gw09mckinneysheelah@glow

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 gw09mckinneysheelah@glow.sch.uk or with permission Tweet: @St_BarbarasPS

Literacy Tasks

First News: please select from assigned Comprehension, Crossword and Word Definition tasks.

Scholastic: please continue with your selected book. If you have finished, please complete the quiz and choose another book. You should aim to read for twenty-thirty minutes each day.

Spelling

The focus for this week in on words ending with vowel sounds: a, e, i, o, u

Yesterday you matched keywords to definitions and created some visual spelling research pictures.

Today we’re going to have a look at forming plural nouns.

Spelling Rule: Words ending in ‘o.’

For words ending in o we usually add -es.

tomato tomatoes

However we simply add ‘s’ for:

Words ending in oo cuckoo cuckoos

‘Music’ words piano pianos

Shortened words photo photos

Task 1

Write the noun and its plural:

a) tornado b) mango c) cello d) torpedo

e) domino f) kangaroo g) cuckoo h) piano

Task 2

Using a dictionary, find out what you can about the following words (where did they come from/are they short versions of longer words?):

a) photo b) piano c) disco d) rhino e) hippo

Write the word and your discoveries in your jotter.

Numeracy

Mental Maths: Speed Revision

Please use the Topmarks Daily 10 to keep place value in your mind!

Click on the link, select Speed Challenge, select Level 4, 5 or 6. Then select Digit Values 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

Numeracy Money Challenge: Thursday

Primary 5 Thursday Money Maths Sheet

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 gw09mckinneysheelah@glow.sch.uk or, with permission 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.

May 27, 2020May 24, 2020

Primary 5: Literacy/Numeracy Answer Sheet – Wednesday 27th May

Answer Sheet for Literacy and Numeracy Tasks

Primary 5 Wednesday Answers

If you don’t understand an answer, please email me:

ht@st-barbaras.n-lanark.sch.uk

May 27, 2020May 24, 2020

Wednesday 27th May – Primary 5

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:

https://youtu.be/Pwn4beja1QE

Literacy

Alphabetical Arrangements! Please have a look at Ethan’s wonderful alphabetical work. Well done!

Ethan Y. Alphabet Challenge

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.

P.5 Maths Challenge Wednesday

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!

May 26, 2020May 26, 2020

Virtual Sports’ Day is HERE! Tuesday 26th May 2020

Good Morning everyone and welcome to our first ever Virtual Sports’ Day!

Today, activities have been set for the whole school to enjoy.

We hope that you enjoy the day and we ask you to upload pictures onto Twitter or to email pictures to your child’s class teacher. Thank you!

Just like every day, we will 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 our day together. Amen.

Happy Eid!

Health and Wellbeing…let the fun BEGIN!

Today is Sports’ Day!!! I know it’s different from any sports’ day that we’ve ever had but we can still have lots of fun! So for health and wellbeing today I want you to follow the grid with lots of suggested activities. Don’t worry if you can’t do some activities just adapt them to suit yourselves. The important rule today is to exercise and have FUN!

Sport’s Day

Healthy Snack Ideas

R.E.

After all of the fun of Sports’ Day, time to relax and focus on the R.E. tasks below.

During Sunday’s Gospel we heard about Jesus praying for his friends and for us. He wanted us to be one, to be united in love, as closely as Jesus and God the Father are united in love. So, let’s think about how we can be more like that.

After Sunday’s Gospel Father Campbell spoke about how it is now 9 weeks since we have been together in the Church. He spoke about what people were missing about coming together for Mass. These feelings we have about missing things were the same feelings that the disciples felt when Jesus ascended into Heaven. Jesus prayed for his disciples and the disciples prayed to help them be closer to Jesus.

Watch this short video to help us reflect on Sunday’s Gospel.

What could we do to help us be united in love just like Jesus wanted us to be? Perhaps you have a favourite book and could read it to your little brother or sister. Perhaps you enjoy making music; you could play it over the phone for a loved one. Maybe you could do a very helpful thing around the house for your parents without being asked. Today I would like you to pick an act of kindness to do for someone else and help put a big smile on that person’s face! Have a look at some more ideas below:

Now write down your act of kindness inside a heart and decorate it.

Please send your pictures to your teacher’s email address or Tweet us @St_BarbarasPS. We love seeing your pictures.

We all hope that you enjoyed an active, fun day. See you tomorrow!

May 21, 2020

Primary 5: Scholastic Link

Dear Parents and children,

I’m really sorry but I don’t know what has gone wrong with the link in your letter.

Please open the powerpoint below and run in slideshow mode. The link will open for you and you can insert your username and password.

P.5 Scholastic link

Kind Regards

Mrs McKinney

May 21, 2020May 21, 2020

Weekly Update: Thursday 21st May

Good Morning Everyone!

The Feast of the Ascension

Welcome to this week’s update which is on Thursday due to the bank holidays tomorrow and Monday.

It has been just fabulous to see all of the work that has been going on across the school this week, even if you were completing it at home. I have loved looking at all of the photographs of your healthy snacks; you certainly have been really creative. They all looked delicious.

I’ve also really enjoyed looking at all of your hard work in jotters, your pictures and collages, outdoor learning and even stop motion videos. Well done, everyone!

Primary 4, your video was just beautiful and I hope that everyone else saw it too. If not, you can access it through the Parish website. Well done to all of you and to your families. A special, ‘Well Done’ to all of your friends in Primary 5/4 and Primary 4/3 who have supported you as well as to the staff who all made it possible. I would like to thank Fr. Campbell for leading it (which took several attempts to make sure that he held the candle in the correct hand!) so well.

Parents, thank you so much for your continuing help in supporting the children at home. I know that it is extremely difficult for you at times but I really appreciate your effort.

Teaching and Support Staff, thank you for all that you are doing for the children daily and behind the scenes; I greatly appreciate all that you do.

Finally, well done to all of our St. Barbara’s Superstars, our children! As always, you are a credit to your families and to all of our school community. Well, today we would have been at church as it is the Feast of the Ascension; Fr. Campbell has been on the phone already because he wanted to remind me to remind all of you (!) that you have to have a special, sneaky extra playtime today! Great news!

Next Tuesday the whole day is going to be a Virtual Sports’ Day – so look out for more information on the website!

So everyone – it’s Thursday, it’s the holiday weekend which means that once you have finished your work and had a long playtime, it’s Golden Time! I hope that you have a lovely, long weekend with your families.

Mrs McKinney

May 20, 2020May 18, 2020