P.E

P.E days are Tuesday and Thursday. Thursday is an outdoor slot and children are required to bring suitable clothing and footwear.

Spelling – Tuesday

Choose a different spelling task from the one used last week.

Shoulder, they, called, round, continue, previous, morning, allow, our, asked

Numeracy – Wednesday

Maths sheet will be given out to the children.

News/ Reading – Thursday

Read a piece of news from the Newsround website or paper and write a summary in your jotter.

Spelling

Please use a different spelling task to the one used last week.

lamb,bomb, comb, climb, crumb, thumb, knee, kneel, knew, knife, knit, knot, knock

Maths

Pick a times tables that you don’t know by heart . Go over this in your jotter and get an adult to test you.

Spanish 

Learn the following greetings. Have an adult test you and try to greet them using them.

¡Hola! – Hello!

¡Buenos días! – Good morning / good day!

¡Buenas tardes! – Good afternoon! / Good evening!

¡Adiós! – Goodbye!

¡Hasta luego! – See you later!

Spelling

Please choose a different spelling task to the one used last week.

floor, shoe, being, coming, jumped, started, used, walked, woke, only

Maths – Data Handling

The game has four options. Please work through all four options for revision. Anyone who has any issues accessing the website will have time to complete during numeracy time in class.

Data Handling Revision Game

Topic Task – Big Talk

Discuss with an adult the different fashion brands originating from Scotland and record the names in your lined jotter.

Some children have reported problems with their internet. Paper copy homework will be issued to them tomorrow.

Spelling

dew, few, new, blew, flew, drew, grew, crew, screw, chew, stew, threw

Maths

Please use the sheet below and answer in yellow jotter.

Data

Spelling

Please complete the spelling task using a task that you didn’t use the previous week.

caught, didn’t, can’t, evening, off, happy, word, lady, paper, window

Reading

It is important that reading homework is carried out to help with tasks in class.

Publishers – Chapter 1 and 2

Illustrators – Chapter 1 and 2

Maths

Children are working on division and have been given a maths sheet to complete in their jotter.

Spelling

Please choice a spelling task of your choice to complete this weeks spelling. Make sure you use a different task to the one that you used last week.

law, paw, saw, claw, draw, thaw, lawn, yawn, spawn, crawl, trawl, shawl

Big Talk

We have been looking at the benefits of buying fairtrade in class. Discuss the reasons with an adult and come up with some persuasive arguments. You may list these in your jotter to help with your writing this week.

Maths

Children has been asked to complete a worksheet on written addition to help them to revise this method.

Topic

We have been learning about fair trade and where products come from around the globe. Select a Fairtrade product and answers the following questions about the country that it is from.

Fairtrade product:

Name of country:

Capital City:

Official language:

Continent that the country is on:

This week the children will be looking at financial education as part of money week.

Spelling

Please select one of the four tasks to help you complete your homework this week.

Money, finance, credit, debit, account, interest, transaction, overdrawn, overdraft

Big Talk

Discuss with an adult what you would you do if you won the lottery jackpot. Think about how you would feel and your reaction to finding out. This will help you with your writing in class.

Money

Research a currency of your choice. Find out facts about your currency and the conversion rate to GBP. Take your information and use it to create a poster. The poster can be A4 or A3. If you need any materials please ask me.

Topic

Please continue to gather pictures on India for your art work in class.

Spelling

Choose your own task to complete these spelling homework.

Firstly, change, does, goes, changing, shouted, sixteen, slowly, baby, balloon

Maths

Write answers from worksheet in jotter and revise tables in jotter from last week.

Topic

Gather images releated to India for the 30^th of January. Image could be gathered from brochures, newspaper and Google images. Things to consider:

– Animals found in India

– Famous buildings

– Plants and flowers

– Clothing

– Patterns

If gathering images from Google and importing to Word, I have asked the children to fit as many of a page as they can to save ink. If anyone does not have access to a printer I am can print image for them. Children would need to email them to me or bring in a usb stick.

The children will be creating a collage from the pictures gathered as part of an art and design project linked to their topic.

Welcome back everyone! I hope everyone has had a well earned rest over the Christmas holidays. Thank you to all the parents and pupils for their kind gifts and cards over the festive period.

Spelling – Tuesday

1. Choose one of the spelling tasks to complete this weeks spelling task.

Cork, fork, born, horn, torn, fort, short, sport, horse, more, sore, wore

2. Add ed or d to these words. Remember the rule for adding ed or d to past tense verbs.

Store   cork     force   scorch score

Math’s – Thursday

In class we have begun to look at division in core number work. The following game will reinforce basic table facts. Times table grids can be used for support. They are located at the back of the homework diary.

Division

Spelling

television, scold, catch, hatch, witch, oil. boil, soil, book, hook, while, both, hound, pound

Swimming / Sports at Wishaw Sports Centre

Swimming is on this Thursday. Please remember that a dry set of sports clothes and swimming clothes is needed. Trainers or gym shoes are also required.