Category Archives: Whole School
Dance Dance Dance (MILD, SPICY and HOT) #ExpressiveArts #HealthandWellbeing #LiteracyComprehension
Happy Friday Everyone,
Have you had a go at this weeks community challenge yet?
Not to worry you still have time to bust a move or two and send it to your teacher.
I thought i’d help you with some suggestions of dance moves:
Want to keep learning and dancing away, how about you try out our Dance Comprehension work where you watch a range of dances and answer questions on them, click below to carry out this fun activity.
Feel-Good Friday – Make a Leaf Mask
Now that the trees are in leaf and many of the flowers in our gardens are beginning to bloom, I thought we could try making decorative eye masks using natural materials.
Wearing decorative masks can be traced back to history of Venice and its carnival celebrations. The tradition of mask-wearing started in the 13th century when Venetians held many celebrations and parties. They would wear elaborate masks to hide their identity, just like you may do at Hallowe’en.
Click on the Sway below to find a step-by-step guide for making your own mask. It’s very simple, and you need only a few resources. Remember to ask for an adult’s permission first!
Here is another quick tutorial: How to make a Leaf Mask
Don’t worry if you can’t find any leaves or flowers – you could cut out leaf and flower shapes from coloured tissue or paper, or even draw your own.
Here is a link to a simple mask template which you can download and print out: Mask Template
Once your mask is finished, why not make up a short play and then act it out while wearing your mask? I look forward to seeing all your creations!
Photography Challenge for All Levels National Portrait Society and Duchess of Sussex Competition.
Hold Still, a portrait of our nation in 2020, is an ambitious community project to create a unique photographic portrait which captures the spirit, mood, hopes, fears and feelings of the nation as we continue to deal with isolation and uneasy times.
The Duchess and the National Portrait Gallery invite you to submit your own photographic portrait, taken during these extraordinary times, which responds to one of the following themes:
- Helpers and Heroes
- Your New Normal
- Acts of Kindness
You can find more information at : Hold Still
We would really love for you all to give this a go whether you decide to submit it or not you can always share this with your teacher.
Photography Support PowerPoint.
I’ve teamed up with a friend of mine who is a photographer in her spare time, she has very kindly created a powerpoint with some helpful tips to help support and develop your photography skills.
Top 4 Photography Tips <<<< Click Here
Miss Deans’s Photography Interests
Click the Sway below to see what Photography Miss Deans has within her home.
Create a Pin Hole Camera
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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
New Learning Grids for Tuesday 2nd June – Friday 12th June
Expressive Arts Fortnight
Hello everyone!
For the next two weeks, we will be focusing on Expressive Arts – Music, Drama, Art and Dance. Click below to see our new Learning Grids.
Health and Wellbeing/Expressive Arts
Remember, we all believe that having a growth mindset is very important so the activities are organised into the following levels.
Mild
Spicy
Hot
Where will you start?
Let’s leap into the learning pit and learn from our mistakes to achieve GREAT things! The teachers will be sharing their attempts too.
Keep checking the blog, please leave COMMENTS and send your work to your teacher via email/Seesaw or add to your Sway so that we can stay connected.
Thank you!
Mrs Fraser and all the teachers
Netball Practise For All #HealthandWellbeingFortnight
Hi Everyone,
Whether you are part of our Netball club or not, why not start your Friday right with some Netball activities and skills to practise.
I would like to thank Sandra and Lara for creating this video and showing us lots of skills to try out
Feel-Good Friday – Fun with Fruit and Veg
For the final day of our Health Fortnight, I thought we could have a bit of fun. You know how adults always tell you, “Don’t play with your food”? Well, now’s your chance!
Today’s Feel-Good activity combines creativity with imagination AND healthy food. Have you guessed what it is yet?
Your challenge is to make a fabulous creature using only fruit and vegetables.
Have a look!
Do remember to ask for an adult’s permission before taking any food to do this activity, and make sure that you are being supervised if you are using any sharp kitchen utensils.
If you would like to email me photos, I can make a Sway to show everyone what you have created. Have fun!
Health Heroes Final Guests No6 Finale #LetsGetClapping
Hello Everyone,
Over the last two weeks, we have seen a range of Health Heroes that I am sure we have all taken something away from. I am so glad you have enjoyed tuning in each day to find out who we have had.
I’d like to round up our Health Heroes campaign with I am sure you will all agree Heroes that in my eyes are Heroes every minute of our day and lives: the NHS.
Please find below a video from Mrs Anne-Marie McGrath ( Ruairidh and Eilidh’s mum) who throughout her night shift at Aberdeen Hospital was able to record this for us. I would like to personally thank her for taking the time to record this video for us on behalf of herself, Aberdeen Hospital and the wider community of NHS staff.
WIthin in our school and wider community we have a range of key workers and NHS workers who we would like to dedicate this post to for all their hard work during this time.
When we clap tonight as we do every Thursday, we clap for a wide range of NHS and key workers, as Anne-Marie says in her video boys and girls give yourself a clap too!
We also have another set of Health Heroes, Alex and Adam McDonald participated in a World Sepsis Awareness video at Aberdeen Hospital that they would like to share with you. Well Done Boys.
House Captain’s Sports Day Speeches
Hello Everyone, our Sports Day is almost here whether you have started your grid or not our house captains would like you to hear their speeches to motivate you to do your best this week and earn some much needed house points 🙂
Haddo
