Category: Primary 1

The Great Science Share – Week 2

How did you get on last week? Did you get a chance to listen to and identify the birds around you?

I’ve been trying to talk to the wood pigeon that sits on my roof – coo – COO – coo – coo – coo – coo, (yes I think being at home is making me slightly coo – coo.)

This week we are celebrating the 200th birthday of The Royal Astronomical Society which should inspire you to think about space, the universe, stars and planets.  What are the questions you want to investigate this week?

How is a meteorite formed?

Will we ever be able to live on other planets?

What would a world without gravity be like?

What did the Hubble Space Telescope see on your birthday?

Can you make a rocket at home?

Is there something else you would like to investigate or make?

 

Share your investigations with me on your Teams page or email them into school. You can write, draw, take pictures of what you have done, make a poster, anything you like.

Have a look on The Great Science Share website if you’d like some other ideas and resources:

https://www.greatscienceshare.org/getinvolved2020#weekly-themes-2020-wk2

Have fun stargazers!

Mrs Beattie

PE Home Learning – Underarm Throwing

Good morning everyone,

Our Sports Day training this week is all about the Underarm Throw. Between now and Friday complete the 6 different activities on the grid as well as getting 60 minutes of exercise each day.

Underarm throwing

More information about our Sports Day will be released soon!

Mr. Millar

Collins Big Cat Reading

Collins Big Cat Reading

We are delighted that we now have access to Collins Big Cat Reading scheme.

Reading is so important to your child’s development. We would encourage everyone to try read a little every day, especially if you are finding it a challenge to get your child to complete work at home.

This is a whole school reading programme that provides support for primary reading.

Our pupils will be able to access hundreds of high quality fiction and non- fiction banded books by award- winning authors and illustrators.

There are also activities at the end of each book and resources for you to try if you wish.

Each book is read aloud but if your child would prefer to read by themselves click on the pause button.

Your child’s teacher will advise a colour of level for your child to start reading.

Please adapt this if necessary to suit your own child’s reading ability.

This is the link or Google Collins Big Cat Reading

https://collins.co.uk/pages/big-cat-ebooks

Go to Collins Connect and click on the Teacher portal and enter:

Username: parents@harpercollins.co.uk

Password: Parents20!

and click Login.

Happy reading everyone!

 

 

PE – Overarm throwing

Welcome to Week 2 of Sports Day Training. The focus this week is Overarm throwing.

Overarm throwing

Make sure that you have enough space to practise safely. You can follow the West Lothian PE team or I on Twitter to see our daily challenges and different activity ideas.

Mr Millar: @PEwithMrMillar

West lothian PE team: @WLPENetwork

Primary 1

We hope you had a lovely long weekend.  All the teachers are so happy to see the pictures you are sending in, both of you and your amazing work!  Well done.

Here is this week’s Home Learning grid and an activity page that goes with it.

P1 Home Learning Grid 6.5.20

how-much-money-is-in-my-jar

We have included a reading activity this week.  Please see below for a copy of the information that was previously sent out.

Collins Big Cat Reading

 

The Great Science Share – Week 1

Good Morning everyone!

This term we are going to take part in The Great Science Share for Schools which will hopefully inspire you to think about and talk about science. Each week there will be a new theme to focus on with investigations for you to get involved in, as well as a ‘Question Maker’ to help you think of creative ways to ask great questions. You can print this off or just create your own!

You can then share your scientific questions and investigations with me either through your class Teams page, or by emailing your completed investigation into school. You can create a poster, write about it, draw it, take photos, or anything else you want to do to share your findings.

The theme this week is ‘International Dawn Chorus Day’ where you are encouraged to get up early and listen to the birds singing in the morning. I’ve certainly heard and spotted many more birds around than normal! I also managed to make a homemade bird feeder out of a recycled plastic bottle which you could also try (although my one was quickly destroyed by a squirrel).

You can think about what time of day do you see the most birds? What types of birds can you see near you? Can you identify any the birds you see or hear? Can you see and hear different birds on a walk than you do at home?

Below is a link to the Great Science Share page which gives you some ideas for your investigation (You also get a sneak peek at the themes for the coming weeks ahead – ssshhh)

Have fun bird spotters!

Mrs Beattie

https://www.greatscienceshare.org/getinvolved2020#weekly-themes-20

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