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Pine Lockdown Week 3 – The Smeds and The Smoos 👾

Well HELLO Pinettes!

How have you all been getting on?

  • Did you Feed the Birds?
  • Did you enjoy the Bird Themed Stories?

These are our lovely recycled bird art from last week.

Please pop on some comments on the Blog or send us in some photos of what you have been up to.

Well this blog is all about ‘The Smeds and The Smoos, they live on a different planet.  This is a great story we have got a copy in class now and I am sure it will become a Pine Class favourite. It is all about how we can all be very different, but this does not mean we cannot become great friends.

Literacy 📚

The Smeds and The Smoos

Think you will enjoy David Schwimmer reading this story.

Bedtime Stories | David Schwimmer | The Smeds and The Smoos | CBeebies - YouTube

  • What colour is Janet?
  • What colour is Bill?
  • Who sleeps in beds?
  • Who jumps about like kangaroos?
  • Who forgot to lock the rocket?
  • On which Planet do they wear kilts?
  • What colour was the Smeds’ milk?
  • What colour was the lovely baby?

Numeracy, Shapes and Colour Sorting 🔢🔴🟦

In the Pine Room we are great at Colour Sorting, below is a link to different activities BUT remember to count the different coloured objects as you go.

Different Colour Sorting Activities

Below is a link to some printable sheets to make you own rockets out of different shapes.

Science 🧪🧪

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Let’s mix up soon different colours – you can do this with 3 cups of water and a little food colouring in each – Red, Yellow and Blue – then mix equal parts together – the results are a little MAGIC!!!

  • Red + Yellow =
  • Red + Blue =
  • Yellow + Blue =

Mixing Primary Colours 

Mixing Colours with Mayta 🐻

Arts and Crafts 🎨

What about making a tinfoil printed moon, the link before will show you how. And she has lots of other great ideas on her site.

A Dab of Glue will do!

I have a space-obsessed kid in my house, so we love to do space crafts around here, and my son was very excited to do this moon craft! We made it extra fun and experimented with a different way to paint by making it foil-printed. This craft is great for preschool, kindergarten, first grade, or even older kids. It would also be a great art extension during a space theme in the classroom.

Or some UFO craft from the crafting chicks.

UFO Paper Plate

Singing and Dancing 💃 🎶

Sun, Moon and Stars

Astronauts Song

Space Song Rocket Ride

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Now for some Singing Hands 👍 practice some signs and see if you can spot anyone you know??

You’ve got a Friend 

Cookery 🥛

Because we have talked so much about colour what about some colourful smoothies? These can be a whole load of lovely colours – made to a thinner or thicker consistency. Can you help:

  • Choose the fruit?
  • Wash the fruit?
  • Weight the ingredients?
  • Press the button on the blender?

Some ideas for you below.

Super Colourful Smoothies

Well Pinettes have a lovely week.

Love from

The Pine Ladies

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Pine Lockdown Week 2 – Feed the Birds 🦆🦢

Well Hello Pinettes – How are you all???

Have you all had a Spidery Week?

Well this Blog is all about the Birds – remember away back in April of last year we had a Blog all about ‘Feed the Birds‘.  So you can look back at this and see if there are any of the activities you want to do again.

Now the weather has been very cold, rainy, snowy, icy, and windy… everything but sunny!!! So again we will suggest the Movie ‘Mary Poppins’ or ‘Mary Poppins Returns’ – or watch both over the week!!! Lots and lots of brilliant music, songs and dances.

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  • Did you watch both – which did you prefer?
  • Which song was your favourite?

Numeracy  🔢

Using Shapes we can learn to draw a baby bird – have a wee go!! This set of  You Tube clips have loads of cool drawing ideas.

How to draw a baby bird.

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Counting – when you are out on a walk or a drive count the birds you see, keep a note and the next walk or drive count again – was there more or less???

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Literacy 📚

I am going to suggest two books but you may have another one at home or find something different on the internet.

The Grumpy Bird

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We are never grumpy in the Pine Room are we Pinettes???

But this little bird did not stay grumpy for too long!

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The Go-Away Bird

Another lovely story BUT again a bird that wasn’t too happy at the start!  She soon changes her mind though when her friends won’t leave her alone.

Science 🧪

Wildlife Trust Web Cams

On this site you can see if you can spot any birds and also find out some cool bird facts!

Singing and Dancing 🎶

The Birdie Song

We love the Birdie Song – go on have a Boogie!!!

Art and Craft 🎨

We think you should make a bird or a birdhouse out of different recycled materials again – and send us a photo!

Recycled bird ideas.

LITTLE SPRING CHICKENS | Raising Kinley

At school we covered some card with scraps of different coloured and textured paper and we are going to cut them into little birds – we will show you them next week.

We also made some cool Bird Masks.

Singing and Signing👌🎹

“Don’t worry about a thing” and sing along with the Singing Hands.

Three Little Birds 🐥🐥🐥

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Cookery 👩‍🍳👨‍🍳

Bird inspired snacks and treats

Foodista: 12 Incredible Food Art Ideas For Kids | ediTORIal by Tori Spelling

What will you all make???

Now time to Feed the Birds – remember we can’t just give them anything – so there is a guide below to keep you right – send us some photos if any birds come to your garden for breakfast, lunch or dinner.  Anyone going to use meal worm – yuk!!!

What to feed the birds

The link below gives you lots and lots of great information about our birds.

RSPB

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One of our Pinettes incredible art work – WOW!!!

Well have a safe and happy week Pinettes,

Love the Pine Ladies

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Pine Lockdown Week 1 – Spinderella 🕷🕸

Well Happy New Year Pine Class – different start to the New Year from what we had hoped!!!

There is a pack with different activities – you can pick and choose the bits you want to do or do it all – remember we love to see your photos and lovely art work.

While Wilson and Logan were in the Beech Room last term they heard the lovely Mrs Wilson reading the story Spinderella to some of the class during Numeracy – what a great story for counting!!! So for this we are going to base all our activities on Spinderella ….and Spiders!!!!

Who likes SPIDERS???

LOGAN is not a fan – used to be really scared, but she loves the Spinderella Story.

SHIELDS only likes tarantulas!!!!!

WILSON is the Spider Catcher – no squashing spiders on her watch -Joan the Janitor comes to get her when there is one in the school!

BOYLE is fine with them as long as they aren’t too close, but loves how they can spin their magic webs.

Spider’s Web  are very impressive indeed, check out the link below.

Natural History Museum – Spider’s Webs

Literacy – Click on the Link below to hear the Story of Spinderella 📚

Spinderella is a spider that wants to learn to count, and enjoys a game of Football!

Spinderella

  • Can you remember what some of Spinderella’s brothers were called?
  • What did they use for a football?
  • What colour was the Hairy Godmother?
  • What number did the class count to?
  • What colours were the bibs?
  • How many flies did Spinderella have for dinner?
  • How many spiders were on each team?
  • How many legs does each spider have?
  • What did mum use for a whistle?
  • Who scored the winning goal?

Well did you like this story?

Think this might be a new favourite Numeracy Story in the Pine Room. 🔢

Some more Numeracy – concentrating on the number 8 – like the legs of a spider!!

Counting with Rodd

Click the Link below for a story – watch the waves and the shapes.

Walter’s Wonderful Web

Okay – time for some signing!

So let’s join the Singing Hands for some Incy Wincy Spider – click on the Link below.

Incy Wincy Spider

Arts and Crafts 🎨

What about making a spider hand print? Below is a Link to the site Messy Little Monsters – this is a really good web site with loads of good art activities.

Messy Little Monsters

Below is a Link to a lovely wee Spider Story  – if you like it there are lots more episodes.

Spider! Episode 1 – Spider in the Bath

Some spider information from the BBC Bitesize Science Site 🧪🕷🕸

Spider Facts

Cookery👩‍🍳👨‍🍳

Can you help make a spidery treat??

A chopping board serving Halloween spider pizzas

Spider Pizza

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Spider Sandwiches

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Oreo Spiders

Oh! think we need to do some singing and dancing – ready…1,2,3…go!!!🎶

The Spider Prance

Now this Term we should have been studying our Scottish Topic – so we will add a Scottish Inspirational Spider Story.

Robert the Bruce and the Spider

So have you changed you mind about Spiders???

Now please send in a photo of a SPIDER – it could be one you have made….or one you have found!!!!

Take care Pinettes

Love

The Pine Ladies

 

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Well Pine Class it is nearly Christmas!!!🎄

Well Pine Class Christmas is nearly here!!

Oh No Buddy is back!!!!

How to catch an Elf

The Elf in the Shelf – The Night before Christmas

We were confident individuals today making beautiful stain glass effect Christmas Trees!!

Aren’t they great!!

There is a link below to some other lovely similar ideas.

Stained Glass Window Art

Oh Buddy!!!

We have enjoyed being back in class, but are still missing some of our friends. During Morning Group we have been dancing to some different songs, here are a few of our favourites.

Charlie the Bear and Agadoo

The Birdie Song

Santa Shark

We have had an afternoon of MOVE and Fun!

Well Hello Holly McJingle – thanks for getting our letter to Santa.

We decorated some biscuits – they were good!

Just Chilling!!!

Santa came to see us – it was very exciting!!!

There are are couple of computer sites you can track Santa on, just to keep an eye on what he is up to.

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Santa Tracker

I Spot Santa

Some Card making in Art with a helpful friend.

Too Cool for School!!!

Boyle bringing the moves!!!

 

 

Well hope you all have a restful holiday.

We wish you all a happy Christmas and safe holiday time – see you all in 2021 Pinettes!!!

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Pine Home Learning 3

Well Hello Pinettes – how are you all doing?

This week we thought we might put on some Christmas Activities for you all.

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Movies – have you watched any good Christmas Movies?

Wilson suggestion is ‘Polar Express’ it is magical, and she watches it every year!

Boyle has picked ‘The Christmas Chronicles’ which she watched on Sunday, Mr Boyle liked it too!

Logan watched ‘Nativity’ with her children at the weekend and they all really liked it.

Shields says ‘E.T’. it may not be a Christmas movie but she likes to watch it at Christmas – it is lovely!

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Music and Dance – as you know we love music in the Pine Room so a few suggestions.

Disney Junior Best Junior Holiday Music

The Reindeer Hokey Pokey

The Christmas Freeze

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Arts and Crafts

Crafts meet Kids 

This website has some great ideas for crafts and cards.

Frugal Fun with Boys

Cute reindeer ornaments.

BBC Bitesize Wreath

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Science

Some experiments for anyone that wants to do some Science at home – some are simple some are a bit more complicated.

Christmas Science for Kids

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Cookery  – a variety of different fun ideas!!

Christmas Cookery for Kids

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Makaton – practice your signing with some Christmas Songs!!

We wish you a Merry Christmas

Dominick the Donkey

White Christmas

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Numeracy – counting and singing!

Five Candy Canes

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Literacy – a few Christmas Stories.

If you ever want to bring a pirate to meet Santa – Don’t!!

Olaf’s night before Christmas.

Well Pinettes have a lovely week – see you all soon!!!

Love the Pine Ladies.

 

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Pine Class Learning at Home 2

Hello Pinettes – How are you all doing?

Have you read or watched the story ‘Yellow is my Colour Star’? Did you make lots of colour choices?

Yellow is my Color Star 

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What is your favourite colour?⭐

Another story for you to listen too and enjoy. 📚

Lara the Yellow Ladybird

What did you think of Lara’s yellow wings?

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We have put some other links on this week’s blog if you are looking for some different ideas.

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The weather has been really cold this week – have any of you been out for a Winters Walk? What did you see? Was it really cold? Did you get all wrapped up?

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Below are links to some different Winters songs. 🎵

Winter Dance & Brain Breaks

Winter Hokey Pokey

Snowflakes, Snowflakes

Freeze Dance

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We all love Frozen in the Pine Room – some pretend they don’t!  Below is a link to some Olaf Fun – he is our favourite!! 🎥

Olaf Series

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Lots of different ideas for some Winter crafting fun in the link below. 🎨

Winter Craft & Art

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If you want to practice your signing – what about the weather signs.👍

Singing Hands Weather

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The BBC Bitesize has lots of cool science information. 🧪

BBC Bitesize Seasons

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Practice your counting with Bud the Bee in his Number Garden. 🔢

Bud’s Number Garden

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This is the perfect weather for making soup.  🍵 Can you help pick out the ingredients? What colours are the vegetables? Did you help peel or chop? Was your soup tasty?

4 Ingredients Soups

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The Pine Ladies have been searching for some yellow things in the room.

Well have a great week Pinettes.

Love The Pine Ladies

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Pine Class Learning at Home 1

Well Hello Pine Class!!!

How are you all?

The Pine Ladies are missing you and hoping you are all well and keeping busy. 😀

Have you read the story The Little Red Hen – it is a classic!

Did you enjoy it?

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Which of the farm yard animal was your favourite?

Singing hands will show you the Makaton signs for some farmyard animals – click on the link Farmyard Animals

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Bread dough is always a popular choice for  Sensory Play –

Mix 200gms Bread Flour, 1/2 tsp Salt, 2tsp Dried quick-acting Yeast and 1/2tsp Oil together then slowly add 125mls Warm Water.

We always mix this up in a basin, cover with cling film and then a tea towel and leave somewhere warm for an hour or so.

And let the Science happen!!! 👩‍🔬 Has is doubled in size?? Put some flour on the table and have fun – cut out shapes, roll and stretch the dough or you could bake the dough.🍞

Have you looked up the Makaton Sign for RED (Wilson asked you so do Yellow – Silly Wilson!) Singing Hands Colours🌈

We enjoy Colour Sorting Activities in the Pine Room – if you are looking for some ideas there is a link below.

Colour Sorting Activities

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Boyle and Shields looked for some RED things in the classroom.

Singing  🎵

YMCA

You’ve got a friend in me – Makaton signs

Do you like Broccoli Ice Cream?

Well what have the Pine Ladies been up to??

Wilson and Logan have been working with the Beech Children, Boyle and Shields have been sorting out the Pine classroom getting it all ready for your return Pinettes!!!

See you soon

Love the Pine Ladies

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Parachute Fun in Pine!

Well it was the other half of the Class on Monday that got out for some Outdoor Education – the rain stayed away but it was a bit breezy …

…off on a Autumn Hunt!!

Tuesday saw some snow!!!

Well it looked like snow, sensory play and tolerating a different texture and feel on our hands – and tolerating an apron the whole time – Well Done!!!!

We didn’t eat it – but it was edible!!

And now for the clean up!!

Logan go and get your own swatter and leave mine alone!

MOVE, Music and FUN!!!

Snowflake Art – using my multi-purpose swatter!

It is a Masterpiece!

Nothing gets you out of doing hard work in the Pine Room.

Creating Art with paint and Cotton Buds – sprinkle some glitter Jardine would be proud!!!

Bubble Art while in my Standing Frame.

Fiona the Physio brought me a Walker – I successfully learned to use it in no time at all, what a confident individual!

WOW!!! Tomorrow we can dance to Baby Shark (Oh no! )

Now this might look as if I am relaxing BUT I am actually working on my exercises.

Working on Global Goal 5 – Gender Equality – looking at the jobs men and women do.

A Pilot or a Builder?

This Walker is FAB!!

A Policeman or a Fire-women.

Parachute Fun!!!

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

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A little bit blue!!

We are at the end of our IDL Topic and our Colour Rainbow  – so this week we are blue!

Although this art work is from our Purple Week.

This successful learner has been working on her numeracy skills. That will be 4 million pounds please!!

Ordering money – well done!!

The sunny weather prop creates a lot of laughs.

More ordering – sizes this time.

Concentration here from these successful learners  as we clap, count and sign…

…and giggle!!!

This week our Science was all about Colours.

A tray of milk with some food colouring – when you put some washing up liquid on the end of a cotton bud and dip it in colour moves away – it was really cool you could try this at home!!!

Now for the Skittle Rainbow – Shields loved this!

Skittles on a plate then slowly pour on some warm water and wait!!

Amazing!!!

Not about Colour but using a non-permanent marker we drew on some shapes on to the plate added some warm water and watched the shapes move.

Yellow and Blue make…

…Green!!

Outdoor Learning an Autumn  Hunt round the Kay Park.

Autumn Leaves.

Fungi

Boyle lets take some of this back to the Pine Room – quick no one is looking!!!

Looking for a 4 leaf clover.

Ready for our new story Blue Penguin and Sensory Play?

Shaving foam and Arctic Animals.

Watch out the Arctic winds are coming in.

I have an apron on!!!

The Eco-Captain making sure we reuse everyday things for our Remembrance Art.

Do you want to Dance?

More juice please Boyle!

Colour sorting and the Color Monster.

Which Monster goes where??

Hola!

Someone preferred the story in Spanish!?!?

Cause and Effect.

Finishing last weeks Recycling craft – a lot of PVA glue was used!!!

Making lots of choices.

Oh Wow!!

Someone is very pleased!

And now for some Children in Need Crafts – Bingo Dabbers!!

Note from the ECO-CAPTAIN  Please save you Crisp packets – Mrs Slinger has an important use for them – they are going to be made into blankets for the Homeless ‘Get your Eco On!!’

Happy Children in Need Day 2020!!!

 

 

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The Big Orange Splot

Hello!

This week was all about the colour ORANGE in the Pine Room.

The Story ‘The Big Orange Splot’ is all about how it is good that we are not all the same!!

Firstly there was some printing with oranges and lemons – it smelt lovely…

..and was quite squishy!!!

Lovely Orange Art.

Confident Individuals making some music.

What about a duet?

MOVE fun with Mrs Boyle for this successful learner,  making music on the sun tambourine and loving it!

Castanets too!!

Exercising and making some music – good job!!

Numeracy, Move and great concentration all while singing some counting songs.

Numeracy Treasure Hunt.

Building huge Towers….

….and knocking them down!!!!

‘Cause and Effect’

Pressing the screen at the right time during the counting song – well done!!

More numeracy – counting and clapping.

Time for a song YMCA anyone???

Global Goal 11 – Climate Change

The Arctic Animals were frozen in the ice and we use a hairdryer, and some warm water so we could see the impact that the higher temperatures are having on the Arctic. We all need to do our bit for the environment and be responsible citizens.

We then enjoyed some water play.

Our Rainbow Wall Display looks fantastic – lots of great ideas Mrs MacDonald!

Firework art for Guy Fawkes Day.

Putting the glitter choices on a switch  – makes choices better fun.

And now a word from your ECO-CAPTAIN!!

Reuse and Recycle, don’t throw things away make them into something cool – we would show you what we were doing BUT all our hands were covered in PVA Glue so no one was allowed touch the camera!!!

Firework Art.

Baby Shark!!! (Oh! someone make it stop!!!)

 

Sensory Numeracy Play.

Press and grip – play dough exercises

“Are you busy – do you want to play??

Have a great weekend.

 

 

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