Happy Thursday, Primary 6.
Today is like Happy Friday because tomorrow there will be no school work as it is a bank holiday to commemorate 75th Anniversary of VE Day.
Tomorrow at 3 pm people are being encouraged to go outside, remain socially distant, and clap for the heroes who brought victory at the end of World War II. Have you enjoyed learning about VE day this week?
Thanks to ST for her Haiku and MS for her Limerick from yesterday’s Literacy activities. Well done to OT, ST, AK, MS, RK, FW, JW and TW who have all been on Sumdog this week. For now, OT is top of the leader board for the Co-ordinates Challenge- well done! Can OT stay top of the leader board or will someone knock her off?
Have you checked out Take a Moment with Mrs McMillan, the famous YouTuber? She’s posted a really cool video about Belly Breathing
and A Special Place Meditation.
I’m sure you’ll agree, not only is Mrs McMillan really good at art, she’s a brilliant You Tuber too!
LITERACY:
Starter:
Morse code, invented by Samuel Morse, takes the letters of the alphabet and replaces them with a combination of dashes and dots.
You can create these dashes and dots using long and short sounds, long and short light flashes, or just by writing them on paper.
You can translate these back into normal letters using a guide like the one above. (Or, if you’re really good at memorising stuff, you can learn the whole code!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ti40tW-W2IY&feature=related
Activity: I can use the code to work out the message
You are receiving a code using Morse code, which you must solve:
Challenge:
Plenary:
Look/ think back at you 3, 2, 1 bridge activity from Monday.
Now re-do this task, see if your answers differ after learning more about VE day.
Write:
3 words,
2 questions
and 1 simile/ metaphor
Extra info
The Queen will commemorate the 75th anniversary of VE Day with a televised address to the nation.
The message will form part of a series of events on 8 May marking the end of World War Two on the continent.
The monarch’s pre-recorded address will be broadcast on the BBC at 21:00 – the exact moment her father, King George VI, gave a radio address 75 years ago.
Other plans include a public sing along of Dame Vera Lynn’s We’ll Meet Again, a song synonymous with World War Two.
It will be the Queen’s second televised message during the coronavirus outbreak.
Last month, she echoed the words of the singer known as the Forces’ sweetheart when she told those in lockdown “we will meet again” during a rare speech to the nation.
Have a listen to the song:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHcunREYzNY
MATHS
Mental Starter:
For Q1- 10 round each number to 10 and 100
Activities:
Watch this video to explain how to plot coordinates using 4 quadrants
Now have a go at these 3 games that all use 4 quadrants for coordinates. Which game did you like best and why?
https://www.primarygames.co.uk/pg2/bug2/bug2.html
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/469/Coordinates-Alien-Attack
https://www.teacherled.com/iresources/coordinates/showthecoordinate/
*Challenge*
https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/153/coordinates–reasoning-about-position-and-shapes
Plenary
Take the Coordinates Quiz on Sumdog. There are 10 multiple choice questions and it’s only available until 6pm tonight. Good Luck!
Well done boys and girls, you’ve worked hard this week and deserve a wee rest so no school work will be posted on Friday or on Monday because it is suppose to be an In-service Day and you’d be off school.
Over the weekend, I’ll not be posting any work until Tuesday but I’ll keep checking my email so if you want to contact me, you can at:
FionaPollock@woodlands.n-lanark.sch.uk or you can post a comment on our blog.
I hope you are all ok, keeping safe and remembering to help around the house. I am missing you and I’ll be thinking of you all when I sing “We’ll Meet Again,” on Friday.
Stay Cool,
Mrs P x
