Hi P5,

I hope you are all well and enjoyed the Easter holidays – even although it was a bit strange being on lockdown. I am sure you all kept very busy. I am missing you all very much and seeing your faces every day, I am looking forward to when we can all come back to school.

Please remember that you can contact me either by email laura.kelly@eastayrshire.org.uk or on your blog. I have been really enjoying seeing your blog updates and hearing all about what you have been doing.

I kept myself busy during the Easter holidays by continuing with my learning journey with cooking and baking. My friend Natalie has been sending me lots of recipes for trying at home; Dylan and  Mr Kelly have said dinners have been tasting better!

It was Mr Kelly’s birthday at the weekend so as a surprise I baked him a cake and we had an afternoon tea. I’ll not lie, I was proud of my cake and it tasted delicious – at least I managed not to burn it!

I have been continuing with trying to keep fit, I am still joining in with Joe Wicks everyday but I have also been doing Yoga and Zumba. Penny was very bored whilst I did my online Zumba class the other day and decided to lie outside in the sunshine instead – I think she prefers when my exercise includes her going for a walk!

I have been very busy outside, although I am trying to keep myself fit, I also have to keep the horses fit too whilst we cannot ride. Paddy has been getting a good groom daily and lunged (going round in a big circle for all you non-horsey classmates) three times a week to keep him healthy too.

I also built a new fence in my garden too – I have been meaning to get around to it for about two years – oops. Finally done now and it finishes off that section of the garden nicely.

I am looking forward to hearing all your news and remember to contact me if you need any help or have any questions about any of the home learning I have set. Remember, these are optional and do not get worried if you do not know how to do something, move on and try something else.

Take care and I hope to see you soon.

Mrs Kelly

Hello boys and girls, it feels like a very long time since we were last together and I am missing you all very much. The ‘dictionkelly’ has not been updated in a while and I am missing our daily ‘fun facts’.

I have been working from home, preparing learning grid activities for you and meeting with the other teachers on ‘Zoom’ – during our last meeting I was talking and no one could hear me, I had it on silent – think it is the quietest I have ever been! 🙂

I have been very busy home-schooling with Dylan too. We created a rainbow for our window for passers by to see and we have done some outdoor learning – we found a snail. Penny dog is loving outdoor learning as she gets to join in too. I have been teaching Dylan all about Number Talks so he is learning the strategies we have worked on this year.

Today I tried out Joe Wicks P.E for the first time, I really enjoyed it however Penny wasn’t very helpful when I was trying to do sit ups! I think I will need to tune in to Joe’s P.E sessions more often.

I am looking forward to hearing about all the different things you and your family have been up to.  I hope you are managing to keep busy and are keeping in touch with one another. I have sent you all an email on Glow with your new Sumdog passwords and if you are stuck with anything you can email me and I will try to help as I do check in on your progress daily. Remember our mantra in P5 – ‘Just give it a bash’ don’t worry if you are not sure how to do something, give it a go or move onto another activity. Remember too you have access on Glow to use Microsoft365 so have a play about with Sway and see if you can create a Sway about what you have been doing or your personal projects.

I have attached some photos of what I have been doing and I would love to see any updates on your Blog, I have been checking them too.

Take care,

Mrs Kelly 🙂