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Sungazers Home Learning Week 3

Hello! Hope you are all well and have been enjoying some fun in the snow over the weekend!

Our new literacy booklets will be ready for collection by the end of the week, if you are looking for some new activities to try at home.  Please phone the school before collecting, so we can have them ready for your arrival.

This week is Scottish week and we have some Scottish activities for you to try and enjoy.

Literacy – Have a listen to this Scottish song performed by Singing Hands.  Can you copy and learn some of these signs?

 Youtube – I’m On My Way CarPark Karaoke by Singing Hands)

Numeracy – Simple maths addition. Have a go at counting and join in at home.

Art – Try some of these fun art activities using everyday items you may have at home.

Health and Wellbeing – Here are some Scottish cookery recipes and videos – try to make some delicious treats. Which one was your favourite?

Just For Fun – if you still have any snow (or it might snow again this week), gather some up and make a mini snowman.  Use paints to make him look colourful.

Painting Little Snowmen - Snow Painting - Easy Peasy and Fun

 

Have a good week! 🙂

Sungazers

 

 

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FAOL Enterprise- Creating Christmas Gifts

We had lots of fun creating Christmas gifts for our families throughout December.

We were effective contributors and sourced the supplies needed for each of our gifts. We then carefully shared out the supplies to ensure that all our peers could create a gift using the resources we had gathered.

 

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25th Jan Art Ideas! :)

Happy Birthday Robert Burns!

I hope you are all safe and well. This week our art focus will be related to Robert Burns. Below are a few ideas that you might want to try at home.

Robert Burns is the National Poet of Scotland. He was born on 25th January 1759 and today would have been his birthday. Burns was born in Alloway, Ayrshire, Scotland. Some of his most famous poems include To A Mouse, Auld Lang Syne, and Tam o Shanter.

Birthday Card

Woven Thistle Craft!

       

Use wool or thread to decorate a paper thistle. Blank templates can be printed here. https://coloring.ws/scotland.htm.

  • The Scottish thistle is actually part of the sunflower family. The thistle represents bravery, devotion, durability, strength and determination.
  • Have you ever spotted a real Scottish Thistle? Which two colours do you see? I think the real Scottish Thistle would feel jaggy to touch…best to just look from a distance!

Woven Tartan Hearts

  • Can you make a woven tartan heart? The template can be downloaded here: https://www.firstpalette.com/printable/heart-basket.html
  • Make a few and join them together to create some Robert Burns inspired bunting.

Take care and stay safe,

Mrs. Macdonald

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Home Learning Week 3

Hello again Transition class. Another week already! Today is Burns’ Day and I’ve put a wee challenge into this week’s tasks to discover some Burns’ poetry. I know that some of you have read Burns’ poetry before. You can find them again if you like and try and read them aloud.

Here is this week’s Home Learning. Below that is all the verses of the poem Nessie. Have fun imagining trying to spot Nessie. How would you do it? Would you use a disguise? Would you try and hide somewhere? Would you be brave enough to swim in the loch?

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Nessie all verses

If you want you could keep a wee diary of what you have been getting up to during lockdown. I’m excited to see what you’ve all been doing.

Stay healthy and be kind to each other.

Mr N

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Week 3 – Home Learning Challenges

Hi Planets Class! Today is Robert Burns’ birthday 🥳🎈 I thought this week that we could celebrate by doing some Burns themed home learning challenges.

  • Literacy *
    Below are two animated clips of some famous Robert Burns poems. Can you listen to them? What one is your favourite?

A Red, Red Rose

Auld Lang Syne song

Can you find some of the Burns themed words hidden in the wordsearch below?

  • Numeracy *
    Can you go on a tartan hunt? You might be able to find some tartan in your house, I have a tartan scarf and a tartan skirt that I have found in mine.
    Can you create your own tartan using the electronic game below? Maybe you could make a different tartan for each person in your house showing their favourite colours.
    https://houseoftartan.co.uk/interactive/weaver/index.htm

This is Miss Gemmell’s design that I made during the game.

  • Health and Wellbeing *
    Can you put your icing skills to the test and create some kilt wearing gingerbread men? We had been using icing pens for some Christmas crafts as part of our ILP targets so this activity ties in nicely.

  • Expressive Arts *
    In class, we regularly create some step by step drawings. We find this very calming and relaxing. Normally Miss Gemmell demonstrates step by step on the SMARTboard, however a parent/family member could have their own piece of paper and be demonstrating for you to copy.

Can you draw Robert Burns?

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Home Learning Week 3

Good morning!

Below are home learning activities for the week 🙂 Have fun!

 

Literacy:

Use your arms, legs and body to make the shapes of different letters. Can you spell out your name?

Have a look at the alphabet video below for some ideas!

 

Numeracy:

Become a shape detective! Look around your house and find an object for each shape below.

square                    circle                     triangle                              rectangle

         

 

 

Health and Wellbeing:

Blow up a balloon and practice your ball skills by passing it to a family member or friend.

Work as a team to tap the balloon into the air and count how many times you can tap it before it hits the floor.

 

Art:

Ask an adult to cut different fruits into halves or slices.

Dip these into paint and create your own fruit printing picture by placing them down onto paper.

 

Scotland:

Today is Burn’s Day. Try some different Scottish foods with your family.

What foods did you enjoy?

 

 

 

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Home Learning – Week 3

Hi Moonbeams. Hope you are all well. Here are some activities if you wish to take part this week.

Literacy – Phonics:    S s   Aa

What you will need: objects / toys from around the house beginning Ss and Aa. For example;  apples, socks,  toy snake, ambulance, aeroplane, spoons, sunglasses etc.  

Choose an activity/ activities for your child.

  1. Sit all the objects/toys out. Pick up one at a time and explore. Say the name of the object a few times and demonstrate what you can do with it.  Repeat for all.
  2. Sit all objects / toys out. Request a specific object/toy. Repeat for all.
  3. Challenge – Sit 2 objects out at a time. Ask for an object beginning with S or A. Repeat for all.

Makaton

Listen to the song, The wheels on the bus and copy some of the Makaton signs. Click here.

Numeracy – Counting and Colour 

What you need: Variety of coloured objects from around the house. 

Choose an activity/ activities for your child.

  1. Sit all the objects/toys out. Pick up one at a time and explore. Say the colour.
  2. Place 2 different coloured objects out and request a colour. If needed, support your child to choose the correct object and say the colour.
  3. Challenge – Set 4 or 6 objects out (only 2  varieties of colour at a time) and ask to sort. Perhaps use 2 tubs with a colour in each to demonstrate.
  4. Count each variety of objects, touching each one as count along.

Health and Wellbeing – TAC PAC Relaxation

Click here.

 

Social Studies – Robbert Burns 

Watch a video about Robert Burns. Click here.

Listen to and dance to some Scottish music. Click here.

Taste some Scottish foods – Porridge, Haggis, Neeps and Tatties or Shortbread.

 

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Home Learning – week beg. 25th January

Literacy

Learn about Scotland and living on an island by watching Katie Morag on iPlayer – what episode did you watch? Did you enjoy it?

Have a look at this clip where Katie Morag is playing pooh sticks. Have you played pooh sticks before? Did you like it? When you are on a walk you could have a go and play pooh sticks too. Video – Katie Morag – pooh sticks

Now have some fun doing the Shooglie Wooglie. This a clip from Scottish Book Trust doing the Scottish version of the Hokey Cokey. Have fun and hopefully you learn some Scottish words for different body parts.

Shooglie Wooglie video

Numeracy

Our theme this term is Scottish castles can you use kitchen roll tubes to create castles. Places a different number on each castle you make. Then you can play a game, placing the correct number of straws or pencils inside the numbered castle – you could even add flags to the top of each straw/pencil. Have fun. 😊 You could also get help from someone in your family to draw a castle with a number on it and place the correct number of toys on top on the castle drawing. You could also create a number line. Draw a castle with battlements then use a toy character to count to 10 and back again moving him along the battlements.

Health and Wellbeing

Put on your own mini Highland games in your house.

Toss the caber – use a cardboard tube for this.

Hammer throw – use a cushion and see who can throw it the furthest.

Catch the Haggis – use a bean bag or a sponge or even an orange. How many times can you catch it before it drops?

Art

Have a look online at different tartan designs. Then have a go of making your own tartan. This can be made drawing lines with pencils, pens or crayons. You could even get messy and use paint. Or you could cut or tear paper into strips creating you own design by sticking them to a piece of paper.

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Home Learning – Week 3 (Scotland IDL)

Hi everyone!

To celebrate the birth of Robert Burns on the 25th January, we thought we would have a very Scottish week! Here is a selection of activities that you can choose to participate in throughout the course of the week.

Literacy

Go on a virtual tour of Scotland using Google Maps. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Scotland/@57.6677015,-9.1705585,6z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x4861e2c403f2a19f:0xe7c1fad809c30714!8m2!3d56.4906712!4d-4.2026458

How many of these landmarks can you find?

  • Edinburgh Castle
  • The Falkirk Kelpies
  • Burns Cottage, Alloway
  • Loch Ness
  • Wallace Monument
  • Ben Nevis
  • Glenfinnan Viaduct (The Harry Potter train was filmed here!)

 

Numeracy

The Unicorn is Scotland’s official national animal!  To celebrate this, I have gathered a selection of unicorn-themed number resources by Twinkl for you to download and use on an iPad or print off if you can.  To access these, type the following into your web browser: Twinkl.co.uk/share

Use the code LW5479 to access the games in the ‘Scotland Mini-Topic’ section.

 

Health and Well being

Shortbread is one of the most famous Scottish foods!  Why not work on some life-skills in the kitchen to make your family a Scottish snack? Simple recipe’s can be found online.

Robert Burns

Burns Birthplace Virtual Classroom – This interactive site has lots of Scottish and Burns resources  https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1sphOOwFIXzvZZk6NoGfzKSZtvIdbebToKb1J62CB61g/edit#slide=id.p

Watch this short animation clip on YouTube that tells the story and legacy of Robert Burns in a lovely and simple way: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMxIBqpryG0

Have a listen to some Burns poetry and songs on YouTube.

  • Here is a link to HRH Prince Charles reading ‘My Heart’s in the Highlands’ by Robert Burns.
  • Here is a link to ‘Auld Lang Syne’ being signed by Makaton Tutor, Becky.

Burns Night Art/ECO 

A traditional Burns supper usually consists of haggis, neeps and tatties!  Listen to the story ‘Hamish the Hairy Haggis’ on YouTube and try out the following activity:

Create your own interpretation of a ‘Hairy Haggis’ using anything at all that you can find around the house to reuse or recycle.  This could be old bottle tops, old bits of cloth or clothing, empty packets, wool, cereal, oats, lentils or even leaves and twigs from outside – anything will do! Your ‘Hairy Haggis’ can be made of anything you want!

As always, remember that these activities are all optional and should be fun – not stressful  🙂

Take care and stay safe.

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Home Learning Activities – Week 3

Hello Sunflowers!

I hope you are keeping busy at home – we miss you lots!

Below are some activities for you to try if you wish.  As we would usually be celebrating Robert Burn’s Day in class, I have added a Scottish activity for you to try too.  I hope you enjoy!

Literacy – Name Collage 

Use cereal, stickers, buttons or any items that you have around the house to trace your name.  If you can, sound out the letters, point to them and practice saying your name.

Fruit loop cereal names | Preschool name crafts, Preschool arts and crafts, Name crafts

Sticker Names Toddler Activity - Busy Toddler

Numeracy – Number Blocks Make and Play 

In class, we love using  number blocks to count and build towers.  Check out the Cbeebies Make and Play game (link below). Select a number and tap the blocks to build them.  If you can, you could draw and colour your chosen number block.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/games/numberblocks-make-and-play

Kids Art Games - Numberblocks Make & Play - CBeebies - BBC

Health and Wellbeing – We’re Going on a Bear Hunt!

Enjoy joining in on a Bear Hunt by copying the actions and moving along to the music. I know how good you all are at moving around the classroom to music. I hope you have fun!

Happy Robert Burn’s Day!

Tartan Weaving – Using coloured paper, can you weave a tartan pattern? Cut strips of paper and weave them in and out the card.  Try to name or point to the colours as you go.

Art For Kids:Paper Weaving | Weaving for kids, Paper weaving, Weaving art

There is also a Robert Burns Virtual Classroom full of activities below. I’m sure you’d love listening to the poems and doing some colouring.

Have a great week! Miss Stalker x

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