Deans Primary School Blog – Page 109 – A love of learning, for life, for all

Singing! For fun, focus and family-time!

Usually at this time of the term we would singing Easter songs and I would be playing music in the classroom ! Singing is known to relieve stress and tension, boost confidence and is a Mindful activity – focussing our attention on the here and now!

If you are missing some singalongs, then checkout –

https://www.youtube.com/user/Fischymusic

where you will find all our assembly favourites like “You are a star” and “Build up”.

It is free to use !! (normally we would have to subscribe to this!)

Other song we like are “I’m a Spring Chicken” – there are various versions on Youtube!

P4 French

Here is the French worksheet for P4 as described on Teams.

French Days of the Week

Good Morning Primary 1/2

Good Morning Everybody!

I hope everybody is safe and well this morning and ready for another day of home learning with me.

RME

Hopefully everyone got a chance to watch the Easter Bible story yesterday and now has an understanding of why we celebrate Easter. In case you missed the youtube clip here is a PowerPoint also detailing the main points.

Easter story PPT

Have a go at drawing your favourite part of the Easter story and you could even add some labels to your pictures.

Writing

I thought that today we could have a go at writing a little Easter themed story. I have written the start and your job is to finish it off for me. I know how wonderfully imaginative you all are so can’t wait to hear what you come up with.

The Easter Surprise.

Suddenly there was a strange cracking sound. To everyone’s surprise the egg split open and out popped……..

Finish the story… What popped out of the egg? What did it look like? What did it say and do?

Share your ideas with an adult and have a go at writing the next part of the story together. Don’t forget to use your writing targets.

We are learning to write in sentences.

Successful learners always

Use a capital letter at the start of a sentence
Use a full stop at the end of a sentence
Use finger spaces to space out our words
Try to sound out words we don’t know by listening to the sounds

Draw a picture to go with your work and check you have written the date and the title at the top of the page. Good luck and I can’t wait to hear all the fantastic ideas you come up with! You could get an adult to take a picture of your work and email into the school office. This is the school email address.

wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk

Art and Technology

It wouldn’t be Easter and the end of term without some Easter Arts and Crafts to complete. I know its really tricky to get craft supplies just now and in the Stevenson household we are running low too, so don’t worry if you can’t get any of the resources you can use what you have!

If we were in school today we would have been making some Easter cards. Here are some ideas for you to have a go with. If you don’t have the supplies you can always fold a piece of paper in half and decorate it with some colouring pencils with an Easter picture.

Maths

As a fun little maths challenge today. I have attached a 2D shape cutting skills activity. This is one you will need to get an adult to print for you unfortunately.

Easter chick 2D shape cutting activity

Mrs Anderson says hello and she wanted me to add these 2 little activities for you to complete at home.

Numeracy

Here is your Daily Five for today. Yesterday we focused on addition of doubles. Today let’s focus on subtraction of doubles. Do you notice anything interesting about your answers? Don’t forget to use your tools and talk about your answers to an adult.

5 – 5 = 3 – 3 = 1 – 1 =

2 – 2 = 4 – 4 =

That’s all for today boys and girls. Mrs Lockhart will be adding some activities for you all tomorrow on your last day of term. I wish you all a very ‘Hoppy Easter’ and hope you all stay safe and happy.

A little shout out to another extremely kind friend who decided to make Easter packs for all his friends and deliver them when he was out on his daily walk. This made my heart sing and once again brightened up my day yesterday. Take care everybody. I miss you all.

Mrs Stevenson x

Deans Den

Good morning, I hope you are all well and ready for another day! I hope you managed to watch the Easter story and discuss any questions your child may have had. I will attach a link to a website with some simple Easter craft ideas. Give them a try if you can.

I hope you continue to work through the Deans Den booklet. You can take your learning outdoors (in your garden) by practising letter and number formation using chalk or stones from the garden. Have fun!!

36 Fun & Easy Easter Crafts For Kids

Primary One – Thursday 2nd April 2020

Good morning everyone! Hope you are all safe and well. Just 2 more days until the Easter holidays! Some extra activities for you to try.

Activity 1 – Phonics oo and ee sounds

I have copied 2 pages that can be completed in jotters. The idea is that you choose a consonant sound from the first square box bring it down to the number 1 dotted line then choose either oo or ee to bring down for the next sound, then choose the last sound from the end square box. Now blend the sounds together, say the word and draw a picture to match. Try to complete both sheets. You could extend your learning by creating you own boxes with different sounds. How many words can you make and read?

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

S.C. I can blend oo and ee with other sounds to create and read words

Activity 2 – Maths – Money

As it is nearly Easter I have copied 2 worksheets for you to try. They are called How Much Do the Easter Eggs Cost?. There are 4 eggs with different amounts in each. I would suggest that if the children have banks or you have some spare change it would be helpful to use concrete materials to support understanding. Again use the jotter to record answers. To extend learning the children could draw their own Easter eggs putting different amounts in each and then adding to find a total.

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

S.C. I can identify coins to 10p

S.C. I can apply my addition skills to add coins up to value of 10p

Activity 3 – Easter Activities

Some fun things to do with your family over the holiday

Have an egg an spoon race (make sure the egg is hard boiled!)
Decorate an Easter egg tree (made from branches etc, that you may find on your daily exercise walk?)
Make an Easter basket and leave it at someone’s door to cheer them up
Easter egg treasure hunt in your own garden
Easter egg rolling race in your own garden
Easter egg decorating competition.

Remember we would love to see pictures so please send them to the schools email address. http://deasnsprimary.westlothian.org.uk

Have a great day. Stay safe!