Happy Tuesday everyone
Where has the sunshine gone? Today we have planned some more activities that you will be able to enjoy from inside.

Some activities for the day to keep you busy...
So at 9am you can start the day with some exercise with Joe Wicks.  Just click here to get moving.
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Please can you all stay up to date with your phonics.  This is super important for your reading and writing.  To watch today's session click here.
9:30am or 12:30pm  - Set 1 (all reception and nursery) 
10am or 1pm - Set 2 (most reception) 

For today we thought you could try some live animal viewing.  If you would like to  look at the animals in Edinburgh Zoo follow this link  and you can go live to the cameras.  Let us know in the comments below if you spot an animal.

Literacy  - Shark in the Park
Mrs Subachus' favourite nursery book is ‘Shark in the Park’ she said she likes it because it is a rhyming book and because it is about sharks!  If you haven't heard the story before or would like to listen to it again, click this link for the author Nick Sharratt to read it to you.

What did Timothy Pope spot through his telescope?
​Can you think of something that rhymes with that word?
Did Timothy Pope find any sharks in the story? Can you tell a grown up?
Challenge -  Can you write a sentence about your favourite story or can you write a sentence about Shark in the Park?

A colour hunt for maths 
What is your favourite colour? Miss Syme's is Green. Raheel knows this and says his favourite colour is green too. 
Can you see how many items you can find that are your favourite colour?
How many of those items are made of wood?
How many of the items are made of glass?  
How many items are made of plastic?
How many items are made of metal?
 
Pick another person in your house and ask them what their favourite colour is? Go and see how many items you can find that are their favourite colour?
Which was the most? Yours or theirs?
 Look below for all the things that Miss Syme found that were green in her house.

Good morning everyone!
We hope you had a lovely weekend.  What did you do over the weekend?

I have been counting the number of rainbows that I can see on my road. So far I have counted 5!
Can you beat my number?

So far I haven’t seen any butterflies but I have seen lots of bees!

Some activities for the day to keep you busy...
So at 9am you can start the day with some exercise with Joe Wicks.  Just click here to get moving.
​
Please can you all stay up to date with your phonics.  This is super important for your reading and writing.  To watch today's session click here.
9:30am or 12:30pm  - Set 1 (all reception and nursery) 
10am or 1pm - Set 2 (most reception) 

Tune in to our own Dr. Chip who will be showing you how to make towers today at 10am.  You will need  some sort of paper (newspaper, magazine,  paper), scissors and sellotape.

Or tune in to Dr.Chip a little later today and ask your parents to join you at 10am on Facebook for the minimusicmakers live stream with singing, instruments, requests and puppets.  

Our 10 books - literacy challenge
Today’s task is to think of one of your favourite stories from school. (Remember our 10 books) Can you remember what is on the front cover?
Can you tell a family member what an author and an illustrator do?
Can you retell the story or part of it to someone else?

Let your teacher know which story you chose and we can see which book(s) are the most popular!!
Do your family members like that book too?

The numeral challenge
Can you walk around your house and see if you can spot any numerals?
What numerals do you recognise? What is the largest number you recognise? What is the smallest numeral you recognise?
 
Can you try and write any of these numerals?
 
Look below for some of the numerals that we could find.
I had numerals on my laptop and remote.
Do you have numerals in your shoes and clothes? Why are there numerals on them?
 
Comment on the blog to tell us the strangest place you found a numeral?

Good morning children!
Your challenge this week is to play 'I spy' with your family.
Playing this game will help strengthen your  vocabulary, memory, attention and listening skills.
There are two activities to play.
1st Activity
1. Look at the picture and tell your  grown up all the things you can see!
Try to name 10 objects.

2.Listen and Point
 Your grown up is going to say the following 'I spy' sentences.
Listen very carefully to the 'special words' (clues) in the sentences.
" I spy with my little eye something that is  ... red, round, big, heavy, soft"
"I spy with my little eye something I can... play with, wear, sleep in, watch, read"
" I spy with my little eye  something that is a ... toy, furniture, wooden"
                 !
2nd Activity
Play 'I spy'  around your house. Try to use  special words (clues) that describe an object, tells you what an object can do and what group the object belongs to.
Remember to take turns and have fun!
Mrs Martin

Your challenge is to do the  following mouth movement exercises everyday.
These exercises will make the muscles around your mouth and face much stronger and help you to say your words clearly.
You will need a mirror  so that you can watch yourself doing the exercises.
Try to do each exercise 3 times.
Try to  hold that movement   for 5 seconds.

Have fun!
​Mrs Martin

​Good morning everyone!!
We hope you have had a lovely time at home this week.  We have loved receiving emails from you showing us your fabulous work.  You are all doing a great job and we are very proud of you. 
 
Please remember to keep in touch with us. You can tell us anything that you may have been doing whilst at home.
Have you been joining in with Joe Wicks?
Have you managed to do any cooking?
If so, send in some photographs to our email address:
[email protected]    -  Mrs Kendall
[email protected]   -   Miss Syme

Weekend task: Can you make a family Time Capsule?
Each member of your family can put an item into a box. Inside the box you can get a grown up to help you to write your family members names. Also in the box you could write down your favourite television programme, film, song, food. Why did you choose those items? Why did you pick a certain song?
Once your capsule (box) is complete, you can seal it and place it somewhere safe. Then in a number of years (maybe 10) you then take out the capsule and look inside!

Look below for a special message from your teacher.  Remember to keep emailing us and your work could feature on the blog next week.

​Good morning everyone!
What beautiful weather we have been having! We hope that you have managed to get some fresh air safely.

Get ready to start the day! Once you are clean and dressed why not go  to the 'Dough Disco'.
9:30am - youtube - Spread the Happiness TV channel

Keep up to date with your very important phonics learning  there are a few videos
9:30am or 12:30pm  - Set 1 (all reception and nursery)  - youtube  - Ruth Miskin Training
10am or 1pm - Set 2 (most reception) - youtube - Ruth Miskin Training.

Literacy task for Thursday
For today’s task, can you spot any butterflies?
Reception, remember when you had a visit from Wriggly Roadshow?
James brought lots of mini beasts for you to look at and touch, we have put some pictures at the bottom of this blog for you to look at and talk about.
Below is a copy of butterflies which are flying around at this time of year.
If it safe to do so, can you go outside and look for some?
If not, can you look from your window to see any?
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Reception, do you notice any patterns? If so, what patterns are they?
Can you draw a picture of a butterfly and send it to your teacher?



Maths  - name challenge
Can you write your name on a piece of paper? How many letters are in your name?
Write down all the names of your family? Ask them to help you?
Whose name has the most letters?
Whose name has the least amount of letters?
How many letters in your brother/sisters name?

Have you repeated any letter in your name? Circle them and count how many times you’ve repeated?
How many more letters would you need to add to your name to make it 10 letters?

We hope everyone is well and enjoying the activities set.
Remember to wash your hands!
​https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NoxdS4eXy18

Start the day right after your breakfast, brush your teeth and then get dressed in some comfortable clothes. Be ready to get active  - 
9am - Joe Wicks PE at home - youtube - The body coach TV

Then to keep up to date with your very important phonics learning  there are a few videos
9:30am or 12:30pm  - Set 1 (all reception and nursery)  - youtube  - Ruth Miskin Training
10am or 1pm - Set 2 (most reception) - youtube - Ruth Miskin Training.

How about making some Gnocchi (pasta) at home with a grown up.
4pm -  Kids cook with Theo - youtube - cookwiththeo
You will need 
a frying pan
a saucepan
a bowl 
a fork
2 baked potatoes (supervision needed)
2 cups plain flour
1 egg
Sauce - 
3 tbsp of oil
1 garlic
2 tomatoes
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Maths for today
Can you find:
5 black items, 1 purple item, 1 yellow item, 1 pink item, 2 blue item, 1 red and 2 green items?
How many items have you found all together? How did you work it out?
Which is the biggest item?
Which is the smallest item?
Which is the heaviest item?
Which is the lightest?
Are any of the black items electronic?
Can you draw a picture of all your items and try and write the numeral next to each item? Please send a picture to your teacher. 
​You can find some examples of items below.

Rainbow writing
Today’s activities include making a rainbow!
What colours would you need to make a rainbow? What shape is it?

​Reception can you label the colours? What sounds do the colours start with? Can you write a sentence using some of those colours?
Once you have completed your rainbow, place it in a window of your house, this way other children in your street can see it and you can make a rainbow wave to each other!

Have fun and as always stay safe.

Today is Tuesday
We hope you were able to access the youtube channels needed yesterday, if you need more support please email your class teacher.   
We would love to see some of your drawings.    Take a look at Miss Syme's at the bottom of this blog.
You can send your picture to your class teach by email
Mrs Kendall    -    [email protected]
Miss Syme  -   [email protected]

Here are some activities to  do at home  today.  
9am - Joe Wicks PE at home - youtube - The body coach TV

Then to keep up to date with your   very important   phonics learning  there are a few videos
9:30am or 12:30pm  - Set 1 (all reception and nursery)  - youtube  - Ruth Miskin Training
10am or 1pm - Set 2 (most reception) - youtube - Ruth Miskin Training.

Let's try some   counting today
Sing along the song of 2’s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTCcqQxT5Gk
Children can put this into practice by counting pairs of shoes, hands, feet or socks.
All EYFS - how many shoes are yours?  How many does your Mum have?
Challenge - How many shoes do you have if you add yours and somebody else's? Can you count in twos?

Tell us about your family
Have a look at some pictures of your family and talk about who they are, what they are doing and where they are.
All EYFS   - Can you draw a picture of your family and talk about it?
Reception - add a label to your picture to tell us who they are.
Challenge - write about the people in your family.

Good morning everyone,
We hope you have enjoyed the weekend.
Here are some activities to  do at home  today.  Most of these activities are live on youtube so make sure you tune in at the correct time or you will miss them.
9am - Joe Wicks PE at home - youtube - The body coach TV

Then to keep up to date with your very important phonics learning  there are a few videos
9:30am or 12:30pm  - Set 1 (all reception and nursery)  - youtube  - Ruth Miskin Training
10am or 1pm - Set 2 (most reception) - youtube - Ruth Miskin Training.

Tune in to our own Dr. Chip who will be making slime today .
10am -  www.drchips.weebly.com -  follow the youtube link
You will need - shampoo, cornflour,  food colouring and a bowl

How about making some flat breads at home with a grown up.
4pm -  Kids cook with Theo - youtube - cookwiththeo
You will need -  a frying pan, mixing bowl and spoon, grill or oven (parents  to support)  a rolling pin.  
2 cups of flour
1 cup of water/milk
Toppings - 1/2 cup passata
1tbsp tomato ketchup
2tbsp oil
pinch of herbs

Finally, how about sending your teacher a quick message to tell us what you have done this weekend and which activities you have tried. 
You can do this by commenting on the website or emailing them
Mrs Kendall    -    [email protected]
Miss Syme  -   [email protected]

Hello everyone, we hope you are all taking care of each other.
Below you will find some suggested links to resources, websites and pupils who have been attending school have been given a home learning pack.    There is more information and packs available on the school's website click on School Information and then the Coronavirus response.
We hope that you find all of this useful.

As an Early Years team we would like to also say that our youngest children may be feeling unsettled at this time of change so trying to ask them to do too many activities may be difficult at times. 
An extra hug and  a story from a loved one is always good!!

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