Maths

The children now have access to an exciting new set of online resources via Active Learn.  The easiest way to find the resource is to use google chrome and search for active learn login

Each child has been given a username, password is woodlands and the code below password (beside the calculator image) is 6kwa.  Once you are logged in remember you may have to allow pop ups to access the resources.  Each child has been allocated resources that they can choose from.

Literacy

• Reading

Green group read chapters 9 & 10 of their group novel

Blue Group read chapters 9 & 10 of their group novel

Red Group read their new book

2) Learn these spellings for a test on Friday.  Pick at least 7 words from your list and put them into a sentence.

Spelling Group 1 ee and ea: steam, team, treat, meat, eat, tea, sea, seed, need, tree, see, bee

Spelling Group 2 on and en endings: happen, seven, kitten, mitten, given, fatten, sudden, button, lesson, person, skeleton, Prison, season, poison.

Spelling Group 3 el endings: camel, panel, chapel, gravel, travel, chisel, jewel, novel, cancel, satchel, kestrel, tinsel, mongrel, hostel, cockerel

3) Miss Ferguson’s Special Homework to be handed in on Friday 10^th February J

4) Extreme Earth:  Look at the three experiments below.  Chosen one of them to make at home and bring into school on Thursday 16^th February

REMEMBER ALL THIS WEEK TO BRING GOOD FOOTWEAR AND JACKET FOR WALK TO WEST AFRICA (or round the playground!!!!!!)

We’ve  had a really busy day today. We did a check at the end of the day and some children in the Green Reading Group need to finish reading Chapter 8 and some children in the Blue Group need to finish reading Chapter 7.  Please do this over the weekend. Next week we start the walk to West Africa so make sure you’ve wearing sensible shoes and coat as we’ll be out walking each day!!!

This afternoon, in our groups, we created question and answer cards about Tsunamis. We then passed our cards to another group and we all took part in a Team Game Tournament.  This helped us to learn so much about Tsunamis.

We then looked at the famous painting The Great Wave off Kanazawa by Hokusai.  We were surprised to see a mountain and 2 boats in the painting.

Maths

The children now have access to an exciting new set of online resources via Active Learn.  The easiest way to find the resource is to use google chrome and search for active learn login

Each child has been given a username, password is woodlands and the code below password (beside the calculator image) is 6kwa.  Once you are logged in remember you may have to allow pop ups to access the resources.  Each child has been allocated resources that they can choose from.

Literacy

Many children are not completing their reading work at home which is slowing down the pace of their learning.  Please ensure you sign your child’s jotter the say that they have read these chapters.

Green group read chapters 7 & 8 of their group novel (same as last week)

Blue Group read chapters 5 & 6 of their new group novel (same as last week)

Red Group read their new book (to be issued on Tuesday)

Write each sentence using apostrophes to show possession.

Example:  The ball belongs to Daniel.             It’s Daniel’s ball

The web belongs to the spider.

It’s _________________________________________________

The basket belongs to the lady.

It’s _________________________________________________

The collar belongs to the dog.

It’s _________________________________________________

What about plural nouns ?

The ball belongs to the boys.

It’s _________________________________________________

The cave belongs to the dragons.

It’s _________________________________________________

The school belongs to the girls.

It’s _________________________________________________

Extreme Earth:  So far in class we have been looking at volcanoes and earthquakes.  Can you research some famous volcanic eruptions or earthquakes?  Make notes in your jotter explaining: where the volcano/earthquake is, why is it famous or notorious (well known for a bad reason) and the impact it’s had on humans.  If you want you can include maps or images.

This morning we continued our work on newspaper report writing.  Today we started to write a newspaper reporting about the Nepal earthquake of April 2005.  We used our knowledge of earthquakes and skills of taking notes to plan and write and introductory paragraph.  We also planned our second paragraph.  Next time we will complete our newspaper reports.

This morning in PE we played badminton.  First we revised how to hold a racket, then practised serving and shots before taking part in a little tournament.  It was great fun and very competitive 🏸🏸🏸

This afternoon we had structured activities to learn more about Extreme Earth.  We had to work in groups and manage our own time. The activities were:

1. Complete volcano art activity from last week
2. Construct a model of a volcano
3. Create a poster to explain what to do if you are in an earthquake.

Mrs Pollock also set an alarm and when it went off we had to put into practice our earthquake drill similar to what happens when we have a fire drill.  We all survived the earthquake which shook P5/6 this afternoon- phew!!!

PLEASE REMEMBER YOUR PE KIT TOMORROW!

Maths

Pupils have chosen a practice page of subtraction and addition sums.  These can be completed on the sheet.

Here are some websites that you may find useful to use with me!

Brainie (Mental Agility Practice) –http://www.coolmath-games.com/0-brainie/index.html

Number Bond Machines (Set your own number, any number up to 1 000 000)

http://www.amblesideprimary.com/ambleweb/mentalmaths/numberbond.html

Literacy

Red group read chapters 7 & 8 of their group novel

Blue Group read chapters 5 & 6 of their new group novel

Green Group read chapters 5 & 6 of their new group novel

Robert Burns is widely regarded as Scotland’s greatest poet. So to mark Burns Night on 25th January, here’s a variety of activities for you to try and learn about his life and work:

http://www.burnsheritagepark.com/fun.htm

http://www.scotland.org/burns-night/

http://www.burnsmuseum.org.uk/images/stories/BurnsWebGames/SpookyWeb/spookeyWeb.html

Can you research Robert Burns’s life and answer these questions:

1. Where was he born?
2. What was his nationality?
3. What was he famous for?
4. Would you like to meet him? Explain your reason.
5. What would you have talked about?

This morning we were so fit and healthy. We gave our hearts a right good workout. First we completed our Daily Mile then we took part in keep fit stations in the gym.  Tomorrow P5s have swimming and dry side. P6s should bring a warm coat and shoes for outside as we may go outside in the afternoon. Miss Ferguson is still waiting for several children’s homework to be handed in for checking. If you are one of those pupils, you must bring in your homework jotter tomorrow!

This afternoon we researched the pros and cons of living beside a volcano.  In our group we completed a structure sort by sorting statements into pros and cons.  We then worked on our own and completed at T-Chart identify pros and cons.  We also used marbling inks to create a background for an erupting volcano.