Month: May 2020

Hey Class 1! I  can’t believe it is June already! Usually at this time of year we would be planning lots of fun ‘end of year’ things. Unfortunately this year is a bit different but I’m sure we will make up for it when we can be together again!

The teachers are back in school now! We are getting everything ready for you returning in August. We are clearing space and trying to make the place look nice for you! Because we are super busy in school now there might not be a blog post every day anymore but I will put lots of links on this blog that you can use whenever you feel like and I will still try to post a few times a week!

 

Things you can do for Literacy –

Bug club reading  https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0

Teach your monster to read https://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/

Usernames and passwords below

Jolly Phonics Youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jvAYUvQUrGo

 

Things you can do for Numeracy –

Sumdog https://pages.sumdog.com/

Topmarks https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/counting

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/kids-activities/fun-maths-games-and-activities/

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/index.html

 

You also have your home learning packs that you can work through and send me photos of! Remember all the adults want you to be happy and safe just now so there is no pressure to complete loads and loads of work!

I will put some posts up through the week and I will check in on your classroom today and make sure it is all looking good!

See you soon!

Miss K xx

 

 

Good morning Class 1 and happy Friday! The weather is meant to be lovely again today and we are now able to visit another family outside! I am so so happy to hear this news!! Later on, I’m going to visit my mum and I can’t wait. This news also means we are hopefully one step closer to being together again. I can’t wait to see all your beautiful faces I am really missing school!!

Today’s focus is happiness. I feel so happy at the thought of life slowly returning to normal. Let’s spend today thinking of the things we are looking forward to and also the positive things that might have happened whilst we have had to stay inside.

Speaking of things that make us happy…

I am so so so thrilled to let you guys know that Mrs. Creevy and her husband Steven have had their baby! I know you will all be so excited for them and I know she is missing you all loads! Maybe you could make some cards for Mrs Creevy and I can make sure she gets them!

Meet Chloe Hunter Creevy – the newest and tiniest member of Class 1!

 

How gorgeous is she!!  Having a brand new baby is one of the happiest (and most exhausting) times ever. I know this good news will make you all really happy today! We can’t wait until it is safe to meet baby Chloe!

 

9am PE with Joe Wicks

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

9:30-10

Literacy

Today’s literacy task is to make a list of things that make you happy! Send me anything you come up with – seeing your work makes me happy!!

10:30-11:15

Break Time!

11:15-12:15

Maths

Why not try and do some Sumdog challenges in the sunshine today? Remember to let me know if you need a hand logging in!

12:15-1pm

Lunch

1:-1:30

Art

Have a go at some of these outdoor art activities today. Take photos of your work and send them to me!

You could make nature paintbrushes like these ones to create some amazing artwork!

How do the different brushes you have made change your painting? Which is your favourite?

1:30-2:30

Motor Skills

Play-dough disco.

Remember if you don’t have playdough, you can follow last weeks easy playdough recipe! You could also use a small stress ball instead!

 

Storytime

I can’t wait until we can cuddle each other again! With this happy thought in mind let’s hear from Miss Graham with today’s story!!

 

Miss K xx

 

Good Morning Class 1!

I hope you’re all well and enjoying learning at home! I know these times have been quite hard but hopefully there is a light at the end of the tunnel! I was in school the other day clearing some space and I found some of my favourite teaching books (not all of my good ideas are always my own!) I have attached some photos in today’s blog so that you can do some of these fun activities at home!

9am PE with Joe Wicks

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

9:30-10

Literacy

For today’s literacy tasks you could ask an adult to help you try one of these fun activities!

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Remember you can always practise your phonics by searching for jolly phonics on Youtube. You can also watch videos of Geraldine Giraffe to support Jolly Phonics!

10:30-11:15

Break Time!

11:15-12:15

Maths

1. Choose a toy and draw around it on a piece of paper
2. Cut out the drawing
3. Choose an object in your house that you have lots of – it must be the same size object like 1p coins or 2p coins or connecting cubes or blocks or buttons or grapes.
4. Predict how many of your object you will need to measure the toy’s body – Write down your prediction.
5. Measure each part of the toy and write down the results. Were your predictions right? How many away from the right answer were you?
6. Use this new information to predict how many of your object you will need to measure the toy’s legs, arms, head etc.

Questions for parents to ask:

• Discuss how they could measure round their toy using a piece of string.
• Order the height of toys around the house.
• Discuss – What other things could they have measured with?
• What difference would it have made?

12:15-1pm

Lunch

1:-1:30

Science!

Mr. Corrigan has been enjoying nature in his Secret Garden!

Watch the video below and see what cool things you can spot. Maybe you could draw pictures of the interesting things you see. You could also try and label your pictures to practise your writing skills!

 

1:30-2:30pm

Motor Skills

Have a go at building this really cool waterfall tower!

See what happens to the water as you change the pots and pans around.

To improve your fine motor skills, you could make a smaller version of this with tubes and try and get small items , like beans or beads, to roll along the tubes! Have fun!!

 

2:30-3pm: Story and chat

 

MR CORRIGAN WILL BE LIVE ON THE ST ALBERT’S YOUTUBE CHANNEL TODAY AT 2:30! IF YOU WATCH IT LIVE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEND HIM COMMENTS TO LET HIM KNOW YOU’RE WATCHING!

 

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

Today’s story is called Odd Dog Out! I love it because I have two dogs myself and it really makes me think about them and makes me laugh!

Have a fantastic day!!

 

Miss K xx

Eid Mubarak Class 1! I hope you managed to have a nice Eid even though we can’t all see our families! I have been sent some beautiful photos of how you were celebrating Eid! Have a look at what you got upto!

 

Khadija and her sisters made a cake!

They wore some beautiful Eid clothes!

Khadija relaxed with a facemask!

And got some beautiful henna!

Khadija is also enjoying looking after one of the Class 1 plants! 

Kareem and his sister enjoyed spending time together on Eid. Look at those smiles!

 

Seher wore this gorgeous dress on Eid! I love it Seher!!

 

I know lots of you will be quite sleepy today after a big weekend of celebrations! Why not try to spend some time outside in the sunshine if you can!

 

9am PE with Joe Wicks

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

9:30-10

Literacy

Log into your Bug Club account and read a book in the sunshine, I’ve put a nice story called Look Outside on your accounts. You could read it and see what things you can spot outside!

Miss K xx

Good morning everyone! I can’t believe the nice weather has gone already! It’s very rainy this morning where I live. Later on I am going to go out and check my rain catcher to see how much rain water I have collected!

9am PE with Joe Wicks

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

9:30-10

Literacy

Today, let’s go over some of the sounds you will have learned already. You can listen to the sounds and their songs here :

Afterwards, you could try to put these jumbled sentences in the right order. Remember – a capital letter goes at the start and a full stop goes at the end!

Simple Sentence Unscramble Activity Sheet

 

10:30-11:15

Break Time!

11:15-12:15

Have a go at playing this fun maths game at home with your family!

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12:15-1pm

Lunch

1pm- 1:30

I know you will all be so excited about Eid at the weekend but it is also a bit strange that we can’t see our families like we usually would be doing. Why don’t you make them an Eid card and send it? If you don’t celebrate Eid, you could make an Eid card for a friend in your class!

 

 

1:30-2:30

Cooking

I found this delicious recipe for Eid cookies! Have a go and let me know what you think!

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2:30-3pm

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

Today’s story is by Mr. Corrigan again. Here he is reading Ramadan Moon! 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TlqlNyqYWm8

Tomorrow is a holiday! YAY! There won’t be a blog post but please feel free to send me any photos of what you have been upto this week to gw16kinlochlouisa@glow.sch.uk and I will put them on next week’s blog!

 

Miss Kinloch xx

Hi Class 1 – hope that you’re all well. Today is supposed to be a beautiful day so spend as much time outside as you can if you can! My weather app says it will be 21 degrees so I might need to get my paddling pool out! I am also planning on going a nice big walk in nature. Sometimes when I’m feeling rubbish I like to spend time outdoors and that always makes me feel a bit better!

9am PE

Yoga (try this outdoors if you can)!

Literacy 9:30-10:30

Use Vooks to select a story of your choice. As you listen, think about your favourite character in the story. Can you draw them? Can you draw where you think they might live?

It’s been a while since we’ve used Vooks and they have recently updated their site with lots of new stories.

https://watch.vooks.com/browse

The class log in details are below, this makes the audio book service completely free.

Username- kirstiedundee.hunter@btinterent.com

Password- cosmickid11

10:30-11:15: Break Time

 

11:15-12:15: Maths

Have a go at this blast off game from topmarks.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/blast-off

Afterwards, you could practise your number formation on these formation sheets. If you don’t have a printer, you can use the sheets as a guide and practise in your jotter.

Number Formation

12:15-1pm: Lunch

1-1.30 pm: Fine Motor Skills

You can use this easy recipe to make playdough and then do some playdough disco to build up the tiny muscles in your hands! this is one of my favourite things to do!

Recipe : 1/2 cup salt
1/2 cup water
1 cup flour
food dye (any colour, be creative!)
newspaper to cover the surface you’re working on!!

1:30-2:30

Have a look at this video Mrs. Pattie made with her children! They created a pavement sensory walk! Maybe you could do this same out in the sunshine?

 Here are some more examples for inspiration!

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:

Here is Miss Graham reading Eric Makes a Splash – which is what I am away to do right now!

Please send me anything you are doing at home so that we can stay connected with each other!

Miss you all!

Miss K xx

 

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Hey everyone – hope you’re all well and managing to have some chill time at home too! Remember all of these activities are just a guide! Sometimes it’s great to have a day off and do something you really enjoy! ❤

Yesterday I went on a big walk through the park with the pram!🌥 I saw loads of little lambs! They were super cute! Mrs Connell saw this very cute family when she was out a walk yesterday! Have a look at this video by clicking the link below!

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9am PE with Joe Wicks

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

9:30-10

Literacy

Talk to an adult about this picture. What do you think is happening? How do you feel about bees? I used to be quite scared of them but then I did some research and they’re actually very important for the world! If you can, you could try to write a sentence about what the bee is doing!

After that, you could practise writing your name! This builds up the tiny muscles in your hands. What a work out!

Ross Name

Muhsin Name

Khadija Name

Kareem Name

Azaan Name

Seher Name

10:30-11:15

Break Time!

11:15-12:15

Maths

We know that plants need water to grow, why don’t you try and leave a cup, bottle or bucket outside and measure how much it rains? You could see if the container is empty, half full or completely full by the end of next week? This activity will let you know if you need to water your plants more!

I’ve attached an image of a rain catcher but you can be creative and design your own!

In the meantime, you could have a go at this missing numbers activity! Remember to do what you can manage!

12:15-1pm

Lunch

1pm- 1:30

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! know so many of you are so looking forward to Eid so I wonder if today you could teach me a few things about your special celebration, Miss Bull has recorded a video asking you some questions below:

If you do not celebrate Ramadan or Eid this would be a great time to learn all about the celebration, it is so important to learn about other people’s faiths and religions – remember, we are all different and being different is GREAT!:

1:30-2:30

Science!

Have a go at filling in the blanks on this plant growth activity! If you have a printer you could print and colour your work! You can also talk to an adult about what plants need to grow if that suits you better! Maybe you could record what you learn and send it to me?

2:30-3pm

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

Today’s story is by Mr. Corrigan and it is so funny! It’s the story he read when he went live on Youtube last week! Hope you enjoy if you missed it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHCQ4qQANQc

Remember you can email me on gw16kinlochlouisa@glow.sch.uk if you need anything! Here are some of the pictures you have sent this week so far! 

Azaan has been having some family time at home – cute!

Muhsin celebrated his 6th birthday yesterday! Happy birthday Muhsin! We all miss you so much!

Miss K xx

Hey Class 1! It’s Miss Kinloch here! I am so excited to get to know you (even more than I already do)! I will make sure to keep you in the loop with Mrs. Creevy too – I’m sure you’re all excited to meet her new baby!

This week, I thought we could mix together what you usually do with some new things too! I also thought we could learn a bit about growing and living as I have been doing some gardening and growing at home! It’s funny because I actually really enjoy watching plants grow – and I wouldn’t ever have found this out about myself without having to slow down and stay at home! Have any of you found a new hobby or skill since we have been at home?

9am PE with Joe Wicks

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

9:30-10

Literacy

I have put a new book about growing on your bug club accounts! Have a go at reading this and seeing what you can find out! It’s called ‘Eco Apes Grow Food’  Remember to email if you need help accessing your Bug Club accounts!

10:30-11:15

Break Time!

11:15-12:15

Maths

As we are going to learn a bit about growing this week – I thought we could have some fun measuring ourselves and things around our houses! I had a go at measuring some things this morning. However, I realised I didn’t have a measuring tape – so I used socks instead!! This is called non standard measuring (when you use random things you can find instead of a ruler or measuring tape)! Have a go at some non standard measuring at home!

My bath was 6 socks long!

Leo’s cot was 5 socks long!

This teddy was only 1 sock long!

12:15-1pm

Lunch

1pm- 1:30

Dancing!

Have a listen to this song from YouTube! It’s a song from the Lorax which is one of my favourite movies. It’s all about growing and looking after the environment. You can dance about to the song, or sit and listen to the words!

1:30-2:30

Science!

I have been doing some planting and growing at home! One day last week I was making curry with chillies. I decided to keep the seeds from the chilli and plant them – just to see what would happen! I was so surprised when, after a few days, I noticed this!

  

The chilli seeds are starting to grow! I am going to keep watering them and leaving them at the window sill to see what happens! I’m hoping I’ll be able to grow chillies and use them in my cooking again! I’ll have to ask Miss Brooks for growing tips!

Why don’t you have a look next time your family are cooking to see if any of the ingredients have seeds. You could have a go at planting them and see what happens! Some things might grow and some might not – but that’s ok because it’s an experiment!

2:30-3pm

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

Today’s story is read by me and it’s a story about a little boy and a tree!

Have a lovely day!

Remember I can be contacted on gw16kinlochlouisa@glow.sch.uk if you need support logging in to Bug Club, Sumdog etc or if you want to send some photos for the next day’s blog!

Miss Kinloch xx

Good morning everyone,

Today marks my final day of work before I go off to prepare for the arrival of Baby Creevy. As much as this is very exciting, I’ve never wished more that we were all together celebrating in some way.

Over the next wee while, think of me as I’ll think of you and rest assured as soon as you are all back together and it is safe to do so I’ll be in to see you!

In the meantime, whilst spending time at home, it’s very important you work hard to help your parents keep the house clean and tidy.

Here are some challenges for you for over the weekend should you choose to accept.

   

9am

Gym lesson online with Joe Wicks LIVE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

9:30-10:00: Literacy

You can download the editable worksheet below and print at home to practice writing your own name. This is something we do regularly in school, it will be good to keep it up at home.

Click on your name below to download your sheet.

If you’d rather not print the sheet you can do it in your lined jotter.  

Ross Name

Muhsin Name

Khadija Name

Kareem Name

Azaan Name

Seher Name

10:30-11:15: Break Time

11:15-12:15: Maths

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.

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.

Use straws, sticks or lollipop sticks to create some of the suggested shapes below.

Lolly Pop Stick Shape Cards

1.30-2.30pm: Cooking

Watch along with my slow cooker bread baking experiment… could you try this or something similar at home?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olRyB4efViY

I can’t believe it worked so well only using four ingredients!

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

Today I’m going to link all the stories I’ve posted on the youtube channel, this mean’s they’re all in one place for you if you ever fancy hearing a familiar and favourite book… mine is Yoga Babies. Lots of Love! Namaste!

Yoga Babies

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0TPx8_yVCDs

The Fish That Could Wish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y0_wRNlCHws

Happy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hoSENDogilM

Room On The Broom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qG2JC-OFNqM

Meditation

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PK8i0KPVAak

Vooks has updated their site with lots of new storybooks. Check them out…

https://watch.vooks.com/browse

Select a book and enjoy.

The class log in details are below, this makes the audio book service completely free.

Username- kirstiedundee.hunter@btinterent.com

Password- cosmickid11