This afternoon we had our second and final jewellery making sessions. What a chilled, co-operative time we all had. I really enjoyed watching you teach other how to make key chains, earrings, bracelets, necklaces and even a ring! You used and shared the materials well, allowing others to make a couple of masterpieces!
Please play the games below to practise all of the concepts covered in our Data Handling topic:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/maths/data/
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/data-handling
http://www.snappymaths.com/other/handlingdata/handlingdata.htm
http://www.wldps.com/gordons/Bar_Chart.swf
http://mathszone.co.uk/data-handling/discrete-data-graphs/train-race-bbc-maths-file/
http://mathszone.co.uk/data-handling/discrete-data-graphs/mean-machine-2-crick/
http://mathszone.co.uk/data-handling/
http://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/category/312/data_handling
Tomorrow afternoon (Thursday) we will be saying goodbye to our class fish. We have looked after them so well it is now time to let them go. Our scientist from Clyde in the Classroom has found the perfect spot for their release and we will be heading there tomorrow afternoon. As it has been so wet recently the ground is rather muddy therefore you MUST wear suitable footwear. Wellington boots would be perfect. Please wear your school shoes as normal in the morning and bring your boots in a separate bag to change into before we leave. A suitable waterproof jacket should also be worn as we will be walking there and back. The forecast has to be cold so hats, scarves and gloves should be worn also.
An unexploded WW2 bomb has been at a Portsmouth Harbour in England. The bomb has caused chaos with train and ferry travel. Click on the weblink below to read more. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-hampshire-39049048
P2 will be joining P3/2 on a couple of Library Visits over the next few weeks. They will be visiting the library on Tuesday 28th February and Tuesday 14th March. P2 will be going along to Bishopton Library straight after registration and should be back in school for 10:30 on these days. We are looking for a parent helper to accompany them on these dates. If you are able to attend, please pop a small note in the diary and I will get back to you as soon as possible.
P1H and P1s from P2/1 will be visiting the library on Wednesday 1st March at 2.15pm. We are looking for parent helpers to accompany us on this trip. If you are free and willing to help us on this date, could you please put a note in your child’s diary and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you!
P.S. If you have not yet returned your old library book to school, please do so ASAP.
This morning we had another visit to the library where you returned your books and chose some new ones. Once again quite a number of books were taken out to use in our Personal Reading Challenge. It was great to see so many of you trying different authors too. Well done!
We still have 6 weeks of our Personal Reading Challenge to go so still plenty of time for reading, especially since we have our school readathon going on for World Book Day.
Our next visit to the library will be on Tuesday 21st March. This will allow you to take out some books to read over the Easter break.
Here are a few photographs from today’s visit.
As you know World Book Day is fast approaching – next Thursday 2nd March. I hope everyone is working on their readathon and hope you have managed to get a few sponsors.
As part of our World Book Day celebration, we would like to make a display of photographs showing all our class reading in different places and with different people – eg. at home with mum and dad, at gran’s , with the dog, at the park (weather permitting). Please send your photos in as soon as possible
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Mrs Ferguson’s cats enjoy a good cat story.
Morning activities and gymnastics.
You worked really well in co-operative groups this morning to research the different types of figurative language. At first, you looked a little bamboozled when I first introduced hyperboles and idioms, and I thought some of you might run for the hills (ha ha…it’s an idiom). However I heard some great suggestions of your own once you got going. Well done! Please use the links below to practise these because if you use these in your writing, it will sound so much more impressive.
http://www.timeforkids.com/homework-helper/study-helper/figurative-language#flip
http://www.mrspeace.com/figurative-language-games.html
https://www.spellingcity.com/figurative-language.html
http://www.starrmatica.com/standalone/starrMaticaFigurativeLanguageBaseball.swf
https://www.quia.com/cb/125762.html
Have a look at your work.
This morning, you are going to work in groups to research different types of figurative language which can be used to make your writing more interesting.
We will be looking at similes, metaphors, alliteration, onomatopoeia, personification, idioms and hyperboles. You will have a short time at each station to research and create different examples of the given figurative language. You must first check your group has an understanding and then read the examples provided. You should then use the weblinks to research other examples and use these to create your own to record on the sheet. Please read the previous group’s work to check you are not repeating their ideas.
Similes
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/simile-examples-for-kids.html
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-similes.html
Metaphors
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/metaphor-examples-for-kids.html
Personification
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-personification-for-kids.html
Alliteration
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/alliteration-examples-for-kids.html
https://kidskonnect.com/language/alliteration-examples/
Onomatopoeia
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-onomatopoeia-for-kids.html
https://kidskonnect.com/language/onomatopoeia-examples/
Idioms – Write the idiom and what it actually means
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/idioms-for-kids.html
http://english.idioms.in/kids/
Hyperbole
http://examples.yourdictionary.com/examples-of-hyperbole-for-kids.html
Before you know it, our Big Pedal event will be here. In case you don’t know – that’s when everyone in our school is encouraged to bring their bike or scooter to school to increase their physical fitness and just have fun with their friends in school.
We would ask that parents check over all bikes and scooters before children bring them to school. Please also ensure bikes and scooters are the correct size for your child. Helmets and any other protective clothing should be worn too.
Sustrans, the charity which organises the Big Pedal, offers advice on safety.
Thank you for your help.
Watch out for more information on the Big Pedal.
This afternoon we had our first session with Euan from G.A.M.T.A. You started with a warm-up, both your body and your voices. Euan is going to create a show based on WW2 so he split you into groups to brainstorm what you facts you already know. You then prepared a presentation to share your knowledge with your peers. Some of the facts were true but some of them will need a little bit of research to clarify their origin!
Euan then gave your group a scenario to act out. Can you tell from the photos who is doing what? You finished by letting Euan hear a couple of the WW2 songs you have been learning. Overall, a great start to our drama sessions!
Hi everyone, here is your homework for the week.
Reading –
Please read and discuss your reading book at home throughout the week. New books will be issued next Monday.
Spelling –
red – ie, y, igh, i_e
replied
sighed
butterfly
spy
firework
untie
myself
much
Green – ie, igh, y, i_e
high
flies
alive
haridryer
fried
spy
pull
both
Blue – o_e
home
bone
globe
stone
note
clone
stop
fly
Maths – Please complete the multiplication activity provided
PE – As of today for the next 5 weeks our gym days will be Wed and Thursday due to changes in the gymhall timetable.
Thanks
Mrs McKay
Hello everyone, Hope you had a lovely weekend. Here is this weeks homework📒.
Reading 📚 – New book to be read at home for next Monday. New Book Detectives books will be issued on Wednesday to read in class. Children are encouraged to read their library books as we will hopefully be going to return them next Friday.
Spelling 📝
Blue – float, owner, explode, moaning, slowest, approach, rainbow, envelope, first and mouse.
Red –float, elbow, owner, follow, explode, approach, play and take. (moaning and slowest if you would like a challenge)
Green – baby, lady, holly, fairy, happy, family, time and I’m.
Remember to rewrite the words using Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check. Choose 3 words to write a sentence for or challenge yourself and use the VCOP helper to write a short story, underlining or using a different colour for your spelling words. Try to include ambitious vocabulary and connectives in these. Then choose a Spell Well activity to help consolidate your words.
Maths📚 – We are continuing are focus on Money – adding amounts and working out change. For homework this week children are encouraged to play some of the money games below and also practise their times tables using their times table checker.
Money games – http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/money
Good Morning,
Here are your activities for the week ahead. If you have any problems, please let me know straight away.
Language
Maths I am looking for an improvement in our Big Maths Beat It scores. Try to enhance this by answering the following questions in your homework jotter. Please try to complete them mentally (where you can!) and just write down the answer. This is due for Friday 24/2/17.
Square 12
Square 4
Square 20
Cube 5
Cube 7
Cube 9
7 x 12
5 x 12
10 x 15
12 x 12
3 x 327
9 x 24
7620 + 6231
528 – 324
Find the mean of the following numbers – 10, 11, 13, 12, 15, 15.
Topic
Hi
Fire, our friendly dragon from fairyland, left us a very important note on Friday. He informed us that Cinderella’s carriage had broken down and that there was no way for Cinderella to get to the ball. To help Cinderella, P2/1 have been set a challenge by Fire, to learn more about engineering and to design and build a vehicle to transport Cinderella to the ball.
We have 6 weeks to complete our task and as a class, P2/1 are already taking their challenge very seriously. We will be hearing from Fire over the next few weeks to guide us through our challenge but in the meantime, we are hoping to learn a little more about what engineering is and how it affects our daily lives.
To help us learn more about engineering, we are looking for volunteers, who have a background in engineering, to come into school and share their experiences about the work that they do.
If you are willing or know anyone who would be willing to come into school to talk to the children, please leave a note in your child’s diary. Thank you!
Hi P2
I hope you had a lovely weekend.
We have been learning about the Magic E in class and our spelling homework this week will focus on the spelling sound a_e as in grape, shape etc.
Here is the magic e song that we listened to in class:
Here are some games to help you learn a_e words this week:
Reading – All books will be handed out on Tuesday.
Maths – We have been learning how to round to the nearest 10 in class and you have a worksheet to complete for homework this week. REMEMBER if a number ends in 0-4 then round down. If it ends in 5-9 then round up!
E.g. 36 rounded to the nearest 10 is 40.
21 rounded to the nearest 10 is 20.
There will be NO wordwalls handed out this week.
As always, please let me know if there is anything I can help with.
Miss Cruickshank
Today we will be working on another aspect of the River Clyde. You are now going to be learning about the shipbuilding industry on the River Clyde and will then be using this information to produce a story board to illustrate the start, rise and fall of this important industry.
As always you have a task sheet to guide you. Please follow the directions on your task sheet closely to ensure you cover all of the areas required.
The details of the learning outcomes and skills we are focusing on today can be found on your task sheet as well as your success criteria.
Only the links below should be used during this task.
Clyde Waterfront – Ship Building on the Clyde
Wikipedia – also scroll down for the decline of shipbuilding
Daily Record information and pictures
Facts about shipbuilding on the Clyde
Here are the videos we watched in class about Magic e.
This weeks news and homework as follows:
P2 Homework
New spelling sound – magic e – a_e as in grape, make, shape
Reading books. This week pupils will bring home a Big Cat reading book to read. This may be fiction or non fiction depending on their choice. Please read a little each night.
Maths homework will be looking at fractions
On Thursday the children watched a short video called “The crayon box that talked” This was in our bounce back lessons. We were learning about how important it is to all get along, support each other in class and work together. Each pupil was given a crayon picture and a person from the class. Their homework for this Thursday is to to write something special about that person on the crayon. We will be making a display of all these wonderful compliments in class.
P3 Homework
Spelling sound is wa (sounding like wo) as in water, swallow, wash.
Reading books. This week pupils will bring home a Big Cat reading book to read. This may be fiction or non fiction depending on their choice. Please read a little each night.
Maths homework will be looking at fractions
On Thursday the children watched a short video called “The crayon box that talked” This was in our bounce back lessons. We were learning about how important it is to all get along, support each other in class and work together. Each pupil was given a crayon picture and a person from the class. Their homework for this Thursday is to to write something special about that person on the crayon. We will be making a display of all these wonderful compliments in class.
Other news
Thank you for all of the shoe boxes. On Tuesday we will be continuing with our Egyptian topic. We will be looking at mummification. The children will be working together to make a sarcophagus out of these shoe boxes. Pictures to follow. We have a trip booked for the end of this term. Information to follow.
Thank you as always for your support.
Mrs Fulton
Homework bags will go home this week.
New reading book
New sounds-v and w
Wordwalls
Maths activity
PE days are still Thursday and Friday. Could girls continue to wear their hair tied back on these days? Remember polo shirts are easier for the children on PE days.
Water bottles- we encourage children to bring bottles of water to school rather than juice to drink in class. We have had quite a few leaking bottles recently and as you can imagine juice is not as easy to clean up and can leave a sticky residue. Children have opportunities to fill up their water bottles through the day. Please encourage children to have their juice at playtime and lunchtime.
Mrs Hunter
Good morning everyone! I hope you are having a lovely weekend. Here is a rundown of your homework and reminders for this week.
Spelling: Units 27 and 34 should be completed for Friday. As always, each word should be written out three times and an uplevelled sentence should be written for each spelling rule word. Please remember to consider your VCOP in each sentence. This week we will be focusing on using more ambitious vocabulary in each sentence.
Reading: Over the next couple of days you will be choosing a new core reader to read at home. Your chosen book should be completed for Thursday 2nd March. There will be no written homework for this as all tasks will be completed in class. As always, if there is any vocabulary you are unsure of, please take a note of it and we will discuss it in class on Thursday.
Personal Reading Challenge: We now have 6 weeks of reading left. You have set yourself a personal target based on the number of books read last term and the aim is to reach it (or beat it!) before the end of term. Please remember to bring your book to school as this will allow you to read it during our ERIC sessions.
Please remember to record the books in your reading passport as you finish them. The passport is kept in class.
Listening & Talking: This term you have a solo presentation to complete. You now have 1 week to plan, organise and prepare your presentation as you will be presenting in class on Tuesday 28th February. Please click here to see the task sheet with all of the details required. If you require a paper copy of the task sheet, please ask.
Please remember that if you need to email me a PowerPoint or any photographs you wish to use in your presentation, you should do so by Friday as this will allow me time to check for any issues before Tuesday.
Maths: Please complete the word problems for your group by Friday. All workings should be shown and a sentence answer should be given for each question. Please use the links below to access your questions.
Your maths homework is being completed to a very high standard. Keep it up!
Please remember you may access the Multiplication and Division Trainer for extra practice if you wish. You can access the links below.
Music: Please practice the song we will be singing at the Community Cafe as much as possible. Lyrics to the song have been issued so you should be practicing at home whenever possible. Remember we want to be word perfect on the day. Please click here for the song.
See you all 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 Thursday.
Have a Go – Word Problems
Good morning everyone, I hope you are having a lovely weekend and relaxing after all the hard work you put in to make our fundraising event such a success! Please continue reading for your homework and reminders.
Spelling: Please complete lists a for o or est in your spelling homework jotter for Thursday. Please continue to write out your spelling words 3 times using SaCaWaC in the same way as we do in class. You should then write a sentence for each of your first 6 spelling words. We are again concentrating on the V of VCOP – vocabulary this week. You should be trying to have at least one wow word in each sentence (many of you should be aiming for more). I will again be focusing on assessing your fabulous vocabulary.
Reading: We are continuing with our novel study – Danny the Champion of the World. Please remember if you do not complete the reading you will be unable to take part in the class lesson. Please read chapters 13, 14 and 15 for Tuesday 28th February.
If there are words that you don’t understand please take a note of them in your Book Detectives jotter (remembering the page number) and, if possible, use a dictionary to find out their meaning . We will start our lesson by discussing them in class.
Personal Reading Challenge: Your challenge will be on going for the whole of this term (6 weeks to go!). I am delighted to see so many of you continuing to fill in your Personal Reading Passports. Remember to choose your books carefully to ensure they are at the correct level for you – not too easy or too hard. You can bring your book into school as this will allow you to read it during our ERIC time.
Listening & Talking: This term you have a solo presentation to complete. You are responsible for planning, organising and preparing your presentation which you will be presenting in class on Tuesday 28th February. Please click here to see the task sheet with all of the details required. If you require a paper copy of the task sheet, please ask me and I will arrange one for you.
Maths: I have posted another set of worded problems on your maths homework blog. Please complete these in your maths homework jotter. As always, please read each question carefully. You should ensure you are showing workings AND giving a full sentence answer. This homework is due for Thursday.
A high standard of work is being produced from the majority of you. Well done, keep it up!
Both group 1 and group 2 can find their maths homework here:
As you are aware we will be starting our fraction topic soon and it is very important that you know all your tables as this will make working with fractions much easier. Please remember to access the Multiplication and Division Trainers for extra practice.
Multiplication Trainer Division Trainer
Primary 5 have the opportunity to visit the City Halls in Glasgow to be part of the audience for the Ten Pieces concert being held on Wednesday 1st March. A letter and consent form have been issued with all of the relevant information. Please remember to return your consent form and permission slip as soon as possible. We have been very lucky and have already had a volunteer for our parent helper. Thank you.
Here are your reminders for this week:
Enjoy the rest of your weekend.
See you all on Monday.
Mrs. Hughes.
