This is a fabulous resource to help us enjoy what we can see from our windows or look at in our gardens. My favourite at the moment is the
Garden Bird Spotter sheet and Bird Hunt in the Animals section
and the
Build a bird nest in Outdoor Makes in the Outdoor Learning section. Perfect for years 1 and 2 – and for all of us!
I’m sure I’ll have a new favourite soon though! Enjoy loads of activities here.
Love biology and art? The Nancy Rothwell competition closes on 31st July and is for 7-18 year olds. Take a look at all of the details here.
Maybe there might be another winner from Wimbledon High?! See above for Leslie Lee’s amazing drawing!
Really loving reading and listening to the fantastic, thought provoking information and articles on Oxford Sparks.
Loads for everyone from KS2 up including activities, videos, podcasts and articles. What intrigues you most?!
The Royal Institution might be closed at the moment but you can find videos and instructions to support great family fun from their ExpeRimental website.
My top tips would be
Singing Wine Glasses – year 4
Static Magic – year 6
Rufus and the Racers – year 3
Colour Quest – year 5
Though all ages will love all of them! Details here.
Have fun!
The PSTT and Science Sparks have teamed up to create great science challenges that can be done at home. They come out each Wednesday and are great fun. They can all be found here. This first challenge would be particularly enjoyed by pupils in years 2, 3 or 4 – though there is lots of fun for any age!
PSST Science Sparks Science at Home
The City of Tomorrow competition is now opening up their award scheme to individual entries from home. It’s a great competition where pupils use their STEAM skills to design cities of tomorrow that are smarter, kinder and safer. Just what is needed right now! Have a look at all of the details here.
Good luck!
Over the last two years years 1, 5 and 6 from Wimbledon High School have entered the Primary Engineer Leaders Award (with great success!). We were luckily able to post the entries off for this year for years 1, 5 and 6 just before school closed. Primary Engineer Leaders Award have kindly extended the deadline for this year until 10th September and we would encourage families to have a look at the website where they can register as a family. The award involves meeting an engineer and we were lucky enough to meet a biomedical engineer, two civil engineers and a renewable energy engineer. Obviously as that isn’t now possible Primary Engineer Award has put interviews with engineers online for pupils to watch. There will be weekly challenges and pupils will be supported to invent something new to make people’s lives better safer or more fun. When schools reopen we will be able to send off any entries that pupils have worked on. The details are here.
Enjoy!
If you’re interested in robots you might like to have a go at one of these challenges from the School Robot Competition.
There are 3 age categories:
All of the information is available here
Why not have a go?!
Hello everyone,
Obviously after hearing Boris Johnson’s address to us telling us to basically go into lockdown a few nights ago it is a worrying time for us all. At Wimbledon and especially the PE Department here are trying their hardest to keep everyone as active as possible with only being allowed out once a day.
So with this said, I have thought of some things that you could do to keep busy and active so once this is all other we can all go back with a new found love, appreciation, but most of all still able to catch a ball…
I am trying to put out daily workouts on either the emails from SLT during this period, or on the whs_slt instagram page in either the form of live stream or videos showing the exercises. Other things you could also do in this period is look up fitness videos or tutorials on YouTube or on Instagram from your favourite fitness influencers as some other forms of inspiration to keep your exercise varied and fun during a period of being stuck at home. Some of my favourite Instagram pages for at home workouts: mrandmrsmuscle + linnlowes + thedailykelsey + clairepthomas (just a starting point for anyone is lacking in inspiration!)
You can also try daily challenges, whether that’s a variation of bring sally up challenges or making up your own, maybe try a virtual yoga class or HIIT session. Keep varying it and trying new things, because why not?
In these times it’s important to keep active as we all know the clear benefits that sports and exercise has, and although we may not be able to meet up for a hockey or netball game, moving your body remains as important as it’s ever been.
Keep happy, keep healthy and most of all keep smiling 🙂
Love from,
your Sports Captain
A phenomenal effort by WHS pupils and staff to raise awareness and money for Sport Relief 2020.
