Today Primary 5 were learning about creating stop-motion animations.  They had to carefully plan, organise and sequence events to solve problems and complete challenges.  They started by using whiteboards and pens then moved on to using characters.

Well done to all those who handed in their homework on time this week, it was really interesting reading about your hopes and dreams for the future – good job!

Literacy

This week, our spelling words are:

1. January
2. February
3. March
4. April
5. May
6. June
7. July
8. August
9. September
10. October
11. November
12. December

When copying the words into your jotter, please try and join your writing (and remember your capital letters!).

Secondly, read a newspaper article and write a summary in your jotter describing what it was about. Remember I will not have read the article so think about what you would need to tell me in order for me to understand what the article was about.

The article could either be from a printed newspaper or you could use an online article (a good idea would be to look on the BBC Newsround website).

Maths

Well done on your efforts in our Sumdog competition last week, I was keeping an eye on how you were getting on all week and the number of questions that you answered as a class was fabulous!

This week, we have been working on doubles in class. In your jotters, please write out the following questions and answer them below.

1. 4+4
2. 7+7
3. 10+10
4. 13+13
5. 17+17
6. 19+19

If you know your doubles then it becomes really easy to answer near doubles questions.  Using your answers to the questions above, please answer the following questions:

1. 4+3
2. 6+7
3. 10+11
4. 12+13
5. 18+17
6. 18+19

As always, you are encouraged to use ActiveLearn and Sumdog.

Topic

As you all know, this week we will be designing and creating Jacobite targes (shields) as part of our topic work. Please research at least two Jacobite weapons. In your jotters, draw a picture of the weapon, label the diagram and then write a short description of the weapon underneath your picture.

Miss Donaldson 🙂

Primary 5 worked hard to create a campaign video linked to our Outright campaign; highlighting the problems faced by child refugees.  They want to encourage the UK Government to take action and ensuring refugee children get their rights.

Just a reminder to say that Primary 5 have an additional two weeks of swimming starting tomorrow. Pupils will need to bring their swimming kit and their normal gym kit.  Children are also asked to either order a snack to go from the school cafeteria in the morning, or bring a packed lunch.

Miss Donaldson

Spelling Words

1. balloon
2. clothes
3. earth
4. friends
5. great
6. heard
7. light
8. something
9. sure
10. whole

Please copy out spelling words three times using look, cover, write, check.

Up-Levelling Sentences

Up-level the following sentences, using the VCOP (vocabulary, connectives, openers, punctuation) strategies we have been learning, to make them more interesting to the reader. You can use adjectives, adverbs, similes, to make the sentence more interesting.

• The monster growled
• The boy jumped.
• The man sang.
• The dog barked.
• The lady swam.

Maths

Our class have entered a North Lanarkshire online maths contest with SUMDOG! This week we will be competing against other classes in North Lanarkshire, who have also entered the competition.

All you have to do is play Sumdog’s games and your scores will count towards our class score.  The final score that will be counted will be our class’ average score.

Enterprise Week

As you all know, this week is enterprise week and we have been making sock snowmen to sell at the Christmas Fayre.  Enterprise week is all about getting us to think of the world of work and life beyond school so I would like you to tell me what your ideal job would be.

Please lay out your jotter in the following way:

My Ideal Job

When I grow up I want to be a…

Explain why you want to do this job when you are older (1/2 sentences)

What do you need in order to achieve your ambition?  Research any qualifications or work experience you need.

Describe the skills you will need to do this job.  For example, to be a teacher you need to be kind, patient, and caring.

Draw a picture of yourself doing your dream job.

Its Christmaaaaaaaas! Today, Primary 5 made sock snowmen as part of our enterprise for the Christmas Fayre on Saturday. Don’t they look great! Primary 5 will have the opportunity to purchase their sock snowman on Friday, as I know there are a few children who cannot make the fayre on Saturday  🙂

Well done for those of you who handed your homework in on time – a fantastic 17 of you earned yourselves a raffle ticket this week!

Literacy

Our spelling words this week are:

1. any
2. asked
3. began
4. change
5. does
6. every
7. knew
8. know
9. place
10. until

Task 1: Please could you practise the words by writing them out in three ways; big, really small, and in your best handwriting.

Task 2: Read either a short story or a chapter of a book and write a short summary telling me what happened.

Maths

We have been revising our number bonds in Primary 5.

Task 1: Please complete your number bonds worksheet.

Task 2: In your jotters, please write out a further 6 number bond facts that equal 100. (For example you could write 61+39=100)

Our favourite games in maths last week were:

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

Sumdog: https://www.sumdog.com/user/sign_in

Active Learn: https://www.activelearnprimary.co.uk/login?c=0

Other

This Friday is Children in Need day, which we will be celebrating in school.  Log onto the BBC Children In Need website (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/articles/2dkVnZqV0NWTkqdygMWQftJ/scotland) and research one of the charities or organisations which is helped by Children in Need.

Explain:

1. What the project is called and what it does.
2. How the money has helped.
3. Explain why people in Britain should try and raise money for Children in Need.

Miss Donaldson  🙂

Well done to the children who handed their homework in on time and were given a raffle ticket for our prize draw!  Every child in the school will receive a raffle ticket, if they complete their homework and hand it in on time (on the Monday).

Literacy:

For your homework this week Primary 5 I would like you to practice the spellings of

1. heard
2. might
3. used
4. woken
5. half
6. often
7. around
8. between
9. while
10. where

Please play “to me, to you” with an adult (the adult begins by stating the word you are about to spell.  You then reply with the first letter of the word.  Your adult should say the second letter, you will say the third and so on until you have spelled the word).

Secondly, please create 4 sentences using the words above.

Maths:

We have been revising multiplication as an extra activity this week. An excellent game is to be found on Topmarks called ‘Hit the Button’.  We are moving on to practising the 2, 4 and 8 times table, so it would be a good idea to focus on these three when you are playing.  The Active Learn site has been experiencing some technical difficulties and is not working at the moment.  You may still play on Sumdog.

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

Additionally, in your jotters, please write out the 2, 4 and 8 times table.  You could even ask an adult to test you!

Remembrance:

This Sunday is Remembrance day and we will be learning about what this means on Wednesday afternoon this week.

Please research and answer the following questions:

1. What is Remembrance day?
2. Why do we hold a two-minute silence?
3. Why do we wear poppies on Remembrance day?
4. Why do some people wear white poppies or purple poppies?

If you do not have access to a computer, you are welcome to use the class I-Pads to do this research, I will make sure that I am in the class for the last 20 minutes of lunch on Thursday and Friday to give you a chance to do this.

If you have any questions, please let me know.

Miss Donaldson