BusbyFlix
Take a look at our BusbyFlix! Open the PowerPoint by clicking on the picture or title above. Play the slideshow and select a book. Here you will find some of your favourite books read by some of your favourite teachers…
Category Archives: Learning at home
Weekly Share Sheet
Our last Weekly Share Sheet of the term has our
Welcome to P1 video, information on Scottish Book Trust, plus more tips, ideas and songs with our staff. Click on the green text to see it.
Share Sheet 22nd June
We hope you have a Lovely Summer, everyone!
Weekly Share Sheet
Click on the green text below for our Weekly Share Sheet, with our latest news, activity ideas & links to videos with our staff.
Share Sheet 15th Jun
Look Who’s Growing…!
Hello everyone,
We hope you’ve been able to enjoy time outdoors in the good weather we’ve had. There have been a few rainy days too, which helps plants and flowers to grow, and gives animals and birds a much needed drink, or bath…
As Spring starts to move into Summer, new life has been growing fast, like these beautiful wild lupins and buttercups that have sprung up at Darnley Dams.
How many different colours of flower can you see?
Have you spotted any baby birds or animals about?
There are baby robins, blackbirds, blue tits and sparrows all coming out of their nests just now.
Baby robins hatch from blue eggs like this one.
At first Mum and Dad Robin feed their babies in the nest like this. (Look at those 3 hungry beaks…!)
When the baby robins grow bigger they learn to fly.
About now they look like this, with a speckled tummy.
(Their tummy does not turn red until they are older).
They are about the same size as Mum and Dad, but more fluffy…
Mum and Dad will now be teaching them how to look for food. Until they learn how to do this on their own, Mum and Dad still sometimes feed them beak to beak in the bushes.
(Mrs MacLeod was lucky enough to see this happen in her garden.
This is her “pet” robin taking some food for his 2 babies.)
And if you live anywhere near a big pond, at this time of year you might see baby ducks (ducklings), or baby swans (called cygnets) like these ones. Cygnets are grey and fluffy when they are little.
How many cygnets can you count here?
Have you or your family been watching BBC Springwatch in the weekday evenings? It shows you all kinds of amazing animals and birds that are being born all around the country. To give you a taste, take a look at the short video below, Woodland Wonders, with sights & sounds from the woods. It’s so peaceful to watch just before you go to sleep… Click on the green text link.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p08fqgk0
Watch and see which animals & birds you can spot…
and Listen…. What different sounds can you hear…?
If you have any photos of interesting things you have seen growing, please send them in via Twitter or the school email.
We could put them together to make our own gallery of what is growing all around us…
And how about you?
Have you grown in the Spring too?
Have you learned to do new things like the young birds?
Let us know!
Number Fun with Mrs Marshall
I hope you are all staying safe and enjoying the lovely weather.
Let’s explore numbers and counting this week – here are some fun ideas to try at home or in the garden.
Count how many red cars whizz past your window or how many you see when going for a walk? (Count blue cars too or pick your favourite colour to count.)
How many different shapes can you find in your home? Can you find circles, squares and triangles? Draw the shapes and write the number of objects you find beside them.
Count out items into groups of five using favourite toys or crayons or socks!
If you have chalk, draw out and play hopscotch. Have fun!
P1 Welcome Video
Click on the link below to watch the welcome video for children moving on to Busby Primary School
500 Mile Challenge
We have set a challenge for all of our families and staff to contribute to- with a shared goal of walking 500 miles. If every family and member of staff managed to walk 2 miles over the course of the week (starting from Monday 15th June), then we would reach our target!
What do we need you to do?
- plan a route together. This may be 2 miles all at one time or a series of shorter journeys.
- Take a photo or video clip of you completing your 2 mile walk (this should only be 10 seconds or less)
- We will use these photos and videos to create a whole school montage
- Wear something yellow and black for our ‘Buzbee’ theme
- Tweet us @BusbyPrimary using the #BPS500miles
Hopefully by Friday 19th June, we will reach our 500 mile target!
Time for a Story!
Are you sitting comfortably?
Would you like to hear a really good story?
Here are some wonderful books to choose from, read for you by
Mrs Branco, Mrs McCarron and Miss Lawson.
Just click on the green text links:
In My Heart, read by Mrs Branco
In My Heart is a beautiful book all about our feelings, and afterwards Mrs Branco shows how you can make your own heart design.
Mrs McCarron reads a story about Billy
Mrs McCarron reads a tale about a boy called Billy who has lots of worries… and suggests a fun craft you could try afterwards.
Miss Lawson reads You Can’t Take an Elephant on the Bus
Miss Lawson reads this fantastically funny rhyming story about animals getting into all the wrong places…
Miss Lawson reads 10 Little Pirates 
Read along with Miss Lawson – this little book is a such a fun way to practice numbers and rhymes.
Mrs Branco reads Norman
Norman is a slug who wants to be a snail – if only he could find the right shell…
Mrs Branco reads Incy Wincy Spider
Follow Incy Wincy as he is blown from animal to animal in this hilarious rhyming story.
Weekly Share Sheet
Hello everyone,
Here is our Weekly Share Sheet from Miss Lawson to let you know the latest news and offer more ideas of learning you can do at home
(to see it bigger, click on the green title).
Share Sheet 8th June
It’s Time for Superheroes Sports Day!
On Thursday June 4th it is time for our
Superheroes Virtual Sports Day!
Are you ready?
Although we can’t all get together this Sports Day, your Busby ELCC staff are all with you in spirit and have been working out and preparing ideas of how to join in from home. Below is a selection of slideshows & videos we have prepared for you, which we hope might inspire you
(and perhaps also raise a few smiles 😁)
Which Superhero will you be? Which challenges will you try?
Click on the green text links below for our videos and slideshows:
Introduction from Mrs Toman
Here is a compilation of what the Busby Staff have been up to for Sports Day!
Click on the green heading:
Busby ELCC Sports Day
Video Shorts:
Miss Hampton’s Garden Obstacle Course
Miss Baikie’s Paper Javelin Challenge
Mrs Marshall’s Superhero Potato & Spoon
Mrs Marshall’s Cushion Hurdles
Mrs Small’s Sponge Batting
Mrs McCarron ran into a problem with her beanbag, but luckily she has superpowers…
Mrs McCarron’s Beanbag Balance
Recycled Skittles with Mrs McInnes
For more Superhero Yoga, click here:
Avengers Yoga
If you fancy making Thor’s Hammer for a Family Hammer Throwing contest, click on the green text below for easy instructions:
Make Thor’s Hammer
