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Week 2: Monday 20th April 2020Our word this week is: RESILIENCE |
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Enterprise Challenge |
Bounce back ability is what resilience is all about. It’s a really important skill for managing the different challenges that life throws at us! Professor Helen McGrath made an acronym to help us all be a bit more resilient. So for this week’s challenge… I would like you to do something that needs a bit of practice or that you have had difficulty with previously. Perhaps you could…
Whatever you do – make sure you share your stories (good or bad) with us! |
Literacy Challenge |
Word of the Week: Eggs
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Numeracy Challenge |
Pick One Some puzzles, like this one, require several goes to get right. Will you be able to show resilience and find a solution? |
STEM Challenge |
Many STEM careers will require a great deal of resilience. Whether it be trying to discover a new drug or engineering a new solution to a problem (this work around ventilators springs to mind - https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/formula1/52087212) the professionals involved need a great deal of resilience to cope with the multiple attempts it might take to get it right. Did you know for example that the average time it takes from discovery of a new medicinal drug until it hits the shelves is roughly 20 years? This week try out this experiment and test your resilience until you get the “perfect” rainbow. Grow your own rainbow You will need: · Kitchen roll · Felt tip pens · Two small bowls of water · Paper clips · Thread 1. Cut your kitchen roll into the shape of a rainbow 2. At each “end” of the rainbow colour a rainbow like in the picture below (credit: @mrsBpriSTEM) about 2cm high. Any colours will do if you don’t have the correct ones. 3. Tie the thread to the paperclip and then attach the clip to the top of the rainbow. Then you can tie the thread to something to prevent the rainbow falling in to the water (maybe a kitchen cupboard handle?) 4. Hang the two ends of the rainbow in the two small bowls of water (picture below – credit: Facebook) so that just the ends are submerged. The water will start to move up the paper taking the ink with it. If your kitchen roll is particularly thin you might want to take the water away once the ink has started moving or it will disintegrate. |
30 Day Music Challenge |
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Drama Enrichment |
Every week there are productions being streamed for all ages across the Internet for free! Follow @PerfArtWaingels on twitter to keep up to date with the latest performances and plays. This week is a family based game called 5 Second Rule! You will need to stay calm under pressure, think fast and keep up the resilience when it goes wrong! Use the above Power Point for the rules and 100 different categories to play. |