Deans Primary School Blog

 

Hello everybody! Remember to keep working through your packs of learning. Not long now until the Summer Holidays start!!!

 

Literacy

Watch Newsround – note down any key things you have found out today to share with someone at home.

Have a check in with everyone at home – ask how everyone is and how they are feeling today. Share how you are and how you are feeling too.

1. Make a Summer Top Ten Lists:Consider Top Ten Books I Want to Read, Top Ten Things I Want to Do, and Top Ten Places I Want to Go.
2. Write Poems: Write end of the year Acrostics poem about Summer or end of term:

 

Here is Miss Taylor’s Writing Task:

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Numeracy

Let’s start with this – Write the numbers 71-100 in words and digits

 

Play on The Mental Maths Train Game -practise adding and subtracting and if you fancy a challenge, try the multiplication!

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train

 

Play the game Fruit Fall – answer the data handling questions based on how many pieces of fruit you catch.

http://toytheater.com/fruit-fall/

 

 

Health

Try these:

PE Learning

PE Dice for gross motor activities

 

Let’s have another look at sleep.

Watch the powerpoint again it is the full powerpoint now. Then complete the worksheet to go with it.

Sleep PowerPoint – Tues 23rd June

Sleep Worksheet – Tuesday 23rd June

 

Other End of Term Activities

Focus on Random Acts of Kindness: Continue to be kind to others and to find ways to be helpful

Summer Activities Brainstorm: with your family, brainstorm as many fun summer activities as you can. Aim for ideas that are free and accessible – for example, drawing a hopscotch on the pavement or running in the sprinkler, making a water slide etc.

Something to think and talk about:

EndoftheYear questions

 

Hope you enjoy Wellbeing Wednesday with your family tomorrow. Mrs Lockhart and Mrs Morrison will be with you on Thursday and Friday posting some more great activities for you.

Stay safe and enjoy the rest of your week!! Have a wonderful Summer when it comes and I look forward to seeing you all in August!!!

Mrs Hillan

Biogrpahy and Art response Van Gogh

Morning Break

T2-M-474-Mental-Maths-Challenge-Cards-   Make sure you do not use pen and paper for this :).  Use a calculator to check that your answers are correct.

Components of blood_ STEM Challenge

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Lunch

In the afternoon, please choose one or two activities from the grid.  We will be using this  grid for the whole week so please save this in your device.

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Good morning Primary 2! Here are some activities for you to work through today.

End of the year questions

Here are your questions for discussion today!

1. What was your favourite book that you read this year? Why was it your favourite?
2. What was your best piece of writing this year? What made it your best piece?

Writing

Today, I would like you to write a letter to your new teacher telling them all about yourself. Once you have completed this task, please email it to wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk so that I can pass it on to your Primary 3 teacher! We love to get to know everyone in our class and it would be great if you could help us do this! Please see below for a list of facts you may want to include in your letter, you could use some of these, all of these or you could even add your own! Remember to write your name at the bottom of your letter so your new teacher knows who it is from.

• When is your birthday?
• Do you have any siblings?
• Do you have any hobbies?
• Who are your friends in school?
• What is your favourite subject at school?
• Are there any subjects you do not like? Why do you not like them?
• How are you feeling about coming back to school after the summer

Art

Today’s art activity is all about using cotton buds to create summer flowers. First, you should research different types of flowers that you may like to make. Then use your imagination to create your very own flower! I have provided some examples for you below. You could stick the cotton buds on paper, you could use the tips of them to paint or you could even construct a 3D model. Send us a picture of your finished flower to wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk so I can see all of your fantastic creations!

Numeracy

Have a go at playing countdown! You could use the numbers in the instructions or smaller numbers if you would like to simplify the game. See who can make the total in the least amount of time!

What you need to play:

• 4 ‘large number’ cards with the numbers 25, 50, 75 and 100 on them
• A set of cards with the digits 1 – 10 on them, with at least two cards for each number

How to play:

• Step 1: Set out 4 large number cards (25, 50, 75 and 100) face down and mixed up.
• Step 2: Do the same with the 1 – 10 cards, making sure you have at least 2 cards for each number.
• Step 3: Players take it in turns to select one of the big number cards or one of the small number cards, until there are 6 cards laid out all together.
• Step 4: Someone who is playing the game needs to generate a 3-digit number. This can be by throwing a dice, or selecting cards from a pile of 0 to 9 cards.
• Step 5: Once the number has been generated, turn over the six cards and players have to try and get to that total using any of the six number cards and any of the four operations.
• Each card can only be used once and the winner is the first person to reach the total, or the player who is closest after a set length of time.

The game can be adapted by choosing the numbers on the cards carefully and having them aiming to reach a 2-digit number, rather than a 3-digit number. 

Have a great day everyone! Remember tomorrow is the final Wellbeing Wednesday!

Good morning all!! I hope you are all well and looking forward to the Summer holidays! Let’s try some cooking today! In today’s episode of Big Cook, Little Cook, Ben and Small make footballs using cress and potatoes, sounds delicious!! Try out the recipe and ask a grown up to help you.

 

 

 

 

Good morning everyone! Hope you are well and had an enjoyable weekend. This is our last week before the summer holidays start!

Let’s start off with some fun exercise today:

Remember to keep tuning in to Joe Wicks daily too!!!

Numeracy

For a Number Talk today, let’s think about subtracting (take away) any single digit from a multiple of 10 e.g 80-7=73

See how many you can come up with in 2 mins.

-Play on Daily 10 – play levels 1 or 2 to practise adding and subtracting:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

-Practise counting in 2s, 5s and 10s.  This game could support this.

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/mathgames/earlymath/BalloonPopSkip.htm

 

Below is maths challenge you can try out!

Maths Challenge page 1

Maths Challenge page 2

Maths Challenge page 3

Maths Challenge page 4

Maths Challenge page 5

Maths Challenge page 6

Maths Challenge page 7

Maths Challenge page 8

Maths Challenge page 9

Maths Challenge page 10

 

Literacy

Reading – Continue to read as often as you can! Remember you can access books like the Oxford Reading Tree ones from: https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/

If you click the Pink icon at the top right that says ‘My Class Login’ and enter Primary 3 Deans as the username and Mrs Hillan as the password then you can access these if you haven’t set up your own account.

Spelling – You have a list of spelling words included in your pack – remember to practise these regularly and use the spelling task cards to help! You can find the cards here if you have misplaced yours – http://www.blessedbeyondadoubt.com/spell-cards-printable/ – any problems accessing these email the school and I will help!

Try these games to help you learn and spell new tricky words:

https://www.spellingcity.com/spelling-games-vocabulary-games.html

 

Below is a Reading Comprehension task for you to try. There are 2 different levels, pick the one that you find suits you best:

Reading Comprehension Passage

Reading Comprehension Questions

Reading Comprehension Passage 2

Reading Comprehension Questions 2

 

IDL

Continue with your Personal Project. Here is what I posted last week to remind you:

As we don’t have long until the end of term, we thought instead of starting a new topic together that you could do a mini project of your own to work on until the Summer holidays. You can pick an animal, a sport, a hobby, a type of car, a singer/group you like – anything like that, to do your own research project on. Start off using the mind map below to record what you know already about your chosen topic, then collect as many facts, information, and pictures as you can. Remember to make your facts interesting and fun! If you can print pictures that would be great, but it would also be amazing to see of your own drawings, models and creations! We can use this to share with each other when we are back to school after the Summer!

 

Art

Make a Wearable Keepsake: Decorate a T-shirt, or baseball cap, or make friendship bracelets – these could be decorated with something to do with Deans Primary or just with things you like!

 

 

Enjoy the rest of your day!!

Mrs Hillan

Happy Monday Everyone!

God morning boys and girls, I can’t believe we have made it to the last week of term! Don’t worry if you haven’t made it all the way through your packs, you can keep them to complete any time in the future.  So for this week let’s continue with our class trip to Disney.

Disney Day Three…

Reading

P1: Look closely at the pictures and see if you can spot any sounds/CVC words/common words. Record yourself saying or write the sounds or reading the words. You could create your own picture and hide words for somebody else to find. There are 3 pictures so that you can choose your challenge.

P2: Look closely at the picture and see if you can spot any of your word tub words. Once you have found and read the words, practice each one in your purple jotter.

Learning Intention: I am learning to read words.

Success Criteria:

P1: I can blend sounds to read words. I can read some common words.

P2: I can read words using the spelling patterns that I have learnt.

Writing

P1: Make a postcard to tell somebody all about your virtual trip to Disney Land! You will need to draw a detailed picture on one side and write your message on the other side. Challenge: Can you write the person’s address?

P2: Write a diary entry about your day at Disney Land, remember to include what you did at various times throughout the day. How descriptive can you be?

Learning Intention: I am learning to share my experiences in a postcard/diary.

Success Criteria:

P1: I can share my experiences with others. I can write short words.

P2: I can share my experiences. I can add detail to make my writing more interesting.

If you have access to a printer I have included a postcard template below. Don’t forget to use your writing targets, can you share them with an adult? Think about what all good writers do.

blank postcard template

 

Numeracy

Here is a snack menu from Disney Land.

 

P1: Circle the snack that you would like, and choose the correct coins to pay for it. Challenge: How much change would you get if you paid with a 10p coin?

P2: Circle 2 snacks that you would like, how much will it cost all together? Use the coins to pay for the items. Challenge: How many ice creams could you get for 50p?

Learning Intention: I am learning to use coins to make amounts.

Success Criteria:

• I can use coins to make amounts.
• I can give change.
• I can add amounts together.

Health and Wellbeing

Watch the clip of Ratatouille (Miss Cole’s favourite movie). Can you help to prepare a meal or snack today? You could look at a recipe with an adult if they are using one.

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

P1 -Decide what snack you would like to prepare, you could get a grown up to film you preparing the snack and talking about what you are doing, almost like your own mini cooking show.

P2 – As above but you could also write down the recipe/instructions for somebody to follow.

Learning Intention: I am learning to prepare and cook food.

Success Criteria:

• I can follow a recipe.
• I can chop, peel and spread.
• I can be safe in the kitchen.

IDL

• P1: Mickey has asked for your help to design a new ride for Disney Land! You could draw your ride, video yourself describing it, or build it out of blocks, recycling etc. Have a look at the example below for some inspiration.
• P2: As above and then you could make a poster to advertise your ride if you wish – remember to include the price, height limit and any safety rules that you have.

Learning Intention: I am learning to design a rollercoaster.

Success Criteria:

• I can plan my design.
• I can think about how to make the ride interesting.
• I can think about safety features.

That’s all for today boys and girls, I hope you are enjoying our virtual trip to Disney. I will be back here tomorrow with some more activities for you all.

Mrs Stevenson

 

 

 

 

Good morning class!  We are on our last week and I am excited to share with you all the fun learning we will be doing for the rest of the week.  Let’s start the day with some exercise as usual.  Then at 9.30, we will start our second task which is below.  Please read the PowerPoint first then move on to the activity.

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Morning Break

Biography and artist analysis

create a board game

In the afternoon, please choose one or two activities from the grid.  We will be using this  grid for the whole week so please save this in your device.

Creativity-Grid2