This Christmas many of our pupils will be finding new phones and tablets in their Christmas stockings, lucky them! However as they get started viewing videos, chatting to friends and live stream gaming, it is important for us to remember to keep them protected.
This year CEOP has created a series of videos to help parents keep their children safe. These short clips can be the starting points for chats about how we behave online outside of school.
Take a look at the Parents Activity Packs for some great ways to get started.
Congratulations to St Fergus’ Primary 6 and 7 pupils who were awarded their grades in the Scottish Engineering Leaders Awards this morning. Lockdown aside, this was a bumper year for entries with the largest number of pupils entering their designs than ever before.
Their task was to think of a problem that exists and then design a solution.
This year three pupils, Olivia, Hailie and Emma, stood out with their entries being selected to the final stage and shortlisted for the award, an amazing achievement!
Well done to all!
We are also looking to collect large loose parts for outdoor play. This kind of play can be used from primary 1 to primary 7. We are hopeful that’s some parents through their line of work may be able to donate these items to our school or may have family members or friends who could do so.
We are looking for
• Tyres
• Bricks
• Pallets
• Plastic crates
• Wooden cable reels
• Larges pieces of fabric and tarpaulin
• Ropes
• Plastic pipes and guttering
• Tree stumps and logs
• Cones
• Buckets
• Wheel barrows
Any donations can be left at the school gate and Scot will bring them into the school grounds.
Thank You
Mrs Gray & Mrs Ellis
We are going to be introducing loose parts play into our learning in St Fergus’. Loose parts play has been used for many years with amazing results. It is encouraged throughout the primary curriculum for indoor and outdoor learning opportunities.
It is a chance for children to
Play freely with friends
Investigate
Discover
Explore
Create
Use lots of trial and error to learn for themselves
Learn to make their own judgements about adventure play and recognise safe limits.
To do this we need to collect loose parts. The list of possible loose parts is endless but can include:
Boxes – various sizes, materials and shapes
Feathers
Shells
Pine Cones
Stones and Pebbles
Tubes – various sizes, materials and shapes
Baskets
Funnels
Sieves
Beads
Ribbons
Bottle Lids
Old Keys
Glass Jars
Corks
Nuts/Bolts/Washers
Scarves/Fabrics
Hoses/Pipes/Gutters
Pegs
Buttons
Small wheel from old toys
Old cars or toys that move
Metal baking trays or cup cake tins
Wooden and metal utensils
Pots/Pans
Small gardening tools
Watering cans
If you have any of these things at home that you would be willing to donate to the school we would love to have them. Please only donate things that you already have at home and are no longer used.
A box will be left just outside the school gate for items to be left. Scot will bring the box into school for the items to be quarantined and cleaned before use.
Good morning everyone, I hope you enjoyed your weekend and got to spend some time outside. Today we are back to work so will be starting with literacy, numeracy and then a fun science activity of your choice.
Prayers – School Prayer
Literacy
Task 1
LI – We are revising the ‘zz’ digraph.
Today we have a different video, once you have watched it think of as many words as you can with the ‘zz’ sound and write them in your jotter.
Write 3 good quality sentences about your weekend, you can challenge yourself by writing more. Use your knowledge of taught sounds to help you sound out and spell words. Remember your punctuation too.
Break
Numeracy
LI – We are revising place value.
Task 1 – ordering
For these numbers you will need to look at the tens value to order the numbers, then you will have to look at the units value to check if they are in the correct place.
38, 59, 24
63, 49, 60
28, 59, 83
74, 59, 53
24, 5, 2
Task 2 – smallest to largest
Order these objects from the smallest size to the largest.
Grape, watermelon, apple
Sock, trousers, vest
Lion, elephant, bee
Bus, car, aeroplane
Football, bike, hula hoop
Lunch
Mindfulness 10/15 mins
Science
I have linked a website below that has lots of fantastic ideas that you could try. As they all require different things I want you to pick what experiment you can do with what you have at home. Always have an adult help you. I can’t wait to see what one you pick!
Before you start your experiment I want you to talk about what you think is going to happen, this is called a hypothesis. Once you get to the end of it I want you to talk about what did happen and if your hypothesis was right. I also want you to have a discussion about why you think it happened.
Well done for all of your hard work yet again! We are going to start with some Literacy, then Music, P.E. and finally our Friday challenge.
Morning Prayer
Literacy – Morning Routine
With us not being in school I am interested to find out what your new routine is for the day, I know everyone’s will be different but that’s a good thing! Do you work and then play? Or do you have a slow start to your day, play for a while and then work? Remember to include times in your routine, these don’t have to be exact. Here is what my morning looks like:
7:30 – Wake up
7:45 – have breakfast and watch the news
8:30 – upload your daily tasks
8:40 – shower and get dressed
9:00 – start school work
12:30 – lunch
Break
Music – From Miss. P
Today we are going to start by listening to a piece of music called
In the Hall of the Mountain King by a composer called Grieg
First of all, I would
Like you to listen and watch, then clap the rhythm. Do you remember what all your rhythms are called?
Next, we are going to compose our own body beat. First, listen to Ollie, he is using 4 names. I’d like you to choose 4 names and make up your own body percussion.
Lastly, I’d like you to listen to this.
This is John, one of my friends and he has
recorded this. Do you recognise this song?
Your family will recognise it too.
Can you spot how many instruments he is playing and what they are?
Pick an animal and only use words to describe it, you can’t say the name! Pick an animal and think of ways to describe it, for example if I thought of a lion I might say “big, furry, scary, massive paws, very long and large teeth, longer hair around their face that looks red.” And hopefully someone will be able to guess the animal that you are thinking of.
Good morning everyone! Today, after our prayer we will start with some Literacy, then Numeracy and end our day with Art then Free Play.
Morning Prayer
Literacy – Sentences
LI – To write 4 sentences with the sound from this week.
Light
Right
Night
Fight
High
Sigh
Tight
Might
Break
Mental Maths
Try to do these sums in your head and write the answers on your whiteboard.
10+5= 0+6=
5+4= 20-9=
12-6= 10-8=
Symmetry
LI – To revise symmetry
I would like you to draw these shapes and draw as many lines of symmetry that you can find in each shape. It might be easier to draw these shapes and cut them out so tat you can fold the paper to find the lines of symmetry.
Remember to upload your Olympics video before Sunday night if you want to enter!
Lunch
Mindfulness 10/15 mins (colouring, cosmic yoga, reading)
Art – painting on the pavement
It’s time to go outside all you will need is water and some brushes. If you don’t have that, you can fill a bottle with water and use this to draw your picture. Think about what is outside, do you want to draw birds, flowers, insects, animals? It’s up to you!
Free Play!
No technology allowed, use your imagination to play with toys that you have.
Good morning everyone! Today we are going to start with prayers and then do some R.E. After you have a break, we will do some mental math and numeracy. Finally after lunch, we will finish with some Handwriting, Free Play and P.E. I hope you all have a wonderful day!
School Prayer
L.I: we are learning to explore how the Holy Spirit helps us in our lives.
Think about times when it is easy to say yes, e.g. when you are offered sweets, when you are asked to a party. Think about times when it is difficult to say yes, e.g. when we have to go to bed, when you need to tidy your room. We often need to make choices and sometimes we do not know what to do and have to think about it very carefully. The Holy Spirit can help us to make good choices every day and live like Jesus.
Task:
Look at the statements below and decide if it is a good choice
or a bad choice
Good choices/Bad Choices Game
Pick up litter.
Tell someone in your family that you love them.
Have a tantrum when you don’t get a new toy you want.
Take a bar of chocolate that does not belong to you.
Say thank you when someone gives you something.
Don’t go to bed when you are asked.
Play nicely with your younger brothers or sisters.
Help to tidy up after your dinner.
Hold a door open for someone.
Shout at your brother or sister for making a mistake in a game.
Watch television instead of doing your schoolwork.
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