Deans Primary School Blog

Morning everyone! Happy World Earth Day!

Earth day takes place on the 22nd of April every year. It is a day to remind people  how to look after the earth. It also helps people to learn more about the environment. As part of our participation Fridays we have been looking at the important issue of recycling. Can the children remember the 3 “R”? Can they retell the story of the Messy Magpie? (Its a really good story and you can find it on twinkl) and the important message she realizes by the end? There will be a lot of media coverage it maybe a good idea to listen to Newsround at 11 o’clock. Below are a few Earth Day Activities for you to try.

Activity 1 – Art and Craft

Using recycled materials draw a large circle (perhaps use a cereal box), cut it out and using blue and green paint/colouring pencils try to colour the sea blue and countries in our world green (there are a number of images of the world on line that can support this ). Then draw and cut out some love hearts and on each one make a promise of things that you could do to save our planet. Attach the hearts to the world with string/wool and hang the mobile in your house to remind you of your promises to help save our planet.

Activity 2 –  Minecraft Competition

Below is a link to a Minecraft challenge. The challenge involves building your own sculpture for Jupiter Artland. The winning design will join the permanent collection at Jupiter’s online universe plus other goodies.

https://jupiterartland.us17.list-manage.com/track/click?u=02c80447c6055c6ad59a34476&id=d40134245a&e=81f173a25e

Activity 3 – Phonics

I would like to move onto a new sounds from Inky’s Vowel House. The new sound is ai. The ai sound lives in the second window under ee. The old man who lives in this part of the house finds it difficult to hear and often says “ai”.

L.I. to understand that 2 letters can make one sound

S.C. I can blend this sound with others to read words

S.C. I can spell words with this sound

Can you practice sounding out and blending these words?

ai-m,  r-ai-n, t-ai-l, m-ai-l, s-ai-l, p-ai-d, p-ai-n, p-ai-n-t, n-ai-l, w-ai-t, Can you think of anymore? As an extension, can you create an interesting sentence?

Activity 4 – Numeracy- 5/10 a daily

L.I. to count on and back

S.C. I can add to numbers together to find a total using different strategies

S.C. I can take away one number from another to find a total

It is great that you are continuing to practice you daily 5. So I thought I would extend the challenge a little and increase the number of questions.

5 + 3 =                                                                     7 + 3 =

6 + 2 =                                                                     9 + 2 =

4 – 3 =                                                                      8 – 2 =

6 – 3 =                                                                      9 – 3 =

9 – 5 =                                                                     10 – 3 =

Remember to use concrete materials and write your answers in your jotter.

Have a great day, stay safe. More posts on the blog tomorrow.

We set a STEM challenge this week, look at how creative our pupils have been already…

     Good morning everyone! Hope you are all well!

It is a beautiful sunny day so I hope you manage to get into yours gardens or out for a walk.  A few additional activities for you to try. Enjoy!

Activity 1 – Phonics

A bit of revision on the sounds  (ee and oo) you were learning at home before the holidays. Practice reading the words and sentences. Can you use the words at the top of each card to create your own sentences?

L.I. to understand that 2 letters can make 1 sound

S.C. I can blend sounds with other sounds to read words

S.C. I can spell words with these sounds

S.C. I can use the words I know to write sentences

Activity 2 –  Maths – money

L.I. to recognise and use a range of coins

S.C. I can use my addition skills to add different coins to make 10p (or beyond)

http://firstschoolyears.com/numeracy/money/money.html

If you go to this website you can download a number of worksheets that will support you in recognising and counting money. There are a number of worksheets so please only try what you feel comfortable with. Remember it is always good to use real life materials so if you have a selection of coins please use them. You can use your jotter to copy the worksheets and answers.

Activity 3 – Music

If we were at school we would be learning one of my favourite Spring songs Spring Chicken! The powerpoint and song is below. Singing this song always makes me smile and hope it does the same for you!

Have a great day everyone and I will be back on the blog tomorrow.