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Home Learning Week 5
Good morning Daisies!
We are missing you all lots and hope that you’re doing well.
Below are this weeks home learning activities. Remember, all activities are optional.
Literacy
Phonics
This term, we have been learning all the sounds in phase 2 of the Jolly Phonics programme.
Listen to each of the sounds and practice saying each sound if you can.
Can you find an object in your house that starts with each of the sounds below?
c k e h r m d
Reading
Access your ‘Giglets’ account (log in sent via email) and read through your new book. You may have been assigned some questions about the book too- these will be available in your ‘task’ section.
Numeracy
Ten Pin Bowling Addition
Save ten plastic bottles from your recycling and write a number from 1-10 on each.
Roll a ball to knock over the pins. Can you add the numbers on the fallen pins together?
If you knock over lots of pins, count how many you managed to knock down.
Health and Wellbeing
Explore different parts of your body.
Listen to ‘heads, shoulders, knees and toes’.
Can you point to the correct part of your body as you listen?
Chinese New Year
On Friday, lots of people around the world will be celebrating Chinese New Year.
Join in the celebrations by creating your own dragon puppet using paper chains. Link the paper together then add a face.
You could make your dragon look even more special by adding glitter, sequins or fancy patterns.
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Home learning – week beg 8th Feb
Hi everyone, I hope you are all well. This month is LGBT month, and we would have been reading a book all about different families. This book is called “The Family Book” by Todd Parr. Click the link to hear the story being read on YouTube.
Literacy
Rainbow hop
Let’s continue the rainbow theme. Make giant letters in different colours and place them on the floor. You could start with (s a t p i n), someone at home can help, then they can shout out a letter and you have to run and jump onto the correct letter. You could even do it with the letters of your name and then find each letter in the correct order to spell your name.
Numeracy
Shapes are all around us and we had been exploring different shapes in the classroom. Look around the house and see what shapes you can find. You can also play this Shape game .In the game you need to feed the monsters the correct shapes.
Health and Wellbeing
Make a pizza
Make your own pizza at home. Try using a wrap, pitta bread or pizza base. Spread the sauce over the base, then add your toppings – there are lots of things you could add to your pizza. Why not have a go and create an LGBT rainbow pizza. Is your pizza round or square? Did you enjoy your pizza?
Chinese New Year
This week is also Chinese New Year. You could try different Chinese foods at home such as noodles, prawn crackers and prawn toast. Email me and let me know what you liked.
This year is the year of the Ox. I was born in the year of the Goat. Use this website to find out which animal you are and more information about Chinese New Year.
You could make a colourful lantern by folding a piece of paper in half making some slits not quite to the end of the paper, decorate then twist into a cylinder shape and secure with glue or staples and add a strip of paper to the top to create a handle. You could place a battery-operated tea light in the bottom and see the light shine through.
Morning Snowdrops!
How are you all? Here are some activities for you to try at home this week:
Numeracy
What day is it today? It’s Monday. Can you sign Monday?
The following song is one we use in class to learn the days of the week.
https://youtu.be/mXMofxtDPUQ
Have a go at signing Monday.
Watch the following Singing Hands song. I know a few children in the class will like this one:
https://youtu.be/x_I2ysM0w0g
Can you count the firemen? Can you say or sign the numbers?
Literacy
This week we will practise using our fine motor skills. Gather some penne pasta, buttons, cheerios or any thread-able objects and a shoelace, pipe cleaner, piece of wool (put Sellotape round the end of wool to make it easier to thread), or straws and make some necklaces or bracelets.
You could also use spaghetti stuck in playdough to practise threading. 
LGBT month story:
This week, our story is called Giraffe’s Can’t Dance. Can you sign or say giraffe?
Which actions were kind and which were unkind?
Feel free to do any of the other reading or writing activities from previous weeks too.
Health & Wellbeing
This week, we’re going to try and spread our own sandwich or make a sandwich for someone else. Follow these instructions with the help of an adult:
Topic – Balamory
Archie the Inventor in Balamory, uses household objects to invent things to help people.
Here is Archie in action:
Nobby is Archie’s robot assistant.
Can you use recyclable items to make your own Nobby the Robot? What other creations could you and your family make?
We thought we’d let you know about Tac Pac resources. Tac Pac sessions are sensory experiences we do in the classroom and a member of staff has put together a ‘at home Tac Pac’ kit for you to try if you think your child might benefit from it. Here is the link:
https://sway.office.com/rlsMML0ythosMVAU?ref=Link
We hope you have a good week!
Remember, next Monday – Wednesday is a school holiday. 
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Home Learning Challenges – Week 5
Hello everyone!
You have adapted so well over the past few weeks, well done! I can’t wait to see you when we get back to school!
In the meantime, here are some fun ideas that will keep you busy this week!
Literacy – LGBT Month
As it is LGBT month, here is a great story that shows that we are all wonderful and unique. The story below “No Matter What’ explains to us that we are loved as we are. There are a few animals mentioned in the story.
Can you point to the grizzly bear, the squishy bug and the crocodile?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1_JxwwmUPlc
Numeracy – Counting Songs (1-10)
In class, we love to sing along to counting songs. Here are a few favourites which I know you all love. Try to say the numbers aloud if you can.
Singing Walrus – Counting to 10 –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DR-cfDsHCGA
How many fingers???
This song is a firm favourite in the Sunflower’s class! Use your fingers to count along. Stomp your feet to the music and clap along too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNw1SSz18Gg
Five Little Speckled Frogs
Lastly, frog counting! Watch the frogs as they jump from the log into the pool. How many will be left each time?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VQTVrxj4l6o
Health and Wellbeing – Disco Dough
Disco dough is a great sensory activity which gets your arms, hands and fingers moving. It is brilliant for fine motor development and you can use anything from some play dough to blu tac or a soft toy. Play the disco dough videos below and follow the instructions to get moving. This activity can also be very relaxing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOLR3pQt8zg
If You’re Happy And You Know It –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DrBsNhwxzgc
The Muffin Man –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4Y_dw023G8
You can also try your own favourite songs and add the actions above.
STEM – Marshmallow Tower
Finally, can you build a tower from spaghetti and marshmallows? Enjoy a tower challenge and make sure your tower is strong enough to stand tall. You can even eat the marshmallows after you have finished! I have added some examples below to help you.
I hope you have a great week!
Stay safe and I hope to see you soon,
Miss Stalker x
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Sungazers Home Learning Week 5
Hello, hope everyone is doing well! We are all really missing you and hope that it is not long now until we are all back together again. Here are some activities for you to try at home and enjoy.
Numeracy – Number Pairs
You Will Need: A4 paper, scissors and a pen
- Fold a piece of A4 paper or card three times to give you eight equal rectangles.
- Cut out the rectangles.
- Write pairs of numbers on the rectangles. Can choose higher numbers if you wish.
- Mix the rectangles up and turn them over to face down, so you can’t see the numbers.
- Take turns to turn over two of the rectangles. If you get two that match, you get to keep them.
- Play until all the numbers are gone.
- (Make more rectangles to add to the game for a challenge for next time if suitable).
Literacy – Chinese New Year Story
On Friday, it will Chinese New Year. Click on the link to hear the story all about it. We have previously read the story of The Great Race in class. Each year a different animal is celebrated. Can you find the year you were born? What animal is associated with your birth year? This year it is the year of the Ox.
Health and Wellbeing – Dressing Games
- Lay out three items of clothing for two people, eg socks, trousers and sweatshirt.
- Ask child to stand in front of items of clothing.
- Who can dress the quickest?
- On your marks, get set, race!
Expressive Arts – Chinese New Year 2021 Song for Kids
Have a listen to this song about the Chinese New Year. Enjoy!
Expressive Arts – Chinese Cupcake Cases Dragon
Click on this link to see how to make a Chinese Dragon out of paper cases.
We would love to see photos of all your activities! Have fun!
Team Sungazers
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Oak Home Learning 8th Feb
Hi Oak team, Mrs Murray has ran into some technology issues and her laptop has died on her! So apologises for the work this week not being in our usual format.
Thankfully almost everyone has collected your February packs.
It is the week leading up to Valentine’s Day and for the past few years our cupid class have been the delivery service for Willowbank.
Unfortunately, we are unable to provide this service this year. However you can still have a think about who you would like to send a special message to.
I would like you to create and design a card for someone. This person should be someone you care alot about, someone who cares for you a lot, makes you feel safe and makes you happy when you feel sad. I would love to see your cards, email me a picture of your cards if you can nicola.murray@eastayrshire.org.uk
This week your home learning tasks are as follows;
Work through this section of initial sounds, can you get the first letter.
Some of you will be able to write each picture in your best hand writing. Some of you will be able to work on writing and forming the first letter of each picture.
Do not forget to sign and finger spell each picture too.
If you are up for a challenge, ask an adult to call out one of the pictures and try and remember how to spell it. 1 point for getting the first letter correct, 2 points for spelling the full word correctly.
Your numeracy task this week is to work on your coins.
Can you ask an adult for all the coins from 1p through to £2. Can you get the bingo money cards from your folder and take on our money challenge.
I challenge you to be blind folded and feel one coin at a time. Ask an adult to help you, they can ask you to think about the size and shape. An adult will remove the coin from your hand, you can remove your blind fold and look at the bingo card. Can you guess which coin you were holding?
Then everyone in the family take a bingo card and play a game, who will be the coin bingo champion in your family!
Time to get moving to keep us healthy. We all need to look after our head. If your head feels happy then you will have a good day. The best way to keep your head happy is to get your body moving every morning before you start your hard work. So you and your family please remember this message from Mrs Murray!
Remember, ‘Healthy Body, Healthy Head means Healthy You’.
To get active, complete the exercises from the sheet below (you will find this in your February pack). Can you complete each exercise for 1 minute with a 30 second rest in between each exercise.
Can you do all these exercises for three rounds, giving you a half hour exercise programme.
Cooking: Have a go at trying to make some oat flapjacks. Get an adult to read the instructions to you. Can you listen and complete each task one step at a time.
Health and Wellbeing
My Body- Your task this week, find the tooth brushing sheet in your folder, cut them all out. Discuss with an adult what is happening in each picture and then stick them down in the correct order.
Once you have created your poster can you pin this up in your bathroom.
Remember to brush your teeth in the morning and before going to bed. This will keep your smile looking lovely and you very handsome!
I want to finish with saying, I am very pleased with how well you are all doing, we all know this is very hard for you and your family. We are all desperate to be back together, have some fun whilst learning and working hard.
Well done Oak Team! 
Well Hello Pinettes
How are you all?
This week’s blog is based round about the book ‘The Snail and the Whale’ – have you read it? I am sure many of you have – and some of you might even have this book at home.
Literacy
The first link below is the story being read – there are many versions of this on the internet. And the second link is the BBC Animated Film – which is lovely!
- What colour was the Whale?
- How many different types of animal did the snail see?
- Who had tooth grins?
- What did the snail write on the chalk board?
Have you every noticed snail trails in your garden – now I am wondering if they were trying to write me a message!?! Below is a link from the Scottish Wildlife Trust on making your own snail trails in your garden.
Practice making Snail curls, what you need is:
- A zip lock bag
- Cheap Hair Gel
- Food Colouring
- Glitter (optional – but the Pinettes like their Glitter!)
- Sellotape
You will need to judge the amount of hair gel you need – depending on the size of bag you have – there should be about a half a centimetre thickness when you flattened the bag out. Add a couple of drops of food colouring and glitter if you want and massage around till the colour is even. Zip shut the bag – make sure the outside of the bag is dry and then add a length of sellotape – just to make sure it is secure.
You can practice drawing your snail curls on the bag or other letters or numbers!
Numeracy 
Art 
Eco 
It is a bit early to be counting snails in our gardens – but we will remember to do that when they start to appear!! I am going to email you all out a snail counting activity for you to do at home. But you could recycle a egg box and make some snails and then count how many you have made – I reckon you will all want to make more than one!!! Below is a link from The Spruce Crafts that shows you how to make the snails and many other animals with an egg box – and even shows you how to make an ocean in a box – so cool!!!
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Don’t forget the whale – I Heart Craft Things will show you how to make this cute whale!
Number Ordering sorting big and small items.
The Whale is BIG and the Snail is small!
The Pine ladies have been looking for things that are BIG and small – see what you can find?
Signing 
Singing 
Dancing
Below are some links for different sea themed songs that you can practice your signing, some singing and have a little boogie or a BIG boogie!!
Some Movies you could watch this week, keeping with the Sea theme what about The Little Mermaid, Shark Tale, Lilo and Stitch, Moana, Finding Nemo or Finding Dory!!
If you haven’t watched The Blue Planet there is a link below – it is wonderful!!
Well have a lovely week Pinettes – remember keep sending us your photos!
Love the Pine Ladies
XXXX
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Home learning week beg. 1st Feb
Our theme this term was Scottish Castles and we had lots of lovely activities to do. Here are some lovely activities that you can do at home. Have you ever been a walk to the Dean Castle? If you have the chance go and have a look – it having a lot of work being completed just now.
Literacy
Have a look on the internet to see if you can find any Scottish castles. This can be locally such as Culzean or Dean Castle to well-known castles such as Stirling castle or Edinburgh castle. You could then put some flour or rice in a tray and use your finger to try and mark make to draw a castle. You could even make some wavy lines as sometimes castles had a moat (some water) around it to protect it from the enemy. Do you have any books about castles or knights? If you do you can read them and look at the pictures with a family member. Can you spot in shields in the book?
Numeracy
Get a parent to help cut out some different shapes – circles, squares, triangles and rectangles. Then arrange these shapes to make a castle picture. Take a photo and sent it to me and I can share with your friends next week.
Health and wellbeing
Try having a taste of some Scottish food. It could be having a sip of Irn Bru. It could be trying some shortbread or tablet. You could try the traditional meal of haggis, neeps and tatties. You could also try some oatcakes and cheese. Why not try some square sausage and tattie scone. You can use a thumbs up or down to share if you liked it or didn’t like it. Or you could use this sheet. Scottish food tasting
My favourite is oatcakes and cheese. What is your favourite?
Science
Go on a walk and explore your senses. Attached is a sheet you could print or make your own to take with you. Senses walk
Remember to stop and listen – what can you hear? Stop and look – what can you see? Stop and smell – what can you smell? When walking, are you walking on different surfaces? The smooth surface of a pavement, the bumpy feeling of uneven grass. Is it slippy due to ice?
Effective Contributors/Successful Learners
As part of our Scottish learning activities, the Snowdrops have used recycled containers and different Scottish food textures to make percussion shakers. We found that things like lentils, split peas and macaroni are hard textures and make lots of noise when you shake them. Everyone enjoyed sprinkling them and playing as we filled our containers. Our Snowdrops learning at home may have made some too. The Snowdrops used their Scottish shakers during music sessions. Great work!
