Well P5, this is my last check-in for this year.

I cannot quite believe how our year has ended and I must say I have missed seeing you all each day. I loved my time in P5 with you all. I wish we had got to complete our ‘Dictionkelly’ and continued with our regular ‘Fun Facts’ and great time we were having together.

I am really looking forward to welcoming you all back in August and seeing you all in person.

I wish you all a very very happy summer holiday and hope that as lockdown hopefully eases, you will be able to meet with more friends and family.

This week’s cooking journey continued with meringues. I have never made them before but I must say they were delicious – especially with whipped cream – yum!

I have been out enjoying riding my horse in the evenings and during the weekends – especially when the weather has been kind to us – makes a change from getting soaked. I thought you would like to see a picture of Paddy chilling out in his stable and both him and Buster trying to say hello to my phone – extreme muzzle close up 🙂

Another busy week in the garden animal spotting. Daisy cat was keeping an eye on the ever growing number of baby bunnies which are visiting the garden. Last night there were 5 in a row! I also saw a baby Magpie which was sitting looking very confused, I think it must have just fledged its nest and was unsure what to do. Lastly, the sheep arrived back this week after being away to get sheared – busy time at Mrs Kelly’s house!

Dylan and I enjoyed a lovely walk at our local woods – Lainshaw Woods. We saw lots of different wild flowers, insects and fairy doors. Dylan loved exploring all the different wooded areas and we even found a rope swing too. It was a lovely day spent outdoors.

Remember to send me this week’s updates and keep at the Sumdog competition as we were nearly in the top 10!

Take care,

Mrs Kelly 🙂

Hello P5, I hope you are all having a good week and managing to spend some time outdoors too – I am hoping the nicer weather returns soon!

This week has been a busy week for me with work, homeschooling and planning for next term. However I have still made time to keep my fitness going and home cooking.

There was a beautiful view from our house last week when the sky seemed to change colour within five minutes, apparently it is known as strawberry moon.

My animals have been keeping me amused too – Daisy cat decided to help me work from home by sitting on my notes on the table; Smokey my stable cat found a cosy spot in my greenhouse and Penny dog was delighted to eventually be able to get her coat clipped as she was really struggling in the heat. However, it is not always fun and games having horses, I had to spend the weekend poo picking one of the paddocks – yuck!

Dylan has been very lucky this week with two gifts! Mrs Ross knows how big a football fan he is so she gave him some Liverpool goodies that she had and his Granny and Granpa got him a pool for the nice weather. I think he thought all his birthdays and Christmases had come at once!

And lastly but by no means least, I had great news from my good friend Emma. She passed her final exams and is now officially a vet. I am very proud and excited for her as she has worked so hard throughout high school and her five years at university. 🙂

I am looking forward to seeing all your updates this week.

Remember, the Sumdog challenges are on for both numeracy and spelling – 5 different tasks so remember to try them. Lots of changes on the leader board this week so far!

Take care,

Mrs Kelly 🙂

Hello P5, welcome to Wednesday’s Check In. As always, I hope you are all well and enjoying some time in this glorious weather we have been having.

I decided to move my workstation outdoors this week as I was missing the lovely weather by working in my kitchen all day. Daisy cat was very interested in what I was doing and decided to join me! Our little baby bunny also brought a wee friend along to enjoy the grass in the garden. 🙂

I have been continuing to keep fit by doing my fitness class, zumba and walking. There was a lovely view from the top of the hill on my walk the other day and I also noticed a beautiful sunset out my window the other night. I really do think the nature around us is beautiful.

Dylan has been enjoying some outdoor learning and created an ice egg with flowers in it last week. He picked some flowers then froze them within an egg shell. Once it was frozen solid, he peeled the shell and this was the outcome. He has also been enjoying the sunshine and learning how to play the guitar – I usually have my ear plugs in when he is playing it! 🙂

Paddy and Buster have also been enjoying the sunny weather and their winter coats have gone to allow their nice shiny summer coats to come through. Buster was so hot the other day he decided to take matters into his own hands with the hose. I managed to get a little clip of it – click here.

I hope you all enjoy the remainder of your week. Remember to upload any work to your Blog or email me it by Friday. Check your emails for your new First News iHub login.

Take care,

Mrs Kelly 🙂

Hello P5,

I hope you are all well and enjoyed the long weekend. Thank you to those of you who have responded to my email, for those of you who have not yet, please check your emails and reply 🙂

I thought for all you animal fans out there I would make a change from my usual horse post and introduce you to Daisy cat instead. She was in a nice warm spot on my couch the other day and being very nosy at what I was doing 🙂

My cooking journey continued with one of my favourite dinners this week – roast beef – yum! I even tried to make Yorkshire puddings too. They looked a little strange but tasted delicious.

My garden has been filled with interesting animals this week, all enjoying the nice weather I think. I was curious to watch what I initially though was two birds fighting when I then realised it was a mother starling feeding her rather large baby starling! I video’d it for a while and from the still you can see it with a worm in its mouth about to feed the baby.

I also have a regular visit from a tiny little baby rabbit, no bigger than the palm of my hand, who has taken to hopping about the path next to my garden – it is very cute.

There was a very tired Bumble Bee on the path so I gave it some sugar water and returned it to the large flowers I have in my garden.

And lastly, I found a nest that had fallen out a tree and was lying in my front garden. Luckily, there were no eggs or baby birds in it but I was very interested seeing how the clever birds have woven the twigs together to make their nest. How they do that with just their beaks, I find absolutely fascinating!

It is a very difficult time for everyone at the moment and as we know, we should always think kind. So, I was really delighted to receive this little surprise through the post from Miss Thomson. It was very kind and thoughtful of her and really brightened up my day.

Dylan, Mr Kelly and I love a movie night and as we had never watched The Lorax before, we decided to watch it on Saturday. Dylan made the popcorn from popcorn kernels and we settled down to watch it. It really has such an eco and Global Goals message, we really enjoyed it.

That is  me for this week’s update, I am looking forward to hearing all about your week. Remember to post anything you would like me to see/check on your blogs or email. I will add a selection of posts in our Feedback Friday post too.

Take care and I hope to see you soon.

Mrs Kelly 🙂

Hi P5,

Here we are, another week into lockdown and you have been sharing lots of your work and what you have been doing, thank you very much. I enjoy seeing these updates and helping where I can. I hope you are all enjoying the Health Week activities and I am really looking forward to seeing any Sports Day activities – did you work out which one I was in the video? 🙂

I really enjoyed taking part in Fenwick’s walk500miles challenge and I have been continuing to try and walk 5km as often as I can. I am alternating between 5km, fitness and Zumba to keep fit.

I have continued with my cooking/baking journey. This week I made a steak pie – Mr Kelly’s favourite meal – and fairy cakes. I totally forgot to take a picture of the end result!

I got a new phone this week so I decided to try out the camera on it with a portrait picture of Penny and Daisy, I think it worked quite nicely – Penny was very keen to show you all her new toy. 🙂

At the weekend, we had a family game of Bingo! I managed to get a line first but didn’t win the whole game unfortunately.

It has become quite drizzly over the last few days and I was amused to see a very grumpy bunny sitting in the middle of my garden, looking very unhappy about the rain. It’s wee ears were flat against its back and it was all tucked in trying to keep dry – I am not sure why it didn’t just go for cover. Paddy has continued to be lazy and snooze in the field.

Dylan and I have been homeschooling daily and he is doing well, he misses his friends and grandparents and is looking forward to going back to school to see his teacher. I hope you are all managing ok too and remember to just do what you can when you can. It is very strange for us all and sometimes you might feel a little sad or glum about being not seeing your friends and family or being at school – this is normal and the best way is to share your feelings with someone and talk about it.

I will send you all a little message with next week’s Learning Grid so remember to look out for it.

Take lots of care and I look forward to seeing your updates on your blogs or email.

Mrs Kelly

Hello again P5,

I hope you are all well and still all managing ok. You are all doing a super job keeping busy from what I can see on your blogs and the emails some of you have sent me. I have really enjoyed hearing all your news. I miss you all very much and I am looking forward to when we can get back to school.

I have been busy this week: catching up with some of the families from school on the phone; preparing your learning grids; homeschooling Dylan and of course our VE Day celebrations.

I loved the VE Day anniversary. I caught up with the Fenwick staff online and we had a virtual tea party which was great. I wore my wee Granny’s tea dress and made some cakes. Later on with my family we listened to old wartime music and I baked a pie.

I have been continuing my cooking journey and as I mentioned, I baked a pie for VE day – chicken and leek with pastry. It seemed to go down well as there was none left! I also made a cottage pie yesterday; it wasn’t as tasty as I had hoped so I think I must have left an ingredient out.

I have been doing some walking to help with the walk500miles challenge and I have been enjoying the scenery around where I live. Sometimes I just walk round our fields and last week I spotted some more lambs, a wee cat looking very happy with itself hiding down by the burn at the bottom of our field and a very sleepy Paddy 🙂

Remember to log your miles with Mrs Davidson to see if our little school can reach our target of 500miles and if you can, make a small donation on ParentPay towards our fundraiser for Hallhouse Carehome.

Take lots of care boys and girls, remember to update me with your news and any work you would like me to check on your blog, or email if you would prefer. I will take a selection of things to share on our Feedback Friday post.

I look forward to hearing from you, even if it is just to say hello.

From, Mrs Kelly 🙂

Hello P5, I hope you are all well and enjoying the sunshine and time with your families.

I cannot believe it is ‘Mrs Kelly Update’ time again, I feel like the weeks are beginning to pass quicker than I had thought they would.

As you know, this week marks the 75th Anniversary of VE Day; as you may remember I love learning all about WW2, something I inherited from my Gramps. He wrote novels and based a lot of them on WW2 and I had the privilege of proof reading his work. He also loved WW2 planes and I have one of his model Spitfires and a commemorative Spitfire plate in my house. My wee Granny’s brother fought in WW2 and I thought you would like to see a picture of her with her brother Kenzie, when he was on leave during the war. I am looking forward to our VE Day virtual afternoon tea with the staff and then my family on Friday.

I have continued on my cooking journey and last week I made a carbonara; it was a bit of a ‘Mrs Kelly’s take on a carbonara’ as I included chicken and used the wrong pasta – ooops. It tasted nice all the same. This week I am going to attempt a pie with pastry for our VE Day party.

I have been continuing to write your reports, prepare learning, virtually meet with the Fenwick staff and home-school Dylan. I have been continuing to keep fit with Joe Wicks, Zumba and Yoga and I have been really enjoying this – this week I learned how to Hula Hoop too! I go for a walk around our fields with the dog and Penny really loves that.

Hula Hoop Video 🙂

Paddy is also continuing to keep fit being lunged three times a week. This week I started to take him on my daily walk in-hand to get him back used to roads and seeing different things before we start riding again – it is like taking a huge dog for a walk!

I hope you have enjoyed my update for this week, I am looking forward to seeing all of yours too. I am going to start a ‘Feedback Friday’ post on our blog with some of the things you have been sharing so as your classmates can see them – if there is anything in particular you want shared please email me it, if not I will just pick a small selection.

Remember to pop over to the updates page to see our Classroom Support Assistants updates too – here.

Take care and I hope to see you all soon.

Mrs Kelly 🙂

Hi P5,

Here we are in week six of Lockdown and I must say it feels like a very long time since I have seen you all. I am missing seeing your wee faces everyday and our P5 conversations.

I have had a busy week since I last checked-in with you all. I have spoken to lots of parents across the school to hear how everyone is getting on, creating your home learning materials and homeschooling too.

Thank you very much to everyone who has managed to update their blog with the different activities and family fun you have been having, I have enjoyed seeing what you are all doing. Please feel free to comment on this blog post or get in touch via email if you need help with anything.

I have been continuing my cooking journey and this week I made lasagne. There was a thumbs up all round from Mr Kelly and Dylan and I must say I surprised myself. This week’s challenge is going to be carbonara, I will update you next week on how that goes.

I have continued to keep fit and I have been walking my dog Penny and my Mum’s dog Rosie around our fields. This morning we could see all the lambs in the next field snoozing with their mums – no wonder after all the skipping and fun they were having yesterday evening, I could see them playing from my window.

Dylan and I were having a good laugh at our cat Daisy at the weekend. She was lying on the bed with her tongue sticking out, did you know that a cat can collect scents on their tongues – fun fact!

I have also been doing some mindful colouring, I have been quite enjoying it but I must say it needs a lot of patience. I have been using an animal themed book which, as you know, is my favourite.

To round off my week, I decided to give hairdressing a go as Dylan’s hair was getting a bit wild. After a slightly shaky start, I managed to get into the swing of it and I think the end result is not too bad 🙂

That is my update for this week. I am looking forward to hearing yours. Please comment on this post or on your blog to let me know how you are getting on.

Take lots of care and have fun with your families.

Mrs Kelly 🙂

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 🙂