We are now at the end of week 5 of Remote Learning. Well done for everyone’s efforts to stay engaged with your school work. We are so proud of the wonderful Remote Learning taking place that we wanted to share some of it with you from the past week.
We hope you all enjoy a well earned few days holiday next week, see you all again on Thursday 18th February.
Well done to this weeks Stars of the Week who demonstrated one of our school VALUES this week! We are extremely proud of you all for working hard to display our school values whilst Remote Learning.
Primary 1 – Katie H for DETERMINATION
Primary 1/2 – Ciara O for DETERMINATION
Primary 2/3 – Kal M for DETERMINATION
Primary 3 – Carson B for RESPONSIBILITY
Primary 4 – James M for DETERMINATION
Primary 4/5 – Lucy S for AMBITION
Primary 5/6 – Harry P for DETERMINATION
Primary 6/7 – Callum O for DETERMINATION
Primary 7 – Chailyn P for RESPONSIBILITY
Our final count everyone!
Our final day of bird watching! I hope you have enjoyed this week and perhaps learned a little bit more about the regular visitors to your garden and surrounding area. Maybe you’ll be come a regular bird watcher from now on, I know I am!
Please let me know what you saw yesterday by filling out the form below. I will post the final form later on this afternoon for today’s spots.
Thank you so much to P2/3 for all the wonderful information they have provided us with this week.Â
Today’s bird is a blackbird.
I’ve included another hands on activity today because I love the fact you can recycle things lying around to make it. This is how to make a bird bath! I don’t know if you have ever see birds having a bath, maybe in a puddle? It’s great to watch them and will bring a smile to your face. It doesn’t have to be anything fancy. Use the link below for some ideas and adapt it to suit you!
To finish off this week’s activities I’ve included another audio story. If you scroll to the bottom of this link you will find a story about a blackbird. Sit back, relax and enjoy the story.
Hello to all our bird watchers of New Cumnock Primary School! Please tell me what you spotted yesterday by filling out the form below.
Bird of the day is brought to you by P2/3.
Today’s bird is a sparrow.
If you can, have a look at this PowerPoint which explains in more detail about the bird watch and why it is important to take part.
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I have a very ambitious activity that you might want to try with a grown up at some point, maybe not today unless you have the materials to hand. It is very exciting to have a bird box nearby and watch the birds coming and going. We have one in our garden and were fortunate enough to have blue tits nesting last year, it was an amazing experience! If you’d like to give building your own box a go follow the link below.
Don’t forget to take 10 minutes again today to spot birds in your area. I look forward to seeing your results tomorrow!
A huge well done to everyone who took part in Mrs McMurdo’s Wider Achievement Challenge of Dress to Express last week. We loved seeing photos and videos of you all dressed to reflect how you feel and your explanations were super!
Apologies that these photos were missed from our video, but they are too good not to share! Thank you Mary and Miss Mason for your fabulous entries!
Welcome to day two of our Big Schools Bird Watch! What a beautiful clear day for bird watching yesterday, what did you spot? I saw lots of lovely birds in our garden including robins, blue tits, great tits and sparrows!
Please complete the form to tell me what you saw.
I hope you can find 10 minutes in your day today to have a little look for the birds around you. It’s a wonderful relaxing activity to take part in and you can do it on your own or with someone, even your whole household!
Our bird of the day is brought to you by P2/3.
Today it is the Blue Tit!
The first activity idea I have for you today is a story. It is very cold outside this week so snuggle up and enjoy a wee story with someone in your house. They are about our bird of the day, a very common bird we see where we live, a blue tit.
There are three stories to choose from using the links below. The third is an audio story.
https://www.rspb.org.uk/fun-and-learning/for-kids/kids-stories/the-blue-tit-and-the-caterpillar/
https://www.rspb.org.uk/fun-and-learning/for-kids/kids-stories/little-orphan-blue-tit/
https://www.rspb.org.uk/fun-and-learning/for-kids/kids-stories/bedtime-stories-audiobooks/
Once you’ve listened to a story I’d love to see any art you could do to show me your favourite part. Maybe you could draw a picture or make the characters using play dough. Please send them to your teacher or to me at corrine.mason@eastayrshire.org.uk
Here are a couple of online bird games for you to try…
Feather Frenzy | Learning Game for Kids – The RSPB
I look forward to seeing your masterpieces and what birds you spotted today!
We are delighted to announce that Jolly Learning have now made all of their Jolly Phonics Readers available as e-readers for Android and Apple devices FOR FREE!
Jolly Phonics e-readers now available! — Jolly Learning
This is the reading scheme we use in school. As we are progressing with new learning, our class teachers will be continuing to use class readers as a resource. Therefore, we strongly encourage you to download these whilst this offer is available.
Spanning 93 books across 5 levels of decodable readers, they will help you to support your children remotely as they practice their reading skills anywhere!
You can access the books by clicking on the links below:
For the Google Play Book Store:
Jolly Phonics Orange Level Readers
Jolly Phonics Red, Yellow, Green and Blue Level Readers
For the Apple Book Store:
Jolly Phonics Orange Level Readers
Jolly Phonics Red, Yellow, Green and Blue Level Readers
To support anyone with visual difficulties, you may find the following guides and app ideas useful to help you when accessing school work during Remote Learning.
We are aware that many of our families do not have access to a printer. Our teaching staff try hard to not be heavily reliant on worksheets in the daily tasks they set, but sometimes a worksheet perfectly sums up the aim of the lesson.
If you don’t have access to a printer, fear not!
There are some options:
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