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Tuesday 23rd June

Morning p1/2. How are you all today? Did you know that today is World Olympic Day?
World Olympic Day is a celebration of sport, health, and being the best you can be. Olympians, athletes and fans all over the world are going to get active in the WORLD’S BIGGEST 24-hour digital Olympic workout and I thought we could all take part! 

Olympic Day - Celebrate Getting Active and Living the Olympic Values

  • You can find out more information about World Olympic Day by clicking here.
  • Visit this site to join over 20 famous athletes from all around the world hosting different workouts for you to join in with…click here.

Warm Up:

  • Read along with this non-fiction book to learn all about the Olympics

Main Activity:

  • Have a go at completing the sentences on the worksheet below by adding in the missing word. You can write your answers in your jotter or just discuss them with someone at home – you choose!

2nd Grade English Worksheets (With images) | Olympics activities ...

Fun Finisher:

  • Watch the video to learn all the different sports that people compete in at the Olympics

  • Pretend you are an Olympic athlete. What sport would you compete in? Would you win a medal? What would you do to celebrate your win?
  • Draw a picture of you competing in your sport and write down how you would celebrate. 

If I were an Olympic Athlete by Welcome to Room 36 | TpT

 

Monday 22nd June

Morning p1/2

Remember that today Mr Green is going to put information on the home page of the blog for you to take part in the North Lanarkshire Virtual Sports Day. 

NL VIRTUAL SPORTS DAY MON 22ND JUNE | St. Mary's Primary & Nursery ...

Good luck and have loads of fun! Let me know how you get on. 

 

Friday’s Home Learning

🎉 Friday🎉

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Can you believe we are at the end of another week – it is Friday again….our last Friday of p1/2!
I hope you have enjoyed our Health Week. After today we only have 3 more days left until the end of term. 
On Monday I will not post on the class blog – instead, you can take part in North Lanarkshire’s Virtual Sports Day! Mr Green will post all the information on the main blog for you. 
In p1/2 we all have lovely friendships and Miss Murray was always so impressed with how kind you all were to each other. Today, to finish our Health and Wellbeing week,  we are going to learn about the importance of being kind and what it means to be a good friend to others

Warm Up:

  • Watch this video to learn about what makes a good friend.

  • One of the things that makes a good friend is being kind.  Being kind to others makes others feel good, but it also makes you feel good too.

Main Activity:

  • I have put on a few different activities.  You can choose to do just one activity or you can do all of them….it’s up to you!

Kindness Bingo Card

  • Can you complete all these acts of kindness on this Kindness Bingo card?

Elmo's World Kindness Bingo | Kids Coloring… | PBS KIDS for Parents

Kindness Questions

  • Ask someone at home if they can please discuss these questions with you – remember to say please!

Kindness Questions - Use these discussion questions to talk about ...

Build a Friend

  • What makes a good friend?  Talk about what makes a good friend with someone at home.  How would you like your friends to treat you?  How do you think a friend should treat another friend?
  • Draw a picture of a friend and try to write your ideas about what makes a good friend round your drawing.  There are a couple of examples below to give you an idea.
Build a Friend activity for positive friendship qualities | Friend ... Build a Friend activity for positive friendship qualities | Friend ...

Extra Challenge:

  • Can you make a friendship bracelet or wristband for someone?
  • You could use daisies or dandelions from outside, or you could cut a piece of paper and use tape or glue to secure it. If you have coloured pencils at home you could decorate it with a design.

Heart Paper Bracelets for Kids - Printable Template (With images ...Sweet 'n' Simple Printable Bracelets | Handmade Charlotte

Fun Finisher:

  • Read along with this story, ‘Be Kind’ by Pat Zietlow Millar

  • Log into your Epic Reader account – I have assigned some books to you all about kindness and friendship.

Epic!: Kids' Books, Audio Books, Videos & eBooks – Apps on Google Play

 

Thursday’s Home Learning

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Hi P1/2. I hope you are all enjoying our Health and Wellbeing week. How did you get on with the exercises yesterday? Did you have fun?
Remember to check out Mrs McMillan’s ‘Take a Moment‘ videos…..click on the picture below to visit her YouTube page.

Today we are going to have a look at what we are good at and share some of our aspirations and goals for the future. 

Warm Up:

  • Watch this video and listen to some of the children sharing their goals and setting targets for themselves

https://youtu.be/XGd0gq5Fgjc

Talk to someone at home about your learning. 
  • What do you think you are good at?
  • What do you think your next steps will be – what would you like to get a bit better at?

Main Activity:

Have a look at the questions below – talk to someone and answer the questions about what you would like for your future.
If you would like to, you could draw a picture of yourself when you are older and show all your aspirations in your picture. 

 

  • Where would you like to live and why?
  • What job would you like to do and why?
  • What hobbies and interests would you like to have?
  • What places would you like to visit?
  • What qualities (kindness, bravery, humour etc.) would you like people to see in you?

Fun Finisher:

  • Listen to this story about Eli’s bucket list. A bucket list is a collection of goals, dreams and aspirations that someone has. 

https://youtu.be/z1HbFzpnB9o

Wednesday’s Home Learning

Morning p1/2
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Today we are going to carry on with more of our Health and Wellbeing learning and focus on our physical health and keeping our bodies healthy. 

Warm Up:

  • Watch the video to find out what we need to stay healthy

Main Activity:

  • One of the things we need to do to keep healthy is EXERCISE. Children should try and do 1 hour of exercise each day to keep their bodies healthy🏃🏽‍♀️🚶🏽‍♂️🕺🏽⛹🏽‍♂️🚴🏽‍♀️🤸🏽‍♂️💃🏽 . 
  • Your main activity for today is to try and do 1 hour of exercise. You could go a walk, make up a dance routine, play football, go a cycle or ride on your scooter – whatever you find fun!
  • Here are some exercise activities you could try:
Shake your Sillies Out

https://youtu.be/NwT5oX_mqS0

P.E. with Joe Wick

https://youtu.be/Rz0go1pTda8

Kids Zumba

https://youtu.be/ymigWt5TOV8

Just Dance for Kids

https://youtu.be/gCzgc_RelBA

  • What do you notice about your body after you have exercised? Feel your heart 💓- is it beating faster? Do you feel hot after you have exercised 🥵?

Fun Finisher:

  • How many of the tips for staying healthy can you remember from the ‘Warm Up’ video?
  • Look at the poster below to remind you…..

5 Tips to keep your body healthy (With images) | How to stay ...

  • Have a go at making your own poster to teach people how to stay healthy – you could maybe put it up in your house, or on a window, for people to see!

Tuesday’s Home Learning

Morning p1/2
I hope you enjoyed the start of our Health and Wellbeing week yesterday.
Remember: your brain🧠  works better when your body and mind are healthy!
Healthy Mind In A Healthy Body
Today I thought we could do some work on our emotions and feelings. 
It is so important to talk openly about how we are feeling – this helps us recognise and understand different emotions. 

 

Kids Feelings Clip Art Set 1 - Chirp Graphics | Kids feelings ...

Warm Up:

  • Listen to this song all about feelings

  • Listen to this story ‘The Colour Monster’ by Anna Llenas

Main Activity:

  • How many different emotions/feelings can think of?
  • Have a look at the worksheet below – can you match the picture with the feeling? You can just talk about it, you don’t need to write anything down. Feelings Matching 2 worksheet
  • Make a list, or talk to someone, about:
5 things that make you happy
4 things that worry you
3 things that make you laugh
2 things that make you sad
1 thing that makes you angry

Fun Finisher:

  • Just like in the worksheet below, pick four feelings and draw a face to show what that feeling would look like.
  • You could try and get someone in your house to guess the feeling by just looking at the faces you drew!
  • Afterwards, give an example of a time when you have experienced each of the feelings you drew.

Feelings Faces! (Draw)

Game to Support Learning: 

  • Watch this video and play along at guessing how the girl is feeling….

Monday’s Home Learning

Morning p1/2.
Can you believe it is Monday again?! I hope you are all happy and healthy and ready for another week!

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Health and Wellbeing Week

It isn’t long to go now until the end of term.  This week is going to be slightly different. Instead of our normal learning activities, this week your Home Learning is going to be focusing on Health and Wellbeing each day.
We have created some fun, healthy activities for you to try out at home each day – just try your best and do what you can👍🏽 . 
Remember: your brain 🧠 works better when your body and mind are healthy!

Health and Wellbeing/Well-Being Display Posters (SB11406 ...

Today we are going going to be learning about eating a balanced, healthy diet
🍦🍌🍍🍓🍽🥕🥝🍝🍩🍟🌭🥩🍗🍣

Warm Up:

  • Watch this video to learn about eating a balanced diet

  • Click on the picture below and visit this great website to find out more about what humans need to do to stay healthy – there is a fun quiz too! 

Main Activity:

  • When Miss Donald and I were in school on Friday we were so excited and harvested our class potatoes 🥔 – we really REALLY wished you had all been there with us! Look how many potatoes p1/2 grew…..they look delicious! Potatoes are vegetables.
    What do you think the potatoes could be used for?

  • Look at the sheet below, can you name a food for each letter of the alphabet? You can write them down in your jotter or just discuss them with someone at home – you choose. You could have a look around your kitchen if you are stuck!

ABC Foods - English ESL Worksheets for distance learning and ...

  • After you have come up with a different food for each letter, can you say whether you should eat ALOT of each food you have come up with or eat a SMALL AMOUNT of that food each day? 

Extra Challenge:

  • Can you challenge yourself to taste a new food you haven’t tasted before? Are you brave enough to taste a new fruit or vegetable? GOOD LUCK👏🏽 !! Let me know how you get on. 

Fun Finisher:

  • Try and create your very own healthy, balanced lunch or dinner. What will you put in your lunch box or on your plate?

Healthy Eating | Teaching Resources

Balanced Diet and the Eat Well Plate | Teaching Resources

  • Maybe you could ask if you can help to prepare lunch or dinner for your family?
  • Log into your Epic Reader account – I have assigned some non-fiction books to you all about eating a balanced diet. 

Epic!: Kids' Books, Audio Books, Videos & eBooks – Apps on Google Play

Game to Support Learning:

  • Help the farmer catch his fruit in this gameCatching Fruit
  • Sing along with this fun vegetable song

Friday’s Literacy Lesson

Spelling Friday

Today we are going to do some work on our spelling

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There are lots of different things you can do if you aren’t sure how to spell a word ✍🏽:
· Say the word out loud slowly and think about the sounds you can hear at the beginning, middle and end
·  Can you hear a little word you know inside the word e.g. sandle
·  Say the word out loud and listen for the syllables. Spell each syllable separately e.g. caravan = caravan
· Do you know a word that sounds a bit like your word? How is it spelt? E.g. lunch –> bunch
⭐⭐The most important thing with spelling is just to have a go and try your best to spell your word – it doesn’t matter if you are wrong ⭐⭐!

Warm Up:

  • Practise your spelling with one of out favourite games from class….Forest Phonics
  • Watch this video to help you spell some of the tricky words

Main Activity:

  • Have a go at spelling your Primary 1 and Primary 2 spelling words – ask an adult if they can please read out your spelling words and then you write them down.
  • Keep practising the words you find tricky! 
Primary 1 Spelling Words

Primary 2 Spelling Words

Extra Challenge:

  • Use some of these activities to practise your spelling words:

Fun spelling activities - Spelling activities to reinforce weekly ...

Game to Support Learning: 

  • Click on the picture below and play ‘Spooky Spellings‘. Click on the number at the top and then choose a book. 

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Friday’s Maths Lesson

Mixture of Maths Friday

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Today we are going to practise lots of different maths skills🧠 .

Warm Up:

  • Can you…..
Count backwards from 30 to 0?
Start from 100 and count backwards in 10’s?
Count to 50 in 5’s?
Count to 20 in 2’s?
  • Here are some videos to help you…

 

Main Activity:

  • Answer these maths questions – you can write the answer in your jotter or work with an adult and just say the answer out loud. 

Primary 1

Primary 2

  • ___, 14, 15 ___, 17
  • ___, 28, 29 ___, 31
  •  4 + 4 =
  • 7 + 7 =
  • 3 + 1 + 3 =
  • 4 + 2 + 4 =
  • 15, 14, ___ 12___
  • 88, 87,___ 85___
  • 7 2 =
  • 14 4 =
  • 8 + ___ = 11
  • 16 + ___ = 19
  • 9 ___ = 7
  • 7 – ___ = 4
  • 5 + 7 =
  •  1 + 79 =
  • 10 1 =
  • 70 10 =
  • 3 + 10 =
  • 80 + 10 =

Extra Challenge:

  • Can you work out these tricky problems and guess the number?
  • In the 3rd question – a dime is worth 10 pennies 

1st and 2nd Grade Math Riddle Cards | Addition, Subtraction, Place ...

Game to Support Learning:

 

Thursday’s Literacy Lesson

Reading Thursday

annies home: Get Your Family Reading

Warm Up:

  • Can you read all 100 common words in this video?

Main Activity:

Primary 1 

  • Read the short story below about Jess and then answer the questions. Remember to sound out words you aren’t sure of.
  • You can answer the questions by talking to someone at home or you can write your answers in your jotter.
  • If you are writing the answers, remember to try and answer in a full sentence with a capital letter, finger spaces and a full stop e.g. for question number 1 start your answer like this:
  1. Jess is a ______ .

Primary 2

  • Read the short story below about Rosko and then answer the questions. Remember to sound out words you aren’t sure of.
  •  Try and answer in a full sentence with a capital letter, finger spaces and a full stop.

Extra Challenge:

Epic Reading
Class Code:    uyu2215
Oxford Owl
Username:    woodlandsreading   Password:     pupil
  • Use the questions below to talk about the book with someone at home.

Teacher's Pet - Guided Reading Questions Mat - FREE Classroom ...

Games to Support Learning:

  • Click on the pictures below to practise your literacy skills with these fun games

Help A Hedgehog    Poop Deck Pirates

Forest Phonics