Good morning P 3!

Are you ready to be Sonic Explorers again?

A couple of weeks ago I asked you to explore the sounds of your garden but today I want you to use your musical imagination to explore further away from home!

One of my favourite places to visit is the beach and I’m sure lots of you do too! I want you to think of sounds you might hear on the beach and what instruments you would choose to make those sounds. I would love to see a sound picture of your beach with some instruments in it! If you don’t want to use instruments you can find sounds at home to help. I like the crunchy sound cornflakes make when you shake the packet! It sounds a bit like walking on sand. If you can find some empty,  clean plastic bottles you can try filling them with different materials for different sounds. Try rice or pasta or of course water! You could even try to make a water bottle organ but make sure you ask an adult first!

                               Make a Water Organ

You will need:

• 4–10 clear glass bottles, same size
• Water
• Food colouring
• Metal or wooden spoon

Instructions

1. Fill each bottle with water of varying amounts, until different pitches can be heard.
2. Add a different food colouring to each bottle to identify the ‘notes’.
3. Hit with a metal or wooden spoon and listen to the different pitches!

After you have made your water organ, line the bottles up in order by water volume (most water on the left, least water on the right).

Play the water organ by gently hitting each bottle with a metal or wooden spoon/stick. Use the instrument to explore pitch (high/low sounds) and dynamics (loud and quiet).

I am sending you the link to Sonic Explorer but watch out because she meets something unexpected on her travels!

Click here for Sonic Explorers

Good morning P 1 and P2/1                

I see that you have been thinking about all the bears appearing in the windows just now. It’s good fun hunting for them when you are out and about and I’ve spotted quite a few!

It reminds me of the story called “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt”

Do you know that story? It is a bit like a song because there is lots of rhythm and rhyme in it. In the story there are lots of places to get through on the hunt and I wonder what instruments or sounds you would choose for them? They are

the long swishy grass                           the bumpy forest

the rushing water                                  the wild snowstorm

the squelchy mud                                 the quiet cave

If you don’t remember the instruments here are some ideas for sounds at home!

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Let me know what sounds you would choose and don’t forget the big fright at the end when the bear is found!

Happy hunting!

Thanks for those of you who sent me some pictures of your work yesterday. Below are some great pieces about One Button Benny. I look forward to seeing some more today.

A note for you about Sumdog. The activities we published on there are a guide and we are trying to cover a range of interests and abilities. You can choose which ones you feel are most suitable for you.

Yesterday, I had a go at the sock challenge I posted a couple of weeks ago. I think I changed the rules a little. I would love to find out how long it takes you. I placed the washing basket 4 large (adult) steps away. Remember adults need to do 10 pairs of socks and children 5. Younger ones could do it with the socks already paired up. Here’s my attempt. Enjoy!

PS The child laughing at me is Charlotte, and, yes,  I have grounded her as a consequence!

Good Morning Primary 1!                                                   

We have been so lucky with this weather and I hope the sun keeps shining on you. 

Now, this morning we are learning about pictograms. A pictogram is a chart that uses pictures to represent data. Pictograms are set out in the same way as bar charts, but instead of bars they use columns of pictures to show the numbers involved. It makes it easy for you to count each line.

Click on the link below to watch a clip about pictorams:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zg4d2hv

Now, I have made a short lesson explaining what I want you to do. I have made lots of pictograms from the things I have in my house and when I was out a walk. I would love to see some photos of pictograms you make. Please remember that these do not have to be made on a computer or even drawn on paper. Use objects to make them, be creative. I have just made lots of different ones to give you examples.

To consolidate your learning Topmarks has lots of great games you can play. Try pictograms, pictographs game, fishing and interpreting data. Most importantly have fun!

I miss seeing all of you and hearing all your stories. We are asking that you contact your teacher at least once a week to say hello and let us know that you are safe and well. If you would like to add work to that e-mail then that would be amazing. Remember to do what you can and whatever that is you are doing great!

Stay safe Primary 1            

Good morning! I hope you are all well.

I wonder if you could help us by completing the survey on school meals at the link below?

https://www.esurveycreator.com/s/890ff1b

Thank you, and have a good day!

Mrs Webster

Good morning, everyone!

Thank you to everyone who has emailed me over the past week.  It is always great to read and see what you have been doing at home with your families.  If you haven’t emailed me yet, please try to email today and let me know what you have been doing at home.

Although it was a little cooler yesterday, I hope you still managed to get outside to play, walk or cycle.  I wonder how many of you prefer to  go for a cycle and how many of you prefer to go for a walk?  You could draw a picture of which one you like the best and email it to me.  That’s quite tricky for me to decide as I love to walk and to cycle so I would have to draw a picture of me walking along the river path and a picture of me cycling along the river path!

We are learning the    qu   sound in our phonics this week.  Here is Geraldine the Giraffe to help you with this sound.

Remember there is a 2D Shape blog this week with links to help you learn about all the shapes.

I received an email yesterday with a super picture made from 2Dshapes.  I thought I’d share this with you today.

Can you name all the 2D shapes?

I also received an email telling me about someone in our class who made 2D shape flashcards and was teaching other family members all the shapes.  Fantastic shape work!

Have a great day, everyone!

Mrs Herbison

Good morning, everyone!

What is your favourite 2D shape?  Did you make a Shape Collage?  Here are a couple of 2D shape collages we like.

Which one do like the best?  What shapes can you see?

Guess my shape:

I have 5 straight sides and 5 corners.  Which shape am I?

I have 6 straight sides and 6 corners.  Which shape am I?

You could ask someone in your family questions like this.  How many will they guess?

Click on the link below to a fun 2D Shape song on you Tube:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRCt9Ch7oR0

Here are some short videos on the BBC Bitesize website which tell you more about 2d shapes.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zbtp34j/articles/zfdvvk7

Just a reminder – here are the links to the PowerPoints and the information sheets:

• 2D Shape Properties
• everyday-2d-shapes
• Through the binoculars regular 2d shapes pptx
• 2D-shape-word-mat
• 2d shape flashcards

Have fun!

Primary 2 Teachers and Miss McD

Good Morning Everyone!

How are you all today? I know lots of you are enjoying listening to Miss McDermott’s stories. Did you enjoy “Beware of the Bears”?

I wonder if you know any facts about bears? Perhaps you would like to do some research and see what you can learn. Here is a website that you might want to look at. Mrs Boyle and I would be interested to know what is your favourite bear and why.

https://www.dkfindout.com/uk/animals-and-nature/bears/

As we are learning about 2D shape this week you might want to try and make a bear picture using shapes. If you have a printer you could print out these templates. One uses 5 different shapes but if you would like more of a challenge you could try using 10 different shapes. If you don’t have a printer you could find some shapes to draw round to design your own bear.

build a shape bear 5 shapes

build a shape bear 10 shapes

Have fun learning and remember to try and contact us  once a week if you can, either to show us some of your great learning or just to say hello and let us know that you are well.

Mrs Mills

Hello everyone!

Here’s something a little bit different for you to try today! I have made a very special quiz all about our last class topic – Come and Visit Scotland. You will need a grown up to help you to read the questions but I hope that you have remembered lots of facts and will know the answers!

To do the quiz, please just click on the link below.

https://kahoot.it/challenge/09813464?challenge-id=f7e99898-d268-40ac-ab21-33079852aadd_1589148008860

(Grown ups – Please let me know if there are any problems with this as this is the first time that I have used Kahoot on the blog.as opposed to the  live version).

Below is also the Story Time from Home link. This is a new book that I had bought for school but hadn’t managed to read so I hope you like it.

https://vimeo.com/417311996/e5b96f30a8

I hope that you are enjoying doing the shape activities this week.   There is also  a separate shape blog page to have a look at if you have time this week but only do what you can.

If you haven’t sent me a message for more than a week, please get in touch and let me know how you are doing.. It is very important that we all stay in touch even though we can’t be together just yet.

Have a good day and try to get outside to play in the fresh air too!

Miss McDermott

Good afternoon everybody!

I hope you all had a nice weekend out in the sunshine. I was busier than normal this weekend. I had my quiz-master hat on this weekend – I wrote a quiz for all my family on Friday and then a different one for some friends on Saturday. Have you taken part in any quizzes? Maybe I should write one for children that you could do with your families – would you like that?

I also found some oil pastels hidden away when I cleaned out a cupboard, and I have been enjoying seeing your beautiful art work so much recently that it inspired me to draw a picture. I tried to use all the brightest colours, a bit like all the nice rainbows I have been seeing on my walks.

SumDog Challenge!

Usernames, passwords and the school code for SumDog were emailed out recently and lots of people have started or finished the diagnostic assessment questions (the first questions which come up automatically when you first log in) which helps set future learning at the right level of difficulty.

Please remember: these first questions/games are designed to set future questions at the correct level, so children should complete them without help (although you can read them aloud) so that they don’t end up with questions/games that are too tricky for them to work on independently!

For anyone who has completed the diagnostic questions, I have set up a challenge on SumDog to help practise measuring height, length and weight, as well as a little bit more on fractions (halves and quarters). The goal is to answer 50 questions in the challenge correctly between now and next Monday to earn 50 coins. Let us know how you get on – have fun!

Have a fabulous week and stay safe,

Take care,

Yours P1 Teachers