Chapter 11 – St. Barbara's Primary School

April 24, 2020April 23, 2020

Primary 6 – Friday 24th April

Good Morning Primary 6,

Congratulations, you made it to the end of the week!

Take a short break.

There, did you enjoy that?

Now let’s get back to work.

Here are the answers to yesterday’s questions.

1.a) 600 b) 500 c)200 d) 800

e) 3100 f) 700 g) 300 h) 2400

i) 900 j) 1000 k) 300 l) 2900

2. 100 pupils

3. 400 miles

4. 200 cm

5. £500

Today I want you to have a go at rounding some decimals. Now, this is really a Primary 7 skill but you have all been doing so well this week I think that you can try it out. There are three videos and three activities here,

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z6g8d6f

for you to work on.

Let me know how you get on at

gw09mcintoshdavid3@glow.sch.uk

There is also a short place value assessment waiting for you on Sumdog today. It only lasts for one day so you’ll need to do it before dinner time.

Here is Cressida Cowell reading Chapter 13 of, “How to Train your Dragon.”

But today I want you to look back at the similes in Chapter 11

Have a look at this work on how to understand and use similes and metaphors,

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zkygrj6

Then try the activities that follow it.

If you haven’t checked already, there is a road safety design competition starting on the school’s Twitter today.

You could also try some Spanish alphabet today.

For Health today I want you to look back over your week and make a list of the things that you have achieved. You are all dealing with big changes in the way that you live and learn and today is a great opportunity to remind yourself that you are doing well.

As you round out your week remember that you and your family can still celebrate Mass on the St. Barbara’s Facebook page.

Mr. McIntosh

April 22, 2020April 21, 2020

Primary 6 – Wednesday 22nd April

Good morning Primary 6,

Here are the answers to yesterday’s maths problems.

1 a) Three thousands b) Four hundreds c) Seven tens d) one unit

2 a) Five thousand b) Five tens c) Five units d) Five hundreds

3 a) Three thousand, eight hundred and seventy b) Nine thousand and fifty one

c) Twelve thousand and forty five d) Twenty thousand and forty

e) One hundred and twenty thousand, four hundred and twenty seven

f) Eight hundred thousand, three hundred and fifty

g) Seven hundred and two thousand and fifty

h) Nine hundred and nine thousand and ninety

4. a) 910 b)20,050 c) 60,006 d) 100,001 e) 909,000 f) 111,011 g) 1,000,000

How did you get on?

Some of you have been emailing me your answers at

gw09mcintoshdavid3@glow.sch.uk

Today, I want to look at rounding.

Think about the number 27. It sits between 20 and 30 on the number line.

These are the closest TENS to 27, but which is closest?

27 is 7 steps away from 20 but only 3 steps away from 30 so if we are rounding to the nearest TEN then 27 is rounded (nearer) to 30.

We say that, “27 rounded to the nearest ten is 30.”

The rule is:- If a number has a 1, 2, 3, or 4 in its units then we round down.

Examples – 24 rounds down to 20, 61 rounds down to 60, 353 rounds down to 350,

27,451 rounds down to 27,450

If the number has 5, 6, 7, 8 or 9 in the units then we round up.

Examples – 58 rounds up to 60, 69 rounds up to 70, 397 rounds up to 400,

1,456 rounds up to 1460, 27,305 rounds up to 27,310

1.Round these numbers to the nearest 10

a) 46 b) 82 c)19 d) 84

e) 146 f) 181 g) 219 h) 424

i) 65 j) 195 k) 203 l) 888

2.There were 137 pupils at the school dance. Round this to the nearest 10.

3.It is 432 miles from my home to my secret submarine. Round this to the nearest 10 miles.

4.My bed is 196cm long. Round this to the nearest 10 cm.

5. After a lottery win was shared out each winner received £476. Round this to the nearest 10 pounds.

Write your answers in your jotter and I’ll post them tomorrow. You can also send them to me at

gw09mcintoshdavid3@glow.sch.uk

There are more questions like this in your Sumdog challenge this week and in your Studyladder learning pod.

Here is Cressida Cowell reading Chapter 11 (part 2) of, “How to Train your Dragon.”

The Hairy Hooligans have turned to the book, “How to Train your Dragon” to find out how to deal with the enormous sea dragon that is sitting on their beach. The advice is, “Yell at it!”

After listening to the chapter review the advice given in the book. Would you say that it was successful?

We know that yelling does work for smaller dragons so is the advice all bad?

Can you think of any way that the Hairy Hooligans could have followed the advice to, “Yell at it.” and it would have worked?

We also have some new reading materials for you to work on. Your parents should have received a username and password for Scholastic Books yesterday. Follow this link

https://slz03.scholasticlearningzone.com/slz-portal/#/login3/GBRWY9D

To find a new reading book and quiz for you to complete in your jotter.

To wake your body up after all that work why not try these stretches

Today you could write a prayer thanking God for the things in your life that bring you joy and comfort.

Remember to keep working on an activity from your new homeworking grids.

Oh, and wash your hands!

Mr. McIntosh

April 21, 2020April 20, 2020

Primary 6 – Tuesday 21st April

Good morning Primary 6,

Here are the answers to yesterday’s maths problems:

a) 770 b) 1080 C) 880

d) 5690 e) 9999 f) 7700

g) 8000 h) 1250 i) 1200

j) Four thousand, three hundred and thirty

k) Three thousand, one hundred

l) Six thousand, one hundred

How did you get on?

Here are your questions for today.

In the number 2436,

The 2 stands for two thousands

The 4 stands for four hundred

The 3 stands for three tens

The 6 stands for six units

1.What do the following digits stand for in the number 3471 :

a) 3 b) 4 c) 7 d) 1

2. What does the 5 stand for in each of these numbers:

a) 5741 b) 8750 c) 9875 d) 1599

3. Write the following numbers out fully in words:

a) 3,870 b) 9,051 c) 12,045 d) 20,040

e) 120,427 f) 800,350 g) 702,050 h) 909,090

4. Write the following numbers using digits:

a) nine hundred and ten b) twenty thousand and fifty

c) sixty thousand and six d) one hundred thousand and one

e) nine hundred and nine thousand f) one hundred and eleven thousand and eleven

g) one million

Record your answers in your jotter. Email them to me at

gw09mcintoshdavid3@glow.sch.uk

5. There is a place value task for you up on Sumdog starting today which ends with an assessment on Friday.

6. There is also a place value learning pod now open on Studyladder to help you along.

Here is Cressida Cowell reading Chapter 11 (part 1) of, “How to Train your Dragon.”

There are lots of descriptive similes used in this chapter,

“…like 50 dragon trying to get in…”

“…like a couple of sleeping babies…”

Listen to the chapter again and try to write down all of the similes that are used. Cressida Cowell is very careful to only use similes that vikings would understand,

“…like dragons…”

“…like babies…”

“…like cliffs…”

Why do you think that she does this?

Why does she not use similes that we would recognise like, “…as tall as a block of flats…?”

What do the similes add to the story?

Record your answers in your jotter. Email them to me at

gw09mcintoshdavid3@glow.sch.uk

For Health and Wellbeing today I have created a new Learning Pod on Studyladder called “Home and Sun Safety” that I would like you to do.

Now listen to this reading from the Acts of the Apostles and think about how the actions of the early Christian Church is being repeated today by the many people and organisations who are helping one another through this time of lockdown.

If there is anyone who is still looking for their log in for Studyladder please email me and I can send it straight to you.

Finally for today, who fancies some Spanish?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6uwioVbJMDY

Mr. McIntosh