Tuesday 31st March 2020

Day 7

Today has been full of different activities. Just like yesterday, we started with some colouring before reading our books to our teachers. 

Joe Wicks came next, with the children lasting far longer than the adults!  We enjoyed lots of time outside today and spent time looking at the effect of sunlight, using farm animals to create pictures with their shadows. This then turned into some free play where we used chalk to draw shadow puppets on the wall, as well as playing some ball games.

After lunch, we made our way up to the field to engage with Opal Play. The children enjoyed finding more and more creative places to hide a ball while others looked for it. Afterwards, we all enjoyed playing Hide and Seek, while some children attempted (and succeeded) scoring a goal past Mr Clement.

When we came back inside, we had a challenge! Each child constructed their own tower using spaghetti and marshmallows. The challenge was to build the highest tower possible. The competition was very fierce and the architecture was strong.

We finished the day by going outside again and creating our own game with hoops and balls.

Looking forward to another fun-filled day at Calton tomorrow!

Monday 30th March 2020

Day 6

Today has been action-packed right from the start. We warmed up with a bit of calm colouring to contrast with some amazing dance moves led from the front by Miss Thomas. After we’d all settled in, it was time to get active with Joe Wicks. Everyone took part and the staff were definitely feeling the burn! After some play time outside, Doodle Maths on iPads and snack and story, we went out on to the field for Opal Play. There was lots of construction, climbing and cooperative play to be seen and a few people finding places to hide!

When we returned to the hall it was lunchtime. We had a story and some music on in the background while we ate together. After lunch we had some quiet time with laptops, iPads and Lego construction. Then we got active again for the afternoon outside. More football, catching and throwing and some learning how to juggle. Later, we had the chance to try indoor curling, badminton and bowling. To end the day, we got some more fresh air and then inspired by the artwork outside, we used chalks to create a heart on the brickwork outside the Onyx building.

Another action-packed day tomorrow!

  

Friday 27th March 2020

Day 5

We started the day with colouring and a few went outside to play football soon after. We then followed that up inside with some Go Noodle.

Ipads followed that with most on their Doodle Maths and a few using the Beebot app or Maths Bingo.

Snack and play outside with chalks and footballs followed – this became an extended outdoor time playing games.

We came back in and the children continued their pictures while we started to get ready for lunch time.

Following lunch we spent some time up on the field and then returned to do some Lego printing pictures with paint.

This was followed by playing with Lego and we watched ‘Sing’ with the children who were still with us.

Thursday 26th March 2020

Day 4

We had various colouring activities when we arrived today, then we worked out with Joe Wicks and Go Noodle. After snack we went out side with the balls and created some water art on the ground. Some children had a little race with the trickles of water!

We continued to make the most of the glorious weather by eating our lunch outside. Afterwards we came inside and painted our beautiful rainbow pictures. 

We watched Zog before we went up onto the field to explore the OPAL equipment. We had fun building dens, roiling around in the barrels and building pyramids using the white containers. We were happy and enjoyed each other’s company and playing creatively together using their imaginations, especially as some children made the adults walk the plank!

Wednesday 25th March 2020

Day 3

We arrived dribs and drabs today so there was some colouring out to help us settle down. We had to put our belongings in hoops around the edge of the hall so that we knew where our things were. We had a go at the Joe Wicks' PE session again today. It is hard work! After our snack, we had a play outside in the fresh air. We are always careful to wash our hands when we come back in from playing outside. As there were more of us today, the teachers split us into 3 groups and we rotated around different activities: playing outside, gardening in the allotment and an arts and craft activity. 

After we ate our lunch in the Gems Hall, we had another play outside. We then got to play on the field once again. We have fun playing with the Opal equipment. After our second snack of the day, we watched High School Musical whilst colouring and playing on iPads. To end the day we had the chance to have some free play which included football, tennis and tag.  

Tuesday 24th March 2020

Day 2

Today, we had a go at orgami and made lots things from paper. We also did Joe Wicks' PE again today. Even the teachers joined in! We listened to lots of different stories and went on DoodleMaths on the iPads and laptops. We spent a lot of time on the field, playing with the Opal equipment that we have. We also took some balls out with us. It's great being able to play with children from different year groups as well. After lunch, we used Charange to do some music. Charanga is always fun to do!

Monday 23rd March 2020

Day 1

When we first got in, we went in to the hall and sat down. While we waited to see who else would be coming, we listened to Miss D and Mr Pinchbeck tell us some stories. After that, we did some Go Noodle which was really fun. Here are some of the challenges that we did; run the red carpet, milkshake and peanut butter in a cup. We then did PE live with Joe Wicks for around half an hour. Then, we were given our own packs that had feltips, colouring pencils and a pencil. We were given  the choice of doing some more Go Noodle, mindful colouring or we could do DoodleMaths on the laptops. When we went out for break, everyone played air tag and charades. After that, we came back in and got our own boxes of Lego. Before lunch, we watched a program called Come Outside. After lunch we watched Monsters Inc and continued with our colouring. After a while, the teachers stopped the film and we went outside to play. It was great because we used the chalks to draw different things on the playground. We drew rockets and hopscotch. Then we went back inside to finish watching the film.