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Numeracy Answers

Primary 5 Numeracy Answers Thursday 4th June

 

Happy Thursday Fearsome Fives!

I hope that you all had a relaxing evening, a good sleep, a hearty breakfast and are ready to go!

Let’s 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 that you enjoy this fabulous work as much as I have.

First of all Hollie and Ailbhe have been busy creating safe, summer looks….

Sun Safety by Hollie and Ailbhe

Now for something very tasty indeed….you’ll all be feeling thirsty when you’re seen this!

Chopping and Blending in the Kitchen can be Thirsty Work

 

Speaking of drinking…

We were talking yesterday about how important it is to look after our bodies. Drinking plenty especially during exercise and warm weather to keep us hydrated.  Our bodies are amazing things.

Here is a little activity to keep you busy and at the same time learn about all of the parts that make up ‘US’!!

Have you got a roll of wallpaper lying around or if you have been receiving lots of packages (did you know all our posties are busier than their busiest time of the year, Christmas!) during lockdown and have cardboard boxes around I want you to lie them flat on the ground and get someone in your house to draw round you.  (The weather’s not looking that good today but should be dry so even do this task outside).

Here we have our template!!  Can you label and identify as many parts of the human body – all our organs?  See if you can have a good guess at where they are located.  Our heart 💓 should be easy, what about our lungs, liver etc.  Try to see how many you can find.  You could even put your artistic talents to good use and draw them in.

Remember to email your marvellous pictures to gw09mckinneysheelah@glow.sch.uk or upload it onto Twitter with an adult’s permission.

Literacy

Time for some fabulous Literacy Work! Have a look and enjoy!

The first is an Acrostic poem by Hannah. Well done!

Now for another wonderful poem, this time by Euan – well done!

Now for the third acrostic poem of the day and this time it’s Hollie’s poem. Fantastic!

Hollie’s Poem

Next we have another poem by Charlie W. Super!

Charlie’s Acrostic Poem

Finally…it’s Rachel’s poem. Terrific!

Positive Poem by Rachel

Well done, everyone and thank you for sharing your work with all of us!

This week you have been creating sets of cards:

Set 1: Six character cards with associated colours and accessories. You had pictures on each and a brief description

Set 2: Nine room cards with pictures and a brief description of each room

Set 3: Six accessory cards with the picture and the name of the accessory on each.

You were also asked to research the game of Cluedo including the layout of the board and the rules.

Thursday’s Task

Your task is to create a board game of your own. You can use Cluedo as an inspiration or you can be totally original.

The game must be for between three and six players.

All of your cards should be used.

Once you have designed your game you should make a set of easy-to-follow instructions so that others in your class can try it.

The instructions should:

• List the contents of the ‘box’
• The aim of the game (what you have to do to win)
• A list of what each player needs in order to play
• Rules of play – what you are allowed/not allowed to do
• A rule for deciding who plays first (the youngest child; roll dice – lowest number etc.)
• Anything else which a player would need to know in order to play YOUR game

WARNING: You do not have to complete this whole task today…it might take a few designs and rule changes before you get it just right!

Please send pictures of your game to:

gw09mckinneysheelah@glow.sch.uk

 

Numeracy

Mental Challenge: Multiplication

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

Select: Level 3 or Level 4 or Level 5

This week the mental maths challenges have all been linked to multiplication.

Select three tables and set yourself a challenge. Aim for 3 or 5 second intervals. However, if you need more thinking time, that’s fine. Better to think it through correctly than rush and make an error!

Now select two challenges from the mixed section.

Weight

We have been looking at weight this week – specifically at grams and kilograms.

Try these:

monkey      snake      tarantula      tiger      elephant

List these zoo animals in order beginning with the one you think weighs most.

Change from kilograms to grams.

a) 8kg      b) 12kg      c) 14 1/2 kg      d) 31kg      e) 5kg 800g      f) 21kg 6g

Change these weights to kilograms OR to kilograms and grams.

a) 7000g      b) 17 000g      c) 40 000g      d) 6800g      e) 8060g      f) 10 001g

 

Jenny and Mandy weigh themselves on some bathroom scales.

Jenny weighs 49 and a half kilograms. Mandy weighs 50kg 200g.

How much more does Mandy weigh?

 

A box of shopping arrives at Mrs Brown’s house.

It includes 4 tins of soup, 3 jars of pickles and 5 pot noodles.

If a tin of soup weighs 400g, a jar of pickles, 300g, a pot noodle 70g and the box itself weighs 200g what is the total weight of the box and its contents?

Answers will be posted at 3.00pm today. 

 

R.E.

As we know things just now are very different from what we are used to.  By now our new Primary 1 children would have been in to visit the school but, like you, they have not been able to come in for their visits.  We are thinking that it would be a lovely idea for you to say a little prayer for them.  In order to make them feel welcome to our school in August, I would like you to choose the word for your stage below, write/colour it on a sheet of paper, hold it up and ask an adult to take a picture of you holding your word with a big smile and if it is possible you could wear your uniform.  Please email your picture to gw09mckinneysheelah@glow.sch.uk

We will use these to make our Primary 1s feel very welcome in school.

A    Great   Big      Welcome     To     St.     Barbara’s!

Primary 1 – A; Primary 5 – Great; Primary 4 – Big; Primary 6 – Welcome; Primary 2 – To; PRIMARY 3 – St. (remember the dot); Primary 7 – Barbara’s!

Do you remember our Easter Message?

 

We still miss you lots 😢!!

Music

You might enjoy listening to these instrumental soundtracks while reading or relaxing.

 

You’ve worked very hard today so time to relax!

 

Numeracy Answers

Primary 5 Answers 3rd June

Good Morning, Fun-loving Fives!

I hope that you have enjoyed breakfast and are no ready to go!

Let’s 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 your Slushies yesterday!! We just managed to get them made in the warm weather as today is to be a bit cooler.

YOGA 🧘‍♀️ 🧘‍♂️

We are going to follow a little Yoga session that Mrs McFall (Daniel and Luke’s mum) has kindly allowed us to share on the Blog.

Below is a great Yoga workout that you can do along with an adult or your siblings.  You can also have your favourite ted join in too.

Yoga is a great skill helping you learn the importance of how you breath which in turn helps us relax and sleep well.  (Parents: Mrs McFall recommends that you allow your child to go with the flow and, if you are able to accompany them doing the video, ask them similar questions).  Remember with any exercise we should remember to drink plenty to keep us hydrated, looking after our bodies!!

Once again a great big thank you to Mrs McFall and Luke. 👏👏

 

Literacy

Scholastic Shout-Out

Well done to all of the children below. Keep working hard!

Rachael      Lochlan      Luke      Keiran      Dubem      Sofia      Ethan P.     Aila      Ethan Y.

 

First News Shout-Out

Well done to all of the children below. Keep working hard!

Rachael     Sofia      Natasha      Aila      Dubem      Preet     Hannah      Ethan Y.      Euan

Ethan P.      Maya B.      Charlie W.      Rachel      Preet      Imogen

You’ve done very well on Scholastic and on First News. Keep in up!

If you haven’t logged on yet, please do so and I can add you to all those who are trying so hard!

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.

Literacy: Recap of Yesterday’s Task

Step 1

Decide on six characters. In the game you have Professor Plum, Miss Scarlett, Colonel Mustard etc. You can give your character a title e.g. Lord Lime, Captain Chloe -it’s up to you!

Step 2

Give each of your characters a colour and  a few characteristics: for example, Lord Lime might be green in colour, he might have a walking stick and he might be sneaky, dishonest and cunning.

Step 3

Think of a setting. In the original edition of Cluedo each room belonged to a mansion with nine rooms.

You can choose any setting – but it must have nine rooms also. It could be a castle, a spaceship etc. List the nine rooms.

Step 4

Decide on six accessories the characters might have e.g. a walking stick, a metal briefcase etc.

Task

Draw each of your characters just like Top Trump cards. The top of each card should show the name of the character. Their clothes should clearly show which colour you have selected for them and each should feature the chosen accessory.

On the bottom of each card, write a brief description of the character based on the characteristics. You don’t need to add any categories or gradings (e.g. Magic 70 above).

Keep your cards somewhere safe.

Wednesday’s Tasks

For today’s task, you must create two sets of cards of an identical size to those you made yesterday.

Set 1: these cards will show each of the nine rooms you decided upon yesterday. You will create a picture and a brief description of the room.

Set 2: each card will show one of the accessories you decided upon yesterday. The card should have a picture of the accessory and its name.

Keep all of your cards somewhere safe.

Task 2

Research the game, CLUEDO – if you haven’t already played it before. Make sure that you know the rules and that you know what you need to play the game apart from the cards above. Have a look at the board itself. How many squares doe it have?

 

Numeracy

Mental Challenge: Multiplication

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

Select: Level 3 or Level 4 or Level 5

Think carefully about which tables you know and which require more practice. If you know a table really well, don’t waste time on it…move to one you’re not sure about.

Select two to focus on and then choose one from the mixed section.

Weight

Over the last few days we have been looking at units of measurement used in weighing: grams and kilograms.

There is a reminder for you below.

Kilogram and Gram

A gram is a small unit which is used to weigh objects. It indicates how heavy the object is.

A kilogram is made up of 1000 grams.

Today I have some word problems for you. They are all about weight – and you will have to add or subtract.

Task 1

Bella is having a sleepover and she has bought the following ingredients for breakfast the following morning.

Croissants     270g            Muffins       440g

Buns              340g             Pancakes    315g

Waffles         150g              Butter          1kg 200g

Jam                710g

45 Bread Rolls

Remember to write out each calculation before you attempt it.

a) What is the total weight of the croissants, the buns and the muffins?

b) What is the total weight of the pancakes, the waffles, the butter and the jam. ( Top Tip: You might want to change the weight of the butter into grams first).

c) What is the total weight of all of the items (don’t include the bread rolls)

d) Write the total weight of answer c) in kilograms and grams

e) There are exactly enough rolls for everyone to have 4 and a half each. How many people were at the sleepover breakfast?

Task 2

Bella’s mum went shopping too.

She bought two and a half kilograms of cherries to bake a cherry pie.

She set aside 750g of the cherries to make jam.

a) How many grams of cherries did Bella’s mum buy?

b) How many grams of cherries were used to make the cherry pie?

 

Task 3

The postman delivered two parcels: one for Bella and one for her mum.

Bella’s parcel weighed 4kg 200g and her mum’s weighed 3kg 850g.

a) How much heavier was Bella’s parcel?

b) What was the total weight of both parcels?

Answers will be posted at 3.00pm today.

 

R.E.

Over the course of the last few days we have been learning about the importance of Pentecost. It has shown us how important the feast is in the church’s year.

There are a few activities below which you can complete to reinforce what you have learned about The Feast of Pentecost and the Holy Spirit.  You can choose to do one activity or why not complete it together with your siblings.

Pentecost – story

Pentecost – word search

When you have finished your activities, take a few minutes to pray together with your family.  I have attached a lovely hymn that you could sing together to finish off your Pentecost work for today.

Thursday 4th June

Fun Art and Craft Activities

You might enjoy trying some of these!

 

I think that you have worked very hard today. Time to relax and I’ll see you tomorrow!

Remember to email any great work to: gw09mckinneysheelah@glow.sch.uk

 

Literacy and Numeracy Answers

Tuesday 2nd June Answers

 

 

Good Morning, Fantabulous Fives!

Here we are for another day of home-learning!

Let’s begin as usual 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 meets STEM!

With the hot weather that hopefully we have all been enjoying we are going to look at ways to help us stay hydrated.  We know that we need to drink plenty of water and ensure we do that more frequently during hot days.

Another great way to enjoy the hot weather is with a lovely cool Slushie!!

Yum Yum.  Below there is a great recipe, with a little bit of science thrown in, that lets you make a slush with your hands!! Yip that is right you don’t need a fancy NutriBullet or a blender, just your hands.  So here goes :

Instructions to make a cool mouth-watering smoothie!!

• Place one cup of your chosen juice into a small Ziploc bag and zip tight.
• Place 4 cups of ice and half a cup of salt into a large Ziploc bag along with the juice bag and zip that tight too.
• Shake the large bag over the sink or outside for 2-5 minutes or until the juice bag turns to slush.
• Pour into a cup and enjoy!!

If you have your own recipe/method for making a Slushie please email this along with a picture of your Slushie to gw09mckinneysheelah@glow.sch.uk or upload it onto Twitter with an adult’s permission.

 

Literacy

First News: please select from assigned Comprehension, Crossword and Word Definition tasks. I have assigned a new selection from which to choose.

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. I have assigned new books for you to enjoy!

Spelling

This week we are looking at words with -ow.

-ow can have two different sounds: -ow as in crown and -ow as in blown.

Today I would like you to read the words below and then sort them into two groups as follows:

growl      known      prowl      show      growth      scowl      clown

slow     blown     brown     throw     shown     down     frown     throw

Words with -ow sounding like cow                            Words with -ow sounding like window

Write a sentence using one word from each family.

Answers will be posted at 3pm today.

 

Cluedo: Literacy

Step 1

Decide on six characters. In the game you have Professor Plum, Miss Scarlett, Colonel Mustard etc. You can give your character a title e.g. Lord Lime, Captain Chloe -it’s up to you!

Step 2

Give each of your characters a colour and  a few characteristics: for example, Lord Lime might be green in colour, he might have a walking stick and he might be sneaky, dishonest and cunning.

Step 3

Think of a setting. In the original edition of Cluedo each room belonged to a mansion with nine rooms.

You can choose any setting – but it must have nine rooms also. It could be a castle, a spaceship etc. List the nine rooms.

Step 4

Decide on six accessories the characters might have e.g. a walking stick, a metal briefcase etc.

Task

Draw each of your characters just like Top Trump cards. The top of each card should show the name of the character. Their clothes should clearly show which colour you have selected for them and each should feature the chosen accessory.

On the bottom of each card, write a brief description of the character based on the characteristics. You don’t need to add any categories or gradings (e.g. Magic 70 above).

Keep your cards somewhere safe.

Numeracy

Mental Challenge: Multiplication

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

Select: Level 3 or Level 4

Think carefully about which tables you know and which require more practice.

Select two to focus on and then choose one from the mixed section.

Weight

Yesterday we began looking at units of measurement we use in weighing: grams and kilograms.

There is a reminder for you below.

Kilogram and Gram

A gram is a small unit which is used to weigh objects. It indicates how heavy the object is.

A kilogram is made up of 1000 grams.

Yesterday we changed grams to kilograms and kilograms to grams. We’ll do a little more of that today.

Remember: 2kg = 2000g         4kg 630g = 4630g

Try these:

Change these to grams:

a) 62kg        b) 19kg        c) 58kg 241g      d) 13kg 827g      e) 1kg 52g      f) 26kg 305g      g) 87kg 2g

Change these to kilograms:

a) 8000g      b) 19 000g      c) 92 000g      d) 48 000g      e) 31 000g      f) 65 000g      g) 5000g

The weights below are in grams. Change them to kilograms OR to kilograms AND grams:

a) 87 000g      b) 16 000g      c) 4000g      d) 8900g      e) 15 400g      f) 3200g      g) 60 000g

h) 8564g       i) 9560g            j) 4750g       k) 1018g       l) 9040g         m) 8003g     n) 1003g

Answers will be posted at 3pm today.

 

R.E.

The Feast of Pentecost is a very important celebration in the Church’s year and watching the short clip below will give you a snapshot of the importance of this great celebration.

The Feast of Pentecost is seen as the Birthday of the Church.

The Holy Spirit came to the disciples not only as a reminder that Jesus would always be with them but so that they received the strength and courage to continue to build God’s kingdom, not only in Jerusalem but to ensure it reached the ends of the earth.  In John’s Gospel on Sunday we heard not only about Jesus’ word but about Jesus’ action, “he breathed on them and said receive the Holy Spirit”.  Jesus’ breath gives new life, eternal life into the disciples, giving them the courage to go out and spread the word by being given special gifts. Jesus gave them the gift of speaking different languages to be able to carry out his work all over the world.

The Holy Spirit came to us in the Sacrament of Baptism and will or has come again to us in the  Sacrament of Confirmation.  Talk to an adult about your Baptism/Confirmation (if you have made it yet).  Think about all the wonderful gifts God has given us and give thanks to the Lord for all that we have to be glad of.  Just like the disciples we give thanks to the Lord of all the gifts he has given us.  We are so grateful to God for always being with us.

Please select an activity from your grid….and then you’re finished for the day! Well done, everyone! Time to relax and I’ll see you tomorrow.

Remember to email any tasks to me: gw09mckinneysheelah@glow.sch.uk

Answers for Literacy and Numeracy

Primary 5 Monday 1st June Answers

 

Good Morning, Fine Fives!

I hope that you enjoyed a relaxing, fun-filled weekend and are ready for a new week and a new month…and a new SEASON! Summer’s here!!!

Let’s begin as usual 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

Over the weekend hopefully we were all able to go visit a member of our family!  This has been something we have taken for granted all of our lives (as we probably did this every weekend or more).  From Friday onward this has been a very special time for many.  Hopefully your family don’t live too far away and you have been able to spend some time with them.  It must have been a great feeling to spend time, in our gardens, with loved ones. How it has lifted all our spirits and given us such a positive boast!  If you were able to visit someone you have not seen during Lockdown you will know this feeling.  Hopefully it won’t be too much longer until we can see all of our family.

Today is also a new month/season JUNE begins our three months of SUMMER, can you believe it? This too should make us feel more positive as hopefully we have lovely weather.

Being positive makes our world a better place and after all the changes that have happened over the last few months,  we will begin to see a brighter, happier, and more POSITIVE future ahead.

I would like you to take the word POSITIVE and write an acrostic poem.  (Remember you take the word POSITIVE and in large letters you write it down the left-hand side of your page and then write a word/sentence that begins with each letter of POSITIVE).

Here is an example for the word Welcome to let you see how your poem should look.

You can email your poem to gw09mckinneysheelah@glow.sch.uk or upload it onto Twitter with an adult’s permission.

Now to keep that positive vibe going let’s try a little Zumba.

Remember to have plenty of drinks throughout the day.  It’s going to be another hot day and we need to stay hydrated!!  Watch out for tomorrow’s post to give you another idea for keeping hydrated!!

 

Let’s begin with some fabulous work. Well done to Ethan Y. for his fantastic Gecko word map!

Literacy

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

This week we are going to look at words with ‘-ow.’ These can be a little tricky because ‘-ow’ can be pronounced in two different ways: arrow or crown.

We’re going to look at words ending in -ow.

arrow     narrow     sparrow     yellow     elbow     pillow     window

follow     hollow     borrow     sorrow     burrow     shadow     shallow

Task 1

Copy the sentences and select the appropriate word from the list above.

1. You can rest your head on me.
2. I am a small, brown bird.
3. I am home to a family of rabbits.
4. When the sun shines I never leave your side.
5. Mix me with blue paint and I turn green.

Answers will be uploaded at 3pm today.

Task 2

You will need some string, wool or thread. Select five of the spelling words above and create stringy pictures. You can choose to stick them down or simply make them – inside or outside!

Numeracy

Mental Challenge: Doubles and Halves

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

Select: Level 2 or Level 3 and practise doubles and halves. You might even try both. Good luck!

Weight

Kilogram and Gram

A gram is a small unit which is used to weigh objects. It indicates how heavy the object is.

A kilogram is made up of 1000 grams.

Weighing objects is a skill for learning, life and work! You never know when you might need to:

• Bake a cake – you need to weigh the ingredients so that it tastes delicious
• You might need to weigh a parcel at the post office so that you know how much it will cost to post
• You might need to weigh fruit in a supermarket so that you know how much you will have to pay for them
• You might even want to weigh yourself!

We use scales to weigh objects. Scales come in all shapes and sizes depending on what has to be weighed. You probably have scales in your kitchen and different scales in your bathroom.

  

Kitchen Scales               Bathroom Scales

 

What do everyday objects weigh?

• A packet of crisps weighs about 30 grams
• A tin of tomato soup weighs about 400 grams
• A bag of sugar weighs about 454 grams
• A large bottle of ketchup weighs about 880 grams
• A litre of water weighs 1000 grams or 1 kilogram

Information Section

1000 grams = 1 kilogram or we can write this as: 1000g = 1kg     g = gram; kg = kilogram

1kg = 1000g          3kg = 3000g          5kg = 5000g          2kg 30g = 2030g         3kg 625g = 3625g

4000g = 4kg          12 000g = 12kg          4750g = 4kg 750g          9785g – 9kg 785 g     8004g = 8kg 4g

Task 1

Write the following weights in grams – g:

a) 4kg      b) 7kg      c) 17kg      d) 24kg     e) 58kg     f) 32kg     g) 61kg     h) 10kg

Task 2

Now write these in grams – g:

a) 1kg 600g      b) 6kg 350g      c) 8kg 910g      d) 4kg 725g     e) 5kg 37g     f) 11kg 66g

g) 12kg 3g       h) 76kg 90g       i) 4kg 4g

 

Task 3

Change the following from g to kg

a) 2000g      b) 8000g      c) 3000g     d) 10 000g      e) 71 000g      f) 36 000g      g) 13 000g

Answers will be uploaded at 3pm today.

 

R.E.

More wonderful work for you to see. This time it’s a beautiful picture from Preet. Click on the link below to see it for yourself! Well done, Preet!

Our Father Preet

The Feast of Pentecost – 31st May 2020

“They were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak”

“When Pentecost day came round, the disciples had all met in one room, when suddenly they heard what sounded like a powerful wind from heaven, the noise of which filled the entire house in which they were sitting; and something appeared to them that seemed like tongues of fire; these separated and came to rest on the head of each of them. They were all filled with the Holy Spirit, and began to speak foreign languages as the Spirit gave them the gift of speech.”

The Feast of Pentecost brings to an end the Season of Easter and falls 50 days after Easter Sunday.  Pentecost celebrates the coming of the Holy Spirit.  As we heard in the first reading of how the disciples were all together and how they were afraid now that Jesus had left them.  On this day they were given the gift of speaking many different languages so that they could travel far and wide to spread the good news.

We learn that God is always here for us, we just need to ask him for help if we are afraid, worried or feeling lonely.  He will answer our prayer and help us.  Especially in these times when we are feeling sad about not seeing our friends and families like we use to.  God will be by our sides to guide us through to better times.

Above you will see an image of Pentecost.  There are important symbols that are associated with Pentecost – we can read about them in the extract above from the Acts of the Apostles.   We also saw Father Campbell in his red vestments when watching Mass yesterday.

For today’s task I would like you to design your own Pentecost poster incorporating some of the important symbols of Pentecost.  This poster will remind us that the Holy Spirit is with us in everything we do. Please email your poster to gw09mckinneysheelah@glow.sch.uk or upload it onto Twitter with an adult’s permission.

Art Attack

This is an activity I think that you will enjoy. It’s really good for all of you who are bookworms!

You can make it today or save it for another day during the week.  Remember to send me your pictures!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ajPnqLqvqqM

Now you can select an activity from the grid and after that…it’s time to relax!

Well done everyone! I’ll see you tomorrow.

Literacy Answers

Primary 5 Literacy Answers Friday 29th May