Hello boys and girls!
Here is the link to Wednesday’s Story Time from Home .
https://vimeo.com/412840552/ce6d22b06c
And here is the link to a short video version of the PIed Piper of Hamelin that the story is based on which I talk about in the video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WCE3y_ToynI&vl=en-GB
I’m not sure that this is my favourite Biff, Chip and Kipper story – I wonder what you think?
Miss McDermott
Good Morning primary 2b,
I hope you are all well. Today is National Poetry Month and I know how much you like to read and listen to poems. Here is a link to Kenn Nesbitt’s website with lots of lovely poems to listen to and read. Maybe if you have time you can make your own acrostic poem. Go to lessons and it will explain how to do this. My favourite poem is When the teacher isn’t looking. Maybe you can let me know if you have a favourite?
Click for Kenn Nesbitt’s Poetry Website
Below are some examples of some acrostic poems using your name or the name of your friend . Mabye you want to think of your own ideas. What about characters from your favourite cartoon or film? 
Have a fun day!
Mrs Boyle
Good morning, everyone! I hope you are well and ready for another lovely day. Did any of you look at the link to National Gardening Week? They give you ideas for each day. Today’s idea is about which plants attract pollinators so that will be one of my tasks today!
Do you know about a competition to design a super bear? I found out about this last night and thought some of you boys and girls would like to take part. I would love to but this is a competition for children! This is the invitation from John Lewis:
Children of Britain invited to share their designs to create a “super-bear”’ cuddly toy using #DesignYourSuperBear to be sold at Christmas – with 100% of the profits going to the NHS
Here is the link and more information if you would like to take part. You could still design a super-bear even if it’s not for the competition.
I would love to see your Super-Bear designs. Have fun designing!
Have a great day.
Mrs Herbison 
Good morning Primary 2!
Have you ever wanted to be in a band?
I wonder what instrument you would choose to play?
There is one thing you have to be good at in a band and that is keeping a steady beat and I know how well you can do that. Just to make sure I hope you are all ready to keep the beat with me using a new resource!Click on the link and find a song called Be in the Band! Next, find an instrument or something safe to tap or simply use your hands to clap or other parts of your body to keep the beat. I hope you have fun!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/games/embed/bring-the-noise?exitGameUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fbbc.co.uk%2Fteach%2Fbring-the-noise%2Feyfs-ks1-music-play-it-bring-the-noise%2Fz4sq92p
I would love to see a picture of you playing your favourite instrument in your band or try this colouring sheet.
Hello everyone.
Thank you for all the lovely messages and pictures and you have been sending to share your learning with us.
Did you know that today is Superhero day?
You don’t have to wear a cloak or have magical powers to be a Superhero. Often it can be little things that you do for people that can make a big difference. At the moment there are lots of superheroes helping to keep us safe in lots of different ways.
Have you heard of Captain Tom Moore? He will be 100 this week and has raised millions of pounds for the NHS. He is a Superhero!
You can find out more about him on BBC Newsround.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/52437767
At the moment you and your parents are all Superheroes. Everyone is doing their best to manage learning and working at home. It is not easy!! Can you celebrate Superhero day by trying to find a way that you could help someone at home. Let us know if you find a way to be a Superhero today.
You can find some more fun Superhero ideas if you follow this link.
https://www.familyeducation.com/kids/celebrate-national-superhero-day-your-own-little-superhero
Keep smiling and having fun.
Mrs Mills
Good morning, everyone! What a wonderful Monday morning it is. The sun is shining and the sky is blue. It’s a wonderful day for some outdoor learning activities.
I hope you all had a super weekend and were outside enjoying the sunshine. I have to thank all of you for sending me lovely emails about all the wonderful activities you have been doing with your families. It is so nice to see and hear all the different things you have been doing. One boy in our class helped the Scouts ‘Hike to the Moon’. He measured out a circuit in the garden and worked out how many laps he would need to do to walk a mile – 68! He did that and then bounced to the moon on his trampoline, brilliant. Some other boys and girls have been planting lots of seeds and one boy in our class made a mini greenhouse for all his seedlings and plants. I have asked Mr Herbison to make one for me! Some girls have been painting outdoors and one girl used so many different skills to design and create an amazing house, with a door that locks, for her robot dog! Keep sending me your emails of what you been doing.
I had a lovely weekend with my family. We went a walk along the river on Saturday afternoon. It was nice to see families out walking together but we all kept our distance from each other. I enjoyed yesterday in my garden. I was planting some seeds and planted up a couple of hanging baskets, too. I was looking at my apple trees and noticed bees buzzing around. My son managed to take a couple of photographs of the bee on the apple blossom.
This week is National Gardening Week 2020. There are so many different ways you can get involved in gardening, even if it’s just in a little box. You don’t have to have a garden to grow something. You can have a look at this link for ideas.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/get-involved/national-gardening-week/
Have a great day, everyone.
Mrs Herbison
Good morning, everyone!
Welcome to the start of a new week. It`s another sunny day!
I am really enjoying finding out about all the lovely activities you have been doing! Did you see our Celebrating Success SWAY? Please keep in touch!
Good Morning Everyone,
I hope you all had a lovely weekend and managed to get outside to enjoy our lovely weather.
Mrs Boyle and I really enjoyed hearing from lots of you last week. Thank you for all the e-mails and photographs of your learning. Remember our weekly learning grid is just a guide. Do what you can. Keep your learning fun and keep sharing it with us.
On Saturday I went for a lovely walk along the canal. I saw a duck with 11 ducklings. Can you imagine having to look after 11 babies! What have you seen when you have been outside?
One of the things I have enjoyed most over the last few weeks is having more time to read books. I know some of you have said that you are doing lots of reading too. Have you used the Oxford Owl website yet? You can find lots of great books to read here. I have attached a link to the website and an instruction sheet with a class login if you want to have a look. Let us know how you get on.
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/
Have a lovely day and have fun learning.
Mrs Mills
Good morning everyone from sunny Bathgate! Hope it’s a nice day in Linlithgow too.
Here is the link to the last of this week’s dragon stories. Please make sure that you watch right to the end as I had to add a little bit on!
https://vimeo.com/411167888/249f1eb2d9
I think my favourite story this week has been Dragon Stew but I did feel very sorry for the dragon when the Vikings were poking and hurting him. At least he got his own back in the end.
Please check Twitter later today for this week’s awesome achiever’s. You’ll need to use your really good looking skills as remember I can’t include and names or photographs of your lovely faces!
Stay safe and enjoy the weekend.
Miss McDermott
Good Morning P2b
I hope everyone is well today. 
I can’t believe it is Friday again! In the house I have been busy every day as there are always lots of jobs to do. I have just moved into a new house so I have lots of boxes to unpack and painting to do. Can you ask an adult if you can help with a job in the house. Mabye you can help with the dishes, polishing, cleaning the bathroom or tidying your room. Let me know what job you helped with and how it made you feel when you helped someone.
Take care and have a lovely weekend.
Mrs Boyle
Good morning, everyone!
Keep smiling! If you smile, others will smile too!
What has made you smile this week? Please leave me a comment.
Happy Friday, everyone! I hope you have had a great week and managed to get outside lots and enjoy our wonderful weather. I have really enjoyed reading all your lovely emails and seeing all the super things you have all being learning with your families. I have seen photos of some super baking, measuring, building models and lots of you having fun.
I had a busy day yesterday but I did manage to spend some time in my garden and enjoy the sunshine. My little cherry tree is full of beautiful white blossom and my little apple trees are beginning to show some pink blossom. I love to look at them every morning and see the changes taking place. Have you noticed any changes to some trees near you? You could let me know by clicking on the comment box above.
Ramadan began when the sun went down last night. Here is a short PowerPoint about Ramadan. This is something you can look at and learn together with your family.
the-month-of-ramadan-powerpoint
I hope you all have a wonderful weekend and enjoy getting outside with your family and looking at all the wonderful things around us. Stay safe and well, everyone.
Have a great day.
Mrs Herbison
Hello everyone! Did you find the connection between today and a dragon story? If you were at school in England you would probably know this because St George is the special saint of England just like St Andrew is our special saint here in Scotland. Another name for this is the patron saint. I wonder if you can find out any other patron saints?
Below is a link to a short video all about St George and the dragon which I think you might enjoy.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YuVzOK89EA
And here is the link to today’s story time from home which is all about dragons. I hope that you enjoy this too and have started to think about what you could write for your own dragon stories.
https://vimeo.com/410760871/7bc04d9eae
Below is a photograph of some planet Earth crafts that some boys made at the hub school in Bathgate with me yesterday. Don’t they look great?
The words at the bottom say reduce, reuse and recycle.
Thank you again for all your photos and messages. I will share some of these on Twitter at the end of the week but please remember grown ups I can’t post any photographs with faces or names.
Miss McDermott
Good Morning Everyone,
I hope everyone is well today? Today is the 23rd of April I wonder if anyone can tell me why this is a special day? Miss McDermott will be reading a dragon story today. If you want to you can write your own dragon story. I would love to read them. Remember your story needs a title, an opening sentence, a problem and an ending.
I have sent you a link to another story about a dragon and a game you might like to play.
https://learnenglishkids.britishcouncil.org/short-stories/george-and-the-dragon
Have fun using your imagination. 
Mrs Boyle
