This morning we conduct a science investigation: what might affect how clearly you hear a sound? We thought of the variables, a hypothesis and then carried out our investigation before writing up our results and conclusion.

Remember Children in Need tomorrow. Come to school wearing spots and take part in our special activities. Don’t forget your £1.  Also on sale raffle tickets (50p) for Chocolate Advent Calendar.

In Maths we have be looking at 2d and 3D shape.  Here are some ideas to try at home:

Robot challenge Ask children to draw a picture of a robot using at least 3 different 2D shapes.  Ask children to name some of the shapes they used.

3D objects at home Ask children to write down five real-life examples of different 3D objects in their home and, if they can, to give the mathematical name of the 3D object, e.g. toilet roll is a cylinder.

Rectangles on 3D objects Ask children to make drawings of 3D objects in the home that have at least one rectangular face, for example, door, TV, picture frame

http://www.crickweb.co.uk/ks2numeracy-shape-and-weight.html#quad

Speed Tables Challenge 4 grids (sheet given by Mrs Pollock)

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

Literacy

Please read the section from your group novel.  Remember you must bring your novel back to class everyday.

Red Group Read P3-16                                 Blue Group Read P5-44                                                 Green Group Read P1-49

These sentences are from our class novel “The Silver Sword” by Ian Serrailler.  Write these sentences neatly into your jotter putting in the speech marks and any other punctuation you may need.

1. You’re two hours late the villager cried
2. Chuck him over the cliff someone said laughing
3. A loud voice shouted are you ready there
4. There’s room for it alongside- hurry up the soldier cried
5. Here’s the pistol I almost shot you with explained Joseph
6. It’s alright they’ve gone she said the fall of soot saved you
7. That’s the prison bell said Joseph. It’s a long time since it rang like that- when the last prisoner escaped
8. Have you come to search for him asked the old lady
9. I am the prisoner said Joseph
10. Look if you don’t believe me here’s my camp number. I want you to hide me pleaded Joseph

St Andrew

We will be presenting an assembly on St Andrew to the school on 30^th November.  If you can please come to school wearing tartan or something Scottish.  Remember to practise our songs at home.

Donations Please

We are looking for each child in the class to bring in one chocolate bar or sweet for our Christmas Fair raffle.

This morning we spent some time revising for tomorrow’s tables test.  Don’t  forget to practise tonight at home as this has been part of our homework for this week.

This morning we also took part in a Tae Kwan-Do taster class.

We are still looking for chocolate or sweets to use for our raffle. If everyone could bring in one chocolate or sweet donation that we would be very grateful.

This morning we continued our work on 3D shapes by looking at nets.  We used an ICT programme to match the nets to the 3D shape then named the 3D shapes, we also completed an individual task as well as a paired activity.

Just before home time we had a quick play in what was left of the snow.

If possible, please could everyone bring in one chocolate bar or sweet for our raffle for the Christmas Fair?

Maths

Homework W/B 7th November

 Many children still need to spend time learning their tables.  It would be helpful if the children 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.  Between now and the end of December we will be having table tests every week.  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

• We have been working on Thriller stories. Here are some ideas for you to write about

A Hobby- Two children go fishing.  One of them falls in the loch.  Who will come to rescue them?

Noises- Odd sounds are coming from the professor’s workshop.  The main character decided to investigate.

The box- A parcel arrives marked ‘Fragile-open with care@.  Someone clumsy tries to open it!

Night Lights- Two friends see strange lights at night.  They decide to stay up one night and solve the mystery.

• Text Detectives- We have been looking at how powerful verbs can help writer show what characters are like rather than telling the reader what they are like. Look through different books and find examples of powerful verbs for walked, said and looked.

Remembrance Sunday:

• The Victoria Cross is the highest award of the United Kingdom Honours system. It is awarded for gallantry “in the face of the enemy” to members of the British Armed Forces.
• Research some of the 74 Scottish recipients of World War I who have received the Victoria Cross.  Complete:

• Design a new medal to be awarded and describe the criteria for being awarded your medal.

This morning we consolidated our learning on 2D shapes.  We had six stations to visit in our groups of 4.  The groups were:

This morning we continued our work on “show not tell.” We were focusing on showing the reader how the character was feeling rather than just telling the reader.  We looked at three different feelings: angry, frightened and sad and used graffiti boards to help us brainstorm examples.

This afternoon we had a visit from Mrs Keith.  She came to help us with learning multiplying.  We discussed what to do when we are stuck with multiplying. We have identified lots of strategies to help us with our strategies.

This morning in literacy we were all working very hard.  The red group read another chapter then completed a reading comprehension about their text.  The blue group were using their notes from yesterday to write a summary of a chapter.  The green group read the next chapter, completed a cloze procedure then put in speech marks and punctuation to sentences from their text.

P5/6 Homework Week Beginning 31st October

Maths: Complete 2D Sheet given to you by Mrs Pollock.

Literacy:

A simile is the comparison of two unlike things using the word ‘like’ or ‘as’, e.g. an example of a simile would be as big as a bus.

Now write some sentences comparing a monster with things.

1. The monster had hair as curly as……………………..
2. The monsters had ears like……………………
3. The monster had a nose as long as…………..
4. The monster was as tall as……………………….
5. The monster had eyes as blue as……………………..
6. The monsters legs were as thick as………….
7. The monster had muscles as big as……………..
8. The monsters mouth was as wide as………………
9. The monster had teeth like………………….
10. The monster was as scary as…………………

NOW DRAW THE MONSTER  IN YOUR BOOKS!

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.