Enjoy looking below and seeing what all your friends have been up to. I know you are missing each other lots. It really made me smile seeing all the activities you have been doing to keep busy :-).
Month: April 2020
Happy Tuesday
Good morning. I hope you are all doing well on this sunny Tuesday morning. The date today is the 21st of April 2020. Can you practice writing your days of the week? Challenge yourself to figure out what tomorrow’s date will be! I hope you all get outside at some point today as the weather is beautiful.
9am
Gym lesson online with Joe Wicks LIVE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
9:30-10:00: Literacy
Jolly Phonics- Practise your jolly phonics sounds with the video and do the actions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=26uXtUYssuo
Using one of your jotters, practise writing the letters. You can draw the picture from the song too!
Can you write any words?
Use the new BBC Bitesize phonics videos to revise…
First sounds…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zf2yf4j
Trickier sounds…
https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zvq9bdm
Remember to ask an adult to dot your sounds to help with the letter formation!
10:30-11:15: Break Time
11:15-12:15: Maths
Continue to work on yesterday’s maths warm up sheets or alternatively…
The best way for you to keep practising the right maths for you is through SumDog: https://www.sumdog.com/user/sign_in?to=%2Femails
Your parents have your log in details.
Remember I can see your results and set the challenges.. this is great to keep me updated with where you’re at.
12:15-1pm: Lunch
1-1.30 pm: Fine Motor Skills
One of the really important aspects of our daily school life is play. These play based experiences help us make sense of the world around us and also assist in our development of fine and gross motor skills which impacts on our cognitive activity and even our pencil grip etc.
I have attached a suggested activity you could try at home to help develop these skills.
1.30-2.30pm: Health and Wellbeing
Cosmic Kids Yoga
Stretch, relax and enjoy the Troll Episode…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jXDPIKn5sjA
2-2:30pm: Break Time
2:30-3pm: Story and chat
At the end of each day, we will send you stories to listen to/read. Some of these will be read by your lovely St. Albert’s teachers, others might be by famous authors. To get ready for the story:
- Get a snack and a drink
- Get somewhere comfy – on cushions/sofa/bed, under a blanket
- Get one of your parents or a brother/sister to listen with you
Here are today’s stories:
P1-3 Miss Graham reading Ginger Nut…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9BEIdAHJow
Earnest Ernest – This one is very funny, you can use the link to catch up on any stories missed over the holidays too!
Online Learning Reminder…
As well as the daily blog posts please be reminded of the websites we use in class the children are familiar with to support their learning. You should have your child’s individual log in information for each site. Please let me know if you need me to resend it.
Literacy; Access your individual reading books at www.activelearnprimary.co.uk
Maths; www.sumdog.com
Cross Curricular; www.starfall.com
Literacy; www.vooks.com
User; kirstiedundee.hunter@btinternet.com
Password; cosmickid11
Literacy; www.teachyourmonstertoread.com
Welcome Back…
Happy Monday and welcome back after the Easter holidays! I’ve missed you all and seeing your photos of what you’ve been up to. Really looking forward to seeing your holiday news work. I will be in touch with each of your families over the next few days to catch up.
Below are some suggested activities to keep you busy today. As always remember to relax and enjoy the learning tasks you choose to do. You have your individual home learning packs and workbooks I have emailed. Feel free to chip away at these if that’s easier for you.
9am
Gym lesson online with Joe Wicks LIVE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
9:30-10:00: Literacy
Holiday News- Can you sound out with an adult and write a few sentences about what you’ve done over the holidays? Remember to ask an adult to dot your writing if this helps and draw a picture to accompany your writing if you can’t print photographs off. I have attached a News Writing worksheets you can choose to use if you’d rather not use your jotter.
Mum’s and Dad’s I will email you all to gather up some Holiday News pictures for our blog to help the children stay in touch with each other.
10:30-11:15: Break Time
11:15-12:15: Maths
I have attached some basic number work sheets to warm up your brains after the holidays, you can do a couple of them or mums and dads at home you can help choose the one most appropriate for your child.
Here is a couple of counting games we use in class to warm up our brains too!
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/ladybird-spots
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/blast-off
12:15-1pm: Lunch
1-1.30 pm: Fine Motor Skills
One of the really important aspects of our daily school life is play. These play based experiences help us make sense of the world around us and also assist in our development of fine and gross motor skills which impacts on our cognitive activity and even our pencil grip etc.
I have attached a suggested activity you could try at home to help develop these skills.
1.30-2.30pm: Art
Try doing some painting and printing work at home with some basic tools you will all have around the house like cutlery!
Miss Milne has prepared a great video tutorial to help show you what to do.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Zv4SlA_-lk
2-2:30pm: Break Time
2:30-3pm: Story and chat
At the end of each day, we will send you stories to listen to/read. Some of these will be read by your lovely St. Albert’s teachers, others might be by famous authors. To get ready for the story:
- Get a snack and a drink
- Get somewhere comfy – on cushions/sofa/bed, under a blanket
- Get one of your parents or a brother/sister to listen with you
Here are today’s stories:
P1-3 Miss Bull reading The Huge Bag of Worries…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l2frcolYqiI
Miss Petula Perpetual Motion- I am still enjoying the daily David Walliams books!
https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses/
The Last Day of Term 3…
It’s the last day of term 3. Here’s a video message from me to you.
Day 10 of no school so see below for a ‘could do’ list for today. We want you and your families to look after each other and think about staying safe first so don’t worry if you can’t do all of this today!
A fun extra you can do at home whenever you have some time is an online virtual Easter Egg hunt. I so wish we were having a real one in the sensory garden!
https://www.abcya.com/games/easter_egg_hunt
https://m.primarygames.com/game/egghunt/play.php
9am
Gym lesson online with Joe Wicks LIVE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
9:30-10:30: Literacy
Reading books time… log on to Bug Club Active Learn website and read your assigned books. Remember to let me know if there’s anything about this your finding tricky.
Your parents have your log in information. Just ask them for help!
Once you’ve done this… have a look at vooks, it’s the best for discovering new stories and helps us explore digital literacy.
Log in; kirstiedundee.hunter@btinternet.com
Password; cosmickid11
10:30-11:15: Break Time
It’s important that you have breaks and fresh air if you can. Social distancing means you can’t go and play with other people that you don’t live with but you can go outside with your family for a walk, a run in the park or a cycle ride. Don’t stay inside all day.
11:15-12:15: Easter Art
As traditionally we usually spend this week doing a variety of Easter crafts I thought it would be fun to share some Easter activities for you today, and give your parents a bank of stuff to use over the next two weeks if you’d like to.
Easter Cone Animals 
Easter Egg Basket Craft 
Easter Egg Colouring Sheets
12:15-1pm: Lunch
Have a healthy lunch and go outside again if you can! If not, maybe put on some music and have a lunchtime disco in the house to get your body moving again!
1-2.00 pm: Easter Baking
Follow the video on our St Albert’s Infants You Tube channel of Mr Keddilty in his kitchen making fruit loaf. Mr K’s Kitchen looks like a fun place to be!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G500lW2Rt4
Alternatively I have uploaded a couple of recipes for Easter baking activities including biscuits and Easter egg nests. Please remember to take photos of any baking you do and send my way!
2-2:30pm: Break Time
Go outside again if you can or have another disco…or you could do another Cosmickids yoga session in your living room? Keep your body moving!
Or here’s one of my favourite Cosmickids Yoga links…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=23VdtT0vQUY
2:30-3pm: Story and chat
At the end of each day, we will send you stories to listen to/read. Some of these will be read by your lovely St. Albert’s teachers, others might be by famous authors. To get ready for the story:
- Get a snack and a drink
- Get somewhere comfy – on cushions/sofa/bed, under a blanket
- Get one of your parents or a brother/sister to listen with you
Here are today’s stories:
P1-3 Miss Graham has kindly recorded a video of her reading The Dinosaur That Pooped the Bed! I love it!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4q-m48BElQ
P4-6 –No No Noe – no. 9 of 30 free David Walliams books over the next 30 days… These short stories are fantastic, you can find the links on David Walliams twitter over the next two weeks, I know I’ll keep listening.
https://soundcloud.com/harpercollinspublishers/the-worlds-worst-children-2-by/s-AnPN4l0rJT5
Yoga Babies Pictures
I love seeing videos of all the things you are getting up to at home!
Here is some photos of Ross and Khadija following along my Yoga Babies video. If you havn’t already here’s a link for you to try at home!
Absolutely love how strong your tree is Ross and Khadija your back is arched so well. It’s great to help our siblings learn the postures too!
Thursday 2nd April
Good morning everyone, welcome to the second last day of term 3.
Day 9 of no school so see below for a ‘could do’ list for today. We want you and your families to look after each other and think about staying safe first so don’t worry if you can’t do all of this today!
9am
Gym lesson online with Joe Wicks LIVE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
9:30-10:30: Literacy
I have been playing around with a literacy website shared with me by Mrs Mcfadden, thank you for this! It’s called Teach Your Monster to Read… it’s great fun.
Have a look and a play. I have organised usernames and log ins for you all. See below and ask an adult to help you log in.
Or, I have also downloaded an Easter word search for you to try. Click on the link to download more… Easter Wordsearch
10:30-11:15: Break Time
It’s important that you have breaks and fresh air if you can. Social distancing means you can’t go and play with other people that you don’t live with but you can go outside with your family for a walk, a run in the park or a cycle ride. Don’t stay inside all day.
11:15-12:15: Maths
As traditionally we usually spend this week doing a variety of Easter crafts I thought it would be fun to share some Easter maths activities with you… take your pick from the selection of work below. You could even use some of this over the next two weeks if you end up stuck for something to do.
Easter Joke Multiplication Code Breaker
Easter addition to 20
Easter add and subtract
2d shape chick cutting skills
12:15-1pm: Lunch
Have a healthy lunch and go outside again if you can! If not, maybe put on some music and have a lunchtime disco in the house to get your body moving again!
1-2.30 pm: Music
How lucky are we to have the gift of Mrs Pattie’s musical talents. She very kindly recorded the video below for you… Enjoy it, I know I did yesterday… I was singing along in my kitchen. Look out for some special guests too! Make sure your family get involved too.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FsI-YhwnxSA&feature=youtu.be
We also have our lovely Clare singing one of our favourites.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6mN-ybV9jQ
If you’d like to try out some digital music experiences check our Chrome Music Lab… you can experiment with chords and drum beats. So cool!
https://musiclab.chromeexperiments.com/Experiments
2-2:30pm: Break Time
Go outside again if you can or have another disco…or you could do another Cosmickids yoga session in your living room? Keep your body moving!
2:30-3pm: Story and chat
At the end of each day, we will send you stories to listen to/read. Some of these will be read by your lovely St. Albert’s teachers, others might be by famous authors. To get ready for the story:
- Get a snack and a drink
- Get somewhere comfy – on cushions/sofa/bed, under a blanket
- Get one of your parents or a brother/sister to listen with you
Here are today’s stories:
P1-3 Mrs Pattie has kindly recorded a video of her reading Tabby McTat by Julia Donaldson. A wonderful story full of rhyme.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6xy0TXdPOY&feature=youtu.be
P4-6 –Nigel Nit Boy – no. 8 of 30 free David Walliams books over the next 30 days… These short stories are fantastic!
https://soundcloud.com/harpercollinspublishers/the-worlds-worst-children-by-4/s-AYyr0WW1dNH
And our very own Clare Harker telling the story of ‘Danny and Ibrahim dream big’. Enjoy!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnLDJchMTmE&feature=youtu.be
Wednesday 1st April
Can you believe we’re half way through the last week of Term 3? Time is flying past so quickly. As always I wish we were off to Adventure or Swimming followed by a shopping list challenge in the super market.
Day 8 of no school so see below for a ‘could do’ list for today. We want you and your families to look after each other and think about staying safe first so don’t worry if you can’t do all of this today!
9am
Gym lesson online with Joe Wicks LIVE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ
9:30-10:30: Literacy
Writing- Use your jotter to practise writing the common words in your at home learning pack.
Again if you need some help ask an adult to dot your words for you so you can trace them.
If you need inspiration for more words to practise reading and writing here’s a list of 100 high frequency words…
Challenge Task- can you make up some silly sentences using your common words!! If so send me some videos of you telling me your silly sentences, or write them down in your jotter… whatever you’d prefer!
10:30-11:15: Break Time
In case you feel like doing some outdoor learning attached are some challenge cards or suggested activities for while you’re outdoors.
Outdoor Activity Cards-click on link to open more challenges.
11:15-12:15: Maths
We love using our Bee Bots in the infants, this helps us develop our positional language and serves as an introduction for coding. I’ve found a great website where you can create instructions and plan a route for an online Bee Bot. Everyone at home can have a go. Enjoy!
https://www.terrapinlogo.com/emu/beebot.html
Or
The best way for you to keep practising the right maths for you is through SumDog: https://www.sumdog.com/user/sign_in?to=%2Femails
Your log in is in your home learning pack. Please spend today getting online on SumDog and looking at all the lessons you can do there.
Or
Complete one of the numeracy challenge sheets in your home learning pack.
12:15-1pm: Lunch
Have a healthy lunch and go outside again if you can! If not, maybe put on some music and have a lunchtime disco in the house to get your body moving again!
1-2.30 pm: Science
Use the ‘Science Kids’ website to explore a wide variety of resources and videos so you can learn about subjects you’re interested in. It could be technology or biology!
Glasgow’s very own science centre have provided us with more amazing videos this week… check them out below.
A fantastic video explaining the Spring Equinox…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kP9D9VZmazc
A video discussing and showing an example of how you can design a planet at home…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUQQUjIXZRM
We also have our very own Mr Foreshaw talking you through some cool experiments you can try at home… with the help of an adult of course!
2-2:30pm: Break Time
Go outside again if you can or have another disco…or you could do another Cosmickids yoga session in your living room? Keep your body moving!
In case you feel like doing some outdoor learning attached are some challenge cards or suggested activities for while you’re outdoors.
2:30-3pm: Story and chat
At the end of each day, we will send you stories to listen to/read. Some of these will be read by your lovely St. Albert’s teachers, others might be by famous authors. To get ready for the story:
- Get a snack and a drink
- Get somewhere comfy – on cushions/sofa/bed, under a blanket
- Get one of your parents or a brother/sister to listen with you
Here are today’s stories:
P1-3 ME… Mrs Creevy reading one of our favourite books in Class 1 Yoga Babies, we always do the poses as I read and it really helps us relax.
P4-6 –Humbert the Hungry Baby – no. 7 of 30 free David Walliams books over the next 30 days… These short stories are fantastic!
https://soundcloud.com/harpercollinspublishers/the-worlds-worst-children-2-2/s-aPLE0xN2Ucx
