April 2020 – Deans Primary School Blog

Primary One – Friday 1st May 2020

Good Morning Everyone! Happy Friday

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I hope you are are all well and looking forward to the long weekend. A few tasks below for you to try.

Activity 1 – Health and Wellbeing – Mindfulness and Yoga

I hope you have been enjoying the 30 day Yoga and Mindfulness Challenge. If you have completed it remember you can always enjoy Cosmic Yoga for kids. Link below.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhYtcadR9nw

Activity 2 – Reading Child Reading Book clipart - Reading, Book, Hand, transparent clip art

L.I. to read words and sentences

S.C. I can create a new front cover which includes key information

I hope your enjoyed reading Everyone Got Wet and completed the tasks. Today I would like you to to complete an activity from your guided reading pack. I would like you design a new front cover for the book. You can keep the title but think about another picture that would give you a clue as to what the story is about. Remember to include the author and illustrators names on the front cover. Enjoy!

Activity 3 – Numeracy

L.I. to add and subtract numbers

S.C. I can make a number in different ways

S.C. I can explain my thinking

Below is a numeracy challenge that can be easily adapted. (you can change the 8 to any number) Remember to use subtraction e.g. 16 – 8 = 8 etc.

Activity 4 – Art and Design

L.I. to use a range of media creatively

S.C. I can use parts of my body and paint/pens to create an effect

Why not have a go at making your own spring blossom tree. You could draw around your arm and fingers. This could make the tree trunk and branches. Then use pink paint or pink colouring pens for the blossoms. Enjoy and send any picture to the school (via email) . I would love to see them.

Finger Print Spring Blossom Tree | Arty Crafty Kids

Have a great long weekend. Stay safe and I will post more activities on Wednesday 6th May.

P3 – Friday 1st May

Happy Friday P3, I hope you are all safe and well. I hope a grown up has managed to collect your learning pack from school. Here are some additional activities for you to complete:

Science

In science, we are going to learn about the differences between living and non-living things. What do we do that makes us living beings? Discuss your ideas with a grown up and note them down in your home learning jotter. Watch the following clip on the differences between living and non-living things and I then I would like you to design a poster highlighting the characteristics (features) of living things.

Maths

I hope you managed to complete last week’s task of measuring different objects around your home. Today, we are going to learn about the different units of measurement and how to convert m to cms. I have attached a powerpoint for you to read and then I would like you to answer questions on measuring using cm and m.

MeasuringLength_cm_m

measuring_drawing_cms

PE- Healthy Body and Mind

Yoga is a great way to help create a healthy body and mind. I have attached a link to ‘Cosmic Kids’ Yoga. Hope you find this fun but relaxing as well and maybe you could ask a grown up to join in!

Have a lovely weekend and I will check in with you next Friday.

Deans Den- Friday 1st May

Happy Friday!! I am missing our group time together, especially when you all take your turns as Lead Learners and read some of our favourite stories. The Gruffalo is definitely one of the best books by Julia Donaldson and we can all recall the story with confidence. I have attached a copy of a recipe to make a Gruffalo cake and also a link to help you make Gruffalo paw cakes. Happy baking and please send a photo of your attempts to the school e-mail for me to look at.

We are going to make and bake a Gruffalo Cake ind

No Bake Cookies – Gruffalo Paws

Have a lovely, safe weekend everyone!!

Primary 2 – Friday 1st May 2020

Happy Friday everyone! Here are some fun activities to finish off the week!

National Smile Month

May is National Smile Month in the UK! National Smile Month is the largest and longest-running campaign to promote good oral health. The campaign highlights 3 key messages, can you follow the link to the official website and find the key messages? http://www.nationalsmilemonth.org/

Follow this link to the toothbrushing song we use in class and remember to brush your teeth in the morning and before bed!

Your task is to create a poster all about brushing your teeth and the correct way to do so. Once you have completed your poster, take a picture of yourself holding it and remember to show us your biggest smile! Email your photo to wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk.

Spelling

Here are this week’s phonics videos for each group! See if you can spot your spelling words!

Green, Purple & Pink

Yellow

Blue

Numeracy

Have a think about the number problems I set you yesterday. Which strategy did you use to work out the answer? I found near doubles to be the most efficient strategy! Here are some more problems which will help you practise the near doubles strategy!

9 + 10
6 + 7
2 + 3
8 + 9
12 + 13

Share your strategies with someone at home to see if they used the same strategy as you!

Reflections

Friday is reflection day! Use the grid below again to reflect upon your learning this week!

Reading

https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/?selLanguage=en&mode=hub.

When you open the site, click the pink button at the top which says “My class login”. The class login details are as follows: username – deansprimary2 password – missborsbey Once logged in, click the button that says “My Bookshelf”. This will take you to lots of ebooks. Please have a look below to find out which book to read. Once you have read the book, discuss what you have read. What is your least favourite part of the story? Why?

Green group – Leek Hotpot

Purple group – By the stream

Pink group – Dad, can you do this?

Yellow group – Clothes for Rain

Blue group – Can you see me?

Have a great long weekend everyone and I will be back on Wednesday with some more fun learning activities for you to enjoy!

P.1/2 Friday 1.5.20

Good Morning P.1/2

I hope you are all well this Friday morning and ready for another day of learning! I thought we could try another way to start our day with this dance workout. Enjoy!

2D shape

Now to continue our shape work. Look at the powerpoint.

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You will remember most of these shapes but I think there might be a few new ones.

Look out for the pentagon (5 sided shape), octagon (8 sided shape), hexagon (6 sided shape) and quadrilateral (any 4 sided shape).

Now complete page 1 , 2 and 3 only of the following worksheets. It’s a sorting task and you will need to cut out and glue.

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R.E

Let’s continue our work on values.

Watch the Bible story The Prodigal Son

The father forgave his son for leaving the family.

Can you make a poster encouraging people to forgive?

Forgiveness poster

Story time

Here is a lovely story to finish up with, one of my favourites.

Have a lovely long week- end.

P5 Friday 1st May 2020

Good Morning!

Let’s get energized. Choose the Joe Wicks workout : https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1 or maybe design your own 20 minute workout!

Smart Start – Free Write

Either carry on what you were writing about last time or start a new piece. This AMAZING video which is less than two minutes long might give you an idea about what to write for your own LOCKDOWN story! https://vimeo.com/412262124

Chat will then go on about 10:05.

Science – If your hands could smell, you’d be an octopus!

Go to this link: https://ed.ted.com/on/hNfD82Pt

Watch the video and work through the different sections. You can choose whether or not you want to write your answers in your jotter.

Extension – google an octopus and draw one in your jotter!

(You may need to finish this learning activity after break!)

After Break

Numeracy – Online Division Games

You might want to watch this video before you try these two games https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slez17loMvU

http://www.thekidzpage.com/learninggames/mathgames/16-math-puzzle-division-bsplit.html

http://www.mathplayground.com/balloon_invaders.html

R.M.E. – LI To explore stories from different religions-SC I can listen to the Hindu story of Rama and Sita and explain why Diwali is celebrated.

Go to this link : https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z4dc47h -watch the video and work through the various activities.

Brainbreak https://www.dropbox.com/s/m53p7kn2a8qwjq1/03%20Staircase%20Relaxation%201.mp3?dl=0 Ten minutes of mindfulness -you could try and get parents to do it too!

Before you go– why not leave three happy notes for someone else to find in your house?

Something for the week-end:

Stargazing

With less planes and less light pollution resulting in clearer skies, the lockdown provides a great opportunity to stargaze. It’s easy, too. All you have to do is look up at night! What can you see? The moon, planets, constellations, a shooting star? The National Trust has some great tips for stargazing.

Bird watching

Watch the birds from your garden or out of a window. Watch them fly and sing to each other. How many can you spot? Can you name the type of bird? Think about keeping a bird watching diary to keep track of the birds you’ve seen, where and when. Try not to not scare them off! Can you spot the birds on this Wildlife Watch activity sheet?