Some ideas for our Collective nouns this week…
A saucer of aliens, An invasion of aliens, A galaxy of aliens.
A staff of teachers, A school of teachers, A meeting of teachers
Food all over the place!
We hope you like the name we have come up with for our Food and the Consumer topic!
We had the best weather for a brisk walk to Asda on Tuesday afternoon. We split into three groups (Fruit/Veg, Meat/Dairy, Cans/Packets) and checked labels and displays for the country of origin of a range of products. We completed a table and then made a tally chart in class today. We used atlases to locate the countries around the world.
We followed the journey of a banana from Grower to Packer to Shipper to Importer to Wholesaler/Retailer and finally Consumer.
“It was really interesting to find out all the places that our food comes from.” Kelly and Amy
“It was exciting.” Andrew
“Fascinating to find out that food does not all come from just one place.” Kathryn
“Coke – tastic” Struan (As we were leaving, an Asda shop assistant accidentally knocked her trolley into a display of Coke cans causing one to erupt and spray a few of us nearby!)
Lochardil School Fete
Lochardil Primary School Fete is on:
Saturday 14th September 11.30am – 1.30pm
LOCHARDIL PRIMARY SCHOOL
We’re looking for your help in the way of donations:
Filled Jam Jars for the Tombola & Home Baking
We look forward to seeing you there –
The Parent Council
Homework Term 1 Week 3
Spellings (x2) Write 4 sentences and underline nouns. (Spelling for Thursday)
Maths Trogball sheet and Pupil sheet 14 (Write answers in jotter)
Language – Collective nouns Page 3
PE kit for Tues, Thurs, Fri
Story writing – How to open a story in an interesting way. “Disaster at the Disco” – using setting and character descriptions to interest the reader. Story written over two weeks.
Remember to return Musical Tuition form for Mr Lusher by Wednesday.
Cross Country Permission letter to be returned by Thursday
On the move and getting settled in
We had a busy day on Friday moving three classes. Our new location in Rm 12 has lots of good things about it and we hope to get settled in quickly. Pr 5 did a fantastic job with helping the teachers and Mr Grant with “the move”.
We are off to Asda tomorrow afternoon to investigate where our food is coming from. We have thought about some of the issues that farmers face and we will link this together with our findings after our visit.
Our topic questions are…
| How can we make healthy food choices?
What influences our food choices? Where does our food come from?
What kinds of foods do people around the world eat? Why are so many people overweight and addicted to sugary fatty foods? |
Term 1 Week 2 Homework
Spelling for Thursday. Write spelling words out twice. Write 3 sentences using 3 of your words.
Maths Homelink 1 for Friday – Answers in jotter
Language for Friday – Identifying common and proper nouns (page 1 – write answers in booklet)
PE – Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays (outdoor kit)
Topic – bring in some wrappers and labels from foods around the world. We already have avocados from Peru, blueberries from Poland and cheese from Germany.
Welcome to Pr 5
Everyone looked keen and refreshed this morning as we chatted excitedly with all our holiday news. We have a few changes to our term as we welcome Miss MacDonald to assist with teaching the class for the next 10 weeks. We have a new Smartboard installed and some alterations and improvements with the medical room and staffroom.
We received our new homework diaries, homework jotters and a collection of information and permission letters!
Please try to have your Homework jotter covered by Friday 23rd August – ready for action on Monday 26th!
We will be selecting our Class Reps and agreeing Group Rewards for our weekly points winners.
Details of our timetable will be given soon.
We look forward to an exciting year of hard work and lots of fun.
