Vicki wanted to show the Silver class this little social story to help explain what’s going on right now and why we’re stuck at home:
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Silver – Tuesday 31st March
Good morning Silver class!
Let’s get Tuesday started..
Hello/Calendar/Movement
Have a look at my “circle time” post.
Choose a movement song from the “movement” section on the blog or just dance along to your favourite song with your family! 🙂
Life Skills
Lily’s mummy told me she has been busy helping mummy with the washing! Can you help sort the washing into different colours? Can you help your mummy or daddy put a washing in the machine?
Technology
Today’s challenge..
Maths (on yesterday’s timetable)
Let’s combine Maths with some exercise today!
Go out on a hunt for these pictures in people’s windows. Count how many you can see and write it in the boxes. You can colour it in before or after you go 🙂 Have fun!
If you can’t print these out then don’t worry – Just take a piece of paper and pen with you. You could also draw your own pictures before you go out.
Dance
There are some brilliant ideas on the “dance” section of the blog.
Or you can try some Go Noodle on YouTube today.
Story
Nicole has shared a video teaching us how to do Story massage. Have a go yourself at home. There’s 2 stories below to choose from (click to make bigger).
Sign of the Day
Don’t forget to follow along to Lorna’s sign of the day.. I wonder what it will be today?
Fiddly Fingers
See what you can try lifting with some washing pegs. If you don’t have pompoms you can use some cotton wool balls or some pebbles from outside.
Gardening
Have a look at the “gardening” section on the blog – Scott has posted some lovely ideas there.
HWB
It’s been a long, busy day! Let’s relax now..
Silver – Friday 27th March
Good morning Silver Class!
Assembly
Tracey has posted a Primary Assembly this morning – I’ve attached the link to this below. I’ve also included a link to the Nurtured Noodles video below.
There is a reflection sheet included in your home learning pack – please complete this today to bring to school when we get back.
Circle Time
After assembly it’s time for Circle time! Remember to do your Hello Song, days of the week song, months of the year and the weather! If you get a chance, also check in with how everybody in the house is feeling today using the Emotions board.
Literacy/Story
Watch “We’re Going on a Bear Hunt”. I have emailed you a link to the Facebook group – I encourage you to get outside and see how many bears you can find today and over the weekend 🙂
Social Studies (Topic)
Our Topic is Living Things. So it’s perfect that Chester Zoo are doing a Virtual Tour today starting at 10am!!!
Here is their schedule today:
Join us LIVE on our Facebook page from 10am when we’ll be throwing open our ‘virtual gates.’
So, break up the boredom of being at home and, for the first time ever, enjoy a whole day of animal antics, live from your sofa! 🙌
We’ll be featuring many of your favourites…
10:00 👉 Red pandas 🐼
11:00 👉 Rothschild’s giraffes 🦒
12:00 👉 Asian elephants 🐘
13:00 👉 Butterflies 🦋
14:00 👉 Sun bears 🐻
14:30 👉 Sumatran tigers 🐅
14:45 👉 Humboldt penguins 🐧
16:00 👉 Aquarium* 🐠
Come and join the fun. The animals are waiting…
(*Running order may be subject to ever so slight changes… and there may be more surprises throughout the day!)
Click on the picture to go to their facebook page where they will be streaming live at 10am!
Sign of the Day
Don’t forget to follow Lorna’s Sign of the Day video in the section on the right. Even I’m learning new signs this week!
Food Technology
Help an adult prepare lunch today – can you show off your cooking skills? You can all do super chopping, peeling, stirring and mixing!
ICT/Technology
Miah and her mum had a great time using an old TV box to build a Barbie dream house! Why not find some old boxes and see what you can make?
Maybe some iPad time today too – choose your favourite game to play.
Music
Time for Singalong – Connie has posted an Easter singalong in the “music” section of the blog – have a look and enjoy singing and dancing along at home! 🙂
I hope you all have a lovely Friday and a relaxing weekend!
Take care.
Silver – Thursday 26th March
Good morning Silver class!
Let’s see what’s on our timetable today…
Hello, calendar, etc
See previous posts about circle time.
Maths ideas
- maths day – Try to find these things around your house or out in the garden!
- Check out Topmarks.co.uk for some cool maths games for all levels
- Have a look at my previous post from Topmarks – Hit the Button game
- Play a game of Bingo together! – All you need is paper and a pen
- Listen to some counting and number songs on YouTube
Here’s a few more ideas (again, the only limit is your imagination!)
Fiddly Fingers
Or if you can spare some pasta here are some cool ideas for threading:
Story
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MHRDM5nb8Ks
Music
Have a look at the “music” category down the right hand side for some ideas 🙂
Sensory time
- Make your own playdoh – flour and water (little bit of salt and oil too if you have it). You can leave it as it is or you can add some food colouring to it. 🙂
- You could also make some moon sand with flour and baby oil.
- Shaving foam
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ytBzXLs9to
Here is some sensory relaxation music videos – there are lots of others on YouTube.
Have some relaxation time – lie down and snuggle up. Cosmic Kids on YouTube also do some lovely Mindfulness and Relaxation videos.
Health and Wellbeing (HWB)
Time for a check in. It’s important we keep sharing how we feel and tell an adult if there’s something worrying us.
Use the Emotions Board to talk to your loved ones. 
Daily Live Events
Here is a list of all the live daily events happening across the internet during isolation. 🙂
You can enlarge them by clicking on them.
Silver – Wednesday 25th March
Good morning Silver Class!
Some ideas for today’s timetable if you are following along at home.
Literacy
Let’s practise some writing today, The Silver class looove writing in different materials.
You can try shaving foam
Or try salt, sand, rice, paint – anything at all. Your imagination is your only limit 🙂
Can you try writing your name? How many pictures can you draw? Maybe you could try some numbers too? It’s messy and it’s fun!
PE
Try some of Gerry or Pedro’s ideas on the blog.
Remember there is also Joe Wicks on YouTube and also Oti Mabusa online too – take this time to have some fun and learn a new dance moves 🙂
Story
David Walliams will be sharing stories daily on his website – http://worldofdavidwalliams.com
Sign of the Day
Remember to keep practising your signs of the day! I’d love to see your efforts – send me a picture or a video of your super signing!
Art
Make a rainbow!
Rainbows are bringing people together during this difficult time. Let’s get involved Silver class! I want to see your best rainbows 🙂 You can colour, paint, use strips of materials/felt/tissue, use window chalk or paint, whatever you can find. 🙂
Science
The Glasgow Science Centre are posting science videos each day at 10am on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter and Youtube. Each one will be available on their Youtube channel so don’t worry if you don’t catch it live.
Links are below:
Health and Wellbeing (HWB)
Time to get out the house! Go out into your garden or out for a walk. Take a note (either write it down or just tell an adult) – what can you see? What can you smell? What can you hear?
Come up with as many things as possible. This is called being “mindful” and it is very good at keeping us calm and in the moment. It’s important to be as mindful as possible just now and enjoy the moment.
Have a lovely day everyone.
Amy
Tuesday 24th March
Hello again,
You will see there’s a selection of things on today’s timetable so just keep an eye out for lots of ideas coming your way! You can select each category down the side of the blog so if you don’t see it on Silver Class 3 try selecting something different e.g. “gardening” or “Dance”.
Life Skills/Jobs around the house
There is a selection of ideas in your home learning pack but here’s a reminder of things you can try at home:
Why not help mum or dad to make breakfast or lunch today?
ICT/Technology
I’d love to see what you are getting up to at home so take some pictures or video and email them to your teacher!
Or if you would rather do some building.. here is day 1 of the 30 Day Lego Challenge
Story
Silver class recently made their own caterpillars and beautiful butterflies as part of our “Living Things” topic!
Read “The Very Hungry Caterpillar” if you have it, If not, here is a little animated film of the story:
Fiddly Fingers:
Here are some ideas – it’s amazing what you can do with stuff lying around in the house!
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Gardening
The Silver class planted some Sunflower seeds and had some lovely plants before school closed (as part of our “Living Things” topic. Let’s have a look and see how they are doing!
Wow!! Looks like some of the seeds are growing and we are starting to see some stem poking through the compost! Well done Silver class! Here is a sunflower diary you can download if you like, or you can make your own at home by just drawing what you see in the pictures and telling an adult.
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Now let’s have a look at our plants…
Oh my goodness!! When we got these there were no flowers at all. They are growing big and bright and beautiful! I will keep you updated on how they grow.
Health and Wellbeing (HWB)
If you haven’t tried it already – Joe Wicks the body coach is doing LIVE fitness workouts every morning. I’ve also attached some idea cards if you’d rather make up your own routine!
https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1
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Enjoy!
Circle Time
Good morning!
Here is our circle time routine if you would like to do your own circle time in the mornings! 🙂
- We sing our Good morning song (see yesterday’s blog post!)
- We then say Good morning to each other
- We sing the Days of the week song (see Amy’s silly video!) and choose our symbol for the day
- After that we will sing our Months of the Year song (see video) and share which month it is!
- Then it’s time for our weather song and choosing the symbol!
- We sometimes also discuss our feelings and emotions and choose how we feel that day
- And finally, time for a movement song! Here are some favourites of the Silver class:
Have a lovely morning everyone!
Amy
Hi Silver class,
This is a favourite game of ours. There’s lots of options but usually we use “Number bonds – Make 10”. If your child is unable to add then tell them the answer and they must select the correct number. Lovely way to practise number recognition.
There’s also timetables, etc for those who are able to do this. 🙂
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Have fun!!
Amy
Hi Silver Class,
Here is a link to our daily Good Morning Song! We sing this everyday at circle time. 🙂
