Super creative skills by Logan and Rebecca here. Well done to any helpers you might have had for this one too 🙂
Rebecca also wanted to show everyone her out exercising on her bike.
Chalk creations by Rebecca and Logan
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Living the Dream
Meet Poppy …….. living her best life and clearly enjoying being a lady of leisure these days 🙂
Potions Galore
Look at the concentration on Carter’s face as he creates his own homemade potion in the sun. Mixing, pouring, squeezing, the list goes on and the fun is endless.
Healthy snacks
Ashton worked hard to create a super healthy lunch after Leoni’s food challenge last week.
Can you look closely to see if you can find all of the ingredients he used to make his healthy spider for lunch?
Ashton found a duckling :)
While out his daily walk, Ashton found a beautiful little duckling.
He even posted a fab video to our twitter page of him singing the song “5 Little Ducks”
Can you sing the song “5 Little Ducks”?
2PM LITERACY CHALLENGE.
Good afternoon everyone!
This afternoons focus is on Elmer the Elephant!
A super activity to create some artwork from a fantastic book! Have a lovely afternoon story time, reading “Elmer the Elephant” or listen to the story through the link below. Then, have some fun making an Elmer lantern! First, take an empty milk carton and mark it up like shown below. Then, cut along the lines to get your elephants body and let your child decorate it with lots of bright colours whether this be glitter, tissue paper, sequins, pens or paints! Finally, once its dry, if you have a LED tea light or some fairy lights place them inside and see the colours shine!
Headteacher’s Challenge #11
Good morning and welcome to Tuesday 🙂
Just before the schools closed in mid-March, at the Primary School we held another very successful Scholastic Book Fayre and we talked at assembly about the importance of reading in our everyday lives – in school, at home and when we’re out and about.
In our Home Circles we listed some reasons why it’s so important that we learn to read …
‘to fill in job and college applications’
‘to read bus, train and plane timetables’
‘to read texts and emails from friends and family’
‘to do our jobs properly when we’re working’
and my most favourite answer EVER
‘to be able to read bedtime stories to our weans when we are mums and dads’.
At the ECC you regularly enjoy listening to your teachers reading a story to you in your groups, and Alana organises brilliant Bookbug sessions, which are enjoyed by the whole family.
So, today’s Challenge is – to share/read a book with someone.
You could read the book to someone if it’s a story that you know well, or someone in your family could read the book to you and then you could have a go at retelling the story to them. You could talk about the pictures in the book and make up your own story – endless possibilities with a book!
Find a nice, comfy, quiet place and time, get cuddled in and simply enjoy reading a book.
I would love to see some photos of the book you’re sharing with your families.
When my two boys (now aged 16 and 11) were wee, their favourite books were ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ and ‘Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book’ – I’ve still got these books and I’m going to read them aloud today and I just know that they will enjoy hearing me reading these books (even though they might pretend that they’re not listening …)
As always, stay safe, take care and keep in touch. Mrs Govans x
2PM NUMERACY
The whole family can be involved in this activity 😉 This morning we designed numbers 0 – 10 then hopped, jumped, walked backwards, stomped etc to the different numbers, another good idea is to play musical numbers (bumps), when the music stops, run to a number and identify the number. Creating a hopscotch with the numbers is also a great idea.
Have fun 🙂
10 AM EXPRESSIVE ARTS
Good Morning everyone. Can you make a model out of any junk you have? Anything you would recycle can be reused and turned into a masterpiece. Have fun creating.
2PM NUMERACY POST-Collecting and counting natural matrials
Good Afternoon everyone, it’s a beautiful day so why not enjoy some numeracy in the outdoors today. The task is to collect as many natural materials that you can in the outdoors whether that is in your garden or when out on a walk. I have used a large egg box to collect materials and use as a frame for counting but you don’t need to do this. You could collect various materials and sort them into the correct categories, this could be stones, twigs, acorns or leaves. You could talk about how many you have collected of each item, which you have more of and the properties of the materials you have found. Please have some fun and enjoy learning in the beautiful sunshine ♥
Happy Friday
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Have a super weekend and keep your photographs coming in.
Chalk-tastic
Lukas has been developing his fine motor skills this week using the chunky chalks to draw and mark make with. Looks like you have been enjoying the sunshine Lukas! Great pictures 🙂
Mail A Hug by Gracie-Leigh
Excellent pictures sent in this morning showing each of the stages Gracie-Leigh went through to create her Mail A Hug.
Whoever receives your hug Gracie-Leigh is one very, very lucky person 🙂
Earning their keep :)
April and her brother Kerr really enjoyed Courtney’s literacy on Monday, recognising letters and blasting them with water. The middle picture of April was during the holidays when she was being super clever and leading her very own Bookbug session with her family 🙂 I heard your song choices were great April 🙂 And my particular favourite is your photograph today – working hard and feeding the sheep. Great effort to both of you.
Outdoor Explorers
Cole and Madison have been exploring their world around them (in between their superb photoshoots that I hope are being blown up and put on your walls 🙂 ) Great pictures guys and wonderful memories being made.
What a busy boy
Oscar has been keeping himself busy throughout the holidays.
His counting is fab, his name is tremendous and those doughnuts look out of this world! Don’t forget where we all are when you head off to school if you ever bake those again Oscar 🙂 xxx
Winner – Ashton Kerr McNaughton :)
During the holidays Ashton entered a competition with Catrine Community Trust – and only went and won it. Huge congratulations from everyone at Catrine, staff and children !!!!
Happy Easter to you too Ashton, we are glad you had such a super time 🙂
2pm – Storytime
Hi Boys and Girls,
Today is a little treat for you. Time for you to relax , find your favourite toy or teddy bear and a cosy place to sit (you can bring an adult if you wish) and listen to today’s story.
(For video please scroll to right using arrows)
I hope you enjoy x
10AM LITERACY POST
Simple ……. no explanation needed, simply mail a hug to a loved one. Can you imagine their face when the post gets delivered, they open their envelope and they pull out your hug 🙂
I miss you when you’re far away,
I’d love to see you every day.
But since I can’t come over to play,
I’m mailing you a hug today!
So although it may be quite a sight 🙂
Wrap my arms around you tight.
Repeat this daily to keep your smile bright
Until we get to reunite!
Headteacher’s Challenge #10
Good morning and welcome to another glorious Thursday morning 🙂
It’s been lovely to hear from Alana that some of you have been sending her emails and photos to let her know what you’ve been up to. She shares them with me, and I really enjoy seeing how busy you’ve been.
Today’s challenge is another singing one. As the weather has been so lovely, lots of us have been spending time in the garden. I’ve enjoyed planting lots of bulbs (under the careful instruction of my mum via Facetime!)
So today we’re going to get your family singing The Seed Song. At the Primary School we sing this regularly at assembly so big brothers and sisters will know this song! Organise your family into two teams – the first team sings the first line, with the second team being the ‘echo’, and then both teams come together for the last line of each verse and the chorus. You can show off some dance moves during the instrumental section.
I’ve attached a wee video of the song and the words – I guarantee you’ll be whistling this tune all day!
As always, take care, stay safe and keep in touch. Mrs Govans x
