Good morning boys and girls. I hope that you enjoyed the sunshine yesterday and got some time to play in your gardens. We had our paddling pool out again.
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.
Literacy – Today I would like you to try to read the phoneme story below aloud to someone in your family. If it is tricky ask them to read it to you and you can read the “ee” phoneme words out.
Dictated sentences – ask someone in you family to read these sentences out to you slowly and try to write them into your jotter.
1. Can you see the park?
2. I had three sweets after my dinner.
3. My bike has two big wheels on it.
Reading – continue to read the book that I assigned to you yesterday. A big well done to the boys and girls that have already read the book. Can you write a few sentences about what happened in the story?
Maths– Today is the last day of the Sumdog competition so login and have some fun, come on P1a, let’s see how far we can go!!!
I hope you all had some fun in the sun yesterday! I am very lucky and got to spend most of the day in the garden with my little girl. Please see below for today’ activities.
It’s Thursday but you will be pleased to know that this is your last day of home learning this week. It’s the May holiday weekend so you have tomorrow and Monday off to relax and enjoy spending time with your families.
If you did not manage to make your healthy snack then you can select another topic.
Maybe you could tell me how to play your favourite sport or x-box game.
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.
HWB
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 to get out and clap for all of our Key Workers tonight!!
I hope you have a lovely holiday weekend and I hope the sun shines for you!
Hello boys and girls. I hope you are well. Today the weather has to be lovely so make sure you get out and enjoy the sunshine.
Morning prayer and a Hail Mary.
Literacy
Continue to revise your phoneme words and ask a parent or older sibling to dictate some sentences for you.
Today, (if this is possible, if not then you can do this tomorrow or another day when you have the ingredients) I would like us to have a P4/3 Bake off. I know that some of you have been learning to bake or make cakes. I would like you to do this today and post a picture on twitter or email me at gw09grahamannemarie@glow.sch.uk. I also want you to use your knowledge of instructional writing and write the instructions for how to make your cake. I will include them and the pictures on our Shining Stars page. It’s a great way of swapping recipes. I will participate too and post my outcome on twitter! Remember:
List the ingredients you require such as flour, sugar etc.
List the utensils you need such as bowl, wooden spoon etc.
Remember words like: First, Next, Then, Finally.
I’m looking forward to seeing them!
Numeracy
Today we will continue to revise Time and I know that most of you have the online TJ maths book (if you don’t, please email me and I will sort this for you) therefore I would like you to do:
Teejay 1a textbook: Pg43-46 (This consists of an assessment on pg 46 which you can do tomorrow or at the weekend if you feel it is too much for you to complete today.)
For those of you who feel confident so far, have a go at the following worksheets which ask you to the write the time for o’clock and half past digitally. (Only using 12 hour time for just now)
Remember there is still a SUMDOG competition on until Thursday and we need more of you to play to ensure we qualify and make the leaderboard!
RE
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 gw09grahamannemarie@glow.sch.uk or, with an adult’s permission, upload it on to Twitter @St_BarbarasPS
H&WB
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!
Have fun today and enjoy the weather.
(Mrs Boyce will be with you tomorrow but not Friday. It is the bank holiday weekend therefore you have a holiday on Friday and Monday! So I will be back with you on Tuesday ready for our virtual sports day!)
Mrs G
PS Have a look at our Shining Stars wall so far, more to be added today! Keep that work coming everyone!
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.
magnet, cabinet, tablet, bonnet
wicket, helmet, cricket, bucket
upset, droplet, triplet, pellet
socket, locket, ticket, gadget
Here are the answers to yesterday’s comprehension exercises
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.
Next, watch Euan make a healthy smoothie…delicious!
Keep sending your work in and see it on the blog: gw09mckinneysheelah@glow.sch.uk
Literacy
FIRST NEWS
I have allocated you all tasks on First News! There are two comprehension exercises and two crossword activities. Please select at least one of each.
Remember that you can look back at the passage whenever you like. Take your time and read it more than once before you attempt any questions.
SCHOLASTIC – NEW!
I have signed you all up for the Scholastic Reading Centre. I have allocated six books in total at present. Please select whichever you like and you can choose as many as you like
You can also choose a book of your own.
I sent emails on Monday to all parents so please check with an adult for your login details.
Login Details: if you have any problems logging in to First News or to Scholastic, please email me. Thank you.
Spelling Task
At the top of a page in a dictionary there are GUIDE words. Guide words are the first and last words on the pages. Look at the pages above. Bear is the first word on the first page while beyond is the last word on the second page. All of the other words on the pages are listed alphabetically between the guide words.
Here are the guide words from three different pages in the dictionary:
cool – correspond P.42 correspondent – country P. 43 impulse – independent P.109
Write the number of the page on which the following words would appear:
indeed 2. core 3. cosmonaut 4. corrupt 5. income 6. coppice 7. inadvertent 8. council
Can you think of three words not mentioned above which would be found on each of the three pages?
Answers can be found on the blog at 3.00pm today.
Numeracy
NLC SUMDOG Challenge.
Keep going everyone! We need to climb higher…let’s get to the summit!
Yesterday we looked at addition and subtraction in money calculations. Today we are going to remind ourselves about multiplication and division money calculations.
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 gw09mckinneysheelah@glow.sch.uk or, with an adult’s permission, upload it on to Twitter @St_BarbarasPS
Well done Primary 5. You’ve worked hard today. Time for a rest and I’ll see you tomorrow!
Usually you all like to tell me jokes in class so today I thought I would start off with a little joke or two, to make you laugh (hopefully). I am missing all your jokes very much!
Here goes…
Why was 6 afraid of 7?
Because 7, 8, 9
Why can’t Elsa have a balloon?
Because she will let it go.
Even if they didn’t make you laugh, I hope they made you smile
Let’s get started on today activities.
We will begin our day as always, with our morning prayer.
God our Father, as we prepare to begin our work, we ask you to help us use properly, the many gifts you have given us, so that we may fully benefit from our day together in school. St. Barbara, pray for us.
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!
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 gw13mceleneylauren@glow.sch.uk or, with an adult’s permission, upload it on to Twitter @St_BarbarasPS.
It’s time to look at some of Primary 1b’s WONDERFUL WORK
Look at Ailbhe’s amazing Superhero called Auntie Virus! Amazing!
Check out the fantastic castle that Andy made.
Remember to send me work you are proud of and you could feature on Primary 1b’s wall of fame
Remember to take plenty of breaks boys and girls. You are doing awesome this week! Don’t worry if you don’t manage to complete all of the activities, just try your best and I will be impressed.
tonight for the NHS.
WONDERFUL WORK 
