Good afternoon boys and girls.

We hope you managed to go for your daily hours exercise yesterday and find lots of different numbers on the way.

For maths remember to keep practising counting forwards and backwards each day.

Then can you practise saying the months of the year. Get someone at home to listen to you saying them. Get them to ask you what month comes after to see how well you know them! for example they might ask you what month is after May and you would say June.

Here are a couple of songs you might want to join in with to practise saying them first

Why not make yourself some play dough this afternoon. Once you have made the play dough you can practise making your numbers like the picture below.

Here is the play dough recipe for you.

Good Afternoon

Here are a few subtraction activities for you to try.

Science

Daily Daft

I hope you had fun with yesterdays Daily Daft, today you are going to get dizzy.  Be careful!

Mrs Docherty

Good Morning everyone,

How did the story writing go yesterday? Remember to email us your stories to wlpolkemmet-ps@westlothian.org.uk mark them as P1. We would love to see all your the things you have created.

For PE this morning we are back with Joe.

For Literacy, we would like you to do the next page on your sentence booklet. If you have been following the blog, it might be page 4. if you have been working away at it, just do the next page.

If you need a short brain break why not sing and move along with this song,

For Science, we have learned about materials and their properties. Watch this film from BBC Bitesize to remind you (start it at 3:09 for the science bit).

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p089nsdy/bitesize-57-year-olds-week-1-3-science-and-wellbeing

Then pop over to BBC Bitesize and investigate which materials we use.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zrssgk7/articles/z9pgcdm

On Education City we have added a materials game set in Granny’s House. Why not have a go.

Remember you can also watch BBC Bitesize on TV. Got to the BBC Scotland channel and watch from 9am. The Word Waves and maths at the beginning of the programme are good for P1. Enjoy.

Pop back this afternoon for more ideas 🙂

Mrs Melia and Miss Beaton

Good Morning

Time to get moving with Jump Start Jonny.

Listening and Talking

Watch Newsround with an adult.  Try to take notes as you are watching.  Think about the important information you hear and write down key words.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround

Interview a member of your family.  Try to think of what you would like to know about them and write down or record your interview.

Mindfulness – Waves on the ocean

Lie down or sit on a chair with your feet flat on the floor. Put your hands on your tummy and close our eyes. Feel your hands moving up and down in time with your breathing. Pretend your hands are a ship rising and falling on the waves of the ocean.

Good afternoon boys and girls.

I hope you are all well! Mrs Melia and I are missing seeing all your smiley faces!

For maths today we would like you to practise the days of the week. Practise saying them forwards, even try saying them backwards. Get an adult at home to tell you a day and you need to tell them the day after and the day before. You will have lots of fun!

Here is a video for you to sing along with to remind you of the days of the week.

Your going to get crafty this afternoon too! Today we would like you to collect natural materials from outside and make a picture (use twigs as a border). Here is an example. Once you have made your picture remember to send us it 🙂 We love to see your hard work!

Loose parts picture

Have a lovely afternoon boys and girls.

Speak to you tomorrow

Miss Beaton and Mrs Melia

Good Afternoon

Here are a few addition games for you to try.

Obstacle Course

This activity can be done indoors or outdoors using whatever you can find around the house or garden. Your challenge is to build an obstacle course!  Try to incorporate the skills we have been learning into your obstacle course – throwing, catching, jumping and kicking.

After a hard days work time to have some fun with this daily daft activity.

Mrs Docherty

Good morning everyone,

We hope you and are families are all safe and well. We have been doing PE every morning. Keeping active, keeps us happy and healthy so keep it up. This morning we are suggesting some dancing with Oti,

For Literacy this morning we are going to write a description. This is Panda.

In your jotter we would like you to draw a detailed picture of Panda. He is visiting Polkemmet so perhaps include a drawing of the school or your classroom in your detailed picture.

Then we would like you to describe him. What does he look like? Here is an example of a sentence you could include,

The panda is black and white. He has 2 legs and 2 arms. 

When you are writing your sentences remember,

1. Capital letters at the beginning of a sentence.
2. Finger spacing – if using your own finger is too tricky use another pencil like this.

1. Full stop at the end of the sentence – not a football and not floating in the air, a small dot on the line.
2. Sound out your words – what is the first, middle and last sound. Say the word slowly to help you.
3. Use your word walls to help spell tricky words.

If you need a brainbreak here are some songs to get you moving,

The Granny singing about full stops and capital letters:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-english-capital-letters-full-stops/zjmrhbk

The alphabet song:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks1-english-alphabet-with-naomi-wilkinson/zjjy2sg

Remember you can still do the Sumdog ch word challenge or try Teach your Monster to Read.

Pop back this afternoon for more ideas 🙂

Mrs Melia and Miss Beaton