Category Archives: Arran Class

Good Morning Arran and Bute Class

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Good morning everyone.  This would have been the last day before the Easter holidays for the pupils so I’ll leave a couple of activities here incase anyone is looking for ideas over the holidays.

We watch Newsround every morning to have an awareness of what is happening in the world- the BBC post a short video every day but also have longer videos about a range of topics on their website that some may be interested in.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/news/watch_newsround

 

I have also found a nice Science activity which is very relevant just now- ‘Grow your own rainbow.

 

Another activity which a lot of people are sharing is creating a ‘family handprint cast.’

Recipe:

500g plain flour

250g salt

250ml of water (add more if needed)

Roll out and insert handprints

4 hours on lowest setting in oven

Any paints work well

 

Hope the weather stays nice for the next two weeks and you all get to enjoy some family time together. Remember you can e-mail me with questions or requests: gw09mchargdiane@ea.n-ayrshire.sch.uk

Take care,

Diane 😀

 

Online activities

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This is a site we use in Arran and Bute Class quite often. The company have offered a free subscription for 90 days if anyone is interested. It has games which can be controlled by touch/ switch/ mouse, cause and effect activities, stories and creative games (art/ music/etc).

Copy the link at the bottom into the address bar and the voucher code is Games100.

If anyone would like to use this and needs any support, please e-mail me

gw09mchargdiane@ea.n-ayrshire.sch.uk

Diane 🙂

https://www.helpkidzlearn.com/

Tacpac

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Hi Everyone,

Here is  a link from TacPac that offers parents set 5 of Tacpac free of charge for 3 months to use at home. Thought this would be useful for some of our children who enjoy Tacpac sessions at school. They are also compiling a series of short training videos on Facebook to help everyone get started and to get the best out of the sessions.  Parents should click the link below and at checkout add the code 8Q7A3TXS. Once done direct parents to www.facebook.com/TacpacLtd to watch the short video.

https://tacpac.co.uk/product/set-5

Tacpac draws together touch and music to create a structured session of sensory communication between two people

Hope this is helpful 😊

Art Competition

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Good morning everyone. Hope you are all well.  It looks like another nice day so I hope you’re managing to make the most of the weather- I have been enjoying a walk in the fresh air every day.

I have attached details of an art competition if anyone would like to take part.

You could use anything to make a picture- pens, paint, collage materials, leaves/etc. from the garden.

All activities are optional if anyone is looking for ideas- no pressure to complete.

Diane 🙂

Cosmic Yoga

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Hi everyone, this is not the typical yoga we do in class (I’m working on copying this onto powerpoint as we use different software in school) but I have been doing it with my son and there are a range of lovely, engaging activities.  I have listed a few below but if you search Cosmic Yoga in youtube, plenty of different themes come up.

Hope everyone is keeping well and remembering to have fun!

Diane 🙂

Social Story

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Coronavirus social story

Now that your child has had time to process that they are out of their routine and no longer at school for the moment.  Here is a simple social story that you can share with them.  Most  of our children and young people are familiar with Boardmaker symbols and this is the symbol system that we will be using in our new school.

You can use the story along with the calendars that you were sent home.  Marking off the calendar each day with a X is a helpful way of learners being able to identify what day of the week it is.

Remember you can email your child’s teacher for any support or advice during these challenging times.