Author: L Reid

Our communication champions of the week are;

SLC1a – Lewis Keegans for great speech and language work.

SLC1b – Ollie Leishman for joining in with our Scottish songs and using some signs.

SLC2 – Sam Rowan for reciting his Scots poems and recalling the story of Tam O’Shanter.

SLC3a – Kyeron Dobie for using symbols to communicate with others.

SLC3b – Kaelyn Renwick for using resources effectively to support her writing.

 

 

Our rights respecting pupils of the week this week are;

SLC1a – Murray Smith for playing well with a friend with support,

SLC1b – Trent Biggs for encouraging friends to join in with playground games.

SLC2 – Caiden Russell for being so kind to his teachers and friends and helping to tidy the classroom.

SLC3a – Harry Clapperton for making new friends.

SLC3b – Lucas Walker for participating in positive play with his friends.

The children in SLC2 and SLC3 enjoyed a wide range of activities today. They participated in Pin the Tail on the Bunny, Egg and Spoon Races, Scratch Art Creations, Easter Cookie Decorating and of course an Easter Egg Hunt. Please enjoy this short video which shows what they were doing.

Have a safe and fun vacation 🙂

Paper Spinners

 

Hi everyone, it’s Friday which means it is Fun Friday time, our last one to do at home before you are all back in school 😊

Today we are going to make paper spinners. Here is a list of things you will need.

String, thin rope or wool.

Cardboard for your circle (you could use a cereal box if an adult at home says it is ok)

Paper (you will be cutting out 2 circles)

Colouring pens, pencils or paint. I think pens would be best but use what you have.

Scissors

Glue

 

Step 1.

Use a cup or plastic glass or anything else round to help you draw 2 circles on your paper. You do not want them to be too big, keep them about the size of a can of beans.

Step 2.

Colour your circles adding lots of different colours, the more colourful the more fun it is when it spins 😉

Step 3.

Cut out your circles, ask an adult for help if you need help.

Step 4.

Use the same cup, can of beans or whatever you used for your circles and cut out 1 circle from your cardboard.

Step 5.

Glue on your paper circles to your cardboard, (one on each side).

Step 6.

Poke two small holes in centre of the cardboard circle.

Step 7.

Take a piece of string, wool or thin rope about 70cm long and put it through the 2 holes. Tie a knot so that your string stays in place.

TIME TO PLAY WITH YOUR SPINNER!

Take a piece of string in each hand with the circle in the middle and go in circles to get the string twisted. Now you pull by gently moving your hands out to the side then bring them back towards the middle again. Keep doing this motion and watch your spinner go round and round, if you are doing it right your spinner will make a humming sound!!

 

I look forward to seeing your designs. Have fun everyone and have a great weekend.

Hi everyone, I have 2 activities for Fun Friday. You can choose which one to do or if you wish, you can do both 🙂

Cloud Watching

Look up at the clouds. What shapes can you see? Can you tell a story about the shapes of the clouds? Share your story with someone at home or you can share it with a friend from school. You can do this activity from looking out a window or if its a nice day you could lie on your back in your garden to look at the clouds.

 

Nature Drawing

Take a piece of paper and a pencil and draw something from nature that interests you. It could be a flower, tree, bird, insect or animal. If you are in your garden, why not look at flowers up close and try to draw them. If you are looking out a window, try to draw what you see. Be sure to colour your picture in.

I hope you have fun doing your activity this week and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend! 😀

Fun Friday Activity

Your activity today is about finding out what objects you collect will sink or float.

What you will need.

A bag to collect nature materials in.

A medium bowl.

Water.

Paper and a pencil.

Measuring cups or jug.

A tablespoon.

Table salt (1 tablespoon per cup of water).

It is surprising that something as big and heavy as a ship can float but a small penny will sink! How is this possible? The long wide base of the ship displaces more water than the penny. The more water an object displaces, the greater the pressure pushing it upwards to the surface. It is the upward pressure that helps objects float.

1. Grab your bag and head outside to explore and collect nature objects. Look for things like pieces of bark, seedpods, leaves, acorns, stones, pine cones and more.
2. Once back home, sort out your objects into two piles. One pile for objects that you think will sink and another pile for objects you think will float.
3. Fill a medium bowl with water.
4. Place each object in the bowl one at a time and test your hypothesis (educated guess) about whether your object will sink or float. Record your results on your paper.
5. Dump out the water and refill the bowl with warm water, mixing in table salt until dissolved. (1 tablespoon of salt for each cup of water).
6. Place each of your nature objects back into the water. Does this change any of your results? Record your second round of results on your paper.

Please share your results and any photos of you doing your activity with us. We are looking forward to seeing how you all get on.