Let’s make the most of World Book Day being a snow day!

What are you going to read today? Who are you going to read with? Where are you going to read?

I would love to see what books you have been reading – please come and see me when we get back to school, and bring your books with you. I want to hear all about them.

What did you like about the book? Who was your favourite character? Was there someone in the book you didn’t like, and if so, why did you not like that person? Would you change the ending of the book?

Could you set up a library or a book shop at home and have some customers? Some of us did that in school last week, so think about how to describe books, and ask questions about them.

Can you redesign the front cover? For example, I have been reading a book about Mindfulness, and I think my new book cover for that would show Poppy lying in front of the fire as she is looking very calm and relaxed at the moment!

Here is the link to the World Book Day website which might give you some more ideas.

Enjoy your book activities, and I am looking forward to hearing about them when we get back to school.

Good morning everyone! Although we are not in school today there are still lots of things you can do at home to celebrate World Book Day.  Below are a list of challenges you could try out to join in the fun.  It would be great to see some pictures of you taking part in these; post them on our school twitter page or bring them into school with you when you return. Remember to tag ‘P5’ in your twitter post.

Stay safe and warm, and most importantly, have lots of fun!

From Mrs Morris

• Read for enjoyment
• Create a book character from snow
• Write your weekly spelling words in the snow
• Design a picture/scene from your favourite book in the snow
• Create your own reading quiz to share with the class
• Create a biography about your favourite author
• Turn your favourite story into a comic strip
• Re-tell your favourite story in exactly 10 words
• Create a new front cover for your favourite book
• Check out: http://interactivesites.weebly.com/language-arts.html
• Go to http://www.worldbookday.com/world-of-stories/ and select a free audio full length story.  Snuggle up and enjoy!
• Go to http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/video-tags/world-book-day and watch some famous authors live!

Today is World Book Day!

Good morning everyone! Although we are not in school today there are still lots of things you can do at home to celebrate World Book Day.  Below are a list of challenges you could try out to join in the fun.  It would be great to see some pictures of you taking part in these; post them on our school twitter page or bring them into school with you when you return. Remember to tag ‘P6’ in your twitter post.

Stay safe and warm, and most importantly, have lots of fun!

From Mrs Sinclair

• Read for enjoyment
• Create a book character from snow
• Write your weekly spelling words in the snow
• Design a picture/scene from your favourite book in the snow
• Create your own reading quiz to share with the class
• Create a biography about your favourite author
• Turn your favourite story into a comic strip
• Re-tell your favourite story in exactly 10 words
• Create a new front cover for your favourite book
• Check out: http://interactivesites.weebly.com/language-arts.html
• Go to http://www.worldbookday.com/world-of-stories/ and select a free audio full length story.  Snuggle up and enjoy!
• Go to http://www.scottishbooktrust.com/video-tags/world-book-day and watch some famous authors live!

While you are at home because of the weather, here are some activities that you can be working on:

• Practise your times tables
• sign in to your Sumdog account and play some maths games
• practise your spelling words in the snow and take a picture on your device
• complete some activities from your optional homework sheet
• read a book of your choice for world book day and write a character description in your jotter
• carry out out some extra research on the Jacobites

Mrs Hunter

Hello to everyone in Nursery!

I hope you have all managed to have some fun in the snow. Here are some suggestions of activities to do at home while Nursery is closed.

If it is safe to play outside:

• Make some patterns in the snow
• Compare footprints with someone else. Who has the biggest/smallest?
• Look for bird or animal tracks
• Build a snowman or a snow animal

Celebrate World Book Day:

• Sit down and enjoy reading a book
• Talk about your favourite part of a story
• Can you spot any patterns in your books?
• Draw a picture about a story you have read

Other ideas:

• Draw or paint a winter picture
• Go on a pattern hunt at home. How many different patterns can you spot?
• Help with the laundry by matching pairs of socks
• Sing some nursery rhymes. Can you make up another verse for ‘Here we go round the Mulberry Bush’? There are lots of other songs on this website to enjoy too! http://www.bbc.co.uk/learning/schoolradio/subjects/earlylearning/nurserysongs/F-J/mulberry_bush
• Try some of the fun activities on this website http://www.wordsforlife.org.uk/3-5/fun

Stay safe, keep warm and have lots of fun!

Mrs Donald