British Values 27th April – 3rd May

Respect The World Health Organisation have explained the importance of social distancing and staying

inside as much as possible in current times. Playing computer games, either on our own or with family and friends in their own homes, is a

good way to do this.

Assembly Resource

Read through the information below, which looks at the #PlayApartTogether campaign. Do you think it is a good idea? What other ideas or advice would you

give to help keep people busy whilst they are spending a lot of their time inside?

Source: BBC News

Games industry

companies have a global

audience - we encourage

all to #PlayApartTogether.

Through this unifying

hashtag, companies will

encourage conversation

within their games and on

social media. I thank the

games industry for

stepping up to help bring

an end to the COVID-19

pandemic.

What is the #PlayApartTogether

campaign?

Ray Chambers, The World Health

Organisation’s Ambassador for Global

Strategy

The campaign encourages people all around the

world to play video games together! People are

able to interact with others and have fun whilst

staying inside.

Alongside

computer games,

here are some

other games you

can play inside:

- Snakes and

ladders or

other board

games

- Card games

- Hide-and-

seek

- Simon Says

- Pictionary

- I Spy

- Indoor

treasure

hunt

Can you think of

anymore?

Alongside video

games, here are some

other games you can

play inside (some of

these you can play

virtually with friends

too!):

- Snakes and

ladders or other

board games

- Card games

- Hide-and-seek

- Simon Says

- Pictionary

- I Spy

- Indoor treasure

hunt

Can you think of

anymore?

27th April 2020

What’s going on this week?

The World Health Organisation (WHO) have partnered with technology companies around the world campaigning to show how gaming can help fight coronavirus and 'save lives'. The WHO and computer game producers have come together to work on the #PlayApartTogether campaign, which aims to spread the importance of WHO guidelines, that will slow the spread of COVID-19, including staying inside, to the global audience of the gaming industry.

Things to talk about at home…

Have you ever played on a video or computer game? If so, what was it? Did you enjoy it? If not, would you like to play on one?

Why do you think video games are as popular as they are? Do you prefer video games, or real-life games? Talk about why.

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KS2 Focus Question: What are the different types of games we can play?

Listen, think, share • What is a game? Record a list of some of the

games you have played in the past.

• Explain that a game can be defined as an activity or sport we play for entertainment.

• Look at resource 2, which shows examples of some of the different types of games we might play. Have you ever played any of them before? Can you think of any other examples?

• For each example, think about what you need in order to play the game e.g. number of players, equipment, space, time, a set of rules.

• Sort the examples into games you can play during lockdown and games you can’t. Are there any of the games you can’t play in lockdown that you could if you adapted the rules e.g. you could still play netball just with less players, a different way of scoring and creating your own court.

• Think about one of your favourite games. Why do you like it? Can you explain how you play it to someone in your home?

• As well as providing entertainment, there are many other reasons why we play games. Can you list any of these reasons e.g. to encourage teamwork, to socialise, to learn something new, to challenge ourselves, to escape to an imaginary world!

Reflection Games are a great way to keep us entertained. Some of our favourite games might be tricky to play during lockdown but we can make adaptations to them or find alternatives so we can keep having fun!

What’s going on this week? The World Health Organisation (WHO) have partnered with technology companies around the world campaigning to show how gaming can help fight coronavirus and 'save lives'. The WHO and computer game producers have come together to work on the #PlayApartTogether campaign which aims to spread the importance of WHO guidelines, that will slow the spread of COVID-19, including staying inside, to the global audience of the gaming industry.

Main question: Are video games the next best thing to our real lives?

Listen, think, share • Look at this week’s poster and talk about our own

experience of video and computer games. Have we played on them before? Do we like them? If not, talk about what we know about them, would we like to play on any in particular?

• How do we think video games compare to real life games e.g. a game of football or a board game like snakes and ladders? Talk about which we prefer and why.

• Explain that computer and video games have become very realistic in modern times. Do we think they can sometimes make people think they are experiencing things in real life? Do we think this is a good thing?

• Discuss if we think that video games are good to help us relax.

• Watch this week’s useful video which explains why computer games are being used more during this period. Can you think of other times when we might use video games? E.g. to help us learn things, times tables or word games.

• Read through the information from the assembly resource, which looks at the #PlayApartTogether campaign. Do you think it is a good idea? What other ideas or advice would you give to help keep people busy whilst they are inside?

Reflection There are lots of different ways we can have fun inside! The World Health Organisation have used computer games as one example to socialise with our friends ‘virtually’ and to help keep our minds busy!

KS1 Focus Question: What is a video game?

Listen, think, share • Write ‘video game’. What do you think a video

game is? Can you give any examples of a video game?

• Look at resource 1, which explains what a video game is and shares examples of when some children have played them. Have you ever played a video game before? What was it? What did you play it on?

• Resource 1 shares examples of three electronic devices that can be used to play video games: an Xbox 360, a mobile phone and a laptop. Can you think of any other electronic devices you could use e.g. tablet, computer?

• Why might Lily, Steffan and Tabinda be playing their video game? Is Steffan playing his game to help him learn his times tables? Might Tabinda be playing her game to have fun and connect with her friends?

• Think about some of the other reasons we might play video games such as to give us a challenge, to keep us entertained if we are feeling bored, to escape into another world.

• Do you like video games? How often should we be allowed to play them?

Reflection There are many different video games that can be played on many different devices. Video games can help to entertain us, connect us with friends and help us to learn new things.

This Week’s Useful Websites This week’s news story

https://bit.ly/2xi6sgG

Resource 1 Follow-up https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-

games/hit-the-button

This Week’s Useful Videos

Recent increase of people playing computer games

https://cnb.cx/3cpOXKj

**NEW** This week’s Virtual Assembly www.vimeo.com/channels/picturenews

This Week’s Useful Vocabulary Campaign – an organised and planned set of actions, carried out over a period of time, to achieve a goal. Guidelines – official advice about how to do something. Industry – a particular industry is all of the people and activities involved in making a product or providing a service. Realistic – representing something in a way that is accurate and true to life. Socialise – to take part in social activities; to mix with others.

KS2 Follow-up Ideas Option 1: Some of the games we play come with a set of instructions and rules to explain the aim of the game and tell us how to play it. Either create a set of instructions for a game you play or for the board game you created in option 2! You will need to include the following:

• A title

• Introduction/aim of the game

• List of equipment/resources needed

• Step by step instructions – you could number these

Plan your instructions first, thinking about how you will organise your ideas. You could use the ‘Game Instructions Plan’ to help you to do this. Once you have created your instructions, see if someone in your home can follow them to play your game! ------------------------------------------------------------------ Option 2: Design and make your very own board game! Think about:

• What will you call your game?

• What will be the object of the game?

• How many people can play?

• What rules will you have?

• What will the design of your game be like? Shape? Size? Colour?

• What materials or resources will you need to make your game?

Make your game. You could draw out your board on paper or card or use your computer and print it out. Don’t forget to make other parts of your game such as cards or counters. Once it is complete, test it out with someone in your home. You could even write an evaluation thinking about what was good and what could be improved.

KS1 Follow-up Ideas

Option 1: Think about a video game you have played at home or at school. You are going to write a review for it! Think about:

• What is the name of the game?

• What do you have to do?

• What age is it suitable for?

• What do you like about it?

• What don’t you like about it? Create your review, either using a piece of paper or the ‘Video Game Review’ sheet. Don’t forget to give your video game a star rating! ------------------------------------------------------------------ Option 2: Some of the video games that we play at school can help us to practise our mental maths. There are other games we can play to help us with this too. Practise your number bonds to 10 or 20 using one or more of the following games:

• A video game (see the link in useful website section)

• Make cards with numbers 0-10 or 0-20 on. Mix them up then turn each over one at a time. Can you say its number bond before someone else in your home?

• Ask someone in your home to throw a ball to you whilst giving a number to you. Only throw the ball back when you can say its number bond.

• Use your cards or ask someone to say a number to you. Instead of saying its number bond back, respond by clapping or jumping the correct number.

Can you make up your own games to practise your number bonds?

Resource 2

Look at the resource below which shows examples of some of the different types of game we might play.

Have you ever played

any of these games

before? Can you think of

any other examples?

Board games

• Snakes and Ladders

• Monopoly

• Guess Who?

Sports games

• Netball

• Cricket

• Tennis

• Croquet

Tag games

• Hide and seek

• Blockie

• Stuck in the mud

Imaginary/role-play games

• Cops and robbers

• Superheroes

• Space travellers

Card games

• Uno

• Pitt

• Rummy

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Video games

• Minecraft

• Slither.io

• Mario

Source: Hans Splinter

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Johnson & Horwitz

Source: Owen Lucas

Pictured: A Dassault Rafale jet plane taken by Gerard van der Schaaf.

Pictured: A image of a supernova. Source - Royal Astronomical Society’s Twitter page.

Passenger accidently ejects himself from jet

27th April – 3rd May 2020

2019

Most powerful supernova in the universe A mammoth star explosion known as SN2016aps,

which occurred about 4.5 million light-years away

from Earth, is the brightest supernova ever seen, an

international team of astronomers have reported in

a new study. The brilliant new supernova shatters

cosmic records for brightness, energy, and also

mass. It was between 50 to 100 solar masses, which

is much greater than the 8 to 15 solar mass

explosions typically seen. It was 500 times brighter

than a typical supernova and much more energetic,

releasing about 10 times more energy than the sun

will emit in its entire lifetime! Dr Matt Nicholl, lead

author of the study and lecturer at the University of

Birmingham School of Physics and Astronomy, said

“We found the radiation was five times the explosion

energy of a normal-sized supernova. This is the most

light we have ever seen emitted by a supernova!”

A 64-year-old man was given a surprise gift of flight in a Dassault Rafale (meaning burst of fire), a French twin-engine, canard delta wing, multirole fighter aircraft, by his colleagues to celebrate his retirement. Just after the jet had taken off at Saint-Dizier 113 air base, the passenger was ejected from the back of the plane. An investigation into the incident which has just been released by France's Bureau of Enquiry and Analysis for Civil Aviation Safety, has confirmed that he was so startled when the plane took off that he accidently grabbed the handle that releases the Martin-Baker MK16 ejection seat to steady himself! This caused him to self-eject with his seat, being thrown from the aircraft, he then parachuted down to the ground and landed safely in a field. The pilot performed back-up actions and was then able to land the plane.

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Rosie, the Humboldt penguin, is one of the UKs

oldest penguins and has just celebrated turning 30!

Even though Sewerby Hall and Gardens, where she

and her penguin pals, Dion, Pingu and Penny live, is

currently closed, Rosie celebrated in style behind the

scenes on the 20th of April. This is a big achievement

as Humboldt penguins have a life expectancy of

between 15 and 20 years in the wild. The penguins

are classed as vulnerable to extinction due to

changes in climate and overfishing of their preferred

prey. Rosie, who was bred in captivity, came to live

at the hall in 1990 and has successfully hatched

chicks, playing a vital role in the zoo’s breeding

programme. “We are genuinely excited that Rosie is

about to reach her 30th birthday,” said John

Pickering, head zookeeper, before the big day.

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Rosie the penguin turns 30!

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It is everyone’s job because it is

everyone’s world and we should

help out as much as we can to

keep our earth a good place.

Abbigail Davenport- Age 10

It is everyone's job because

without animals, the world

wouldn't be the same. Every

living creature should be treated

the same, otherwise they might

feel sad and ignored. For

example, if a wild animal is

injured and somebody notices it,

they should go and help it.

Safiyya Rose- Age 7

I think it is everybody's job to protect

animals in the wild. It’s their planet,

not just ours.

James Ashworth - Age 8

I think that we are ALL

responsible for the welfare of

the animals. However, I do

believe that the hunters need

to stop hunting and killing

animals because it is not fair,

and they deserve a life as much

as we do.

Freya James-Shaw - Age 9

Write a set of instructions for

a game. This could be for a

game you have created

yourself or for one of your

favourite games.

Design a poster to

advertise one of your

favourite games. This

could be a video

game or another type

of game.

Think about the games you play on the playground.

Can you find out what games adults in your home

used to play at school? What about your

grandparents? What is different/the same about the

games you play and the ones played in the past?

Write a video game review. Include the name of the game, what you

have to do, what age it is suitable for, what you like/dislike about it.

You could even get technical and describe and review the graphics,

sound effects, characters, special features, controls.

Design and make your very

own board game! Think

about its name, the object of

the game, number of players,

rules, the design of your

game – shape, size, colour.

Play a video game to help you

practise something or learn

something new e.g. mental maths

or a new language.

Learning from HomeUse the ideas below, alongside this week’s resource, to support your home learning.

Create your own sports game or

adapt an existing sports game so

that you can play it with the space

you have during lockdown!

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What is happening this week? Can you describe it in your own words?

Where is it happening? Can

you locate it on a map?What do you think about this week’s story? How does it make you feel?

Have you ever experienced anything like this or

come across anything like this before? When was it?

Where was it?

How do you think the

people involved in the

story feel?

Can you describe how somebody with a different opinion to yours might feel?

Do you want to do anything

about it? What could you do?

Make a plan!

How does it make

me feel?

What have you learned from this week’s story?

Prompt 2

Video Game Review

Name of game _____________________________________________________

Suitable for people aged _____________________________________________

Star rating

Describe the game. What do you have to do?

What do you like about it? What don’t you like about it?

Game Instructions Plan

Title e.g. How to play Snakes and Ladders

Plan and write a set of instructions for a game

Introduction/aim of the game List of equipment/resources needed

Ideas/notes about what to include in your step by step numbered instructions

A handy hint!

Make sure your step by step instructions also include:

Imperative (bossy) verbs e.g. gather, place, put, roll,select, choose

Time connectives e.g. first, next, after that, finally

Picture/diagram