Author: Mrs Macintyre

Over this last week we have been looking at stating and justifying an opinion.

We looked at giving our opinions, followed by the justifications on different topics around the room.

After this, we stated and justified our opinions of our favourite books and created a class library to display them.

Here are some of our opinions and justifications:

The new star wars

Oliver: I love it because it’s funny and full of adventure!

Zach: Brilliant as it had lots of shocks and was very funny to watch.

Libby: It was very, very, very funny and exciting!

Harris: My opinion is that it’s not the best Star Wars movie but it’s still really good. Others are better because they have a slightly better story line.

Trains (Choo Choo!)

Muhammad Mu’aadh: I love trains because they go really fast and I like the sound that they make.

Laiba: I really like them because they are super fast and they make that hooting noise.

Ibrahim: My favourite type of trains are the ones powered by magnets because I like magnets.

Harry Potter

Lucas: Harry Potter is a really good book because you can always move on to the next in the series – until you finish them obviously!

Imaan: I’m not too keen on Harry Potter because I don’t really like books about magic and wizards and stuff like that – I think it’s a bit boring!

Zayaan: I think Harry Potter is really good because I love the spooky parts in the movies and I enjoy reading the books too.

Golden Time

Danyal: I think Golden Time is fun because you get to talk with your friends and have a wee break from work.

Hamza: I like it because it’s a really good chance to be free and do what you want instead of working.

Carla: My opnion on Golden Time is that I enjoy it because you get to play and not have to work although I feel it goes too fast!

Favourite Food

Joseph: My favourite food is samosas. I like them because they’re spicey and they taste really nice!

Cate: My favourite food is chicken pie because the taste is so good and it melts in my mouth!

Zoe: My favourite food is pizza because it’s super cheesy and every flavour goes together perfectly!

Arwaa: I like chicken because it’s really yummy and feels good in my tummy.

 

 

 

Please find this weeks homework listed below.

Monday to Thursday

Spelling – Words x 4 and multi-sensory activities.

Maths – Education City.

Literacy – Please bring in your favourite book. We’ll be using these as part of our ‘stating and justifying an opinion work’ so have a think about why this is your favourite book!

For Monday 22nd

Reading –  Rowlings, 3 listed stories and 1 of your choice.

Under the Ice, Charlotte’s Wanderers, and The Mouth-oragn Boys.

– Walliams, 3 listed stories and 1 of your choice.

Chi and the Seven-headed Dragon, The Wolf in the Bed, and The Giant’s Heart.

– Dahls, the full book.

 

Please find attached a letter about the change of our Learning Assembly date. We’re already excited and hope you are too!

Learing Assembly Letter

During Book Week we were lucky to take part in lots of different book based activities!

We had visits from different people in the community who came in to read to us.

We loved listening to Mr Stink, which was read by Miss Bird, our active schools co-ordinator.

We also had the chance to do some reading of our own. We arranged to visit the nursery children and primary 1, 2, 3 and 4 to read to them. This meant we had the chance to visit the school library along with p6b to pick out our favourite books that we thought the other classes would love too.

Following some practice sessions, we read….

 

 

 

 

 

 

And read…

And read…

We really loved reading to other classes and we think that they enjoyed it too! We had such a good time reading that we’re going to try and arrange these story sessions again the future… watch this space!

Please find this weeks homework listed below.

Monday to Thursday

Spelling – Words x 4 and multi-sensory activities.

Reading –  Rowlings page 70, Dahls page 55 and Walliams page 51.

Maths – Education City.

Due for Friday

Physical Activity Log – Please find a full explanation of this task on the sheet handed out. A note of any physical activity undertaken during the week should be made under each weeknight heading. Enjoy getting active!

First Minister’s Reading Challenge

https://www.readingchallenge.scot/

 

This week we are launching the First Minister’s Reading Challenge in Braidbar Primary. Various activities will take place throughout the challenge including the gifting of…..

Bookbug bags to Primary 1

Read, Write, Count bags to P2 and 3

‘My Reading Passport’ will be gifted to P1-7

Throughout the coming months, there will be events such as library and author visits, donate a book and the celebration of World Book Day!

The Library Committee will officially launch this challenge on Wednesday 29^th November and then it will be up to you to READ, READ, READ!!

Each month, a homework task will be issued based around reading, encouraging ‘reading for fun’ and the chance to explore different types of books.

Please find this weeks homework listed below.

Monday to Thursday

Spelling – Words x 4 and multi-sensory activities.

Maths – Sumdog Competition.

Reading –  To the end of reading book.

Due for Friday

Writing – As the First Minister’s Reading Challenge is being launched this week, we would like you to create a Guess Who type piece of writing based on your favourite character.  On the front of the template you are to describe your favourite character from a book (it can be any character from any book!) and on the inside we are looking for an illustration of of this character.  We will use these in class over the next week and display them in our class library.

Please find this weeks homework listed below. No homework was issued on Monday because of our trip to the GFT to see Wonder!

Tuesday to Thursday

Spelling – Multi-sensory activities.

Maths – Education City activities.

1 off activities (due Friday)

Talking and Listening Personal Achievements Sheet.

Creation of ‘Wonder’ precepts.

 

Please find this weeks homework listed below.

Monday to Thursday

Spelling – Multi-sensory activities.

Maths – Education City activities.

Reading – To the end of the book for every reading group.

1 off activities

Social Studies Topic planner.

Brainstorm ideas for a setting to match your character in writing.

 

Homework has seen a slight change for term 2!

Primary 6a will now be completing spelling tasks using their multi-sensory activity sheet and their weekly spelling words. Pupils are more than welcome to create their own strategy if they feel that it is beneficial for helping them to spell that word. Please let me know if you require another copy of this sheet.

With regard to mental maths, activities will now be issued through EducationCity. Log ins  for pupils will be issued next week and activities will be linked to class work or the mental maths skill that has been practiced.

Whole school homework will also be issued with a different focus each week. For the approaching week, homework has a festive theme as it is a Christmas Card Competition! See the link below for more details.

https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/er/BraidbarPrimary/2017/10/25/whole-school-homework-task-christmas-card-competition/