P6a’s BYOD day is this Thursday. Devices will be connected to the school WiFi in order to facilitate pupils using their devices to enhance lessons through the day. Any devices brought into school will not be used during break or lunch.
Homework 18.11.19, Due 22.11.19
* Check your homework diary for your mental maths task.
* Book Week Scotland – Kirkhill Challenge is to read each night and/or undertake extreme reading and share photos on twitter using the hashtags #extremereadingkps #bookweekscotland #bwskps Extreme reading is when children read in very unusual places.
* Choose one task from the Victorian Homework Grid to complete and share with the class.
Red Cross First Aid Training
Today we were joined by Mark from the Red Cross. We learned the signs to recognise and what to do if someone has a seizure, ingests something they shouldn’t, has a fall or injures their head. The class were really enthusiastic, sharing lots of super ideas and asking interesting questions. We learned a lot. Ask us about our training at home over the weekend!
Odd Socks!
P6a rounded off anti-bullying week celebrating that everyone is unique, and the same, by participating in Odd Sock Day.
Homework 11th November – Due 15th November
Spelling – Access https://www.spellingcity.com/users/MrsKHorne, select the correct lists (week 7) use spellingcity’s games to help you learn your words. Each week you are also to learn five words that you have selected yourself with the spelling rule taught on Mondays. These will not be on spelling city. Instead practise the rule making your words using active strategies (writing words on a partners back to guess, make with pasta or play doh, rainbow writing, cheerleading the words etc…). You do not hand evidence of this in to school. It should be short, fun and engaging. You will complete a short dictation which uses words of a similar difficulty, though not the 5 specific words, which follow the spelling rule on Fridays.
Remember to check your dictation for corrections each week!
Numeracy – Sumdog Challenge – This week is the East Renfrewshire Sumdog Challenge. Participants answer as many questions as they can to obtain a score for accurate answers (out of 1000 as this is the maximum).
Accuracy is key! Good Luck!
If you were unable to complete your numeracy graph homework during Halloween Week this should be completed instead of Sumdog. You may chose to then compete in the Sumdog Challenge if you have time.
Other – As discussed in class, research either igneous, metamorphic or sedimentary rock formation. To share this information you can either create a flow chart, cartoon strip or poster with one labelled image. Keep it simple. We will work in groups in Friday’s science lesson to share how each type of rock is formed, and identify their features in rock samples and images.
Shadow Puppet Theatre
This wek we completed our light and sound topic by using shadow creatively. We had to design shadow puppets which were recogniseable to tell a well known story. We then showed the class our shadow puppets. Every group was a success. We used our puppets to act out Humpty Dumpty, Goldielocks and the Three Bears, The Gingerbread Man and The Three Pigs.
Homework 4th November – Due Friday 8th November
* Check your homework diary for your mental maths task.
* Choose an activity from the spelling homework grid to help you learn your spelling words.
* Choose one task from the Victorian Homework Grid to complete and share with the class.
Happy Halloween!
Very impressive pumpkin carving Magnus, Arnav and Alasdair! Well done! 🎃
LKP Elections
This afternoon we joined other P6 and P7 members of our houses to listen to the candidates for the Kirkhill Parliament. They had prepared speeches, explaining the qualities they had which would make them a great house captain and then we voted for the most persuasive candidate. All candidates for all houses were very confident and impressive. It was an exciting afternoon.
Volume
This week in numeracy we have been learning about volume. We investigated scales on different measuring jugs, we looked at the different units of measurement, we calculated the volumes shown by markings that didn’t have numbers and we read volumes using the scales.
We are now learning to convert l to ml. We do this by multiplying by 1000. It can be quite tricky when there are decimals involved. To mulitply by 1000 you move everything 3 places to the left, the decimal point stays still, so 0.025l would be 25ml.
by Mrs Horne, Emma and Rafay
