Today in Literacy, we were close reading, talking and then finding facts from the text.
Gymnastic Routines Completed
P5/6 have completed their gymnastics routine. In our next lesson, the routines will be given to other groups for them to try out.
Our Visit to the Luggie Nature Reserve
We have just returned from the Luggie. We combined our visit with litter picking. With a partner, we were given a poly pocket and asked to collect 10 different things from the reserve. We understood that we could only take a small piece of flower or leaf so we didn’t damage the plant. We then continued our walk passed the waterfall and further up the Luggie, where we paddled in the stream and saw some fish. The only person with wet feet was Mrs Pollock!
Remember Your Wellies on Friday 18th September
Remember to bring to school tomorrow wellies or old shoes/boots. You’ll need at waterproof jacket too for our trip to the Luggie.
SSPCA
This afternoon we listened to Lindsay who came to give us a talk on Animal 999. Lindsay told us there is a good programme about the work of the SSPCA on STV on Monday night. Next week, we will use the information we heard to write a report about Animal 999.
Using the Garage Band App
This afternoon in the ICT Suite, half of the class were using the PC to reinforce our maths work while the other half were investigating the sounds created in Garage Band on the iPads. We then swapped over.
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Roles are Assigned
This afternoon in RME, we explored the story of The Prodigal Son through drama. Roles have been agreed and the rehearsals have begun.
Great Start to the Week
This morning, before going to gym, we were given our spelling words for the week. We then practised our lists using an active learning approach.
On Friday afternoon, as long as it’s not too wet, our class will be going over to the nature reserve along the banks of the Luggie. If you have wellies and a waterproof jacket then please bring them along. If you don’t have wellies then an old pair of shoes/boots will be fine as the path will be muddy.
P5/6 Homework Week Beginning 14th September
In Maths we will be continuing our work on fractions. Here are some things for you to try at home:
Ask children to create their own set of fraction and decimal dominoes. Using small slips of paper or card they try to make a loop of dominoes where the fraction on one domino is equivalent to the decimal on another domino.
Get some squared paper. Ask them to draw diagrams and write an explanation to help a younger child understand why the fractions 18\24, 12\16, 9\12, 6\8 and 3\4 are equivalent. Suggest that they draw five rectangles made from 24 squares for this task.
With a partner, one person say a fraction and the other person has to draw what that fraction could look like.
Decimal search collect items, labels or newspaper/magazine cuttings that involve decimals with hundredths, e.g. 2•75 l, 1•02 kg and to stick them into their thinking jotter. Write explanations of the decimals, e.g. 2•75 l is 2 whole litres and 75 hundredths of a litre, and to write each as a fraction or mixed number, e.g. 2•75 l = 2 75\100 l = 2 3\4 l.
Useful websites
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/number/decimals/play/popup.shtml
Literacy
We have just finished reading Michael Morpurgo’s book “The Wreck of the Zanzibar”. Go to the library and choose another Michael Morpurgo book. In your thinking jotter, you could create a character map for one of the characters you like.
In the coming weeks we will be looking at spelling mnemonics (a tool to help remember facts or a large amount of information. It can be a song, rhyme, acronym, image, or a phrase to help remember a list of facts in a certain order). An example of a spelling mnemonic is Never Eat Cake Eat Slimming Salad And Remain Young = Necessary. In your thinking jotter, collect as many mnemonics as you can- ask your family and friends if they know any.
Science
Have a look at this website. It is another school called Woodlands but it is down in Kent in England. Answer the questions on the web page and then there are links to choose from that will help you learn more about sound.
http://resources.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/revision/science/sounds.html
Health and Well Being
We have been discussing ways of coping with our feelings. Make a poster to show how you could overcome a negative feeling
Gymnastics
We have been working hard in the gym learning to incorporate inversion, travelling, balancing and rotation on the apparatus. Next week we are going to devise routines for each other.
