This week marks the start of Fairtrade Fortnight and this Thursday is also World Book Day. All our homework activities for the next fortnight will be linked to these events.
Pick some of these activities to complete;
World Book Day
- Explore the website – Take a look at the World book Day website. Look out for ideas and activities you can complete with someone at home.
- Costumes – Design a costume for you or a friend to wear on World Book Day. Draw and label your ideas in your homework jotter. ( this does not have to be the costume you wear)
- Reading Challenge – Pupils chose a book for enjoyment from the class library. Read some of your book each night at home. Think about the characters, setting and plot. House points will be given to encourage reading.
- Junk Model – Using junk materials from around the house, make a character from a story of your choice.
- Visit to the library/ book shop – At some point over the next fortnight visit your local library/ book shop to choose books that interest you. Remember you can redeem your £1 voucher for a free book.
- Create a Quiz – Make up your own questions about a book of your choice.
Fairtrade
- Explore the website – Take a look at the Fairtrade Schools Website. Look out for ideas and activities you can complete with someone at home.
- Fairtrade Hunt – When shopping keep an eye out for Fairtrade products. Draw or write what you spot in your homework jotter.
- Fairtrade recipe – Research and make a Fairtrade recipe. Here are some examples; Chocolate brownies Banana Bread
- Re-design Fairtrade Logo – Design a new fairtrade logo think about the colours, symbols and words you put on it.
- Acrostic Poem – Write an acrostic poem using FAIRTRADE letters at the start of each line.
- Fairtrade Video – Watch this video about Fairtrade and take notes on what Fairtrade means to share with the class.
*********School Fairtrade Mascot Competition ***********
Design a Fairtrade Mascot on the sheet sent home.
Winner – 5,000 house points
Runners up 3,000, 2,000 or 1,000
Design a Fairtrade mascot with;
- A catchy name
- Bright Colours
- Tagline or Hashtag
- Super Power
On Friday, we worked on improving our writing skills. We are trying to add more detail to our stories, use a variety of openers and connectives and remember to correctly punctuate our sentences.
Primary 2
Maths – addition, subtraction & time
- Who wants to be a billionaire? Ask children to compose their own addition and subtraction questions for a quiz, giving four possible answers for each question (including the correct answer). Encourage them to create questions that can be solved by counting on or back from the first number and to use a variety of language and symbols.
- Collecting dates – ask your child to collect some key dates from their family or friends, e.g. Dad’s birthday is 5th March, we go on holiday on 10th Can they find them on a calendar?
- Active Learn – Continue to work through the game assigned to your account.
Literacy – phonics, reading and common words
Have a look at some of these magic e videos
magic e 1 magic e 2
Write down some examples of magic e words in your jotter.
- Reading – Read your book every night and remember to bring it in to school the next day.
- Common Words – Continue to practise the words on your word wall. Can you find any of these words in your reading book this week?
Other – French revision
- Revise French numbers and colours. Here are a few videos to help you;
French numbers French colours
Primary 3
Maths
- Times tables – Continue to practise the 2, 5 and 10 times tables.
- Who wants to be a billionaire? Ask children to compose their own addition and subtraction questions for a quiz, giving four possible answers for each question (including the correct answer). Encourage them to create questions that can be solved by counting on or back from the first number and to use a variety of language and symbols.
- Active Learn – Continue to work through the game assigned to your account.
Literacy – Contractions, reading and spelling
- Contractions – This week we have begun to look at contractions. Explain to someone at home what a contraction is.
- Reading – Read your book every night and remember to bring it in to school the next day. Can you find any contractions in your reading book or a book at home?
- Spelling – Practise spelling the days of the week.
Other – French revision
- Revise French numbers and colours. Here are a few videos to help you;
French numbers French colours
**** Reminders******
- Tomorrow the children will have football training in the afternoon. Please ensure your child has appropriate clothing and footwear with them. Thanks
- Next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday are school holidays. Homework is not due in till the following Monday (the 19th)
Primary 2
Maths – Time
- Months of the year and Days of the week – revise writing/saying/chanting these in order.
- Time poster – Write down all you know about time – where we see it, why we need it, when we use it etc
- Ready, set, go! – Set a timer, on your phone, oven, TV see how quickly they can tidy up given area or .jumps, skips they can do in 1, 3 and 5 minutes. Talk about the difference in length of time.
Literacy –
- Reading – Read your book every night and remember to bring it in to school the next day. Look for tricky words in your book and practise them at home with an adult. Can you find these tricky words in any of your other books at home?
- Spelling words – are now see will
Write each word 3 times – fancy writing/bubble writing/rainbow writing (LOOK, SAY, COVER, WRITE AND CHECK).
- Phonics game – have a go at this ea game
- Phonics – ea sound. Practise writing/making words featuring the ea sound ( meat, seat, sea etc)
Other
- Internet Safety – This week is internet safety week. Talk to your child about staying safe online.
- Cumbernauld – Last week we focused on Scotland, this week we are focusing on our town Cumbernauld. Write 2/3 sentences about what you like about Cumbernauld.
Primary 3
Maths – Time
- Time poster – Write down all you know about time – where we see it, why we need it, when we use it, minutes in an hour, analogue and digital etc
- Ready, set, go! – Set a timer, on your phone, oven, TV see how quickly they can tidy up given area , jumps, skips they can do in 1, 3 and 5 minutes. Talk about the difference in length of time.
- 2 times table and 5 times table – continue to practise writing/singing/chanting the 2 and 5 times table.
Literacy
- Reading – Read your book every night and remember to bring it in to school the next day. Look for tricky words in your book and practise them at home with an adult. Can you find these tricky words in any of your other books at home?
- Spelling words – very little put about like
Write each word 3 times – fancy writing/bubble writing/rainbow writing (LOOK, SAY, COVER, WRITE AND CHECK).
- Phonics game – have a go at this tch game.
- Phonics – tch sound. Practise writing/making words with the sound tch (watch, catch, patch etc)
Other
- Internet Safety – This week is internet safety week. Talk to your child about staying safe online.
- Cumbernauld – Last week we focused on Scotland, this week we are focusing on our town Cumbernauld. Write 2/3 sentences about what you like about Cumbernauld.
A big well done to all who took part in Woodlands Got Talent!
Primary 2/3 and Mrs Lennon's class blog
