Good Morning Primary 7 🙂

Due to the lockdown, planned arrangements for supporting your transition to S1  have been disrupted significantly. We have received some information regarding transition in the form of  some videos and tasks from the schools you are going to.  The information we have received is below and I also thought it would be helpful for you all if I shared some other information about moving onto secondary school.

TASK – Whilst watching these videos you may think of some questions you have about starting secondary school – can you write these down and either post them on Teams or email them to me and hopefully we can get these sent to the high schools.

St John’s RC Information:

St John’s RC High School Website –  Transition Information Page & Booklet :  http://stjohnshigh.ea.dundeecity.sch.uk/p7-s1-transition

St John’s Research Tasks for P7 Pupils:  https://glowscotland-my.sharepoint.com/:p:/g/personal/ddspaton810_glow_sch_uk/ESEoGX0UHMdLpiUAfxeS9i8ByDCuqNvgB3VZLJkCdRbkIA?e=FaT3V1

St John’s Transition Video (also shared on Teams):  https://glowscotland-my.sharepoint.com/:v:/g/personal/ddspaton810_glow_sch_uk/EZ5YWPTaTW5EsGyapzoxf4wBXen6-XGmOxePiOMwY9-IEg?e=lsWQP6

Harris Academy Information:

Harris Academy Transition Page:  http://harrisacademy.ea.dundeecity.sch.uk/s1-transition

Harris Academy Aims and Values Video for new S1 pupils:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lUcpQtl4LIU

Harris Academy Question & Answer Session with new S1 pupils:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LtHA22hcWUk&feature=youtu.be

Further Transition Information and Support:

BBC Bitesize – Starting secondary school – peer-to-peer advice for pupils and parents: https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/tags/zh4wy9q/starting-secondary-school/1

BBC Bitesize – Information and videos for starting secondary school:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zjgck2p

Young Minds Find Your Feet Video – this film hears from pupils who are about to start high school and also from those who started high school last year:  https://youtu.be/xT6ctrk3pVQ

Please remember you can email me or message on Teams, we are here to support you all 🙂

Hello Primary 7 🙂 Here are the literacy tasks for the week, as I said in the previous post you do not need to complete all tasks, simply choose the tasks that are of interest to you and remember you can also look through all of the previous posts and complete some tasks you haven’t already done or use some of the websites that have already been posted.

LITERACY TASKS

1. WORD OF THE DAY – Complete as you have done previously with WORD, MEANING, SYNONYMS, ANTONYMS & UP-LEVELLED PARAGRAPH. The words for this week are – ALLEVIATE, LUMINOUS, SWIFT, RADIANT AND LIVID.

2. SCHOLASTIC ARTICLES – Read an article/s of interest and create some of your own literal and inferential questions based on the article.  ADDITIONAL TASK – Complete ‘Continue the Learning Journey’ for the article.

https://classroommagazines.scholastic.com/support/learnathome/grades-6-9-week-4.html

3. WONDEROPOLIS – Please go to the Wonderopolis website (QR code is on the grid) and choose a wonder of interest.  Complete the following in your jotters as you have done previously (remember there is a template in your Home Learning Pack)

New Vocabulary – what new words did you see? Write them down and then find out the definition.

Summary – Write the most important information from the article.

An Inference – What can you infer from this article?

https://wonderopolis.org/

4. POBBLE 365 – Select a picture and then complete some of the activities – if you select the Pick a Day tab at the right hand side of the page you can look through various images.  https://www.pobble365.com/

5. Authorfy 10 Minute Writing Challenge

Use this website to choose a creative writing challenge that is of interest to you, there are a range of authors and illustrators to choose from. Be as creative as you like!  https://authorfy.com/10minutechallenges/

6. FIRST NEWS – Log into First News and read some articles, take part in debates and complete some of the related activities.  https://ihub.firstnews.co.uk/pupils

7.  BBC Bitesize Lessons – Follow these links and complete the tasks. 

Using semicolons and colons:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zdtny9q

Revision of similes and metaphors:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zhcc92p

8. Adventures at Home Newspaper –  In March 2020, Children’s Parliament was working closely with 127 children as part of ongoing programmes and consultations. These children are known as current MCPs (Members of Children’s Parliament). They have created a newspaper for children that is available online:   https://www.childrensparliament.org.uk/our-work/adventures-at-home/

OPTIONAL TASK – This task is not compulsory, you can take part in this if you wish. 

GENERATION LOCKDOWN WRITING COMPETITION

This is your opportunity to write about your experience in lock down. Until midnight on Friday the 17th of July, you can submit a piece of writing about what life has been like in lock down and during the coronavirus.

This could be a personal experience, a poem, or a creative story. All of you will have had a unique experience that is only yours, and only you can capture in words.

Your entry should be 700 words or under and you should submit in your age category (open for age 7-17).

Your work will then be read by a published author, who will then pick out the five best entries from your age group. These entries will then be included in a book published by John Catt Educational called ‘Generation Lockdown Writes.’

There will also be a range of other prizes for the winning entries, and a special celebratory book launch where you will have the opportunity to meet the authors.

For more information visit the website:  https://generationlockdown.co.uk/

If you decide to take part in this competition let me know 🙂

Hello Primary 7 🙂 Here are the numeracy tasks for the week, as I said in the previous post you do not need to complete all tasks, simply choose the tasks that are of interest to you and remember you can also look through all of the previous posts and complete some tasks you haven’t already done or use some of the websites that have already been posted.

NUMERACY TASKS

1. GENERATE YOUR OWN BOARD NUMBER using the Mathsbot Question Generator  https://mathsbot.com/questionGenerator

The page will look like this at the top and you can choose how many groups of questions you get. You can start with 1 group of 5-10 questions then build up to more.

Question Generator – I want 1 group containing  10  questions per group. 

5. TOPMARKS DAILY  10 – work on your mental maths skills, choose your level (6 is the hardest) and choose the area you wish to work on, for example, multiplication then select the question interval.  https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

6. BITESIZE LESSONS – Fraction Revision Continued – Fractions of amounts (We have been revising what we were learning about fractions in school, please follow this link and complete the tasks)  https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zjhtpg8

Good Morning Primary 7! I hope you all had a lovely weekend and are ready for another week of home learning, do what you can and keep up the good work! Please remember you are not under any pressure to complete everything on the blog, some days you may do more and some days you may do less, it is what works best for you and your family.

There is a change to the Home Learning this week, I am working in the Hub all week therefore will not post daily numeracy and literacy activities, instead I have put together a selection of numeracy and literacy activities you can do.  You can select any tasks that are of interest to you, the tasks can be completed at any time that works for you, please remember there is no pressure to complete everything!

Please also spend time this week learning the words to the leavers song, this has been shared in Teams.

Have a lovely week, do what you can and stay safe. Please continue to email me with any queries/questions you have, I may not be able to reply for a few hours but I will reply later in the day 🙂

Friday 29th May Literacy Tasks

TASKS – Word of the Day and Pobble 365

TASK 1 – Vocabulary Word of the Day Task. The template is in your home learning pack, PLEASE DO NOT FILL THIS IN (as there is only one of them) but use it as a guide and do the task in the literacy jotter that is in your pack.

WORD OF THE DAY – TRANQUIL

In your jotters, you can set it out like this:

WORD:  Tranquil

Meaning:

Synonyms:

Antonyms:

Up-levelled Paragraph:

TASK 2 – POBBLE 365

Select a picture and then complete some of the activities – if you select the Pick a Day tab at the right hand side of the page you can look through various images.  https://www.pobble365.com/

Friday 29th May – Numeracy Tasks

Good Morning Primary 7, here is today’s Board Number, remember you do not have to do the extra, this is simply an extra challenge.

Once you have finished, please use a calculator to correct or ask someone at home to correct your work.  Remember, you can also use the inverse operation to correct your work too. For example 28472 x 6, once you have the answer, to use the inverse operation to correct, simply carry out a division calculation using your answer divided by 6 (the answer to this division calculation should be 28472).

TASKS – Board Number and Bitesize Lesson

SPICY

6954.25 – 599.29

46812 + 65842 + 558

596321 x 8

74664 ÷ 8

HOT

6846221.185 – 968752.008

2548756.899 + 654833.82 + 6183.059 + 99.88

548 x 38

556418.4 ÷ 8

EXTRA – Here are two BODMAS calculations with the same numbers but the brackets are in different places. Which calculation gives the greatest answer?

1.   26 – (3 + 2) x 4 + 3
2.   26 – 3 + 2 x (4 + 3)

TASK 2 – Fractions Revision 

We are continuing with revision of fractions, we covered this in class just before school closed therefore it would be a good idea to revisit and complete some fractions tasks.

Please follow these links, watch the videos and complete the activities:

Multiplying Mixed Numbers and Whole Numbers:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zbh6hbk

Multiplying Fractions:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zrspscw

Thursday 28th May Literacy Tasks

TASKS – Word of the Day and BBC Bitesize

TASK 1 – Vocabulary Word of the Day Task. The template is in your home learning pack, PLEASE DO NOT FILL THIS IN (as there is only one of them) but use it as a guide and do the task in the literacy jotter that is in your pack.

WORD OF THE DAY – PRISTINE

In your jotters, you can set it out like this:

WORD:  Pristine

Meaning:

Synonyms:

Antonyms:

Up-levelled Paragraph:

TASK 2 – BBC Bitesize – Writing a Recount

A recount is a way of telling others about something that has happened, there are techniques that should be used when writing a recount, in this lesson you will learn these techniques.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6698xs

Thursday 28th May – Numeracy Tasks

Good Morning Primary 7, here is today’s Board Number, remember you do not have to do the extra, this is simply an extra challenge.

Once you have finished, please use a calculator to correct or ask someone at home to correct your work.  Remember, you can also use the inverse operation to correct your work too. For example 28472 x 6, once you have the answer, to use the inverse operation to correct, simply carry out a division calculation using your answer divided by 6 (the answer to this division calculation should be 28472).

TASKS – Board Number and Bitesize Lesson

SPICY

169019 – 154999

84333 + 36584 + 1098

951324 x 6

50712 ÷ 6

HOT

2584362.49 – 995486.078

1258496.108 + 465875.49 + 4896.059 + 49.9

695 x 45

350773.56 ÷ 6

EXTRA –

628670.25 ÷ 9                 70114.84 ÷ 8              31154.88 ÷ 12

TASK 2 – Fractions Revision 

We are continuing with revision of fractions, we covered this in class just before school closed therefore it would be a good idea to revisit and complete some fractions tasks.

Please follow these links, watch the videos and complete the activities:

Adding and Subtracting Mixed Numbers:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zfp4kmn

Wednesday 27th May Literacy Tasks

TASKS – Word of the Day and Wonderopolis

TASK 1 – Vocabulary Word of the Day Task. The template is in your home learning pack, PLEASE DO NOT FILL THIS IN (as there is only one of them) but use it as a guide and do the task in the literacy jotter that is in your pack.

WORD OF THE DAY – LETHARGIC

In your jotters, you can set it out like this:

WORD:  Lethargic

Meaning:

Synonyms:

Antonyms:

Up-levelled Paragraph:

TASK 2 – WONDEROPOLIS

Please go to the Wonderopolis website (QR code is on the grid) and choose a wonder of interest.  Complete the following in your jotters as you have done previously (remember there is a template in your Home Learning Pack).

New Vocabulary – what new words did you see? Write them down and then find out the definition.

Summary – Write the most important information from the article.

An Inference – What can you infer from this article?

https://wonderopolis.org/

Wednesday 27th May – Numeracy Tasks

Good Morning Primary 7, here is today’s Board Number, remember you do not have to do the extra, this is simply an extra challenge.

Once you have finished, please use a calculator to correct or ask someone at home to correct your work.  Remember, you can also use the inverse operation to correct your work too. For example 28472 x 6, once you have the answer, to use the inverse operation to correct, simply carry out a division calculation using your answer divided by 6 (the answer to this division calculation should be 28472).

TASKS – Board Number and Bitesize Lesson

SPICY

549035 – 358972

658432 + 28461 + 818

58468 x 7

46109 ÷ 7

HOT

1548630.85 – 132556.984

6548965.058 + 658475.52 + 6584.49 + 5.87

269 x 85

460832.4 ÷ 7

EXTRA –

845 x 43               584 x 213                1584 x 34              2432 x 321

TASK 2 – Fractions Revision 

We are continuing with revision of fractions, we covered this in class just before school closed therefore it would be a good idea to revisit and complete some fractions tasks.

Please follow these links, watch the videos and complete the activities:

Adding and Subtracting Fractions:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z7ty382