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Cuckoo Class 

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Parent Wellbeing Ideas
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St Mary's CE Primary School will be participating in the Street Tag Oxfordshire Schools Games Season 2!
Street Tag is a great way to get out of the house for your daily exercise. It turns streets and green spaces into a virtual playground, to increase families' outdoor experience in walking, running and cycling more to earn points and rewards. 
Scan the QR Code on the right to join Street Tag!

Remote Learning
​for when we can't be together

Click on the days of the week to open the learning for that day.
We would love to see photos and videos of things you have been doing.
Please email them to homelearning@banburystmarysschool.co.uk
New Song, Stories and Rhymes this week.
Miss Gascoigne reads
'The day the crayons quit'
​by Oliver Jeffers
Miss Gascoigne reads
​'The Way Back Home' by Oliver Jeffers
Miss Gascoigne reads
'The day the crayons came home'
​by Oliver Jeffers
Miss Gascoigne reads 
'The Incredible Book Eating Boy' by Oliver Jeffers
Miss Prud'homme reads
'Oi Aardvark'
by Kes Grey and Jim Field
Miss Prud'homme reads 'Oi Goat'
​by Kes Grey and Jim Field
Non-Fiction Books
Miss Gascoigne reads
From Leather to Basketball Shoes'
by Robin Nelson
Miss Prud'homme reads 'Lost and Found' by Oliver Jeffers
Miss Prud'homme reads 'Hairy Maclary's Bone'
​by Lynley Dodd
Miss Prud'homme reads 'Hairy Maclary from Donaldson's Dairy' by Lynley Dodd 
Miss Prud'homme reads' Hairy Maclary's Rumpus at the Vet'
by Lynley Dodd
Miss Prud'homme reads
'The Koala who Could'
​by Rachel Bright
Miss Gascoigne reads
'Up and Down' 
​by Oliver Jeffers
Miss Prud'homme reads 'Goal!'
​by Colin McNaughton
Resources to support 'Hairy Maclary' Stories
MIss Prud'homme reads 'The Way Home for Wolf'
​by Rachel Bright
Miss Prud'homme reads
'The Bear Who Would Not Share' by Oakley Graham
Miss Prud'homme reads 'Fix-It Duck'
by Jez Alborough
Miss Prud'homme reads 'Oi Puppies' by Kes Grey and Jim Field
Miss Gascoigne reads
​'Just one of those days' by Jill Murphy
Miss Prud'homme reads 'Hairy Maclary's Caterwal Caper'
​Lynley Dodd
Miss Prud'homme reads
'Once Upon A Time' 
​by John Prater
Miss Gascoigne reads
'Penguin'
by Polly Dunbar
Miss Gascoigne reads
'Peace at Last' 
by Jill Murphy
Online Story Time 
Scan the QR code with you phone or tablet camera and watch the book being read by its author or illustrator.

We highly recommend these stories and activities.​
​Are you sitting comfortably? More stories for everyone.
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​Clink on the link below to see some of the St Mary's adults reading some of their favourite stories.
 What's the Solution, Spring 1 Project

Our next project in looking at finding solutions to problems, using stories as a hook. We will be looking at the books of Oliver Jeffers and creating our own solutions to stories using Tales Toolkit. 

This project will focus particularly on the STEAM subjects, especially Design Technology and Science ,  and the Creating and Thinking Critically aspect of the Characteristics of Effective Learning.

Watch 'The Way Back Home'
​by Oliver Jeffers
Watch 'Lost and Found'
​by Oliver Jeffers
Watch 'Stuck'
​by Oliver Jeffers
 Activities to support Oliver Jeffers books: ​Oliver Jeffers (oliverjeffersworld.com)

Ideas for investigating the Solar System: To understand some features of our Solar System (thenational.academy)

STEM Ideas for Early Years: 10 Early Years Science Activities EYFS (firstdiscoverers.co.uk)
Tales Toolkit
https://talestoolkit.com/

Creating your own story map
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-map-and-speak-the-story-ccrkar?from_query=gingerbread+man
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-create-a-story-c4u6ar?from_query=gingerbread+man

Changing Characters in a well known story
​https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-recycle-a-story-by-changing-characters-cgu62t?from_query=gingerbread+man

Exploring Character Descriptions
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-explore-description-through-role-play-c9j36r?from_query=gingerbread+man
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-deepen-character-choice-through-description-68v66t?from_query=gingerbread+man

Sentence Writing
https://classroom.thenational.academy/lessons/to-write-simple-sentences-with-an-adjective-cgt62e?from_query=gingerbread+man

Shape Games
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/puzzles/tinpo-shape-sorter-quiz
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio/old-jacks-boat-ship-shape
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio/magic-den-world-of-shapes
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/numberblocks-the-six-song
https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/watch/twirlywoos-twirlyscreen
Why not try something new and follow the link to
Cookery Corner
 Weblinks to support learning

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zpxnyrd
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=Growing+plants+with+sparky

​Phonics
http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
www.starfall.com
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds
http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/
​www.phonicsplaycomics.co.uk/ Decodable Comics (click on 'comics')

 
Maths
Place Value games
https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/articles/zw4g2nb
http://www.ictgames.com/placeValue.htm
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/place-value-basketball
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/place-value/place-value-charts
https://nrich.maths.org/8303/note
 
Shape games
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=2d%20shapes
http://www.ictgames.com/shape.htm
https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/topics/zjv39j6
 
Addition and Subtraction
https://www.bbc.com/bitesize/topics/zwv39j6
http://www.ictgames.com/addition.htm
http://www.ictgames.com/subtraction.htm

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St. Mary's Church of England (VC) Primary School      Southam Road      Banbury      OX16 2EG
Headteacher: Victoria Woods
Tel/Fax: 01295 263026               Email office@banburystmarysschool.co.uk