As part of our DYW  week, homework this week is to find out about the job/career you would like to do when you are older. In your red jotter tell me:

• What the job is
• Skills needed for the job
• Qualifications you might need
• Why you would like this job

Numeracy

Homework this week is all about using a calendar. Using a calendar for this year answer the questions from the attached worksheet in your yellow jotter. As this is more of a life-skill, all maths groups will complete the same activity.

Using a calendar

Literacy

Complete the final dictionary task in your red jotter.

Dictionary Skills

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (Optional)

As we are completing our novel study on Charlie and the Chocolate Factory alongside our topic on ‘Chocolate’ , I would like to challenge you all to create your own chocolate invention room inside a shoe box.

Use your imagination and any materials you wish in order to do this.

Chocolate room shoe boxes should be brought into school on Thursday 30th May.

Examples

Numeracy

We have been finishing off our learning on time. Homework this week reinforces this learning. Please complete worksheets in the yellow maths jotter.

Pyramids/Cylinders –  Laser World

Spheres – Lots of time

Literacy

Complete the next dictionary scavenger hunt and complete in red literacy jotter.

Dictionary Skills

Welcome back to our final term of P5!

What a busy and exciting term we have ahead, starting with our class trip to Dumfries House on Wednesday.

There will be no homework this week as it is a shorter working week for us. Homework will recommence next week.

Our sharing the learning event scheduled for Wednesday has been cancelled.

We will be in touch in Term 4 to arrange a new date 🙂

Numeracy

This week we are taking part in East Ayrshire’s Sumdog Competition. For homework I would like all pupils to participate and have fun 🙂

Literacy

Complete the next 3 pages (pg 4-6) in the Dictionary Skills worksheets. This can be completed in the red jotter.

Dictionary Skills

This will be the last week of homework until after the Easter holidays.

Literacy

Complete the first 3 pages of the Dictionary Skills booklet. Write your answers in your red literacy jotter.

Dictionary Skills

Numeracy

This week we will begin revisiting time. Have a go at the revision exercises below in your yellow jotter.

Pyramids and Cylinders Time

Spheres Time

Homework this week for literacy is to read for enjoyment as part of our World Book Day Celebrations.

Pupils should also complete money games on Splashlearn.

Class Code: VORAER   Code: board56

Literacy

Find the main idea and supporting evidence from the text. Write your answers under sub-headings in your red jotter.

Jelly Babies and Gummy Bears

Cola Bottles

Numeracy 

Pyramids/Cylinders – Work out the total cost of the bills. Use the 4 operations to help you and show all working. This should be completed in your yellow jotter.

Bills

Spheres – Complete the addition and subtraction of money worksheet in your yellow jotter.

Money Adding and Subtracting

Cubes –  Complete the place value worksheet.

Missing Numbers

Literacy

Create alliterative names for the animals on the worksheet. Remember alliteration is when words have the same beginning letter eg, absolutely amazing animals. Complete this task in your red jotter.

Extra challenge for Jelly Babies – pick an animal from the worksheet and write a paragraph about the animal using alliteration – similar to what we tried in class 🙂

Alliteration

Numeracy 

Pyramids/Cylinders – Complete Exercise 1 of the probability worksheet in the yellow jotter. For extra challenge, Exercise 2 can be completed 🙂

Probability

Spheres – Complete the multiplication calculations in your yellow jotter. If you need to borrow a tables square just let me know.

Multiplication

Cubes –  Complete the place value worksheet.

Missing Numbers