Police Visit

Today the police came in and  told us about : drugs, online safety and drinking.  We learned ways to avoid peer pressure and make correct choices, and the consequences of what would happen if we drunk alcohol too young, as our bodies aren’t developed enough.  We also learned about the consequences of becoming  involved in drugs, or even found with someone who had drugs.

We learned that children can escape from handcuffs. Then we learned you have to be 16 to have whatsapp  and you have to be 13 years old to have Facebook.

Did you also know, you can be arrested from the age of 8 years old?

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Football

Today in football we were improving our skills. We also played a fun game competing against each other. Then we played dab tig and disco tig to warm up.

Then we practised our football skills: step-overs, drag backs, inside cut and outside cut, passing, dribbling, tackling and shooting.  We also completed some more of our football player workbooks.  We are working towards our gold level.

By Julia and Lacey

First, we practised our nativity songs, with all of the 7s and 6s. The 6s were much better at singing than the 7s. We also learned how to do rounds in groups.

By Lacey and Julia

This  morning, we were using some fun you tube videos to help us count on and back in 3s, 6s and 9s. We had fun singing and dancing, as moving can help us to remember what we are learning!

We are learning the 3s, 6s and 9s together because they connect. 3 is double 6 and 9 is triple 3 and 3 more than 6.

We counted round in a circle, we split into 2 teams and chanted back and forth, trying to outdo the other team.

We realised that if we can count in 3s, that we can count in 30s!  Try this at home!

By Primary 6/7 and Miss Donald

Literacy

Spelling

This week, we are learning to spell words ending in ‘dge’ or ‘ge’.  They sound the same, but we have to work out whether they are spelt with dge or ge.

Top Tip: The following words ending in dge have short vowel sounds- a,e,i,o,u

: The following words ending in ge have long vowel sounds – A, E, I, O, U

dge	ge
badge	page
edge	age
hedge	sage
lodge	huge
ledge	rage
kedgeree	cage
bridge	wage
smudge
cartridge
judge
trudge
dredge
budget

 

Up Levelling sentences

Up-level the following sentences, using the VCOP (vocabulary, connectives, openers, punctuation) strategies we have been learning, to make them more interesting to the reader. You can use adjectives, adverbs, similes, to enhance the Vocabulary used.

• The monster growled
• The boy jumped.
• The man sang.
• The dog barked.
• The lady swam.

Maths

We have been covering different ways to add and subtract, and this week we are focusing on Rounding and Adjusting.  This means rounding one number to the nearest 10 / 100, carrying out the calculation and then adjusting the answer by taking off or adding on the amount we rounded by. This makes it easier to add and subtract.

Examples:

43 + 9= 43 + 10 = 53.  Adjust -1 = 52.

56 + 28 = 56 + 30 = 86.  Adjust -2 = 84

23 + 11 = 23 + 10 = 33.  Adjust + 1 = 34

26 – 9 = 26 – 10 = 16. Adjust +1 – 17

Even if you can do this in your head, it is good to practise writing out the process of what your brain is doing, in order for you to understand it better.

A real life example of when you would do this is when you are doing your shopping – you round the numbers when you are picking your shopping so that you get an estimate of what your total will be – i.e. £3.99 + £2.89 = approximately £7.00, as you round to £4 and £3.

 

Try these examples:

 

• 44 + 29 =
• 32 + 58 =
• 57 + 69 =
• 27 + 18 =
• 443 + 38 =
• 135 – 29 =
• 82 – 19 =
• 760 – 38 =

 

Extra challenge: 2.3 + 4.8 =     12.55 – 3. 60 =     99.9 + 99.9 =     20 – 12.75 =  

 

Make up some of your own too, if you like.

 

Health and Wellbeing – PE Fitness circuits.

 

We have started recording the repetitions we can achieve in various fitness exercises in one minute, during circuit training in PE.

Our goal is to see an improvement in the number of repetitions we can complete in the minute, over a period of 5 sessions.

 

If you want to give yourself an extra boost to your goal, practise these exercises at home too, to build stamina and fitness. Here is a list of the exercises in your circuit:

Step ups, sit ups, press ups, skipping, burpees, shuttle runs, mountain climber, squats and star jumps.

Use the Kids Workout videos on YouTube to help you further and to practise correct techniques for these, and other exercises.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L_A_HjHZxfI

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJ8L1DRB34E&t=1078s

Literacy

Spelling

• Practise your ‘soft c’ spelling words, which you have written in your homework jotter.
• Research and record the meanings of any unfamiliar words.
• Choose 5 of the words and write 5 different sentences including them, OR write a short paragraph/silly story including them.

Reading – Keep reading your reading book at home.  At least 2 chapters this week.

Maths

We have been learning different strategies of addition and subtraction.  One of the strategies to recall my number bonds quickly and accurately is to use multiples of 10 and 100 to create new facts:

Quick grids – Draw some 3×3 grids (at least 3 please). In the top left draw a + sign. In the other two spaces in the top row and in the left column, write 2- or 3-digit multiples of 10 (or alternatively 3- or 4-digit multiples of 100). Finally, fill in the remaining four spaces with the totals, e.g:

2 digit example:

+	50	30
50	100	80
40	90	70

 

2 and 3 digit example:

+	50	170
80	130	250
140	190	310

 

3 and 4 digit example:

+	500	1200
700	1200	1900
5600	6100	6800

 

There are also new addition and subtraction allocations on your Active Learn account!  Keep up with practising your maths on SumDog and Hit the Button too!

Health and Well-being

We are looking at being really healthy and having a balanced diet.  We are increasing our knowledge and understanding of the Eatwell plate, to evaluate our own food and drink choices.

 

Below is a link to the NHS website, with the Eatwell guide.

https://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/Goodfood/Pages/the-eatwell-guide.aspx

 

• At home, keep a record of what you eat and drink every day, for a week! (We have already filled in Monday, and Tuesday up to lunch time together.)
• If you can bring in some food packaging from home, which we will use in class to investigate the nutritional information.

Today in P.E. we were completing circuits of varied fitness activities, including squats, skipping, shuttle runs, bench steps and press ups.

We counted how many we could do at each station, in one minute.  We had a 30 second rest in between.  We found it pretty exhausting.  From next week we are going to record our scores on a fitness card, and hopefully observe an improvement in our fitness levels and stamina over time!

Literacy

In Literacy this week, we are revising how to punctuate direct speech.  Copy these sentences neatly into your jotter, remember put in “ around the first word spoken and ” around the last word spoken.  If you need to, highlight the words spoken first.

1. What’s for dinner dad? Jacinda asked her dad.
2. The witch looked at her sisters and asked, When will we three meet again?
3. The mouse looked at the fox and quivered, Please don’t eat me.
4. I’m stuck! declared Sam as he held up his hand. Can you help me please?
5. Goal! shouted the boy as the ball went to the back of the net.
6. John, can you hold this? asked Joanne.
7. Off with her head! shouted the Queen of Hearts.
8. The policeman asked, Can I see your licence please?

Spelling

‘qu’ words – learn for test on Friday.  Choose 5 and write in sentences or a paragraph containing all 5.  find out the meanings of any unknown words.

 

Maths

Active Learn activities which focus on Negative numbers.  Log into your Active Learn account to access the new activities.

In the house and out and about, look out for anywhere that you may see negative numbers.  Record the places and reasons for the use of negative numbers, in your jotter.

 

5th November Activity

Choose one of the following:

• Research and write about the life and times of Guy Fawkes.  You could draw a picture of him and label the picture.
• Design a safety poster to help children (and adults) stay safe on Bonfire Night.
• Research and write a timeline of the events of the gunpowder plot and failure on the 5th November 1605.

Today we were visited by officers from the Scottish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SSPCA).

We had chosen to take part in a workshop to find out more about wild animals and how to protect them.  We learned a lot about wildlife in Scotland and the work the SSPCA does.  Then we played a special wildlife snakes and ladders game, which helped us to explore wild animals in more detail.  It was also lots of fun!

After the workshop, we had a quiz to see how much we could remember.  The quiz questions are below.  Can you remember the answers to some of these questions?

• What can you tell about a seal if it has white fur?
• Bats are protected in Scotland.  TRUE or FALSE?
• What do bats eat lots of?
• Where do seals sleep?
• Why do hedgehogs curl up in a ball?
• What is a baby hedgehog called?  (There are 2 answers to this)
• What is a baby seal called?
• Where is a dolphin’s nose positioned?
• What is the type of snake that can be found in Scotland?
• How would you describe what a slow worm is? (Hint – it’s not a snake and it’s not a worm).
• What does an otter live near?
• What is the number for the SSPCA?

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Today we started a 4 week football course with Clyde FC specialist football coach.

Today, we learned the skills ‘inside cut’, ‘outside cut’, ‘drag back’ and ‘dribbling then passing’.

Then we played mini team games, using the skills we had learned, to try and score goals in the mini goals!

We have to complete written class work and activities to support our physical work and earn rewards!  Some of these activities may be given out as homework in the future too, so look out for them.

We are all currently working towards our Bronze Award!

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Literacy

Character Profile

We have been learning how to do character visualisation profiles on characters from our group and class reading books.

For homework, complete a character profile on a character from a book of your choice.  It can be another character from your school reading book, or a character from a book you are reading at home.

Remember what to include:

• detailed illustration of the character.
• key words and phrases to label the character.
• quotes from the text which describe the character’s appearance and personality – remembering to use quotation marks  ” ” and the page number, where you found the quote.
• a sentence to analyse (describe) the quote in your own words.

You can create this in your jotter or on a piece of A4 paper for display in the classroom.  You can get paper from school for this task.

 

Maths

Practise your Number Bonds, Doubles and Halves on ‘Hit the Button’ on the Top Marks website!

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

You need to know these off by heart, to help with number work and calculations.

Remember to keep practising your maths using your your SumDog and Active Learn accounts too!

Health and Wellbeing

We have been learning about the negative effects of smoking, and the fairly recent change of law on cigarette packaging, which displays quite graphic images of the negative effects.

Your task is to design a poster to put young people off starting smoking and to help them to avoid peer pressure to smoke.

It should include:

• Reasons why smoking is a bad idea (FACTS)
• An eye-catching design
• A slogan

You can look online for examples of good anti-smoking posters for ideas.