I hope everyone has enjoyed the snow! If you are tired from sledging, building snowmen and snowball fighting then here are some other possible activities for you:

Primary Six

Below you will find a list of suggested activities should there be an unplanned school closure.

Literacy

• Revise this term’s spelling words. You could choose an activity from your spelling grid to help you do this.
• Read a text of your choice (novel, newspaper, website etc.) and pick out ten pieces of ambitious vocabulary.
• Write an imaginative story entitled ‘Crack in the ice!’ – remember to use VCOP.
• Write a winter poem using similes and metaphors.
• Literacy links – Sumdog and Topmarks.

Maths

• Time yourself! See how quickly you can write out a times table then try and beat your record.
• Continue to develop your skills in measuring and weighing by following a recipe. Take pictures to share your work with the class on return to school.
• Weigh and measure items from around the home and create a table to record your results.
• Carry out a survey of your choice (for example favourite sandwich filling) and display your results in a bar chart or pie chart.
• Maths games – Topmarks – Loop cards, Hit the button, Countdown; Sumdog

Social Studies

• Research weather conditions and how icicles and snowflakes are formed.
• Record daily temperatures in a table then display results in a graph.
• Choose a Scandinavian country, research and create a fact file. Compare their weather to ours here in Scotland. For example, how do they cope in wintry weather? Does their daily life change in the winter?

Art

• Make a ‘Wintry Scene’ collage.