P5b

Mrs Ferguson’s P5b Class Page 2024-2025

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Welcome to the P5b page! There are currently 32 pupils in our class.

Our Classroom

To ensure adequate ventilation in our classroom, I will open windows regularly. Please make sure your child dresses appropriately as the classroom may, at times, be cooler!

Gym – Term 1

Gym is on a Tuesday morning this year. Please make sure your child wears gym clothes to school on Tuesdays and brings a suitable hoodie / coat, in case we plan to be outside! Miss Roy will do PE for our class this year.

Topic

Our topic in Term 1 is a comparative study of Australia and Scotland. We are reading a novel called, Extreme Adventures: Shark Bait by Justin D’Ath. In this topic, we will be looking at areas such as: geography, culture, language, schooling, landmarks and animals. .

Homework

Homework will be issued on a Wednesday and should be done by the following Monday. Homework to be done will be uploaded to this website. There will be a mixture of language, maths and other tasks linked to, for example, Topic, French or Health. These will consolidate our learning in class.

Reading will usually be issued on the Monday, to be done for the next Monday. Please take time to read with your child and encourage good pace and expression, as well as helping them with any difficult vocabulary or punctuation. Please sign their Reading Record, so I can track that children are doing their reading. Thank you!

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Weekly Homework –

Wednesday 28^th August 2024 – Homework (due by Monday 2^nd September 2024)

*Literacy

1.Reading pages – reading books will be issued on Monday 2^nd September. I have been taking time to hear the children, before organising the groups and issuing books.

REMEMBER Reading for Pleasure! – keep reading for enjoyment, as well as just doing your homework reading. Try to read a book of your choice for at least 10 mins every night. Be ready to tell me what you are reading and whether you would recommend it to your classmates. Happy reading!

*Numeracy

We are revising place value and numbers (up to Millions). Use the online games below to revise this:

-Hit the Button, to practise Number Bonds https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

-Play the Place Value Basketball game: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/place-value-basketball

-Play Practise Making a Number game: https://www.topmarks.co.uk/place-value/place-value-charts

-Starship Sten : https://firstlook.educationcity.com/content/Activity/index/23474

Thank you!

Mrs Ferguson

IMPORTANT : Accessing Glow and Teams

We need to practise accessing Glow and Teams at home, in case we need to learn at home in the event of strikes or snow days. I have given your child a sheet (their username and passwords included) to help you get into Glow and then click on the Teams tile. Teams is a means of us communicating with each other and is also the way we would do video calls. I have been practising this in class in our ICT on Fridays. I will go over this again on Friday 22nd September. Please work with your child to practise doing this at home.

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Extra Activities

If your child is having to self-isolate, or is absent because of Covid19, or simply wants to do more homework, here are some learning activities they could do:

MATHS

*Sumdog – Improve your skills in maths – https://www.sumdog.com/sc/ All pupils have been issued with a login/password sheet.

*Hit the Button – an online game to improve number bonds, multiplication and division skills.

*Counting – improve your confidence in counting up and counting back. Practise up to 100 first. Then up to 1 000, then 10 000! Learn what number comes before and after. Know ‘one more than’ and ‘one less than’. Be able to count up and back in 10s, 100s, 1 000s. Here are some games to help you practise.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/helicopter-rescue

https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/countingCaterpillar/index.html

http://www.snappymaths.com/counting/counting2/interactive/abw1000/abw1000.htm

* Maths Worksheets – click the link below for a variety of maths sheets.

Website Maths

LITERACY

*Doorway Speller online – practise your spelling using this online site. All pupils have been shown this in class.

*Spelling Training online – https://www.spellingtraining.com/ All pupils have been shown this in class. Input words you wish to learn to spell and play games to practise them!

*Comprehension – How the Kangaroos Got Their Tails (Medium);

People of the Rainforest ; Spotting a Tsunami (Hot)

*Reading for your Enjoyment – make sure you choose a book at home and read every day!