Author: Mrs Ali

Reading 

Maths – Speed Tables for Thursday 7th February.

Spelling – Choose two written active spelling tasks to complete for Friday 15th February.

Other Information

ExPLORE Project

Projects are due in on Wednesday 6th February. Please take the time this week to prepare your 2 minute talk, as discussed in class.

Vikingar School Trip – Please return permission slips as soon as possible. The trip date is Monday 18th February. If you are available to help, please contact the school office.

Swimming – Please remember to bring your swimming costume or trunks and towel in a bag (goggles optional). Girls should tie their hair back or bring a swimming cap.

P.E. – A growing number of children are not bringing their PE kits on a Friday. Please ensure you have the correct PE kit and footwear for health and safety reasons.

Spring Half Term

School is closed for pupils on Friday 8th, Monday 11th and Tuesday 12th February. Pupils return on Wednesday 13th February.

Enjoy the holidays!

Problem Solving

On Friday morning, Primary 5 worked extremely hard to solve area and perimeter problems. They had to use their previous knowledge and apply it to a new problem solving situation. Finding the perimeter of unusual shapes provided quite a bit of challenge! Ask your child how they solved the problem.

 

Reading – Time will be given in class to complete reading homework

Maths – Education City

Please spend 10-15 minutes on this daily. Remember I can track your progress online.

Spelling – Choose one written active spelling task to complete.

ExPLORE Research Task – see post from last week

By now, you should have started your ExPLORE task. Remember it can be a poster, Power Point or 3D model related to the Vikings. If you need paper for your poster, please ask. Try and spend some time on this daily and do not leave it to the last minute.

Other Information

Swimming – Please remember to bring your swimming costume or trunks and towel in a bag (goggles optional). Girls should tie their hair back or bring a swimming cap.

P.E. – A growing number of children are not bringing their PE kits on a Friday. Please ensure you have the correct PE kit and footwear for health and safety reasons.

Scots Verse

It was lovely to see lots of children dressed in tartan today to celebrate Robert Burns. Today we listened to some Scots Verse recitals. Some of the popular poems were: A Dug A Dug, Sair Finger and A Red, Red Rose. We heard some fabulous accents and lots of tricky words were pronounced correctly. Some children brought in props and memorised their poems to make their presentation even more engaging. Well done to everyone!

Also, we tried to translate some Scottish words and phrases. We found this quite tricky and there were some very strange suggestions!

We were bamboozled by the following words:

Laldie – to do vigorously, get stuck in

Bealin – very angry, raging

Braw – beautiful

Glaikit – foolish, not very bright

Gallus – bold, cheeky

 

Some of our favourite phrases were:

“Yer aff yer heid!”

“Haud yer wheesht!”

“Ah dinnae ken!”

 

 

Primary 5 was delighted to receive a letter from Cancer Research UK to acknowledge receipt of our donation. Our Sweetie Cone company made a profit and we donated £65 to our chosen charity. Also, Mrs Friel presented Primary 5 with a Head Teacher’s Award for our efforts!

We are looking at a variety of different reading skills to help improve our reading comprehension. Here are some of the skills we are working on:

Summarising

Predicting

Inference

Compare and contrast

We worked with a partner or small group to discuss different strategies to tackle a variety of questions. Everyone worked very hard!

 

Perimeter and Area

Primary 5 worked with a partner to solve perimeter and area problems. Perimeter is the distance around the outside of a shape. Area is the space on the inside of a shape. We used the formula Area = Length x Breadth (A = L x B) to calculate the area of squares and rectangles.

3D Shape

We have also been looking at 3D shapes and describing their properties. We described what the shape looked like in terms of faces, edges and vertices. Some of the shapes we look at were: square based pyramids, cubes, cuboids, spheres, hemispheres, triangular prisms, cylinders and cones.

Reading – Time will be given in class to complete reading homework

Maths – Mental Maths Sheet

Spelling – Choose one active spelling task to complete.

ExPLORE Research Task – see below

Dear Parent/Carer,

As part of your child’s homework this term, I would like them to complete a personal research task.

To carry out research, the children have been learning to use the ExPLORE approach. ExPLORE stands for plan, locate, organise, represent and evaluate. There is some further information about this approach in your child’s homework diary.

Our Interdisciplinary Learning Topic this term is The Vikings. We will be researching village life, jobs, longships, Viking Gods and much more. Your child should select an area from Viking life that they are particularly interested in, and carry out research using the ExPLORE approach. They may choose to research an area that has not been covered in class.

The finished piece of work could be in the form of a poster, PowerPoint presentation (four or five slides maximum) or even a 3D model.  Also, your child should be prepared to talk to the class about their research project.

The finished work should be submitted by Wednesday 6^th February. If you have any questions or would like some further information, please do not hesitate to ask.

Thank you for your continued support.

Other Information

Swimming – Please remember to bring your swimming costume or trunks and towel in a bag (goggles optional). Girls should tie their hair back or bring a swimming cap.

Everyone had a fabulous time swimming at Eastwood Leisure Centre today.

Nathan – It was amazing because we got time away from school!

Robbie – At first, I didn’t know if I was going to like it but I had a great time.

Euan and Jack – I liked it because it gave us a chance to go swimming. I haven’t been swimming for a long time.

Kaif – It was fabulous and I really enjoyed it.

Liam – I thought it was way better than I imagined.

Noor – I really like swimming because it was fun to learn with my friends.

Oliver – I can swim better than I thought.

A few tips for next week…

• Girls should tie hair up in a ponytail, plait or bun. A swimming cap can also be worn.
• Remember your locker number.
• You may want to bring a plastic bag for your wet swimming costume or trunks.

 

Reading – Read the relevant pages of your book. Prepare one or two questions to discuss with your group. Please refer to the Active Reading Strategies pages in your homework diary.

Maths – Education City

Please use your log in and password details to access Education City. All activities are tablet friendly. Please spend 10-15 minutes on this daily. I will be checking your progress at the end of the week.

Spelling

Choose one active spelling task to complete.

Scots Verse

Please select a Scottish poem to recite in class. You can choose from the choices given in class or one of your own. You will need to practise saying the Scottish vocabulary and pronunciation aloud. Also, you can choose to buddy up with someone on this task. We will listen to your chosen poem next week. Good luck!

Extra challenge: Can you memorise it?

Homework to be completed, signed and handed in by Friday.

Other Information

Swimming – P5 will be starting their six week swimming block on Thursday 17th January. This will replace the double block of PE they usually have on a Monday. P5 will continue to have a single PE block on Friday afternoon.

Please remember to bring your swimming costume or trunks and towel in a bag (goggles optional). Girls should tie their hair back or bring a bobble. Do not bring shampoo or bodywash as we do not have enough time to use these items.