Give me 5

Create a sentence that makes sense using these five words.  You can use other words to help the sentence make sense but the aim is to use the least amount of words possible.  Try to challenge someone in your family to beat you!


Crawl, health remember, glass, seaside



One for tomorrow morning....


Symmetry, question, ladybird, violin, food

Lucky or Funny?

Would you rather be LUCKY or FUNNY?

Give me 10 reasons why you choose that answer!

The Great Skate

For this one please refer to brainstorming rules.  That way you won't shut down any ideas! The important thing to remember here is that ANY idea is a good one.  The goal is to make a long list, no matter what.  This activity is to get you thinking, breaking out of a box with your thoughts, and being super creative!

So,

how many things can you think of....

• things that are silly
• things wax could be used for
• interesting and original names for a roller skating rink

Make the longest list you can! 

For enrichment, 

Choose you favourite silly thing and write a story about it!

invent something using wax

Create a new game that could be played in a roller skating rink

Give me 5

How can you make these 5 words into a sentence using the fewest words possible.  Turn this into a challenge to see which sentence makes sense and which pupil or player has been able to make a sensible sentence with the least possible words. This could be a family challenge. 




Peanut, snow, globe, leg, computer

Try this one as well:

Happy, perish, crab, flower, halo

For example,

Browsing peanuts on my computer, I came across an advertisement for a snow globe with a ballerina 's leg in arabesque.  (20)

CHARGE? A stance, balance, perception activity

Describe the word CHARGE from different points of view...


Ticket agent:

Teenager:

Rock-star:

Governess:

Army:




Now write a song or poem choosing one of the different perspectives. 

Stance Balance and Perception activities explanation

This activity focuses on fluency, imagination, creative problem solving, flexibility and emotional intelligence.  All skills for the future according to the World Economic Forum.  It also supports calculated risk-taking as the pupil is asked to see things from other perspectives and make ethical decisions. 
The pupil learns to express "outside the box" answers without judgement.  These activities encourage high level thinking skills whilst producing an aware and caring creative thinker. 

What if.....

Here are a few what if questions! Remember to go to the brainstorming explanation page because you want a list as long as you can! When you can't think of any more try and squeeze out at least 5 more ideas!

What if...

school began at midnight and lasted until 7 am?

there were no such things as EGGS?

spiders were as big as elephants?

With you favourite idea, create an invention, recipe or anything that might help you in this situation