This morning in PE we were concentrating on developing our gymnastics skills on the floor.   We practised: a forward roll, backward roll, handstand, cartwheel and crab/bridge.  We then worked in 2s or 3s to develop a routine.

🌟Remember tables test tomorrow Thursday 23rd March 🌟🤓

This morning we were joined by Marine Conservation Society.  They helped us to learn about Leatherback Turtles 🐢  who come to  Scotland every summer.   We learned how to identify Turtles by looking at their carapaces. Whenever we saw a Leatherback Turtle on the presentation we had to use the sign that divers use for signals.  A hatchling is the name for a baby turtle.

The diver’s sign for Turtles

Continue reading Marine Conservation Society Turtles 🐢 →

Maths

• Continue to use Active Learn Account (Revision of Shape Term 2).
• Many children still need to spend time learning their tables. It would be helpful if the child could have their times tables “at their fingertips”.  The times tables help the children in so many areas of maths.  Each child in the class knows what tables they should be working on.  This Thursday (23rd March) we will be having table test.  Here are some ideas to help your child learn their tables:

TGT (Team Game Tournament) children can make the cards at home.

Chant/Sing/Write the tables out

http://www.teachingtables.co.uk/ (this website has links to many other websites)

Easter Egg Design Competition P4-P7

This year’s theme for our Easter Egg competition for is “Hollywood Comes to Woodlands”.  Take time this week to consider some ideas, plan your entry and gather any material you may need.  The final version should not be brought to school until WEDNESDSAY 29^th MARCH

WWII

Continue our World War II homework from the sheet given to you by Mrs Pollock.  You will have a choice for homework and earn House Points for the homework you bring in. Choose at least 2 activities per week from the sheet.  Keep the sheet somewhere safe as you will need it until 31^st March.

This morning in maths we were to create a mind map to illustrate all the things we have learned from our work on time. Please remember to bring your PE kit on Monday.

This morning we safely got all the PE equipment out then practised our gymnastics movements. We are becoming more confident on the equipment

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This morning all three Literacy groups were working really hard, as always.  One group was reading non fiction on microbes, another group was learning to recognise the difference between direct and indirect speech and the other group was looking at when to use its or it’s.

Maths

• Continue to use Active Learn Account (Revision of Fractions Term1).
• Many children still need to spend time learning their tables. It would be helpful if the child could have their times tables “at their fingertips”.  The times tables help the children in so many areas of maths.  Each child in the class knows what tables they should be working on.  This Friday (17^th March) we will be having table test.  Here are some ideas to help your child learn their tables:

TGT (Team Game Tournament) children can make the cards at home.

Chant/Sing/Write the tables out

http://www.teachingtables.co.uk/ (this website has links to many other websites)

Literacy:

Using its and it’s

When do we use its? Its is a possessive adjective. Use its if you can change it for a noun + ’s.

E.g.     The cat drank its milk.

The cat drank the cat’s milk.

What about it’s? This is the shortened form of it is. Use it’s if you can change it for it is or  it has.

E.g.     It’s very cold today!

It is very cold today!

Oh dear! The person who wrote these sentences didn’t know whether to use its  or it’s!  Copy these sentences into your book, using the correct word.

1. My dad says its very cold in Canada today.
2. The dog ran away because its collar came loose.
3. The robber broke into the car and stole its
4. Hurry up, its nearly time for school!
5. Its my sister who has won the competition, not my brother.
6. The house lost its roof during the storm.
7. Brush your teeth, its bedtime.
8. Its about time you learned to ride a bicycle!
9. The library lost its books in the fire.
10. I can’t go out because its raining!
11. The cow is happy eating its grass
12. Its 12 o’clock, its lunchtime!
13. Its been a long time since I last saw my cousin Joe.
14. The army has sent its soldiers to help the victims of the disaster.
15. I think its just stopped raining.

WWII

Continue our World War II homework from the sheet given to you by Mrs Pollock.  You will have a choice for homework and earn House Points for the homework you bring in. Choose at least 2 activities per week from the sheet.  Keep the sheet somewhere safe as you will need it until 31^st March.

This afternoon for PE, Mr Green created an excellent cardio vascular gymnastic workout.   It was amazing and we all felt our hearts pumping.  We should all sleep tonight soundly- including Mr Green!!!

Maths

1) Continue to use Active Learn Account.

2) Estimate the time each event might take.

Think carefully about the unit you use.

1. To write out the alphabet
2. To wash a car
3. For me to run 1 km
4. For a seed to grow into a lettuce
5. A netball match
6. To travel by plane from Edinburgh to New York
7. To cook a meal
8. A TV advert
9. For an elephant to become fully grown.
10. Talk with someone at home. Together, estimate how long it might take to walk from Land’s End to John O’

3) Look at these screen shots.  Choose at least1 of the pages and complete in your jotter.

Literacy:

The weblink below has many links to different games and quizzes.  They will help to develop your understanding of nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs and apostrophes- all of which we have looked at in the past few weeks.

http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/interactive/literacy2.htm#apo

A Grammar photo story teaching children how to use apostrophes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGeHg5i7OJo

Play apostrophe (for contraction) Snap.

shouldn’t              should not   

wouldn’t                would not

couldn’t                 could not

hadn’t                    had not

wasn’t                    was not

should’ve              should have

could’ve                could have

would’ve               would have

doesn’t                  does not

can’t                      cannot

don’t                      do not

shan’t                    shall not

let’s                       let us

I’m                         I am

we’re                     we are

it’s                        it is

they’re                   they are

mustn’t             must not

haven’t                  have not

she’s                     she is

you’ve                   you have

he’d                       he had

they’ll                    they will

WWII

Continue our World War II homework from the sheet given to you by Mrs Pollock.  You will have a choice for homework and earn House Points for the homework you bring in. Choose at least 2 activities per week from the sheet.  Keep the sheet somewhere safe as you will need it until 31^st March.

This morning we used our plans from yesterday and wrote a letter as an evacuee.  We consider the layout carefully ,  how to punctuate the address and how to conclude with an appropriate ending.  Our next steps will be redraft our letters and write them on “old” paper we made from teabags.

Remember to bring in 50p tomorrow if you want to buy a Fair Trade Pancake!!!