Mental Health Awareness Week 2020 is a chance for the UK to focus on mental health.

This year's theme is kindness, with the week running from 18 - 24 May. Check out the links below. Thanks. 

24th May - Good morning boys and girls. It's the 7th Sunday of Easter and it's also the Ascension of Our Lord Jesus into Heaven. See attached link. Sunday is a day of rest, so your challenge is to please rest up and enjoy your Bank Holiday weekend. Have fun!

23rd May - Good morning boys and girls, it’s Saturday!Today your challenge involves another life skill. I challenge you to learn your full name and home address off by heart. Good luck. Enjoy your day. 

22nd May - Good morning boys and girls. Thanks again for your challenge photos and all of your nature walk entries, I am so impressed with your creativity.Well done to our winner Kiera!

Today’s challenge is another PDMU one. I challenge you to make a list of things that you are looking forward to doing in the future, when it is safe to do so. Use the instructions below to help you. Enjoy. 

21st May - Good morning boys and girls. Yesterday’s answers:

A: 1p +1p +1p +1p +1p coins 

B: 2p +1p +1p +1p coins

C: 2p +2p +1p coins 

D: 5p coin

Today’s challenge is related to PDMU. You were super at giving each other compliments. Today I challenge you to compliment yourself! Draw the best picture you can of yourself and around it write 3 things you like about you! Ask your family to compliment you as well. Enjoy. 

20th May - Good morning boys and girls and a happy 5th birthday to Pj! Thanks again for your challenge photographs. Today’s challenge is another Numeracy one as well as a very important life skill involving money! 

A packet of Smarties costs 5p. How many different ways can you pay the exact amount for your Smarties using only the coins in the picture below? Good luck!

19th May - Good morning boys and girls. Well done on completing yesterday’s challenge. Here are the answers:

A:     fish

B:     duck      

C:    tree      

D:    tin      

Today’s challenge is a Numeracy one. Look at my shape picture below. Call out the answers to these questions:

•  Firstly, what can you see? E.g. sky, grass, etc. 
• How many circles?
• How many triangles?
• How many rectangles?
• How many diamonds?
• How many hexagons?
• How many semicircles?
• How many orange shapes?
• How many yellow shapes?
• How many blue shapes?
• How many pink shapes?
• How many purple shapes?
• How many green shapes?
• How many brown shapes?

Maybe you could make or draw your own shape picture or try out the shape game below. Have fun. 

18th May - Good morning boys and girls. I hope you had a lovely relaxing day yesterday. Today’s challenge is a Literacy one based on rhyming words. 

 Take a look at the words below. Which word is the odd one out in each row - it does not rhyme with the others? 

A:     bat       cat         hat         fish

B:     log       duck       frog       dog 

C:    tree      can        pan        man

D:    hen      ten         tin        pen

Click the link below to take the rhyming word quiz. Have fun. 

17th May - Good morning boys and girls it’s the 6th Sunday of Easter! Well done on all your hard work this week. Here are all the possible combinations from Saturday’s Challenge: 1p +1p, 1p +2p, 1p +5p, 1p +10p, 2p +5p, 2p +10p and 5p +10p.

Today your challenge is simply to relax and chill out. Maybe you could put on some nice relaxing music. Have a pleasant  Sunday everyone.