Category Archives: Winter Ready

Winter Ready P6

Winter Ready Primary Six

Leave a comment

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.
Nursery, Winter Ready, Winter Ready Nursery

Nursery are Winter Ready!

Leave a comment

Hello boys and girls,

We hope you are having fun with your family and friends on your snow days! Your teachers have been busy in the snow and have even set themselves a bake off challenge today. Look out for photos in our floorbook!

Here are some activities that you might want to do at home:-

  • First things first…… ‘Do you wanna build a snowman?’ Give him/her a name, put a photo on your learners journey and tell us about your new friend!
  • Use junk to make your snowman a friend indoors.
  • Bake some tasty treats and look at the numbers on the recipe. Can you measure the ingredients correctly?
  • Go for a number hunt around you house and local area. Where can you see numbers and why are they important? Take some photos and put them on your learners journey.
  • Practice writing your numbers in the snow. Can you use your footprints to make dotty patterns?
  • We have been using tally marks at nursery. Sort your lego in to colour groups and then record how many of each colour there is using tally marks.
  • Look for shapes around the house. Can you make some shapes using sticks, straws, playdough or go outside and make big shapes in the snow.
  • Practice writing your name. If an adult writes lots of names on a piece of paper, can you find your own name?
  • Read your favourite story. You could choose 2 books and show your family how we vote for our favourites in story time.
  • Play a game together – take turns, and look out for dotty patterns on the dice.
  • Go on to the RSPB website and find the recipe for making bird cake. This will help the wild birds who might be finding it difficult to find food.
  • Make ice balls – fill up balloons with water, hang them from a tree and leave them in the cold for a while. What do you think will happen? Take off the outer balloon and what are you left with?

Most importantly, stay safe and keep warm. We are looking forward to seeing your smiley faces back in nursery soon!

The Nursery Team

 

Early Level, Expressive Arts, First Level, Modern Languages, Outside of School, Second Level, Winter Ready, Winter Ready P1, Winter Ready P2, Winter Ready P3, Winter Ready P4, Winter Ready P5, Winter Ready P6, Winter Ready P7

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

Leave a comment

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

Leave a comment

*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

 

 

Information for Parents, Primary 2, Winter Ready P2

P2 Winter Ready Activities

Leave a comment

Good Morning Primary 2

I hope you are all having lots of fun in the snow with your friends and family.  Here are some activities for you to try today.

Literacy

  • Write a story about your adventures in the snow. Illustrate your story with some pictures, or take some photos.
  • Can you invent a fantastic new machine to clear all the snow away now? What does it look like? How does it work? What special features does it have? Draw a detailed picture and label it neatly and accurately.
  • Read your favourite story. Draw and describe the main character, or even make a puppet of the character using an old sock, or a wooden spoon or a .  .  .
  • Why not visit the World Book Day website and watch the Biggest Book Show On Earth (Illustrator Extravaganza)

http://www.worldbookday.com/biggest-book-show/

World Book Day

  • Or perhaps you would enjoy a Reading Challenge?

Share-a-Story-Reach-for-the-Stars-Reading-Challenge-1 (1)

 

Maths and Numeracy

  • Play a number game such as Guess My Number e.g. my number is an odd number, it is a teen number, it is more than/less than etc.
  • Go on a 2D and 3D shape hunt around the house and see how many of each shape you can find. Can you make some 3D shapes from snow?
  • Play a game like Snakes & Ladders, Dominoes or Ludo
  • Log in to Sumdog and take part in our Primary 2 Snow Day Competition

 

IDL

This week we started to look at life in Roman times.

Use your research skills to find out more about Roman homes. What materials were used to build houses? How were the walls and floors decorated? Were the homes heated?

Next week we will be investigating the clothes they wore and the food they ate. Perhaps you can find something out and be ready to share it with the class.

Information for Parents, Winter Ready P4

Primary 4 Winter Ready Activities

Image Leave a comment

Primary 4 Winter Ready Activities

Literacy

  • You wake up to find the snowman you built last night has come to life! Write a story about what happens next!
  • Practise writing this week’s spelling words in the snow!
  • Write a personal diary of your adventures during the snowy days.

Numeracy

  • Practise writing your times tables in the snow.
  • Draw a wintery picture and hide your times tables in it.
  • Design a board game using times tables or division.
  • By using recipes to make a cake or meals, follow instructions regarding weighing and measuring of ingredients. Take a photo of your dish and write a paragraph about how you made it.
  • Count and record how many snowballs you can make in a minute. Can you beat your score?

Social Studies

  • 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 ‘Wintery Scene’ picture.
  • Design an outfit that will keep you warm in the winter weather. Add explanations of what it is made of and the special features it has to enable you to keep warm.
  • Design a fancy pair of winter wellies.

Technology

  • Build something in the snow that you can sit on or hide inside such as a seat or an igloo. Take a picture of your creation!

P.E.

  • Stay fit by playing in the snow!

 

Take pictures of any fun activities you do and remember to share these when you come back to school! Have fun!

 

Miss Clark

Information for Parents, Primary 7, Winter Ready P7

Snow Day suggestions P7

Leave a comment

Primary 7

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

Literacy

Revise your spelling words using any of the strategies we have discussed.

Work on set reading where possible. Alternatively write a review of a book of your choice. Design a front cover for the book. Map the journey of the main character.

Write an imaginative story entitled ‘Crack in the ice!’ – remember to use VCOP.

Write a winter poem using imagery, similes and metaphors.

Numeracy

Practise times tables.  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.

 

Other areas

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?

Design and make a winter decoration. Write down instructions detailing how your decoration is made – photographs or labelled diagrams would be useful.

Make a ‘Wintry Scene’ collage.

Fairtrade, Information for Parents, Junior Leadership Teams, Winter Ready

Fairtrade Fortnight

Leave a comment

Good afternoon everyone,

With schools closed today I am sure you have been enjoying some fun in the snow! However, if you are looking to stay warm and keep busy indoors there are lots of fun Fairtrade activities to explore during Fairtrade Fortnight.

These websites are packed with lots of fun ideas and activities!

https://www.fairtrade.org.uk/

https://schools.fairtrade.org.uk/resource/pablo-the-super-banana/

http://www.traidcraftschools.co.uk/schools-activities-and-games

https://www.oxfam.org.uk/education/resources/explore-fairtrade

http://www.scottishfairtradeforum.org.uk/take-action/schools-and-nurseries/fair-trade-nurseries/linking-to-the-curriculum.html#.Wpgi5PnFLIU

If you take any pictures of any Fairtrade activities you do it would be great to share them on the school blog. You can do this by emailing your pictures to the school or tweeting them to @MidCalder_PS .

Take care in the snowy weather, stay warm and most importantly have fun!

 

Miss Clark