A massive well done to our Primary 7 pupils who competed in this year’s Scottish Maths Challenge. I had the privilege of making some lovely phone calls today to congratulate the prize winners. We have 1 x bronze prize winner, 2 x silver prize winners and 1 x gold prize winner! A massive congratulations to all the winners and well done to everyone who entered – we are so very proud of you all!!
Can you beat Mrs Ferguson’s score? I will be trying this afternoon and will aiming to beat her score.
Welcome to Week 2 of Sports Day Training. The focus this week is 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
Welcome back we hope you had a nice long weekend. Here is the Home Learning grid for this week. Your teacher will be available on Teams if you need any help or have any questions so remember to check in.
Home Learning Grid 04.05.20 Short Week
Mrs Stewart/ Mrs Lewis
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
Primary PE Challenge Day 4
Today's challenge is courtesy of @PEwithMrMillar.
You will need as many toilet rolls as you can get your hands on and a timer.
How high can you stack your toilet rolls in one minute using only your feet?!#WLHWBathome #flexibility #coordination pic.twitter.com/xXXiV97hnr
— West Lothian Primary PE Network (@WLPENetwork) April 29, 2020
The Primary PE Specialists have started a ‘Daily Challenge’ that will be posted on Twitter every weekday morning. These are suitable for the whole family and are great fun. The link below will take you to the Twitter page.
West Lothian Primary PE Network Twitter
Good luck!
Mr Millar
Good morning,
Today is the start of our Athletics block in PE. Over the next 5 weeks, we will be practising different events for our Sports Day which will be held during the first week in June. Even if we aren’t back in school for that week, we will have a Virtual Sports Day! More information about Sports Day will be released closer to June.
This week’s Athletics is all based on the Long Jump. This worksheet has the key points for a successful long jump, a link to a long jump video and 6 activities to develop your strength and jumping. Make sure that you don’t just try everything once, spend time practising each day so that you are ready for Sports Day.
Remember to be active for at least 60 minutes a day.
Here are some ideas to keep you active.
Remember at least 60 minutes of activity a day!
If you would like to complete the throwing and catching videos just click on the links below.
You are doing an awesome job in PE. Keep it going!
Mr. Millar
