Last week our Digital Leaders held workshops at lunchtime to teach their peers how to use certain aspects of PowerPoint in Glow. These enthusiastic individuals below gave up some of their lunch to learn new skills which they will hopefully put to good use during their time in Primary 5. They were all awarded with a certificate for attending the workshops. Well done!
Well done to our Digital Leaders who also gave up their own time to teach their peers some very valuable skills.
In maths we have been practicing our multiplication skills. The times tables are used in many maths topics and it is very important that we learn them well. In class we looked at the multiplication trainer and saw how it can help you with the speed of your calculations.
If you have any spare time, or just want a little more practice, please access the link below. Please remember to set realistic times and make sure you choose a range of times tables – not just the easy ones! Challenge yourself with the tables you need to work on the most. This is not homework however practice does make perfect!
Good evening everyone! I hope you have had a great weekend. Here is your homework and reminders for this week. 
Spelling: Units 18 and 25 should be completed this week. As always, each word should be copied out 3 times and a creative spelling activity for ALL words should be completed in your spelling jotter. Please complete a different activity from last week. This task should be returned to school by Friday.
Book Detectives: Your Book Detectives homework was issued last Thursday. Please click on the link below for the relevant information for your group. This homework is due for Thursday 17th November.
Personal Reading Challenge: This challenge is ongoing for the term. Please remember to record the books as you finish them in your reading passport which is kept in class.
Maths: Please click the link below for your maths homework. This task should be completed in your maths homework jotter. Please remember that although the link states this task should be completed by Thursday, you should return it to school by Friday. All jotters should now be covered. Paper can be supplied if needed.
The standard of work being completed has increased weekly. Keep this up P5S!
Enjoy the remainder of the weekend. See you in the morning.
Mrs O’Neill
As discussed in class, you will read a set amount of pages per week. Please see below for the pages to be read by each group this week.
Green: Sing for Supper – Please read chapters 1 – 2: pages 3-31 inclusive.
Yellow: The Personality Potion– Please read chapters 1-3: pages 3-28 inclusive.
Red: Kid Wonder and the Terrible Truth – Please read chapters 1-3: pages 3-24 inclusive
Blue: Call 999 – Please read chapters 1-3: pages 3-28 inclusive.
Once you have completed the reading each week you should then complete two segments using the information from the chapters read: Question Master and Illustrator. A short section from the book should also be chosen to read aloud to your group members.
We have gone over the types of questions you should be coming up with this week: evaluative. These questions are your thoughts and opinions on what you have read, eg. Why do you think Sonia’s dad did not want to be entered into the cake competition? Please come up with 5 questions which can be shared with your group members during our next session. You must also have detailed answers for each of your questions. Please remember your answers should be written in full sentences.
You should also completed a detailed illustration of an interesting part of the story so far. A short, written explanation should also be included. This task should be completed in your Book Detectives jotter.
Please remember that you will be unable to participate in our class lesson if you do not complete this task.
This afternoon we had our final Just dance session …….. and what fun we had! Lots of song choices, lots of new dance moves and lots of red faces!
Well done to everyone for their enthusiasm and hard word during these sessions. It has been lovely to see. Here are a few photographs from our session.
Last week for homework you were to keep a diary of a typical day: what time you got up, when you left for school, our school day, what time you go to bed. All this was so you could compare your life to that of a child from Brazil.
Today we looked at the life of Valentina from Bela Vista. Using information shared on Glow, each of you had to look at the similarities and differences between your lives. You took lots and lots of notes about Valentina’s life and used this to complete a venn diagram. Thank you to Lewis, our Digital Leader, for showing everyone how to access the information.
On one side you shared your information about your life and on the other Valentina’s. How wonderful do the completed diagrams look on your wall space? Please show your work to someone at home. Tell them some of the information you learned about Brazilian life. Are there any similarities or differences?
For homework, and in class, we have been looking at the work of Brazilian artist, Beatriz Milhazes. Each of you chose your favourite painting and began creating your own version of it last week. Lots of you have found it quite tricky as these paintings contain many different shapes and colours.
I have to say I am delighted at just how well they are turning out. I cannot wait to show off your final creations. They are taking a while because the paintings are so detailed however we should have them completed later this week. Watch this space!
Here are some photographs of your designs so far.
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Last week for our Brazil topic we had to find our where Brazil was in the world in relation to Scotland. We also had to research and find a number of important locations within Brazil and its bordering countries. What fun can be had with Google Maps!
Once we had individually recorded the information on our own maps, we transferred it to a larger group map which is now on our wall space in class. A few of our new groups need to work on their listening skills as the Pacific Ocean seems to have flooded some of Brazil’s bordering countries on the maps. Well done to the groups who realised their mistake and fixed it in time.
Please show someone at home your completed map and tell them some information about the locations on your map. Which city is the capital of Brazil? Which is the largest city in Brazil? Can you remember how many people live there? Where are Scotland and Brazil located on the map?
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Please read each question carefully so you understand fully what is being asked of you and the type of operation which should be used.
Each answer should show all workings and include a sentence answer. This task should be completed and returned to school by Friday.
Work It Out!
Word Problems
Good morning everyone! I hope you have had a lovely weekend so far. Here is a rundown of our week ahead.
Spelling: Units 17 and 24 should be completed in your spelling homework jotter. The spelling sheets for these units will be issued in class tomorrow. I will also be issuing new Creative Spelling activities for you to use. We will glue them into your jotter on tomorrow.
As always, please copy out each word 3 times and complete a Creative Spelling activity using ALL of your words. This task should be returned to school by Friday.
Book Detectives: Please click on the link below to read your Book Detectives homework for this week.
Personal Reading Challenge: Your reading challenge is ongoing until the end of term. You should read at least 4 books by Tuesday 20th December. Many of you are on target to smash this challenge – a HUGE well done to you! There are a few others who may need to increase their reading a little to try and achieve the target.
Please remember to bring your personal reader to school each day so you can read it during our ERIC sessions. This will help you get through your book quicker.
Maths: I have posted your maths word problems on our blog. Please access the relevant link below for your group. As always, please read each question carefully. You should ensure you are showing workings AND giving a sentence answer
Here are your reminders for this week.
Enjoy the remainder of the weekend. See you on tomorrow.
Mrs O’Neill
Please read each question carefully so you understand fully what is being asked of you and the type of operation which should be used.
Each answer should show all workings and include a sentence answer. This task should be completed and returned to school by Friday.
Work It Out!
Word Problems
Here is your book Detectives homework for the this week.
All groups (Blue, Red, Yellow and Green) should complete the second half of their book. Once you have completed the reading, please come up with 5 literal questions (questions where the answer can be found directly in the text) for your Question Master segment. Answers to your questions should also be given. Please complete a detailed illustration of an interesting part of the story. A short, written explanation should also be given.
This task should be completed in your Book Detectives jotter for Thursday 10th November. Please remember you will be unable to participate in the class lesson if you do not complete this task.
Our Latin dance lessons got a little harder this week. We had many more “latin” dance moves to master. Girls …… wow! You certainly picked them up well, as did a couple of our boys. Next week I think we will mix it up a little more to help some of our less enthusiastic boys to pick up the moves quicker.
Have a look at our photographs and see if you can remember some of the dance moves to show someone at home.
Today we had a nice wee visit to Bishopton Library. Most people chose a book (or two) to read for ERIC time or as part of our Personal Reading Challenge. We will be returning to the library later this month to return our books and choose some more.
I hope you enjoy reading the books you chose today. You should aim to finish them within 2 weeks to allow you to complete the required number of books for the challenge.
A huge thank you to our parent helpers who came along with us today.
Good evening P5S! We are in need of glass jars for an arts and craft activity we have planned for later this month. We need one for everyone in class (22). Please bring in any you may have at home. They should be washed and label free. We do not need the lids.
Thank you!
This week we will be using our skills in mapping to identify and locate the main cities, important areas of interest, relevant rivers, oceans and the bordering countries of Brazil.
Our learning outcome for this task is: I can successfully use a map to locate specific places and show these on a blank map.
To extend my mental map and sense of place, I can interpret information from different types of maps and am beginning to locate key features within Scotland, UK, Europe or the wider world.SOC 2-14a
The skills we are focusing on today are:
Skills for Learning:Application: I can select specific information from a map and display this correctly on a blank map, showing my understanding of countries within the wider world.
Skill for Work: Self-direction: I can remain on task and work collaboratively with my group members to complete a task in an allocated time.
Use the links below, and a class atlas, to find the required locations within Brazil. Please read your task sheet carefully, and work closely with your group members, to ensure you locate as many of these places as possible within the allocated time.
You have ONE HOUR in the IT Suite to complete your research. You will also have ONE HOUR in class to complete the second part of the task. Please use your time wisely.
What a great start to the afternoon! What great excitement from you all! The screaming was very loud!
Did you tell someone at home that we travelled to Brazil this afternoon and saw many areas of Rio de Janerio and Sao Paulo? On our travels we looked at buildings, beaches, artwork, and even football stadiums. We paid the famous statue, Christ the Redeemer, a visit which caused much excitement. We learned just how high and wide it actually is. Can you remember?
Once we had our tour of Brazil we had time for a shark experience down deep in the sea before heading to the moon. We certainly got about this afternoon.
A huge thank you to Primary 4 for letting us share the Google Expedition experience today. I thoroughly enjoyed your reaction.
Thank you to Mrs McKay for being our photographer.
Last week for maths homework you completed a set of worded problems. In class I showed you how to set your answers out in your jotter. All workings (calculations) were to be shown and a sentence answer was to be given.
Here are some examples of good work. The layout is just perfect!
Good evening P5S! I hope you have had a lovely weekend after the busy week we have just had. Lots of photographs from some of our lessons have been posted. Please show them to someone at home. As always we have another busy week ahead of us. Keep reading for a rundown of your homework and reminders.
Spelling: Unit 16 or 23 should be completed in your spelling homework jotter for Friday. Try to complete a different Creative Spelling activity from last week.
Book Detectives: Please click the link below to see your Book Detectives homework which should be completed for Thursday. Please remember if you do not complete the task, you will be unable to participate in the class lesson.
Personal Reading Challenge: As discussed in class, you should read at least 4 extra books this term. You should now be well into your first book. I know that some people are now onto their second book. Fabulous! Once you have completed a book, you should fill in your reading record which is being kept in class.
Maths: This week you have another set of worded problems to complete in your maths homework jotter. Last week in class we chatted about how to work out what type of calculation the question is asking you to do. It can be quite tricky but we will have lots of practice this term so hopefully it will become easier as the weeks go by. We will also be practicing these types of questions in class too. Remember practice makes perfect!
Please read the instructions carefully to ensure all aspects of the task are being completed. If you are unsure as to how you should layout your work, please look at the post for “Examples of Good Work”.
Please click your group link below.
Topic: Next week we will be looking at Bishopton and comparing it to a small town in Brazil. In preparation for this I would like you to keep a diary for a day. Choose a day this week and keep a note of your daily routine. You should consider the following:
Paper will be issued for you to complete the task on. This task should be returned to school by Friday.
Here are your reminders for this week.
See you in the morning.
Mrs O’Neill
This term our writing focus is fact files so we kicked off our Brazil topic with a research task which would allow us to find out lots of information that we could then transfer into a fact file of our own. Each group member had to create an interesting and colourful fact file which included the following information:
How did you do? Did you manage to research and take notes on all of these areas?
Our social skill for this task was: Helping/Encouraging each other: I can encourage and help my group members to complete an individual task for my group.
This meant that if someone in your group did not have any notes on a particular area, and you did, you were to help one another by sharing your information. This ensured that the group aspect of the task was fulfilled. How did your group do at this part of the task? Did you help and encourage one another?
The completed fact files were then peer assessed by another group. Will they have the same assessment results as your group? All your fact files and your peer assessment results are now on your wall space.
Our grammar lesson today had us working hard on ensuring our proper nouns started with a capital letter. You had six stations to work round and in one minute had to think of as many examples for each category as you could. The categories were: countries, towns and cities in Scotland, bodies of water (and once again, neither Clydebank or Blackpool are bodies of water), states in America, music artists and any other types of proper nouns.
Most of you remembered to include a capital letter at the beginning of your example. Some of you still have a little work to do but we will continue to work hard on this.
Have a look at the completed sheets at the end of the photographs. Can you spot your examples? Look for your initials and show them to someone at home.
Term 2 is the term for building our fitness. On Tuesdays we will be working out with our Latin dancing and on Fridays we will be working our way around our fitness stations. Today we had the following stations:
In small groups you rotated around each station and completed each task for one minute. Some were much easier to do than others. As the weeks progress we will increase the time at each station to build up your fitness.
Most groups worked very well together and those groups that had a few niggles will need to work hard to sort them out. Tasks like these require all group members to work well together and you may need to compromise at times: very good life skills to learn.
Today Lucy L was in charge of music, Chloe S was our time keeper and Kieran was our photographer. Here are some of the many photographs he took today.
Today we continued with our Shape topic and learned all about the different types of triangles and their properties. To help with your understanding we played a sorting game where you had to look at the properties of different types of triangles and display them under the correct name. Can you remember how to spell (and pronounce) the names? They were rather tricky! Can you tell someone the name of the triangle above?
Next you all became detectives and had to solve a couple of crimes. You had to use your knowledge of the properties of each style of triangle and try to work out who the culprit was and send them to jail.
Before heading out for break, everyone had to complete an exit pass and tell me the names of all of the triangles and the properties of at least one of them. I did have a chuckle at some of the spelling! Guess what words we will be practicing next week.
Here are a few photographs from today’s lesson.
This week we have been learning to add and subtract using 3-digits. This has meant we have had to “carry” and “borrow” which can be quite tricky. We have had lots of practice and even completed a few class quizzes where we got full marks. Well done!
Yesterday in our maths pairs, we used a 10-sided dice to create 3-digit numbers which we then added or subtracted with great results. Who would have thought you could have so much fun with maths?
Have a wee nosey at our task.
Today you were put into your new groups and issued with your new reading books. As discussed in class, you will read a set amount of pages per week. Please see below for the pages to be read by each group this week.
Blue: Billy’s Luck – Please read chapters 1-2: pages 3-23 inclusive.
Red: Dads Win Prizes – Please read chapters 1-5: pages 3-27 inclusive.
Yellow: Front Page Story – Please read chapters 1-3: pages 3-27 inclusive
Green: Tomb Raiders – Please read chapters 1-3: pages 4-33 inclusive.
Once you have completed the reading each week you should then complete two segments using the information from the chapters read: Question Master and Illustrator. A short section from the book should also be chosen to read aloud to your group members.
We have gone over the types of questions you should be coming up with this week: literal (the answer is found directly in the text). Please come up with 5 questions which can be shared with your group members during our next session. You must also have detailed answers for each of your questions.
You should also completed a detailed illustration of an interesting part of the story so far. A short, written explanation should also be included. This task should be completed in your Book Detectives jotter.
Please remember that you will be unable to participate in our class lesson if you do not complete this task.
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