Good morning Primary 5!

Here is your task board for today.
You are free to do the daily tasks that are posted in any order you like.

Like we said in class, there will be a Literacy, Maths and other curricular task posted daily. You can complete these in your jotters.

This is a very different way of learning so don’t put too much pressure on yourself or your family. Teachers will be happy for you to do as much as you can. We will get used to it soon. Make sure you have fun and try to help out at home too.

Try to keep your homework routine going. This is good revision that we are used to doing.

Remember you can revise lots of learning using websites we are used to such as:

• SumDog: http://www.sumdog.com (fun challenges have been set up on your account)
• Languages Online: https://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/french/French.htm (play fun games to revise vocabulary)
• BBC and Premier League Supermovers:  https://www.bbc.co.uk/teach/supermovers/ks2-maths-the-6-times-table-with-fred-the-red/zrq3xyc (get active and brush up maths and literacy skills with mascots of premier league teams)
• Newsround: https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround 

Homework diary

This is a copy of your homework diary. Complete your homework as you normally would. I will post answers for mental maths daily.

Spelling homework

Spelling words for your homework this week. 
Daily diary – Monday 23rd March

Comprehension

Numeracy and Mathematics

Group 1 and 2

WALT to convert weight from kilograms to grams.
– State measurements in fractions: 1kg = 1000g, 1/2kg = 500g, 1/4kg = 250g, 3/4kg = 750g
– Convert measurements of weight from kg to g: 1250g = 1 1/4kg

• Read Learning Intention and Success Criteria above.
• Complete the Textbook page in jotters.
• Revise reading Scales by playing online games: https://www.teacherled.com/2015/02/04/reading-scales-mass/https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/mostlyPostie/index.html    

Group 3

WALT add 2 and 3–digit numbers.
– Record addition calculations vertically using knowledge of place value
– Carry tens and units into hundred and tens.
– Add 2 digit to 3 digit numbers.

Complete the textbook page in your jotters

P.E – Get Active with Joe Wicks!

Click the link to go straight to The Body Coach’s You Tube channel for an exciting new way to get moving:  https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1

Have fun!!!!

Today we learned how to write our names in Mandarin and the Chinese meaning for our name.

Books, books and more books 📚
Everyone was looking the part as we celebrated World Book Day dressed as our favourite book characters.

We listened to a masterclass from Diary of a Wimpy Kid author Jeff Kinney to inspire us to write our own comic books.
We shared stories with our buddies in Primary One and listened to our teachers reading some of our favourite stories aloud.

Then we linked our learning in Science to explore Charles Darwin’s book  ‘Origin of Species.’ We found that an author can explain complex scientific theories to children using pictures.  We learned about the terms ‘evolution’ and ‘adaptations’

We all had so much fun on our trip away to Belmont. 🧳 The children completed a range of activities from crate climbing to abseiling. 🧗‍♂️ They all worked well together, encouraging and supporting their groups. I am so proud of all the activities that everyone got involved in while we were away. 🌟
Hope everyone had a great time and are well rested. See you all on Monday, great work Primary 5 👍🏻

We have been learning Mandarin this term. We have learned about Chinese festivals and foods. We also got to try using chop sticks.

We have been given money by the fundraising committee to make our library more welcoming and comfortable. We all brainstormed ideas to make our library more enjoyable. We love spending time in our library now and so grateful for our new library. 📚
Here is a before and after photo to show our changes.

Before

After

We have been reading Charlie and the Chocolate book together as a class and doing lots of activities based on it.
In drama, we were having so much fun role playing different characters from the novel.
The 5 children were acting through role role play being the 5 lucky ticket winners of the tour around Willy Wonka’s factory 🎭  The rest of the class were news reporters asking the winners questions about their lives and excitement they are feeling about winning their special factory tour . 🎤 The children had so much fun answering the questions as if they were the characters from the novel. The questions and answers were great, clearly primary 5 have some actors and actresses in their midst 👏🏻🎭🎬

We have been learning about famous castles around all of Britain. The children researched the variety of materials that have been used over thousands of years to build castles. There are three main materials used to build castles of the years:

• Wood
• Metal
• Stone 🧱

Primary 5 have been using their knowledge of castle structures and their imagination to build castles using Lego and wooden blocks.   👷🏻‍♂️👷🏼‍♀️ They worked as a class to create a list of criteria that they castle must have.

• Turrets
• Thick walls
• Doors
• Rooms

It was a challenge and everyone worked so hard, they look great 👍🏻 🏰

We have been working on directions using 8 points on a compass. We discussed where and when we might use compass points in our lives, the children came up with great answers such as directions and positioning a map.
Miss joiner set some of the children a challenge of trying to apply their knowledge of angles to their compass points. The children worked hard to sort the angles into their defined names.

We were directing each other around the room using our angles and coordinates which helped us all to see how our learning might be used in every day life.

The children were creating pictures on the chrome books using all of their learning on compass points and angles. They looked brilliant! We have letters from smiley faces. Well done! 👏🏻

We have been exploring how sound waves travel through solids, liquids and gases.

We made our own gongs using string and a fork to investigate how sound travels through solids.

We used rice to demonstrate how  sounds waves vibrate. We investigated different sounds by clapping our hands, banging a drum, hitting a triangle & playing music through a speaker.