Numeracy

We have been calculating percentages of amounts and identifying any links that will make this easier for us. E.g. 18% of 100 = 18 therefore 18% of 50 = 9 and 18% of 25 = 4.5

Ideas for further practise at home:

• Identify calculations that involve percentages while out at the shops or town centre and complete the calculations looking for ways to make it easier.
• Revise your 6 and 7 times tables to help with your calculations.
• http://www.mathplayground.com/balloon_invaders_percent.html
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/teachers/ks2_activities/maths/percentages.shtml

Literacy

Reading: Inference – We have been exploring what inference is and identifying information from different sources: pictures, sounds and writing.

Writing: Reports – We have been developing our skills in writing reports and using them to write about biodiversity.

Spelling: plural words ending in ‘f’ – We have been learning what to do if a words ends with f. E.g. half = halves or roof = roofs

Ideas for further practise at home:

• Read a chapter from a book or magazine and make notes identifying the information you have inferred.
• Write your own paragraphs with hidden clues for inferred information.
• https://www.spellzone.com/games/against_clock/index.cfm?wordlist=3060

HWB

Drug Awareness

We have been developing our knowledge of drugs safety. We have discussed the difference between helpful and harmful drugs as well as legal and illegal drugs.

Ideas for further practise at home:

• Can you identify drugs that you might find at home or at the shops that are helpful to the body?
• Create a poster detailing some of the benefits that a chosen helpful drug might have on the body.
• https://www.lookoutzone.co.uk/tobacco/look_out.html
• https://www.lookoutzone.co.uk/alcohol/look_out.html

Remember you can use your thinking jotter to record any thoughts, ideas and work you have completed when looking at these topics and I would love to see anything you create at home!

Mrs Park

Today Primary Seven spent some time working with maths teachers from Greenfaulds High School to solve some CSI problems using their maths skills!

Today in class we where learning about drugs and how safe we need to be. We complete a task sheet that had questions about different types of drugs and we could answer true or false. There were 14 questions and it was to test our knowledge on drugs. We learned that drugs are substances that could help your body or do bad effects on your body.  Continue reading Health and Well Being →

Today in class we were looking at chapter two of shadow. We did comprehension questions that we got from the high school. We had to use three different success criterias such as : words from the question, your own words to explain, words from the text – evidence. We did this work for our showcase jotters as it is showcase week.

By Abbie, Danielle and Melissa

Today we were writing a report about Biodiversity. We used facts that we gathered from a video last week and put it in our report. We made a flow chart to order our information. We included a introduction and a conclusion too. We wrote a paragraph for each main area in biodiversity- Species diversity, genetic diversity and Eco system diversity.

By Annalena 🐴 and Reece⚽️

Today we demonstrated our learning by creating leaflets for others about habitats. We used the information gathered yesterday in our leaflets.

Today in class we were learning about biodiversity but the habitats. We got lots of facts for the next time.We were moving around to get facts.🌸

By Abbie.D✨

Today the p7.  Have been learning about fractions and decimals. At first we thought it was hard but then Mrs Park showed us how to do it in a easier way by putting them into groups after that we tried to do it without the groups and we thought it was easy. By Alex 👍🏻

Numeracy

We have been revising what we know about fractions and decimals and have been learning how to convert decimals into percentages. We are moving on to calculating fractions and percentages of amounts.

Ideas for further practise at home:

• Write down 10 percentages. Time how long it takes to convert them into decimals and try to improve your time.
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/number/percentages/play/
• http://www.mathsisfun.com/converting-decimals-percents.html
• https://nrich.maths.org/1283

Literacy

Reading: Summarising – We have been revising how to summarise a piece of text we have read.

Writing: Reports – We have been exploring report writing in class, identifying the main features that should be included in every report.

Spelling: plural words ending in ‘y’ – We have been learning when to add ‘s’ and when to take off the y and add ‘ies’. E.g. donkey = donkeys and factory = factories

Ideas for further practise at home:

• Make a video of a summary you have written. You can bring it in to share it with the class!
• Create a flow chart to show the main information that you read or listened to in a report. You could visit: http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/news for some examples of short reports.
• http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/spellits/activities_y5/activity2.shtml
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LuN5TVYpAhk

IDL

Science – Biodiversity

We have been investigating what biodiversity is and are learning about how ecosystems and habitats shape the biodiversity that is found there. In class we have also begun to identify why biodiversity in our local area is important.

Ideas for further practise at home:

• Can you identify the different habitats that can be found close to your home? Create a map showing these habitats and where they are.
• Why not identify the biodiversity that can be found in one of these habitats? Remember to include ALL creatures from the birds that visit to the worms and beetles.
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vGxJArebKoc

Remember you can use your thinking jotter to record any thoughts, ideas and work you have completed when looking at these topics and I would love to see anything you create at home!

Mrs Park

Today we went on a walk around the school and we had our beat the street fobs and we found the boxes then we scanned our fond to get points. It was a lot of fun and we might do it again. By Emma