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World Nursery Rhyme Week: Section 4

[Subposts] Early Years

Section 4: Posters and Certificates

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POSTERS

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World Nursery Rhyme Week: Section 2

[Subposts] Early Years

Section 2: Rhyme a Day Resources

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Mrs Mactivity Resources:

Baa-Black-Sheep_Colouring-In-Sheets-UK • Baa-Black-Sheep_Cutting-Exercise-UK • BBS Borders Collection UK • BBS Pencil Control UK • BBS Playdough Mats UK • BBS Rock Stickers UK • BBS Role Playing Masks UK • BBS Sentence Scramble UK • BBS Sequencing Activity UK • BBS Word Trace UK

Piccolo MP3:

 

Piccolo Music Activity Sheets:

BBS Foundation KS1 UK • BBS Preschool Families UK

 

Down in the Jungle

Mrs Mactivity Resources:

DITJ Borders Collection UK • DITJ Colouring Sheets UK • DITJ Cone Toys UK • DITJ Cutting Exercise UK • DITJ Pencil Control UK • DITJ Playdough Mats UK • DITJ Rock Stickers UK • DITJ Sentence Scramble UK • DITJ Sequencing Activity UK • DITJ Word Trace UK

Piccolo MP3:

 

Piccolo Music Activity Sheets:

DITJ Foundation KS1 UK • DITJ Preschool Families UK

 

Incy Wincy Spider

Mrs Mactivity Resources:

Incy-Wincy_Colouring-in-sheets-UK • Incy-Wincy_Cutting-Sheet-Exercise-UK • IW Borders Collection UK • IW Pencil Control UK • IW Playdough Mat UK • IW Rock Stickers UK • IW Sentence Scramble UK • IW Sequencing Activity UK • IW Spider Puppet UK • IW Word Trace UK

Piccolo MP3:

 

Piccolo Music Activity Sheets:

IW Foundation KS1 UK • IW Preschool Families UK

 

Row, Row, Row Your Boat

Mrs Mactivity Resources:

RRRYB Border Collection UK • RRRYB Colouring Sheets UK • RRRYB Cutting Exercise UK • RRRYB Paperchains UK • RRRYB Pencil Control UK • RRRYB Playdough Mat UK • RRRYB Rock Stickers UK • RRRYB Sentence Scramble UK • RRRYB Sequencing Activity UK • RRRYB Word Trace UK

Piccolo MP3:

 

Piccolo Music Activity Sheets:

RRRYB Foundation KS1 UK • RRRYB Preschool Families UK

 

Two Little Dickie Birds

Mrs Mactivity Resources:

TLDB Borders Collection UK • TLDB Colouring Sheets UK • TLDB Cutting Exercise UK • TLDB Finger Puppet UK • TLDB Pencil Control UK • TLDB Playdough Mat UK • TLDB Rock Stickers UK • TLDB Sentence Scramble UK • TLDB Sequencing Activity UK • TLDB Word Trace UK

Piccolo MP3:

 

Piccolo Music Activity Sheets:

TLDB Foundation KS1 UK • TLDB Preschool Families UK

Downloadable Resources

[Subposts] Early Years

Please find downloadable Early Years resources below:

Activities

Baa Baa Black Sheep Activity Sheet • Five Cupcakes Activity Sheet • Five Lollipops Activity Sheet • Hey Diddle Diddle Activity Sheet • Homemade Bubbles Recipe • Humpty Dumpty Activity Sheet • I Spy a Picture Book • I’m a Little Teapot Activity Sheet • If You’re Happy and You Know It Activity Sheet • Incy Wincy Spider Activity Sheet • Jack and Jill Activity Sheet • Little Bo Peep Activity Sheet • Mary Mary Quite Contrary Activity Sheet • Nature Walk Scavenger Hunt • No Cook Playdough • Paddington Maze • Paddington Wordsearch • Pat-a-Cake Activity Sheet • Ring-a-Ring o’Roses Activity Sheet • Sing a Song of Sixpence Activity Sheet • Spring Hunt Checklist • Things to Do at Home • This Little Piggy Activity Sheet • Three Blind Mice Activity Sheet • Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star Activity Sheet

 

Songs and Rhymes

Counting Numbers Song • Five Enormous Dinosaurs Counting Song • Five Little Men in a Flying Saucer Nursery Rhyme • In the Park, We Play Counting Song • One Potato, Two Potato Song • The Minibeasts Came in Two by Two Song

World Nursery Rhyme Week Resources

Section 1: Welcome and Contacts • Section 2: Rhyme a Day Resources • Section 3: Additional Activity Ideas • Section 4: Posters and Certificates • Section 5: Colouring Book • Section 6: Logos • Section 7: Quiz

Information and Other Resources

Borrow Box Information • Buttons Mice – Virus Story • Buttons Mice in the Lockdown • Closure Advice – Ideas for Practitioners and Managers • Early Years Home Learning Collection • Ideas for Loose Parts Play • Playdough Tray Examples to Promote Learning and Development

Digital Learning

Digital Learning

Learning Resources

 

Welcome to the Digital Learning section of SALi!  The Digital Learning Team supports teachers, school staff and pupils throughout Argyll and Bute in the use of technology in education.  The team also runs exciting extracurricular workshops at the Digital Hub in Dunoon, such as: creating video games with Kodu and Scratch; programming with the BBC micro:bit; using robots and drones; and we’ve even recreated the Dunoon Burgh Hall in Minecraft: Education Edition!

Below, you can find information on using digital technologies (which can be loaned from the Digital Learning Team) to create engaging activities and workshops.  You can also find useful resources and view feedback from the Digital Leaders and STEM events we have held.

Digital Learning Support Site and Webinars

The Digital Learning Team’s support site contains useful videos, guidance and resources for education staff.  You can access the site at:

https://sites.google.com/ab.glow.scot/g-suite/home

The site also lists the team’s upcoming webinars, which staff are welcome to attend and which cover various subjects including Google Classroom, Glow, G Suite and Google Meet.  You can access the webinars page (which is regularly updated) of the site directly at:

https://sites.google.com/ab.glow.scot/g-suite/webinars

 

Digital Technologies Workshop Ideas

BBC micro:bit Workshop • TinkerCAD Workshop • Stop Motion Workshop • Sphero Bolt Workshop • Raspberry Pi Workshop • Minecraft Workshop • LEGO Mindstorms EV3 Workshop • LEGO WeDo 2.0 Workshop • Kodu Workshop • Book Creator Workshop

 

Resources

Guidance on Data Sharing in Glow • Online Safety & Cyber Security • Security and Good Practice in Glow • Glow Password Change Guidance

Learning Resources for Early Level (P1), First Level (P2-4) and Second Level (P5-7)

 

Feedback and Statistics

Digital Leader Events: 2017 – Campbeltown • 2017 – Dunoon • 2017 – Islay • 2018 – Bute • 2018 – Hackathon (Digital Hub Dunoon) • 2018 – Mid Argyll • 2018 – Mull 2018 – Tiree

STEM Events: 2019 – Mission to Mars (Dunoon) • 2020 – Under the Sea (Oban)

General Stats: Digital Learning Team Stats for September 2018-19

A Guided Approach to Pedagogical Enquiry

Curriculum (General)

The aim of this programme is to:

  • Increase the quality of teaching and learning
  • Increase consistency of the quality of teaching and learning across departments, schools or clusters
  • Meet the individual development needs of departments, schools or clusters
  • Empower teachers as agents of professional learning and development
  • Increase pupil engagement, challenge and learning efficacy

Read the full document here: A Guided Approach to Pedagogical Enquiry

Appendices are listed below:

 

PSE (General), GIRFEC and Physical Education

[Subposts] HWB & PSE

This section contains general Health and Wellbeing resources and links to other HWB posts.

Education Scotland Wakelets

Health and Wellbeing wakelet Education Scotland

PROGRESSION

HWB Benchmarks

HWB Es and Os

PERSONAL AND SOCIAL EDUCATION AND GIRFEC

GIRFEC Toolkit for improving children and young people’s understanding of their well being

Education Scotland’s on-going process of collating resources nationally (to be updated)

Early Level PSE HWB Resource Gathering Excel.docx

First Level PSE HWB Resource Gathering (1)

Second Level PSE HWB Resource Gathering

Third Level PSE HWB Resource Gathering

Fourth Level PSE HWB Resource Gathering

PHYSICAL EDUCATION PROGRESSION FRAMEWORK

The final version of the PE progression framework which has now been completed, as yet it is not on the Education Scotland website as it is being upgraded. Any questions, queries or comments round the framework please get in touch with Rona Young, PE Co-ordinator – Rona.Young2@argyll-Bute .gov.uk Please note there are some alterations in the Cognitive Skills section.

Final Cognitive Skills March 2016 Final Personal Qualities March 2016 Final Physical Competencies March 2016 Final Physical Fitness March 2016 Final Early March 2016 Final First March 2016 Final Fourth March 2016 Final Second March 2016 Final Third March 2016 FINAL glossary Final HWB PE professional learning paper

Clicking on the links below will take you to the different pages:

Music, Health and Wellbeing Good2Go

Health and Wellbeing Event PE – Better Movers and Thinkers Course

Community Sport Hubs Better Movers and Thinkers short videos and lesson planning

High 5 Health and Wellbeing Programme training session News and events

Creative Dance in Primary School Resources to support the World Gymnastics Championships 23rd Oct – 1st Nov 2015 in Glasgow

University of Edinburgh Post Graduate Opportunities MECOPP Gypsy Traveller Raising Awareness Training

Food and health education opportunities Gymnastics Courses

Teaching Dance Course Food Safety & Nutrition Live

Grow your own School Orchard Food for Thought

Nurture Conference Taking Learning Outdoors

Relationship Based Learning and Teaching Food for Thought

National PE events