Hello again everyone,

We hope you all continue to be safe and warm and are making the most of the snowy weather.  We have really been taken aback by the volume of snow we’ve had!  Here are a few more learning activities that can be completed today:

• Spelling – test yourself or have someone at home test you on this weeks spelling words.  You can upload your words to www.spellingcity.com and play games.
• We have discovered that the snow in our garden is 17 Duplo bricks deep!  Can you use non-traditional measuring resources to check your garden?
• You could check the depth of snow at a range of points around your garden.  What are it’s deepest/lowest points?  You could draw a graph or write a report on any patterns your find.  Could you think about why certain points are deeper than others?
• A wide range of activities can be found of www.sumdog.com and www.educationcity.com
• Continue to work on your World Book Day costume or designs.  We will aim to share these on another date soon!
• There are a number of wonderful World Book Day games found here:  http://www.worldbookday.com/ideas/share-a-story/  Why not try listening to one of the many free audio books?
• We will be sharing stories from our Snow Day’s when we return to school so please be prepared to tell us all what you’ve been up to!  Bring photo’s, tasks or discussion prompts to show the class.

Most of all, continue to stay safe in the snow.  We hope to see you all soon!

Mr Aitken & Miss Clarke

Snow day activities for P1C

I hope you are enjoying your time at home with your family and that you are safe and cosy when you are not outside enjoying all this wonderful snow! ❄️❄️❄️

As school remains closed you may want to try some of the activities listed below:

Phonics

Our new sound this week was “ch”, you could make “ch” in the snow with sticks, stones or food colouring.
Go on a “ch” word hunt around your home or you could even go outdoors.
Write words and sentences with the “ch” sound.
Revise all sounds. Most recent sounds include – ee, oa, oo, w, ch, ng and sh
We have been working hard on blending in class. You can use the website below to practice blending at home http://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/literacy/firstblends/

Today is World Book Day

In class the plan this week was to make a World Book Day head band, you could create this at home including drawing of your favourite character
How many books can you read today, I wonder which one is your favourite?
Look at some of the titles on The First Minister’s Reading Challenge, some of these books are available as ebooks,
Can you make your own book? Staple or stick a few pages together and then decide on your character for your book. Draw lots of pictures on each page to tell a story, if you can, have a go at writing this story, I can’t wait to see your books next week.
Can you create a story about a snowy day?

Reading

Read your reading book and play fastest finger – can you find all your words.
Read your favourite book, you’ll be surprised how many words you can read on your own now.
Practise your key words and use them to play games or build real/ silly sentences – don’t forget your capital letters and full stops.

Maths and numeracy

Create a snow creature or sculpture, can you measure it, what will you use to measure it?.
Play a board game.
Try any of the activities listed on the P1 homework grid, issued earlier this term.
Play Number Bond games – teach someone how to play fist of 5 challenge yourself and play fists to 10 http://www.ictgames.com/save_the_whale_v4.html