Well done to anyone that completed the ‘Dab’ Challenge and congratulations if you were able to beat my score.
The next challenge is the ‘Touch your toes’ challenge from Throwing and Catching Grid 1 .
Good luck!
Mr. Millar
NURSERY – Learning at Home is Fun
A big Hello to all our families, we are hoping that you are all well and keeping safe at home.
Some more idea’s to try with your little ones….
We’re going on a Bear Hunt
So many children in our Nursery know and love this story so why not change it into a game for your daily walks during social distancing. L.1. Moves at different speeds – slowly, steadily and quickly. Please put a teddy at your window for the local kids to spot whilst out on their walks. It will bring some excitement and happiness at this strange difficult time. You can share the story with your child or access online by clicking here. L.1. Engages with stories and texts in different ways.
There is a West Lothian Facebook page dedicated to this, where you can join and share your photos of your walks. Look it up and share with your friends. Find out more by clicking here.
If you have a printer at home why not print off this certificate to give to your child after your bear hunt. L.1. Celebrates, values and uses achievements to build next steps.
You can find the above certificate here.
You can continue the Bear theme by providing your child with a blanket, dishes and real food so they can invite their bears/cuddly toys to a teddy bears picnic!
L.1. Invents own stories and characters to share with others in play, imaginative and real contexts.
Encourage your child to practise their counting by playing ‘hide and seek’ with their bears/cuddly toys. You could hide their bears around the house or garden and ask your child to count forwards or backwards to a challenging number and then find all the bears. L.1. Recalls the number sequence forwards and backwards within the range 0-30.
Remember you can also have a look at West Lothian Early Years Blog for more ideas by clicking here.
Have fun and stay safe!
Autism Awareness Week
Hi to all our families at East Calder!
This week is Autism Awareness Week. Autistic learners may find coping with the uncertainty and significant changes to their routines particularly challenging at this time. However, it is also completely normal for children without Autism to be finding it difficult to cope with the great changes to their routines at this time. Education Scotland have a large range of resources from their Autism Toolbox to support families during this time. I hope this link can help support you and your family at this time http://ow.ly/ZRG650yZwL0
Take care,
Miss Baldacci (Principal Teacher).
Throwing and Catching Challenge – Can you beat Mr Millar?
Hello,
Can you beat Mr. Millar’s final score for the ‘Throw, Dab and Catch’ Challenge?
Click on the link below to find out how he got on.
Mr. Millar’s ‘Throw, Dab and Catch’ attempt
More challenges can be found on the Throwing and Catching Challenge Grid.
Good luck!
Mr. Millar
Science – International Space Station
Hello everyone!
One of the tasks you all had on your science grids was to go outside when it was dark and see if you could spot any stars or planets. If you time it well then you can also see the International Space Station flying over your head. I was lucky enough to spot it on Saturday night at around 8:30pm. I managed to take a video to share with you all. See if you can spot it! There are still opportunities for you to spot it yourself too, check the website at spotthestation.nasa.gov to see times of when it will be passing over where you live.
Happy star gazing!
Mrs Beattie
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Neighbourhood Window Walk
Hi Everyone!
I hope you and your families are well and keeping safe. I know that many of you have done a fantastic job creating rainbows for your windows (to spread a little happiness throughout your community). I have attached a further list of fun ideas you might want to get involved in. It is flowers just now and soon it will be posting jokes to make people laugh!
Take care,
Miss Baldacci (Principal Teacher).
Primary 1
Ms Boyes, Mrs Forbes, Mrs Grieve and Mrs Murdoch all hope you are all trying hard with your learning and keeping busy. Here is your home learning grid for this week (30/3/20). You will already have a paper copy of this in your folder.
To help your reading, here are the first 30 tricky words.
You know some of these tricky words already, we wonder how many you will know when we see you next! We’ll add more after the break.
P3/2C and P3R Home learning grids
Just to remind you all that you can find this week’s home learning grid for 30/3/20 here.
You should have a paper copy in your folder.
If there are any tasks you are unsure of just try instead to keep up with your multiplication tables and any kind of reading.
Have a look at Sumdog and you should be able to try the Spelling and Grammar activities now.
We hope you and your families are all healthy and safe .
Keep trying your best and remember to enjoy some exercise and fun time too!
Miss Cameron and Mrs Robertson
Throwing and Catching
Hello ECPS! It is great that you have been so physically active over the past week. It is important that we continue to work on our hand-eye co-ordination as well as staying fit.
Here is ‘Throwing and Catching Grid 1’
It has 9 challenges starting at very easy but they quickly get harder! This Grid is suitable for early, first and second level as it has 4 stages of difficulty.
Please encourage learners to watch the ball and catch the ball below their head.
I want to know if you can beat me in the timed minute challenges, so check back for some my scores tomorrow.
Mr Millar
P2M and P2W Home Learning Grid 30.3.2020
Good Morning P2M and P2W,
Here is your home learning grid for this week (30/3/20). You will already have a paper copy of this in the folder that was sent home.
We hope you are all trying your best and keeping yourselves busy! Remember to keep yourself and your family safe by listening to the advice given. Make sure you are taking brain breaks and making use of your time outside in the sun. We hope you are all safe, healthy and having lots of fun.
Stay safe and stay home.
Miss Walkingshaw and Miss Marra
