Primary 6 – Tuesday 28th April

Good morning Primary 6,

Our spelling words this week all contain ‘ow’ but ‘ow’ can make more than one sound.

In your jotter sort the following words into two columns

Words with ‘ow’

Sounding like ‘cow’

Words with ‘ow’

Sounding like ‘window’

clown

slow

growl, known, prowl, show, growth, scowl, clown, slow, blown, brown, throw, crown, shown, down, frown, thrown

I can see that some of you have been using the support materials on Sumdog, remember Sumdog has more than just maths games on it and I have set some spelling and grammar challenges for you too.

Here is Cressida Cowell reading chapter 15 of, “How to Train your Dragon.”

The Green Death and The Purple Death are face to face and the great battle has begun. Visualise the battle, the Green Death on one side and the Purple Death on the other. Describe their thick skin, their huge talons, their violent attacks and the effect that their enormous, thrashing bodies are having on the headland and on the boys.

For a math’s starter today

Lets try a speed challenge. Follow the link below. Choose level 5, rounding, up to 1,000,000 to nearest 10 and set yourself 10 seconds for each question.

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

Then copy and complete these statements in your jotter:

a) 6.7 lies between 6 and 7. It is closer to….

b) 4.3 lies between 4 and 5 . It is closer to…..

c) 7.5 lies between 7 and … . It is closer to ….

d) 1.58 lies between … and … . It is closer to ….

e) 5.34 lies between … and … . It is closer to ….

f) 0.83 lies between … and … . It is closer to ….

g) 10.8 lies between … and … . It is closer to ….

h) 23.25 lies between … and … . It is closer to ….

i) 58.81 lies between … and … . It is closer to ….

Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic calendar began on the evening of Thursday the 23rd of April. Ramadan remembers the month that the Qur’an was revealed to the Prophet Mohammad.

Follow this link to find out more about Ramadan:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zpdtsbk/articles/zjc2bdm

For Health and Wellbeing today I would like you to identify all of the ways that you are being supported by other members of your family and how you are supporting them. Perhaps they have cleared a part of the room to be your work space or they have created a chart giving you time to work on each task. Maybe you have been doing chores around the house more regularly or helping a younger sibling with their work. You could list these things in your jotter.

Finally, here is the next episode of, Mi Vida Loca.

Mr. McIntosh

April 27, 2020April 26, 2020

Primary 6 – Monday 27th April

Good morning Primary 6,

I hope that you had a lovely weekend and had the chance to enjoy the good weather.

Your spelling words for this week are words which contain “ow.”

arrow

narrow

sparrow

yellow

elbow

pillow

window

hollow

borrow

sorrow

shadow

shallow

Copy them into your jotter and then practice them any way you choose.

Your spelling words, and some words from their word families, are also waiting for you on Sumdog.

Speaking of Sumdog, you have a Place Value Challenge starting today and there is some support work in the Grammar section to help you with your spelling too.

Here is Cressida Cowell reading Chapter 14 of, “How to Train your Dragon.”

Hiccup reveals his, “fiendishly clever plan.” After listening to the chapter try to break Hiccup’s plan into steps. You can number each step and draw a simple image to show what is happening.

Example,

Step 1: Steal feathers from the nesting birds.

Step 2: Steal every item of material that we can find.

Step 3: …..

And so on. Try not to include TOO much detail if you draw Baggybum’s hairy knickers.

You can send me your work at

gw09mcintoshdavid3@glow.sch.uk

I’ve also assigned you two new short books on Scholastic that you can read this week with quizzes about your reading.

You should also have received your GLOW log ins and passwords which means that you can use your own email address. If you didn’t get your log in, let me know and I’ll send it out to you.

Let’s start the week with some movement to get your body working again.

I heard a story about someone who set this workout to double speed so that they could do it in 10 minutes, but they burst.

After the Resurrection on Easter Sunday Jesus appeared to many people. One of those appearances is described in Luke’s Gospel.

Luke 24:13-35 International Children’s Bible (ICB)

On the Road to Emmaus

¹³That same day two of Jesus’ followers were going to a town named Emmaus. It is about seven miles from Jerusalem. ¹⁴They were talking about everything that had happened. ¹⁵While they were discussing these things, Jesus himself came near and began walking with them. ¹⁶(They were not allowed to recognise Jesus.) ¹⁷Then he said, “What are these things you are talking about while you walk?”

The two followers stopped. Their faces were very sad. ¹⁸The one named Cleopas answered, “You must be the only one in Jerusalem who does not know what just happened there.”

¹⁹Jesus said to them, “What are you talking about?”

The followers said, “It is about Jesus of Nazareth. He was a prophet from God to all the people. He said and did many powerful things. ²⁰Our leaders and the leading priests gave him up to be judged and killed. They nailed him to a cross. ²¹But we were hoping that he would free the Jews. It is now the third day since this happened. ²²And today some women among us told us some amazing things. Early this morning they went to the tomb, ²³but they did not find his body there. They came and told us that they had seen a vision of angels. The angels said that Jesus was alive! ²⁴So some of our group went to the tomb, too. They found it just as the women said, but they did not see Jesus.”

²⁵Then Jesus said to them, “You are foolish and slow to realise what is true. You should believe everything the prophets said. ²⁶They said that the Christ must suffer these things before he enters his glory.” ²⁷Then Jesus began to explain everything that had been written about himself in the Scriptures. He started with Moses, and then he talked about what all the prophets had said about him.

²⁸They came near the town of Emmaus, and Jesus acted as if he did not plan to stop there. ²⁹But they begged him, “Stay with us. It is late; it is almost night.” So he went in to stay with them.

³⁰Jesus sat down with them and took some bread. He gave thanks for the food and divided it. Then he gave it to them. ³¹And then, they were allowed to recognise Jesus. But when they saw who he was, he disappeared. ³²They said to each other, “When Jesus talked to us on the road, it felt like a fire burning in us. It was exciting when he explained the true meaning of the Scriptures.”

³³So the two followers got up at once and went back to Jerusalem. There they found the 11 apostles and others gathered. ³⁴They were saying, “The Lord really has risen from death! He showed himself to Simon.”

³⁵Then the two followers told what had happened on the road. They talked about how they recognised Jesus when he divided the bread.

Imagine that you were one of those followers of Jesus that he appeared to on the road to Emmaus. Write about your experience that day and how it changed you.

Mr. McIntosh

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 23, 2020April 22, 2020

Primary 6 – Thursday 23rd April

Good Morning Primary 6,

Here are the answers to yesterday’s questions.

1.a) 50 b) 80 c) 20 d) 80

e) 150 f) 180 g) 220 h) 420

i) 70 j) 200 k) 200 l) 890

2. 140 pupils

3. 430 miles

4. 200 cm.

5. £480

Today we will be rounding to the nearest hundred.

The rule is:- If the number ends in less than 50 round down

Examples:- 324 rounds down to 300, 848 rounds down to 800,

1236 rounds down to 1200, 2847 rounds down to 2800

If the number ends in 50 or more round up

Examples :- 651 rounds up to 700, 765 rounds up to 800,

971 rounds up to 1000, 150 rounds up to 200

1.Round these numbers to the nearest hundred

a) 646 b) 482 c)219 d) 784

e) 3146 f) 681 g) 279 h) 2424

i) 865 j) 995 k) 283 l) 2888

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

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

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

5. After a lottery win was shared out each winner received £476. Round this to the nearest hundred 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 12 of, “How to Train your Dragon.”

Hiccup has gone to speak to The Green Death on his own.

Imagine that you are The Green Death retell the events of the conversation between yourself and Hiccup. Try to write it in the style that we used when writing about being inside The Trojan Horse.

Think about how giant and ancient The Green Death is. Hiccup is no threat to you but something happens in the conversation that makes you take him seriously. Try to describe what is going on inside The Green Death’s mind as you talk together.

In case you missed it we have some new reading materials for you to work on. Your parents should have received a username and password for Scholastic Books. 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.

Remember Monday’s pack of cards workout? Why not try it again today but this time choose your own exercises for each suit.

Hearts

Clubs

Diamonds

Spades

It’s 10 minutes on the timer and you must do the exercise the number of times on the card. Aces are 1, other face cards are 13.

Today is St. George’s Day. There are many stories associated with St. George but the most famous one concerns a dragon. Find out what happened and retell the story in your own words. St George is the patron saint of England, can you discover why?

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?

Mr. McIntosh

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

April 3, 2020April 2, 2020

Primary 6 – Friday 3rd April

Good morning Primary 6,

Hey, have you noticed? It’s Friday, the best day of the week! No school tomorrow!

You only have to wear your uniforms today and then tomorrow you can dress any way you like.

You all have been wearing your uniforms, right?

Wait, you haven’t been wearing your uniforms?

Well, honestly!

Here is the solution to yesterday’s maths starter.

I got up this morning at 8:15 am. I arrived at the computer at 8:55 am and stopped work for my break at 10:50 am. Lunch was 1:00 pm until 1:50 pm. I finished for the day at 4:35 pm and went to bed at 10:45 pm.

How did you get on?

Let me know in the comments. You can tweet your answers to any of the challenges @St_BarbarasPS and I’ll be able to see them or you can hit the “Leave a reply.” button at the bottom of these posts.

Here’s Cressida Cowell reading Chapter 9 of, “How to Train your Dragon.”

Hiccup and Fishlegs are really struggling to train their dragons. Hiccup has been keeping a notebook of the methods for training Toothless that he has tried. None of them are working but he does not want to try, “Jokes and Riddling Talk” unless he really has to. Why do you think this is?

By the end of the chapter we discover that dragons love jokes. What do you think a dragon joke is like? Try to write a dragon joke.

Old Wrinkly thinks they are all worried about the wrong thing and the test is, “piddly.”

What does Old Wrinkly know that the others have missed?

Here is a spelling starter for today. How many words can you make from these letters?

Y R E A T I N T C

They also make a nine letter word. Can you work out what it is?

Good Luck

Mr. McIntosh

April 2, 2020April 2, 2020

Primary 6 – Thursday 2nd April

Good Morning Primary 6,

I hope that no one fooled you too much yesterday.

Here’s a maths starter for today,

Rewrite this story using numbers and a.m. or p.m.

I got up this morning at quarter past eight. I arrived at the computer at five to nine and stopped work for my break at ten to eleven. Lunch was one o’clock until ten to two. I finished for the day at twenty five to five and went to bed at quarter to eleven.

I’ve been correcting your work on FirstNews and some of you really need to think about how you are answering the questions. Is what you are writing really what the question is asking? if the question asks for your reasons, are you giving them?

Here’s Cressida Cowell reading Chapter 8 of, “How to Train your Dragon.”

There is lots of speech in this chapter. The humans are having a conversation but the dragons are talking too.

Summarise the February conversation between Hiccup, Fishlegs and Toothless. Try to explain why they are each saying what they are saying. Does Hiccup really believe that he is gaining Toothless’s trust?

You can tweet your answers to any of the challenges @St_BarbarasPS and I’ll be able to see them or you can hit the “Leave a reply.” button at the top of these posts.

I hope that you have been practising your key spelling words for this week. Perhaps today could be the day for a test? Give the list to another member of your family and see how many of them you can spell correctly. Practise the ones that you get wrong for the rest of the week. If you get them all right have a test using the words on your family spelling word list from Tuesday and then practise those.

You also have a spelling challenge running on Sumdog that finishes tomorrow.

Mr. McIntosh

April 1, 2020March 31, 2020

Primary 6 – Wednesday 1st April

Good morning Primary 6,

The “Four Operations Competition” ended yesterday on Sumdog with the Genius Girls winning.

Congratulations Genius Girls!!

Here’s the answer to yesterday’s maths starter,

“I started adding work to Studyladder at twenty to four and finished at twenty past five.

How long did I spend on Studyladder in minutes?”

20 minutes until 4 + 1 hour until 5 + 25 minutes past 5 = 105 minutes

How long did I spend on Studyladder in hours? (This is trickier)

105 minutes is 1 hour and 45 minutes or 1 and three quarter hours or 1.75 hours.

Did you get it?

You can tweet your answers to any of the challenges @St_BarbarasPS and I’ll be able to see them or you can hit the “Leave a reply.” button at the top of these posts.

Here’s Cressida Cowell reading Chapter 7 of, “How to Train your Dragon.”

This is the first time that Toothless has seen Hiccup or heard him speaking dragonese. Imagine yourself in Toothless’s position, locked in a basket, taken from your cave, surrounded by humans. Write a short description in the first person (I and me) about what you are seeing, hearing, thinking and feeling. Remember when we wrote about being in the Trojan Horse and try to do something similar. Make your writing full of adjectives, adverbs and emotional content.

Lots of people did brilliantly on the 2D shape and 3D object learning pod on Studyladder yesterday! Keep up the good work, it’s great to see how much you know.

Have another look at your key spelling words for this week. Try to use as many of them as possible in one paragraph,

“The TEACHER said that it was NECESSARY to BICYCLE to the LIBRARY but, because of the LIGHTNING, I felt that this was AMBITIOUS and decided to SEPARATE myself from the WEIGHT of the bike and walk instead. He called me a VEGETABLE and so I reported him to the GOVERNMENT, for the TWELFTH time.”

Here is an interactice maths starter for today. Can you finish in less than 6 minutes?

Sporcle speed game

Mr. McIntosh