RE – St. Barbara's Primary School

June 16, 2020June 15, 2020

RE – Tuesday 16th June

Good morning everyone. It was lovely to see some of your wee faces visiting the Blessed Sacrament in the grounds of the Church on Sunday. I have attached a link for you to watch the marking of Corpus Christi, Father Campbell has been very busy this weekend.

Today’s lesson is about St Anthony of Padua.

Saturday (13th June) was the feast of St Anthony of Padua. Usually we would talk about him and learn about him if his feast day had fallen on a school day, therefore we will learn about him today because he is a very popular and beloved saint. Do you know why?

Yes, Saint Anthony is known as the saint you pray to if you have lost something. He is one of my favourite saints because he is my gran’s favourite and he has really helped her in the past. One day, my gran lost her favourite crucifix necklace, she was very, very upset and she prayed every day for almost two weeks. One day when she went back in the drawer to check once more, it was there! Just sitting where she had checked so many times! She was so very happy that she has continued to include St Anthony in her daily prayers ever since. For, as she explained to me, it’s okay to pray to St Anthony to ask for help but you must also remember to pray to him and thank him.

The Story of St Anthony

Anthony’s name was Fernando Martins. He was born in Portugal in 1195 to a wealthy family, but he wanted to become a priest and chose to live a life of poverty. After his ordination, the plan was for Anthony to travel to Morocco to help spread the Catholic faith. While there, he became very sick, therefore his superiors decided to send him back to Portugal. On the way home, a storm came and blew his ship off course. Instead of landing back in Portugal they landed in Sicily, not far from Italy. They then travelled to Tuscany which is in the middle of Italy. Being ill and weak, Anthony’s superiors decided to have him stay with some local priests in the hope that he would get better. He spent a long time there praying and studying.

One day, Anthony was asked to give a homily at mass, he had not prepared for this and was nervous as he hadn’t done it before. His superior told him, “Just say what the Holy Spirit wants you to.” (In other words, don’t prepare anything and God will give you the words to say.) His homily was so well received that he was from then on asked to preach to various groups. He became known as a great preacher. Anthony had the ability to teach to everyone, regardless if they were young or old, educated or not.

So why is he known as the saint to pray to for lost items? Well, Anthony had a special prayer book which he used in all his teachings. It had lots of notes and special prayers that he used during his homilies, but one day it was stolen. Anthony prayed and prayed for its return and eventually the thief returned it. But not only did he give it back, he began to worship and followed the teachings of Anthony.

Questions:

Have you ever lost something and prayed hard for it’s return? What was it and why was it so special to you?
What do you think makes a good preacher? (Qualities such as, friendly etc)

Task

Apart from school life, can you name someone in your family or circle of family friends who is a good teacher? It doesn’t have to be educational, it can be about anything, such as a grandfather who inspires you with stories or work, or a family friend who talks to groups of people about something important. Write a little about them. Who are they and what skills do they have that make them a good teacher?

For me, like I mentioned before, my gran is a good teacher. She has taught me many things about my religion over the years. She is interesting to listen to because she is a great story teller and uses her voice and facial expressions very well. She is also very funny and has the ability to laugh at herself when she makes mistakes, which is important!

I hope you all have a lovely day and tonight when you are saying your prayers, remember to include St Anthony.

St Anthony, pray for us.

Take care

Mrs Graham 🙂

May 19, 2020May 18, 2020

Primary 5/4 – Tuesday 19th May

Good morning!!!

I hope you enjoyed yesterday’s tasks. I know the healthy snack was a favourite of so many of you. I Loved all the pictures – your snacks looked amazing!

Yesterday was Monday so that means…

Yesterday some of you sent me some pictures of your work. I have attached these into your PowerPoint.

I have some more activities below for you to try – good luck!

P5.4 lesson 19.05.20

Spanish Lesson 5 – Worksheet A

Spanish Lesson 5 – Worksheet B

Mrs Grant x

April 20, 2020April 19, 2020

Primary 6 – Monday 20th April

Well, Good morning Primary 6!

I hope that you had a lovely break and that you are all ready to get back to it.

Uniforms on? Then we can begin.

Let’s get our heads back to it with some trips up and down the number line.

Write down the number that is:

a) 10 after 760 b) 200 after 880 c) 70 before 950

d) 300 after 5390 e) 2000 after 7999 f) 1000 before 8700

g) 4500 after 3500 h) 4000 before 5250 i) 8700 before 9900

j) four hundred and thirty after three thousand nine hundred

k) two thousand five hundred before five thousand six hundred

l) two thousand nine hundred before nine thousand

I’ll post the answers tomorrow or you can email them to me at

gw09mcintoshdavid3@glow.sch.uk

I’m going to be using this email for all your work from now on so if you do anything that you want to send me that’s the address to use.

Here’s Cressida Cowell reading Chapter 10 of “How to Train your Dragon.”

It’s the Thor’s Day Thursday celebrations. After you have listened to the chapter write a newspaper report about the events of the day. Create a headline and then imagine that you are a viking reporter moving through all of the events reporting about what is happening and who it is happening to. Try to use the language that you find in newspapers, you introductory paragraph should tell the who, what, where, when and why of the story and then your following paragraphs should recount each event in greater detail.

It’s always a good idea to get some interviews in towards the end of your article. Perhaps you could imagine an interview with the winner of the Gull’s Egg Eating competition that Gobber throws up during or speak to the mother of the Ugliest Baby winner, she would be so proud. You can write the article in your jotter or word process it.

Send me a copy at

gw09mcintoshdavid3@glow.sch.uk

Now that your brain is fired up let’s get your body moving.

Grab a deck of regular playing cards and set a timer for 10 minutes.

Each suit in the deck is a kind of exercise and the number on the card is the number of times that you need to do it. So:

Spades = squats

Hearts = push ups

Clubs = lunges

Diamonds = jumping jacks

Shuffle the deck and put them near you then start the timer.

Take the first card and complete the exercise,

so if you draw the five of spades, it’s 5 squats

the seven of diamonds, its 7 jumping jacks

after you finish each exercise take a new card and keep going.

If you draw any face card it’s unlucky 13 of that exercise, but aces only count as 1.

If you reach the bottom of the deck before the timer runs out, you’re done! If not, keep going until the timer runs out.

Remember to pick an activity from your new grid to try today.

R.E. – St Thomas the Apostle is often called, “Doubting Thomas” find out why and explain if you think it is fair that he has been given this title.

Let me know how you get on with the activities today. You can email me or hit the comment button below. I’ll be updating Sumdog and Studyladder tomorrow with some new challenges and learning pods.

Mr. McIntosh