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P1/2 Home Learning – 27.5.20

Hi Everyone,

I’ve outlined some ideas for learning activities to complete at home for this week.  I’ve set them out in a different format, I hope this is maybe easier to read and interact with.  Click on the link below for either Primary 1 tasks or Primary 2 tasks.  I hope you’re all staying safe and well.  I continue to miss you all so much! I can’t wait to see you all again.

Miss Stafford

Primary 1 Home Learning – 27.5.20

Primary 2 home learning – 27.5.20

Mrs Hill’s new music activities for this week can be found here

P1/2 Holiday Weekend!

Hi Everyone 🙂

I just wanted to remind you that we have  a bank holiday on Monday and an in-service day on Tuesday which means that if we were at school, you would be off until Wednesday! So, I’m encouraging all my families to take the time off and enjoy some quality time together. I’ll be sharing my blog post for activities for next week on Wednesday.  Don’t worry about school for a few days and I’ll be in touch again soon.  Stay safe and well, I miss you all so much.

 

Miss Stafford

P1/2 Home Learning Ideas – 18.5.20

P1/2 Home Learning Activities: 18.5.20 

 

Hello Everyone, 

I hope you’re all keeping safe and well.  Remember these tasks are just ideas, don’t put too much pressure on yourselves.  We are all doing our best, so don’t worry 😊.  Remember to log onto Sumdog and Bugclub, even for a short while. I can see lots of you are trying hard so well done!  Remember to enjoy your time together as much as you can in these strange circumstances. 

Stay safe and healthy, 

Miss Stafford x 

 

 

Literacy 

Sounds: 

Here’s 5 ideas for my P1s and P2s to practice your spelling words. Try to do one activity each day: 

  • Rainbow writing (write each letter with a different colour) 
  • Silly Sentences (write a silly sentence (or a few) using your sound words) 
  • Air writing (use your finger to “draw” the words in the air) 
  • Body Spelling (ask a family member to help you! Make the shape of each letter with your body) 
  • Jump Spelling (jump or hop as you say each letter for each word) 

 

P1: We are going to have a consolidation week and recap over some of the sounds we have learned so far.  Look back at: “ch”, “er” “ar” and “ue”.  Try to complete each of the activities above with words using these sounds, an adult will need to help you. 

Remember to keep practicing your jolly phonics songs. You can find them here: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U2HYM9VXz9k 

 

P2: Your new sound this week is a_e.  I hope you’re all getting on okay with the magic e sounds, feel free to keep recapping the magic e words from the last few weeks.  Have a watch of Geraldine looking at this sound:  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkycxr-joDk 

Can you go on a hunt around your house or garden for some a_e words? 

Ask and adult to help you think of some!  You have your full list of spelling words in your home learning pack, complete the 5 activities above or challenge yourself to do write a story using them. 

Have a watch of this video to look at magic e words. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C0yx4T2FDJE 

 

Reading 

Remember to log onto bug club to look through your new book this week.  Any books in your house are also great to have a look through.  Try to read with an adult and just try to read some words if the book is a little bit tricky or ask an adult to read to you – this is really beneficial! 

 

Writing 

News: Keep trying to write down your news each week, we really are in unprecedented times and it will be really interesting to look back on it in years to come. 

Can you go for a walk? Either just around your garden or around your local area with an adult.  Maybe even take some photos of things that you see.  When you come home, try to write a story about your walk and what you saw.  There could be beautiful flowers or a lovely butterfly, whatever it is – write about it! Try to add as much detail as possible.  As always, P2s should be aiming to write as much by themselves as they can.  P1s should ask an adult to write a sentence and copy it underneath, or over the top. 

 

Numeracy and Maths 

Sumdog 

You have been set a new set of challenges for the week to continue to work on your numeracy skills, as well as some outer maths areas. 

 

Active Maths 

Time 

Remember to keep practicing reading the clock.  Use a clock in your house and ask an adult to help you read the time.  Remember this resource is great for setting a time on the clock and for reading the time: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/time/teaching-clock 

P1 – focus on o’clock. 

P2 – focus on half past and o’clock. 

 

Shape 

Go on a walk around your house, garden, or on your walk around the local area, begin to look for shapes.  Take pictures if you can and look at them together with an adult.  Try to identify the different shapes that you see. 

Have a look at this link here to recap on the difference between 2D shapes and 3D objects. 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zjv39j6 

 

Mental Maths 

P1: Practice your number bonds up to 10.  I recommend using 10 objects and two plates (or something similar) to help.  Have a watch of this video for some ideas: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAV-gwoLTIs 

 

After watching and practicing with an adult, have a go at this game online: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

(Select “Make 10” under the number bonds section) 

 

P2:  Practice your number bonds up to 20. You should be super fast at this.  You can use 20 objects also to help you.  Have a watch of this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h6udqW6VhWg 

 

After watching and practicing with an adult, have a go at this game online: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button 

(Select “Make 20” under the number bonds section) 

 

All my other learning 

Road Safety 

Have a read of Ziggy’s new story here: 

Ziggy’s Rainbow Walk 

If you have access to printing, have a go at completing this worksheet here after reading the story: 

Road Safety Sheet 

If not, don’t worry! Have a look at it and draw your own maze on some paper. 

 Health and Wellbeing 

It’s so important to continue to look after our own health and wellbeing. 

Have a go at some meditation, I like this guided one here: 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBnPlqQFPKs 

But it could just be a case of taking some time to sit quietly and practice breathing nice and deeply.  This might be a nice activity to do before bedtime. 

 

Music 

Have a look at Mrs Hills music grid here: 

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ea/mrshmusic/2020/05/17/p1-2-music-week-beginning-18th-may-2020/

Remember to keep working through the May challenges I’ve uploaded in previous weeks if you’re looking for more ideas! 

 

 

I hope all of these ideas are useful to you, and you’re enjoying doing them with your families.  Remember, you can change them up in anyway you want to suit you and your family.  Do what you can, when you can. 

 

Still missing you all a lot! 

Miss Stafford  

x 

 

 

 

 

 

P1/2 Home Learning Tasks – 11.5.20

P1/2 Home Learning Tasks

 

Hello everyone,

I hope you managed to enjoy your bank holiday weekend and made the most of the sunny and dry weather 😊.  It was so lovely to get to speak to lots of your adults last week and even getting to speak to some of you!  I’ll be in touch again with everyone to check in again in a couple of weeks time.  Remember to just do whatever you can and don’t put too much pressure on yourselves, you’re all doing the best that you can!

Miss Stafford

 

Literacy

Sounds:

P1: Your new sound this week is: ue.

Ask an adult to help you come up with as many “ue” words as you can.  Watch this video and try your best to sound out each sound and blend the word together.

Ask an adult to help you write down 3 words from the video.  Practice these words by:

  • Air writing with your finger
  • Rainbow Writing
  • Writing one sentence (an adult should help with this)

P2: We are looking at o_e this week.  It’s the same idea as our magic e sound that we looked at last week.  Have a look at Geraldine exploring this sound: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vDms5bRsvq4

Go on a hunt around your house and ask an adult to help you!

Use your spelling activity grid to practice all o_e words in your spelling booklet.

Write 5 sentences using your o_e words. These can spread out over each day.

Reading:

Remember to log into bug club! You should have a new book this week.  We are focussing on completing just one book each week, this should give you the chance to really focus on this book and ensure that you are  really understanding what you are reading.

Writing:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rudDGRQ9QGA  Have a watch of this video reading a lovely book about the zoo.

Try to write something about your favourite zoo animal in the book, or in general! You could research this animal and create a fact file.  Ask an adult to help you.

Numeracy

Sumdog

Remember to log onto Sumdog.  You have a new set of challenges for the week to complete.  I can see some of you working really hard each week on it – well done you! You should have your log in details in your pack.

 

P1: Collect ten things from your garden, kitchen, lounge – anywhere!  Split them into different piles (You could use 2 bowls, cups etc, whatever works).  Count how many are in each of the two piles.  The total will always be ten, but explore the different ways we can make up ten.  5 + 5, or 4 + 6 etc.  An adult will need to help you with this.

 

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

This website is great for practicing this, click on the “make ten” button.

 

P2: Keep working on your adding tens and units.  I have some more questions for you to try this week using the same method as last week:

52 + 17 =

31 + 46 =

56 + 11 =

63 + 26 =

41 + 27 =

81 + 15 =

90 + 5 =

24 + 51 =

15 + 14 =

71 + 24 =

 

Other Curricular areas:

Art:

Here’s a challenge for the month of May to complete as many art tasks as you can.  This will hopefully give you lots of ideas 😊.

 

Music:

Remember to look at Mrs Hill’s music grid for some music ideas to complete at home:

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ea/mrshmusic/2020/05/07/p1-2-music-activities-week-beginning-11th-may-2020/

Remember you are doing enough!  Do what you can when suits you.  Remember to keep safe and happy, I miss you all.

Miss Stafford

Bank Holiday Weekend! P1/2

Hi everyone,

I hope you’re all keeping safe and well.  Just a reminder it’s our bank holiday weekend this weekend (woo!). Although it maybe isn’t like other holidays we have had in the past, please take the time to just enjoy your family and don’t worry about getting any work done.  Fingers crossed the sunshine stays! I’ll post on Monday with more ideas for you, but enjoy your weekend whatever you end up doing :).

I miss you all lots,

Miss Stafford