Ibrox Primary School

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@ibroxps

@bev_sneddon

@mrschalmerspt

We would like to send a huge big thank you to all our Ibrox Family. It has been a rollercoaster of a week and all staff have gone over and above to maintain a calm learning environment for our children. We have been overwhelmed by the lovely, kind and supportive comments from so many of our parents. This has given staff a real boost at this difficult time. A special mention must be given to our parent council who worked so hard to prepare our home learning packs. Today we said goodbye to our children unsure of whether we will see them again this school session, thank you to all who joined us to clap and cheer our P7 pupils. We are hoping it is not a goodbye but simply a see you later.

Going forward we will communicate via our school app, blog and our twitter accounts. We are aiming to check in with all families by a weekly phone call. We are here if you need us and urge all our families to stay safe.

Hopefully we will have Team Ibrox back together soon!

Mrs P, Ms F and Mrs C x

Learning from Home

Please find below a selection of websites that you may wish to explore with your child during any period of self-isolation or enforced home learning. Here they can revise work done in school, learn a new skill and explore museums of the world!

Why not encourage your child to keep note of any website they have visited, write about what they liked/disliked about it, what it helped them to learn, and perhaps give it a score out of 10?

Simply click the below links to access the relevant sites. The website full address is then noted under the direct link for us on desktop computers.

Khan Academy

www.khanacademy.com

Especially good for maths and computing for all ages but other subjects at Secondary level. Note this uses the U.S. grade system but it’s mostly common material.

BBC Learning

www.bbc.co.uk/learning/coursesearch/

This site is old and no longer updated and yet there’s so much still available, from language learning to BBC Bitesize for revision. No TV licence required except for content on BBC iPlayer.

Blockly

https://blockly.games

Learn computer programming skills – fun and free.

Scratch

https://scratch.mit.edu/explore/projects/games/

Creative computer programming

National Geographic Kids

https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/

Activities and quizzes for younger kids.

Duolingo

https://www.duolingo.com

Learn languages for free. Web or app.

Mystery Science

https://mysteryscience.com

Free science lessons

The Kids Should See This

https://thekidshouldseethis.com

Wide range of cool educational videos

Crash Course Kids

https://m.youtube.com/user/crashcoursekids

As above for a younger audience

Paw Print Badges

https://www.pawprintbadges.co.uk

Free challenge packs and other downloads. Many activities can be completed indoors.

Tinkercad

https://www.tinkercad.com

All kinds of making.

Prodigy Maths

https://www.prodigygame.com

Is in U.S. grades, but good for UK Primary age.

Cbeebies Radio

https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/radio

Listening activities for the younger ones.

Nature Detectives

https://naturedetectives.woodlandtrust.org.uk/naturedetectives/

A lot of these can be done in a garden, or if you can get to a remote forest location!

Oxford Owl for Home

Home

Lots of free resources for Primary age

Geography Games

https://world-geography-games.com/world.html

Geography gaming!

The Artful Parent

https://www.facebook.com/artfulparent/

Good, free art activities

Red Ted Art

Home Page

Easy arts and crafts for little ones

The Imagination Tree

https://theimaginationtree.com

Creative art and craft activities for the very youngest.

Toy Theater

Education Games

Educational online games

DK Find Out

https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/?fbclid=IwAR2wJdpSJSeITf4do6aPhff8A3tAktnmpaxqZbkgudD49l71ep8-sjXmrac

Activities and quizzes

Twinkl

https://www.twinkl.co.uk

This is more for printouts, and usually at a fee, but they are offering a month of free access to parents in the event of school closures.

Top 1 .com

https://www.top10.com/virtual-museum-tours

Why not explore a museum today? Virtual tours to explore the wonders of the world’s top 10 museums.

Top Marks

www.topmarks.co.uk

Searchable site of thousands of quality teaching resources, interactive resources, homework, exam and revision help.

Sumdog

https://pages.sumdog.com/

Children currently use this within school, and will have a login that can be used at home

Computer coding

www.code.org

a website that some of our children have been using to develop coding skills

Phonics/Number Games

https://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/

Used by our infant classes too support literacy and numeracy

Make Me Genius

https://www.makemegenius.com/

Used by some of our upper school classes

School remains open with the following changes

• all clubs cancelled until further notice
• Parents Evening (scheduled for Thursday) has been postponed

We understand that this is a worrying time and all children were issued with a letter yesterday. We will continue to use our school app and Twitter to communicate any updates with parents.

Today we went to the bottom of Conic Hill and then climbed the really big mountain. It was really fun and the view was amazing because we could see the water and the sea. It was really cool cause some parts were hard to climb and some parts were easy. It was really funny too. The wind was really fast, it was about 50-70mph and some people were slipping and falling. It was really funny as it felt like you were being blown off but luckily we all survived! Haroon

Today we went orienteering it was fun but the activity I liked the most was the ropes course. I faced fears that I never thought I would face and my favourite part was the chute because it was called the flume of doom! Everyone did it and everyone was soaking. It was fantastic. James 

Last night we did Nightline. It was a team game we had to play in the dark. We had a bucket of water and were all blindfolded and attached to a rope in a line with our team. We had to make our way along the rope and watch for obstacles like a crate and people who were splashing us with water. It was slippy and a bit fun we worked as a team. You really didn’t know where you were going so it was quite scary. Abbie

Today we went to Succoth Hills to go scrambling. It was like an obstacle course with lots of water and we had to slide through little gaps in the rock. Sometimes we had to go down on our tummy, sometimes we had to put our foot on Fran’s hand. He always went first to show us what to do. We learnt the rocks were all on top of each other because of the ice age. It took us about 45 minutes to get down all the gaps in the rocks. It was really wet and quite muddy. The path back to the van had lots of puddles and mud which we jumped in. Fran gave us all hot chocolate to warm up before driving home. We didn’t get lunch till 245 then we did some indoor climbing in the afternoon. Marium, Ross and Areefa 

Today the weather has been a bit more challenging with high winds and heavy rain disrupting some of the planned afternoon activities. All the children still managed out and about for most of the day with a few groups adding to their new skills with a bit more indoor climbing later on this afternoon. It has been an absolute pleasure sending time with the children and each and every one of them has been an absolute credit to their parents and Ibrox. All the children are embracing new challenges, pushing themselves out their comfort zones and managing to smile while doing it. Rooms are being tidied, beds made, meals tidied up after and lockers organised with kit- lots of skills the children can bring home along with amazing memories! I hope the end of the week is as fantastic as the start and I look forward to hearing all about it when you are back. Thank you for letting me share some of your adventure. Mrs Chalmers x

This morning we did the gorge walk. Its was very wet and quite cold. When you were just walking it was OK but then the deeper bits made it colder. At the end there was the waterfall and you could make it go up to your chest if you wanted. This afternoon we did the hard indoor climbing on the wall. I go to the fourth wall which was really tricky one. I think that doing the climbing today and yesterday helped me be better at it.  Zainab and Emma

Today we went gorge walking! It was really fun but scary, I loved walking through the water but the rocks were really slippy. It was terrifying going through the tunnel as it was pitch black and we had to walk up the sides of the tunnel because the water was too slippy. After that we went climbing. I was expecting it to be boring, but it was really fun! I got up to red, but most people got to the top, I was still really proud, then on the tree I got to yellow and when we went inside I found it quite difficult but very fun! Meghan

I had fun at gorge walking today, but the part I didn’t like was when we got water in our wellie boots, and I didn’t like the part where we had to walk through the tunnel which was pitch black. Paris

Today we went to the ropes course and had lots of fun. The one obstacle I loved was the water slide and it was so wet and fun. It was a little scary but I pushed through it and I enjoyed it. Then we went in a freezing cold jacuzzi, but I never felt the cold from it.    Abbie

 The bit that looked like a tarzan swing was the best bit of the ropes course. You grab a rope and walk to the next rope then you go from tyre to tyre and eventually you get to the big circle disk. Brian

 Today we went to Conic Hill with our instructor Bill. We didn’t have a teacher with us but we were guarding each other and working as a team. It was a 40 minute drive which was quite long. The pathways were really small and the climb was quite steep and slippery. It took what seemed long to get to the top. Once we got to the top we took pictures and ate our lunch. We climbed a bit further down and we put up a wee tent and had the rest of our lunch. It was really windy at the top. Some of us got blisters and sore feet we were a bit moany but it was good to do now we are back and dry and warm.  Zainab, Evie and Emma

Remember to follow our adventure on Twitter by searching  #IbroxBV20

On day one we went to Helensburgh to do an activity called Intro Adventuring. We went with our instructor called Andrè who will be our instructor for the whole week. Mrs Chalmers came with our group too. We went to Hill House on the mini bus and explored the area around. We walked along a path and found mud and water. We all jumped and splashed and got very dirty but we had on our waterproofs on so it was fine. We walked on and played a game of Camouflage where we had to hide in the woods and not be seen the last person to be found wins. It was a challenge as we kept stepping on sticks which cracked and made big noises. We walked on to the stream and decided to walk down. We walked all along the bed of the stream and the water was freezing everyone had wet feet and wellies! We all enjoyed the first trip and we never thought that jumping in mud could be so much fun!     Rehan, Suzal and Mohammed

Our instructor for the week is Bill. For Intro Adventuring we went down lots of streams in the water. We found lots of different plants and learned all about them. We collected stones from the river and have used them to make a collage tonight. It was fun but really really messy.     Evie and Abdul

Our instructor is called Fran. We learned about the different burns and went through tunnels and in lots of mud. We had to climb up rocks too. My team was really helpful at a bit where I was stuck we worked as a team and Brian helped me up. It’s been a really good first day and I can’t wait for tomorrow!     Abbie

Welcome to our new Ibrox Primary School Website. Here we will share information about our life at Ibrox Primary School. We have chosen to launch this week as our Primary 7 children are off to Blairvadach so will be updating you with diary entries and photos of their adventures!