There’s still lots going on for you in Google Classrooms.
This week Miss Lawson has posted a second Virtual Nursery, where you can choose from a variety of fun learning experiences, including stories and cutting out newspaper letters.
In addition there are some recipes and demonstrations from your Key Workers on making pancakes this Shrove Tuesday:
And for more fun making things, if you want to keep your fingers toasty in cold weather, in Google Classrooms you can also watch Mrs Toman‘s Skills Academy video on how to create Hand Warmers usingย some old socks and rice,
How does the gloop feel? Is it a solid or a liquid?
The great thing about gloop is it can be both. There are lots of ways to explore gloop. Did you know that cornflour is made of lots of long stringy particles and when the water is added they don’t dissolve, they just spread out? When you roll it in your hands the particles join together and it becomes solid, but if you hold it up and let it dribble it becomes a liquid.
4. Make a SENSORY WRITING PLATE ย like Mrs Krivickiene for practising your letter/number writing and at the same time explore your sense of touch.
You’ll just need a plate, any dry grains you have in your cupboard (rice, lentils, couscous, etc). Feel the grains and then write or draw in them with your finger or any kind of stick.
(If you want to avoid too much hoovering afterwards, you can do it outside, or cover the plate in cling film first.)
5. Mrs Krivickiene hasย also been making a SENSORY JAR, using water, oil and a drop of food colouring.ย
This is a great experience if you want to have a mindful break and look at something extremely mesmerising. Besides, there is true science behind it. Water and oil have different molecule structure (molecules are the tiny building blocks of everything you see around.) This means that water and oil won’t mix.
First,ย pour some baby oil into a glassย jar or bottle. Then add some water coloured with a little food dye and close the lid tightly. Watch the effects as you gently tip and jiggle you jar…
6. As if that wasn’t all enough, in Google Classrooms this week you can also watch Mrs McInnes use all of her 5 senses as she dissects and investigates an onion!
Bonjour! Here you can watch Mrs Small and her friend Mr Fox (Monsieur Renard ๐ฆ) as they welcome you to Languages Week and go on a French colour hunt.
Now why not find a favourite toy to sing and dance along with Mrs Marshall. ๐ซ๐ท This French song is called โJe peux sauterโ, which in English means โI can jump!โ
You can jump, clap, turn and walk with your toy or do it yourself!ย
And Mrs Branco reminds us how to sing our French Song about how we are feeling.
Would you like to join in with Pierre?
Comment รงa va aujourd’hui?
Here are the words to help you sing along:
“Bonjour tout le monde comment รงa va?
Bonjour tout le monde comment รงa va?
Bonjour tout le monde comment รงa va?
Comment รงa va aujourdโhui?
Tres bien merci comment รงa va?
Tres bien merci comment รงa va?
Tres bien merci comment รงa va?
Comment ca va aujourdโhui?
In Google Classrooms you can enjoy hearing Mrs Ahmed readย The Hungry Caterpillar for you in Urdu, a language which is spoken by many people all over the world.ย
Andย Mrs Boydย has also been offering some fantastic Gaelic lessons in Google Classrooms. ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ Gaelic is a Scottish language which is still often spoken in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. Here is a taster:
“Hello and Failte gu Gaelic! Welcome to Gaelic. Join me, Murdo the teddy bear and Seamus the seal in learning Gaelic. Here we will learn how to say welcome, introduce ourselves and even sing a Gaelic song. Have fun learning Gaelic!”
ย Do you or any of your family speak or know any other languages? Another fun way to explore languages is to try out the Hello Atlas App.ย It is free to download and allows you to explore how to say โHelloโ and a few other simple phrases in all sorts of languages, choosing from a map of the world.
Here are a few ideas of fun ways to get creative, using some household objects you may have lying around:
PASTA ART with Miss Hampton
โToday I felt creative, so I thought Iโd share my idea to see if any of you wanted to be a creative designer. All you need is pasta! I have attached some of my creations, plus a masterpiece I found online, to inspire your creative juices. There are lots of ways you can be creative with your pasta. I used a glue and some colouring pens to make a flower, but don’t worry if you don’t have these things because the great thing about not using glue is that you can make something different every time by rearranging the pasta into different patterns or shapes.โ
Make a flower, a boat, a face… whatever you can think of!
PRINTING with STRING and FOIL with Mrs MacLeod
โ๏ธ ๐ค ๐ฆ ๐ง ๐จ โ๏ธ โ๏ธ
โWeโve ย had all sorts of weather recently – rain, snow, ice, frost, sleet, sunshine and rain. Today I tried printing some weather pictures with different objects. Perhaps you would like to try printing patterns too. These are some items you could use to print with: corks, fruit or vegetables cut in half (ask an adult to help cut), string, old cardboard, tin foil, cotton buds – plus some paint.
Watch these quick videos if youโd like to see how to try foil printing and string printing.
You can use the same technique, wrapping string around a square of card then painting ย it blue to print rain next to your sunshine. You might also use a cork, dipped in white paint, or cotton wool balls or buds to print snow falling.
Have fun getting crafty!
Robinsโ eggs are a creamy colour with reddish speckles.
On Google Classrooms you can find a video of Mrs MacLeod showing you how to make fat balls to hang out for birds.
And here’s a great idea from Mrs Marshall of how to make bird food, using cereal:
Making a bird feeder is a great way to help out our feathered friends in wintertime. All you need is pipe cleaners/string, Cheerios/Hoops cereal, and something to hang your bird feeder with such as ribbon. Start by threading Cheerios/Hoops onto pipe cleaners/string โ aย great fun fine motor skills challenge (you may enjoy munching some while you thread!). Leave space at either end to twist the ends together or tie together to โsealโ the ends. Add a ribbon or string for hanging and your bird feeder is done. Hang and enjoy watching the birds enjoy their snack! Remember to hang them in a safe place for visiting birds, avoid low spaces where they are within a catโs reach, and avoid open and noisy areas.
If you are taking part in the RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch this weekend, have fun and we hope you spot something.
People who watch birds have a big long name – Ornithologist.
Sometimes they use tools like binoculars to help them spot birds. You could also take a bird book when birdwatching to help you identify birds, and perhaps some seed or raisins to attract the birds.
But really the only tools you need to watch birds are these –
– Eyes and Ears. So keep looking and listening and you can be a Young Ornithologist!
If you feel like cosying up for a great story with one of your nursery teachers, there are several to choose from in Google Classrooms.
This week we have been thinking about Scots literature, so you ย could ย join Mrs McCarron and her tiger friend to read Theย Tiger Who Came to Tea in Scots.
Did you know that some animals have a very special name in Scots language? For example….
A fox is called a tod ๐ฆ
A frog is called a puddock ๐ธ
A mouse is called a moose ๐ญ
An owl is called a hoolet ๐ฆ
A tiger is a teegar. ๐ฏ
On Google Classrooms Mrs McCarron shares one of her favourite stories with you about a very hungry teegar.
Or you might listen to Mrs Branco reading The Gruffalo in Scots language.
If you have any black paint and some cotton buds, you could try dipping a cotton bud in paint and dabbing it on paper to make a picture of this amazing sight. Or just use a pen, pencil or crayon to make dots and create a murmuration of starlings or any other pattern you like.
Hello everyone, we hope you have been enjoying some of the sunny weather outdoors! Maybe you spotted a few birds. Mrs Toman was birdwatching in her garden this Saturday. Take a look…
Each day this week we are giving you a few titbits and challenges linked to a different bird, in the run up to the RSPB Big Garden Watch:
Monday’s Bird is Clever Crow:
At Busby School & Nursery, we often see Crows in our playground and on the rooftops.ย They like to fly down for crumbs the children drop at playtime… Crows are not fussy eaters.
Have fun, and look out for Clever Crow outside!Hi everyone! At the end of January there is a special event taking place. You can watch this video for a little introduction:
I wonder if you have seen any birds from your window or when out on a walk recently. In Winter it can be easier to spot them because there are less leaves on the trees to hide them, and they are often out searching for food in the cold. If you are able to feed them then that is even better. Perhaps like me you noticed some bird footprints in the snow recently:
Every January, the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) holds a Big Garden Bird Watch. It has been doing this for 42 years.
It asks us to watch the birds outside our window for one hour and record the number of different birds we see on a chart like this:
The results are counted and they help to work out which birds in our country are doing well and which ones might need a bit of help.
If you would like to take part, you can find out more at this link:
https://www.rspb.org.uk/get-involved/activities/birdwatch/
Itโs a great way of practising your counting skills, as well as learning about Science & Nature!
Even if you don’t do the Bird Watch, you can still have loads of ย fun watching birds and working out what they all are. This video I took in Pollok Parkย this week showsย how close you can sometimes get to them…
In the run up to the Big Garden Bird Watch we will be posting some fun facts about different birds and how you can spot them, as well as activities linked to our feathered friends.
Keep your eye on the blog and Google Classrooms!
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