Category Archives: Primary 1 20/21

Literacy, Primary 1 20/21, Primary 2 20/21, Primary 3a 20/21, Primary 3b 20/21, Primary 4 20/21, Primary 5 20/21, Primary 6 20/21, Primary 7 20/21

Dunlop Primary Sketchnote

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In November 2019 Dunlop Primary and ECC were inspected by HMIe. We received a fantastic report which highlighted some of the amazing practice within the school. After the initial report was published Mrs Wilson was contacted by our lead inspector, as after some reflection he felt that our Literacy should be highlighted as excellent practice, and to reflect this Education Scotland got in touch to create a Sketchnote and blog. This will be showcased nationally in the Education Scotland newsletter and website.

As a staff team we are immensely proud that our school has received the recognition we feel it deserves. This has been a real team effort and a reflection of strong support that staff, parents and children continue to give each other.

I am immensely proud to have been part of this journey and am looking forward to where we go next.

Miss White

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Primary 1 20/21

Primary 1 Term 3 Learning 2020/2021

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Literacy – the children will continue to read at their level and complete comprehension activities.  Reading days are normally Monday and Wednesday but please ensure that your child has their reading book in their bag each day as comprehension tasks are on-going throughout the week.

Our phonemes this term are   wh, ee,  oo,  ck, ai.

New spelling words are  have,  with,  to,  your,  by,  only,  are,  dad,  not,  she.  I will send a complete list of words covered throughout the year home next week should you wish to reinforce these.  The children should be able to read and write these words, recognise them when reading and  include them in a simple sentence.

We will continue to include our words when writing for a specific purpose eg. letter/card writing, reports/instructions, personal/imaginative writing.  This term as part of our Social Studies, we are reading the story Handa’s Surprise.  The children are describing the events and characters in the story and acting it out using puppets/role play to explore the characters, setting and feelings.

The children and myself thoroughly enjoyed the Class Talks last term and everyone completed the task extremely well.  We will participate in one more before the end of this term (June) and I  will notify you nearer the time regarding the topic.

Numeracy & Mathematics

The children will

  • recall the number sequence forward within the range 0-30 (and beyond) from any given number
  • continue to add and subtract mentally to 10
  • identify the number before, after and missing numbers within a sequence
  • solve simple missing number problems
  • use ordinal number in real-life contexts (I am 5th in the line)
  • apply addition and subtraction skills when counting money to pay for items to 10p (1p  2p  5p  10p coins)
  • begin to write and order numbers to 100
  • link addition and subtraction facts using number stories/number bonds
  • create a pictogram using relevant information and discuss finding and use a Carroll diagram and talk about what is in each part.

Health & Wellbeing

Relationships, Sexual Health & Parenthood

The children will

  • discuss what makes a good friend & how to develop positive relationships.
  • identify people who care for them
  • recognise similarities/differences and how we are all unique
  • name some parts of the body and how they work.

Substance Misuse – the children will learn what is meant by medicines and harmful substances and will show ways of getting help in unsafe situations and emergencies.  This will be explored through a story called Jenny and the Bear.   We will also visit and find out about the defibrillator outside the Village Hall as part of our local environment topic.

We will practice crossing the road safely and know how to travel safely in a vehicle.

We will continue to complete our daily mile and toothbrushing.

Social Studies

As well as our book study Handa’s Surprise, we will participate in a topic about our local area.  This will include litter picking in the park and playground when treating our village with respect, making posters about dog poo, looking at the roles of people who help us in our local environment and visiting the church/cemetery/old school.

Expressive Arts

The children are participating in role-play mime and dance through stories.  They will continue to complete painting, drawing and collage activities related to our class topics.  We will also participate in some clay modelling this term.

Technologies

The children have made very good progress in logging on and off the computers, using the keyboard to write their name/sentences and accessing and using games/programmes.  They will continue to update their keyboard skills this term.

The children can use the school camera to record learning and this term they will record  and watch back interactions.

We will further explore caring for the environment and how our local services work through our Social Studies topic.

The children will use a range of materials and tools to design and make a model car.

 

Primary 1 20/21, Primary 2 20/21, Primary 3a 20/21, Primary 3b 20/21, Primary 4 20/21, Primary 5 20/21, Primary 6 20/21, Primary 7 20/21, Useful Documents

Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood – Parent Information

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Please find below the link to the Relationships, Sexual Health and Parenthood parental information letters.

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Mrs Wilson – An Inspirational Head Teacher

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On Friday, the whole school came together outdoors in a Covid safe way to let Mrs Wilson know what she meant to us, how we appreciated her hard work and commitment to Dunlop and to wish her well on her new and exciting chapter.

Mrs Wilson was the kindest, most nurturing, upbeat person you could ever hope to meet and we were so fortunate to have her lead Dunlop Primary School and ECC for seven years.

Mrs Wilson supported many children and staff over the years, and she was a trusted and valued colleague and friend to us all.  We will all miss Mrs Wilson, and of course, we will miss her assemblies from her garden shed.

We presented Mrs Wilson with lots of gifts as a token of how much she meant to us and then she took a walk of honour around the park to say goodbye to each child.

Thank you Mrs Wilson for being our Head Teacher and for always working so hard for Dunlop Primary School and ECC.

You are an inspiration!

https://www.fischy.com/songs/you-are-an-inspiration/?token=1620039275

Take care Mrs Wilson and don’t forget to wave to us when you are walking Tilly and Toby!

With kind regards, Mrs Nouillan and everyone at Dunlop Primary and ECC

Primary 1 20/21

Science Primary 1

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We have had lots of fun exploring sound and vibrations.

Can you hear sound in all directions?

Yes, we could hear each other no matter what direction we were facing.

We could feel the vibration when we spoke into our kazoo’s.

We made string telephones and investigated how the vibration travels along the string.  We could hear each other clearly when the string was pulled tight.

We made paper and card flowers, folded them up and floated them in our ‘ponds.’  No-one predicted that they would open out.  Great excitement!

Primary 1 20/21, Primary 2 20/21, Primary 3a 20/21, Primary 3b 20/21, Primary 4 20/21, Primary 5 20/21, Primary 6 20/21, Primary 7 20/21

Mrs Fullard’s Family Learning – Friday 5th February

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Follow the links on the word document attached to this assignment to choose one family learning challenges.
Click here for the work document – Week 4 Family Activities
Your choices this week are:
Challenge 1 – Mental Health and Wellbeing Week – We are all stars!
Challenge 2 – Winter Walk challenges
Challenge 3 – STEM – making slime (adult supervision only!)
Challenge 4 – Drawing and reading Odd Dog Out with Steve Biddulph (or Robot drawing)
The links for the resources are in the forms below:
Art Links
Slime Links
Most importantly, have fun with your family challenges! I look forward to seeing what you get up to.
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Mrs Fullard’s Family Learning Challenges – Friday 29th January

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Choose one family challenge activities to complete with your family.

Please send me a photo, tell you what you did or take a video to show what you have done for your chosen task.

The idea is that these activities you can complete as a family with all those participating contributing at their level.

This week choose one of the following:
  • Family History Scavenger Hunt
  • Outdoor Learning – Tiny Treasure Hunt
  • STEM Task – Make a basket out of a paper plate
  • Task 4 – Scottish Art

Most importantly, choose a task that you will enjoy! I look forward to you sharing your learning. 

Primary 1 20/21, Primary 2 20/21, Primary 3a 20/21, Primary 3b 20/21, Primary 4 20/21, Primary 5 20/21, Primary 6 20/21, Primary 7 20/21

Mrs Fullard’s Friday Family Learning Tasks 15/1/21

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Have a look at the links below to find out what you need to do for your Family Learning Challenge. You have a choice of activities.

Follow the link to hear me explaining the tasks to you.

To view the tasks in a word document, Click the link below.
https://glowscotland-my.sharepoint.com/:w:/g/personal/earachel_fullard_glow_sch_uk/EdY3LoTVh-pNgxtx3H5ik0sByLm2RwfcSzDfOL3MRVK99A?e=pyrAZn

Please attach any completed assignment and e-mail me at rachel.fullard@eastayrshire.org.uk

I am looking forward to seeing what you do for the task you choose. Have fun!!

Primary 1 20/21

Primary 1 Thursday 14th January 2021

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Good morning boys and girls.  I hope you are all well today.  Just a reminder that tomorrow is catch-up day which means that there will be no home learning posted in the morning so you can finish off anything that you need to do.

Click on the green link for spelling and phonics.

Spelling & Phonics 14.01.2021

Below are your reading tasks.  Look for the name of your reading book to complete the task.  I will issue new books on Monday so please continue to read your book.  There is a really fun app called Teach Your Monster To Read which you can download as an extra.

What A Bad Dog 14.01.2021

On the Sand 14.01.2021

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Maths

Continue practicing counting in 5’s today.  When we were practicing counting in 2’s in class we used 2 pence pieces and counted them out to each other.  If you have a collection of 5p in eg. your bank, you could use them to count.  Below is a new song today.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=5FaBDqOmiyI

For time today, I have added some clocks.   In the first exercise, read the time on the clock face and write the answer in the box.

Where would the small hand go to make these times?

 

Thursday is usually your PE day so I have added a workout with Andy below.   If possible, try to get out for a walk later.   Enjoy!

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p06tmrxh/andys-wild-workouts-series-1-10-arctic

I hope that you all have a great weekend everyone and I am looking forward to seeing some of your lovely work.