compare how the Olympics are now and how they were 2000 years ago
Choose an Olympian and find out about them. Write a fact file
https://www.olympic.org/athletes
Geography
Plan a trip to Tokyo:
How will you get there?
Where will you stay?
What places will you visit?
What will you eat?
What will you need to take with you?
https://www.kids-world-travel-guide.com/japan-facts.html
https://www.britishairways.com/en-gb/destinations/tokyo/holidays-in-tokyo
PE
Hold a mini Olympic Games with your family in your garden or at the park.
https://www.familiesonline.co.uk/local/central-wiltshire/in-the-know/create-your-own-mini-olympics
Choose an Olympic activity that you can do by yourself at home. Do the activity each day for a week and record your result i.e. times, distance. See if you improve over the week.
https://www.olympic.org/sports
Make up a dance routine for the opening ceremony
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4As0e4de-rI
Make a list of all the sports that they do in the Olympics.
Science
Make a model of a lung and find out how lungs enable you to breathe.
https://www.science-sparks.com/breathing-making-a-fake-lung/
Investigate your heart rate when you are resting and then compare it to when you have done some exercise.
https://www.science-sparks.com/heart-rate-investigation/
Investigate how your joints work to enable you to move.
Create a model of a functioning heart.
https://www.steampoweredfamily.com/activities/heart-model-heart-stem/
We need your help
In addition to all the Olympic activities we have been asked to write letters to a local care home as the residents have been feeling a bit lonely during the pandemic. They will be delighted to hear what you have been doing and all about you, it will brighten their day. Please look at the ‘How to write letters to care homes’ sheet to help you.
Please send letters to:
Community Senior Letters
FAO: Gilmar Claudino
Willesden Court Nursing Home
3 Garnet Road
Willesden
London
NW10 9HX
Wider Curriculum Project 11
This week is ‘Careers Week’. We would like you to look into lots of different jobs and think about what you would like to do when you grow up and what you would need to do to get there. Make sure you are being ‘ambitious’, which of course is one of the Newfield values!
Research your dream job:
What is you dream job? What education do you need? What steps do you need to take to achieve your dream job? Who could help you? What skills do you need to develop?
https://www.learnhowtobecome.org/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zmdc382
English - Create your CV (A CV is a document which you give to employers to tell them all about you and why you would be good for the job)
https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t2-e-1534-cv-template
https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/cv-template-6391260
Create a dream business:
What would your product or service be? How will you make your product? How much will it cost to make your product? How will you fund your business? What education do you need?
https://bizkids.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/Kids-Business-Plan.pdf
Interview a parent or guardian about their job: create questions to ask them and find out about their job role. You could video the interview and send it in for the website.
Maths - Money skills. Learn about how to look after all the money you are going to earn from your fabulous career.
https://www.practicalmoneyskills.com/learn/life_events/family_life/educating_your_children
https://barclayslifeskills.com/families/money-skills/
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-maths-money/zht4nrd
https://natwest.mymoneysense.com/parents/
Drama: Try acting out your dream job interview, what questions might you be asked? What skills could you bring to the job? Why should you have this job? What are your strengths and weaknesses?
Research Britain’s key workers:
What are key workers? What skills do they need to complete their jobs? Why are they keyworkers? Why is this a job critical in the current pandemic?
STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) – what jobs can you apply your STEM learning to?
http://actonstem.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/English-STEM-links.pdf
Linked to equality week: Is there equality in the work place? How could we create equality in the work place?
For younger children:
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/short-stories/what-will-i-be-when-i-grow-up
https://alittlepinchofperfect.com/when-i-grow-up-activities-and-free-printable-for-kids/
Wider Curriculum Project 10
As you would have seen on the news, there have been protests in America and around the world where people have been speaking out against racism. There have been protests here in London, which you might have even attended or know someone that did. Therefore, this week we will be looking at ‘Equality’ in the wider curriculum. (Parents/ Carers click on the information for parents tab for further links and information.)
Answer these questions
On Monday 22nd June it is Windrush Day.
Find out about Windrush here:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48638418
Do some of the activities on this worksheet
Science:
In relation to this week’s focus we have been looking at people within science who haven’t always been given the recognition that they deserved. These people include three female African-American mathematicians (Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson and Dorothy Vaughan), who play a pivotal role in astronaut John Glenn's launch into orbit. Therefore, we have found some different aspects of space that you can create a research project or poster about.
Wider Curriculum Project 9
On Sunday (14th June) it will be the three year anniversary of the Grenfell fire. To remember the people who died in the disaster, we thought we could do all things green this week.
Did you know Green has been chosen as the colour of the campaign because the word "Grenfell" used to mean "green field". The colour has now become synonymous with remembering those affected by the disaster.
Here are some ‘Green’ activities you could do:
https://www.livescience.com/21536-oobleck-recipe.html
Wider Curriculum Project 8
This week is international week at Newfield Primary School. Here are some activities you can do to celebrate international week. You can either base the activities on a country which is special to you or you can choose one you don’t know much about.
Geography / English
Research your chosen country and write a factsheet about it. You could find out the following things:
Remember to include some fun interesting facts!
https://www.kids-world-travel-guide.com/geography-facts.html
https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/sciencefacts/countries.html
Art / Design Technology
https://www.roughguides.com/gallery/traditional-dress/
https://www.sciencekids.co.nz/pictures/flags.html
Music / English
https://www.mamalisa.com/?t=eh
Modern Foreign Languages
Science
Wider Curriculum Project 7
As it is Eid al-Fitr at the end of the week, this week’s theme is ‘Celebrations’.
Carnival
This Eid we celebrate all the acts of kindness,charity, maintaining a social distance, clapping for the NHS and key workers, helping the vulnerable, making rainbows and looking after our neighbours.
The links below are fun creative colouring in and hat making exercises.
https://www.carnivalarts.org.uk/post/eid-colouring-sheets
https://www.carnivalarts.org.uk/post/celebrating-the-act-of-kindness
www.mahoganycarnival.com
Let’s be creative and spread the joy in our community by colouring in the sheets and sticking them in our windows, making hats, flags or even arm bands, add a touch of carnival. You can trace the sheets if you don’t have a printer.
We look forward to seeing your creative talent! Please post your creations on your social media platforms and on @ LutonHarmony and on @carnivaldesign.
Art and Design
Make an Eid card for someone you know or a ‘Miss You’ card for someone you haven’t been able to see over the lockdown period.
http://www.sakkal.com/Graphics/Eid02_order.html - ideas for Eid design
https://www.greetingsisland.com/cards/thoughts-and-feelings/miss-you - ideas for ‘Miss You’ design
Draw around your hand on a piece of paper so you have a hand print. Then do a mehndi design on it. Here is a website to help you with the design:
https://www.postoast.com/mehndi-design-for-kids/
PSHE / RE
During many religious celebrations, people often do good deeds for others. A good deed is doing something nice for other people. Think of a good deed you can do for someone in your family or for a friend. You could take a picture of you doing the good deed or write about it.
Plan a party – What food would you have? Where would you have it? What would you wear? What would you do during the party? Would you have decorations?
Special occasions – write about a special time that you celebrate with your family. It could be about how you celebrate birthdays or religious festivals. Write about what you do on those days.
Science
Investigate the reaction of frozen vinegar and baking soda.
http://www.sciencefun.org/kidszone/experiments/vinegar-pops/
Make water fireworks to observe the effects of oil and food colouring in water.
http://www.sciencefun.org/kidszone/experiments/water-fireworks/
Wider Curriculum Week 6
This week we are focusing on mindfulness and making sure that our minds and bodies are healthy.
PE
Follow Mr Bodle in the video section on the website doing the following exercises. Try them every day and see if you can improve over the week. You could keep a diary to write down how many of each you managed each day.
Yoga- try out some yoga using the following websites:
https://yogawithadriene.com/yoga-for-kids/
PSHE
Complete the following sentences about yourself:
How can you be kind to yourself?
Have you ever thought about how you can be kind to yourself? Draw five big hearts on your page. In each heart write one way you can be kind to yourself. Here are some ideas to get you started:
Positivity Jar
Find an old jar (maybe an old coffee or jam jar). Decorate the jar however you want. You could wrap the jar, use paints and add accessories to it such as ribbons, stickers and pom poms. Make it look nice and personal to you. Cut up lots of slips of paper and on each piece write something positive about yourself. Fold up the slips of paper and put them in the jar. You can even ask your family to write positive things about you.
Once you have completed the jar try to look at the jar every day for a few minutes and remember how special and positive you are as a person.
You could even make a jar for another person.
Here are some ideas for your slips:
Art
Make a poster using a positive message. You could use one of the following or think of your own. Make your poster bright and colourful.
Design Technology
Design and make a healthy snack or meal. If you don’t have the ingredients you could write some instructions for preparing the food and draw a picture.
Wider Curriculum Project 5
History / Art / DT
On Friday 8th May it is VE day and will be a bank holiday across the UK. Find out what VE day is and do some of the activities below:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/48201749
https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/class-clips-video/history-ks2-ve-day/z7xtmfr
https://www.goodtoknow.co.uk/family/ve-day-celebrations-in-lockdown-540015
https://winstonchurchill.org/resources/speeches/1941-1945-war-leader/to-v-e-crowds/
PE
May Day is usually celebrated on 1st May but this year it has been combined with VE day. On May Day some people celebrate by doing a special dance called Morris Dancing. Try to learn some Morris Dancing. You could film it and send it in to the school.
http://projectbritain.com/mayday/morrisdancing.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHQOZ9sVaJU
Look out for Mr Bodle’s Morris Dance on the school website
Science
Make your own ice cream in a plastic bag
https://sciencebob.com/easy-to-make-ice-cream-in-a-plastic-bag/
Get a paperclip to float
Wider Curriculum Project 4
History
On the 27th April 2020 it is Morse Code Day. Find out what Morse Code is, when it was used and how to use it. Write a message to your family or friends using it. You could even email your message in and the teachers will try to read it.
https://kidskonnect.com/science/morse-code/
http://www.crayola.co.uk/free-coloring-pages/print/morse-code-message-coloring-page/
Geography / Science
Also on the 27th April 2020 it is Marine Animal Rescue Day. Find out what a marine mammal is and why they need rescuing. Find out about where they live (their habitat), what they eat and what they need to survive. What part of the world do they live in? You could do one of the following:
https://easyscienceforkids.com/all-about-water-mammals/
https://www.whalefacts.org/what-is-a-marine-mammal/
Art and Design
Make a model of your favourite marine mammal. Here are some ideas:
https://www.dltk-kids.com/animals/ocean.html
Science
Investigating dissolving
Investigate which substances and materials dissolve in warm or cold water. Find at least five things to test from home. You could try things like sugar, paper, pasta, salt, flour, gravy and rice.
Complete a table to show your findings.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zcvv4wx/articles/zpbdpbk
https://www.science-sparks.com/exploring-which-solids-dissolve-in-water/
http://www.thunderboltkids.co.za/Grade6/02-matter-and-materials/chapter4.html
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Geography / PSHE |
On the 22nd April it is World Earth Day. https://www.earthday.org/campaign/environmental-education/ Pick one or more of the activities below to celebrate this special day at home.
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Here are some websites that can help you: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zp22pv4 https://www.theschoolrun.com/homework-help/caring-environment https://www.worldlandtrust.org/get-involved/educational-resources/conservation-videos-for-schools/ https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2020/01/conservation-for-kids/ |
History |
On the 23rd April it is St George’s Day. Find about the story of St George and why it is celebrated in England. Make a cartoon storyboard to tell the story of St George and the dragon or act out the story with your family. |
Here are some websites to help you: http://projectbritain.com/stgeorge.html https://www.activityvillage.co.uk/st-georges-day https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/lets-celebrate-st-georges-day |
Art and Design |
Make a collage of a dragon. Recycle things that you find around the house to make your collage. You could use magazines, food packaging, coloured paper, and leaves and twigs from your garden (or from your daily walk). Remember to wash your hands after you have worked on your collage. Alternatively, you could paint or draw your dragon. |
Wider Curriculum Family Project 2 |
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History |
Pick a castle in the UK and find out about its history.You can write about it and draw pictures.
Try to find out who built it and who lived in it? Are there any interesting facts you can include?
Here are some well-known UK castles:
Alternatively, you could just find out about castles in general. Why do castles exist? What are they for?
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https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/members-area/kids/guide-to-castles/ http://www.primaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk/castles/index.html
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Geography/IT |
Find out where some of the castles are in Britain and locate them on a map of the UK. Which castle is closest to London?
Use Google Earth / Maps street view to have a look around the castle. Which one is your favourite?
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Art |
Make a rainbow using paints or any other art supplies you have at home. Put it in your window so other children can spot it when they are out for their daily walk.
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DT |
Make a junk model castle (check with an adult if OK to use boxes and containers first). Can you make a draw bridge for your castle, what about towers or a moat?
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https://www.wikihow.com/Build-a-Castle-out-of-Cardboard-Boxes
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Science |
Make your own Play Dough
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Materials:
Instructions: *Junior Scientists must have a responsible adult assistant to help!
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