Nursery Snow Day ⛄️

Good morning,

Please see below for some tasks that you may wish to complete during the snow day. Please upload any photos to your child’s learning journal and we will use the iPads to discuss their activities during group time.

1. We have been exploring castles in Nursery. Can you make your own Castle using snow? It could include a moat!

2. Make a snowman family – compare sizes using the words ‘smallest’, ‘largest’, ‘tallest’ and ‘shortest’.

3. Using a ruler or measuring tape measure how deep the snow is in your garden/outdoors.

4. Draw a detailed picture of what you can see from your window. Encourage children to add detail to these drawings.

5. Go sledging, allowing your child to pull the sledge (even when empty) is a good way of developing their strength and coordination.

6. Make footprints in the snow and compare the different sizes.

7. Share your child’s online learning journal with them and discuss what they were doing in each picture/video.

8. Enjoy one of your child’s big bedtime read books and make a note letting us know their thoughts (we will share these with their P5 reading buddies)

9. Go a walk together and discuss what you see (birds – how many? Icicles, footprints, animal footprints)

10.  Encourage your child to write their name in the snow.

11. Make some bird food. A simple recipe can be found at: https://www.rspb.org.uk/fun-and-learning/for-kids/games-and-activities/activities/make-a-speedy-bird-cake/

12. Investigate the melting snow. How long does it take to melt? What makes it melt faster?

13. Have fun! We look forward to sharing your photos with you all on our return to Nursery.

Mrs Gilmour’s Groups

Good morning to all my groups. I have listed below some activities you can work on at home. You can also access the P5-7 winter weather work which is posted on the BLOG.

Primary 5-Reading
Please practice reading the stories about different families we have read so far. Remember to discuss any words you do not know with an adult.
Here are some activities you could work on-
o Make a family tree of all the people in your family. You can design it any way you like. Try to include name, date of birth and relation to you.
o Interview someone in your family about their life at school-what they liked, did not like, what they did at playtime etc.
You can also practice your phonic book and complete the next new page if you have at least 5 ticks on your previous one

Primary 6
Maths
o We have been working on adding TU to TU. Make up some sums and have a race with someone else to see who can complete them first.
o Practice reading the time throughout the day. You could make a timeline of everything you do today- what time you started, what time you finished and how long you spent on the activity. You could also draw a picture on your timeline.
o go online to Topmarks.co.uk or coolmath4kids.com and play some games

Reading
o Practice reading your Totem book.
o Remember you have homework sheets to be completed this week.
o You can also play the game on the back with different people in your house.
o You could also write a book review of a book, comic, magazine you have read explaining why you found it so enjoyable.

Primary 7-Reading
o Read the pages of War Horse we have discussed in class.
o Complete Literacy Circle homework-Art Director. Remember to write a few sentences explaining what picture you have drawn and the main events.

To all my groups remember to have fun outside in the snow. Take pictures of any snow people you build or be adventurous and build an igloo. Upload your pictures to the BLOG.

Stay safe and warm everyone.

Mrs Gilmour

Primary 4M Snow Day

Good morning everyone. I hope you are having fun in the snow. Here are a few things you might like to do today.

  1. Watch the weather forecast and find out what the weather is like in the cities we have looked at so far – Glasgow, Inverness and Dundee. How cold is it? Which place is the snowiest? Maybe you could draw a map of Scotland and draw symbols for the weather there today.
  2. Write a story about the fun things you have done in the snow today. Did you make a snowman or an igloo? Perhaps you could take some photos and show them to us when we are back at school.
  3. You could write the 6 or 8 times table in the snow- a stick is your pen and the snow is your paper!
  4. Listen to the 6 or 8 times table songs on your computer or tablet. Maybe you can make up your own song to help learn these times tables. We will hear any new songs when we are back at school.
  5. Complete your reading and spelling homework.
  6. Draw or paint a picture of your house and garden in the snow.
  7. Mr Shanks has a list of some other things you might like to do as well.

Keep safe and have fun.

Ms Matheson

Primary 4D Snow day!!

Good morning Primary 4!
We hope you have a lovely day in the snow and are remembering to stay safe.
Here are some activities that you can do today:

1.In maths we have been learning our times tables so you could make arrays for the 6 and 8 times tables using snowballs and take pictures of them to show us in class.
2.In spelling you have been learning strategies for spelling tricky words, see if you can make up some winter themed mnemonics for your homework words.
3.In our topic we have been learning all about Dundee. You could make a poster displaying all the information you have learned about Dundee. See if you can find any new facts that we have not discussed yet.
4.Since we have been learning about Dundee and D.C Thomson can you create your own comic book story about your day in the snow? Remember to draw out the comic strip boxes and include pictures and captions. We can display these in the classroom.
5.Choose your favourite book at home to read and make a poster or a book review to share with the class for World book day.
6.If you have access to the internet remember that you can logon to studdyladder and complete some of the times tables activities set for you. You can also go onto topmarks and play hit the button or coconut multiples.

coconut multiples

Remember that you do not need to complete all these activities today, these are just some ideas for what you could be doing. Mr Shanks has also posted work books on the blog with more ideas that are suited for each stage. If you have any questions or you want to share what you are doing today please feel free to leave a comment.
Have a super day in snow! We can’t wait to hear all about it when we are back and remember to stay safe in the snow. Wrap up warm and enjoy!!!

Miss Donaldson and Ms Matheson

Primary 3 Snow Day!

Good morning P3!

Hope you are all enjoying the white stuff! Below is a list of other activities you could do today:

1) In maths we have been dividing by 2 so you could make a poster using objects from home showing different calculations. You could even use snow balls and take pictures of these and we can display these in class.

2) Using your phonic focus this week, make a poster showing all the different words and challenge yourself writing three sentences using a variety of VCOP we looked at last week.

3) If you have access to the internet research armour worn by knights in Medieval times and  make sketches of these as we will be making our own life size Knights in Topic this week!

4) Carry on reading your book and look out for any words that contain our recent phonics focus.

5) Choose a book to share for World Book Day tomorrow in class and tell us why it is one of your favourites.

6) Go for a walk and think about the five senses and describe all the things you can see, hear, feel, smell and even taste!

Enjoy your day!

Mrs Smith & Mr Gordon

Primary 7 – Snow Day!

Hello Primary 7! We hope you have a lovely day outside in the snow!
Here are some activities you can do in the snow today:

– Take some photos or film what you get up to outside in the snow today. We can edit them into a movie back at school or you can try and do this at home if you know how 🙂
– Enjoy building snowmen and making snow angels – can you post a picture in the comments?
– Make your own snowflake design in the snow just by using footprints and walking around. Remember snow flakes have 6 points!

Here’s some activities you can do when you’re back inside in the warmth:
– Find out the word for “snow” in as many different languages as you can.
– Write a winter poem/story using metaphors, similes or alliteration. Go outside and take some photos to give you some inspiration.

Your My Life so Far first draft is due in next Friday (9th March). You could use today to carry on working on your project. Your WW2 project is also due in just before the Easter holidays.

Remember you definitely don’t need to do all of these activities today. These are just suggestions of how to spend parts of your snowy day 🙂 Any questions then please leave them in the comments.

Most importantly, stay safe today P7 but have great fun! 🙂 See you soon!

Miss Clark & Mrs Macaulay

PS- Mr Shanks has also left some fun snow day activities in a blog post down below. You might want to try some of the P5-7 ones 🙂

Primary Six Snow DAy

Good morning Primary Six , we hope you are all safe and warm on this very wintery weather morning !
Reminder – All pupils should have their Titanic challenge sheets home with them which provides a checklist for their Titanic books . Remember that images or pictures can include hand drawn illustrations so it is not necessary to have access to a computer to carry on with this project . If you haven’t designed your front cover why not do that today or if you are intending to write about your particular passenger , you could sketch them . You should be adding to your index . glossary and bibliography throughout your project so take notes!
Kensuke’s Kingdom – Please read chapter 8 . Remember to complete your reasons for and against sailing around the world – we are looking forward to an interesting debate !
Run Zan Run – Please read chapter 8 .
If you are heading out to build a snowman please remember to wear lots of layers and stay safe !
An update from the BBC…. apparently you should try to walk like a penguin ( feet slightly turned out) if you venture outside to stop yourself from slipping !! Whilst we are not sure if this works, it certainly makes you giggle !

Mr Shanks’ Maths Group – Online work

Please click on the link below and carry on working with counting forwards in 4s.

Counting Forward in 4s Online Work

Remember to send your answers back to me by clicking ‘Submit’ at the end of the quiz.

Try these websites:

Snappy Maths

Balloon Pop Skip Count

Practise counting in 4s with this fun video:

Counting in 4s Video

 

Primary 1 Snow Day Activities

Good morning Primary 1!
Mr Shanks has posted a list of activities on the blog which can be completed today whilst the schools are closed. Here are a few alternative ideas. Please don’t feel like you need to do all of these, if you manage a couple that would be great.
1. Take a walk in the snow/ play in the garden. Talk to an adult about what you can see, smell, feel, hear in the snow.
2. Write a few sentences about what you are doing on your day off to bring into school when we return.
3. Practice taking away from numbers up to 10. Either make up your own sums or you can use this website https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=TakeAway (note: you will need flash to access it)
4. Practise writing your sounds in the snow.
5. Continue reading you reading book and non-fiction book from your homework pack.
6. Practise the days of the week and numbers 1-10 in French. Here are some videos we use in class: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eA5jSbKd5cM https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsEz58BblMY
Please feel free to comment below if you have any questions and you can post photos of what you get up to on the online learners journals.
Most of all… keep safe and have fun 🙂

Primary 2 snow day activities

Good morning everyone! I hope you enjoy your day at home in the snow. Mr Shanks has posted a snow day booklet with lots of fun ideas for you to try. I have also included some activities below. You don’t need to do all of them of course but please try and do a few and you can tell everyone what you have been doing when we get back to school.

  1. Can you make an igloo out of the snow just like the ones we have been learning about in our hot and cold countries topic? Maybe you could make one for one of your toys. If you can, you can take a photo of it and post it to the blog.
  2. Instead of a snowman you could try making a ‘snow polar bear’ or ‘snow arctic fox’!
  3.  Practise your doubles and number bonds using this link:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Doubles: click on ‘doubles’ then ‘1-10’. Number bonds: click on ‘number bonds’ then practise up to 10. Once you are really fast at up to 10 you can move on to up to 20.

4. Have fun writing your spelling words in the snow.

5. Make a poster which includes your spelling words – you can include bubble writing and decorate your words

6. Enjoy reading your book and looking for some of the sounds we have been learning.

7.  Think about all the describing words you can to describe what the snow looks like.

 

Have lots of fun and stay safe. See you soon,

Mrs Muir.

P2/3 Snow Day

Good morning boys and girls! Here are some activities you can do to keep busy.

1. Complete Reading homework
2. Complete spelling (P3) time your climb (P2)
3. Primary 3 can practice their 2, 5 and 10 times tables. Primary 2 can practise doubling numbers. Use the weblink below.
4. Paint, draw or colour a snowy picture
5. Write a winter/magical story that you can share with the class
6. Enjoy building snowmen and making snow angels. Post pictures of these on the blog!
Carmondean Primary school have Snow Day Packs- link is on the previous blog post from Mr Shanks.
Stay warm P2/3 and I’ll see you all soon.
Miss Rafferty

Primary 2/1 Snow Day

Good morning  everyone! I hope you are having a good morning and staying cosy and warm!

Mr Shanks posted some great activity booklets at the beginning of the term in the event of a snow day, go and have a look at the P1_2 section of the post for some fun things to do.

Here are some more things you can do today on your unexpected day off:

  1. Build a snowman, measure it to see how tall it is.  Can you make one that is the same height as you?
  2. Make a spelling word poster- use the words from your spelling homework book (P1-th words/P2- o_e words) and write them in different colours or in bubble writing.  Decorate your poster and bring it into school to put on the wall.
  3. P1- Have a go at finding all the addition and subtraction facts up to 10.  See if an adult can test you on some addition and subtraction facts.
  4. P2- Have a go at making some addition and subtraction fact sums to 20.  See if you can remember all the double number facts we have been working on in class.  You could even sing our double number song to someone at home.  The link for the song is at the end of this post.
  5. Draw or paint a snowy picture-bring it to school to show the rest of the class.
  6. Write a story about a snowy day- see if you can include some WOW words in your writing.
  7. Tell an adult 4 things you have learned so far about Katie Morag and the Isle of Struay.  Make a poster for our Post Office and Shop role play area showing what the shop sells and how much it costs.
  8. Warm up after playing in the snow with a warm drink and a book-read your homework books to an adult.
  9. Have a go at some of the games that I have given the links for below.
  10. Have a fun day and stay safe!

Mrs Steel

Hit the button- P1s you can try the number bonds section, P2s try the doubles section!

www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Money shop game-

www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money

P2 Double number song-P1s can have a listen too!

Primary 5 Snow day activities

Good morning Primary 5.  Here are some activities you could do today to keep you busy.

Mr Shanks added a winter weather booklet to the blog earlier this term.  Have a look at it try some of the activities.

Here are some ideas of work you could also do related to the work we have been doing in class.

Read the next 2 chapters in your novel.

Complete your maths homework.  Mrs Jamieson’s set could work on making their equivalent fraction game.

Have a look round your house, can you make a list or take photographs of different examples of solids, liquids and gases.

Play some of the maths games assigned to you on studyladder.

Practise your assembly words.

Have a lovely day.  We will see you soon

Mrs Jamieson and Miss Farren

Primary 5 26.3.18

This week in Primary 5 we have been working on our assembly related to the Scottish Wars of Independence and look forward to welcoming parents to see it on Friday morning at 9.15.

In Reading we have been working on reading for information and this week we have been looking at evidence from non fiction books and maps to find information on William Wallace and the Battle of Stirling bridge.

In Health we have been working on a project on resilience using the Bounceback programme.

In maths we have been working on fractions and have homework related to this.  Mrs Jamieson’s set should be working on developing a game using their equivalent fractions cards and we look forward to playing some of the games in school later this week.

In RME we have started learning about the story of Moses.  We have written reports about his childhood and will be working on cartoon strips to record the plagues of Egypt.  Later we will be learning about why this story is so important in Judaism and will be learning about festivals related to this.

 

We look forward to seeing you at school of Friday

Mrs Jamieson and Miss Farren

Primary 2/3 27.2.18

Primary 2/3 have been working hard over the past couple of weeks, learning lots about the Romans. Yesterday we were doing some mapwork. The children had to colour how far Roman Empire spread. They even learned some Roman names of countries that they had taken control of.

In ICT were are practising logging on and off the computers independently, using Microsoft word and hopefully using Google to help us with our research on the Romans.

In Health this week we are discussing the idea and purpose of a “comforter” when they were a baby. There has been a note put into the children’s diaries for them to bring their “comforter” or soft toy that they had when they were a baby and helped make them feel safe. We will be using them on Thursday.

World book day is on Thursday- please encourage your children to pick up a book and share that book with family and friends. We are celebrating this in school on Friday. All classes will get to visit each stage’s reading area and see and read all the new books that have been purchased recently.

P.E- Monday and Wednesday

Homework- Reading and Spelling (Time your climb)

P3 also have maths homework

Thanks, Miss Rafferty

P2 update

The children are really enjoying our current topic of Hot and Cold countries.  We’ve looked at which clothes an explorer would need in a cold country, have made our own passports, and today we made pencil drawings of a cold landscape.

In maths we’ve been working on doubles and near doubles.  Why not ask your child to tell you the double of a number? With near doubles we are using our doubles knowledge to help us work out sums which are almost doubles.  For example 6+7 would be worked out using our double 6 knowledge as 6+6+1.

PE is still on Monday (outside) and Wednesday (inside) so please ensure your child has PE kit for those days.

Thanks,

Mrs Muir

Primary 3 26.2.18

This week in P3 we will be handing out Assembly parts. Your child will have a line stuck in their homework diaries and we would appreciate your support with helping your child to learn these. We have also adapted Ed Sheeran’s song, ‘Castle on the Hill’ and we have given these words to your child to learn. We will be singing this daily in school and the link for the music is below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N56nBWBIlvk

Both classes will have football on a Tuesday for the next 5 weeks and P3S will have PE on a Wednesday also. Please ensure indoor kit is brought in on both of these days.

On Thursday it is World Book Day and we will be celebrating this on Friday with a grand tour of each stage’s book corner and a sharing of the books that each child chose to add to their new reading corner.

Other homework this week will be spelling and reading as normal.

Also the weather is set to turn colder again so please ensure your child has appropriate footwear and coats, scarves, hats and gloves.

Have a good week!

Mrs Smith & Mr Gordon

Primary 4 week Beginning 19.2.18

This week in primary 4 we have been continuing to learn about Scotland. We recieved another letter from Euan MacDonald asking us for more help to find the water horse and his father. Using some clues he gave us we were able to use our Atlas skills to find out that they were in Dundee.

We then used our note taking skills to record facts about Dundee. We have been focusing on Jute, Jam, Journalism and the RRS Discovery.

The class have been particularly interested in finding out about Dundee’s own D.C Thompson and the comics he has published. We will be creating our comics in class.

In maths we have been continuing to learn multiplication facts and create links with division. We have also been learning about Venn diagrams.

Next week we will be beginning to identify parts for our parent assembly. Please keep an eye out for words that your child may have to practise.

Reminders:

Homework: spelling, reading and maths
P.E. outdoor on Tuesday and indoor on Wednesday
Please make sure all items of clothing are clearly labelled
World book day is next Thursday (1.3.18) we will not be dressing up as we have already dressed up for our own reading event.

Thank you,
The Primary 4 teachers.

Primary Six

Our show rehearsals are now in full swing and our budding thespians, narrators, singers and dancers are busily creating and learning their scripts, routines and musical ensembles. It’s shaping up to be a rock ‘n’ roll extravaganza! Letters have now been distributed regarding costumes. Please let us know is anyone needs help with anything.
Our last chapter of Kensuke’s Kingdom ended on a dramatic climax – homework for this week is to read chapter seven. By the level of anticipation and discussion taking place in class , Kensuke’s group certainly seem to be enjoying the novel. We are continuing to emphasise the importance of sharing and recommending our own reading experiences in order to boost the involvement in literacy of all our students. Run Zan Run produced some very animated debates this week regarding moral dilemmas and issues (very mature responses primary six) . Home work for this group is to read chapter seven and complete the summarising task .
We used pie charts and spreadsheets to analyse the actual capacity of the Titanic lifeboats compared to the how many passengers were in them and the results were rather shocking .
Primary Six enjoyed another session with NYCOS this week. We had to put our multi-tasking skills to the test when we combined rhythm, actions, equipment and singing .
REMINDERS –
PE – outdoor Kit – Wednesdays –
Indoor Kit 6Wy – Tuesdays 6Wo – Mondays
Homework – Reading homework due on Tuesday , spelling words will be given on Mondays with homework due on Fridays .
Maths Homework – Mrs Wylie’s groups – Problem solving with decimals due Wednesday 28th Feb
Thank for your continued support.
Mr . Woodward, Mr Shanks and Mrs Wylie

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