Good Morning, first-rate Fives!
I hope that you enjoyed the Virtual Sports’ Day yesterday. Please send your pictures!
It’s Wednesday already so we had better get moving!
We’ll begin with the morning prayer:
God our Father
As we prepare to begin our work
We ask you to help us to use properly the many gifts you have given us
So that we may fully benefit from out day together. Amen.
Health and Wellbeing
I hope you enjoyed sport’s day yesterday and had plenty of fun! I would like you to keep having fun whilst exercising. Research shows that regular exercise has lots of benefits including:
- improving fitness
- increasing concentration
- building a stronger heart, bones and healthier muscles
- encouraging healthy growth and development
- improving posture and balance
- lowering stress
- Encouraging a better night’s sleep
Today we are going to have a Wild Workout with Andy. Andy is off to the Arctic to see what he can find. Let’s join him and exercise on the way!
https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p06tmrxh/andys-wild-workouts-series-1-10-arctic
Now let’s do a fun dance video with GoNoodle:
Literacy
Alphabetical Arrangements! Please have a look at Ethan’s wonderful alphabetical work. Well done!
First News Shout-outs!
Primary 5, I have had a look at the activities tackled so far:
Well done to Junior, Rachael, Hollie, Aila, Charlie W, Natasha and Ethan Y. You’ve made a great start and collected a few gems along the way!
I have assigned some more tasks including comprehension, word definition and a crossword for you to enjoy.
If you have not already done so, please login to First News and make a start.
Scholastic Shout-outs!
Apologies for the confusion with the login details. All families should have a working link now. Meantime, well done to those who managed to login so far:
Lochlan, Keiran, Sofia, Aila, Rachael, Luke and Dubem. A few more of you logged in – but only for a couple of seconds!
I have assigned two more books to join those already there. Please login and enjoy some quiet reading time.
Literacy Tasks
First News: please login and complete at least one assigned task
Scholastic: please login and spend 20-30 minutes reading a book from the assigned selection
Spelling
This week we are going to look at words which end in vowels: a, e, i, o, u
anaconda armadillo buffalo corgi cuckoo dingo emu
gecko gnu kangaroo koala kiwi puma tarantula
You might have heard of some of the above animals, insects and birds.
Task 1
Last week you were looking at dictionary words and finding definitions. Today I would like you to do the opposite. I have given you the definitions. Please write them into your jotter and match them to the keywords (you can use a dictionary to help):
a) a wild ox from North America b) a large spider with a deadly bite
c) an Australian animal with a powerful kick d) an American wildcat
e) an African antelope f) a wild dog from Australia g) a bird named after its call
Answers will be posted at 3.00pm today.
Task 2
Select three of the animals, insects or birds from the above list, apart from the kangaroo. Do some research and create information pictures like the one below.
Kangaroo
Please send some examples to: gw09mckinneysheelah@glow.sch.uk and I’ll upload them onto the blog.
Numeracy
Mental Maths: Speed Revision
Please use the Topmarks Daily 10 to keep partitioning in your mind!
Click on the link, select Speed Challenge, select Level 3 and/or Level Four. Then select Partitioning and see if you can beat the clock with correct answers.
Timing: aim for 3 seconds but feel free to change it if you need more thinking time.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
Money
Last week we were looking at the four operations in relation to money. We are going to continue the focus on money this week.
When completing any addition or subtraction task in money, remember to line up the decimal points.
Click on the link below to find money challenges for today. There are two challenges and you can do one or both.
Answers will be posted at 3.00pm today.
R.E.
When Jesus needed to feel very close to his Father, what did he do? – He would pray. Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, before he was betrayed by Judas. He prayed before he raised Lazarus from the dead and Jesus prayed during the Last Supper, before he broke the bread. Like us Jesus needed to share his worries and problems with his heavenly Father; he knew that he was never alone. Just as we are never alone. God is always with us.
When we pray we are having a conversation with God. When we talk to God, he listens. We don’t have to have special times for saying prayers. Often we say them at bedtime but we can talk to God at any time. Do you ever feel unsure about what to say to God? Don’t worry as God our Father likes to hear about everything we have to tell him and he is always ready to listen.
The apostles knew how important it was to pray to God but like us they often felt uncertain about how to pray. One day they asked Jesus to teach them how to pray. What was the prayer that Jesus taught them? – The Our Father.
Watch this short video about how Jesus taught his disciples the Our Father:
Let’s say the Our Father now. I have copied the words to help you if you need it.
I would like you to download the picture below if you can and colour it in. If you can’t download it why not draw a picture like this one.
Please send us a copy of your picture at gw09mckinneysheelah@glow.sch.uk or Tweet us @St_BarbarasPS.
Finally, Please select one task from your Second Level Home-Learning grid….and then you’re finished for today!
