Dear Parents - Firstly THANK YOU all for embracing last weeks planning and making it so fun and relevant for your child. It is wonderful to see how much progress the children are making and how engaged they are (on the good days - we realise there are ups and downs!) Some of week beginning 27th April’s plans follow on from last week so if you didn’t have time to use last weeks plan you may like to dip into that and pick the best activities from both weeks. We are really pleased to see that parents are only doing what they can manage or what their child is interested in, and where some children are ‘taking off’ in one area they are focussing upon this. We really appreciate how distracting having toys, sun, siblings and paddling pools in the garden, etc can be and we want to remind you that these plans are just to support you IF you need and want to use them. They do not have to be done day by day as laid out. It very important to have a break from the plans if you feel your child ‘has had enough’/not engaging. Have a day in the garden where you relax, read books, draw, have water fights, make mud pies, go on a long walk, whatever you feel your child needs, or you all need as a family in order to keep happy and healthy. REMEMBER YOU DO NOT NEED A PRINTER OR TO REGULARLY USE THE INTERNET TO TEACH YOUR CHILD FROM THESE SLIDES however there are recommended website links. More educational activities/sheets to supplement these Powerpoints (or do instead if they are better for you or your child) have been added to the documents section on Tapestry. The text in red is for your information. You DO NOT need to read this to your child. Where quotation marks ‘....’ are used please use the same language with your child. The text in pink are suggested extension activities if you feel your child would like more work to do or they are achieving the set tasks quickly and easily and therefore need stretching. Please remember we are all on hand to help you. Just add an observation to your child's Tapestry journal, that way ONLY staff will see what you write, and we will respond. Thank you and well done for doing so amazingly with homeschooling. Best wishes from Mrs Rose and team.