Category Archives: Methlick School Staff

Feel-Good Friday – National Galleries of Scotland

Today, rather than posting a Sway, I’m going to share some art activities from the National Galleries of Scotland.

Each week, throughout the lockdown, they have been posting ideas for creative projects for children, including mud painting,  spiral finding, map drawing, and bangle making.

Click on the link to find out more.  Don’t forget to take photos of your artwork and tell your teacher how you got on!

Home is where the art is

Have fun!

 

Book Club – Reading – Hot – The Ickabog – Chapter 4,5 and 6

Good morning everyone and welcome back to Methlick’s Book Club!

I hope that you have enjoyed your first week of Social Studies fortnight. This week, I have read chapter 4, 5 and 6 of J.K. Rowling’s new book , ‘The Ickabog’. Have you managed to read all three chapters?

Our activities this week:

This week we focused on answering a set of Comprehension questions. You were asked to complete the questions in your Home Learning Journal and share your answers with your class teacher.

In the comments, can you share one of your answers to the questions that were provided?

Money Money Money Numeracy Hot Interactive Lesson.

Hi Everyone,

Some activities to try out all related to Money.

 

Have you tried out our PIzza Hut Challenge on the Numeracy Grid ?yet if not here it is : You will need both documents.

Pizzahutmenu  and Pizzahutchallengecards 

A game for all the family have you played our Budget Challenge Game on the Numeracy Grid?  This is great fun for all the family.

ManagingMoney

Fancy being the FIrst MInister for the day? Have a go at spending £10,000 !!

First Minister Budget Challenge

Lots of great activities to try out let us know how you get on!

Anagrams #3 – Scottish Cities, Towns and Villages

In keeping with our ‘Scotland’ theme, here are some more anagrams for you to  unscramble.

This time, the answers are all names of cities, towns and villages around Scotland.  The majority are located in the North-East, though there are a couple from farther away.

Let me know how you get on!

Puffins in Scotland – Amazing Fauna

Hello Boys and Girls!

Today we are going to learn about a breed of birds that gather every spring and summer in the coasts of Scotland, Puffins. They nest in cliffs at scattered locations around the coast of Scotland, northern England, south-west England and Wales. They are a very special type of birds that live in the sea most of their lives and only go to land for breeding. Here in Scotland are several viewpoints to see them, one of them is at the RSPB Scotland Fowlsheugh Nature Reserve. Last year I decided to go and see them, it was an amazing experience! It took me a while to spot them because they  were not the only birds there and they are very small.

Let’s learn more about them.

Puffins’ Features

Read the questions below and look at the Puffin picture.

  1. What colour are its feathers?
  2. What colour are its wings?
  3. What colour and shape are its claws?
  4. What colours are its beak?
  5. What colour are its eyes?

Information about Puffins

Click on the Sway below to get to know Puffins more.

Go to this Sway

Making a Puffin

Now that you know more about Puffins, that you have seen photos and videos of them, let’s make one.

Materials

You will use any materials you have at home like colour pencils, colour paints, markers or anything you can find. Here are two options of what you can do:

  1. You learnt about some artists during our Art fortnight, you can choose a style and make a Puffin.
  2. By using cardboard from shoe boxes or cereals you can make a real life size Puffin. If you researched the information you will know they are from 26 to 29 cm.

Steps

  1. Choose one of the options from above.
  2. Find the materials you need.
  3. Design your own Puffin.
  4. Send a photo of your work to your teachers and add what you learnt to your learning journal.

How to draw a Puffin step by step

If you feel unsure of how to draw a Puffin, then this might help.

Enjoy!

Mild Numeracy – Giving Change

Mental Maths warm up!

Keep practising counting in 2s, 5s and 10s to help you count amounts of money quickly.

Many of you have set up your own shops at home.

Your customers might not bring the exact amount of money so you need to learn to give them change.

Warm up – Take away facts!

You might like to try some of the questions on these sheets

Calculating change from 20p

Giving change at the toy shop – this sheet begins with smaller amounts of money and then moves onto larger amounts

Check the change given from £1

Reading for information about money

Learn about the banknotes designed by the people of Scotland for RBS.

Well-Being Wednesday: Mr.Mutch vs Mr.Reid #9 Scavenger Race

The gents are back… back to school!

Yes, teachers have been able to go back into school to prepare for when we all return. Mr.Mutch and Mr.Reid actually saw each other, without the Green Screen.

When they took a break they realised they didn’t have much to do. As most places were closed or that we had been told to avoid. So after a short discussion the teachers had an idea.

Tune in and enjoy this weeks episode of…

Mr.Mutch vs Mr.Reid

Who is ready for a Scavenger Race?

Your challenge this week is to go on a race following clues around Methlick. You start when you find the location of your first clue. Start the timer when you set off to find clue two.

Remember to take a selfie with the card at the final destination and send it in to your teacher. We will create a video of everyone taking part and send it out next week.

Where will you place on the Leader board?

MILD: Literacy – My Favourite Spot

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?