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Here are some fun activities to do if it’s snowy and you can’t come to

school...remember the most important thing is to have fun and stay safe!

Art

 Make some snowflakes. Are they symmetrical?

 Make a collage snowman. Give him/her a name and then write a story about
him/her.

Language

 Write a story about the adventures of your collage snowman.

 Complete the Christmas Tree Listening activity (have an adult read the
instructions for you).

 Read the poem ‘How to Talk to your Snowman’ by Beverley McLoughland.

 Write a list of describing words for the wintry weather you can see outside.

 Write a diary entry for one of your fun filled snowy days.

 Write some sentences to explain what is happening in the photos you have
taken.

 Complete the story A Cold Crisp Day

 Write an acrostic poem for the word Snowman


Maths

 Snowman Maths word problems

 Christ-Maths Activities

 Christmas Data Handling

The Christmas Tree - Instructions

1) Place a square blue present with a pink bow to the right of the trunk.
2) Put a round orange bauble on the 3rd branch on the left hand side.
3) Draw a red bucket around the trunk.
4) Draw a star on top.
5) Put a candy cane on the 1st branch on the right hand side.
6) Place a triangular shaped present on the left of the trunk. The wrapping paper
should be green with yellow stars on it.
7) Hang a small red stocking on both bottom branches.
8) Hang an angel on the top left hand side branch.
9) Finish your tree with 5 different baubles – 2 x red, 2 x blue and 1 x green – on
any branch.
The Christmas Tree

Name _____________________ Date __________

Listen to the set of instructions and draw the decorations and the gifts in the correct places.
How to Talk to Your Snowman
by Beverly McLoughland

Use words that are pleasing,


Like: freezing
And snow,
Iceberg and igloo
And blizzard and blow,
Try: Arctic, Antarctic,
Say: shiver and shake,
But whatever you never say,
Never say: bake.

A Cold Crisp Day

BLINK… BLINK… I lifted my wet woollen gloves up to my damp eyelashes and


wiped the delicate snowflakes from my eyes. I could not feel my nose and my breath
was like icicles forming in the air. I was cold. I was fed up! I wanted to go home. Mum
and dad had forced me and my 2 sisters – Jenny and Mary to go for a Sunday
afternoon walk in the park. I could see my footprints in the snowy path. Like a trail of
breadcrumbs in the forest showing me the way home.
I stopped and listened to the magic around me. I could hear the wind howling like a
stray dog hungry for a yummy bone. The branches of the trees that used to whisper
and rustle had become bare, brown bones and the grass was covered with a white
sparkling blanket. Then I saw a filmy web shimmer and glimmer beneath a pale sun.
My breath was like silky soft smoke wafting up into the freezing cold air.
Suddenly there was mum with a big cup of liquid heaven. She handed it to me with
an enormous smile on her face. “Here you are Jo, this will keep you warm.” I slowly
sipped the delicious liquid and felt it dripping and slipping down into my tummy like
lava flowing down a mountainside. My wet woollen gloves were no longer frozen but
warm. My breath had thawed and I was no longer fed up or cold. I was happy and
contented.

Snowman Maths
WALT solve simple word problems involving multiplication

It takes me 10 minutes to decorate my snowman once he's been made


out of snow.
He has a hat and a scarf. I use 2 sprouts for his eyes, a carrot for his nose,
5 little stones for his mouth, 3 buttons for his buttons and 2 sticks for his
arms.

Q1. How long would it take me to decorate 2 snowmen?


How many sprouts would I need?
How many carrots would I need?
How many little stones would I need?
How many buttons would I need?
How many sticks would I need?

Q2. How long would it take me to decorate 5 snowmen?


How many sprouts would I need?
How many carrots would I need?
How many little stones would I need?
How many buttons would I need?
How many sticks would I need?

Q3. How long would it take me to decorate 10 snowmen?


How many sprouts would I need?
How many carrots would I need?
How many little stones would I need?
How many buttons would I need?
How many sticks would I need?

Christ-Maths
Activities

Read through the lyrics to this well-known Christmas song


and then answer the questions underneath.
On the twelfth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Twelve drummers drumming,
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree!

Questions
1) How many presents were given by my true love all together?
2) How many birds were sent by my true love?
3) How many people did my true love send to entertain me?
4) How many wings are there in the song?
5) How many legs are there in the song?
6) If I have to share all of my presents with one other person, how many
presents would we each have?

Remember: show all your working out on a separate piece of paper!

Christmas Data Handling

20

18

16

14

12

10

8
6

ball Doll teddy jigsaw car

Father Christmas has put these toys in his sack.

1. Which toy has he most of? ………………………………………………….


2. Which toy has he least of? ………………………………………………….
3. How many more cars than jigsaws has he? …………………………….
4. How many toys has he altogether?
………………………………………………..
5. He needs to visit 60 children altogether. How many more presents
does he need? ……………………………
6. You can choose which toys he is going to add and draw them on the
chart.
7. Now that the chart has changed, write three questions of your own
about the chart.
1.

2.

3.

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