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January 24th Group 1

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Good Morning Group 1,

Today is different because school is closed! Time off school is a change to your usual schedule but it is OK. Your teachers and family want you to be safe. Listen for the strong wind and try to stay inside. You can do your favourite things and some school work at home.

You could watch your favourite movement songs on you tube and listen to news-round. What is your favourite news story today?

Have a look at some of these pictures from our class this week. In maths some young learners were completing fantastic shape work. Take part in a shape hunt around your home! If you have spaghetti you could try making some shapes, is it easier to make shapes with cooked or uncooked spaghetti. We had fun exploring shapes finding out if they roll or do they stack. For the young learners who were exploring fractions you could see if you can find something you could split into two equal parts. Is it possible to make a flour or sand tray at home and try and split it into equal parts.

You could make your own Scotland flag or picture for the celebrations in school next week, find out if you have a family tartan, and look at some famous places in Scotland. It is Burns night on Saturday, here is a short clip you can watch:

We look forward to seeing you in school next week!

 

Paralympics Group 1

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Group 1 have been learning about the Paralympics and some famous Paralympians. They learned about the countries around the world that practice Paralympics, looked at the different different flags and designed our own flags using our favourite colours. The young people could mark on the calendar the start and finish dates for the Paris Paralympics.  We looked at some of the differences between other countries and Scotland. We watched some para athletics and listened to some inspiring stories from Hollie Arnold MBE and Thomas Young MBE. The young people chose their favourite sports that we could watch and try including javelin, long jump and discus. They also enjoyed colouring in the logo of the Paralympic games, making torches and learning about the different medals. Some pupils made graphs comparing the number of gold, silver and bronze medals won by the different countries. We also found out that Great Britain have won medals across all groups showing in the words of Usain Bolt “Anything is possible. Don’t think limit.”

Group 1 Underwater Activities

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Group 1 have had fun completing lots of underwater activities. They were enthusiastic using all the ICT enjoying underwater adventures using the interactive floor projector, osmo activities on the i pads and numeracy games on the smart board, some pupils completing times tables challenges! They also experienced underwater yoga and for literacy read the books Don’t Worry Little Crab and the Rainbow Fish. Making colourful puppets and acting out the story of Don’t Worry Little Crab the young people were good at identifying the character traits of the two crabs and comparing the story to personal experiences. During the Rainbow Fish we explored the character traits of a good friend and completed number mazes to reach the octopus. Finally we enjoyed a trip to Deep Sea World!

 

 

Group 1 Spring Activities

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Group 1 have been busy completing Spring activities during their IDL time. We enjoyed observing and recording all the signs of Spring outdoors. We have been pairing baby animals with their parents and learned about the life cycle of a frog. Following instructions group 1 made their own paper frogs. We enjoyed acting out the Easter story and making our own story boards. Group 1 made Easter eggs and put their favourite things inside. We also explored symmetry in nature, made our own symmetrical butterflies using paint and completed some symmetrical patterns in class.