Hope you are all working through the tasks from the High School. When you finish each one send it back so they can see the good work you can all do and you get points for your House.
Primary One – Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Good Morning Everyone! I hope you all had a great day yesterday!
You will soon be receiving a new Home Learning Pack so, try to finish off as much as you can from Week 6, 7 and 8 . Some new tasks for you to complete today.
Activity 1 – 
wh sound
L.I. to understand that 2 letters can make 1 sound
S.C. I can say the sound to match the letter shape
S.C. I can blend this sound with other sounds to read words
S.C. I can write this sound
Yesterday I introduced you to the wh sound. Today I would like you to complete 2 
activities from your Home Learning Pack – wh Words Cut and Paste and also Code Breaker wh and th. Below is a clip from Youtube hopefully you will find it helpful.
I would also like you to try playing the “I See Words” game from Educationcity. It will help you to practice recognising some of the tricky words we have learned so far. Remember your Educationcity password is in your jotter. Just login, go to subjects, literacy, then early** and lastly scroll down to “I See Words” Enjoy!
Activity 2 – 
Reading
L.I. to read words and sentences
L.I. to find information in a text
S.C. I can use the pictures in a text as a clue to help me recognise unfamiliar words
S.C. I can use words that I know in a sentences to help me predict what an unfamiliar word could be
I hope you enjoyed reading and sharing your non-fiction book from Oxford Owl.
Today I would like you to answer the questions below. Remember to use part of the question to form your answer.
- Why do the animals in the book have big eyes?
- What does a fox like to hunt?
- Why do some bugs light up at night?
- At dusk what can you often see?
- What animal shape can some of the stars make?
- Challenge Question – What do you think the message of this story was?
Activity 3 – Writing 
L.I. to write an imaginative story
S.C. I can give my story a suitable title
S.C. I can describe what happens in my story
S.C. I can use capital letters, full stops and finger spaces
S.C. I can write at least 2 sentences
S.C. I can draw a picture to go with my story
S.C. I can self assess my writing by reading it to someone
For this writing activity I would like you to firstly go to your home learning pack, writing activities , task for week three. There is a picture of a little girl reaching up to open a magic door. Have a look at the picture and think about why she was there? what was she looking for? how was she feeling? You have a story starter There was a loud bang and to my surprise a door appeared on the garden wall……… You can copy the story starter into your jotter and then continue by describing what happened when she pushed the door opened! I would love to see how you continue the story so please send copies to me via the school email. Enjoy!
Activity 4 – 
Number Talks
L.I. to find a total without having to count each object
L.I. to make 10
S.C. I can show the steps I took to solve a problem
S.C. I can explain why I did it the way I did
S.C. I can check my answers and make sure they are correct
Remember Number Talks are all about how you solve a task mentally. For these activities don’t use anything to help you, just use your brain!
How many dots do you see and how do you see them?
Below – How many dots do you see? how many more to make 10?
Activity 5 – 
L.I. to subtract a 1 digit number within 10
S.C. I can solve a 1 step subtraction problem using concrete materials or pictorial representations
Today I would like you to complete 2 pieces of work from your Home Learning Pack. Turn to Subtracting from 3, 4 and 5 Home Activity 12 and Subtraction Word Problems Home Activity 13. Top Tip – Remember you can cross off the animals you are taking away to stop you counting them twice. You may need someone to help you read the word problems. Enjoy!
Activity 6 – Art and Design
L.I. to use a range of media creatively
S.C. I can use stones, paint and chalk to make painted rock houses
I have noticed when I have been out on my walks little painted houses that have been made by children. I think they look beautiful and make people smile!
Why not have a go and creating your own stone painted house. Some instructions below (might be a good idea to start with an interesting stone shape) Enjoy!
Tomorrow is “Wellness Wednesday” so Mrs Stewart and Mrs Wallace will be posting fun activities for you to try. I will be back on Thursday with more tasks for you. Have a great day!
Deans Den- Tuesday 2nd June
Hope you are all well and ready for another week of fun learning!! Ask your grown up to collect your learning packs from school later this week and you should find a Deans Dens booklet as well!!
We are now in June and officially it’s summer time!! I hope the sun continues to shine!! Thinking about nature, I wonder what we can expect to see in Scotland during this time of year. Ask a grown up to read the powerpoint I have attached and maybe the next time you go on a walk, have a look around and see the wonderful nature that surrounds you!
cfe-s-1432-scotlands-wild-june-powerpoint_ver_6
P5 Tuesday 2nd June
Good Morning everybody. Let’s get energized.Choose the Joe Wicks workout: https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1 or anything else you like.
Smart start –Newsround
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/news/watch_newsround
Then write 3 sentences about what you have learnt.Extension – If you finish check out the rest of the Newsround website or catch up with any other work you need to finish.Chat will go back on about 9:55 to discuss learning.
Numeracy-Money-Choose some of the following activities:
Design a board game involving money. Use your imagination. Try and include some problem solving questions.
Ask a parent if you are allowed to look at a shopping receipt and highlight any items on it that cost less than £1.
List the ways you can keep money safe. What is the safest? Why?
Research breakfast cereals on online shopping sites. Compare the costs of different packets. Which is the best value for money and why?
Research bikes.Find the cost of three different ones. Look at the range of costs, choosing an expensive, a medium –priced and a cheap bike. Which would you buy and why?
After Break
Firstly choose one of the two activities from below to complete for about 30 minutes.
- Finish any unfinished work.
2.Storytime – Listen to David Walliams . The link is live at 11am.Why not lie back and rest your eyes when you listen? – choose which chapters you want to read. https://www.worldofdavidwalliams.com/elevenses-catch-up/
Then – Literacy-Spelling-LI to spell words with common endings (ough)
Look at this ough – different sounds then choose some of the following activities:
- Using a dictionary go on a word hunt and find as many words that end with ough as you can e.g. although. Then write an interesting sentence with each word in it.
3.missing words and sorting activity
Extensions-if you have time you could :
Go to Sumdog spellings, continue to practise the words from last week’s spelling list or write ough words in chalk outside.
If you want to compare your ough words with some examples look at this when you have finished:answers – some examples
After Lunch
Missing drama? Join in with this video https://www.nationaltheatrescotland.com/latest/connect-and-create
Health – resilience alphabet –G is for gratitude
Personal Project (about 30 minutes)
Continue with your research and make notes in your own words, in your jotter. You can use reference books, for example, encyclopedias and atlases, the internet, newspapers and magazines or personal interviews.
Science Practical Activities If you have the equipment and/or maybe someone to help you choose one of the following activities.(Or save them for a rainy day.)
Inertial Eggs (ask before you borrow any eggs)
Floating Paper Clip (simple equipment needed )
Before you go if you enjoyed the TEDED science videos why not try this one-Why does everyone hate pigeons? https://ed.ted.com/best_of_web/QRnJqzQu?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=dailynewsletter&mc_cid=b5245a7945&mc_eid=5754ba87ba
Primary 2 – Tuesday 2nd June 2020
Good morning everyone! Here are some fun learning activities for the day! Remember, you can collect your new packs of work from school tomorrow.
Spelling
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=20c9e
Purple group – https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=20ca1
Pink group – https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=20ca3
Yellow group – https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=20ca6
Blue group – https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=20ca9
Tricky words – https://www.educandy.com/site/resource.php?activity-code=20cab
Numeracy
Today, we are going to practise giving change. We need to give change when we pay too much for an item. For example, if an item costs 60p and we give the shop keeper £1, we should get 40p change. Think about your number bonds when working out the problems! Try each of the questions below and use the hundred square to help you if you need it.
Science
Here is this week’s science experiment! Remember to carry out the experiment safely and with the help of an adult. Send us some pictures of you completing the experiment to wldeans-ps@westlothian.org.uk.
Special Activity
Today’s special activity is to make a set of binoculars! Look through your binoculars and see what you can see!
You will need:
- 2 cardboard tubes (toilet roll tubes would be perfect)
- Paint
- A paintbrush
- Masking tape
- Materials for decoration
Method:
- Paint both of your cardboard tubes any colour that you like.
- Once dry, use masking tape to tape your tubes together.
- Use any extra materials to decorate your binoculars.
- Peer through your binoculars and see what you can see!
Reading
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/?selLanguage=en&mode=hub.
username – deansprimary2 password – missborsbey
Can you find any verbs in your book?
Green group – The ice rink
Purple group – Silver foil rocket
Pink group – The ox and the yak
Yellow group – The dragon balloon
Blue group – The big carrot
Have a great day everyone and enjoy the sunshine! Remember, tomorrow is Wellbeing Wednesday and you can collect your new packs of learning from school. I’ll be back on Thursday!
P5/6 Tuesday 2nd June
When using Teams please try not to click on “Start a new conversation” each time. Please click on “Reply”, as it makes things in there much easier to find. Thanks
Maths: Finish money first and then move onto measure. I think all 4 parts of TJay 2a Chapter 13 (a,b,c and d) are useful. This will help support your work on decimals to 3 places. If you have finished these you could do TJay 2a revision work on decimals: Chapters 5 and 7
| TJay 1b | TJay 2a | TJay 2b | |
| Money | Chapter 7 | Chapter 8 | Chapter 7 |
| Measure | Chapter 15 | Chapter 13a,b,c and d | Chapter 13 |
Spelling activity: choose a list of Fry’s words that is appropriate for yourself. Create a Word document with a table of 2 columns and 25 rows. Write your chosen 25 words in the first column. Using a dictionary, on-line or book, put a definition of the word in the second column next to it. I have created an example to support you if you are not sure how to do this. I have also created a dedicated folder in “Files” for this work. Please include your name as part of the file name to differentiate it from the others. Here is a link https://hotpot.uvic.ca/ to where you can download the program and here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q3pMWXqeqdo is a tutorial on how to use one of the applications in it. I think we could also use it for maths, possibly to help teach some of the children in the lower school, and maybe set some more challenging activities for your classmates. Some of you have successfully published your own – well done! If you haven’t tried these yet, please do, as they can be a fun way to learn.
Spanish / Art activity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlpET4GWzus&feature=youtu.be
I also don’t think anyone has finished “Education City”.
Have you done all of Mrs Lockharts work?
I have reduced the amount of work that I am posting: I am trying to make it more focused. Please let me know any thoughts.
Take care!
P6/7 1st June 2020
Primary 3 – Monday 1st June
Good morning Primary 3! Hope you are all well and had a fun weekend. I can’t believe that is us now in June already!! Remember to look at what you have in your packs to complete. Below are some other tasks you could try too.
Numeracy
We are going to continue to look at Doubling Numbers today. Have a look at these videos, see if you can work along with the lady in the first video and try some of your own examples too using the techniques she uses:
Pick your own numbers to partition like the examples in the second clip:
Literacy
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!
You could also try these games to help you learn and spell new tricky words:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/words-and-spelling
Write a ‘thank you’ letter to the people who collect your rubbish and recycling.
-What could you include in your letter? Can you think of any questions you could ask about recycling or where the rubbish goes? Perhaps you could leave this letter for them the next time they collect your bins – remember to tell them what a good job they are doing and thank them for all their hard work during this difficult time.
Health
Let’s continue our healthy eating work.
- Complete the Healthy Eating I Spy sheet by circling all the healthy foods.
- Then complete your ideal healthy lunch box using the worksheet provided.
- Finally you could set up a healthy eating challenge – lay out a selection of small portions of healthy foods for people in your family to taste (make sure they cover their eyes) and see which ones they guess correctly.
Healthy Eating Lunch Activity – week beg 1st June
IDL
Look at some images of Scotland such as the Grampian Mountains, Loch Ness, thistles etc. Symbols such as thistles are used to represent countries. Find out about different animal species found in Scotland – draw some of these giving some information on each below or around them.
Research the mysterious Loch Ness Monster and write a newspaper report after a ‘sighting’.
Have a lovely day and enjoy the sunshine! Remember to wear sun cream!!!!
Mrs Hillan
Primary One – Monday 1st June 2020
Good Morning everyone I hope you all had a fantastic weekend and have been enjoying this amazing sunny weather! Welcome to the brand new month of June. We have now moved from Spring into Summer!
Well it’s the beginning of another busy week of learning. So lets get started- some tasks for you to complete.
Activity 1 New Sound wh
L.I. to understand that 2 letters can make 1 sound
S.C. I can say the sound to match the letter shape
S.C. I can blend this sound with other sounds to read words
S.C. I can write this sound
wh is a loud red lip sound. wh words often sound like w words when they are at the beginning of a word. Try blending these sounds together to make wh words.
wh – ee – l wh – i – p wh – i – s – k wh -i -s – p – e – r
A number of words with the wh sound at the beginning are questioning words. Have a go at blending these sounds together to make words.
wh – a – t wh – i – ch wh – e – n wh – e – r -e
Can you create a sentence for each of the wh questioning words? For example- What is your favourite season of the year? (remember when you are asking a question you always need to end the sentence with a question mark)
Now practice writing the wh sound in your jotter. When you have completed your handwriting practice try Find and Write the “wh” Words from your learning pack.
Activity 2 – Reading 
L.I. to read and find information
S.C. I can use the pictures in the book as a clue to help me with unfamiliar words
S.C. I can read words I know in a sentence to help me predict what an unfamiliar word could be
S.C. I can choose the correct word to complete the sentence
For today’s book (non-fiction) I would like you to go to www.Oxfordowl.co.uk, My class login (password – deansprimary1, username- reading),e-books, mybookshelf, ages 5-6,scroll down to Fun at Night.
Enjoy sharing the story with someone at home then discuss and answer the questions on page 14. Enjoy!
Activity 3 – Numeracy 
Number Talks
L.I. to recognise a pattern
L.I. to make 10
S.C. I can show the steps I took to solve a problem
S.C. I can explain why I did it the way I did
S.C. I can check my answers and make sure my answer is correct
Remember Number Talks are all about how to solve a task mentally, so for the activities below just use your brain!
Two numbers talks today the first one – How many dots are there and how do you see them?
The second one is a little bit different – the question (for each ten frame) is how many dots do you see and how many more to make 10?
Can you explain the strategy you used? For example, I may say “I see 4 dots and I already know that 4 and 6 make 10, so I would need 6 more dots to fill the 10 frame.
Activity 4 – Numeracy – 
L.I. to count back from a given number
S.C. I can use concrete materials to “take away” from a number or a collection
S.C. I can use a number line to “jump back”
For the rest of this week we are going to focus on subtraction or “take away”. You can use concrete materials, or a number line to help support your thinking. I would like you to complete Subtracting 1 and 2 Home Activity 11 from you Home Learning Pack. You may also like to play Sten’s Party Count back from 10 which is on Educationcity (remember your password in inside your jotter) Enjoy!
Activity 5- Health and Well being 
Relationships
L.I. to explore different relationships
S.C. I can recongise qualities that I have as a person and a friend
I would like you to think about different ways that you could give someone encouragement for example, you may say they are a great footballer player, a fantastic singer, good at writing etc. Receiving praise helps us to feel good about ourselves and it is also important to be able to praise ourselves and recognise our own qualities. I would like you to think about all the things you do that make you feel proud and then complete I am incredible because …………….. sheet from your Learning Pack.
Do you remember this song, have a listen and share it with someone at home.
Have a great day! More activities tomorrow.
Primary 2 – Monday 1st June 2020
Good Morning Primary 2! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend enjoying the sun! You can collect your new packs of learning from school on Wednesday.
Reading
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/?selLanguage=en&mode=hub.
username – deansprimary2 password – missborsbey
Can you identify the beginning, middle and end of the story?
Green group – The ice rink
Purple group – Silver foil rocket
Pink group – The ox and the yak
Yellow group – The dragon balloon
Blue group – The big carrot
Maths
We are going to revise what we know about measurement. First, we are going to look at lighter and heavier. For each bullet point below, I would like you to decide which object is lighter and which object is heavier.
- A shoe and a car
- A car and a house
- A bottle and a laptop
- A cow and an ant
- A remote and a feather
Next, we are going to look at taller and shorter. Again, look at the bullet points below and decide which object is taller and which object is shorter.
- A giraffe and a dog
- A house and a rocket
- A sofa and a house
- A book and a pencil
- A knife and a fork
Try out this game to practise your measuring skills! https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/measuring-in-cm
Months of the Year
Let’s practise the months of the year! Watch the song below and then answer the questions.
- What month is 3 months after July?
- What month is before December?
- What month is 2 months before April?
- My Dad’s birthday is 6 months after February. What month is his birthday?
- What month is Christmas in?
- What month is 12 months after September?
Special Activity
Today is Dinosaur day! I’m sure you all remember that we completed a fantastic topic just before Christmas all about Dinosaurs. Today, we are going to do some Dinosaur activities! Work through the activities below and see what you can remember about Dinosaurs!
Have a great day!
