JUNIOR PLANNING 5 day plan - 6th to 10th September

These are all just suggestions and you can swap days, times and activities so that it suits you and your child.Please contact your child’s teacher with any questions or help. If you want you can share photos of what you have been doing at theend of the day or week through the class email list.

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SuggestedTimes

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday

Activitytime

Make a space rocketout of boxes, this canbe your readingspace for the week

Go for a run or bikeride up and down yourstreet

Cosmic yogaMike and Muttnik onThe Moon | A CosmicKids Yoga Adventure!

If the weather is nice gofor a swim at the beachand collect shells, rockand sticks

Cosmic yogaMike The Cosmic SpaceMonkey | A Cosmic KidsYoga Adventure!

Academictime

MaoriInquiry

Recount NewsWriting

Draw a picture aboutwhat you have beendoing in the 5 daysthat we have been athome. Write a storyabout what you havebeen doing.Remember to usefullstops and capitalletters to makesentences. Also usetime words tosequence your ideas(first, next, then,last…)

Reading in spaceWatch: If I Were anAstronautDraw a picture ofyourself as anastronautWrite about what youwould do if you werean astronaut in space.

Facts about MarsWatch the clip:Fantastic Mars Factsfor Kids - Space Factsfor KidsLook up pictures ofMars and draw apicture of it.Write down some ofthe facts you learntabout Mars. Whatcolour is Mars andwhat is it made of? Ithas volcanoes on itand lots of craters.

Watch the book Let'sExplore Space

Let's Explore SpaceDraw a picture ofyourself in space andwhat you want to see inspace.Blast off into space.Write about yourrocketship and whatwould you go and see.A comet, planets,martians...

Read along and then WriteWatch the story The ThreeLittle Aliens and the Big BadRobot"The Three Little Aliens andthe Big Bad Robot" byMargaret McNamara & MarkFearing : Read-AlongDraw a picture of thecharacters and the setting.Write about what happenedin the story, the beginning,middle and end of the story.

Creativetime

Shadow DrawingSet up toys on paperand let the kids drawonce the shadows hit.Try drawing atdifferent times of dayand experiment withthe angle of the sunand the shadows itcreates as you trackits journey across thesky. You can drawright on the sidewalkwith chalk, too. Picktoys with distinctiveoutlines.

Rocket fruit kebabs5 Best Space ThemedSnack Ideas | Fun365

Make a shape rocketUsing coloured paper,cut out a variety ofdifferent shapes,discuss the shapes,how many sides etc…then make a coolrocket

Design a planetWatch:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHAqT4hXnMwThen design your ownplanet, colours, size, isit solid or a gas giant?Does anything live onit?

Make some healthyMartian crackersInstructions at websitebelowMartian crackers

Lunch

Responsibility time

Match theTupperware boxeswith their lids.

Sort your toys and tidythem up

Tidy your room Ask your parents whatyou can do to help outat home

Wash the car

Quiet time Read some books inyour rocket

At night watch thesunset and the starscome out

Create a rocket withlego and a planet for itto land on

Watch the clip How to drawan alien’ and the give it a goyourselfHow to draw an ALIEN

Maths/Sciencetime

ScienceOn a sunny day makea solar ovenWatch: Outer Space:"I'm So Hot," The SunSong by StoryBots |Netflix Jrall about the sun thenmake a solar ovenfollowing instructionsat: Science Project:Make S'Mores withKids

MathsPlay maths online hereat Blast Off - MentalMaths for 5 to 8 YearOlds

Make a sundialWatch:https://www.google.com/search?q=make+a+sundial+for+kids&oq=make+a+sundial+for+kids&aqs=chrome..69i57j0l7.5049j0j15&sourceid=chrome&ie=UTF-8#kpvalbx=_PupmX8PmLqrXz7sPmsCI2Ac58

Before and After 1-100You will need:Hundreds board (seebelow), you can printthese or make yourown. Counters or smallsquares of cardboard.How to play:Cover some numberswith counters or smallsquares of card. Askyour child to identify thenumber under thecounter, encouragethem to look at thenumber before it to workit out. For example, if 67is covered draw theirattention to theuncovered 66 and askwhat number comesafter 66.Cover two consecutivenumbers and ask themto identify the highernumber first by usingthe number after it. Forexample, if 25, 26 arecovered, ask them whatnumber comes before27.

Rocket MathsEach student needs to drawa “rocket” playing board likethe one shown below. Thenumber of floors on therocket can be increasedwhere larger whole numbersor decimals are involved.The aim of the game is to fillevery floor of the rocket withnumbers in order.If a player cannot place anumber they have thrown,they miss that turn. Playerstake turns to roll a dicetwice. From the numbersthrown, the students decidewhich two digit number theywill use. For example, if fiveand three is thrown, thestudent could use 53 or 35.The students then recordthe number on a level of therocket where they think itbest fits between 10 and 67.Once a number is written itcannot be moved.