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Primary 6 – Important Announcement!

Primary 6,

Normally at this time of year you would be meeting your buddies for the first time and would begin welcoming the new intake to Primary 1.

That can’t really happen the way that it normally would.

However, you can still act as buddies to the new Primary 1 intake.

We would like each of you to write a ‘Buddy Letter’, welcoming the new intake to the school, explaining a little about who you are and what you are interested in and telling them about some of your positive experiences of going to school, that we can give to the new Primary 1s.

With your parents’ permission we would also like these letters to include a photograph so that the incoming Primary 1s will be able to put a face to the name.

Your parents or guardians should have received an email about it yesterday. If they did not have them check their junk mail or email me at:

gw09mcintoshdavid3@glow.sch.uk

 

Completed letters and photographs can be emailed to:

gw09mcintoshdavid3@glow.sch.uk

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Primary 6 – Thursday 28th May

Good Morning Primary 6!!

It’s Thursday! Easily the most exciting day of the week. Did you know that Thursday is traditionally the day that toast will land BUTTER SIDE UP!

Amazing!

Although, just like any old myth that I made up, you probably don’t want to test it too much.

Here are the answers to yesterday’s maths questions.

a) 19.2 points

b) 43.2 miles

c) £76.5

d) 18 miles

e) 108 miles

f) 63.2 cm

g) 25.2 miles

h) 7.2 cm

i) 4.2 cm

j) 129.2 cm or 1.292 m

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) A theatre holds 1060 people. If 389 seats remain unsold on one evening, how many seats have been sold?

b) The school spends £186.20 on fresh fruit during January. In February it spends £188.89. How much has been spent on fruit in total during these two months?

c) A car salesroom sells 12 cars for £9,800 each. How much money have they taken altogether?

c) Jade’s mum buys a pack of 6 kiwi fruit. They cost £1.32. How much does each kiwi fruit cost?

d) What is the product of 19 and 3.6?

e) Mr Daw gives each child in his class 18 stickers during January. If there are 29 children in Mr Daw’s class, how many stickers has Mr Daw given out?

f) Katie spends £1.29 on a magazine and £8.95 on a CD. If she had £12.50 to start with, how much does she have left?

g) Mrs Sherwood puts sweets into bags before the disco. If she puts 14 sweets into each bag, how many bags will be needed to take 196 sweets?

h) Mr Daw shows limited willpower and eats 17 biscuits every day in 2009. (Mrs Mole eats the rest.) How many biscuits will Mr Daw have eaten by the end of the year?

i) Being healthy, Mrs Wollington buys a 2-litre bottle of olive oil. She uses 567ml in one week, then 533 the next week. How much does she have left in the bottle by the end of the second week?

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

 

This week for spelling it’s time for a roundup.

Here are some of the spelling words and patterns that we have looked at over the last few weeks. Copy them in to your jotter and split them into their syllables. The first one is done for you.

jacket = Jack-et ,  packet,  racket,  live,  carve,  blue,  due,  process,  resources,  soldier,  sparrow,  yellow,  elbow,  necessary,  separate,  chocolate,  lightning

I’ve assigned you some reading in Scholastic Books.

Here are the answers to yesterday’s comprehension exercises.

Axolotl Answers

Colt Answers

Voyage Answers

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.

Water comprehension

Sleepover comprehension

Catch comprehension

 

R.E.

When we pray it is important to remember a few simple things.  Prayers can be simple thoughts and words coming straight from the heart.  Sometimes God doesn’t seem to give us what we pray for.  Do not give up praying – keep on talking to God and listening for he knows what is best for you, even if it is not what you expected.  It is also important to remember that we don’t just ask God for things we want.  Remember to praise God and thank him for his goodness, to tell him about ourselves and others and say sorry if we have done wrong.

Why not join in with this hymn Alleluia Alleluia Give Thanks to the Risen Lord below to praise God:

I would like you to write out a short prayer thanking God for all the wonderful things you have in your life.  I have included a template below for you to use or you can design your own.

Prayer Template

Please send us a copy of your picture at gw09mcintoshdavid3@glow.sch.uk or Tweet us @St_BarbarasPS.

Also as it is Thursday again let’s remember to praise (thank) all NHS workers tonight at 8pm by clapping and making as much noise as you can for them.

 

We have all been enjoying the lovely sunny weather recently and it has been great to be able to get outside and play.  Even though it is important for everyone to enjoy the sun we have got to remember that it can burn your skin. There are three important steps to stop sunburn:

• Cover up with clothing and a hat
• Spend time in the shade,
• Wear suitable sunscreen and apply it often

In the attached sheet the character in it is out in the sun with no hat!!!  I would like you to design a hat for the character and make sure it offers suitable protection against the sun.

Character Picture

Or if you want to make a more detailed design on your sun hat why not click on the link below.

Design Your Own Sun Hat

Please send us your pictures at gw09mcintoshdavid3@glow.sch.uk or Tweet @St_BarbarasPS

Remember you can still choose another task from your updated learning grid and there are other tasks on Sumdog, StudyLadder, FirstNews and Scholastic Books.

Finally, because of Sport’s day on Tuesday, we didn’t get to watch the next episode of ‘Mi Vida Loca’ so here it is:

You can email me any of your work at:

gw09mcintoshdavid3@glow.sch.uk

 

Mr. McIntosh

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Primary 6 – Wednesday 27th May

Good Morning Primary 6!!

I hope that you are all quite recovered after yesterday’s sports day exertions.

It’s Wednesday,

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) Hayden plays 6 Xbox games. He scores 3.2 points in each game. How many points does he score altogether?

b) Olivia runs 5.4 miles every day. If she runs for 8 days, how far does she run?

c) Riley does a sponsored silence. For every hour, he must be silent he raises £8.50. How much will he raise if he stays silent for 9 hours?

d) Miss Huntley walks 3.6 miles to school. How many miles does she walk over 5 days?

e) Miss Huntley decides to walk home as well, so she walks 7.2 miles a day. How many miles does she walk over 15 days?

f) Caitlyn draws a square. Each side is 15.8cm. What is the perimeter of the square?

g) Brandon’s car drives 6.3 miles on one litre of petrol. How many miles will he cover on 4 litres of petrol?

h) Reece’s hair grows 0.8 cm per month. How many cm will his hair grow in 9 months?

i) Alexander measures rainfall over 7 months. The rain fall is 0.6 cm each month. How much rain has fallen over the 7 months?

j) Elvin buys a new pair of shoes with four shoe laces. Each shoe lace is 32.3cm long. How long are all four shoe laces put together?

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

 

This week for spelling it’s time for a roundup.

Here are some of the spelling words and patterns that we have looked at over the last few weeks. Copy them into your jotter and begin to practise them ahead of a  spelling test on Friday.

jacket,  packet,  racket,  live,  carve,  blue,  due,  process,  resources,  soldier,  sparrow,  yellow,  elbow,  necessary,  separate,  chocolate,  lightning

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.

Axolotl Comprehension

Colt Comprehension

Voyage Comprehension

 

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 gw09mcintoshdavid3@glow.sch.uk or Tweet us @St_BarbarasPS.

 

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!

Now let’s do a fun dance video with GoNoodle:

https://youtu.be/Pwn4beja1QE

 

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

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Primary 6 – Answers – Thursday 21st May

Good evening Primary 6,

 

Here are the answers to today’s maths questions.

a) 12x£15 = £180

b) 1,170 biscuits

c) 134x£9 = £1206

d) 5×126 = 630 sweets

e) 6×24 = 144 pens

f) 12×17 = 204

g) 19×27 = 513

h) 4×365 = 1,460

i) 11×12 = 132 players

j) 66×11 = 726 passengers

Sumdog are running a special competition for North Lanarkshire schools. We’re in the top 100 and today is the last day.

Here are the answers to today’s comprehension exercises

Rudy Answers

Livingstone Answers

Isadora Answers

And here is some work that Callum sent in. Thank you Callum for working so hard at home. 👍

I’ve assigned you some reading in Scholastic Books.

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

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Primary 6 – Thursday 21st May

Good morning Primary 6,

It’s Thursday, the English word Thursday is named after the Norse god of thunder, Thor. Thursday means Thor’s day in Old English. Thor is represented riding a chariot drawn by goats (They left this bit out of The Avengers) and wielding his hammer . In Latin, Thursday is named ‘Jovis dies’ after the god Jupiter

(The bit they never show you in the movies 🤫)

Here are the answers to yesterday’s maths questions.

a) 316,900+81,971+49,500 = 448,371

b) 15,467-8,769 = 6,698

c) 12,742 km – 6,779 km = 5,963 km

d) 20,000-1,543 = 18,457-2,575 = 15,882-6,543 = 9,339 survived

e) £2,000,000-£455,500 = £1,544,500-£103,500 = £1,441,000-£13,900 = £1,427,100 left

 

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) Alisha went on a shopping spree and bought 12 pairs of shoes. Each pair cost £15. How much did she spend?

b) If Riley eats 5 biscuits a day, how many does he eat over 234 days?

c) Mr Burroughs wants to replace the school’s footballs. Each football costs £9 and he wants to order 134. How much will they cost?

d) Emma buys a jar full of 126 sweets. She wants to get enough sweets to last her all year, so she buys another 4 jars. How many sweets are there in all 5 jars?

e) Miss Huntley needs to order some new whiteboard pens. She orders 6 boxes. Each box contains 24 pens. How many pens are ordered?

f) Brandon goes to watch the football 17 times in a month. How many times does he watch the football over 12 months?

g) Ben loves bouncy balls. He has been so good this ½ term that Miss Huntley buys him a packet of 19 balls. Ben goes out to play and bounces each ball 27 times. How many times were the balls bounced altogether?

h) William watches 4 TV programmes every day. How many programmes does he watch over 365 days?

i) Mr Burroughs chooses 11 people to play in a football team. He decides to put together 12 teams throughout the school. How many players does he have altogether?

j) Lewis takes a train to London. Each train carriage can carry 66 passengers. The train has 11 carriages. What is the total number of passengers that the train can carry?

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 later today or you can send me your answers at:

gw09mcintoshdavid3@glow.sch.uk

Sumdog are running a special competition for North Lanarkshire schools. We’re in the top 100 and today is the last day.

This week for spelling we’re looking at words which end in ‘et’.

Look carefully at these words.

Copy them in to your jotter and split them into their syllables. The first one is done for you.

gadget – gad-get

met

velvet

regret

regrettable

filleted

upsetting

bullet

puppet

trumpeting

pocket

rocket

Here are the answers to yesterday’s comprehension exercises

Venom Answers

Mummies Answers

Scabs Answers

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 later today.

Rudy comprehension

Livingstone comprehension

Isadora comprehension

 

R.E.

Today is Ascension Thursday!

We have been thinking about loving and caring for others all week and we have tried to follow Jesus’ commandment to, ‘Love one another as I have loved you.’

You have created a Caring Wreath to show that you care and you have learned about how Jesus ascended into heaven forty days after his resurrection on Easter Sunday.

Normally on Ascension Thursday we would all be going to Mass. Although we can’t actually go to church today, Bishop Toal is celebrating Mass for all of the children of the Diocese of Motherwell at 11am. 

This Mass is being streamed on Facebook so you will need an adult’s permission to watch this:

www.facebook.com/rcmotherwell

Father Campbell is also celebrating Mass on St. Barbara’s Parish website at 10am.

With an adult’s permission, please select a Mass to follow.

You might also like to watch the clip below. You can join in if you like.

 

It’s the last day before the holiday weekend and before Sports’ Day on Tuesday!!!

For some of today’s activities you need dice or you can make some (see below).

Select one or more of the following to do today:

   

Look out for news about Sports’ Day activities!


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

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Primary 6 – Wednesday 20th May

Good morning Primary 6,

It’s Wednesday, the name Wednesday actually derives from two mighty but distinct pagan gods.

The Old English word for Wednesday indicates that the day was named for the Germanic god Woden or Odin.

In Romance languages, the name is derived from the Roman god Mercury. (For example, Wednesday is Mercredi in French.)

So watch out for ravens today. They are said to be the eyes of Odin and will carry news back to him about your plans and schemes.

Here are the answers to yesterday’s maths questions.

a) £22×10 = 220 £22×2 = 44

£220+£44 = £264

b) £16.75×200 = £3,350   £16.75×50 = £837.50   £16.75×3 = £50.25

£3350+£837.50+£50.25=£4237.75

c) £0.80×20 =£16   £0.80×7 = £5.60

£16+£5.60 = £21.60

d)12,905 ants

e) 4,277 trees left

f) 3,325 miles to go

g) 4,001 fiction books

h) £731 left to save

i) 1,037 miles further

j)226,574 people more

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) 316,900 people live in Coventry. Warwick has a population of 81,971 and a further 49,500 live in Leamington Spa. How many people live in Coventry Warwick and Leamington Spa altogether?

b) 15,467 people went to Spain for their summer holiday on 12th August 2014. The following day 8,769 people travelled to Spain. How many more people went to Spain on the 12th

c) The diameter of Mars is 6,779 km and the diameter of Earth is 12,742 km. How much bigger than Mars is the Earth?

d) A mother frog laid 20,000 eggs. 1,543 failed to develop into tadpoles. Sadly 2,575 tadpoles were eaten by dragon flies and trout. Another 6,543 met their deaths in various ways over the next year. How many of the eggs grew up to be frogs?

e) I won £2,000,000 in the lottery. I bought a house for £455,500, I bought a Jaguar XK convertible for £103,500. I also went on a luxury cruise that cost  £13,900. How much money have I got left?

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’.

Look carefully at these words.

Copy them in to your jotter and underlines the one that has a different spelling pattern. The first one has a clue.

  1. magnet,  cabinet,  tablet,  bonnet
  2. wicket,  helmet,  cricket,  bucket
  3. upset,  droplet,  triplet,  pellet
  4. socket,  locket,  ticket,  gadget

Here are the answers to yesterday’s comprehension exercises

Brothers Answers

Friend Answers

Trees Answers

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.

Venom comprehension

Mummies comprehension

Scabs comprehension

 

R.E.

This week we have been looking at Jesus’ commandment to:

‘Love one another as I have loved you.’

Jesus showed his love for all of us on Good Friday when he died on the cross. Tomorrow we are going to celebrate the Feast of the Ascension. On this day, forty days after his resurrection on Easter Sunday, Jesus ascended into Heaven leaving the disciples behind to carry on with his work and to be witnesses for him.  They were a little scared to be left without Jesus but they believed in him and they knew that he would not leave them alone. They were quite right of course; the Holy Spirit came to help them on the Feast of Pentecost and we’ll explore that later.

Below you will see two very different video clips about the Ascension. Please watch both of them.

 

Now what I would like you to do is to draw or make your own reminder of what happened on the Feast of the Ascension.

You could think about making the figures of Jesus, his disciples and the two people dressed in white – you could even create your own video clip.

Or  you could draw them and write a sentence or a paragraph below; you might want to make a picture using other media – e.g. cotton wool for the clouds.

I have attached some ideas to help you below.

      

Whatever activity you choose to do, please email it to gw09mcintoshdavid3@glow.sch.uk  or, with an adult’s permission, upload it on to Twitter @St_BarbarasPS

 

Time to waken up and put your best foot forward!

We’re getting closer to Sports’ Day – so time for a little movement. There are two video clips to get you moving and some tasks below. Enjoy!

 

Now for those tasks:

Play some music lasting about ten/fifteen minutes and do these:

  • Jumping Jacks/Star Jumps
  • On the Spot running
  • Plank
  • Squats
  • Add your own and have fun!

Remember to have your water bottle handy and to take a few breaks!


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

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Primary 6 – Tuesday 19th May

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?

  1. I’m used in tennis and rhyme with packet.
  2. I allow you to travel and rhyme with thicket.
  3. I launch satellites and rhyme with socket.
  4. I’m a sport and rhyme with wicket.
  5. I’m sewn in trousers and rhyme with locket.

Here are the answers to yesterday’s comprehension exercises

Kappa Answers

FMX Answers

Pele Answers

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.

Brothers Comprehension

Friend Comprehension

Trees Comprehension

 

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

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Primary 6 – Monday 18th May

Good morning Primary 6,

Just a little extra post today to celebrate some of the brilliant work that our classmates are doing. Just look at this comprehension work that Safeia completed.

Brilliant work Safeia! Well done!

 

Mr. McIntosh

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Primary 6 – Monday 18th May

Good morning Primary 6,

Yay, It’s Monday!!

Here are the answers to Friday’s maths questions.

a)£0.96 for 6 melons, £0.94 for 8 melons. It’s cheaper to buy 8 melons.

b) £11.52

c) 12 melons – 2 groups of 6.

d) £7.58 per person so £31.40 for 4.

e) £10.50 per class paying by the minute. 3 classes are £31.50. It’s cheaper to buy 3 classes for £30.

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) There is room in a multi-storey car park for 45 cars on each of 4

floors. How many cars are there if the car park is half full?

b) It takes 750 bricks to build one wall of a house – how many bricks

will be needed to build all four walls?

c) 28 people eat school dinners. On average, each pupil is given 9

chips. How many chips do the dinner ladies need to cook each day?

d) There are 8 classes in school, each with 34 pupils in them. How

many letters need to be photocopied if each person is to take one home?

e) A postie drives 18 miles to each day to make deliveries. How far do they travel in  7

weeks?

f) A car travels at 55 miles per hour (mph). How many miles will it

travel in 8 hours?

g) A school dinner costs 69p. How much will it cost to have school

dinners every day for 6 weeks?

h) The benches around school cost £40 each. How much did it cost

to buy 22 benches?

i) The swimming pool is 12 metres long. How many metres would I

swim if I did 83 lengths?

j) Emma saves £0.59 each week. How much has she saved after

16 weeks?

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. Copy the words into your jotter and practise them in any way you choose:

jacket,  packet,  racket,  ticket,  wicket,  cricket,

thicket,  locket,  pocket,  rocket,  socket,  bucket

Here are the answers to Friday’s comprehension exercises

Liquid Solid Gas Answers

Carbon Answers

Bayeux Answers

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.

Kappa comprehension

FMX comprehension

Pele comprehension

 

R.E.

Yesterday was the sixth Sunday of Easter. In the Gospel, Jesus said that if you love him, you will keep his commandments.

Commandments are rules. However God’s rules are all about love – about loving God and each other. If we love someone, we try our very best to show that by being polite, kind, generous and happy when we talk to them or about them to others.

You have rules and home and we have rules in school. Just like the Ten Commandments, our rules are all about looking after each other and doing the best for each other so that we can all be happy together at home or in school.

Sometimes we break the rules – adults as well as children. If we break God’s rules, we call that sin. Don’t worry though, we can make it better.

Just like at home or in school, if we are sorry and say that to the person we have hurt – and try our best not to do it again – God will forgive us because he loves each one of us so much.

We can read about the Ten Commandments which were given to Moses in the Old Testament which is the first section of the Bible.

You can see them here. Read them or ask an adult for help then chat to someone in your family about them.

In the New Testament (the second section of the Bible), Jesus spoke about love all of the time. In fact, he made a ‘New Commandment.’

He asked us all to, ‘ Love one another as I have loved you.’

If you think about it – we all love ourselves and look after ourselves.

Jesus is saying simply that we should love everyone else as much as we love ourselves. If we all did that, the world would be a much happier place! In fact, if we all did that then we would be following the Ten Commandments without even realizing it!

At Easter, Pope Francis told us that we should love and care for each other, ‘No ifs, no buts!’

Today, let’s think about how we love each other: our family and our friends.

I would like you to choose one of the following activities. You can download and print a picture or you can make one of your own. When you have finished it, place it somewhere where all of the family can see it to remind yourselves of how just much you love and care for each other.

            

Please email your pictures to gw09mcintoshdavid3@glow.sch.uk  or, with an adult’s permission, upload them on to Twitter.

 

Healthy Snack Day!

We’re heading towards our Virtual Sports’ Day next Tuesday and what better way to prepare than to think about healthy snacks for the day.

They don’t need to be fancy…just healthy and delicious.

Have a look at some of these:

Try to create a healthy snack of your own. What ingredients might you need?

Cooking Skills for Learning, Life and Work!

Depending upon your age, you could practise some of these skills  as you prepare your snack. You might need to ask an adult for help.

You will be using skills that will be with you for the rest of your life. These skills are progressive. That means that if you haven’t peeled or sliced ingredients before (see the Primary 1 list) you will need to practise these before you move on to the next list!

Remember to wash your hands before you begin!

 

At Early Level

Primary 1

 First Level

Primary 2- Primary 4

 Second Level

Primary 5 – Primary 7
o    Peeling

o    Slicing

o    Mixing

o     Spreading

 

 

 o    Washing ingredients

o    Peeling

o    Cutting

o    Juicing

o    Grating

 

o    Weighing

o    Measuring

o    Kneading

o    Chopping

o    Baking

o    Grilling

Once you have made your snack, take a picture before you eat it and share it with all of us!

You can email your picture to gw09mcintoshdavid3@glow.sch.uk or upload it onto Twitter with an adult’s permission. Happy Healthy Snack Day!l


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

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Primary 6 – Friday 15th May

Good morning Primary 6,

Yay, It’s Friday!!

Here are the answers to yesterday’s maths questions.

a) £7.38

b) £3.89 and £7.45

c) £4.38

d) £4.79

e) £15.60

This week we have been working on some problems that involve addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Calculate the answers to these questions in your jotter.

a) Frank’s Fruit Store are running a special deal on melons…..

£5.76 for 6 melons or £7.52 for 8 melons

by working out the cost in each deal for one melon find out which deal is better.

b) Norah goes out with £20. She buys 2 engineering magazines for £4.24 each. How much change will she get?

c) With the money she gets in change how many melons can she buy from Frank?

d) The total cost for 9 people to go bowling was £70.65. By working out the cost for one person, how much would it cost for 4 people to go bowling?

e) Barry has been taking online yoga classes. The classes last 30 minutes and he pays £0.35 per minute. Is it better for Barry to pay by the minute or pay £30 for three classes?

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 starting today. Get in!!

 

This week for spelling we’re looking at a spelling rule. The rule is, “Silent E for V and U”

To avoid words ending in a ‘v’ or a ‘u’ a silent ‘e’ is often added.

Here are a list of words which follow this rule.

give, love, have, live, carve, blue, due. true, glue, clue, twelve, forgive

Today is test day. Give your list of spelling words to someone in your family and get them to test you.

Here are the answers to yesterday’s comprehension exercises

Sedna Answers

Dalai Lama Answers

New Zealand Answers

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 Monday.

Carbon Comprehension

Liquid Gas Solid Comprehension

Bayeux Comprehension

 

May is the month of Mary.

You can follow Holy Mass which is being streamed through Facebook (supervised by an adult) by Father Campbell at 10am.

 

For Health and Wellbeing today I would like you to look at the Values Report that you created yesterday. For the areas where you responded, “I need to practise more” create a Practice Plan which shows ways that you can begin to show these values more often in your daily life.


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

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