Bellsquarry Primary School

Good Morning P1-3!

Today’s challenge is to take part in a book scavenger hunt. Have a look on your bookshelf. Can you find…

• A book with an animal as the main character
• A book with a dragon in it
• A book with more than 150 pages
• A book with a queen in it
• A book that rhymes
• 2 books by the same author
• A book with a title which is 5 words
• A book with no pictures
• A book you have read more than once
• A book with an item of food in the title

Bonus Challenge

• A book which starts, “Once upon a time…”

Have fun and keep smiling😊

Good morning and welcome to a new week of learning grid activities and daily challenges.  We hope that you enjoy today’s one.

Can you design and make an obstacle course in the house or in the garden?

Time yourself or ask an adult to time you completing it. How long does it take you?

Have fun!

Good Morning to everyone in P1-3!

Your teachers all hope that you have been having fun taking part in the daily challenges.

Friday’s fun challenge is to use your 5 senses to:-

• Name 5 things that sound nice
• Name 5 things that taste sweet
• Name 5 things that look fun or interesting
• Name 5 things that feel cold
• Name 5 things that smell lovely

(Now add your own one to challenge someone else in your house)

Your teachers all wish you all a relaxing weekend.

Look out on Monday for the next daily challenge!

Happy Thursday everyone! Your challenge for today is to complete this scavenger hunt at home with a grown up. Can you find all of these things in your house?

1. A toy that is smaller than your hand
2. Something soft
3. A book with the first letter of your name in the title
4. Four things that are green
5. Something round
6. A book with numbers in it
7. An item you can see yourself in
8. A toy that has three different colours

You could now create your own scavenger hunt and give it to someone else at home to do.

Have fun!

Good morning from all of the teachers and staff who work with      P1-3!  We hope that you got out and enjoyed some of that sunshine yesterday.

Today’s challenge is from the Woodland Trust.  Have some fun with it.  If you don’t have birdseed here is a link that could give you some good alternatives from what you may have around the house.

https://www.rspb.org.uk/birds-and-wildlife/advice/how-you-can-help-birds/feeding-birds/safe-food-for-birds/

Ok, so here’s the challenge.  Don’t forget to take a photo and print it, if you can, to put into your home learning jotter.  You could draw it as well, of course.  Equally,  an adult could share it  by way of an instant private message to the school on Twitter, if they would like!

Make a loo roll bird feeder

This is messy fun kids will love to get stuck into. And it will help them learn about the birds in your neighbourhood.

You can make this simple feeder with items you probably already have at home:

Smother a cardboard tube in peanut butter (no added salt and sugar versions are suitable for birds).

Roll it in bird seed and thread some string through the hole.

Tie it up in your garden where birds will feel safe eating.

How many garden birds will you spot? Take a look at our blog to help you and your children identify them. https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/blog/2019/03/10-garden-birds/

If you do not have the ingredients or have an allergy, here is another activity that will get you outside and creative.

Make natural art

Art and crafts will be a popular way to keep kids busy. To mix things up, put the pencils and crayons to one side and look for natural art materials instead. Collect fallen leaves, petals and sticks and use them to make a picture or sculpture. You could even use the objects as ‘stampers’ or paintbrushes – dipping them in paint and rolling, brushing or stamping them on paper to create interesting patterns..

Late breaking news!!!  Follow the International Space Station as it passes over the UK this week.  For more details see:  www.meteorwatch.org/iss-international-space-station-times-uk-spring-2020/#more-8322 or follow @VirtualAstro on Twitter.

Happy Sky Gazing! ✨