This afternoon all the P6s got together and all the P5s got together to rehearse our songs for the school show in June. Even at this early stage Mrs Pollock, Mr McMullan and Mr McArthur all agree the singing is fabulous.
We also conducted experiments to make a balloon blow by creating the gas carbon dioxide from vinegar and bicarbonate of soda.
This morning we were hoping to go outside for P.E. to continue our rounders work unfortunately the weather took a turn for the worse and, to avoid hypothermia, we had P.E. in the hall. Don’t forget to look at this fortnight’s homework blog.
Maths
TV Diary – Have your child write down a record of the TV programmes they watch each day, then collate this information with their favourite TV programmes. Children should then use this to create their own bar graphs showing, for example, the number of TV programmes watched per day, the types of programmes watched, etc.
Links to real world – Help your child to create a questionnaire, similar to ones used in opinion polls and market research.
Toss a coin – Have your child toss a coin 20 times and use tallies to record whether it lands heads or tails. Now repeat the activity with a sibling or yourself. Collate the results and create a block graph to show the combined results. Compare graphs and discuss similarities and differences.
Media search – Ask your child to look at advertisements (on TV, in newspapers or magazines, in leaflets around the home) and to try to find examples quoting numbers of people responding to survey questions, for example, ‘86 out of 139 women said Magic Shine is the best shampoo’.
Surveys and questions – Ask your child to discuss or find examples of questionnaires at home. They could ask parents or carers if they have been asked for information as part of a survey or questionnaire, for example, giving feedback on products or about a holiday.
Collecting & using data – http://lgfl.skoool.co.uk/content/primary/maths/data_handling/index.html
Make your own graph – http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/data-graph.php
Data Games – http://nrich.maths.org/9031
Make your own graph – http://www.mathsisfun.com/data/data-graph.php
Literacy
Choose something that you know how to do really well.
Here are some suggestions:
| Tell me what you are going to make.
List of what you need. |
| Equipment list tells you how much of each item you need |
| Instructions are split up into small steps. |
| Each step is given a number |
| Use instructional verb |
| Use time connective (First, last, next, then) |
| Write in sentences with fullstops and capital letters |
| Don’t use slang |
| Pictures or photographs show us what to do |
| Words are easy to understand |
Health and Well Being
How many times can you Beat the Street? Will you walk, cycle or run? Don’t forget 2 hits = 1 point. Make sure an adult knows where you are going and who you are going with!
Election
On the 5th May, the country will go to the elections. Look at the election communication coming through your door or research online. Can you find out who is standing for the constituency of Cumbernauld and Kilsyth? What are their manefestos? Have a chat with adults you know well, if they are prepared to share with you, find out who they are voting for and why. Remember this is personal information so do not record this chat.
Queen Elizabeth is 90
Last week our Queen was 90 years old. Create a factfile giving information about her life.
This afternoon Miss Wyatt delivered a drama lesson. It was a great opportunity for Miss Wyatt to learn more about the children. Miss Wyatt will be working with P5/6 until mid May.
This morning, after our literacy work on phrases and sentences , we attended Mr McCrorie’s Leaving Assembly. We were sad to say goodbye. This afternoon, we finally managed to read the end of our class novel “The Silver Sword” by Ian Serrailler. Everyone agreed it was a fabulous book and the class awarded it 10/10.
Wishing everyone a relaxing and safe Spring break. See you all on the 18th April.
Mrs Pollock
