Muir Street Primary

Friday 24 April 2020

Good Morning Primary 5,

Happy Friday and what a glorious day it is today ☀️😎 I hope you are all continuing to stay safe and well and taking advantage of this weather. I have been enjoying sitting in my garden reading with a nice ice lolly! My favourite is a Fab. What’s yours? What do you like to do outside in your garden?

Today is Friday, so why not finish any tasks you haven’t completed yet on our Home Learning Grid.

Literacy

• Spend some time today finishing all of the activities I have assigned to you on Spelling City. Well done to those who have completed this already 🌟
• Grammar – go outside and try to find something for every letter of the alphabet e.g a – ant, b – ball, c – car…
• Challenge yourself even further by adding some adjectives to describe what you found e.g busy ant, b – bouncing ball, c – clean car…
• Reading – finish reading your book on EPIC and complete the quiz at the end.
• Create a visualiser of all the different places that water can be found and some information about them. Remember to include page numbers.

Maths

• Last day this week where you can show off your skills by playing Beat the Teacher on Sumdog. Look out on our schools Twitter page for the code to play.
• Play some of the times table games that have been assigned to you on StudyLadder.
• Or check out NLC Twitter to try their daily maths challenge.

Art

Many of us have been outside in our gardens enjoying the Spring time weather by planting flowers, playing in the garden or going long walks in the woods. This quick video shows us how to draw some Spring symbols easily. Have a go and see how you get on. I know we have lots of artists in Primary 5! ​☀️🌷🐝🍃💐

Have a lovely weekend boys and girls. Stay safe!

Miss Shanks 💜

Thursday 23 April 2020

Good morning wonderful Primary 5,

I hope you are all continuing to stay safe and active at home with your families. Looks like today is going to be another gorgeous, sunny day to get outside for some exercise. Yesterday I went for a long walk and managed to take 12,000 steps! How many steps have you been doing each day? Do you think you can beat my record? I bet you can 😏☀️

I am so happy to see all of the hard work you are doing at home. Continue to work through this weeks Home Learning Grid . Remember these are suggestions and you do not need to complete all of them, just do what you can 🌟

Literacy

• Log on to Spelling City and spend 15minutes on the activities I have assigned to you. It has been great to see so many people logging on and doing these activities each day. Keep it up! 👍
• Write a diary entry of your home learning experience so far. Remember to add your thoughts and feelings. Write about one positive thing you have accomplished each day such as; I completed a challenging work out by Joe Wicks this morning. It was great fun and I felt incredibly energised afterwards. I can’t wait to do another one!
• You could type your entry into an email to send to me, take a picture of it or even type it in our class notebook. I can’t wait to read what you have been up to 📝

Maths

• Have a go at NLC Learning Hub’s daily maths challenge. ⬆️ HEADS UP! ⬆️ Use maths vocabulary or numbers. Write them on post-its. Get someone to choose one and stick it on your head. You then have 10 questions to ask to see if you can guess the maths word or number correctly.
• Try it with 3D shapes, triangles, multiplication facts and more! I can’t wait to see what you come up with.

Science

• Visit the Chester Zoo website and choose an animal to research. Create a visualiser/fact file of your chosen animal.
• Add some information about their habitat, diet and some interesting facts about them! You could also draw a picture of the animal in the middle and label it.
• Share your fact file on the school’s twitter page and tag Chester Zoo in your post. I’m sure they would love to see that you have been learning about some of their animals 🐅🐒🐘🐢🦁

Health & Well-being

Since it is so nice outside and you have been working all day, why don’t you have a break from technology. Put your games console, TV, iPad, phone away for a few hours and spend some quality time with a family member. Ask them about their favourite part about being at home and talk through any worries you might have. It is good to share our thoughts and feelings and try to stay positive during this time.

Have a lovely day boys and girls, speak to you all soon!

Miss Shanks 💜