Category Archives: English & Literacy
Reading at Home Videos – Second Level
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Reading at Home Videos – First Level
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Digital Learning Week: Supporting Learning at Home
Sum Dog and Purple Mash are two online resources we have purchased to support learning and teaching in Maths and Language. These resources can be used in school and at home. The PSA have helped us to purchase Purple Mash.
Teachers may set homework using these resources, however if homework has not been set parents can use these resources to support Maths and Language development at home.
Sum Dog
P1-7 have a Sum Dog Reading and Maths account. They can access this account at home by using the log in provided in their homework diary/book.
To access Sum Dog go to: http://www.sumdog.com/
If you have an apple device you can download the Sum Dog app for free.
Purple Mash
P1-7 have a Purple Mash account. They can access this account at home by using the log in provided in their homework diary/book.
To access Purple Mash go to:
https://www.purplemash.com/sch/midcalder-EH53
To find out how to use Purple Mash on your tablet you will find information here: https://www.purplemash.com/#app/documents/purplemash_on_tablets
To find out how to use Purple Mash with iPad apps you will find information here:
https://www.purplemash.com/#app/guides/mashificationguide
Information to support parents/ carers: using-ict-to-support-maths-and-language-updated
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Storytelling in Primary 6
Learning intention:
We are learning to identify a range of storytelling techniques.
Success Criteria:
I can adjust my expression, pace and gestures to suit a text
This week Primary 6 have been learning about different storytelling techniques. They have had opportunities to put these into practice when reading an extract from our class text, ‘Eye of the Wolf’. We will continue to to focus on our expression and pace as we begin to construct our own stories inspired by the novel. These will then feed into our written work.
Learning about Spring in the Nursery
Follow our learning about Spring by looking at the Sway below.
The Lion King
L.I. We are learning about the marketing of a show
We are learning to design and create a ticket/programme
S.C. – I can use persuasive language and present my information clearly
-I can include the key dates and information, i.e. venue, date, time price
Rehearsals are well underway for our Middle Area show and Primary 5 have been working hard this week on some behind-the-scenes preparations.
Our Marketing team have begun putting together a blog post to share information about the upcoming show; they have used persuasive language in their post and lots of highly descriptive language to hook in readers and convince them not to miss this fantastic production!
Our Ticketing and Programme teams have also been hard at work putting together a draft programme and sharing ideas for how we want our tickets to look. They have discussed the key information which needs to be included on both tickets and programmes and have tried to come up with designs which are simple but effective, bearing in mind that we will (hopefully!) have lots of tickets to print.
All of our teams are full of enthusiasm for the show and we ‘just can’t wait’ for you to see it…
P5s Easter Poetry
L.I. We are learning to use interesting vocabulary to write a poem about Easter.
S.C. -I can use features specific to a poem
– I can include key vocabulary linked to the topic
– I can include examples of rhyme
– I can use interesting verbs and adjectives to describe my chosen subject
As we look forward to the Easter season, P5a have been learning about the true meaning behind this special time of year.
We were asked by Mrs McKenzie to write some Easter poems to be recited as part of our Easter service at Kirk of Calder.
We worked in groups to come up with a bank of rhyming words and shared some examples of Easter poems.
Leah Schmidt and Niamh Sher had their poems selected to be read at the service. Both girls included some excellent examples of rhyme and worked hard to uplevel their poems after receiving feedback.
They read their poems aloud beautifully at the church and really helped everyone to get into the spirit of Easter – well done, girls!
Snow Day!
Even though it was the first day of Spring, the nursery children had great fun playing and exploring the snow. They made snowmen, slushes, pretended to be snow ploughs and all this was filmed by our GoPro team! They even filmed themselves giving an update on the new nursery. By lunch time the snow had cleared so the boys and girls asked to have bubbly water, pretending it was snow and burst into Christmas songs! The children were very excited to wear their new waterproof suits.
Sharing our Learning!
This week, the nursery children visited the P1 and P2/1 classes to share what they had observed and learned during the construction of the new nursery building. They confidently used the GoPro to film their visit, explaining which materials were used, what held the bricks together and why the pipes were under the ground. The P1 and P2/1 children exchanged their knowledge, showing us their Architect drawings and building area. Thank you for letting us visit your class to share our learning.
