Month: April 2020

Earth Hour

This Saturday you can join in with Earth Hour . Mr Moore explains how…….

Our School Assembly this week was all about the Harmony Principle Interdependence which links really well with Earth Hour. 
We would really like you and your child to take part in WWF Earth Hour which is happening on Saturday 28th March. https://www.earthhour.org/ This is where people and famous landmarks across the world will be turning off all their lights and electrical appliances. This will be happening at 8.30pm UK time but you can do it at a time that suits you. This will show your support for strategies that will help to solve the problem of global warming. People will be lighting candles to read a book, having a candle-lit dinner, stargazing, or simply switching off their lights and TVs for an hour. We would like you to do the same, if possible, and be as creative as you can. Please take a photo of how you celebrated Earth Hour and email it to earthhour@damers.dorset.sch.uk by 5pm on Sunday 29th March. We will share some of the photos on our blogs next week. Please make sure you write your name and class in the subject box. 
Also here are some educational activities you can do as part of EarthHour https://www.wwf.org.uk/get-involved/schools/school-campaigns/earth-hour-schools?dm_i=38LF,10AQU,3CWX1V,3TTA9,1

TT Rockstars Accounts – Years 2 – 4

Here is some information for the adults about a new login…

Children can now use their TTrockstars account to access a new activity called NumBots. https://play.numbots.com/#/account/search-school

NumBots is an online game and playing little and often (5 minutes a few times a week) will significantly improve your child’s recall and understanding of number bonds and addition and subtraction facts. 

They might need some help navigating to the website and entering the details but once they’re in, they just need some quiet space to get on with the games for 5 minutes.

Important: please don’t allow siblings or family to answer for them but do support your child if they’re stuck.

Game Types 

1. Story Mode – the emphasis is on learning the ideas and concepts behind addition and subtraction so it features more diagrams, shapes and question styles. 

2. Challenge Mode – the emphasis is more on speed of recall of key facts, like number bonds to 10, doubling small numbers or adding & taking away in your head

Paint the Squares

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/paint-the-squares

Good morning Copper Base,

This is another fun interactive game to play at home. You can adapt it to suit the level you need. Choose the chart you would like first.

You can: roll two dice and make a 2 digit number and then colour that one in, count in steps of 2’s, 5’s or 10’s and look at the pattern, take it in turns to roll the dice and count along the grid and see who gets to the end first, or just simply enjoy painting the numbers and counting and recognising as you go.