Primary 5/4 2020

Well Primary 5/4 it is now officially our school summer holidays…

As I said earlier in the week, it is strange ending our year this way but thank you for being a great class and for adapting to learning this way for the past few months. A big thank you should also go to your parents too for helping you!

I hope you all have a great break away from learning and I look forward to seeing you all back at Ladywell in August! Check your emails later on today for a little parting gift!

Remember you can still keep in touch with me via email (lgirvan@glow.sch.uk), on twitter (@MissGirvan) or via our class Team during the Summer break.

Take care, stay safe and I will see you all soon!

love, Miss Girvan. x

As this is our last week as a class, I would like you to spend a little time reflecting on our year together…

Use these blether questions to chat with someone at home…

End of Year-Reflection-Blether Questions

…if memories pop into your head that you think I would like to hear then please share them with me via email (lgirvan@glow.sch.uk) I am sure that hearing these will brighten my day!

Although it was cut short I would also like for you to think about your year in school. Think about all you have learnt, activities you have completed and achievements you have accomplished to complete the following activity…

End-of-Year-Reflection-Activity

Lastly, over the next few days I will send you a personalised word cloud made with words that I think sum you up as a little parting gift from me to you! I will email this to both you and your parents. In return, if you would like to, you can send me back a word which you think sums me up! Remember to be thoughtful in your response…

I look forward to hearing any memories you have of our year together!

Miss Girvan

As it is our last week, I have included some different themed Literacy grids.

Each one includes writing activities centred around popular topics.

You are free to pick and choose from the grids…

Sports Theme

Harry Potter Theme

Newsround Theme

YouTube Theme

Space Theme

Summer Time Theme

Superheroes Theme

All activities which have been posted over the past weeks will remain online and you will still be able to access them. These grids may be useful during the holidays & that is why I have included so many all centred on themes which will interest you!

Miss Girvan

Following on from our Virtual Sports Week, today is North Lanarkshire Sports Day…

Keep an eye on our school Twitter (clicking on the following tags will take you directly to both Active Schools and our Twitter profiles) @LadywellPrimary for more information and @NLActiveSchools who will be releasing videos on social media of their mascot Archie the Activator doing some of the activities to give you an idea. This will happen throughout the week. Any activities you take part in be sure to send tag our school, Active Schools and myself in videos or pictures and include the hashtag #NLSportsDay.

Here’s some information of how the day will look…

10am – A short warm up video from some local clubs will be posted on twitter to start off the day (this can be viewed at any time). 

10.30am – 1.30pm – Chance for everyone to try the events… Send and tag our school in your pictures and videos onto twitter with the hashtag #NLSportsDay  

1.30pm – Bronze, Silver & Gold Results will be released on @NLActiveSchools Twitter account. All participants can see how well they did (there will be a p1-3, p4-7 and S1 plus). Parents, guardians and siblings can get involved too!

2pm – A short cool down video on twitter from some local clubs. 

2.30 – 5pm – Tweet pictures of scores/certificates to @NLActiveSchools 

The Active Schools team will then pick their favourite picture/video from the day with the hashtag #NLActiveSchools and that person will win a £50 equipment voucher for their school or club!

Good luck in all of the events for today Primary 5/4!

Miss Girvan

Well Primary 5/4…

I can’t quite believe that we’ve come to our final week of term & the final few days as a class…

I can honestly say you’ve been a great class to have & it has been a pleasure to be your teacher this year!

I must admit that it makes me quite emotional to send you off for summer this way but I look forward to seeing you all back at Ladywell next session and seeing your happy faces again!

Although this summer holiday will be different to those you usually have I hope you have a great break from learning and spend time with your families doing the things you enjoy!

I would still love to hear from you during this time so please keep in touch via Email, our class Team or send me a message on Twitter (@MissGirvan)

Happy holidays Primary 5/4 – love, Miss Girvan. x

Last week we looked at the colour pink and how it made the you feel…

Pink is traditionally associated with love, hearts and flowers. Some of the paintings in Pablo Picasso’s Rose Period help to convey those expressions of love. Here are some images of his work during this period – https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=Flower+Picasso+Rose+Period&FORM=IRBPRS&=0.

You might enjoy finding out a little bit more about Pablo Picasso and the different styles of his work. This clip will help you get started – https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/z6brwmn

You would maybe enjoy creating your own Picasso styled painting from the Rose Period. You might want to style this on a portrait, a flower or even a heart. For examples of how to do this, these clips might help – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2iKmH84hoZo or https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=auWrjhpppmc

Over the last few weeks, you may have been spending a lot more time outdoors and may have been using lots of natural resources. ‘The 13 Story Treehouse’ is a book you may wish to read over the summer or listen to it being read in the following clips – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AeVjrDd9fUM, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufLbi6Ynxno , https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6LjYm-Gnt5s , and https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxtecn0qtzM

You could design your very own 13 Story Treehouse and then attempt to make a model of this with as many natural resources you can find. Will it have a see-through swimming pool, a lemonade fountain or even a marshmallow machine? Let your imaginations run wild and see what you can come up with! Don’t forget to post pictures of your creations!

Time now for a challenge! All this designing is hungry work!

Why don’t you attempt to make a solar oven to toast marshmallows!

All you need is a box, a poli-pocket or clingfilm and some kitchen foil – oh and don’t forget the marshmallows and chocolate! And the sun…

These websites might help with some ideas – https://desertchica.com/diy-solar-oven-smores-kids-science-experiment/ or  https://sciencing.com/solar-powered-oven-kids-4797415.html

For some fun facts about the sun and solar energy, listen to this clip – https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zgwxfg8/articles/z6w8jhv

Why not finish the week with some Rainbow Fudge? Here’s a recipe which you might like – https://www.booktrust.org.uk/globalassets/resources/blogs/2019/nadiya-holi-rainbow-fudge.pdf

Enjoy!

During last week’s Sumdog we placed 201st out of 765 classes with 3279 correct answers! A superb effort Primary 5/4 – well done to all of you who took part.

A second contest ran by North Lanarkshire started on Friday 12th and will run until Thursday 18th.

All you need to do is login and play to contribute towards our school’s place on the leaderboard! We need 10 players to qualify for the competition, right now 4 of you have played, so please try to get online!

As a reward for taking part in the competition, students who answer 100 questions will also receive an item for their Sumdog House! I will also receive a special report showing how hard you have worked during the contest – this may mean that I also reward coins!

I will also continue to reward those, who at the end of the week, have spent the most time online and those who score the highest…

Good luck in the contest – let’s make sure we help Ladywell get onto the Leaderboard!

Hello Primary 5/4 – here are your reading tasks for this week…

Yellow Group – final tasks for ‘Titanic – Death on the Water’…

10. Titanic – Final Tasks

Purple Group – final tasks for ‘The Queen’s Nose’…

10. The Queen’s Nose – pgs. 129-139

11. The Queen’s Nose – pgs. 140-146 & chp. 11

Blue Group – Personal Choice – Reading for Enjoyment

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I would also like you to continue to spend some time on the following websites this week to read for enjoyment…

https://home.oxfordowl.co.uk/books/free-ebooks/

https://readon.myon.co.uk/

Both websites are fantastic for allowing you to read ebooks online for free!

You can choose from a number of genres and subjects – I’m sure you will enjoy accessing these!

Miss Girvan.

For spelling this week, I would like you to spend time reading & spelling prefix words…

Prefixes are groups of letters that change the meaning of a word when they are added to the start – for example: un + happy = unhappy.

Most mean a similar thing when they’re added to different words.

Use these posters to remind you of the suffix rules…

Prefix Posters

You can also recap/learn more about prefixes at this BBC Bitesize link or these series of lessons from BBC Teach

Then practise the suffix words below and continue to use the new spelling activities…

Prefix Word List

Spelling-Activities-Menu

You could also search for some prefix quizzes on Kahoot! for a further challenge…

Miss Girvan.