Good morning everybody!
We hope that you are all keeping well and are enjoying learning from home. It has been lovely to see all the creative activities you have been sharing with us on the Learning Journals. It is clear to see how hard you are all working!
From your learning pack, choose a literacy, numeracy and interdisciplinary activity to explore today. Make sure you help out at home and still have time to relax and play. It’s a great idea to get outside in the garden if possible so that you are still getting some fresh air. We will continue to post on the blog every morning with some further activities you can get involved with at home. We will also post a new online learning grid each week which you can access on the blog and on the Learning Journals. The activities have been designed to continue the learning we would be doing in the classroom. We thank you for all of the support with this!
Further activities
We are learning about fractions in maths (halves and quarters). Ask your child to draw a picture of a circle and a square. Can you fold these shapes in half? Can you fold them into quarters? Split a group of objects (this could be blocks/lego/stones from outside) into quarters using 4 plates. Do they divide equally? Or you could play the online symmetry game: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/symmetry/symmetry-matching and select ‘pictures’. Discuss how the shapes are equal on both sides and how each side shows half of the shape.
For literacy we are currently thinking about ‘wh’ words. Split the yellow jotter into quarters and write a ‘wh’ word into each box/ draw a picture. For example you could write the words ‘whip, whisk, whiskers and when’.
If you are interested in exploring a little bit of science, ask an adult to boil the kettle. What do you see coming out of the spout? Discuss that the water is changing from a liquid into a gas.
We would like to thank you again for all of your help in supporting your child’s learning at home. If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us in the messaging section of your online Learning Journals or by posting a comment on the blog. We are happy to answer any questions you might have and support you in any way we can.
Have a great day!
Primary 1 teachers
Good morning, thanks for getting in touch!
Your email address is still connected to the Learning Journal system, so I’ve just requested a password reset for you.
You should be sent an email to reset your password and then you should be emailed a link to access the Journals.
If you have any problems, please don’t hesitate to get back in touch.
Thanks,
Miss Daun
I have passed your query on to P1 staff who should deal with it today.
Hi Millie Keights mum
How do I access Millie’s learning journal?
I used to get sent an email in nursery and now I can’t find how to get on it and I’ve took pictures and videos of Millie doing her school work so would be nice to put it on. Thankyou
Hi everyone.
We hope that you are getting on well with the work today. If you have any questions please feel free to comment below and we can get back to you.
What ‘wh’ words have you found today?
How are you getting on with splitting shapes into halves and quarters?
If you are looking for something else to do why not try some subitising using this link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cI37YqVVQc0
Subitising is the skill of looking at a number of objects and knowing how many there are without individually counting each object. Sometimes in class we pause the video and ask the children how they see the arrangement. For example if there is a 10s frame on screen (the table with 5 spaces on the top row and 5 on the bottom) the children might say ‘I see 5 counters, 3 on the top row, 2 on the bottom. I know that 3+2 =5). The children should be good at this from our ‘Number Talks’ lessons.
Thank you for all your support
The P1 teachers