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Monday 27th of April – Pink Class

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Good morning Pink Class! I wonder what fun we will have this week!

What day is it?

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Calendar –

So it’s Monday 27th of April! What day will it be tomorrow? What day was it yesterday?

How many days are left in April now? Let’s look and see.

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Movement –

Let’s get moving. What does Pedro or Gerry suggest we do today?

Life Skills –

Choose 3 jobs you could do today to help around the house.

Maths –

Go on an environmental number hunt.

Numbers are everywhere! On your walk today, how many numbers can you spot?

Have a look at traffic signs, lampposts, doors, bus numbers, number plates. Where else do numbers appear in your local area?

P.E. –

I wonder what Pedro and Gerry have planned today. Have a look at the P.E. section to find out.

Story – 

We are looking at plants this week. I love this story about a little seed and how far it travels.

https://youtu.be/I_A_e6h-DhU

Signs of the Day –

What signs will be learning from Lorna today? Have a look at this section to find out.

Art –

On your walk today take some paper and some crayons or pencils.

Look for some trees with different barks.

Use your crayon to make some rubbings.

Can you see the different textures of tree bark?

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Outdoor Learning –

Go on a seed scavenger hunt.

Look closely at the trees and plants in your garden or when you are out on your walk.

Can you find any seeds? What colours are the seeds? How big are the seeds?

Take your seeds home for further activities this week.

HWB –

Seeds we eat – cut open some fruit or vegetables, can you find the seeds?

Some fruits and vegetables have the seeds on the inside e.g. apples, pears and some have the seeds on the outside e.g. strawberries. Where are the seeds that you find?

  strawberry seeds

Challenge of the Day –

Give someone in your family a big hug – hugging someone close has very positive effects on our body and makes us feel good. Do it every day this week to get maximum effect.

 

Monday 20th of April – Pink Class

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Welcome back Pink Class! What shall we do today?

Welcome/Hello:

Calendar –

What day is it today? What day will it be tomorrow?

Let’s sing our favourite:

Movement-

Have a look at the movement section, let’s get moving!

Life Skills – 

What jobs can you do to help around the house today?

Maths –

Can you make different amounts of money using some coins from your piggy bank. Get someone from home to make up some different amounts like below:

P.E. –

Check out the P.E section, Gerry and Pedro have posted some ideas to keep you and your family active.

Story –

I have been enjoying watching a huge variety of birds from my garden and on my walks in the woods. Let’s learn about birds.

Now let’s enjoy an action bird story.

Sign of the Day –

Check out the Signs of the Day section, what signs will we learn today?

Art –

As the weather is still lovely, what about some outdoor art?

Outdoor Learning –

What birds will you spot today? What are the birds doing?   

HWB – 

healthy eating sorting activitiy

Challenge of the Day –

Can you see a tiny creature camouflaged in the leaves? It’s a little caterpillar I spotted on my walk yesterday. Can you spot any clever little camouflaged creatures today?

Have a great day Pink Class!

 

 

Group 8 Tasks

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Good morning group 8

Here are some tasks you can enjoy today

Why not start by looking around the house for lots of different objects, you can then sort them into different colours. Count them and decide which is the highest number.

Next after all that hard work, relax and sing along to Gigglebellies. Click on the picture below.

It is now time for a snack. I think you have earned it.

Here is a challenge for you. Can you find lots of things that feel different. You can then lay them on the floor to create your very own tactile road.

Make sure to look out the window and check on the weather.

After some lunch it is time to help out around the house. There might be some jobs in the kitchen to do.

Lets finish the day with a spot of gardening. There might be a job you can do like some tidying up or digging up some weeds.

Lets end the day with a song

Have a great day everyone.

 

 

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!

 

Outdoor Learning – Time Travel

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Good Afternoon everyone,

I hope you are excited about today’s outdoor learning?

Since we can’t get outdoors much just now i thought we could go back in time to 2016 and visit Pinewood School and  the surrounding areas in the local community.

Yip i did say back in time!!

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So do what you can to pretend you are sitting in Doc Brown’s Delorean (car) and visit Blackburn in August 2016. (We will use google maps and the latest map you can see is from 2016)

Remember safety 1st. Sit back in your seat and make sure you are strapped in for our next great adventure. (pretend maybe by using a scarf as seat belt).

Activity
There is lots of freedom during this task however i will provide some options to help. I will list 5 places and the aim of the game is to use your computer and make your way from Pinewood School to those places listed. I have added a few links below and don’t worry if you get lost just click the link again and you will return safely back to Pinewood. Alternatively you can start at those locations and find your way back to school.
Tips
To navigate through the road maps you only need to move your mouse on the screen and click the road you would drive on. Remember its a card your driving so please don’t try and take short cuts through parks etc.. as it wont work, the car is to big.

Special Time Travel Locations
The places we are trying to find are:
– Pinewood School
– The Church
– Kim’z Cafe
– St Kent’s
– Tesco

And…….. if you would prefer to start from Pinewood School please click below.

 

Pinewood School

https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8730478,-3.6127653,3a,75y,321.4h,82.63t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sUIMLRBKCTyD9erUE4asOEw!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

Alternatively If you want to Start at the other locations and find your way back to Pinewood then please use the links below.

Remember: Do what you can and feel free to explore!

 

The Other Locations:

The Church

https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8716949,-3.6142239,3a,75y,352.92h,94.18t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sh35GunT6PsqLQ6Gzv7SIeg!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

St Kents

https://www.google.com/maps/@55.870901,-3.6333167,3a,75y,332.31h,84.69t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s92k3C0hZnSCueTAZy8yyJw!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Kim’z Cafe

https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8711243,-3.6230154,3a,75y,345.8h,90.83t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s4kestoSh_9D83FkYU29NcQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Tesco

https://www.google.com/maps/@55.8927831,-3.6218521,3a,37.5y,51.36h,92.14t,358.49r/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sYApcpxTE8Opln1Ce-Au3_g!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

 

Extra Time Travel
If you are really good at driving the Deloreon then you will also see that the Blackburn Partnership Centre was just in the process of being built.

  1. Can you find out what colour the fences surrounding the building site are?
  2. How may people did you pass at the bus stops from Pinewood to the Co-op?

Most importantly have fun, be safe and be outdoors from indoors as best you can.

Enjoy 🙂

Gerry

Group 11

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After a lunch of cheese toasties that Cammy is making we have outdoor learning and health and well being.

In outdoor learning we are playing with bubbles and chalk in the garden.  Or you could look at this website https://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/grownups/how-does-your-garden-grow.

In health and well being we will have some free time to enjoy what we like best.  Reading, football, drawing or lego….Then we have this to finish our day https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bk_qU7l-fcU

Send me some pictures of your day (even if you aren’t in Group 11).  It would cheer up my day.  My email address is kirsty.reid@westlothian.org.uk

Outdoor Maths Ideas Week 1

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Here are some activities you could use outdoor or possibly inside. Talking about maths is really important for learning and understanding concepts. Have a look at the activites and see which one might suit your child.

Have fun!

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