Welcome to the Kirkliston Primary Support for Learning page.
Hello! Mrs O’Hara (P1 – P4) and Mrs Benzie (P5 – P7) are still working at home, just like you! It is good to know that you have been keeping busy and to hear about how you have been learning in lots of different ways.Many of you have shared how you enjoy doing lots of different things each day. This is a great way to learn as it keeps your mind alert and receptive to new experiences.
Keeping physically active, going outside, playing and making up games as well as some PE with Joe Wicks or Cosmic Yoga are a fabulous way to keep your brain healthy and ready to learn.Having a good chat at breakfast to plan your day ahead and again at dinnertime to share what worked well or what you enjoyed most is a great way to start and end your ‘school day’.
We know the amount of online resources out there can be overwhelming so, below, we have highlighted, what we feel are, some really useful resources to support your learning.
We would really like to hear how the children are getting on. Please let us know what we can do to support you further. Please email us through admin@Kirkliston.edin.sch.uk and any emails will be forwarded on to us or use the link below to access the Microsoft form to get in touch and we will try to respond in the best way we can
Click here for feedback form – Support for Learning conversation week 5
Below are some additional activities you can be doing to support your learning this week.
Literacy
Oxford Owl has a great range of free eBooks suitable for many different levels. It is free and only takes a couple of minutes to register as a parent. This week would like you to explore the different books and would love to hear if there are any you have particularly enjoyed.
Oxford Owl
Phonicsplay comics is a great site to use for short chunks of reading each day. Have a look at
- Phase 2 – Rick the Duck
- Phase 3 – I can spot…
- Phase 4 – Stunt Quest
Choose a level the children can read easily and you can explore from there.
Phonicsplay Comics
We continue to recommend the Daily Read Write Inc phonics lessons shown on YouTube.These are clear and easy to follow 10 to 15 minute phonic lessons with trained Read Write Inc teachers which children can follow independently. The children in all our groups are very familiar with RWInc and the Speed Sounds.
Click on the link below and have a go following a lesson. Please let us know how you get on.
Read Write Inc Daily phonics lessons
- The Speed Sounds Set 2 lessons at 10am will be a useful learning activity for all the children in our groups.
- TheSpeed Sounds Set 3 lessons at 10.30am would be a great learning activity for those children who are in Mrs Benzie’s Fresh Start groups.
This is a useful outline of the Ruth Miskin daily Speed Sounds lessons. RWInc Set 1, 2 and 3 lessons
Speedy Sounds week 5
Green Words Set 2 How are you getting on reading your green words? Are you getting quicker? Are you feeling more confident reading them? Please continue to practise these each day.
Remember you can use Finger Spelling to help sound out words as well as helping with spelling.
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Finger Spelling
Typing Club is a great website for helping you improve your keyboard skills. This week we will focus on keys F and J. Click on the link and get started.
Typing Club
- Watch the introduction video.
- Have a go at the first 4 lessons for keys F and J.
- Shouldn’t take more than 10 minutes.
- It’s great fun and a bit addictive!
P5 to P7 continue to have access to IDL which they regularly use in school. The children have been given their passwords and we would like to encourage the children to complete 2 modules three times a week if they can. Please let us know if you need any support with this. The children are confident using this in school and will hopefully be able to work on this independently at home. Click on the link below and click on ‘My IDL Login’ to get started.
IDL
Health and Well Being / Nurture
Make your own wise owl to share your feelings with.
Have a go making your very own special wise owl out of a cardboard toilet roll tube. Be as creative as you can! Your owl can then stay by your side and listen to how you are feeling. Tell your owl your secrets and your worries and it will help them fly away. Or you could use your owl as a puppet to talk to and share how you are feeling. Or write your worries and feelings inside your owl and ask it to look after them. Click on this link to download our instructions on how to make your very own owl.
We would love to see your pictures of your owls. What will you call your owl? Send any photos of your owls to admin@Kirkliston.edin.sch.uk to share with Mrs Benzie, Mrs Stewart, Mrs Miller and Mrs O’Hara and Mrs Taylor.
Maths / Numeracy
We think that these links from White Rose maths are great, learning activities, for you to support your learning. Look at all the links and choose the ones most suitable for you.
These will help you to practise your addition and subtraction skills.
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These activities will support to with your learning about money. They focus on learning to convert pounds to pence and pence and pounds. and adding subtracting money.
If you choose to do one of the money based activities, how about setting up a shop at home? You could create price labels for toys, games, tins of food or even toilet rolls!! Then ask someone to ‘buy’ 2 items and see if you can calculate the cost.
Have fun. We would love to see photos of your shops!