Good Morning Everyone,

I hope things are good for you and you’re enjoying your time at home.  Have you remembered tha it is April Fools’ Day today? Be quick you can only pull a prank until 12pm at lunchtime.

How long did you spend on Sumdog yesterday?

Here is the story of today:

Writing- I can write a newspaper report.

Starter:

On April Fools’ Day in 1957, the BBC showed a short film about people harvesting spaghetti from trees in Switzerland. They managed to convince a lot of viewers that spaghetti grew on trees and many people phoned to find out how they could grow their own!

Watch this link to find out other ideas for April Fools’ Day:

https://mysteryscience.com/mini-lessons/april-fools

Activity:

Write a made-up news story for April Fools’ Day. Think of a story that is almost believable but is a bit silly too. It could be something other than spaghetti that grows on trees, an idea you watched on the video clip above or your own idea.

Success Criteria:

• A headline to capture the reader’s attention and tell what the newspaper report is about.
• An opening paragraph with a more detailed summary of the main happenings (when, where, who, what, why).
• Select important main events and organise these in a chronological order
• These events to be organised into paragraphs (with sub-headings to categorise information where appropriate)
• Use direct speech where appropriate to quote from people who were there,
• A paragraph with concluding statements, comment or summary
• Graphics/photos/illustrations to engage the reader and provide them with further information about the event

Challenge:

Can you count how many WOW words or figurative language you used? (Metaphor, Simile, Personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia)

Can you count how many semi-colons you managed to use?

Plenary:

Read your newspaper report to someone if you can and ask for a star and a wish.

Numeracy:

We are going to try and solve addition and subtraction calculations using the counting on/ back method.

Starter:

Watch this short clip which explains and shows you visually how to jump on/back in your head.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_31lA7wbgTw

Activity: I can count on/ back

Fill in the gaps (verbally or written)

Plenary:

Explain verbally or written how to use the count on/ back method.

 

 

 

 

 

Morning Boys and Girls,

I hope you’re all ok and managing to keep yourself safe.  Did you  get out in the fresh air yesterday?   I thought it felt very much like Spring although Rory thought it felt like Summer and wanted his paddling pool out!!!!  ☀🏊🏻🍡😖

I’ve been checking out Sumdog and quite a few of you have not been on since we left school over a week ago!! Try to go on everyday for at least 20 minutes   and remember to keep practising your tables- if you don’t use them, you’ll lose them (table facts)!!!!!

So here are today’s tasks:

Literacy- I can make notes to identify how a character is developed

Starter:

Picture, in your mind, Mr Victor Hazell. Think about all of the things we know about him so far and why he is so vile. Can you think of some adjectives (words used to describe and give more information about a noun, which could be a person, place, animal or object) to describe Mr Victor Hazell? List these verbally to someone if you can.

Activity:

Read Extract 3:

The big shiny silver Rolls-Royce had braked suddenly and come to a stop right alongside the filling station. Behind the wheel I could see the enormous pink beery face of Mr Victor Hazell staring at the pheasants. I could see the mouth hanging open, the eyes bulging out of his head like toadstools and the skin of his face turning from pink to bright scarlet. The car door opened and out he came, resplendent in fawncoloured riding-breeches and high polished boots. There was a yellow silk scarf with red dots on it round his neck, and he had a sort of bowler hat on his head. The great shooting party was about to begin and he was on his way to greet the guests.

He left the door of the Rolls open and came at us like a charging bull. My father, Doc Spencer and I stood close together in a little group, waiting for him. He started shouting at us the moment he got out of the car, and he went on shouting for a long time after that. I am sure you would like to know what he said, but I cannot possibly repeat it here. The language he used was so foul and filthy it scorched my earholes. Words came out of his mouth that I had never heard before and hope never to hear again. Little flecks of white foam began forming around his lips and running down his chin on to the yellow silk scarf.

I glanced at my father. He was standing very still and very calm, waiting for the shouting to finish. The colour was back in his cheeks now and I could see the tiny twinkling wrinkles of a smile around the corners of his eyes.

Doc Spencer stood beside him and he also was very calm. He was looking at Mr Hazell rather as one would look at a slug on a leaf of lettuce in the salad.

Focus on the three ways the author builds the character of Mr Hazell: appearance, action and dialogue.

Make 3 columns in your jotter with the headings: appearance, action and dialogue.

Use Extract 3 and makes notes under each heading to build up the character of Mr Hazell.

There is no direct speech or dialogue in this extract but we still learn about the way in which Mr Hazell speaks so you can record this.

Don’t forget to note any similes, metaphors or examples of alliteration.

*Challenge*

How do William and the Doctor respond to the bully? Find the simile on the last line and explain what it suggests about the Doctor’s response to Mr Hazell.

Plenary:

Think about the feedback you received yesterday for your reading aloud. Read Extract 3 reflecting on what your wish was from yesterday’s feedback.

In Numeracy today, we are going to focus practise the method of rounding and adjusting to solve addition and subtraction calculations.

Starter:

Watch the video and read the section below the video, which explains how to round a number:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zh8dmp3/articles/zpx2qty

Then, watch this second video and read the explanation below it on how to round decimal numbers:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zh8dmp3/articles/zsvt97h

Activity:

I can round and adjust the numbers to make it easier to solve mentally.

Remember, round the trickier number to the nearest 10, solve your calculation and don’t forget to either add on, or take away the extra part you did at the start to make the easier number.

Eg. a) 59 is the trickier number so I added 1 to round it to 60, which is an easier number to work with. I then solved the calculation and at the end adjusted it back, as I added an extra 1, I had to remember to take the 1 away.

Calculation	Rounded calculation and answer	Adjusted	Final answer
Eg. a)   59 + 45	(+1)60 + 45 = 105	105 – 1	104
b)   117 + 66	(+ _)   + 66 =
c)   89 + 55
d)   37 + 18
Eg. e)   92 – 49	92 – 50 (+1) = 42	42 -1 =41	41
f)   66 – 39
g)   104 – 27
h)   52 – 26

 

Challenge:

I can apply rounding and adjusting method to solve a word calculation.

• Firstly, decide is it asking you to add or subtract.
• Secondly, choose the trickier number and round it.
• Thirdly, solve it and adjust.

1. Jessica grew 674 watermelons and 122 cantaloupes. Mary grew 537 watermelons. How many watermelons did they grow in total?
2. Nancy had £651 in her bank. She spent £398. How much money does she have now?
3. Chloe had 95 Pokémon cards, and 7 were torn. Phil bought 36 of Chloe’s Pokémon cards. How many Pokémon cards does Chloe have now?
4. Miss Smith ordered some pizzas for a party, she order 57 pepperoni and 36 Hawaiian. How many pizzas did she order?

Plenary:

Create a couple of Qs for someone at home or a friend over the phone.

Ask them to round a given number to the nearest 10, 100 and 1000.

Create a couple of addition and subtractions Qs if you can too.

Some come on P6, let me see how many of you will spend at least 20 minutes on Sumdog today!!!

Until tomorrow keep smiling,

Mrs P

Good morning Boys and Girls, how are you all today?

I hope you are keeping fit and healthy as well as enjoying your learning at home. Did you manage to go out a walk with your family or maybe spend time in the garden? Rory got a new scooter for his birthday so we’ve been going out once a day looking for rainbows on people’s windows.

It’s now week 2 of our home learning! So here is the story for today:

Literacy:

Starter:

Tell someone at home verbally what has happened so far in Danny the Champion of The World (summarise).

OR

Draw out (take on the role of the illustrator) the main events of the book so far.

Activity:

Follow this link and read Chapter 20- “Goodbye Mr Victor”.

http://bigben-club.com/wp-content/uploads/Danny_the_Champion_of_the_World_-_Roald_Dahl.pdf

(scroll to P83 to find the start of Chapter 20).

• Why did Danny’s father give Sergeant Samways a funny look?Were you surprised by this chapter? Why or why not?
• Look at this vocabulary taken from Chapter 20: hush – constable – dismount – scoundrel – neutral – absurd – rogue – infernal – resplendent – entice – uproar
• Write a sentence to explain the meaning of these words. Use a dictionary or an online dictionary to look up unfamiliar words.

*Challenge*

Put each word into a sentence of your own. Ensure your sentence makes sense and the word is being used in the correct context.

Plenary:

Pick a section from Chapter 20. Practise reading with plenty of expression, showing awareness of punctuation and fluency. Ask if someone is able to listen to you read the section. Then ask them for a star (something you did well e.g. you read at a good pace; pausing when required for punctuation or for dramatic affect) and a wish (your next step, something to work on next time e.g. Using expression to make it more exciting and engage your listener).

This week in Numeracy we will be revising addition and subtraction.

Starter:

To warm our brains up we are going to play Top Marks Hit the Button – Number Bonds (choose the option within this that best suits you).

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Activity: You can answer these verbally to a family member or on a call to a friend or written in your jotter. Try to work these out mentally, in your head, using the knowledge of your number bonds of multiples of 10, 100, 1000.

I can recall number bond facts.	I can apply my number bond facts.
1.     5 + 5= ___ 2.    6 + 4=___ 3.    2 + 8= ___ 4.    9 + ___ = 10 5.    13 + 7= ____ 6.    17 + ___ = 20 7.    30 + 70 = ____ 8.    300 + 700 = ___ 9.    40 + ___ =100 10. 600 + ___ = 1,000 11.  24 + 56= ___ 12. 32 + 46 + 18 = ___ 13. 1.1+ 1.9 = ____ 14. 5,000 + _____ = 10,000	a)    I have 3 pencils in my pot. It fits 10. How many more can fit in the pot?   b)   Tom has 40 apples; Jemma has 60. How many apples are there in total?   c)    Mary bakes 58 cupcakes, Mandy bakes 42 cupcakes, Lucy bakes 76 and Sarah bakes 24 cupcakes. However, Mary’s dog steals 10! How many cupcakes do they have in total to sell at the Bake Sale?
I can use my number bonds facts.	I can apply my number bond facts.
1.     10 – 4 = 2.    10 – 7= 3.    10 -5 = 4.    100 – 40 = 5.    20 – 16= 6.    40 – ___ = 32 7.    1 -__ = 0.4	a)    There are 10 buttons on my coat. I have fastened 2, how many more are there to do? b)   Shelly has a box of 100 sweets. She gives 40 to Ben and 27 to Simon. How many does Shelly have left?

Challenge: Can you make up some addition and subtraction word problems, which require knowledge of number bonds for a partner?

Plenary:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/number-facts/number-fact-families Give this game a go! Click on addition and subtraction and then choose your level of difficulty.

Until tomorrow everyone.  Remember to be kind to everyone.

Mrs P

 

Morning Primary 6, 

Well that’s us almost survived our first week.  I wish I was able to read some of your stories from yesterday’s  Free Write.

Did any of you manage to go outside and Clap for the Carers at 8pm?  We all went out to clap, as did most people in my street, which was nice because in our street we have:  doctors, a nurse and a paramedic.

Numeracy

Starter:

Revise the months of the year poem 30 days hath September, April, June and November, all the rest have 31, except February alone which has 28 days clear or 29 in a leap year.

Sort the calendar months below into the correct order.

Then write how many days are in each month.

March
November
December
June
February
August
July
April
October
May
January
September

Which is the shortest month?

What month has 30 days and 4 letters in its name?

If Helen was born in June, and Simon was born three months later, in which month was Simon born?

What is the 7th month of the year?

Which month comes before November?

Activity: I can calculate the square and root of a number

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Yesterday in our starter we learned to square a number: we multiply it by itself. e.g. 4 squared (written as 4²) = 4 x 4  -> 4² = 16

So, when a number is multiplied by itself, the answer is a ‘square number’.

Square the following numbers.  If you need to, you can draw arrays to help you:

1. 4
2. 7
3. 9
4.  7
5. 15
6. 18
7.  20
8. 30

Which numbers multiplied by themselves, give the following:

1.  1
2. 64
3. 9
4. 100
5. 25
6. 121
7. 144
8.  81

A square has four sides which are all the same length. Each angle is a right angle (90°).

What is the area of a square whose side is:

1. 6cm in length
2. 8cm in length
3.  25cm in length
4. 100cm in length

 

Let’s build on our learning……Now that we know about SQUARE NUMBERS let’s learn the opposite of Square Numbers- SQUARE ROOTS

The square root sign is √ . √16 means the square root of 16.

4 x 4 = 16 The square root of 16 is 4. √16 = 4

Find the square root of the following numbers:

You may use a calculator for the following section!

1. 4
2. 49
3. 9
4. 64
5. 16
6. 64
7. 25
8. 81
9. 36
10. 100

Challenge:

• How many tiles are there if there are 2 tiles across and 2 tiles up? 5 tiles across and 5 tiles up? 7 tiles across and 7 tiles up?
• If there are 16 tiles altogether, how many tiles are there in each row? 64 tiles altogether? 81 tiles altogether?

Plenary:

http://www.math-play.com/square-root-game.html

Literacy: I can classify/ sort books in to categories.

Starter:

List as many different books: titles, authors, genres etc as you can in 1 minute. (If possible, you can play against someone or with someone at home).

How many could you name?

Activity:

Challenge:

Can you add books of your own choice that would fit in to the categories?

Plenary:

Which types of books appeal to you most? Why?

Well done boys and girls, you have earned your rest. Have a lovely weekend, try to relax and keep safe.  I’ll be in touch just before 10am on Monday until then keep smiling!!

Mrs P

 

Morning P6,

How are we today? Yesterday,  Mr Green put on the School Blog lots of websites for you to explore.  As from today at 10am, on the BBC Scotland Channel (Freeview Channel 9 or 108; Freesat Channel 106, 108 0r 174; Sky Channel 115) there will be educational programmes, that may interest you.

Have you made a rainbow to put up at your window? Many children across the UK have painted or coloured in a rainbow to remind everyone passing your house or flat that storms don’t last forever and that we want to spread positivity rather than Coronavirus.  Rory and I made one today and lots of people were waving to Rory as they passed our window.

Numeracy

Starter:

A square number is just a number multiplied by itself. We would write 9 squared like this 9 ²

So 9 ²= 81   5 ²= 25  10²= 100

Play Hit the Button selecting Square Numbers. Play a few games. What’s your best score?

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

Activity: I can round numbers to the nearest 10, 100 and 1,000

If you need to remind yourself of how to round to the nearest 10, 100 and 1,000 have a look at:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zh8dmp3/articles/zpx2qty

Round to the nearest 10:

1. 1472 -> 1470               2.     2091
2. 1008                                 4.     3646
3. 2402                                 6. 1998
4. 8043                                 8. 7951
5. 9099                               10. 3049

Rounding to the nearest 100:

1. 6750 -> 6800              2.     7549

3.   6666                             4.  5452

5.   3149                             6.     2449

7.   1062                             8.     1112

9.   3451                              10.    3049

Rounding to the nearest 1,000:

1.  7460 -> 7000                       2.     6546

2.   4099                                   4.     7500

5.    8499                                 6.     9250

7.   1199                                  8.     3501

9.   9542                                  10.    684

 

Challenge: How many numbers less than 10 000 can you write where the nearest 10 is the same as the nearest 100 and the nearest 1,000

Plenary:

You pick the level!

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/rocket-rounding

Free Writing

I can create a short story using the 5 features: beginning, build up, problem, solution and ending.

I can begin using one of the 6 different ways:

• Describe a character
• Describe a setting
• Describe an action
• Describe an object
• Dialogue
• Question

I can use good V.C.O.P and figurative language (Onomatopoeia– Bang, Splash; Alliteration– the land was magical, marvellous yet mysterious; Simile– it was as cold as ice; Metaphor- stone heart; Personification– the wind was howling.)

I can share my story with someone.

 

Starter:

Try to use the activity: “I see, I think, I wonder” to get some ideas and inspiration.

This could be looking at a picture, front cover of a novel or comic, outside your window, film cover, trailer for a movie or TV show, advert etc.

 

Activity:

Begin your plan (remember, all authors plan their ideas and story first to make it the best it can be and so they don’t forget their ideas whilst writing). You can plan in any format (Story Mountain, list, spider diagram, drawings, story map, step, ladder etc).

Begin writing your story!

Challenge:

Can you count how many WOW words or figurative language you used? (Metaphor, Simile, Personification, alliteration, onomatopoeia)

Can you count how many semi-colons you managed to use?

Plenary:

Read your story to someone if you can and ask for a star and a wish.

 

Keep Safe and I’ll be in touch tomorrow.

Mrs Pollock

Morning P6,

It was very strange to be in school yesterday without you all! I hope you’re all o’k!

Numeracy : I can compare large numbers

Mental Starter:

1. Write 92,023 in words.
2. 5764 plus fifteen
3. 6 units + 3 thousands + 4 tens + 8 hundreds =
4. Is the answer to 69 + 23 nearer to 90 or 10
5. Write the next multiples of 6: 36, 42, 48, ?
6. Topi gave 0.75 of her sweets to James, write this as a fraction.
7. What is 16:40 in 12 hour time?
8. At a party 6 people sat at each table. How many tables were needed to seat 54 people?
9. A bus holds 65 passengers. If 33 were upstairs, how many were downstairs?
10. What is the remainder if you divide 17 by 2?
11. 2m + 90cm = ____ cm
12. 1/7 of 28 =
13. Put these numbers in order largest first: 3748, 3874, 3487, 3784
14. Name this shape:
15. Maria owes Tom £9.00. She gets £12.00 pocket money and pays Tom back. How much has she now?

Activities:

Write the correct sign between pair of numbers < or >  Remember the crocodile eats the larger numbers!

1. 704,218 _____ 940,218 704,218 < 940,218
2. 318, 624 ___ 318, 264
3. 497, 209 ___ 497, 202
4. 250, 681 ___ 205, 681
5. 500, 239 ___ 500, 299
6. 720, 340 ___ 702, 430
7. , 998 ___ 819, 998
8. 901, 999 ___ 902, 000
9. 543, 345 ___ 534, 554
10. 602, 694 ___ 598, 992

*Challenge* – Write 1 more than the larger number in each pair.

11. Sam had ticket number 476, 204. His friend had the ticket before. What number was it? His mum had the ticket with a number 10 more than Sam’s. What number was it?
12. Miss Moneypots sold her house for £179, 250. Mrs Diamond sold her house for £197, 650. Whose house was worth more? How much could Mr Big sell his house for, to get an amount between the two?

 

Plenary:

Secret Number (Game for 2 Players)

Aim: To guess a secret number by asking questions.

Choose a player to start, you may have to Facetime your friend to play this game or play with someone at home. They choose a number in secret and write it down. You can ask them questions but they can only answer yes or no. Think about helpful questions: – Is it larger/smaller than …? – Does it have 6 as one of its digits? – Is the units digits smaller than the tens digit? How many questions did it take to work out the secret number? Swap so the other person chooses the secret number. Can you guess their number in fewer questions?

Literacy: I can write from a different point of view

Starter:

Watch Chapter 19 “Rockabye Baby”.   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lSn1iP_ZmIE

Answer these questions orally.

• What did Dad tell the Doctor?
• How did Doc Spencer react to the news?
• How did Mrs. Clipstone plan to deliver the pheasants?
• What went wrong with the plan?

Activity:

What would it have been like for the baby when the pheasants started flying out from underneath? What about the pheasant’s point of view? Explain what happened as Mrs Clipstone tried to deliver the pheasants to Danny, William and Doc Spencer. Choose either the baby or the pheasant and write their point of view in your jotter.

Here are some examples to help you or even get you started:

I was having a lovely walk with Mummy. She had made my pram extra comfortable and cushiony and I was very happy. Suddenly, I felt something wriggling under my bottom! Then something pecked at my nappy! I started to cry. Next something even stranger happened…

Or

The last thing I remembered was roosting in a tree in Hazell’s Wood. So when I woke up in a dark, warm place I was astonished. Something was bumping me up and down- and another something was squashing me! I felt groggy and stupid and started to wriggle. I had to find some fresh air!

*Optional Challenge*

Write from both the baby’s and pheasant’s point of view.

Plenary:

If you can, discuss with someone at home, what you think Victor Hazell’s point of view would be if he was to drive into the filling station just as Mrs Cliptone arrives with her “perambulator” or pram.

Remember keep washing those hands, stay safe, be good for the people you live with and remember this won’t be forever!

Mrs  Pollock

Morning Everybody,

I hope you had a good weekend and manged to keep safe.  Don’t forget to keep washing your hands, especially before you eat,  and maybe put cream on them if they’re getting dried out.  Remember to look after the people who look after you at home too!

Literacy: I can use similes.

Starter:

Today, we are going to listen, carefully, to someone reading the rest of Chapter 18 “Home”.   If you were not in class last week, you will need to listen to Chapters 13-17 first.

After listening to this section once, you may wish to listen to it again to help you answer these questions in your jotter:

1. Why did Dad decide to buy: an oven? a deep freezer?
2. What three (3) things must you always have with roasted pheasant?
3. What were Danny and his father planning to do next?
4. Why was Danny worried?

Activity:

We are going to explore the author’s use of similes to help describe the characters and places or things. Remember similes and comparisons can help the reader form a picture or something unfamiliar or just help us visualise something being described.

Complete the sentences below by composing a simile for each one.

1. The moon was shining over Hazell’s Wood like ______.
2. William’s footsteps clinked along the road like______.
3. The pheasants dropped from the trees like_______.
4. Rabbett’s teeth looked like__________.
5. The mattress in the pram started bouncing like _______.

*Optional Challenge- Compose more similes of your own to describe a character from the novel.

Plenary:

Now read you similes aloud to someone and ask them to give you 2 stars and 1 wish. Discuss with them which similes are most effective and why.

 

Numeracy: I can write large numbers.

Starter:

Today, we are going to look at different strategies for learning all your times tables fact. Watch this video on You Tube called “Learn Your Times Tables in 5 Minutes.” (The video is actually 7mins 35sec!)

Activity:

Write each number in figures (numbers):

1. Sixty eight thousand, seven hundred and fourteen                 68,714
2. One hundred and forty two thousand, and fifty one.
3. Seven hundred and four thousand, six hundred and nine.
4. Six hundred and sixty thousand; two hundred and eleven.
5. Eight hundred and twelve thousand and ninety.
6. Ninety-nine thousand and fifteen.
7. Three hundred and thirty-three thousand.
8. Two hundred and seventeen thousand, six hundred and six.
9. Two million, four hundred and four thousand, five hundred and forty,
10. Four million, sixty-five thousand and six.

*Challenge*

Write the value of the number 1 in each number.

11. 718, 294                                  10,000
12. 641, 873
13. 36, 412
14. 201, 678
15. 5,491
16. 500, 160
17. 1, 046, 293
18. 2, 103,207
19. 301, 412
20. 45,701

Plenary:

Look at this number 7720

seven thousand, seven hundred and twenty.

This number is made up of six words.

Can you find other 4 digit numbers that are made up of four words, five words, six words and seven words?

Stay Safe Everbody,

Mrs Pollock

Today we continued  working with our group to create a dance routine to Uptown Funk.

Tomorrow we are hoping to go to the Luggie  Nature Reserve. If you have them, please bring: wellies or old shoes/boots and a coat preferably waterproof with a good.

Today we took part in a scavenger hunt, sensible and silly races, Joe Wicks Workout  and learned how to dance The Slosh.  It’s been a busy week and we will all need a good rest this weekend.