Good afternoon boys and girls
Well done to all of the children who managed to take part in today’s Sumdog Maths competition. You have all worked very hard and tried your very best. The leader board was very close but we have a winner.
The winner of our maths competition is Aaron.
Well done Aaron! You have been crowned our MATHS CHAMPION this week!
Miss McEleney
Good Afternoon Primary 5!
The answer sheet for today’s challenges can be found below.
See you on Monday!
NLC CONTEST
FRIDAY 15TH MAY UNTIL THURSDAY 21ST MAY
COME ON BOYS AND GIRLS OF ST BARBARA’S,
LET’S SHOW EVERYONE HOW MUCH WE LOVE A SUMDOG COMPETITION.
WHO WILL BE OUR TOP CLASS/PUPILS THIS TIME?
GOOD LUCK EVERYONE!!
Good morning Primary 6,
Look at that, it’s Thursday already. If days keeps flying past like this it will be Friday tomorrow before you know it.
How did you get on with yesterday’s maths questions?
Here are the answers
a) Joe – £18.66 , Jan – £20.12 , Dawn – £20.29 , Dave – £17.84
b) Dawn
c) Dave
d) £0.17
e) £12.71
This week we are going to work on some problems that involve addition, subtraction, multiplication and division. Calculate the answers to these questions in your jotter.
a) I bought a calculator, a pen and a pencil case from the internet and the bill came to £17.12. I remember that the calculator was £6.75 and the pen was £2.99. How much was the pencil case?
b) The bill for 4 of us at The Burger Pit, including drinks, came to £19.12. I paid for the drinks, £3.56, and the rest of the bill was split evenly between the four of us. How much did each of my friends pay for their food only and how much did it cost me for my meal and all the drinks?
c) I bought a matching pair of candlesticks that I didn’t need at 2 in the morning on Ebay for £14.92. My wife hated them. I sold one of them for £7.99 on Gumtree and the second one for £2.55, because it was rusty. How much did I lose on the deal?
d) Two chicken suppers and a sausage supper cost me £11.98. If the sausage supper is £2.40, what is the price of a chicken supper.
e) Gordon borrowed money from me. He paid me back eventually. He paid me £2.55 on the first week and followed this with 9 payments of £1.45. How much did Gordon borrow from me?
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 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 try to LOOK, COVER, WRITE and CHECK your spelling words ahead of tomorrow’s test.
Here are the answers to yesterday’s comprehension exercises
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 tomorrow.
May is the month of Mary.
Find out what you can about the events that happened in Lourdes in France in 1858. Why do you think that Lourdes has become such an important place for Catholics?
For Health and Wellbeing today I would like you to write a Values Report about yourself.
|
Value |
My rating
(a) Pretty Good (b) Ok (c) I need to practise more |
My evidence for my rating |
| Honesty
Telling the truth Not stealing Owning up |
A time when I showed this value was when I … | |
| Fairness
Sharing Taking turns Playing by the rules Returning a favour |
A time when I showed this value was when I … | |
| Responsibility
Being on time Keeping promises Being reliable Doing what I say I will |
A time when I showed this value was when I … | |
| Support
Helping when it is needed Encouraging others Caring about others |
A time when I showed this value was when I … | |
| Cooperation
Working well with someone Sorting things out Doing my share |
A time when I showed this value was when I … | |
| Respect
Using good manners Asking permission before using other people’s things |
A time when I showed this value was when I … |
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
Good morning
How are you all this morning boys and girls? I can’t believe that it is Thursday again!!
We will begin our day with a little prayer. 
. Let’s try the sign of the cross in Spanish.
Here’s a little reminder of the words.
We are now more than two weeks into May and we would be remembering how important Mary was in Jesus’ life and how we would pray to Our Lady through the Rosary this month. Take a little time to go to your May Altar, if you were able to make one. Perhaps you could say a decade of the Rosary for all of our NHS workers and all of the people that need a little prayer. As we do in assembly when we say our decade of the Rosary we could say every second one in Spanish. The words are above to help you.
Health and Well-being 
I hope that you all enjoyed our Hula en espanol last Thursday. Let’s give it another go today. Did your family enjoy doing it with you?
Literacy 
Primary 3 Tasks
Can you unscramble your common words?
itrew ____________________
swaner ____________________
nebag ____________________
etha ____________________
geap ____________________
Now write your common words out in alphabetical order.
__________________________________________________________________________________
Primary 4 Tasks
Can you unscramble your common words?
eiqtu ____________________
lmmbude ____________________
liuqcyk ____________________
tanpritom ____________________
eituq ____________________
Now write your common words out in alphabetical order.
__________________________________________________________________________________
Once your have completed your written tasks today, please find a quiet time to read your novel. Look to see if you can see any of your common words.
Numeracy 
Follow the instructions on the sheet to complete the first two Magic Squares. 
First Level Numbers and Number Processes Magic Square
Boys and girls for the next part of your maths work, I need you to go into your Glow email and send me a message. This is so that I can email you the details of how to get on to your textbook. We have been able to get our Teejay textbooks online.
So a little bit of ICT to go along with your maths today!! 
Mrs McKinney sent details on how to get into Glow. You will need these to follow the instructions to get you in. Once you are in the home page on the left-hand side of the screen you see a person (My Launch Pad); a house (St Barbara’s Primary School); and a building (North Lanarkshire Council). I need you to click on the house. This takes you to a screen and you need to look for Mail Microsoft Office 365. When you click on this tile, it might ask you to set the time zone. Look for Edinburgh and choose this time. Then you should be in your emails. I can’t wait to read your messages. You should only need to enter Mrs Boyce to send me a message. If this doesn’t work look at the email address below.
Well boys and girls thank you for working on all your tasks today. Remember try your best and do what you can. If you need something else, you have the grid to choose a task.
Remember to clap as loud as you can tonight at 8.00 pm.
Mrs Boyce x
We have a special birthday girl in our class today!
Happy birthday Rosa 
We hope you have had a wonderful day filled with plenty of birthday cake
Love Miss McEleney and all your friends in P1b
P.S, Dippy also has a special message for you!
I’m very sorry that this message is a little bit burnt. He was smiling so much that little bits of fire were popping out of his mouth when he was making your picture.
Good Morning, Footloose Fives!
I hope that you are all well and ready to go!
Let’s begin as we always do with our morning prayer:
God our Father, as we prepare to begin our work today,
We ask you to help us to use properly the many gifts you have given us
So that we may properly benefit from our day together. Amen.
Health and Wellbeing
Spell the days of the week to complete this challenge!
If you’re feeling very energetic you might extend this to include the months of the year.
NHS and Keyworker Thursday
Have a look at some of the fantastic work which you have emailed to me!
The first is a terrific acrostic poem by Natasha celebrating the NHS and Keyworkers
Next we have some wonderful stone art from Charlie and his brother Connor
Next up, we have Aila’s super NHS and Keyworker Acrostic poem
Finally, read Sofia’s fabulous NHS and Keyworker Acrostic poem
NHS and Keyworker Acrostic Poem by Sofia
Please keep sending your work to:
ht@st-barbaras.n-lanark.sch.uk
Literacy
Yesterday I gave you a task on collective nouns. You had to find two answers for each collective noun.
Please see a selection of answers below. You might have had alternative nouns.
Don’t forget to send some of your collective noun pictures – I would love to see them!
Spelling Words
France – Paris, Portugal – Lisbon, Spain – Madrid, Germany – Berlin, Sweden – Stockholm
Poland – Warsaw, Austria – Vienna, Netherlands – Amsterdam, Belgium – Brussels, Norway – Oslo
Spelling Task
On Tuesday I asked you to select four pairs of words and to make 3D version outside.
Today I would like to take the remaining words and create a short travel blog. Research some of the countries and cities and provide some information for a would-be traveller. You might even add a picture or two.
I’m looking forward to reading them!
Collective Nouns
Please complete the following with nouns you have not used before.
Just for fun!
Try creating some collective nouns of your own. Select some plural nouns and see what you can suggest. See some examples of plural nouns below:
Examples
You can use these or choose some of your own. Have some fun – then email them to me!
Numeracy
Yesterday we looked at a word problem Chilli Challenge. Please find the answers below:
Times tables can be tricky. It isn’t always easy to ask an adult if you are unsure as so many of them are working form home themselves also.
I have a task which will help you to learn your tables and to become more independent should you need help. Select a table (or more than one) that you find tricky. For those of you who are confident in tables to 10x, select the 11x or 12x table.
Look at the picture below and create your own table-checker! Genius!
Thursday Word Problems
There are two challenges for you to try today…you might even like to try both!
Good Luck!
Answers will be posted at 3pm today.
R.E.
May Altar
Please say a decade of the Rosary at your May altar. Think especially about the children in Primary 4 who should have been celebrating their First Holy Communion on Sunday. If you have written a little prayer for them, say it too.
Grid Tasks
Please select one or two tasks from your grid.
Finally…
Just for fun…. Celebrate NHS and Keyworker Thursday… dance like no one is watching…and then clap tonight – 8pm!
That’s all for today, Primary 5. Mrs Goodwin will be with you tomorrow and I’ll be back with you on Monday.
Remember, you can email your work to me:
ht@st-barbaras.n-lanark.sch.uk
Have a great weekend when it comes!
Good morning Super Stars!
I hope you are all well. Can you believe it is Thursday already?
Are you ready for another fun filled day of learning?
Let’s begin our day 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.
Here is today’s overview:
Below I will include any additional information that will help to support your child with the tasks that I have assigned for today.
Here are today’s clues. You have to try and guess which ‘ph’ word I am thinking of.
Let’s see how many you can guess right!
If you would like access all you have to do is:
Visit https://www.getepic.com/
1. Click log in.
2. Click students and educators
3. Then enter our class code: zhj1841
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
The competition begins at 9am and ends at 2.30pm. Who will be crowned today’s Maths Champion? I will announce the winner before 3 o’clock on our class Glow page. Good luck!
https://family.gonoodle.com/channels/zumba-kids
I would love to see some pictures of your wonderful work or a video of you dancing your heart out with your cool Zumba moves! Send me a little email or a tweet.
Remember I will be back on later today to announce our Sumdog class champion. Give the competition your best shot! Look out for a post around 2.45pm.
I think Dippy wants to join in the class contest too!
Have a lovely day boys and girls.
Miss McEleney
Good morning everyone!
I hope you are all up, had breakfast and are ready to start the day! Remember to take plenty of breaks and get outside when you can.
Please see below for today’s activities.
Have a great day!
Mrs McGill
Good morning primary 3,
Can you believe it is Thursday already?
I hope you have all had a lovely week so far.
Let’s start today with our morning prayer.
God Our Father, as we prepare to begin our work, we ask you to help us to use properly the many gifts that you have given us, so that we may fully benefit from our day together at school. St Barbara Pray for us.
Literacy
Today is our Taught Writing day. We are going to be revising how to write instructions.
Instructions are a list of steps to tell someone how to carry out a particular task.
Have a look through the power point below to remind yourself how to write a set of instructions.
Now I would like you to choose a task from the following list:
You are going to write instructions for whichever task you have chosen.
Click the link below to see how you can lay this out in your jotter.
Remember you do not have to print the sheets.
When you have completed your writing you might want to test out your instructions.
Remember if you chose ‘how to make a sandwich’ or ‘how to make a cup of tea’ then you will need some help from an adult!
Please send me some pictures of your fantastic work.
Numeracy
Let’s warm up by playing a round of hit the button. Just cut and paste the link below. You can choose multiplication or division and try to beat your top score. Good Luck!
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Today we are continuing with our addition work.
Please select the same colour as the one you chose yesterday. Click the link below to access your task.
Remember our Sumdog challenge is still live until 3:00pm today.
Science
Click the link below to choose a STEM challenge to try at home.
Remember to ask an adult’s permission before trying any of the challenges out. Some of them might be too dangerous to try on your own.
I am going to try the boat challenge. I will let you all know how I get on.
Send me lots of pictures!
Have a lovely day boys and girls and remember to get some exercise.
Take care.
Miss McMullen
