This afternoon we had Hallowe’en Coordinates to plot and find.  We also had a go at the Witches Washing Line where we had to bite the doughnut off the washing line.  It was messy but good fun 👻 🎃!

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This afternoon P6 attended a workshop led by SPCA officers.  Some children went to a workshop about wild animals and played a game to increase their knowledge of wildlife in Scotland.  Others  attended a workshop on pet patrol that focused on pet ownership then played a game about making the right decision about an animal’s care and rehoming.

With only 56 days to Christmas, Mrs Rutherford and Mr Kieran had their first choir practice for our Christmas Show.  This year the choir will be singing up in the town centre.

Numeracy

I’ve uploaded new activities on everyone’s Active Learn Account.  The activities focus on  negative numbers.

Literacy

Each child has copied their spelling words into their homework jotter or on a piece of paper if they didn’t bring their jotters to school.  Pick at least 6 words from their list and put the word into an interesting sentence, underlining with a ruler the spelling word.  Everyone should have at least 6 sentences.

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.   I just want to mess about with Stig said Barney.
2. All right then. Put your boots on. Said Granny.
3. Good morning, Stig. Do you remember me Barney asked Stig
4. Granny have you got anything you don’t want asked Barney.
5. I mean things like windows and chimneys explained Barney.

Other- The Life and Times of Guy Fawkes

 Research the life and times of Guy Fawkes.

Cut these out and put them or write them into your jotter in the right order – then draw pictures to match the writing.

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A Letter was sent to the King which told him of the plot!

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Guy joined the Spanish Army.

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Guy and his friends wanted to get rid of the king and parliament on the 5^th November.

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Guy Fawkes was christened in York in 1570.

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Guy knew all about explosives and they hid the gunpowder in barrels in the cellars of parliament. So they were ready to blow up parliament.

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Guy and 6 others were all taken to court and then hanged.

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The King ordered guards to search the building, and Guy was found hiding in the cellar.

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In 1603, a new king James I was crowned. And English Catholics were afraid he would be cruel to them.

This morning we continued our Big Writing Work.  We had to use VCOP to write a letter.  Our letters were written in the style of Harry Potter and were responding to a letter written by Harriet.

This afternoon we were very busy working on different activities.  We had Halloween Art, l’halloween French, Bronze Section of our Clyde Football booklet and Sum Dog. No wonder we were tired tonight! Enjoy the Halloween Disco if you’re going!

This afternoon we made it safely over to the Luggie Nature Reserve. We used our maps to identify the different features, identified some plants and wildlife then had a chance to explore the area with our partners.  Some of us even got to explore in the river.

We also got to see the improvements being made to the footpath from the funding Scottish Wildlife Trust received from Viridor Credits.

 We were all really surprised to discover an amazing wild place so close to our school.  The outdoors is a reallly top place to learn.  Look at our photos to see how much we thought we learned!

Tomorrow, Wednesday 25th October, we will be heading over to The Luggie for our outdoor learning. The weather doesn’t look too bad but please remember to bring a coat, wellies or old shoes/boots. I think the footpaths will be muddy.   Also remember to bring your PE Kit back as we’ve got football coaching with Clyde FC .

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Numeracy

This week in maths we are looking 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

Choose either exercise A or B or C:

Section A
1. Put these temperatures in order, the lowest first.
a) 2°C, -8°C, -1°C, -6°C, -4°C
b) 6°C, 10°C, -15°C, -11°C, 14°C
c) 16°C, 18°C, -23°C, -25°C, -13°C, 12°C, 20°C
d) Which of these temperatures is lowest?
i) -4°C or -2°C
ii) -8°C or 8°C
iii) -16°C or -17°C
iv) -5°C or -6°C

Section B
1. The temperature rises by 15 degrees from -4°C. What is the new
temperature?
2. The temperature falls from 11°C to -2°C. How many degrees does the
temperature fall?
3. The temperature is 6°C. It falls by 8 degrees. What is the temperature now?
4. The temperature is -3°C. How much must is rise to reach 5°C?
5. What is the difference in temperature between -4°C and 14°C?

Section C
1. The temperature was -5°C. It falls by 6 degrees. What is the temperature
now?
2. The temperature is -11°C. It rises by 2 degrees. What is the temperature
now?
3. The temperature is -20°C. How much must it rise to reach -5°C?
4. Draw a line graph to show these temperatures at 9.00 a.m. each day for 2
weeks.
-2°C, 3°C, -1°C, 1°C, 4°C, 2°C, -1°C, 2°C, 5°C, 4°C, 1°C, -3°C, -5°C, 0°C

Everyone to do:

1. 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.
2. 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

Some people didn’t read over the October Week.  Please ensure you have read your novel.

Blue Group Read Ch 7 & 8

Green Group Ch  6 & 7

Red Group Weird Weather

Put the apostrophes in the right place in these sentences.  Sometimes the apostrophe is to show contractions and sometimes ownership.

1. The bag is Emmas.
2. After school Im going to Marias.
3. It was my brothers birthday last week.
4. Its nearly home time.
5. The handsome princess sword was sharp.
6. Itll be the Easter holiday soon, Im excited.
7. Im looking forward to going home.
8. Youre very funny.
9. Its your bag.
10. Ill go home then.

  Hallowe’en’s Coming….

• Interview family and friends. Find out what types of things they did when they were children for Halloween.  Can they remember any songs, rhymes or poems they were taught?
• Use the internet, to research Halloween. Think about – Why do we celebrate Halloween? Halloween Customs and Traditions, Halloween Superstitions and Fascinating Facts About Halloween.  You could present your research as a power point or in your homework jotter.
• Will you be guising at Halloween or perhaps going to a Halloween disco? Prepare your costume and make sure you can tell a joke, do a dance, sing a song or recite a poem.

Today we continued our work on earthquakes. We can explain what causes earthquakes and how they are measured.  We also learned what to do in an earthquake.

Remember tomorrow is ECODAY.  Make sure you come dressed for the weather as you’ll be working outside, at times.   You need to wear school jumper/shirt but can wear your own bottoms.

This morning we were disappointed because we couldn’t play netball due to a leaky roof in the hall and a wet floor.  We played, our old favourite,  Kingball, instead and sectioned off the wet floor.  As it was a wet playtime and lunchtime, it was good to get some exercise.