Good luck beating this challenge which was set by Olympian Lynne Beattie!
Day 17
Today our challenge is set by @Beats_10 who captained the TeamGB volleyball team at the London Olympics. Lynne also competed for Team Scotland in the inaugural women's beach volleyball tournament at the 2018 Commonwealth Games. @COUTTS_BEATSBVB đđ´ó §ó ˘ó łó Łó ´ó żđŹđ§đ pic.twitter.com/zHXi6DQxZ3
— West Lothian Primary PE Network (@WLPENetwork) May 21, 2020
Good afternoon Everyone
Here are some suggested activities to give a try.
Sock Puppets â Create your own sock puppet and make your own characters and stories up. What will your puppets look like?, what will their story be? We would love to see them on your Learning Journal. L.I I can use my imagination to create my own characters and stories.
Skittle Rainbow â Do you like skittles? You could give this experiment a try?, What pattern will you make? Follow Chloeâs instructions to try this âI put skittles all around the plate and then put water in the middle. I waited and watched until the rainbow grew. I ate the sweeties after, they were yummy!â L.I I can experiment with various items and can explain the changes that happen and why. I can create and follow on a simple pattern.
Music â In nursery we love to sing, if you would like to learn some new songs please click on this link.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLT03GmRKx8cvWbgX71Igz9HntNX-EC2eg
Remember you can also have a look at http://blogs.glowscotland.org,uk/wl/snonursery for more ideas.
Take care
EC Nursery Team
Hello everyone,
You may have noticed the listening and talking tasks for this week’s grid were not attached with the other learning activities. Here is a copy of the tasks you will need for this week. They focus on looking at the person who is talking. Enjoy.
Thank you for your continued support.
Miss Marra and Miss Walkinghsaw
Day 16!
Today's challenges is from @SarahInglis5 who this year ran the 3rd fastest half marathon of all time in đ´ó §ó ˘ó łó Łó ´ó ż. Miss Inglis is a Scottish 1500m champion & selected for the GB team for the world half marathon championships in October! Now looking to qualify for Tokyo Olympics pic.twitter.com/1ONUQBNPPG
— West Lothian Primary PE Network (@WLPENetwork) May 20, 2020
Hello Everyone,
We hope you enjoyed a long weekend and had fun at home.
Whilst the Nursery has been closed our cleaners have been busy steam cleaning and helping to prepare a safe environment for the children to return to when the time is right. We are very grateful for all their hard work behind the scenes.
The Nursery Team are continuing to enjoy reading and replying to Home Learning posts in your childâs learning journals, thank you for taking the time to do this.
Bookbug
Bookbug is celebrating 10 years this week. Between 18-24 May there are special activities you can share with your children. Full details have been posted separately on our Blog and you can access Bookbugs here
L.1. I enjoy exploring events and characters in stories and other texts, sharing my thoughts in different ways.
Hot and Cold
Some of the nursery children have been exploring hot and cold at home and experimenting with hot and cold liquids, this is a great science activity to try. Step 1: Send your child on a hot and cold hunt around the house, looking for items that are hot or cold. Step 2: Use red and blue food colouring to colour water, blue to represent cold and red to represent hot. Make ice cubes from the blue water and place them in a bowl of hot red water. What happens to the blue ice cubes? Do they float or sink? Does the water change colour? Encourage your child to discuss the changes they see and why they think this is happening. L.1. By investigating how water can change from one form to another, I can relate my findings to everyday experiences.
Junk Modelling
Another great activity enjoyed by nursery children at home. This fantastic robot model was inspired by the story âOne Button Bennyâ. Provide your child with different sized boxes and junk with sellotape/glue and pens/paint to create a character from a favourite book you enjoy reading together.  L.1. I enjoy investigating objects and shapes and can sort, describe and be creative with them.
Please share photos of any Home Learning in your childâs Learning Journal and with your permission we can hopefully share on our Blog.
Some other suggested activities to try
Cress Heads
Use egg shells to grow cress and turn them into cress heads. Step 1: use an egg box to hold empty egg shells Step 2:Â Gently draw faces on the shells; be careful not to break them! Step 3: Place damp cotton wool into the shells and sprinkle a few cress seeds on top. Step 4: Watch the cress hair grow, remembering to add drops of water when required and place them in a sunny position. L.1.I have helped to grow plants and can name their basic parts. I can talk about how they grow and what I need to do to look after them.
Remember you can also have a look at http://blogs.glowscotland.org,uk/wl/snonursery for more ideas.
Be kind to yourself and take care.
EC Nursery Team
Bookbug Week is 10
We hope you’ve all had a chance to watch the very special message the First Minister recorded for us (earlier this year before Covid-19). We are celebrating 10 years of the programme on our website too so please have a look – highlights include an article from our own Head of Early Years, Catriona Wallace, reflecting on 10 years of Bookbug, a film of Debi Gliori talking about how she created Bookbug, as well as a catalogue of all the books that have been in the Bookbug Bags over the last decade – see how many of them you’ve read!
We’d just like to say a huge thank you to you all for everything you have done to make Bookbug the success it is, and for all the joy and support you have brought to families over the last 10 years.
Bookbug Week 18-24 May
We hope you will join us in celebrating Bookbug Week all next week online and on our social media. Here’s an overview of our main content again. Please do share this with your families and take part yourselves! We’d also love to hear about anything you are doing to celebrate in your own areas, so please tag or share with us on social media.
¡         All week long we’ll also have a special competition on our website, and will be asking on social media for your memories of your Bookbug Bags and Bookbug Sessions with your wee ones. We’d also love to see any cards your little ones make for Bookbug – take a photo and share it with us!
Day 15 – It's a TAKEOVER!
Your next challenge comes from @keagsojac7 of @LiviFCOfficial.
You will need 5 pairs of rolled up socks, a helper & a target 5 steps away.
Have your helper throw you the "balls" 1 at a team, control the ball in the air & then kick into your target. pic.twitter.com/9gIFLEQoy9
— West Lothian Primary PE Network (@WLPENetwork) May 19, 2020
Good morning everyone! We hope you had a lovely long weekend and had lots of fun at home. Here is our home learning grid for this week. Please see the attached activities including new Spelling words for each group. You have magic e or CVC words.
You will find that the name of each group in P2M and P2W are included; for example, Crocodiles in P2W and Lions in P2M have the same words. When we teach magic e we explain to the children that the “e” at the end of the word makes the vowel in the word say its name.
There are also a few pencil activities attached for your child to work on if they wish. If you have any questions or queries, feel free to email via the school office. Apologies for the slight delay this morning. The blog decided it was going to be very slow when uploading all the documents.
Thank you for your continued support.
Miss Marra and Miss Walkingshaw
Quarter past and Quarter to Analogue
The Great School Science Share â Week 3
What did you investigate last week? Did anyone get a chance to go out and see the green-tinged Comet Swan with its 11 million mile long tail? It could get brighter by the end of the month and your best chance of seeing it is just before dawn â so get up early!
This week I want you to go on a Nature Scavenger Hunt!
Can you go on a mini-beast hunt? What types of mini-beasts can you find? Where do they like to live? Count how many different species you can find.
Go for a leaf walk â how many different types of trees are there around you? Can you create a nature picture using the leaves you found?
What animals do you have that come into your garden? Can you make a hedgehog house?
Can you go on a spider safari in your house or in the garden? Can you identify the different types of spider?
Make sure you are careful and gentle with any living creatures you find. If you disturb their home make sure to replace it carefully once you have had a look.
Remember to upload any of your findings to Teams and tag me in them, or send in an email to school.
Happy hunting!
Mrs Beattie
These are the hedgehogs from my garden!
Good morning everyone,
I hope you had a good long weekend! This week is focused on the Speed Bounce.
There are 6 activities that will develop your bouncing, speed, jumping and rebounding.
Remember to also get your 60 minutes of activity each day – I have been doing this by running, walking and cycling!
Mr. Millar
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