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They are back! I am pleased to say that our very own super heroes are back in school helping us to be amazing learners – everyone using the power of YET as we find out and try out ways to learn and get smarter!
i am sure primary 7 will not mind me sharing this amazing display with you today!
I am looking forward to seeing every class’ display around school and shared with you all on the class blogs!
We learn about maths topics alongside our SEAL (Arithmetic/number) learning. We are focusing on 2D and 3D shape at the moment.
Sorting 2D and 3D shapes (game requires Flash) http://resources.hwb.wales.gov.uk/VTC/castle_shapes/eng/Introduction/StarterActivityPart2.htm
Feed the monster the correct shape – https://www.topmarks.co.uk/early-years/shape-monsters
What comes next in the shape pattern? – https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/shape-patterns
There are 3 parts of literacy; reading, writing and listening/talking. This week we have been exercising our ears, matching sounds to picture. Here are some listening games you can play at home.
Can you pop the bubble which matches the letter? https://www.ictgames.com/phonicsPop/index.html
(this game requires Flash) http://www.literactive.com/Download/live.asp?swf=story_files/Fishing_Bowl_US.swf
“Read what I have written” was last week’s writing target. When writing, we first think about what we are about to write, we then try to write this down and finally, we read what we have written. This shows that we understand that we write so we can read, even if you don’t know how to spell something you just have a go!
We practised our letter formation using paint this week
We have been putting on our scientist hats and mixing colours together. We are learning that when you mix 2 colours together it makes a new colour.
We put one colour on each hand and then rubbed our hands together. Mixing 2 primary colours makes a secondary colour.
We mixed different coloured Play-dough to make new colours. We recorded what we found on the piece of paper.
We made a beautiful window display layering tissue paper of primary colours
Here is a fun colour mixing game you could play at home! http://d3tt741pwxqwm0.cloudfront.net/KET/evlearnket/Creating-Colors3/index.html
We have been going outside on Tuesday afternoons with Mr Reed. Remember to always bring your coat to school as the weather is very changeable. You may wish to wear black or grey trousers on Tuesdays. This week we were learning some games and ball skills!
Fine motor skills help us tie our shoe laces, put up our hair, zip up our coats, hold and write with pencils and cut with scissors. We like threading beans and letters, and using big tweezers in our busy learning time.
Have a lovely week! Miss Copeland
Hello! I am so glad that everyone is feeling better. It has been lovely having everyone back in this week! Let’s see what we have been getting up to…
We have been…
Here are some free maths games that you could play at home
In phonics lessons we learn that a written letter has a matching sound and name. Here is a video showing the name and sounds for the alphabet.
Last week we introduced two letters; a and t. We use Jolly Phonics songs to learn a story and action for each letter sound. See if you can do the sound and action at home. Soon we will know S, A, T, P, I and N. With these 6 letters we can spell lots of words!
At the beginning, you may find that your child can draw the letters but in a different way. An a, for example, can be drawn as a circle with a tail. Although it may have the same outcome, forming the letters as we ask is very important as it will help your child when they come to joining letters together.
Try making your letters in lots of different ways; Outside with sticks and flowers, with Lego, with salt, shaving foam, sprinkles, rice, Playdough, sand…
As a whole class, we are reading wordless picture books. We learn that stories have characters and that they have a beginning, middle and end. Here are some of the characters we will see in our stories
You can read some wordless stories together at home by signing up to a free Oxford Owl account. Once you have signed up, you will be able to read the story below called The Haircut. https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/api/digital_books/1408.html
It is important that when you are reading together, you feel that you can talk in whichever language you and your child feels most comfortable in.
Rainbow is Primary 1’s Everywhere Bear.
Rainbow goes home with the Star of the Week every Thursday and comes back to school on Monday where it will be quarantined ready for it’s next trip!
We voted to decide what we should call it.
Listen to the story below to find out what happened to Class 1’s Everywhere Bear!
If, due to Covid, you do not wish to take the fluffy bear home, please let me know so we can arrange for a laminated photo to come home instead.
Lots of our friends were off school poorly last week âšī¸ We have missed them lots, but we know that it is important for them and us to stay safe and keep washing those hands!
Every Monday, we write about our weekend. At the beginning of Primary 1, we are asked to remember what we did and then draw a picture. If we can, we can write some letters or words ourselves. When we draw a picture of ourselves, singing the rhyme Head, shoulders, knees and toes can help us to remember the parts of the body as we draw them đ
This week, Miss Copeland asked us to either copy over a word, or copy the letters underneath, in addition to an adult writing what we say is in our picture. The key skill we are learning here is ‘why do we write?’, with the answer being so that we can read what has been written.
This week in maths, along with our counting forwards and backwards, we have been practising our finger patterns to 5. We did this on our left and right hands. Some of us tried a trickier challenge of making the number behind our backs so we couldn’t count the fingers!
Some of us then moved on to doubles. “If I put 2 on one hand, I put 2 on the other hand. 2 and 2 makes 4”. Doing this without looking by making bunny ears is super tricky!
The Colour Monster helped us to make pink this week! We made pink by mixing white and red paint together! In the book, pink means ‘love’. Some of us chose to paint heart shapes đ
We also learned how to draw the Colour Monster! We had to watch, listen and copy the instructions. We practised two times before drawing our final version. Practising is very important. Practise makes progress. Here are our happy yellow Colour Monsters! If you want to have a go at home, click here for the instruction video!
Finally, we have been having lots of fun following the actions to Koo Koo Kanga Roo videos! Here is one of our favourites. Copying, learning and making up our own dance moves is great for our brains and motor skills đ
The Colour Monster has 6 colour emotions. Yellow – Happiness, Pink – Love, Black – Fear, Blue – Sadness, Red – Anger and Green – Calm.
We have been experimenting adding black and white to these colours to see what happens. Can you go on a treasure hunt in your house and find something that is yellow, pink, black, blue, red and green? Click ‘reply’ to this post with what you have found, or email admin@royalmile.edin.sch.uk with the subject ‘For Miss Copeland’ if you wish to share a photo!
You can hear the story being read by clicking here.
No, not that kind of seal!
SEAL (Stages of Early Arithmetic Learning) is a way of teaching maths which helps children’s mental agility. We teach this in very small groups to make sure that every child progresses.
We have been practising…
Can you play Counting Tennis at home? You need a partner for this number game. Alternate numbers and see how high you can count. “I say 1, you say 2, I say 3, you say 4…” Can you do it backwards too?
Try counting up to 20 with this fun action YouTube song!
We have been doing LOTS of cutting. Straight lines, curved lines, zig zags. We’ve chopped them all! Remembering to keep our thumbs up was this week’s target.
Here’s a tip you could try at home đâī¸
Every Friday we visit our mini library, the Book Box. We can choose any book we like to take home. Bring them back on Friday to swap them for a new book.
Do you have any books you could donate to the Book Box? Please bring them to school in a plastic bag so we can quarantine them for 72 hours before sharing them with other pupils.
Best wishes, Miss Copeland
Royal Mile Primary School 