All P6 pupils should continue to access the variety of Numeracy, Reading and Spelling activities allocated in the Classwork tab of Education City. The allocated activities can be accessed by clicking on the Snow Day folders, but please explore some of the other areas of the curriculum and activities too.
Since we are not at school to celebrate World Book Day please also visit the website www.worldbookday.com and try out some of the fun activities on here.
It would also be great to see everyone get a little creative in celebration of the the day and send pictures of you reading somewhere a little different. We had some great examples in the snow yesterday – can we add some more today? Why not create something in the snow related to one of your favourite novels or characters? Or if you’d rather be warm indoors how about creating a model, painting a picture or even baking and decorating a cake along the theme of your chosen book?
We’d love to see your ideas so don’t forget to tweet #SPSSnowDay #SPSLovestoRead
P6c parents/ carers,
These are possible activities the children can complete on the snow day.
Either complete the education city activities allocated to your account or the activities listed:
Numeracy
*log into www.sumdog.com
*choose a times table to improve and practise
Literacy
*read a chapter of a novel
*update reading Reading Passports
*choose a reading dare from homework jotter or write a summary of what has been read
*choose a spelling activity from homework jotter
Other
*we have heard from two engineers this week. Can you engineer a bridge that has a span of 50cm and is strong enough to hold your reading book?
Remember all school pupils should have been issued with login details for the Education City website. Lots of fun activities and games to reinforce learning.
Primary 6 teachers will allocate activities on Education City to allow children to continue with their learning whilst at home during the winter weather.
Children are also encouraged to take the opportunity to use the time to read their personal novels as part of our First Minister’s Reading Challenge and be prepared to share what they have read on our return to class.
Please check back for further updates which will also be shared via Twitter and Class Dojo.
The decision has been made to close all West Lothian schools today (Wednesday) due to the current and predicted weather. A group call has been sent to all parents/carers.
Please see link below to a copy of the letter issued to pupils telling you about an upcoming workshop. O2 and the NSPCC are delivering a session about online safety.
This year we are inviting all children to get creative in celebration of World Book Day 2018.
Since we have already dressed up as our favourite characters for Book Week Scotland, we decided to do something different this time.
Children are being given the opportunity to come to school wearing a t-shirt or hat (or both) that they have designed and created. This can be based on a book or book character of their choice.
Our hope is that this will encourage children to talk about their chosen story or character with their friends and peers across the school.
Whilst we encourage as many children as possible to take part, the activity is not compulsory and we do not wish to cause families any unnecessary expense. Please make use of old t-shirts etc and recycled materials that you already have at home so that no cost is involved.
We would like to wish all our families a Happy New Year. We would also like to wish our pupils a warm welcome back to school. We hope you all had a lovely break and are ready for an exciting new term of learning at Simpson Primary.
