This Friday we will be once again visiting the National Galleries of Scotland in Edinburgh for our inspiration.
One of my favourite sculptures in the Gallery of Modern Art is ‘Vulcan’. He is an enormous figure constructed from steel, measuring 730 cm in height. He was created by the Scottish artist, Eduardo Paolozzi
Click on the Sway to find out more about your Feel-Good Friday activity! I hope you have fun creating it.
You may have seen on the Literacy learning grid that the Scottish Book Trust is holding a story-writing competition.
It is open to all ages, and there are 4 different categories – Adult, 5-11, 12-18 and Gaelic. Prizes will be awarded for the winning entries in each category, and they will also be published on the website.
You can find more details here: Entry Details and Entry Form
Click on the Sway to learn more, and also for some story-writing tips.
Remember – the subject must be ‘Fog’, the maximum word limit is 50 words and the competition closes on 30th June.
Good luck to everyone taking part!
I made a tuck shop at home. I picked out items to sell and created my own price list.
I then opened the shop up to customers (my family). They were to pick one item and then pay using a £1 coin. I then had to work out how much change they would get back.
I used the ’empty number line’ method to work out their change. After doing this a few times I became more confident and could then use this method in my own head.
I then extended my shop, adding more items and creating a new price list.
During this game the customer was allowed to pick a few items. I then had to add them up to see how much the total cost would be. To do this I separated the numbers into tens and units to make the addition part easier to visualise. Again, this process became easier in my head after practising on paper first.
There are so many strategies we can use to add and subtract. See how many you can use for this task. You might have a favourite method. Let your teacher know it! 😊
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!
Have fun!
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!
As part of the Scotland/Social subjects grid we have set the task of making a flag.
Think about what you already know about flags.
Why do we have them?
What do they have in common?
What do they represent?
Why are they so different? or why are some similar? Here are two sets that are very similar.
Flags often have special meaning. The colours and shapes are not random. They often have a specific theme or idea connected to them. Some flags have mythical creatures or stories connected to them. Each flag is different and individual to the cause or Country it stands for.
The Welsh flag is a good example.
Your task is to make a flag that represents you.
Think about the colours you want to use, will you add a connection to family or friends? Will you add in something connected to a hobby or sport you enjoy? Will you include anything special to you? or will your flag be something totally different? It’s up to you.
Here is one I made with my Home School pupil. Pink and purple are her favourite colours and her hobby is dancing. She also added four hearts to represent the members of our family. For our flag we used fabric and glued on the pieces but you can use pen and paper or anything you have access to at at home. Don’t forget to share it with your teacher.
Today’s maths challenge is related to our ‘Money’ theme. You will be given a shopping list and challenged to find the best value online supermarket.
A minimum of 2 supermarkets should be selected, however if you wish a slightly HOTTER challenge you can, of course, choose more.
Instructions and a shopping list are contained in the Sway.
Ensure that you stick to the guidelines, and keep an eye open at all times for any special offers, such as ‘3 for 2’ or ‘Buy-One-Get-One-Free’ as these offer good value for money.
Remember to post your results on Seesaw or write them in your jotter, and come back to the Blog to tell us how you got on!
Bonjour! Hola!
I hope you are enjoying your new topic for this week boys and girls. Since I moved in to Scotland I have loved everything about it, specially its language. That’s why with Ms Rees we thought it would be so fun to mix all languages and give you a try matching words to their language.
Here is a word document that will allow you to see the words you will be looking up, once you find the meaning in Scots, Spanish and French you put them in the column where they belong.
In this Sway you will have one slide for each language with the words mixed up, try and find to which language they belong. Below the Sway you will find 3 links to dictionaries that could help you.
Let’s Begin.
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Spanish to English Cambridge Dictionary
French to English Cambridge Dictionary
For this Friday’s creative challenge I was inspired by Mrs Fraser’s assembly on different types of art, also by a comment that Hayden made on the blog.
Today we are going to be creating pictures using small stones and pebbles. The subject of your picture is entirely your choice – it could be your family, your cat or dog, birds, flowers – anything!
Click on the Sway to find out more …
Don’t forget to take photos of your artwork and send them to your teacher or to me, so that I can make a gallery on Sway to show your creations to everyone. Have fun, and have a great weekend.
The following Sway contains a variety of activities for you to practise identifying and creating symmetrical shapes.
Symmetry is all around us – both at home and in the environment – we just need to keep our eyes open and be aware of it!
Have a look at my Sway and try out some of the activities. Don’t forget to come back and let me know how you got on. 🙂
