Harry and the Dinosaurs . . .

TITLE:
Harry and the Dinosaurs go to school

AUTHOR: Ian Whybrow

ILLUSTRATOR: Adrian Reynolds

Starting Primary 1

To all the boys and girls from our nursery starting Primary 1 in August, there is no need to be nervous. All of our teachers are lovely and the nursery ladies will always be here and thinking of you. Listen to this story by Mrs Blevins about Harry and his dinosaurs who are starting P1 and then you will find lots of resources below that you can try over the summer.

A4 Class Rules
All About Me- What My New Teacher Needs to Know
All About Starting School PowerPoint
Design Your Own Potato Character – For Children
Early Years to Primary School Transition Booklet
Editable Name Recognition Make Read Write Activity Mat
Getting Dressed for School Paper Dolls Activity
Good Friend Discussion and Sorting Cards
Handwriting Sheets – Lined Worksheet
How Can I be a Good Friend Writing Frame
Letter Formation Alphabet Handwriting Practice Sheet
My Starting School Checklist
Number Formation Tracing Activity
Nursery to Primary Transition – Home Learning Ideas
Preparing Your Child For School – A Guide For Parents
School Uniform template
Things I like cut and paste
Transition into Primary 1 Home Learning Grid

June 22, 2020June 16, 2020

Where theres’s a bear . . .

TITLE: Where there’s a bear, there’s trouble-e!

AUTHOR: Michael Catchpool

ILLUSTRATOR: Vanessa Cabban

BEFORE YOU READ

You could look at the front cover of the book and ask your child – What do you think is happening? What kind of animal is this? What can you see in the picture? What will happen in this book? What noise does a bear make? Do you know any other stories with a bear in it? What kind of trouble do you think there will be?

DURING THE STORY
You should listen to the story once all the way through using our Three Read Approach.

On the second read you could pause the video and use the subtitle questions to help your child think more deeply about the story and share their ideas.

On the third read you could mute the audio and ask your child to read the story to you.

As it is nearly the summer break, we have included LOTS of activities below that you can enjoy.

All About Sun Awareness Powerpoint
What Lives in the Ocean Powerpoint
summer-word-search_ver_2
summer-colouring-sheets_ver_3
Summer Writing Activity Booklet
Summer word unscramble
Summer Symmetry
Summer Sunset Art Activity
Summer Playdough Mats
Summer Photo Powerpoint
Summer Number Matchup Activity Sheet
Summer minfulness colouring sheet
Summer Math Numbers 1-10 Activity Sheets
Summer Activity Booklet
Pack for sun safety cut and stick
Ocean Animals Read Trace Write and Draw Activity Sheets
Ice Lollie Recipe
Design your own sun hat
Design your own ice cream
Design you own sunglasses
Beach Themed Coloring Activity Sheets

June 15, 2020June 13, 2020

What’s the time Mr Wolf?

TITLE: What’s the time Mr Wolf?

AUTHOR: AND ILLUSTRATOR
Amanda Enright

BEFORE YOU READ

You could look at the front cover of the book and ask your child – What do you think is happening? What kind of animal is this? What can you see in the picture? What will happen in this book? What time do you go to bed? What time do we have breakfast – morning or night? What time do we have dinner – morning or night?

DURING THE STORY
You should listen to the story once all the way through using our Three Read Approach.

On the second read you could pause the video and use the subtitle questions to help your child think more deeply about the story and share their ideas.

On the third read you could mute the audio and ask your child to read the story to you.

AFTER THE STORY

To extend the interest and learning further there are some downloadable resources below that you could explore together. We would love to see what you get up to, so use the SHARE button from the main toolbar to send us a picture, video or comment.

HAVE FUN PLAYING THIS GAME

Some of these resources may be a little tricky as time is often explored when children start Primary 1, however you can still use them for exploring how the clock works, the direction of the hands and general time like morning, afternoon, night – asking questions like “Do we do this in the morning or night?”

Calendar missing ordinal numbers
Carrot Club – Differentiated Worksheet
Interactive-Clock template
Months of the year cut and stick
Telling the time display poster
Time Display Poster
Analogue Board Game – O’Clock Times
Analogue Clock o’clock
Analogue PP – O’Clock
Digital Time – O Clock

June 8, 2020June 7, 2020

Teddy Bear Picnic

TITLE: The Teddy Bears Picnic

AUTHOR: AND ILLUSTRATOR Gill Guile

BEFORE YOU READ

You could look at the front cover of the book and ask your child – What do you think is happening? What food do you have at a picnic? You should go and get your own teddy bears to join you for the story. What colours can you see in this illustration? How many bears can you count?

DURING THE STORY
You should listen to the story once all the way through using our Three Read Approach.

On the second read you could pause the video and use the subtitle questions to help your child think more deeply about the story and share their ideas.

On the third read you could mute the audio and ask your child to read the story to you.

AFTER THE STORY

2D Shape – Cutting To Make Your Own Bear
-My-Teddy-Bear-is-Worksheet
picnic-basket-template-activity-sheet writing
Teddy Bears Picnic Invitation
Teddy-Bears-Picnic-Colour-By-Numbers
Teddy-Bears-Picnic-Colouring-Pages
teddy-bears-picnic-dottodot_ver_2
Teddy-Bears-Picnic-Maze
teddy-bears-picnic-menu-activity-sheet_ver_3
teddy-bears-picnic-rhyme-activity-sheet-_ver_2
Teddy-Bears-Picnic-Spot-the-Difference_ver_2
teddy-bears-picnic-themed-shopping-list-writing-template-
t-n-7192-teddy-bears-picnic-counting-powerpoint-english_ver_1
T-T-5321-Golidilocks-Story-Powerpoint_ver_4

June 1, 2020May 31, 2020

Hide and Seek Birthday Treat

READ ALONG

The story is

Hide and Seek
Birthday Treat

Author:
Linda Jennings

Illustrator:
Joanne Partis

BEFORE YOU READ

You could look at the front cover of the book and ask your child – What animals are on the front cover? What colours do you see? How do you play Hide and Seek? What do you think will happen in this story? What did you do on your birthday? When is your birthday? What games do you like to play?

DURING THE STORY

You should listen to the story once all the way through using our Three Read Approach.

On the second read you could pause the video and use the subtitle questions to help your child think more deeply about the story and share their ideas.

On the third read you could mute the audio and ask your child to read the story to you.

AFTER THE STORY

Birthday Age – Colouring Cards
Months of the Year – Cut and Stick
Design a Birthday Cake

Game to play
Instructions
Display Poster 2xA4
Display Poster 4xA4
Display Poster A3
Clue Cards

May 29, 2020May 25, 2020

Bedtime Story – Is that an elephant in my fridge?

Relax, unwind, close your eyes and let Mrs Brown read you a story goodnight.

Teddy Bear Bedtime Activity
Godnight Poster

Sleep Support

North Lanarkshire Council are offering support to parents, families and children who may be anxious, stressed, worried and emotional for themselves and their loved ones.

We recognise that these anxieties can greatly affect ‘sleep’ which is a natural process. We all need sleep and our health and wellbeing could be greatly reduced by not getting enough sleep, particularly at these challenging times.

To help cope with these stresses, support through SLEEP COUNSELLING will be offered to those in need and a qualified sleep counsellor will be at hand to answer questions, suggest ideas, offer visuals and strategies or even just be a listening ear to help reduce any anxieties to our parents and families that lead to poor sleep hygiene.

Please contact:

burnetc@northlan.gov.uk
NWicks@ea.n-lanark.sch.uk
MMurphy@ea.n-lanark.sch.uk

or call 077538300446 for further details.

Educational Psychologist

The Education Psychology Service in North Lanarkshire is providing home consultation support to help manage stresses during this difficult time. Telephone: 01236 812380 between 10am – 3pm Monday to Friday and leave a message for someone to call you back.

May 26, 2020May 25, 2020

Baby Owls

READ ALONG

The story is

Owl Babies

Author:
Martin Waddell

Illustrator:
Patrick Benson

BEFORE YOU READ

You could look at the front cover of the book and ask your child – What animals are on the front cover? What noise do owls make? Do you know any other stories about owls? What do you think will happen in this story? Where do owls sleep? What colour are owls?

DURING THE STORY

You should listen to the story once all the way through using our Three Read Approach.

On the second read you could pause the video and use the subtitle questions to help your child think more deeply about the story and share their ideas.

On the third read you could mute the audio and ask your child to read the story to you.

AFTER THE STORY

Owl-themed-word-mats-
Numeracy – Feeding-the-owlets-sharing
How-to-Draw-an-Owl-
Owl themed-2d-shape-matching-activity

May 18, 2020May 17, 2020

Guess how much I love you

READ ALONG

The story is

Guess how much I love you

Author: Sam McBratney

Illustrator: Anita Jeram

BEFORE YOU READ

You could look at the front cover of the book and ask your child – What animals are on the front cover? What size of ears do hares have? What other animal does a hare look like? Can you hop like a hare? What do you think this story is about?

DURING THE STORY

You should listen to the story once all the way through using our Three Read Approach.

On the second read you could pause the video and use the subtitle questions to help your child think more deeply about the story and share their ideas.

On the third read you could mute the audio and ask your child to read the story to you.

AFTER THE STORY

Guess how much I love you song

Alphabet Strips
Colouring Sheets
Counting Sheets
Bookmark
Matching Mat
Pencil Control Sheets
Playdough Mats
Stick Puppets
Story cut-outs
Trace the Words
Up to 10 Addition
Up to 20 Addition
Vocabulary Poster
Word and Picture match
Word Mat for writing
Colouring Sheets
Word Search
Writing Frames – Lined

May 12, 2020May 17, 2020

The Very Hungry Caterpillar

The Very Hungry Caterpillar
By Eric Carle

Illustrated by: Eric Carle

BEFORE THE STORY

You could look at the front cover of the book and ask your child – What is that on the front cover? What colours can you see? Is the caterpillar long or short? What do caterpillars turn into? It has big eyes, what other animals have big eyes? It is wriggly, what other animals are wriggly?

DURING THE STORY

You should listen to the story once all the way through using our Three Read Approach.

On the second read (not on the same day) you could pause the video and ask questions to help your child think more deeply about the story and share their ideas. This could be things like:

“What will happen next?”
“Why did that happen?”
“Do you like this character?”
“Can you remember what the author does?”
“What is the name of the person who drew the pictures?”
What does the spine of a book do?
What is the blurb?
What does a caterpillar turn into again?On the third read (a couple of days later) you could mute the audio and ask your child to read the story to you.AFTER THE STORY

The Very Hungry Caterpillar Song

May 4, 2020May 1, 2020

There’s a monster in your book

There’s a Monster in your Book
By Tom Fletcher

Illustrated by: Greg Abbott

BEFORE THE STORY

You could look at the front cover of the book and ask your child – What is that on the front cover? Do you think the monster is friendly or naughty? What colours can you see on the cover? Do you know any other books with monsters in it? What do you think will happen in this book?

DURING THE STORY

You should listen to the story once all the way through using our Three Read Approach.

On the second read (not on the same day) you could pause the video and ask questions to help your child think more deeply about the story and share their ideas. This could be things like:

“What will happen next?”
“Why did that happen?”
“Do you like this character?”
“Can you remember what the author does?”
“What is the name of the person who drew the pictures?”
What does the spine of a book do?
What is the blurb?
Do you like getting tickled?On the third read (a couple of days later) you could mute the audio and ask your child to read the story to you.
AFTER THE STORY