This afternoon Primary 5/6 were learning how to use stop motion animation software. The children worked in pairs to create visual pieces of work that matched the criteria set. The children showed fantastic planning skills matched only by their creative problem solving abilities.

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This afternoon we continued our work on Sound. We completed five investigations into sounds. Come along to our  open evening at 7pm on Thursday night to find out more.  This is a drop in session when you can find out about the work P5/6.

 

Numeracy

Last week in maths we looked at negative numbers.  We :

• Located numbers with a value of less than zero on a number line
• Sequenced positive and negative numbers
• Solved simple problems in context, with reference to the number line e.g. it was -10°C and it got 3°C colder/warmer

Temperature chain puzzles Ask your child to make a puzzle by writing a chain of temperature changes, e.g. It was 7°C and then it reached 10°C. The temperature then rose by 5° before dropping a further 8°. What is the temperature now? He/she gives the initial temperature and makes sure he/she knows the final temperature in each puzzle. Use the puzzles in another lesson as a class quiz.

Website 1 – http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/number/negative_numbers/play/ A highly enjoyable game focusing on the sequencing of positive and negative numbers.

Website 2 – http://www.primaryresources.co.uk/online/negnumorder.swf Put the negative numbered wooly hats in the right order.

Literacy

This week we will have a spelling test on Friday.  We won’t have a spelling test every week but I will let you know when we are having a test through our blog.  Everyone has copied their spellings into their homework jotter.  Those children who have left their jotter at home copied their list onto a piece of paper.  Homework this week involves preparation for your test.  You could prepare by:  listing your spelling words in order from hardest to easiest, write your words in rainbow colours or dots or write a silly sentence with your spelling word in it– don’t forget capital letters and full stops for your sentences.

Read to someone at home.  Don’t forget to discuss what you have read and you must bring your book to school every day as we will be using it in class.

The best Dog in the World book P35-58

The Butterfly Lion P42-50

Aliens Stole my Dog P29-36

 R.M.E.

As part of our work on the Five Pillars of Islam, we recalled facts we knew about the religion Islam. Research at least 5 facts about Islam and write them neatly into your jotter or illustrate them.

Anybody who didn’t bring in their homework jotter today please bring it in asap 🙂

 

 

 

I’ve just come back from doing a risk assessment at the Luggie. After today’s rain it is too fast flowing so we won’t be able to go there tomorrow. Instead we will continue our Outdoor Education in the school grounds so bring your wellies and waterproof jackets.  We may even get to  play “Capture  the Flag” with our wellies on…

Please remember to bring in your homework jotters and painting shirt, if you haven’t already done so.

 

This week for spelling, we have been looking at the homophones:

they’re, there and their.

Remember homophones sound the same but look different because they are spelt different.

 

We are going to investigate this set of homophones: their there they’re

Write five sentences containing each word. Their is a possessive, it means ‘belonging to them’. For example: Their chairs were in the hall. 1………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

 

There tells you where something is. It is used with is, are, was, and were, for example: There is a dog in the classroom.

1………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

 

They’re always means they are. For example: They’re going on a trip today.

1………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 4……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

 

Can you make a list of other homophones you know?

Maths

Pick one of these activities and visit 1 website.  You can choose from:

Football Transfers newspapers, computer with internet access.  Ask children to find out information about football players’ transfer fees in the paper or on the internet. They list up to ten prices in their learning logs. They underline one digit of each transfer fee and identify the value of the underlined digit using words or figures, e.g. £764 000 is seven hundred thousand pounds or £700 000.

Globe Trotters atlases, computer with internet access.  Investigate the distances between home and five cities they would really like to visit.  Put the distances in order, starting with the highest.  Think about which destinations would cost most to visit and why?

Digit shuffle Ask children to write the last three digits of a phone number (their own or a friend’s). The three digits must be different. They write all the different 2-digit numbers that they can make with the digits. For each number, they partition the digits and give their values, e.g. 24 = 2 tens and 4 units = 20 + 4.

The digit 3 Ask children to investigate how many numbers between 0 and 100 have the digit 3. They list all the numbers and say whether the digit 3 is a tens digit or a units digit (include the number 33 that has both). How many numbers do you think would have a different digit such as 7?

 

Here are some websites that you may find useful

http://nrich.maths.org/1272 – Got it!

http://www.ictgames.com/sharknumbers.html – Shark Numbers

http://www.softschools.com/math/place_value/teaching_place_value/ Find the value of the underlined digit.

http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=503&engine=15 Type the number in numerals and then fire the cannon!

 

Science:

As we begin our new learning focusing on sound, have a look at this website.  It is from another school called Woodlands but it is down in Kent in England.  Answer the questions on the web page and then there are links to choose from that will help you learn more about sound.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/science/sounds.html

In a fortnight’s time, you will be asked to make a musical instrument from junk material.   I’m mentioning it now so that  you keep your eyes opened for suitable junk material.