What are we all doing with them?

[Lancrelady80]

Hi there,

Back on Wednesday and thought it might be a good idea to create a thought shower type post to share ideas.

So far the plan is to teach children in school the same as sent home for Maths and English, although not necessarily using exact materials. Noone at school seems to have a clue about afternoon lessons though, not that aren't shot down due to worries about cleaning of resources/enough individual resources not to share/social distancing/contaminating spaces used by other bubbles later in the day.

For break, we have one labelled scooter with helmet (but only whilst numbers areow) and one bag per child with a plastic ball for catch. Shared hoops laid out by teachers for target practice, balls to be retrieved by child under eagle eye of teacher. We can do socially distanced wink murder type games and individual hopscotch (only whilst numbers are low.)

It's all so depressing! Does anyone have any genius ideas that they would care to share?

I'd love sine shared ideas! What age have you got?

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Wow. We are letting all children in the same bubble share scooters, just hand washing before playtime and after.

I thought bubbles could share where needed. We've got a bag of pe equipment per bubble.

Our head has been very clear in risk assessment that no equipment is to be shared even within bubbles. (Although has no problem with the teacher of KS1 Mon-Weds who also teaches KS2 Thurs-Fri continuing to do so, therefore effectively popping the bubbles anyway.)

I have Y3/4. Haven't had any in up til now so working from home, but one family rejoining us on Weds - one YR and one Y6 so eligible anyway, but one Y3 coming in as vulnerable (mum struggling badly with long term health condition only recently diagnosed.)

The teacher switching bubbles- that's ridiculous! Makes a joke of the whole bubble thing.
I've got y3/4. We're doing leaf rubbings, plant identification, scavenger hunts, observational art. Have you seen this? www.robbiddulph.com/draw-with-rob It's great. Also jk Rowling has an illustrator competition going at the moment.

Ooh, I like that! Thank you.

Btw, had a discussion with head this afternoon and he's seen sense over the teacher switching bubbles ...phew!

We're following our normal curriculum. Where we have keyworker children in mixed age bubbles, we have adapted our plans but are teaching pretty much every subject, just not in groups!

We've a shortened afternoon due to staggered drop offs.

After lunch play I am reading class novel, then they are reading independently, then an extra playtime outside. When we come back in we are watching the daily BBC programme (although no new episodes have been put up for week 6 ) then it's time to get ready for home.

Obviously hand washing in there too.

We’re doing a different activity every afternoon. Yesterday we painted, today was music. Tomorrow we have our turn for afternoon play. Thursday will be science. Closed on Friday.

@spanieleyes if you're doing the normal curriculum, with the non key worker children not be missing out?

What daily bbc programme? We watch newsround every day.

There is a daily programme on BBC Iplayer. Mine are y5&6 but I'm showing them the 11-12 programme because they are quite able. 20 mins each- nice calm finish to the day.

Here

Ooh they look good. Thanks!