June 3, 2020
by Miss Gorman
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#BlackoutTuesday

Hello boys and girls,

You may have heard the mention of ‘Blackout Tuesday’ yesterday, or if you’ve been watching the news you will have no doubt heard about the ‘Black Lives Matter’ (BLM) movement and the ongoing protests in America.

Blackout Tuesday: What is it and how are people taking part? https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/52893017

It is important to remember that this is an important worldwide issue and we must always make a conscious effort to support and uplift others by doing anything we can. As well as this we must always be making an active effort to overcome bigotry, prejudice and racist behaviour.

I’ve created 2 optional tasks, which I would love for you to try, but I ask that you put your best effort into them.

TASK 1
Make a poster for the Black Lives Matter movement.

TASK 2
Research BLM, racism or an important figure/leader who has advocated for anti-racism of any kind. You can create a poster, fact file, PowerPoint, Sway or video to present the information you have.
Some influential figures include: Martin Luther King Jr; Rosa Parks; Phillis Wheatley; and Barack Obama.

Please upload into your personal folders or feel free to share here or on Twitter @HarrysmuirPS

June 3, 2020
by Mrs Duff
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🃏🎲P2 Maths Game – 21s🎲🃏

Hello Primary 2! How are you?🤔

A bit cloudy today🌦but on the good side, the plants are not so thirsty – yeh!🌱🥀🌷

Here’s a video of me explaining (or trying to!) the card game “21s” as mentioned on this week’s Maths Learning Grid. I was just thinking, if you don’t have cards🃏, you can use dice instead or for a change🎲.

Have fun!😊

Love from Mrs Duff🐘

June 3, 2020
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Find the Worm Brainteaser

Wednesday 3rd June 2020

Here are the answers from yesterday’s quiz. How many Scots words did you get right?

Mawkit (filthy), eicht (eight), fower (four), muckle (large), dreich (dull), glaikit (stupid), bide (stay), clarty (dirty), bairn (child), cludgie (toilet), wheesht (quiet), wabbit (unwell), bahookie (bum).

I have a brainteaser for you for today’s challenge. Can you find the worm in amongst the flock of birds? Apparently it takes on average 30 seconds to find it. Can you do it quicker than this ? (I’ll post the answer in tomorrow’s challenge)

June 2, 2020
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P1M 2nd June 2020

Thank you LM for sharing your story with me! It sounds like you all had a great time. 😃😃😃😃😃💞💞💞💞💞

I hope you all had fun at the weekend when you were finally allowed to see some more people in your family! ❤

Does anyone else have anything they would like to share? I would love to hear from you. 😊

June 2, 2020
by Miss Suen
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Day 2🌿

Good Morning

It is Day 2 of 30 Days Wild. This is your random act of Wildness today !

One of my favorite thing to do! Have Fun !

June 2, 2020
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I Want Oot

Tuesday 2nd June 2020

Here is a poem by Matthew Fitt that pretty much sums up how most of us are feeling at the moment. You’ve probably already realised that it’s written in the Scots language. Can you work out what the following words mean: mawkit, eicht, fower ?

I want oot. It isnae fair.
Stey in the hoose? I dinnae care.
Ma hame’s oot there
In the fields, in the park
Trailin back mawkit lang efter dark,
No stuck here forever daein stupit hame wark.
I’m eicht, ma sister’s fower.
We’ve nae fun, nae joy, nae richts, nae power.
When, can somebody tell me, when will aw this be ower?

Here are some other Scots words…can you find out what they mean? (Just answer by commenting on this post.)

Muckle
Dreich
Glaikit
Bide
Clarty
Bairn
Cludgie
Wheesht
Wabbit
Bahookie

June 1, 2020
by Miss Suen
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Oh Mr Sun🌞 Sun🌞 Mr Golden Sun!🌞

👋 Hello Primary 1 and Primary 2/1. Yet another sunny day with a blue blue sky !!!!

Hopefully some of you had an amazing weekend and had the chance to see your grandparents 👨‍👩‍👦‍👦or cousins 👪 or other family members👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 that do not live in the same house as you. 😊

Looking forward to hear 👂from some of you and know what you have been up! Why don’t you write📝about your weekend and draw a lovely picture with it! Send it to us so we can share your happiness.

📧 : wlharrysmuir-ps-primary1@westlothian.org.uk

Here is what i did last weekend:

On Saturday i went on a walk and saw a snake🐍? a crocodile🐊? a lizard🦎? (What do you think it looks like)

I followed the path and saw some of my favorite animals🐂🐄!

On Sunday, i did something super exciting! As most of you know Ms Suen’s mummy 👵and daddy 👴live far far away🌏, so i decided to call them this weekend and we spent some time on a 💻video call outside⛱! They were very jealous that we have such lovely weather!

Can’t wait to hear about your weekend!🤗

Every year in June, the Wildlife Trust organise nature challenges called 30 Days Wild. The Primary 3 boys and girls from the past 2 years have enjoyed the challenges.

This is the first challenge! 🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁

Here’s the link to their website if you would like more information:

https://www.wildlifetrusts.org/30-days-wild-homeschooling

The following are the 30 Days Wild booklet and some activities you can try this week!

3 0 Days Wild

Design a bird 🐦🦜🕊🦉🐥

Make your own bird’s nest

Ms Suen is typing a super long post today ! Here is the story today.

Commotion in the Ocean by Giles Andreae and David Wojtowycz

ENJOY the story! Maybe you can draw a picture of the under sea world and see how may sea creature you can remember! 🐋🐳🐬🦈🐠🐟🐡🐙🦑🦐🦞🦀🐚

🦄This is the last thing of this post!🦄

Just in case you’ve missed the learning grids for the next two weeks. Here is the link to Mrs Meek’s post. You will see a lot of activity sheets. Don’t worry you don’t have to complete all of them! Just give it a go and do what you can !

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/wl/harrysmuirps/2020/05/29/p1-and-p2-1-week-beginning-1st-june/

Remember to go on Sumdog to take part in the Maths challenges too. If you want to practise your spelling and sounds, go visit Reading wise. If you want to read some books, go visit Oxford Owls (My Class Login)!

Drop us an email if you have trouble logging into any of the website or loading any of the activities.

wlharrysmuir-ps-primary1@westlothian.org.uk

June 1, 2020
by Mrs Duff
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🎈P2D Happy Birthday🎈

Hello P2D! I hope you are all well. I am so missing all of your news and your shares.😥

We’re also missing everybody’s birthday news. It was TT’s birthday yesterday. So let’s sing along together: un, deux, trois

🎵Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you

Happy Birthday dear T, Happy Birthday to you🎵

I hope you had a lovely day T 🎁🎂. Remember, you can let me know if there is a birthday story you want me to read.📚

If anybody has a story they would like read, let me know via this Blog or the P2 email: wlharrysmuir-ps-primary2@westlothian.org.uk and I’ll see what I can do.😊

Take care P2D.

Love from Mrs Duff.

June 1, 2020
by Mrs Duff
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P2 Learning Grids 01.06.20🙂

Hello Primary 2! Happy Monday! Can you believe this is the first day of June?😯

We hope you had a lovely weekend. Did any of you meet up with family outside? It was great the weather was so good (il faisait beau🌞🌞) to allow us to do that in a relaxed way. I hope you remembered to stay 2m away.

Here are the learning grids for this week. Do them at your pace and just do your best.🙂

Remember you can always contact us with any questions or to show us you work on the new P2 email address:

wlharrysmuir-ps-primary2@westlothian.org.uk

Take care,

Mrs Kohler and Mrs Duff

2020_06_01 P2 LITERACY GRID

2020_06_01 P2 MATHS GRID

01_06_2020 TRIANGLES AND SQUARES WORKSHEET

01_06_20 P2 SHAPE 01_06_20

P2 Data Handling

01_06_20 P2 Time Worksheet

June 1, 2020
by Miss Gorman
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NASA and the International Space Station

Did anyone manage to see the Launch of SpaceX over the weekend or see it pass over Scotland? If not, here’s a clip of the launch to watch.

Does anyone know who the third “astronaut” to accompany Doug Hurley and Robert Behnken was?

Here are some challenges and a ‘virtual field trip’ which will help extend your knowledge of NASA and the International Space Station. Let me know how you get on!