Category Archives: Curriculum Areas

Virtual Tour Week 2- Aberdeenshire and Aberdeen #FORALL

Hi Everyone,

Welcome to Week 2 of our Virtual Trip Experience, I hope you had a great time at Edinburgh Zoo last week, this week we are going to visit a different tourist attraction around Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire every day!

The sway below shows Monday and Tuesdays visits, on Wednesday I will post a new set of visits for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday to get your hands on.

MILD: Literacy – Harris the Hero

Time for our final Wildlife friend to join us.

Meet Harris he is a Puffin and on his adventure he meets many animals along the way.

Follow the story and complete our regular tasks, then learn where you can visit to see these animals in person and learn some amazing facts!

You could also go back to Miss Maturana’s post and learn in detail all about puffins!

 

I Spy and Muddled up Cities with Mrs Webster #PSATakeover (For All)

Fancy having a go at some fun activities courtesy of Scot Rail.

ScotRail_I_Spy  

ScotRail_MindTheGap  

Mrs Webster would love you to have a go and let us know how you get on!

You could colour in your finished pieces too, Enjoy.

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.