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Access Star Reader and MyOn here:
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Curriculum Context
What P5 got up to in Term 1: Context grid term 1 P5
STORM DAY FRIDAY 24TH OF JANUARY 2025
Hello! Hope you are all safe and well in the midst of this wild weather! Below I have attached some suggestions of some activities the children can do during the storm day.
Maths
I have uploaded a SumDog division task, as well as a mixed question competition for some extra maths revision on the storm day!
The games are great, but also feel free to get some old school times tables practise in using the look, cover, say and check method, using the times tables charts I sent home the other week!
Literacy
Why not settle down and read a book when it’s this wild outside? You can read and take a quiz on MyOn- the link is here! https://login.renaissance.com/12d2c8a8-2823-404d-a533-8a77e03336fc?state=135fa224-c108-4b9d-a279-022b015990ed
Or log into Nessy to practise your spelling!
SCOTS-
Do you know all these words? Set a timer and see how fast you can write down/find the meanings!
Some more ideas….
-Using the Scots words you know already, you could create an ‘All About Me’ in Scots.
Name/Nickname: (example: Wully)
Appearance: (example: I am a braw and lanky laddie wae blue een and hair as gingery rid as a Highland coo. Richt noo am a wee bittie peely-wally.)
Personality: (example: I am a wee blether. Sometimes I need to remember to haud ma wheesht and sherpen ma lugs! I am a richt sonsie laddie but am a wee bit grippy wae ma scran. I get scunnert wae folk reivin ma scran aff me! )
Hobbies/Interests:
Art: Make a Charles Rennie Mackintosh inspired bookmark!
Art: Or look out your window and create a Van Gogh Starry Night inspired picture of the richt dreich, stormy Scottish weather!
CHRISTMAS SERVICE
We are performing The Climb at the Christmas service. Here are the lyrics and the links to karaoke if you want to get in some extra singing at home:
The Climb, Miley Cyrus
I can almost see it
That dream I’m dreaming
But there’s a voice inside my head saying
You’ll never reach it
Every step I’m taking
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking
But I, I gotta keep trying
Gotta keep my head held high
There’s always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I’m gonna have to lose
Ain’t about how fast I get there
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb
The struggles I’m facing
The chances I’m taking
Sometimes might knock me down, but
No, I’m not breaking
I may not know it
But these are the moments, that
I’m gonna remember most, yeah
Just gotta keep going
And I, I gotta be strong
Just keep pushing on, ’cause
There’s always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I’m gonna have to lose
Ain’t about how fast I get there
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb
Yeah
There’s always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes you’re gonna have to lose
Ain’t about how fast I get there
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb
Yeah, yeah
Keep on moving, keep climbing
Keep the faith, baby
It’s all about, it’s all about the climb
Keep your faith, keep your faith
Whoa
Miley Cyrus – The Climb (Karaoke Version) (youtube.com)
We are also reciting a Christmas poem:
A Christmas Legend by Moira Andrew.
Three trees shivered
in the cold moonshine,
a date palm, an olive
and a dark green pine.
They whispered together,
saw a light in the sky,
paused, secrets forgotten,
heard a new baby’s cry.
They stood in the yard
near the child’s manger bed.
‘What can we give him?’
the gentle pine said.
The olive gave oil
to soothe his small feet.
The palm promised dates,
all sticky and sweet.
‘But what about me?’
the poor pine tree cried.
‘I can’t think of a thing.
I’ve tried and I’ve tried!’
Hearing her cries all
the stars tumbled down
to light up her branches
like a bright golden crown.
Then the pine tree stood tall
so the baby could see
on that first Christmas Day,
his first Christmas tree.
HWB
In Primary 5, we love a sing song!
Here are some feel good songs that you can have a wee sing along to! These songs carry messages of strength, resilience, friendship and confidence.
We have been practising some of these in class, so feel free to get some extra singing in at home- as a family perhaps! 🙂
The Climb, Miley Cyrus
I can almost see it
That dream I’m dreaming
But there’s a voice inside my head saying
You’ll never reach it
Every step I’m taking
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking
But I, I gotta keep trying
Gotta keep my head held high
There’s always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I’m gonna have to lose
Ain’t about how fast I get there
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb
The struggles I’m facing
The chances I’m taking
Sometimes might knock me down, but
No, I’m not breaking
I may not know it
But these are the moments, that
I’m gonna remember most, yeah
Just gotta keep going
And I, I gotta be strong
Just keep pushing on, ’cause
There’s always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I’m gonna have to lose
Ain’t about how fast I get there
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb
Yeah
There’s always gonna be another mountain
I’m always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes you’re gonna have to lose
Ain’t about how fast I get there
Ain’t about what’s waiting on the other side
It’s the climb
Yeah, yeah
Keep on moving, keep climbing
Keep the faith, baby
It’s all about, it’s all about the climb
Keep your faith, keep your faith
Whoa
Miley Cyrus – The Climb (Karaoke Version) (youtube.com)
Roar, Katy Perry
I used to bite my tongue and hold my breath
Scared to rock the boat and make a mess
So I sat quietly, agreed politely
I guess that I forgot I had a choice
I let you push me past the breaking point
I stood for nothing, so I fell for everything
[Pre-Chorus]
You held me down, but I got up (Hey)
Already brushing off the dust
You hear my voice, your hear that sound
Like thunder, gonna shake the ground
You held me down, but I got up (Hey)
Get ready cause I had enough
I see it all, I see it now
[Chorus}
I got the eye of the tigеr, a fighter
Dancing through the fire
‘Causе I am a champion, and you’re gonna hear me roar
Louder, louder than a lion
‘Cause I am a champion, and you’re gonna hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
You’re gonna hear me roar
Now I’m floating like a butterfly
Stinging like a bee, I earned my stripes
I went from zero, to my own hero
[Pre-Chorus]
You held me down, but I got up (Hey)
Already brushing off the dust
You hear my voice, you hear that sound
Like thunder, gonna shake the ground
You held me down, but I got up (Got up)
Get ready ’cause I’ve had enough
I see it all, I see it now
[Chorus]
I got the eye of the tiger, a fighter
Dancing through the fire
‘Cause I am a champion, and you’re gonna hear me roar
Louder, louder than a lion
‘Cause I am a champion, and you’re gonna hear me roar
[Post-Chorus]
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
You’re gonna hear me roar
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
(You’ll hear me roar)
Oh oh oh oh oh oh oh
You’re gonna hear me roar
Katy Perry – Roar (Karaoke Version) (youtube.com)
Keep Moving, Jungle
Unless you understand it
And find out what to do
Don’t think about it
I’ll be running with you
If I can’t understand it
I’ll find another way
Keep moving, keep moving
Keep moving, keep moving
Keep moving, keep moving
Bad Avenue
If you coming like that, then it’s about time you know
In a new house, in a new place
If you change
Keep moving, keep moving
I can hear the alarm
I won’t take it much longer (keep moving, keep moving)
Are you breaking my heart?
Thanks for making me stronger (keep moving)
Someone’s got to find the truth
If you change
When you livin’ like that, you can spend the right time, you know (oh-oh, oh-oh)
In a new house
In the UK
If you change
Keep moving, keep moving
I can hear the alarm
I won’t take it much longer (keep moving, keep moving)
Are you breaking my heart?
Thanks for making me stronger
I could live with it, I could live with it, oh
I could live with it, I could live with it, oh
I could live with it, I could live with it, oh
I could live with it, I could live with it, oh-oh-oh
Unless you understand it
Then find out what to do
Don’t think about it
I’ll be running with you
If I can’t understand it
I’ll find another way
I could live with it, I could live with it, oh
You gotta move it
You gotta move it
You gotta move it
Keep moving, keep moving
You gotta move it
You gotta move it
You gotta move it
Keep moving, keep moving
Keep moving, keep moving
Keep moving, keep moving
JUNGLE – KEEP MOVING (Lyrics) (youtube.com)
I’ll Be There for You (Theme from Friends), The Remembrants
So no one told you life was gonna be this way
Your job’s a joke, you’re broke, your love life’s DOA
It’s like you’re always stuck in second gear
When it hasn’t been your day, your week, your month, or even your year, but
I’ll be there for you
(When the rain starts to pour)
I’ll be there for you
(Like I’ve been there before)
I’ll be there for you
(‘Cause you’re there for me too)
You’re still in bed at ten and work began at eight
You’ve burned your breakfast, so far things are going great
Your mother warned you there’d be days like these
But she didn’t tell you when the world has brought you down to your knees that
I’ll be there for you
(When the rain starts to pour)
I’ll be there for you
(Like I’ve] been there before)
I’ll be there for you
(‘Cause you’re there for me too)
No one could ever know me
No one could ever see me
Seems you’re the only one who knows what it’s like to be me
Someone to face the day with
Make it through all the rest with
Someone I’ll always laugh with
Even at my worst, I’m best with you, yeah
It’s like you’re always stuck in second gear
When it hasn’t been your day, your week, your month, or even your year
I’ll be there for you
(When the rain starts to pour)
I’ll be there for you
(Like I’ve been there before)
I’ll be there for you
(‘Cause you’re there for me too)
I’ll be there for you
I’ll be there for you
I’ll be there for you
(‘Cause you’re there for me too)
The Rembrandts – I’ll Be There For You (Friends Theme Song) (Karaoke Version) (youtube.com)
