Primary School Family Learning Activities – Week Beginning 15.6.20

Some of these activities are based on your local area (Including surrounding places such as Denny and ).

You can work through these tasks in any order. Shopping Recreation The Canal Geography Notable People What shops are there around What is there to do in your local You live very near the Forth and Find a blank map of There are a number of notable the local areas – make a list area? Design a new park that Clyde Canal. Carry out a fact and plot the following locations: people who come from the area of the shops and the type of could be placed in the local area finding mission to find out when around Denny. Find the names of shop that each is – should and include facilities which you it was first built, why it was some of these people and what there be other types of think should be included. built and what it was used for. they are famous for. Choose one shops in the local area? Give Write a letter to Falkirk Council How do canal locks work? What Denny of these people to find a bit reasons for your answers. explaining why this park is is used for now? Design or make Head of Muir more about. needed. your own canal boat. Mapping Houses Quiet Time People History Create your own map of your What different types of houses Go to somewhere quiet in your What key people are needed in a Near Bonnybridge, there is a local area. Decide which main can you find around your local local area (with an adult!) e.g. community? What are their job location called Rough Castle. streets, shops, facilities, area? Some are modern, some chacefield woods or down at to roles and why are they needed? With your family, visit and walk schools etc should be are older? Make sketches or the canal. Sit quietly for 15mins the route (if your within 5 miles included. Label these items take photos of the different and record what sounds you Make a poster to show the roles of course!) and read the on your map or use a key. types/design of houses that you hear, animals you see and smells of people in the community and information signs. Make a find. you notice. Make a list or take why they are important. leaflet or poster describing the photos. location for people who don’t know it (like me!) Virtual Sports Make someone smile Values Survey Keep in Touch Now that you and other Think about someone who makes Our school has 4 values – can Create a survey asking family Some of you may not have saw members of the school you smile. Write a letter or you remember them? What members about the local area. Make each other for a long time now. community have completed postcard to them telling them values do you think should be a list of statements e.g. There is If so then keep in touch with plenty to do, there is too much the virtual sports day, use this and why. You can post it to present in your local community? friends by texting them, litter etc and ask your family 2D and 3D shapes to design a them (if you know their whatsapping or even phoning members whether they agree or medal or trophy which can be address) or leave it on their Create a logo to represent your disagree. Display the results in a them to see if they are OK. We awarded. List the shapes doorstep as a little surprise. local area and its values. bar graph with different bars for all need to look out for each used. numbers who agree and disagree. other during these strange times.