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Pattern is all around us, in our homes and in the world of nature. Can you find some more of your own? Have a look at some suggestions for a Pattern Walk here Busy at Maths pattern work here: 2nd class 3rd class Note: Please don't worry if you cannot manage to get this work done - it is just a suggestion as I know how much some of you love to get stuck in to Busy at Maths work!

Word Challenge: How many words can you make by rearranging the letters of the following (topical) word? HOUSEBOUND Write or type out all the small words you can make by rearranging the letters. Winner is the person who can make the most words!  _______________________________________________________________________ Thank you to all of you who sent me lists of great words - I can't believe how many words you were all able to find.  But Grace has done it again! 62 words - just amazing! Well done Grace. 

Let's all learn this uplifting song. What instruments can you hear?  Don't you just love that banjo!  Sing along, learn it by heart.  We will sing it together when we are back in school. 

Just because school is closed doesn't mean we can't continue to read The BFG! You can listen to a chapter a day as normal and you might choose to do some of the activities too. Send on photos of any pictures or writing you do and I can share it with the rest of your class here:  Class Activity Work 1.  Can you remember what the chapter 'Frobscottle and Whizzpoppers' was about?  Draw a picture of how you imagined the scene after Sophie and the BFG drank the frobscottle.  2.  Listen to 'Journey to Dream Country' (from where we left it on Thursday) at the following link:  Journey to Dream Country 3.  Listen to 'Dream Catching' at the following link:  Dream Catching Use the template here, or draw your own:  Dream Jar templates to draw and/or write about a dream you make up.  Will it be a frightsome Trogglehumper or a golden Phizzwizard? 4. Listen to 'A Trogglehumper for the Fleshlumpeater' here:  A Trogglehumper for the Fl

Target Boards I will put up a daily challenge. Give it a go! Instructions: Use the numbers given to try to make the target number. See how many different ways you can make the target.  You can use +addition, -subtraction, x multiplication or /division and as many or few of the numbers as you need for each number sentence.  (You can only use each number once per number sentence) Examples: 3+2+5=10;   (3x2)+4=10;   5x2=10 Monday's Challenge: and a challenge for your parents if they want one! Email me your answers and I will put up all your solutions at the end of every day Whoops, forgot to put up a solution for Monday! Thanks to Charlie I just remembered. Well done Charlie on finding so many number sentences to make up the target!  Just be careful to only use each number once in each number sentence! Another solution in from GraceD. I'm very impressed with this - a 2nd class pupil using multiplication! ______________________

This week's last flower is probably the easiest to find, but also one of the prettiest and most cheerful - the Daisy. Daisy - Bellis perennis or Nóinín as Gaeilge flowers for a lot of the year and can be found in most gardens and lawns.  The word 'Daisy' comes from 'Day's Eye', because daisies close up their flowers in the evening and open them again when morning comes. Have a look this evening as it is getting dark - the white petals will have closed over the central yellow part.  The flowers are made up of the central disc florets (yellow) and the outer ray florets (white). The leaves are "spatulate"/look like a spoon. The below image shows an open individual disc floret (the central yellow part) of a daisy under the magnification of a microscope. Do look around and find a daisy, examine it, sketch it or photograph it.  Look at each other's pictures here