We are launching our Family Learning at Home webpages today and invite all our CDPS families to have a go at the maths activity chosen by each class and/or group.
There’s a quick link on the Website Welcome post to the Home Learning homepage or click here.
More information about November’s activities (with class links) can also be found below.
Dear CDPS Family
Family Engagement – Sharing Learning Together at Home
Parents are the first, and most vital, teacher any child has. While schools give children a great education, learning doesn’t start and stop at the school gates. Doing fun things with your children is one of the great things about being a parent. You can make a huge difference. Research shows that children do better at school and throughout life when parents take part in their learning.
To help with this, our school is working on developing a bank of activities for families to access and share at home. The activities are not extra ‘homework’ but opportunities for families to find out more about what is happening in school by having a go at activities that do not require much preparation or resources and will support the work being taught in class. The activities are not for children to do on their own but together with one or two other family members. It’s all about talking and helping each other.
The activities are optional but there is strong evidence of the positive impact on pupil attainment when families are engaged together in sharing learning and we would encourage every family to have a go at the maths activity for this term.
The activities are found on our School Website. https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/dg/cdps/
There is a quick link to the activities in the Website Welcome Message or please use the Family Learning and Engagement menu on the right hand side of the website.
Families will be directed to the relevant activity by email and Facebook post or a paper copy will be sent home if no internet access at home.
From the Learning Together – Home Learning Ideas and Activities page you will find general information as well as links to Family Learning Ideas (right hand menu). This session we are developing maths and numeracy activities.
Early Level is mainly for Nursery and P1 age, First Level is mainly for P2-4 age, Second Level is mainly for P5-7 age and families will be directed to the activities that match your child’s pace of learning.
We hope that families enjoy having a go at the November’s Home Learning activity and we will be asking for your feedback on
– how easy (or not) it is to access the activities from the website.
– the suitability of the activities for home engagement. (The activities should be too time consuming or involve a lot of preparation).
– any problems you may have met doing the activity.
– suggestions for similar activities
– suggestions for other learning that your family would like to have home activities for.
It is planned to share at least two activities each term but families are welcome to browse through all the activities and suggestions to be added (particularly with a local context) are very welcome.
Please go to the next page for class maths activities to try in November. Primary 1 are asked to wait until 26th before starting theirs.
Read, Write and Count for Primary 1-3 Pupils
The Scottish Book Trust is giving every P1-3 pupil in Scotland a pack which contains reading and writing resources for you to enjoy and keep at home. The Family Packs will also be coming home today.
Click on a link to take you to the home learning website.
Activity – click on the bold link and then scroll down the activity webpage.
P1a and P1b – Measurement – Activity 1 – How Tall Am I?
P2 – Probability – Activity 1 : Could it Happen?
P2/3 – Shape – Activity 3 : 3D Objects at Home
P3 – Shape – Activity 3 : 3D Objects at Home
P3/4 – Shape – Activity 2 : Robot Challenge
P4 – Fractions – Quarters – Activity 6 : Bob and Betty
P4/5 – Fractions
Circle Group – Activity 4 : Half Number Line Game
Rectangles – Activity 7 : Quarter Number Line Game
Triangles – Activity 11 : Coin Collections
Squares & Hexagons Activity 13 : Coin Collections
P5 – Fractions
Choice from
Activity 15 – Sorting Objects or for a more difficult challenge try
P5/6 – Position and Movement – Activity 5 : Co-ordinate Map
P6 – Shape
Circles Group – Activity 2 : Robot Challenge
Pentagons/Triangles/Squares – Activity 1 : 3D Objects at Home
P6/7 – Shape
Squares and Rectangles –
Activities 1: 3D Objects at Home and 4 : What is that Shape?
Triangles and Pentagons – Activity 2 : Cube Nets
P7 – Shape – Activity 3 : Shape Robot.
