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MILD: Literacy – My Favourite Spot

June 17, 2020 Mr Mutch Leave a comment

This fortnight is all about celebrating Scotland and our Local Area.

We all love Methlick and there are many places to love Methlick. But each of us will have that one special spot. Somewhere that could have a great view or it could be somewhere that you visit regularly or somewhere that brings back memories.

In our writing we want to make a Mild guide of places to visit in Methlick, as described by you.

Follow the Sway below to learn more…

There is a PDF attached underneath which you can print or refer to in your writing. One side is for taking notes and planning and the other is for the your final writing piece…

My Favourite Spot Support Sheet

Here is the link to the unique address website.

https://what3words.com/

Can you tell me where I am?

///ticket.functions.tickles

///cafe.deal.dried

///code.fooling.toasters

You can search them on the website, can you try and read the map?

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Mild – Numeracy – Coins

June 16, 2020 A. Rossvoll Leave a comment

Some more money activities for you to try

Twinkl – Order the coins

Twinkl – Make each amount using coins

White Rose Maths – Money

Making coins

Watch this film to learn about how the Royal Mint make coins.

This film was made before the new £1 coin was introduced.

The new £1 coin

Can you count how many sides the £1 coin has?

What do the pictures on the back of the coin represent?

Why did the £1 coin have to be redesigned?

Time for a story.

‘It’s a No-Money Day’ by Kate Milner

In the second film the author of ‘It’s a No Money Day’, Kate Milner, reads her book and spends time discussing her choice and style of illustrations. She makes some very interesting points about the illustrations to help the reader empathise with the main characters.

If you would like your child to practise reading aloud I think it might be helpful to turn down the volume and scroll through the video from page to page.

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MILD: Literacy – How much Scots do we know already?

June 15, 2020 Mr Mutch 4 Comments

Scots is a language that was commonly spoken all over, however, today we now commonly use English. The funny thing is, is that certain words creep back into what we say, those words are often from the Scots Language.

Watch the following videos to learn more, do you recognise some of the words?

One of our favourites stories is the Gruffalo, listen to it in Scots.

Complete the sheet below, you do not have to print it out, you can refer to it and have a discussion with family members or phone a relative to sound out the words and learn what they mean.

Scots Words Activity

Share your responses with your teachers through seesaw or email.

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Methlick Quiz Continued PSA Takeover (Mrs Still)

June 12, 2020 Miss Deans 9 Comments

Happy Friday Everyone 🙂

Mrs Still has continued on her photo Methlick Quiz, how many can you recognise?

Let us know how you get on!

Methlick Streetview Quiz

Methlick Streetview Quiz Answers

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Mild – Literacy and Exp Arts – An ending to dance to!

June 11, 2020 A. Rossvoll Leave a comment

What a fortnight of Tiger Tale writing!

You have prowled!
Found the main character in your story.
Been surprised!
And now have a problem in your tale!

Time to write the ‘Tail’ end of your story.

How will the problem be solved?

What type of ending will you choose?

funny
sad
surprising
happy

What type of ending have I chosen?

A Tiger Tale

Click to read this book, made with Book Creator

https://read.bookcreator.com

Did you expect that?

The mermaid and the tiger danced till dawn!

Let’s dance to celebrate your fabulous Tiger Tales!!

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Mild – Reading – DCA Shorts ‘Tiger’

June 11, 2020 A. Rossvoll 2 Comments

Every week, since schools have closed, Dundee Contemporary Arts, DCA have been sharing short films from the children’s collection for their annual Film Festivals.

I was delighted when the DCA team shared the film ‘Tiger’ last week. Perfect timing!

(Short films and animations are a type of text that we share and talk about with your children, in a similar way to picture books.)

After watching ‘Tiger’ talk about the questions below.

There are many surprises and problems; funny sound effects and a great ending to discuss. Talking about this might help you when writing your ‘Tiger Tale’

The DCA have also shared the activities they designed for schools.

Take a look! Tiger Activity Pack

I wonder what designs you have on your plates at home?

What might happen if they came to life?

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MILD: Numeracy – Shadow Puppets with Shapes

June 10, 2020 Mr Mutch Leave a comment

The pictures of your drawings that some of you have sent in look amazing.

It is really interesting how a collection of simple shapes can look like an animal.

Today we are going to do the same with our shapes.

By grouping shapes together in a certain way you get an outline of a line that goes all the way around. When you have these grouped shapes all together in one colour it has a special name…Do you know what it is?

They are called Silhouettes.

Today we are going to create some simple silhouettes and cast their shadow out in the grass to imagine they are in our jungle. You can also set up a torch indoors and play with your shadow puppets.