Good Morning everyone! I hope you are all safe and well! Here are some learning activities today to go along with your packs. Remember your new packs can be collected from school tomorrow! I have added some new games to Education City to include some of the new things we have been learning. Go and check them out!
Spelling
Please follow the link for your group which will take you to spelling games for your words this week.
Green group – https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=18217
Purple group – https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=18218
Pink group – https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=1821a
Blue group– https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=18223
Tricky words – https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=18225
Numeracy
This week, we are learning all about fractions. Your new pack for week 6 has lots of learning activities all around fractions for you to complete. A fraction is an equal part of a whole. When we speak about fractions, we sometimes speak about halves and quarters.
Watch the song to learn more about fractions:
Can you copy the following shapes into your jotter and then draw a line to cut them in half?
Science
Here is another super fun science experiment for the week! Remember to complete the experiment with an adult and send us some pictures to wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk!
Can you use a dictionary to find the meaning of any words you are not sure of?
Green group – Patterns
Purple group – Leek Hotpot
Pink group – Quiz
Yellow group – Kipper’s Diary
Blue group – Family Poems
Below is a link to a survey all about school meals. We would appreciate if you could take a few minutes to complete the survey. Thank you in advance! https://www.esurveycreator.com/s/890ff1b
I hope you all enjoy Wellbeing Wednesday tomorrow! Please remember you can collect your new packs of learning from school tomorrow. I will speak to you on Thursday again!
I hope everyone had a great weekend and you are bright and ready for another week of home learning. There will be new packs issued this week so don’t worry if you are running out of activity sheets.
Why not start the week off with a Fischy Music assembly. Below is the link for last week (week 7) if you follow the link it will take you to week 8.
I hope you enjoyed that, sometimes singing is a great way to lift your mood if you are feeling a little blue or sluggish.
Reading
Visit Oxford Owls ebooks to access the new book for this week.
With the help of an adult read the story ‘Leek Hotpot‘. Before you start, can you make a prediction as to what you think might happen in the story? This story should help us revise the sound ‘ee‘, how many times can you spot it in the story?
You will need to use your ‘decoding‘ skills to tackle any tricky words you come across. To be successful at this remember to,
Look at the first sound
Chunk up the word -(is there a word within the word?)
Use the pictures for clues
Read around the word (miss it out, can you think of a word which might fit in and make sense?)
Once you have read the story you can have a go at both of the accompanying activities one and two, focusing on reading ee words and matching them with their rhyming partner and secondly listening for sounds within the words.
Good luck and remember you can choose an activity from the guided reading Home learning grid also.
Have a go at this online game to help with reading and writing CVC words.
Visit Topmarks.co.uk – ‘slides’ – Here you have to choose the last letter to complete the CVC word.
I have added a new game on the Home Learning section of our Educationcity class area, it’s called ‘Snug as a Bug in a Tub’ – it focuses on using the middle ‘u’ sound to complete CVC words.. have a go, can’t wait to see your scores!
Phonics
New sound /sh/ this is a green sound formed by using the flat middle section of your tongue! Have a look at your mouth in the mirror whilst you make this sound. Think about what your tongue is doing. Is it a loud or quiet sound? shhhhhhhhhh… it’s a quiet sound and stretchy sound (like our snake).
Can you think of any words which contain the /sh/ sound? Write down as many as you can think of, even look around your house for inspiration. Here is our trusty friend Geraldine to help us out if we are stuck thinking of some /sh/ words.
Here is a list of /sh/ words.
Ask an adult to read them out to you and have a go at writing them down.
Sh -e -d sh -ee- p sh- o- p sh – i -p
f -i- sh c -a- sh d -i -sh m -a -sh
If you don’t get them first time, keep practising, use the spelling grid in your home learning pack to give you some different practise ideas. For example, rainbow writing, pavement chalk writing…there are an endless amount of ideas. I’ve added a copy of the grid below for convenience.
Finally have a go at writing your own silly sentence containing as many /sh/ words as you can think of! The sillier the better! If you can’t think of one, here is mine. Have an adult read it to you and you can copy it down. Don’t forget to listen carefully and sound out all the words and of course don’t forget the capital letter, full stop and finger spaces.
The sheep had a dish from the fish shop.
Numeracy and Maths
Daily 10
Let’s continue with working on adding on ten. To warm up, here is a clip from Miss Swanson’s favourite you-tuber, Jack Hartmann. You can join in once you are feeling confident.
Here are your questions for today. I have added the 100 square below to help you out if you need it.
Today I thought we could have a making a ‘money animal’. Ask an adult to lend you any loose change they have and you can fix them into the shape of your desired animal. I really like the giraffe.
This is a great activity for getting you used to handling different coins, thinking about their size, shape, colour and of course how much they are worth! If you fancy a challenge can you add up how much your animal is? I wonder who can make the most expensiveanimal and I wonder who can make the least expensive animal?
Please email any pictures of you coin animals, I’d love to see them.
Music
I thought I would remind you all of this song from last term when we were talking about ‘Build up’s’, have you built anyone up lately? Have a think about what it means to build someone up and to tear someone down. Try and give at least one build up to someone in you household today!
Have a great day boys and girls, enjoy all your tasks and I will see you tomorrow back here for some more home learning.
Don’t forget to visit Sum Dog and Education City for lots of games added into our class areas.
Good Morning Primary 2! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Your new packs of work will be available to collect from school on Wednesday. If there are any issues with this, please let us know at wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk. In the meantime, here are some fun learning activities for the day!
Today, we are going to revise what we know about place value to 2 digits. Remember we have tens and ones in 2-digit numbers. Can you remember which number is which?
Watch this video to give yourself a reminder of the tens and ones in 2-digit numbers.
Can you identify the tens and ones in each of these 2-digit numbers?
74
53
24
32
41
16
27
62
89
98
Nonsense Words
I have come across an interesting picture and I need your help! There are lots of words here and I am not sure if all of them are real words. I would like your help to decide which of these words are real and which are nonsense! In your jotter, split your page in half and at the top write real and nonsense. Write each word from the picture in the correct column.
Extra Challenge – can you use a dictionary to find the meaning of the real words? If you do not have a dictionary at home, follow this link to an online dictionary: https://www.dictionary.com/
Special Activity
Your special activity today is to show us your best dance moves! Oti Mabuse and Marius Iepure have choreographed a special dance to a song from ‘The Greatest Showman’. Join in with them to learn the dance and then perform it for everyone in your house! Remember to stay hydrated when you are exercising and have a snack afterwards.
Have a great day and I will be back tomorrow with some more fun activities!
Happy Friday! Here are some fun activities to finish off the week!
VE Day
Victory in Europe Day is a day to give thanks and remember those people that fought in wars so we could have the freedom we experience today. This day is celebrated as it is the day that Germany surrendered during World War II. Watch the video below for some more information.
During the video, the lady talks about medals that soldiers were presented with after the war. Your task today is to create your very own medal! I have attached photos of real medals for inspiration, as well as a template for you to copy or print to design your medal. Think about what your medal could be for and remember to make the ribbon nice and colourful! Maybe you could create a unique pattern on your ribbon!
Spelling
Follow the link for your group which will take you to your phonics video for your sound this week. Can you spot any of your spelling words?
Green, Purple & Pink
Yellow
Blue
Numeracy
This week we have been practising 10 more and 10 less. Today, we are going to practise 5 more and 5 less. Have a go at the questions below and see if you can find the most efficient strategy. I have provided a 100 square if you need it to help you.
Find 5 more than:
15
30
42
57
93
Find 5 less than:
5
11
26
64
87
Reflections
As it’s Friday, let’s reflect on our short week of learning! I have attached the weekly reflection template for you to copy into your jotter.
Good Morning everyone! Here are some fun learning activities for the day.
Numeracy
Yesterday, we were practising adding 10 more to numbers. Today, we are going to practise taking 10 less from numbers. Have a go and see if you can find 10 less from the numbers below. Discuss your strategy with someone at home.
12
33
56
87
109
French
Let’s revise different greetings in French! Watch the song below and see if you can spot how to say the following greetings:
Hello
How are you?
My name is…
Goodbye
Can you have a simple conversation in French with a family member?
Special Activity
Can you practise tying your shoe laces? Have a look at the models below and see if you can create your own! You could use a piece of string or a real shoelace to practise with. I have also attached a link to a YouTube tutorial to help you. Send us a picture of you practising to wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk.
The Big Pedal
Big Pedal is the UK’s largest inter-school cycling, walking and scooting challenge that inspires pupils, staff and parents to choose ‘human power’ for their journey to school. Since we can’t do this at school/on the way to school here are some ideas for you to try at home.
Good morning boys and girls, I hope you are all ready for Thursday’s home learning tasks. Don’t forget to keep working through the learning packs, there will be a new one ready for you soon. Let’s jump right in with Thursday’s activities.
Reading
Visit https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/ to access our book for this week – ‘Top Dog’
Username deans12
Password mrsstevenson
Re- read the book with the help of an adult.
Remember all those things that a good reader does.
Follows the words with their finger
Uses the pictures for clues
Sounds out any tricky words
Yesterday I gave you some before reading questions, let’s try some after reading questions today? Share your thoughts and ideas on these with an adult.
-Which dog did you like the best and why?
-How do you think Floppy was feeling throughout the story? Are there any picture clues to help you?
-How do you think Floppy felt at the end of the story and why? How can you tell?
-Biff, Chip and Kipper did a nice thing for Floppy to make him feel better, have you ever done anything to make someone feel better?
Choose an activity to complete from your home learning pack guided reading grid. I have attached a copy below.
As a fun little game to finish off our reading today – I found this online to help you practise reading CVC words. Have a go, you can either write the words down or shout them out at your computer.
Phonics
Yesterday we had an introduction to the sound ‘ng’.
Today we are going to have a go a writing this sound.
I would encourage you to have a go at joining the two letters together when you write them, there are a few practise sheets inside your home learning packs to guide you with the correct formation. Don’t forget to be successful when writing this join you need to –
Have a sharp pencil
Rest your letters on the line, apart from g which has a tail!
Take your time and don’t lift your pencil until you have finished the join.
Another way to use ‘ng‘ is to add it to the end of a word with an ‘i‘ to make it ‘ing’
Can you have a go at listening carefully to these words
pack -ing pick -ing lock -ing
lick -ing kick -ing suck -ing
Have a go at writing these and drawing a picture to go with each one. Below is a little activity to help you practise this skill.
I have added a game called ‘Sing a Song’ to our Home learning section of the Education city class area. Remember your passwords are glued to the inside cover of your purple jotters.
Numeracy and Maths
Daily 10
For today’s daily ten, I though we could continue with last weeks topic of ‘ten more’. This time I’m going to make it a little bit trickier.. Here goes, so if the number was 45, ten more would be 55… If you have access to a 100 square that would really help, alternatively here is one below. Ask an adult to help you with a practise run first.
Can you figure out the strategy to find ten more on the 100 square? (It’s easy just find the number and look below it, you can even count on ten to check!) Which number changes and which number stays the same? Share your ideas with an adult.
How is everyone getting on with the money box challenge? Remember to send your pictures into the school office as I would really love to see them.
wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk
Today I thought we could get some practise using real money. Hopefully the adults in your house will agree to help with this little challenge as it will benefit them too.
When we grow up we have to work hard to earn money for the things we need and want to buy for our families. I would like you to have a little go at seeing how much work goes into earning yourself some money. With an adult decide on a list of jobs which you can do to help out around the house. For Example, washing the dishes, making your bed, reading a story to a younger sibling… next agree with an adult how much you will get ‘paid’ to complete these activities, it can be as little or as much as your adult agrees to. I have included a chore chart template below, but it might be just as easy to make your own.
Remember to keep working through the money worksheets in your Home learning packs.
I have also added another challenge on Sum Dog website this time focusing on 2D shape words. Have a go, well done to all of you who have logged on and given it a go, there were some pretty impressive scores, keep it up!
Art/Topic
Below is a link for a guided drawing of a butterfly. There are lots of butterflies about at the moment especially if you are out walking in the woods. They are one of my favourite insects and it is great opportunity to practise our drawing skills and of course we need to use careful listening too. Remember to colour in your butterfly. Have FUN!
This made me think about one of my most favourite stories to read to my little boy, The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle. Grab a glass of milk or water and lets pretend it’s story time in class.
Have a great day Boys and Girls, Mrs Lockhart will be sharing some activities for you to complete tomorrow. Have an amazing weekend, hopefully the sun will shine for us. Before I go, I just wanted to add that Miss Swanson wanted me to share with you that she is missing you all so so much, she says hello and is happy and healthy at home with her family. She cannot wait to see you all very very soon!
Welcome back boys and girls, I hope everyone had a lovely long weekend and you are feeling refreshed and ready for Wednesday’s home learning tasks. Don’t forget you can work your way through the home learning packs too and use the blog for any additional tasks you would like to complete.
Miss Stanway sent us teachers a little clip to share with you all. I know how many of you had wobbly teeth before school closed so I thought it would be fun to share ‘The Tooth fairy in Lockdown’, it made me giggle, I hope it does the same for you.
https://vimeo.com/visiblefictionsM
Reading
It’s a short week this week for learning but let’s focus on another new book from the oxford owls ebook selection.
Have a go at some before reading questions with an adult-
Can you make a prediction about what is going to happen in the story?
What do you think Top Dog means?
Who do you think the main characters will be in the story?
Where do you think the story takes place?
Now have a go at reading the story with an adult. Remember all the things a good reader does to be successful… can you share them with your adult.
Point to each word
Use the pictures for clues
If we are unsure of a word sound it out
Look for words we know
Once you have read the book have a go at both of the activities at the top of the page. They focus on matching the sentence to the picture and listening for the ‘o’ sound and sorting some words into two groups. Good Luck!
Phonics
Last week we focused on the new sound ‘w’. Here is a clue for this weeks’ new sound.. can you guess what it is..
That’s right it’s ‘ng’ – it’s made up of 2 letters which make one sound coming from the back of your mouth.
In your pack you should see this sheet
What words can you think of which contain this sound? Here is a clip to help you.
Now, why not have a go at sounding out and writing some ng words and drawing some pictures to go with your words.
k – i – ng s – i – ng s – o – ng p – o – ng
b – a – ng f – a – ng l – o – ng l – u – ng -s
Finally I would like you to have a go at writing a silly sentence with as many ‘ng’ words as possible. Don’t forget all the things a proper sentence needs.
Full stop at the end
Capital letter at the start
Finger spaces between the words
All the letters resting on the line.
Numeracy and Maths
Money
I hope you liked last weeks’ coin toss game and it helped you begin to get to grips with all the different coins, their values and maybe even making some totals by adding their values. Let’s continue with the theme of money and jump onto Facebook and catch up with Natwest Monday Sense Monday (even though it’s Wednesday!) Monday’s (4th May) lesson was all about saving money, something which I should probably watch too!! You will need an adult with a Facebook account to help you access this lesson.
Keeping with the theme of saving money I thought I would set you all a little challenge to design your own money box using recycled materials. There are loads of ideas out there especially on Pinterest. Here are a few that I liked, they may just give you some inspiration.
I would love to see some of your money boxes, so if possible have an adult take a picture and email it into the school office.
wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk
I really do look forward to receiving pictures of your fantastic work at home, it makes my day!
Health and Well being
Last week we looked at crossing the road safely and thought about the key messages of STOP, LOOK and LISTEN. Today we are going to expand on them a bit further.
Visit the early section of the road safety Scotland and navigate to ‘green cross code pics‘ game to match the key words to the pictures. Feel free to explore the rest of the website, there are some great games to play to help you learn more about keeping safe on the road.
Have a great rest of the day and I hope you have enjoyed today’s learning tasks. I shall be back tomorrow with more!
Good Morning Primary 2! I hope you all had a wonderful long weekend! You should now be moving on to your week 5 pack of work.
Spelling
Follow the link for your group which will take you to games for your spelling words this week.
Green group – https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=1477e
Purple group – https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=14784
Pink group – https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=14789
Yellow group – https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=1478d
Blue group – https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=14792
Tricky words – https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=14794
Writing
Mrs Anderson has set you a writing task this week!
Write instructions for how to do something you love…like how to go on a trampoline or walk the dog.
Learning Intention – We are learning to write instructions.
Success Criteria – I can write a suitable title.
– I can list the objects needed.
– I can number the instructions in order.
– I can use words like First, Next, Then, Finally.
– I can use capital letters.
– I can use finger spaces in between words.
– I can use full stops at the end of my sentence.
– I can draw a picture to go with my instructions.
Numeracy
Today, we are going to revise 10 more. See if you can add 10 more to the numbers below. Try to remember what we know about place value – What number is in the tens column and what number is in the ones column? Which strategy did you use?
20
45
62
73
96
Science
Here is a super fun experiment all about making your very own lava lamp! Work with an adult to see how the experiment turns out and send a picture to wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk.
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!
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!
Good morning Everyone! It’s Thursday and nearly the start of a holiday weekend, don’t forget that Monday and Tuesday are holidays for you all. Here are some additional home learning ideas for you all today, remember you can use the Home learning packs too!
Reading
Access this weeks’ book (mix, mix, mix)and re-read with an adult.
Choose an activity from your guided reading grid (found in home learning pack 2) to use with the the Oxford Owls ebook ‘Mix, Mix, Mix’, which we have been focusing on this week.
Are there any words which you are finding tricky? Why not play the ‘roll, read and find’ game with an adult. There is a copy of the game in pack 1 but I will attach a copy below just in case.
So this week we have been exploring the letter w, with word hunts, handwriting practise and spelling activities. Today I would like us to do something a little more creative. Firstly, think about the letter w and all the things which start with that letter. How many can you think of? Can you make a list of them all?
Choose one to word to create a picture of or even a model of (if you are feeling ambitious!) Here are some ideas below for inspiration.
I would love to see any pictures you make so please, if you can email them into the school office, they really make my day!
wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk
I have added another game to our Home learning section of educationcity, it’s called ‘Wishing Well’.. you have to identify all the words beginning with w, easy peasy! Good luck.
Numeracy and Maths
I thought I would pop this youtube clip up for you to practise counting forwards and backwards to 100. Remember it’s Mrs Swanson’s favourite!!
Daily 10.
For today’s daily 10 I thought we could say ten more. For example if the question was 30, ten more is 40. Have a go, we have done lots of counting in tens in class so with a bit of practise writing the tens number we should get the hang of it.
Today I thought I might share a fun game to play at home to help you learn a little more about money. Hopefully some of you have set up your own little shop to play in and of course there are a number of worksheets in the home learning pack too.
For this game you will need:
A pile of loose coins of different values
A hoop/box or something to throw the coins into
This game is called Coin Toss and there are lots of learning opportunities to teach you all about money and coins in particular.
Sit back and throw coins into the hoop, as you throw them in shout out the name of the coin ‘ in goes 5p’ etc..
You can sort all the coins that made it into the hoop – by value/colour shape etc
You can talk about the size and colour of the coins and what makes them different
You could work with an adult to add up all the coins that made it into the hoop
Once you have calculated the total you could chat about what you could afford to buy with that amount
You could even go one step further and talk about things we need like food, water clothes versus things we want like sweeties and toys and how we need money to buy all of these things.
Yoga Time
During this time at home it’s important we take time to relax and do the things we enjoy doing. I know that any time we have used ‘cosmic yoga’ in the classroom we have all thoroughly enjoyed it. I have left a link below…namaste!
I hope you all have a lovely holiday weekend and I will be back here on Wednesday to share more learning ideas. Mrs Lockhart will be posting here for you tomorrow. Enjoy the well earned break.
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Good Morning Primary 2! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! Your new packs of work will be available to collect from school on Wednesday. If there are any issues with this, please let us know at wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk. In the meantime, here are some fun learning activities for the day!
