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Forget The Beast from the East. Ice Art from Harbin Anyone?

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CREATIVITY IN THE SNOW ANYONE?

Have a go at making an igloo? With help from adults you can make snow bricks and a great den. How will you decorate the interior?

The Scandinavians have long dark winters but try to create warmth with candles, blankets etc What is Danish hygge?

Check out images of Harbin in China and their amazing snow and ice sculpture event for 3-D ideas.

Go to new places to enjoy the snow and the views. Take some pictures of wintry trees and then use these as an art inspiration. Victoria Crowe is an artist who has done just that. Google her.

What can you make with icicles? What can you make with powdery snow or another kind of snow.

Il neige. It is snowing in French. How many other languages can you say that in? The winner wins an ice-cream. Try making a fun-flavoured ice-cream outside!

If you can get on skis and sledges and swish through The White Stuff!

 

Primary 5, Second Level, Winter Ready P5

Snow Day Suggestions P5

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*Esta nevando! – It’s snowing!

Continue to practise the Spanish we have been learning in class.

Greetings:

Hola – hello

Buenos dias – good day

Buenas tardes – good afternoon

Buenas noches – good evening

Que tal? – How are you?

Bien / muy bien – good/very good

Fenominal! – Great!

Asi asi – so-so

Mal – bad

fatal – very bad

Hecha Polvo – I have turned to dust!

Go online and find one of the many ABECEDARIO songs/rhymes to help you practise your Spanish alphabet – try spelling out your name or another family member’s.

 

  • Continue to practise your times tables – challenge yourself to try tables you’re not confident with yet. Get someone to time you and see if you can improve your speed.
  • Take some photos of what you get up to in the snow – write a diary bout your activities or make a video.
  • Think about the debating skills we have used in class and write a list of ‘pros’ and ‘cons’  for the following – ‘Snow days – good or bad?’
  • Write a list of as many snowy/wintery words as you can and practise spelling them using some of the games we do in class, e.g. Kim’s Game, dictionary Race, Hangman

 

 

Modern Languages, Primary 5, Primary 7, Second Level

Ooh La La! French Culture Hits Mid Calder.

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Come along to our Curriculum Evening on Tuesday to find out how we learn about France, French culture and French vocabulary. The upper school will be there to present their learning with videos, Powerpoints and posters.

Miss Brolls will try to offer ways to support Modern Languages evening using cartoons

OR with a structured lesson as below

French First Level Classroom Talk Updated

English & Literacy, Homework, Second Level

Primary 5 Spectacular Spelling

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Primary 5A and Primary 5C have been busy working on new ways to learn their spelling words. The children have enjoyed using their new spelling grids for homework which gives them a lot more choice and allows them to learn their spelling lists in different ways. In class, the children have continued to use a variety of games and activities to support their spelling, such as ‘Dictionary Race’, ‘Hangman’, ‘Spelling Tennis’, ‘Kim’s Game’ and ‘Words Within Words’. Children can work within their own spelling group or choose to challenge themselves by working with a different group to try more difficult words.

‘Spelling games are fun and great for learning’ – MILLIE

‘I think spelling games are good for learning and they help you remember how to spell your words’ – TEAGAN

Primary 5, Sciences, Second Level

Float Our Boats – Science Skills in P5A and P5C

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We were learning about floating and sinking in P5A. First we investigated whAT THINGS FLOATED AND WHAT THINGS SUNK. We learnt about buoyancy, upthrust and gravity and how the density of the material affected the buoyancy. Afterwards we designed boats thinking about their size and shape. We ran a fair test as we each used the same size of tinfoil. We predicted how many pennies our boats would hold . Then we tested the boat design and recorded how many pennies it held before sinking.

I found out that sometimes it is the shape and size of the boat that effects the buoyancy. Our small boat held 21 pennies but we had predicted that it would hold 10 (Ruari). It was so much fun making and testing our boats (Kai).

Expressive Arts, Second Level

Kate Downie

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P6 were making Japanese art we made blossom trees. We made the branches of a tree with black ink then we made the blossoms with red ink. Kate Downie is a famous artist for her blossom tree art. She added a person taking a picture of the tree. Her pictures are very relistic because she uses lots of different shades of colours to make it stand out. The colours of the branches get lighter the further it gets the same with the blossoms.

Expressive Arts, Second Level, Uncategorized

Duruma Dolls

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P6 made Duruma dolls that are traditional talismans from Japan. They made them by moulding clay into the shape of a doll and when they clay dried they painted them loads of different colours. When you paint the doll you don’t paint the eyes because when you have a wish you colour in one eye and when it comes true you colour in the other eye. The main colors of a Duruma doll are white and red because the Japanese flag is white and red.     This Is a Duruma doll