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Well-Being Wednesday: Mr.Mutch vs Mr.Reid #2

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THEY’RE BACK!

Tune in now to see Mr.Mutch and Mr.Reid go head to head in an Ant vs Dec style showdown!

Each week the teachers will be presented with a challenge to complete. Watch each week to see what challenge they take on. You can get involved too, after watching the episode copy the activity and comment on how you got on.

You could be featured in the following weeks episode on the leader board. Get the whole family involved and see if you can beat Mr.Mutch and Mr.Reid!

Mr.Mutch vs Mr.Reid                            Episode 2

Furthest Paper Plane Throw

Your teachers have been tasked to use their designated time outside following social distancing rules to throw a paper plane as far as they can.

Research a unique design and then take to the skies and throw it.

Comment below how you got on and find out next week to see how Mr.Mutch and Mr.Reid got on!

Have a G.R.E.A.T Well Being Wednesday.

Hot Numeracy, P6/5 Mr Reid, P7/6 Miss Deans, Spicy Numeracy

Play Sumdog with Mr Reid and Miss Deans – Spicy/Hot – Numeracy – Term 4 – Week 2

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Good morning everyone

If your child has a Sumdog account, they will be able to play with Mr Reid and Miss Deans between 12pm – 1pm today.

Mr Reid will be playing – Dance

Miss Deans will be playing – High Rise

Each game will start on a 5 minute interval, meaning that the first game will start at 12pm, then 12.05pm, 12.10pm etc.

When selecting ‘Who do you want to play against?’ – Select ‘Class’.

We have added every teacher to each class, so we should all be able to play together!

We look forward to playing Sumdog with you all.

Health and Wellbeing, Mild literacy, P1 Ms Rossvoll, P2 Mr Mutch

Mild Literacy – Let’s learn to write a letter.

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On Tuesday Mr Mutch asked you to think about

  • why each crayon was quitting
  • how they were feeling
  • what problems they had

Let’s try and get the crayons to stay by writing a letter back to them.

Which crayon would you write to?

I am writing to Pink crayon.

Read the letter and think about the problem Pink crayon has.

Click on the letter to make it bigger. 

Please read the letter I have written.

This book also helps you learn how to write a letter.

You could use this idea to help you write to one of the crayons.

The best crayon in the box

Do you think I will get Pink crayon to stay in the box?

On Friday I will share different types of letters and envelopes you can make but let’s focus on the writing first.

Health and Wellbeing

Eco Challenge from Eco Group and Mrs Flockton 29th April

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This challenge may need some resources and time but it can be based around any theme. Read on to find out….

I have added it now so that people can gather items and be ready for the closing dates if you wish to enter.

Task – Both of these websites have Gardening competitions to design a shoebox or small garden at home. ‘One Seed Forward’ are the local group who we get our free seed potatoes from and Keep Scotland Beautiful is a National resource who run the Eco Schools award. Both tasks are similar but the Keep Scotland Beautiful one is more strict with items used so it may be possible to enter both with one entry but please read the guidelines.

One Seed Forward Local Shoebox Garden Competition

http://oneseedforward.co.uk/

Last years winner was a pupil from Methlick for this competition (See web post)  Here is her winning garden.

 

Keep Scotland Beautiful Pop-up garden from Home Competition 2020

https://www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/sustainable-development-education/food-and-the-environment/pocket-garden/pop-up-pocket-gardens-at-home/

Here are some examples from previous years.

Let us know if you have managed any gardening activities big or small. We know a few of you have been busy helping in the garden doing various things and good luck if you enter either of these competitions. Comment to let me know if you do or you think you might.

Best wishes Mrs Flockton and the Eco group.

Mild Numeracy, P1 Ms Rossvoll, P2 Mr Mutch

Mild Numeracy – Sharing – using symbols

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Thank you so much for all the photographs you have sent  showing you sharing an amount of objects equally.

Let’s think about sharing a box of crayons.

Dividing a box of crayons equally between jars.

We can write number stories using symbols.

This is the symbol we use for sharing.

÷

There is one dot on each side of the line. Both have the same.

I think it looks like two people sitting across from each other, ready to be kind and share with each other.

Have a look at these examples.

 

hot, Hot Literacy, Literacy, P6/5 Mr Reid, P7/6 Miss Deans

Literacy- Hot- Writing Activities Grid Interactive Lesson.

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Hello Everyone,

My blog post/ sway today is a little bit different I’ve gone all out and have prepared a step by step lesson that I would carry out in the classroom related to the writing tasks.

P7/6 and P6/5 I would encourage you to settle down play through the sway which includes video clips, activities and step by step voice instructions by myself Miss Deans.

Would love to hear if you give any of these activities ago.

mild, Mild Numeracy, Numeracy, P1 Ms Rossvoll, P2 Mr Mutch

Numeracy: Mild : Data Handling – Collecting Graphs

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REMINDER

If you are taking part in the Data Handling MILD task, we would very much like to see your finished charts and graphs to use in a future Blog Post on Thursday. 

We will post pictures of pupils work with added questions to read the graphs that have been made. 

Email or Seesaw your pictures to your teacher.

Thank you to those who have chosen to take part and sent in their graphs/charts 
Health and Wellbeing, mild, P1 Ms Rossvoll, P2 Mr Mutch

HWB: MILD – Emotional Crayons

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Morning Everyone,

I hope you are all enjoying our mini project on conflict with our featured story ‘The Day the Crayons Quit’.

After reading or listening to the story a few times we notice that the crayons are expressing their feelings to Duncan as to why they have quit and left Duncan.

Use the questions below and discuss the family members, everyone might have different answers as it is their opinion.

Can you describe what each crayon is feeling?

What words can you find in each letter that tell you their emotion?

Which crayon do they feel most sorry for, and why?

Which crayon seems happiest and why do they say this?

Which crayon would they most like to cheer up?

What could they do to make one of the crayons feel happier?

Which crayon is the angriest one and why?

What could Duncan do to calm this crayon down?

Use the sway below to go through some examples.

Flower of power Resource 

#EveryCrayonCounts

The Crayons all come from the same box, they are all apart of a larger team. Just like you and your family we can all have different emotions but we should all still come together.

Follow the link below to make your own every crayon counts sign to share with family.

Make Your Own

 

Hot Literacy, Literacy, P4 Mrs Rees, Spicy Literacy

Literacy – VE Day poetry – Spicy/Hot

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Good morning, everyone. Today I have an extra Reading and Writing task for you.

Click on the link at the end of this post to read two poems which were written about VE Day.  The first was written in 1945 when the war ended.  The poet was 11 years old at the time.  The second was written 60 years later, as she reflected once again on VE Day.

When you are reading the poems, discuss any unfamiliar words with an adult or look them up in a dictionary and write the meanings in your Home Learning journal.  Then, think about the following questions:

  1.  Do you notice any differences or similarities between the poems?  What are they?
  2. Which poem did you prefer and why?
  3. Was there anything you didn’t like about the poems?
  4. How do you think YOU would have felt at the end of the war?
  5. Next, write your own poem to commemorate VE Day, as if you were there at the time. Try to convey your feelings, knowing that the war is finally over.
  6. Remember to include adjectives, similes, onomatopoeia, etc. to bring your poem to life for the reader.
  7. You can choose any format you wish – acrostic, free verse, shape poem, haiku – and it can be rhyming or non-rhyming.

I look forward to reading them.

VE Day poems

 

Curriculum Areas, mild, Miss Maturana, Modern Languages

Magic Words – Spanish

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During this period of being at home we have learnt to be more thankful about people, moments and opportunities. Also, the beautiful Assembly we had yesterday gave us the opportunity to think of different ways to say thank you.

So when we are thankful about something or someone we say “Thank you”  and that is our first Magic Word. We usually use 3 magic words all the time, can you remember the other 2?

Your challenges for today is related to these important Magic Words, click on the sway to see them.

Magic Words
The following words can make a huge difference in our lives by using them. We use them all the time and lately we might have been using them even more. Today we will use them as much as we …
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