Today we started our drama topic with Miss Brittain, where, through guided improvisation, we are going to portray the inhabitants of Thistle Village.

We began by imagining what the small, rural village of Thistle Mountain would look like and then identified and listed the different features that a small Scottish rural village would have.

Then it was time for the fun part, designing the village! We have started to sketch out different amenities and sights that you would see in Thistle Village and are going to progress them into paintings and eventually into a frieze of Thistle Mountain and Village.

We all worked collaboratively and extremely hard this afternoon.

Can’t wait to see the finished product!

Spelling

SATURN

Spelling Vocabulary building – suffixes

‘ous’- meaning ‘full of’

e.g. glorious means full of glory

NEPTUNE

Spelling Vocabulary building – suffixes

‘ous’- meaning ‘’full of’

e.g. glorious means full of glory

Find the meanings of as many as you can and use at least 5 of them correctly in a sentence (written).

Maths

• Complete activity on the activity sheet to practise multiplication.
• We have been learning about multiples, factors and prime numbers. Complete prime numbers activity sheet. Remember a prime number is only divisible by itself and 1.  It has only 2 factors – itself and 1. There is only one even prime number!

• Here is a link to help you…

https://www.timestables.co.uk

• I have allocated 2 new games on active learn which will help you with multiples, factors and prime numbers – Individual Practise Game 39 – ‘Reel it In’ (2 dot game and 3 dot game)

Just a wee reminder of the meanings…

The multiples of a number are those you arrive at when you multiply it by another number.  So 3, 6, 9, 12 etc. are multiples of 3.

A common multiple of two numbers is one which is a multiple of both.  So common multiples of 3 and 5 include 15.

The lowest common multiple (LCM) of two numbers is the lowest number which is a multiple of both.  So the lowest common multiple of 3 and 5 is 15.

The inverse of multiple is factor.  So 3 is a factor of 3, 6, 9, 12 etc.

We multiply factors together to get another number, for example: 2 and 3 are factors of 6 because 2 x 3 = 6

So 6 is a common multiple of 2 and 3 and 2 and 3 are factors of 6.

2×3=6

2 and 3 are factors of 6 and 6 is a multiple of 2 and 3.

IDL

Victorians Homework – choose another activity from the Victorians homework grid to complete.

Today, we prepared and made vegetable and lentil soup in the kitchen.  We discussed the risks of working with equipment in the kitchen and how to demonstrate good hygiene.

We focused on peeling, chopping, cutting and dicing skills while preparing the vegetables for the soup.

We worked really well in our groups and were all safe, focused and enjoying the process.

At the end we ate our delicious soup and it got a thumbs up on taste.

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In maths today we were learning about common multiples and the lowest common multiple. We wrote a number on our white board and walked around the class and when the teacher said stop whatever number we had we had to find the product and the factor.

Today in p.e. we practiced our badminton skills the skills we used were : hitting with the racket, passing with a shuttlecock and three groups while passing : beanbags, shuttlecock, a hoop and a tennis ball.

by Lacey and Matthew

Spelling

Spelling Vocabulary building – Prefixes

mono- meaning ‘one’, ‘single’, ‘alone’

Maths

Complete worksheet to practise multiplication.

IDL

Victorians Homework – choose another activity from the Victorians homework grid to complete.

Here are some photos from the open morning.  We were taking part in activities to learn how to recognise and improve our VCOP (Vocabulary, Connectives, Openers and Punctuation).

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We had fun putting the ceilidh dances we have been learning into action and eating a variety of Scottish food.

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Scottish / Burns Party

As a culmination to our Social Dancing block in P.E. P6/7 are having a Scottish party this Thursday afternoon, 1st February.  We will have some Scottish themed activities, food tasting and dancing the dances we have learned.

Children are encouraged to wear some tartan on the day, but should come to school in school uniform.  If they have a full Scottish themed outfit they wish to wear, they can bring it with them and change at lunchtime.

If children wish to contribute any Scottish themed food or drinks, they are welcome and that would be greatly appreciated.

Literacy

We are learning about similes this week, how it is used by authors to enhance description, and also how to use them to enhance our writing.

A simile is a way of describing something by comparing it to something else using ‘like’ or ‘as’.

Examples:

Her eyes are like stars and her lips are like roses.

The car was as fast as a cheetah.

Complete the following similes with your own ideas.

As quiet as _______________________________.

The children were as noisy as _______________________________.

The sea was as clear as _______________________________.

The night was as black as _______________________________.

As clever as _______________________________.

As happy as _______________________________.

Greece was hot like  _________________________________.

As soft as ________________________________.

The lady had a voice like a ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­_______________________.

Can you make up some interesting similes of your own?

Maths

Choose at least 2 activities to complete from the multiplication homework grid, on your chosen times tables.  Remember you have a multiplication grid to fill out to practise your times tables speed test.

IDL

Victorians Homework – choose another activity from the Victorians homework grid to complete.

Literacy – Spelling

Due to the weather last week causing a great deal of absence, the spelling homework will continue into next week also.  This is the homework set for last week….

There are no specific set spelling words this week.  Instead we will each be focusing on words we personally and continually spell wrong in our written class work, so each pupil’s list may look very different.  At home, if there are any words you know you spell wrong (or if you are the parent/carer reading this, that you know your child spells wrong) then please practise them at home, as this will improve general spelling within the class.

Below are some websites which might give you inspiration for words to practise:

http://teacherjoe.us/Vocab200.html

http://www.highfrequencywords.org/next-200-high-frequency-word-list-precursive.html

https://www.vocabulary.com/lists/264353

Please note that all children checked their writing jotters and recorded words which they had spelled incorrectly in their work.  These should be practised and added to the original list you compiled at home.  The aim is to give each child their own personal spelling test on their own words, over the course of the following week.

Maths

This week please focus on times table practise of certain tables you find tricky (think back to the maths lesson with Mrs Keith last week).  Use this link to access some fun multiplication games:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=times%20tables

IDL – Victorians

Choose another one of the activities from your given Victorian homework activity sheet to complete this week.  This sheet will run for the next few weeks, and you will choose one activity per week.