Good morning Primary 6,
It’s Tuesday, The name Tuesday comes from a Middle English word, Tiwesday.
This was named after the Nordic god Tyr.
Tyr was the God of War, like the Roman war god Mars, and Greek god Ares.
In Latin, Tuesday is called ‘Martis dies’ which means “Mars’s Day”
So watch out for arguments today, and don’t get involved in any land wars in Asia or go in against a Sicilian when death is on the line.
Here are the answers to yesterday’s maths questions.
a) 90 cars
b) 3,000 bricks
c) 252 chips
d) 272 letters
e) 18×6 (no post on Sunday) = 108×7 = 756 miles
f) 440 miles
g) 69×5 (school days) = 345×6 (weeks) = 2,070p or £20.70
h) £880
i) 996m
j) £9.44
This week we are working on some word problems that involve addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Calculate the answers to these questions in your jotter.
a) John receives a monthly allowance of £22. How much is he given
each year?
b) 253 people go to a rock concert. Each person pays £16.75 for a ticket.
What is the total amount of ticket money collected?
c) It costs £0.80 for a child to swim. How much does it cost for a class
of 27 to swim?
d)There were 8956 ants in one ant hill and 3949 in another. How many ants were there altogether?
e)There were 6975 trees on a Pacific Island. A tropical storm blew down 2698 of them. How many were left?
f)A plane flew 2675 miles of a 6000 mile long journey, before stopping to refuel. How much further does it have to go?
g)A library has 10000 books altogether. 2345 books are for children. 3654 books are non- fiction. The rest are fiction. How many fiction books are there?
h)Cilla wants to buy a new car for £6470. She has £4885 in her savings account and receives £854 for her birthday. How much more money does she need to save?
i)Daniel planned to drive 1364 miles in one week. On the first day he drove 172 miles and on the second day 155 miles. How much further did he have to go?
j)The population of Cardiff is 302 747, whilst the population of Sarajevo is 529 321. How many more people live in Sarajevo than in Cardiff?
Remember, decimals make no difference to how you add, subtract, multiply or divide you only have to remember to keep the decimal points above one another, in a straight line.
This is not how we would write out sums to find the answer so don’t write them this way in your jotter. Use place value, carrying and decomposition (borrowing) to find your answers.
I’ll post the answers to these tomorrow or you can send me your answers at:
gw09mcintoshdavid3@glow.sch.uk
Sumdog are running a special competition for North Lanarkshire schools. We haven’t made the leader board yet because lots of you are on Sumdog but are not answering the competition questions! You’ve got until the 21st. We would be in the top ten if you were answering competition questions instead of playing other games!!
This week for spelling we’re looking at words which end in ‘et’.
Here is your word list for this week.
jacket, packet, racket, ticket, wicket, cricket,
thicket, locket, pocket, rocket, socket, bucket
a)Each of these key words has had its vowels removed (painfully). Write the completed words in your jotter.
j-ck-t, r-ck-t, t-ck-t, p-ck-t, w-ck-t, b-ck-t
b) What am I?
- I’m used in tennis and rhyme with packet.
- I allow you to travel and rhyme with thicket.
- I launch satellites and rhyme with socket.
- I’m a sport and rhyme with wicket.
- I’m sewn in trousers and rhyme with locket.
Here are the answers to yesterday’s comprehension exercises
I’ve assigned you some reading in Scholastic Books.
Here are three new comprehension exercises for today. You can choose to do as many of them as you wish.
I’ll post the answers on tomorrow.
R.E.
Yesterday we were looking at the Ten Commandments and Jesus’ message to,
‘Love one another as I have loved you.’
I asked you to think about your families and how much you love them. I also reminded you that Pope Francis has told us all to care for others, ‘No ifs, no buts!’
Today I would like to think about the people living in the same house as you; there might be two of you, there might be six of you! It doesn’t matter. Now I would like you to think of FIVE little things that you could do this week for those in your home. It could be that you set the table, make your bed, clear up after a meal, make someone a cup of tea or even take the vacuum cleaner for a walk!
When you have selected five things, draw some heart shapes and inside each, draw or write your tasks. You can make some extra hearts for decoration. Colour or decorate them carefully. Next make a circle wreath-shape like the picture below or if you have a paper plate, use that. Attach your heart shapes and display your Caring Wreath somewhere you can see it easily. Carry out your tasks this week and show that you care – no ifs, no buts!
Please email your Caring Wreath to gw09mcintoshdavid3@glow.sch.uk or, with an adult’s permission, upload them on to Twitter @St_BarbarasPS and to Pope Francis’ Twitter @Pontifex
Yesterday we had a look at making healthy snacks and the skills you need to create something delicious in the kitchen!
Today as we get closer to Sports’ Day next Tuesday, let’s be a little more energetic with a dance and then some yoga!
As it’s Tuesday why don’t we follow the further adventures of, “Mi Vida Loca”
Remember you can still choose another task from your updated learning grid and there are other tasks on Sumdog, StudyLadder, FirstNews and Scholastic Books.
You can email me any of your work at:
gw09mcintoshdavid3@glow.sch.uk
Mr. McIntosh
