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Wednesday 1st of April – Pink Class

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Good morning,

A brand new month starts today.

Calendar – 

Do you have a calendar in your house? Explore the calendar. What do you see? Do you see the days of the week? Do you see the months of the year? Today is the first day of April. Can you find April on the calendar?

Movement – 

Check out the movement section or join in with ‘Shake your sillies out’

Life Skills –

I have washing to do today. Can you help sort the washing out?

Literacy – 

Sound work

If you don’t have magnetic or wooden letters you can write these sounds out on pieces of paper. Say the sounds. What words can you make?

Make these words – it, on, am, mum, dad, dog, cat, mat, pig, hen, mud – read them to a family member.

s a t p i n
m d g o c k
ck e u r h b
f ff  l ll ss

 

P.E. – 

See the P.E. section for some good ideas from Gerry and Pedro.

Story –

Today’s story is inspired by a little creature I spotted in my garden yesterday. What do you think I spotted?

Signs of the Day –

What signs will you learn from Lorna today? I learned the signs for colours yesterday.

Art –

David has posted a good idea about Picasso yesterday – check out the art page to have some fun or have a go at the colour wheel I posted yesterday.

Science – 

I found an interesting little creature in my garden today. I’ll post the pictures when I can. It was a caterpillar!

Let’s learn about it’s life cycle. What does a caterpillar grow/turn into?

HWB –

What a busy day. Let’s take a breathe for a minute.

Challenge of the Day – 

Build the best living room fort.

Have fun Pink Class!

Tuesday 31st of March – Pink Class

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Good morning everyone!

What day is it today? Can you show someone our sign for Tuesday?

Today’s tasks:

Calendar – 

How did you get on with ‘wall touch’ yesterday? Practise our months of the year then try ‘wall touch’ again. Is it harder with 12 months?

Movement –

Check out the movement section – let’s get moving Pink Class!

Life Skills – 

Help out at home by making your bed – it’s tricky!

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ICT/Technology –

Design and make your own boat that will float on water.

What materials can you use to make a boat that actually floats? Here’s a list to get you started:

  • Paper (will it need to be waterproofed?)
  • Foil
  • Plastic container
  • Cork
  • Egg cartons
  • Cardboard (will it need to be waterproofed?)
  • Orange peel
  • Straws
  • Craft sticks
  • Sticks from a tree or other pieces of wood

Dance – 

Check out Rachel’s dance section. I’m still trying to learn Dance -Part 1!

Story –

Enjoy this little story about planting seeds.

What happened to the little seed?

Sign of the Day –

See Sign of the Day section for today’s signs.

Fiddly Fingers –

Chop up some fruit for a healthy snack for your family.

Gardening/CDT –

Do you fancy being a fairy or elf king/queen. Today is the day we make crowns. All you need is a paper (or card) strip, some glue or cellotape and some beautiful fallen things. Collect some fallen petals, leaves or even feathers to help create your majestic headpiece.

18 Delightful Nature Crowns for kids -- So beautiful!    Nature Crown for Autumn | Kids crafts, Natuurlijk knutselen  nature crowns Archives - Jay Primrose

HWB – Make some yummy, scrummy healthy flapjacks

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Sensory –

Tracey has added a sensory section – check it out!

Challenge of the Day –

How many red objects can you find in your house?

Have fun!

 

Monday 30th of March – Pink Class

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It’s Monday! Wakey, wakey! Let’s start with a good morning song.

Calendar –

Let’s play a favourite learning game – ‘Wall Touch’

Write days of the week on pieces of paper. Place the pieces of paper around the room or blu-tac to the walls. Everyone stands in the middle of the room. Someone shouts out a day of the week and everyone races to find it and touches it. Repeat for other days of the week. Mix the cards up and try again. Have fun!

Movement –

Check out the movement section for some ideas. How are you all getting on with Joe Wicks?

Life Skills –

Help out with doing the dishes today. This is one of our classroom jobs.

Maths –

Let’s continue with money.

Make a money caterpillar. Can you add up the coins? How much is each caterpillar worth?

P.E.-

Check out our P.E. section. Gerry and Pedro have put some great active ideas on here. I’m going to have a go myself.

Or try our ‘Spell your name’ workout.

Story – 

Vicky from Silver Class found this little story about social distancing. Watch it and discuss with family.

Sign of the Day –

What signs will we learn from Lorna today?

Art –

Can you make your own colour wheel using items from your house?

Here is the colour wheel:

Here are some attempts:

   

Have a good search around your house. Have a family competition. Who can make the best colour wheel?

Outdoor Learning – 

Here’s a little challenge for a walk today. As you wander around your estate or garden collect items to record your journey. What can you find that nature has provided? Tie them to a stick to help tell your journey story. Was it fun? Were you happy? What did you find? Did you find any feathers? What animal did they come from?

Nature Crafts for Kids: how to make a journey stick - Growing Family journey stick

HWB –

How are you all getting on with brushing your teeth? Are you remembering to reach the tricky bits? Set a timer for 2 minutes each time.

 

Challenge of the Day –

Find 8 things in your house that begin with the letter ‘b’

Have fun!

 

Pink Class – reflection time

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Hi again,

Today is reflection day. There is a reflection sheet in your home learning pack, this should be filled in a t the end of each week and brought back to school when we return.

This week we are looking at nurtured.

Here is a little video to help with this.

Have fun!

Friday 27th of September – Pink Class

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Good morning Pink Class!

It’s Friday!  Friday dance time!

Assembly –

Friday is assembly day and Tracey has posted today’s assembly under Primary Assembly. Enjoy!

Easter Singalong –

Connie has posted an Easter singalong. Some of our favourite spring and Easter songs can be found here. Can you teach someone in your family the songs, movement and signs?

Calendar –

Let’s have fun with the months today. Someone in your family will know ‘the Macarena’. Learn the moves while ordering the months of the year.

https://youtu.be/pfIDbOn6EbA

Movement –

see Movement section for some great ideas

Life Skills –

Have a look at your room, can you tidy it?

Literacy –

Look through a book, can you find any words with more than 5 letters?

Social Studies –

Draw a picture of your house

 

Story –

Here is a story about a very different house. Can you describe the house to someone in your family? How is the inside different to the outside? Talk about the characters in the story. If you had a Gingerbread house what would it be made of? Yummy!

Sign of the Day –

Learn some signs with Lorna.

Food Technology –

Make some yummy Easter Egg Nest cakes. Click on link below for the recipe.

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ICT/Technology –

Have some fun with string! Make a Cat’s Cradle. I used to do this when I was a wee girl. Click on link below for some ideas.

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Music – 

Easter singalong or click on Music section for some more ideas.

Challenge of the Day –

Find 5 squares around your house.

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Have a good day Pink Class and I’ll be back in touch in 3 days….. what day will that be?

 

Thursday 26th of March – Pink Class

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Good morning everyone!

Here are some activities for you to try to match today’s timetable:

Calendar –

What day is is today? What day was it yesterday? What day will it be tomorrow? How many day are in our week?

Movement – 

Let’s get active, check out the movement section for movement ideas.

Life Skills –

Can you help with the laundry today. I’ve got lots of washing to do today, look how helpful you could be.

Maths – 

Cereal adding

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Use your cereal to help you add. Try not to eat any as you go along.Math Bites Printable

Fiddly Fingers – 

Play Doh Disco – have fun! Get those fingers and hands working! If you don’t have any playdoh, try some rolled up socks.

Story –

I went for a little walk and spotted some signs of Spring. What did I see?

Wow, how many daffodils do you think is here?

I also spotted something hiding in the long grass, in the next photo. Can you see what I spotted, it’s very well camouflaged…..

Signs of the Day –

Are you learning new signs with Lorna? I am!

Music – 

Check out the music section, Connie and Gordon have been adding some great things for you to do here.

Sensory – 

Hide some letters or numbers in shaving foam. Have fun finding  them, What letter or numbers can you find?

Dance – 

Check out the dance section – Rachel will get us all moving here! Has anyone tried dancing with Oti yet?

Challenge of the day –

How did you get on with the Indoor Scavenger Hunt? Who got the fastest time? Another lego challenge today:

Have fun Pink Class!