Category Archives: Curriculum Areas
MILD: Numeracy – Getting in Line, with Symmetry
It is time to go on a walk, a symmetry walk.
Start out your walk indoors then head outdoors and remember to take a camera with you!
Then when you get home learn to play the line game with someone. You can use any objects as long as you both have the same.
Follow the sway to learn more.
Remember to share your learning with your teacher
Book Club – Reading – Hot – The Ickabog
Good morning everyone and welcome back to Methlick’s Book Club!
Have you heard that J.K. Rowling has recently released a new story titled ‘The Ickabog’? It is free and will be published online throughout the coming months.
Instead of us all reading different books, I thought it would be lovely if we read this new story together. Each week, we will read a new chapter, discuss the story so far and complete activities. Activities will be posted on a Monday and we will discuss our responses on a Friday.
J.K. Rowling has also challenged children to create illustrations for the book that will be published later in the year. More information on this competition can be found at – https://bit.ly/2zzey5x
Click on the Sway below to see our activities for this week.
Numeracy – Hot – Angles
Hello everyone!
Let’s focus on Angles.
Click on the Sway below to see some fun and challenging activities that you can do at home to improve your Numeracy skills.
Please comment and let us know which activities you have been working on.
Well-Being Wednesday: Mr.Mutch and Mr. Reid #7
This week they’re back but the competition is off.
They have a different task for you this week.
Watch this week’s episode to find out more
Are you up for some dancing?
Here is the link to the song on Youtube. You can also find it on other platforms such as Spotify.
Listen to the song first
There are different sections to the song and you could probably think of lots of actions.
Such as dancing around, saxophone, actually walking on sunshine and big dance gestures.
Get the whole family involved, you could send in more than once clip.
Remember to send in your video by next Wednesday 10th June.
So that we can put it all together! There will be no episode on Wednesday as we will be posting on Friday instead for the end of the Expressive Arts Grids
Outdoor Art Weaving – Spicy (but suits all levels)
Hopefully you have seen this activity on the grid this week. During the sunny weather this weekend I took some time out to try this activity too. It was very relaxing (although also sometimes frustrating when the knots can undone but I kept going). It was a nice quiet time to sit down for a change so I hope you enjoy that aspect of art too. However, a word of warning it was not as simple as it seemed and I think at times I needed two pairs of hands. So don’t forget to ask for help from an adult if needed to set up the weaving loom. Once the frame is sorted then off you go……
If you have less time available or you haven’t gathered any sticks and materials yet you might want to try an easier activity first. You can use any natural materials and present them either as a pattern, a picture of something made from materials, a specific theme or a set colour scheme. Here is one from a P3 pupil called ‘Colours of Nature’ (Thanks Jacob)
MILD: Expressive Art – A Splash of Watercolour.
I have always found watercolour painting beautiful. I enjoy watching the paint spread across the water that is put down first.
It can take some time to learn how to use watercolours correctly, until I learned a little trick that can give the same effect very easily.
Follow the instructions in the sway below.
Once you have completed the activity you can use it as a back ground to stick drawings or pictures on top of. Or you could write your name, quote or phrase on top too.
Remember to share your results with your teacher through seesaw or email. Have a great time with some felt tips and water.
LITERACY: Inferring and Deducing Skills (Using Photographs and Examples from Texts) HOT/SPICY
Hi Everyone,
Nice easy task for you to get your hands on , looking at some important literary concepts that link perfectly to our Expressive Arts theme,
Click the Sway below to work through your Interactive Lesson on Inferring and Deducing Skills.
SPICY learners it would be great for you to give this a go as well 🙂
Biography of an Artist – Spicy/Hot
Today you are going to be learning about some of the features of a biography before planning and writing your own.
I have suggested that you base your biography on an artist but, as our theme this fortnight is Expressive Arts, please feel free to choose an artist, sculptor, architect, musician, dancer or actor as your subject.
The Sway below contains all the information required for you to create your biography.
Don’t forget to set your work out neatly, taking a new paragraph every time there is a change of subject. Please share your completed biography with your teacher, and don’t forget to come back on the Blog to let me know how you got on. 😊
Health and Wellbeing – Methlick’s Virtual Gallery – Week 1 – Hot
Good morning everyone!
Let’s take a virtual tour of Aberdeen Art Gallery – https://bit.ly/2AR37X5
With a duration of 2h30 minutes, we highly recommend that you view the tour throughout the week. If you prefer, focus on a specific gallery (Sculpture Court, Collecting Art etc).
Throughout week 1, we are going to focus on identifying our favourite piece of art within the gallery, sharing our thoughts/opinions and researching the artist.
Click on the Sway below to see everything you will need to complete this activity. An example has also been provided. Good luck and remember to share your work with your class teacher.
