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NHS Speech and Language Therapy Marvellous Monday Post: 27.4.20

Good morning everyone. A very exciting piece of information to share is that NHS Lothian Speech and Language Therapy are this week posting great ideas on how to support your child with Phonological awareness.

They are doing this on their Facebook page:

https://en-gb.facebook.com/NHSLothianSLT/

I will take out the main points as shared below and over the week continue to share their ideas and tips with you. It is also worth going onto the page using the link above as there is a wealth of resources available. Over the coming weeks I will use this site to continue to support you with your child’s speech and language development.

Did you know? Phonological (Sound) Awareness involves listening and playing around with sounds in words. Children can then begin to understand how the sounds join together to form words.

Children benefit from being able to break words down into smaller parts called ‘syllables’. First show your child by clapping 👏🏼 whilst saying 🗣words and then let them try too!

‼️ Remember: these activities are beneficial for all children in nursery and early school years as it helps with early reading 📖 and writing 📝skills. The activities also support children with speech sound difficulties 🗣!

⬇️ Try the syllable activities below using words with different numbers of syllables.

If you have any questions please just post in the comments section above.

Have a great day everyone and please visit the Facebook page it is really informative.

Mrs Docherty

Mrs Docherty POSITIVE SONG OF THE WEEK: 27.4.20

This week’s Positive Song is Rise Up by Andra Day which is a very powerful song with a powerful message. It is a song about courage and strength in the face of adversity. The song has a very special message for everyone and has been used by our special NHS nurses across the country to rally each other and support their patients.

As a school we feel the message of the song is exactly what we would want to say to you as our parents and as our friends. It is a message of working through things and knowing that we will rise up and come out the other end. We will do this together as a team and the lines from the song which stand out for me are:

You’re broken down and tired
Of living life on a merry go round
And you can’t find the fighter
But I see it in you so we gonna walk it out
And move mountains
And I’ll rise up
I’ll rise like the day
I’ll rise up
I’ll rise unafraid
I’ll rise up
And I’ll do it a thousand times again
And I’ll rise up
High like the waves
I’ll rise up
In spite of the ache
I’ll rise up
And I’ll do it a thousand times again
For you

Please listen to the song which is even more powerful when you hear the lyrics with music.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMpXtI6Nhskknowing

The song gives a clear message that who we are is demonstrated in what we do to help each other. It is about how we show support and empathy for each other which as a school we see in abundance not just now but at all times, so thank you. The words of the song give us a positive message of how we will get through these times and the positivity and experiences we will have again soon.

Have a great week everyone and please stay safe,

Mrs Docherty

Welcome back!

Good morning everyone,

We hope you all had a lovely weekend in the sunshine with your families!

Today many of our St Ninian’s staff team will be working in the HUB across the day helping look after the children of key workers. It seems strange not having you all there with us!!

Your teachers have planned another exciting week of learning for you and it has been great hearing about all your successes via the blog, twitter and TEAMS. Last week we sent out 4 virtual Golden Tickets – this week it could be you!

Remember that we are serving take away lunches between 12-1.30pm for our FSM and P1-P3 families. It would be lovely to see some new faces!!

Mrs Smith and I can also be contacted at the school today on 01506 414612 if you need any support or just fancy a chat! We are also available via email each day.

Our final thought for today is

Have a great day!

Mrs Roy and Mrs Smith

P2 Miss Lydon Weekly Learning Grid 27.04.20

Core Grid Week 4

RRS Article of the Week P2 27.04

Spelling Activity Suggestions

Good morning! Welcome to your second week back after the holidays!

Please find your weekly grid in the above attachments with learning activities for you to complete. I have attached the Rights Respecting Schools document and your Spelling Activities Suggestions too. This week I would love to see your Rights Respecting Schools activities. You could take a picture and send it via email.

Remember to check into the blog every day for extra daily activities.

Please get in touch is you have any questions

Miss Lydon

P2 Mrs Currie Weekly Learning Grid 27th April 2020

Good morning everyone!

Please find below your learning grid for the week.

Core Grid Week 4

RRS Article of the Week P2 27.04

Spelling Activity Suggestions

I hope you have fun trying out some of the learning activities on your grid this week.

Remember to get in touch using the comment section below.

Have a lovely day!

Mrs Currie

P2 MISS LYDON DAILY UPDATE 24.04.20

Good morning! I hope you have enjoyed your first week of learning after the holidays.

As it is the end of the week, try to relax using some mindfulness. Try this link for a fun and short guided mindfulness session:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf5K3pP2IUQ

Self-Assessment

It is Friday today so we are focusing on reflecting on the week we have had.

This week we will focus on smiley faces to assess our learning. Draw one of these faces next to each of your pieces of work:

Now look at the work you have drawn a smiley face on. Pick your favourite piece of work and write a positive describing word on your work, such as fantastic, great or super!

Writing

How did you get on with your writing task?

Use a pink pen and green pen and read over your story again and use the success criteria to help you mark your check your work.

Your success criteria for this week in writing was to:

*Use capital letters and full stops in every sentence.

*Write at least four sentences.

*Write an ending that solves the problem.

Now ask someone at home to look for any spelling errors in your work. If you would like to practise any of these spellings use rainbow writing to rewrite the words.

Reading

Look over your reading comprehension activity answers with someone at home. Together, work out if there are any mistakes in your answers or if you can add any detail to your answers. If there is nothing to correct, you could try to write your answers in full sentences.

Numeracy

Here are the answers to the division questions:

Look at your answers and strategies for Number Talks. You were asked to find 3 different ways of working out the Number Talk. Now choose which strategy you think is the most efficient. The most efficient strategy means the strategy that is the quickest and easiest. Draw a circle around your most efficient strategy for each of the Number Talks.

Number Talks

As a reminder, next Monday morning I will post a new weekly grid for you. Then on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday I will send out some daily activities to support or challenge your learning. On a Friday we will have time to reflect and self-assess.

Miss Lydon

P2 Mrs Currie Daily Update Friday 24.04.20

Good morning everyone,

Let’s start today with some mindfulness. Try this link for a fun and short guided mindfulness session:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf5K3pP2IUQ

Self-Assessment

It is Friday today so we are focusing on reflecting on the week we have had.

This week we will focus on smiley faces to assess our learning. Draw one of these faces next to each of your pieces of work:

Now look at the work you have drawn a smiley face on. Pick your favourite piece of work and write a positive describing word on your work, such as fantastic, great or super!

Writing

How did you get on with your writing task?

Use a pink pen and green pen and read over your story again and use the success criteria to help you mark your check your work.

Your success criteria for this week in writing was to:

*Use capital letters and full stops in every sentence.

*Write at least four sentences.

*Write an ending that solves the problem.

Now ask someone at home to look for any spelling errors in your work. If you would like to practise any of these spellings use rainbow writing to rewrite the words.

Reading

Numeracy

Here are the answers to the division questions:

Enjoy the weekend.

Mrs Currie

MRS DOCHERTY POSITIVE THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK: Friendship: 24.4.20

At the end of our first week back in our final term we hope you have had a successful week of fun and learning. Please know you are all doing so well and we are very proud of you. I know we have loved being in teaching mode and in contact with you all again this week and following on from our positive song of the week we have appreciated all of your friendship. As I always say Thursday is such an important day to stop, think and reflect especially when we Clap for our Heroes. Some of the things I ask myself on Thursdays are:

What have I felt happy about this week?

What have I done to make someone smile?

What special memory have I made this week?

What has made me sad or worried?

Who helped me when I felt that way?

Most answers involve my family and my friends which again I know we will all be missing. So for today I am sending you all a special message to help you to know we are all here for you and for each other. So from all of us to you we are sending big hugs and a big thank you for your support, hard work and friendship.

And please remember:

Have a lovely day everyone and look after yourselves,

Mrs Docherty

P2 Miss Lydon Daily Update 23.04.20

Learning Grid Week 3

Fortune Teller

Spelling Activity Suggestions

Home Learning Grid

We are almost at the end of our first week back. How are you getting on with re-telling a story to someone at home? Remember to speak about characters, setting, the beginning, middle and end. Mrs Docherty posted the image below in a previous blog post. Use it to help you with re-telling your story.

Drawing can be a very relaxing activity. Here is a drawing you can try at home:

If you are having any difficulty with any of the home learning activities please remember to ask your question in the comments section below. We will try to answer your question as soon as we are able to.

Numeracy

Your Sumdog challenge focuses on number words. Write down the digit and matching number word in these cookie jars. This will help you to practise for your Sumdog challenge.

Literacy

Can you work out the mistakes in my sentences? Try to copy the sentences without mistakes in your jotter.

thi dogg is really funnay.
Mi favourite fud iz toast annd gam

Miss Lydon

P2 Mrs Currie Daily Update 23.04.20

Learning Grid Week 3

Fortune Teller

Spelling Activity Suggestions

Home Learning Grid

Please remember how important it is to take breaks and relax during a day when working in the house. Drawing can be a very relaxing activity. Here is a drawing you can try at home:

Numeracy

Your Sumdog challenge focuses on number words.

If you would like extra practise have a go at this .

Write down the digit and matching number word in these cookie jars. This will help you to practise for your Sumdog challenge.

Literacy

Mrs Currie