We’ve been busy learning all about the weather and how it affects our daily lives.
Here’s a link to a bank of fun activities to keep the learning going at home. Check it out!
Met Office Summer Weather Activities
Have fun!
P2
I Bike
Queensferry Primary School runs I Bike events and we have an active I Bike Crew. The I Bike crew are a group of Primary 5 children who are enthusiastic about riding bikes and bike safety in and around school. These children are:
Emma Garmany Rihanna Connell
Charlotte Grant Niamh Gorman
Rory Davidson Meggie Clark
Ruby Hood Abigail Whyte
Each week this crew count how many bikes and scooters come to school. The also help to organise events in school that encourage even more children to cycle or scoot to school.
At the minute we have the Golden Padlock competition. This involves a bike that is regularly brought into school, being chosen each week. A Golden Padlock is attached to the bike by the I Bike crew and the owner comes to Primary 5 to select a prize of their choice. As the year goes on we will hold a variety of events to encourage healthy journeys to school.
For upcoming events please watch below:
Friday 24th March – Our Big Pedal competition has been running for a week now and already we have a number of children who have brought their bikes for four days and have their golden tickets for prize draw. The school target was to get 15% of children bringing a bike or scooter to school. This week we have achieved 16%, so well done to all those children who have taken part.
Monday 20th March – The I Bike crew are launching a new competition called ‘The Big Pedal’ which will run from Monday 20th March until the end of term. Children are being encouraged to bring their bikes to school and they can win a variety of prizes including a scooter, a helmet and lots of other smaller prizes. Over the two weeks, if children bring in their bikes for 4 of the 10 days they will be entered into a prize draw. Also each day there are over 50 bikes and scooters together the school bike will move around the world map. We are hoping to move all around the world. Our school may also win prizes just for taking part in this national competition. Thank you.
For more information please see this link http://bigpedal.org.uk/
Wednesday 15th March – Primary 6L are taking part in their Bikeability lessons.
Wednesday 15th March – Primary 5 are taking part in a Dr Bike initiative to ensure bike safety and teach simple maintenance.
Wednesday 8th March – Primary 6L are taking part in their Bikeability lessons.
What is I Bike?
Sustrans’ I Bike project works with schools in Scotland to promote cycling, scooting and walking to school. It is an excellent way to incorporate physical activity into children’s daily routines. The benefits of physical activity include increased alertness in class, improved health and reduced risk of obesity. I Bike aims to increase the number of children travelling actively to school, particularly by bike.
They work with each of their schools to develop a structured programme of cycling related activities including route planning, led rides, themed Bike To School events, bike maintenance sessions, bike clubs and themed assemblies.
Active travel also includes walking and scooting and is great for all ages. It can incorporate healthy exercise into the daily routine, can improve children’s concentration at school and increases independence for older pupils, as well as being a more sustainable way to get around.
Through running a series of fun and inclusive activities, I Bike aims to keep pupils cycling when they move on from Secondary School and to increase the numbers of pupils who want to cycle to school.
For more information about I Bike: http://www.sustrans.org.uk/scotland/what-we-do/schools-and-universities/i-bike
Maths Games for the computer!
Games to support maths
Here are some games we like to use in school to support learning in maths. We hope your child can have fun playing them at home too J
General number bond games for differing abilities:
www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
This game provides quick fire questions on number bonds and covers doubling, halving, multiplication and division too. It is a timed activity so the children often enjoy trying to beat the clock! (Tablet friendly)
*The following games are not tablet friendly so a laptop or computer would be required*
http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/numberbond.html
This game allows you to work on number bonds to 5, 10 or 100.
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=loopcardsv6
A super interactive game which allows you to work on your number bonds to 10, 20 or 100 (just click the pairs activity for your desired level!). If looking for doubling, halving, multiplication or division activities, this fits the bill too.
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=CalcBalancev5
Can you make the sums balance? Choose from addition bonds within 10 or addition bonds within 20.
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?b=maths/addition
A fun game where children can repair the slide by choosing 2 pieces which total 20. This game progresses on to dealing with number bonds to 100.
Games which will specifically help develop number bonds to 10:
http://www.ictgames.com/save_the_whale_v4.html
Save the whale by finding the pipe showing the correct number bond.
http://www.iboard.co.uk/iwb/Alien-Pairs-to-10-733
Find a pair of aliens which would total 10 then watch the flying saucer soar away!
Games which will specifically help develop number bonds to 20:
http://www.ictgames.com/funkymum20.html
Complete the sum which totals 20 each time then watch the Egyptian mummy have a boogie!
http://www.ictgames.com/funkymum.html is another version of the above game and gives simple 1 digit add 1 digit sums where the answer totals no more than 20.
Primary 2 Enjoy-a-ball
On Tuesday 31st January P2H and P2L will be having a visit from Paul Pizza of Enjoy-a-ball! During their PE lesson the children will receive a taster session showing them what the after school club has to offer. After practising some ball skills with the children, in a fun and exciting way, Paul will provide each with a leaflet telling them how they can join one of the Enjoy-a-ball clubs in South Queensferry should they wish to. You can look out for the leaflets in bookbags next week!
Mrs Law and Miss Hendry
Primary 2 are able to add!
Today Primary 2 were using different ‘adding strategies’ to help solve number problems. We have been using our stories of ten, as well as doubles and near-doubles, to help us to add two numbers together. We really enjoy singing songs to help us learn our number bonds. Here are the links to a few of the songs we have been singing (and rapping to) in class.
Ask us about the games we’ve been playing that help to reinforce our skills in addition.
Primary 2’s Summer Term
We can’t believe it’s the last term of Primary 2 already! Doesn’t time fly when you’re having fun? We have made a great start to the term and are encouraging each other to be that little bit more independent and to take more responsibility for our learning.
We are hoping that the sun will shine for us as we begin to investigate the effects of weather on daily life. This, in turn, will give us lots of opportunities to take our learning outdoors and into our new classroom……
Keep your eyes peeled for more information about how we are getting ready for Primary 3!
