Happy Monday Everybody!
Good Morning everybody, I hope you all had a lovely weekend and enjoyed some of the fantastic weather that we experienced in Scotland. Today new packs are being issued and will be ready to collect from the school front office from 10 am until 3 pm. If anyone is running low on stationary there will also be an opportunity to grab some essentials to keep you going with your learning and creating.
To get you started for the day, why not join in with Joe Wicks for 30 minutes of movement. Here is the link for you to follow. He will be live from 9.00 to 9.30am.
https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1/videos
Not forgetting Mrs Anderson’s 30 day yoga and mindfulness challenge. How are you all doing? Don’t forget to visit her blog and website for new yoga poses to practise.
https://www.sonshineyoga.co.uk/blog
I recently discovered that our most favourite musicians, the Fischy Music team are holding weekly Monday morning assemblies. Here is the link to week 6, you could have a listen and see what songs you recognise or maybe even learn a few new ones!
Reading
This week lets focus on another book from the Oxford Owls ebooks collection.
Here is the website and log in details for our class.
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page
Click on the pink tab, ‘My class login’
user name – deans12
password mrsstevenson
Find the story, ‘Mix Mix Mix’
Read the story with the help of an adult. Can you answer the following questions..
Why do you think Rob rubs his tum?
Can you name some of the things Rob puts in his pan?
Would you like to taste his mixture and why?
Phonics
Our new sound to focus on this week is ‘w’
These are some of our learning targets for this sound that we will be working on for the rest of the week.
Success Criteria
I can say the sound to match the letter shape.
I know that w is a red, stretchy, lip sound.
I can blend this sound with other sounds to say a word I recognise.
I can write this letter to spell words with the sound.
How many words beginning with w can you think of? Go on a search around your house for inspiration.
Here is the jolly jingle just for fun.
https://youtu.be/PlDPegyV6XI
Can you make the letter? In class we would use play doh or loose parts. What materials can you find in your house the make the shape of the letter? Remember you can take pictures and email them to me using the school email address.
wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk\
Numeracy and Maths
Daily 10
Let’s challenge ourselves with 10 questions this week instead of 5. I will include a mixture of calculations which we have been working on since the start of the year.
4 + 4 = 6 – 6 = 5 + 6= 3 – 2 = 5 – 0 =
5 + 5 = 10 – 3 = 3 – 1 = 6 + 6 = 10 – 2 =
Good luck! Remember to talk about the strategies or tools which you used to help you solve the calculation.
Money
Our new maths focus for the start of this term is money. Included in your pack are lots of worksheets which will help you get to grips with coin values, ordering money, adding money and a few other fun activities.
As a starter for this topic Natwest are holding a MoneySense Monday lesson on Facebook live. You will have to ask an adult to help you find the page. This goes live from 10.00 to 10.30am and the focus is on notes and coins.
If you want to explore their website there are a number of fun interactive games for you to play.
https://natwest.mymoneysense.com/home/
Hopefully by now, you all have access to your sumdog passwords and user names, I have set a skills practise game called ‘Money 1’ in our class section for you to challenge yourself with.
I have also set a very simple game on EducationCity called Money Box Sorting which will help you recognise and identify different coins by looking at their colour. There is a also a fun colouring activity in your pack which will also help you work on this skill. Below is a link in case you haven’t got your pack yet.
Topic
Our brand new topic for this term will be centred around ‘The Woodland’.
As a starter activity for this afternoon, have a think about what you know already about the woodland or forest. Think about trees, plants and animals. What would you like to learn? I would love to hear your suggestions.. why not have an adult take a picture of your ideas and email it into the school email address. Your work could include questions, statements, pictures… be as creative as you like!
Good luck with all your learning activities for today. I will be back tomorrow with more tasks for you.
Mrs Stevenson
