Month: February 2020

We have been using our laptops to look at paintings of Titanic by the artist Ken Marschall and comparing his realistic style with paintings by other artists.  His paintings are so detailed that some of us thought they were photographs at first!  We also like how he paints light and shadows.

We thought we would have a go too.  Here are some pictures of us sketching our own versions of Titanic while listening to some of the music that was actually played on the ship.  Tomorrow we’ll start painting!

Dear Parent/Carer,

Our Fairtrade Pupil Group members have been working very hard to promote Fairtrade Fortnight which starts on Monday 24 February and finishes on Sunday 8 March 2020.

As preparation for Fairtrade Fortnight the Primary 4 pupil group members conducted a survey to find out which treats children would like to buy at the tuck shop we are planning to run. A subgroup of Primary 5s created posters to advertise the tuck shop around the school. The older members of the pupil group will be giving a speech and showing a PowerPoint to the rest of the school to raise awareness of Fairtrade. The Primary 7 members created a rota for the tuck shop (see below).

We would like to invite children to bring in cash to buy a Fairtrade treat from the tuck shop. We will be offering Geobake chocolate chip cookies, a variety of Divine chocolate bars and Fairtrade Jellybeans. The tuck shop will be running from Monday 2nd March until Friday 6th March. All items are £1.10 so please send your child with the correct amount if possible.

• Monday 2nd March – Primary 1 and Primary 2
• Tuesday 3rd March – Primary 3
• Wednesday 4th March – Primary 4 and Primary 5
• Thursday 5th March – Primary 6
• Friday 6th March – Primary 7

Fair Trade Tuck Shop

Yours sincerely,

Fairtrade Pupil Group

Click here for Task Sheet

Copy of Mental Maths for all groups

Click here for this week’s Spelling words.

We have been enjoying sharing our Titanic homework projects. We will continue to share all your super work next week. We now have some Titanic experts in Primary 4!

 

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Hit The Button

Good games for practising number bonds, multiplication, etc.   Spheres could begin by practising multiplying by 3 and 4, Cubes could begin by practising multiplying by 6 and 7  and Pyramids could begin by practising multiplying by 8 and 9.  Of course, when you feel very confident with these tables, you might want to challenge yourself by trying  some of the other multiplication tables as well!

Everybody will benefit from practising number bonds to 10, 20 and 100.  The more you practise, the more your speed and accuracy will improve!  Try some different games to discover what you already feel confident about and what you still need to work on.

Click here for Hit the Button games

 

Multiplication Tables Songs

Here is a link to some simple multiplication songs with a reggae feel to make us forget about the cold, stormy weather!   Sometimes music and rhythm help us to remember things more easily, so lots of children find that songs are a good way to practise their multiplication tables. Remember that you might find it helpful to stick to one or two tables until you get really good at them before you move on to try some of the other ones.  (See the suggested tables above.)

Click here for multiplication songs

 

See below to find out what we will be focusing on this term.

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We are all looking forward to taking part in 4b’s Assembly on Friday 14th February!  One of the children asked if we could wear a little bit of tartan to the assembly to add to the Scottish flavour and we all thought that was an excellent idea.

Ms Edmonstone says that, if we want to,  we can wear our own clothes instead of our uniforms all day on Friday 14th and that a sprinkling of tartan would be very welcome.  Please don’t worry if you don’t have anything tartan – it’s completely optional.  The children will have a good time whatever they choose to wear!

Today we were constructing our own electrical circuits using wires, batteries and a lightbulb. We look forward to creating trickier circuits as we go through the topic.

It’s time for Primary 4 to have a two-week homework task again!  We have all been very interested in our Titanic project so our homework task is based around that.  The link to our Task Grid is just below.  Have fun!  We are looking forward to seeing all your good ideas and interesting research!

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BFGs – You can keep your new reading books for two weeks because of the holidays.  Don’t be so busy enjoying yourselves that you forget to bring them back on Friday 14th February though!