1. Make a shape with 4 multi-link and put it in a bag.
Ask someone to feel the shape and describe it in words – no hand movements!
Everyone makes the shape with 4 multi-link as described.
 
2. What other shapes are possible to make with only 4 multi-link cubes?
 
3. Having identified all the shapes put one in the bag and see if can be identified.

Can you name the shapes you made? how many faces do the shapes have? does this differ with each shape?

Cut out at least 20 circles. Snip 4 times at equal points.
​Now get creative! Slot them together and show us your creations!

DISCUSSION POINTS

• What did the person on the picture wear on their feet?
  
• What weather is it like
  
• Name two countries that the person could be in.
  
• Where did the person go
  
• What mode of transport did they use there?
  
• What happened to the toe?

WRITING OPPORTUNITIES

• Describe in a paragraph where the person could be.
  
• Write a fake tan advert based upon the picture.
  
• Finish the story... 'I have been out here for 15 years, where am i?'
  
• Using no more than 20 words, describe what the man looks like. 

 

A farmer looks across a field of chicken and sheep. He counts 26 heads and 74 legs. How many chicken and sheep does he have?
 
Try to represent this problem in different ways: pictures, models, cubes, graph, algebra, using 26 objects, etc…

Turn your fingerprints into masterpieces! Create animals, people, buildings... the possibilities are endless!

A classic!
 
There is an interactive version on NRich, as you can alter the number of frogs on each side and it separates ‘slides’ and ‘jumps’, so the patterns can be developed and extended:
 
http://nrich.maths.org/1246

Create by:

1. Either print out two circles OR get a small paper plate (approx 10-12cm in diamater and draw two circles).
2. Colour in your circles any way you wish. The colours will “mix” on any concentric circles.  Be bold and experiment with different designs and patterns.
3. Cut our your circles.
4. Stick the first circle on some cardboard.
5. Cut out the cardboard circle now.
6. Stick the second circle on to the back.
7. Make two small holes (approx 1cm apart, if not 8mm) on either side of the centre of the circle – the templates have markings for this.
8. Thread string approx 40cm in length through and tie.

Have a go at spinning!!

Can you put these time events in order? Have a go at adding in your own... 
Time for light to come from the moon
A hundred months
Length of time since the last ice age.
Number of months since you were born
An hour
A thousand days
A month
A fortnight
Number of years since my granny  was born
A minute
The time needed to soft boil an egg
A million seconds
A year
Number of years since the Victorians were around
The number of years since the Romans came to Britain
Time for an oak tree to get to 30m high
Time for the earth to go round the sun
The time the shutter is open on a camera when you take a photo in daylight.
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https://www.onlinepianist.com/virtual-piano

have a go at creating your own song! or even have a go at playing a song! here is some music to have a go at playing... 
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3awdYvj-nhc

Today you are going to create an ocean themed paper craft! You could create the turtle in the picture from tissue paper and a paper plate, or create one of your own. We would love to see them!

DISCUSSION POINTS

• ​​Who is the lady in the picture?
• Who built the machine?
• Why is the boy turning the dial?
• Why such a big machine for a tiny end result?

WRITING IDEAS

• Write a conversation between the two people in the picture
• Create instructions to make the machine
• Design a leaflet advertising the new contraption 
• Write an interesting story starter linked to the picture

Make your own cereal box monster. Munch munch! Show us below!

HERE ARE A FEW CHALLENGES TO KEEP YOU BUSY DURING THE HOLIDAYS. REMEMBER LEARNING IS SOMETIMES HIDDEN IN FUN ACTIVITIES! 
​WHY NOT TRY A FEW OF THE ACTIVITIES BELOW...

Create your very own shadow pictures! Which objects work the best? Show us below!