Good morning P6, I hope we have a better day weather wise than yesterday, it was awful! Today we have the live stream from Blair Drummond Safari Park as one of the tasks, it should be fun. Remember to keep active joining in with the exercise and Go Noodle and you will feel  better, it’s amazing what those endorphins do for our brains! I have posted your work in Google Classroom and have  a framework of tasks for you to follow with some mischievous fun.

Task 1 – Exercise with Joe Wicks.

Task 2 – Jolly Grammar 

Complete Jolly Grammar 3 grammar sheet 29 or Jolly Grammar 4 grammar sheet 29.

Task 3 – Health and Wellbeing 

Cheeky fun challenge to drop nice comments in to your conversations today.

Task 4 – Go Noodle 

https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/banana-banana-meatball?utm_content=teacher&utm_medium=772747&utm_campaign=share_link&utm_term=banana-banana-meatball&utm_source=clipboard

Task 5 – 12.00 Live stream from Blair Drummond Safari Park  – Emperor Tamarins

https://www.facebook.com/events/623729988257427/

Watch the live stream, take notes and create a colourful poster full of facts.

Task 6 – Maths – Adding fractions with different denominators.

Task 7 – Guitar practise.

Take 30 min and practise the three chords.

Have a great day, I hope you have a lot of fun with your comments to your family. See if they realise what you are up to?

Mrs Coyle

Good morning Primary 4. I hope you are all having a good week and enjoying your Japanese themed tasks. You have sent me some fantastic work so far. Let’s keep it up. Looking forward to hearing from you.

Mrs Cryans x

 

Health and Wellbeing

Japanese children often do Radio Taisou, a famous and common type of exercises that is regularly done in the mornings and before and after gym classes or swimming lessons.  It is a set of exercises carried out to music. Some teachers use these exercises between classes when students get tired of studying to refresh the students’ ability to focus. These exercises are designed to use all types of muscles, but are not too strenuous so even elderly people can use them. The exercises also teach the basic skills of rhythm and counting to young students.

Here is a video of children taking part. Maybe you could join in?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=1&v=FQH1tkYChuA&feature=emb_logo

 

 

Reading Comprehension

Today we will read the final chapters of ‘Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes’.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A94nURpxhFE Chapter 7-9

Here are some comprehension questions for you to answer. Remember that these questions will check how much you have understood of what you have read today.

Chapter 7 questions

Creative time

On Monday you had a go at some basic origami and made a little cat. Today’s origami task is a bit more challenging.

Today you are going to follow a tutorial on how to make a crane, just like Sadako did.

Click on the link for the tutorial.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-QsLNS0TyY

 

 

Numeracy

Today I have set you a SumDog challenge. You will be working on Data Handling. You will be working with tables and graphs. I will reward 50 coins to everyone who has a go at this challenge and 100 coins to the person who answers the most correct questions!! Mia and Hayden won 100 coins each last week. Who will win them today? Have fun!

 

 

 

Social Studies

Today we are going to be learning about an important figure in both Scottish and Japanese history, Thomas Blake Glover.

 

ICT-Research task

Use your research skills to find out who he was and why he is an important person in Scottish and Japanese history.

Here is a template to help you.

 cfe-h-22-thomas-blake-glover-significant-individual-writing-frames

Something extra

Did you know that in Japanese schools, the children are responsible for the cleaning and tidying up? There are no cleaners or Janitors to do this for the children. Could you imagine hoovering, mopping and wiping down our classroom, toilets and kitchen?

 

Here is a wee video to show you how this is done.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jv4oNvxCY5k

 

Today I would like you to help out a little more around the house. You could hoover, do the dishes, dust, mop and tidy. Could you send me a picture of you doing this?

 

Mindfulness

Today for Mindfulness your task is to create a Zen Garden. In Japan Creating a Zen garden is a great way to reduce stress, improve your focus, and develop a sense of well-being.

 

Here is how you can make your own miniature version.

 

SUPPLIES

• Sand in any color
  
• A container
• Items for your zen garden such as shells, rocks & crystals, driftwood, or other items of your choosing.

Something to use as a rake. We used a mini back scratcher (which worked perfectly!), a wooden fork and made our own with wooden skewers (more on that below)

START YOUR ZEN GARDEN

1. Pick out your containers. We made sure to use containers that wouldn’t easily break. We chose a lid from a photo box, a photo scrapbooking container with a lid, which is great because you can close the lid and make it portable, and an old plastic plate that I used when my daughter was younger(a great way to use what you already have!).

If you choose to use a shallow cardboard box, you might want to tape around the bottom and sides to prevent the sand from leaking through.

2. Choose your sand colors.

If you use sand that you collect from the beach make sure to pick out all the debris, rinse it in a fine mesh strainer and let it dry completely before pouring into your containers.

3. Fill your containers, but don’t fill them too much. You want to be able to make designs in your sand with a rake and not have any sand spill out.
4. Choose your zen garden accessories. This is the fun part! You can use rocks, crystals, driftwood or anything else you think would be appropriate. Mini statues or small toys, even air dry plants that are in more traditional zen gardens. Have fun placing your items in your containers.
5. Time for your rakes! You can use a fork or maybe make a fork from tooth picks or sticks.
6. Now you can play around with making patterns in the sand.

 

Good morning P6, its is a much colder and wet day than we have become used to, hopefully it will dry up for the afternoon and you can get outside for a while. Your tasks for today re posted in Google Classroom and I have made a plan to follow below;

Task 1 – School Prayer – take some time to think of your friends and family and just as we would do in school, say your St Fergus’ Prayer to ask for their protection through this strange time.

Task 2 – Exercise – any exercise you want to do for 30 min, it will get your brain and body working for the day. Below is the link to Joe Wicks.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

Task 3 – Writing – Using Fronted Adverbials – instructions are in Classroom. Replicate yesterday’s task but this time use fronted adverbials to make your sentences more engaging for your reader. Watch the video clip for some examples.

Task 4 – Health and Wellbeing – Joy – Take a photo of a person, a place or an item which brings you joy! If you can, upload it with an explanation of what it is and why.

This is mine.

Task 5 – Go Noodle –  Join in with the stretching and release any tension you have in your body.

https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/star-of-the-show?utm_content=teacher&utm_medium=772747&utm_campaign=share_link&utm_term=star-of-the-show&utm_source=clipboard

Task 6 – Maths – Adding and subtracting fractions – Revision of previous work, watch the video clip and complete the worksheets.

Task 7 – STEM activity – Does the design of football boots improve their performance? Watch the video clip and then create your own design.

I’m not in school today so message me at any time, I’ll be looking over previous work so you’ll hear from me throughout the day. Have a good day.

Mrs Coyle

 

 

Good morning everyone. Well done for all of the amazing work you have sent me so far this week. I am so proud of you all. Keep up the good work.

Mrs Cryans x

 

Health and Wellbeing

Kendo is a traditional Japanese martial art, which descended from swordsmanship (kenjutsu) and uses bamboo swords (shinai) and protective armour (bōgu).

Here are some YouTube videos that teach you some skills. You don’t have to do them all.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA6cISgyvfQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vS6kQsr4s50

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCNtH0vcfq8

Mindfulness task

Have a go at some massage today.

 

Design

Anime is hand-drawn and computer animation originating from Japan. The term anime comes from the English word animation, and in Japan is used to refer to all forms of animated media.

Take a look at some anime characters and use them as inspiration to create your own anime character. Use the search engine kiddle when searching.

Here is a tutorial that will help you create a basic character that you can change to make it your own.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnpd3WO7ZRE

 

 

Writing

L.I. To create a comic strip

In today’s writing task I am giving you lots of choice. You can create your own story. This can be as silly or as serious as you like, but your story must include the anime character that you created in your design task.

S.C I can use a character that I created.

      I can create a story that makes sense.

I can tell a story using mostly pictures.

Maths

For your maths task today I want you to log on to your SumDog account and spend some time working on an area you think you need to work on. Make sure you are working on a level that challenges you. I will be rewarding some more coins today!

 

 

Health and Wellbeing

Mrs McLaughlin has set you a task for your Health and Wellbeing today.

L.I: we are learning to research and create a Japanese ‘bento’ box.

Tasks:

· Research Japanese ‘bento’ boxes. These websites will help you:

https://web-japan.org/kidsweb/cool/13-02/index.html

https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/2019015-lifting-the-lid-on-japans-amazing-bento-boxes

· Create your own bento box. Draw and label your box and be creative with your design. Remember to think about the Eatwell Guide and ensure you have all aspects of a healthy bento.

Miss McLaughlin’s email address is gw18slmclaughlin@glowmail.org.uk

 

Just for fun

Shibori is a Japanese tie-dying technique. In Japan the dye used is usually blue, but today you can have a go with spices from the kitchen cupboard. Here is a video that will talk you through how to do it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7HBdjMLEuM

 

 

Good morning P6, it looks like another lovely day. Well done for all the work you completed yesterday. Remember if you can’t get some of the tasks done, don’t worry, just complete what you can manage and the cooking and art tasks can be done anytime, you may not have the ingredients!

As usual your tasks will be posted at 9am for you on Google Classroom, here is a schedule to follow;

Task 1 – Exercise with Joe Wicks

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

Task 2 – Setting the scene for a story. Create a character in your head (I chose a Princess having just watched Maleficent on TV). Use the higher level vocabulary sheets to help create a setting, feelings and a character. One line for each section would be enough, I’ve included my model in the task on classroom.

Task 3 – Health and Wellbeing – Our Joyful June calendar suggests we find the joy in listening to music and find our favourite pieces.

Task 4 – Go Noodle

https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/hit-the-ball-yall?utm_content=teacher&utm_medium=772747&utm_campaign=share_link&utm_term=hit-the-ball-yall&utm_source=clipboard

Task 5 – Maths – Ordering Fractions. Watch the video and complete the worksheets.

Task 6 – African Animal Mastermind. Click on the link, read the information and create 10 questions.

Have a great day, work hard and thank you again for all of yesterdays work. I am back in school today and will get a chance to correct and feedback tomorrow.

Sending you all a big hug, Mrs Coyle.

 

 

Good morning Primary 4. What a lovely day yesterday was. I didn’t expect all of that sunshine. Well done for all of your hard work yesterday on day one of our Japanese themed week. Let’s have another fab day.

Missing you all

Mrs Cryans x

 

Health and Wellbeing

Judo originated in Japan. Judo was derived from Jujitsu, the art for either attacking others or defending oneself with nothing but one’s own body.

Have a go at these Judo drills that are designed to improve movement, strength and mobility.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JGECzcT3wg

 

Check in Activity

Let me know how you are feeling today and how your weekend was. Did you know that the word emoji originated in Japan? Why don’t you send me an emoji to describe how you are feeling today? Remember my email is gw10norwooddonna@glow.sch.uk

 

Languages

Here is some Japanese vocabulary for you to work on learning this week.

Reading

Today we are going to read the next few chapters of ‘Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes’.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o-N2tBi4aGI Chapter 4-6

I would like you to write a short summary of what you have read today.  Can you retell the story in 6 points?

 

Spelling

Choose a task for the grid to work on your weekly spelling words.

Spelling grid

Japanese spelling words

Numeracy

We are going to have a go at Sudoku again today. But today instead of numbers we are using pictures. So remember that the picture cannot be repeated in any row horizontally or vertically.

Choose one of the puzzles to complete.

Art and Design

 

Japanese writing is called calligraphy, which means it is drawn with a brush and ink.

Here is a worksheet to get you started.

cfe-t-22019-space-first-level-cfe-interdisciplinary-topic-web

Can you create something a bit more interesting? Here are some more examples to help you.

STEM

Today I am setting you a STEM challenge.

Japan has had to deal a number of natural disasters. The bridges have got to be strong enough the withstand them.

Can you design and create a strong bridge. You can use any material that you wish.

 

Music/Listening

 

Traditional Japanese music is played on a Koto.

Have a listen to some music played on a Koto. How does this music make you feel?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AK51LblcEOw

 

 

 

Good morning everyone, I hope you had a great weekend and enjoyed some time in the sun with your families. We have a busy day ahead with tasks and there will be another challenge this week for the PL Schools Olympics. Last week’s results will be released  alongside the new challenge, which I will post later for you to see. Your tasks for today are posted in Google Classroom, what you have here is only a frame to follows;

Task 1. Exercise with Joe – either follow today’s workout or choose a previous one.

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCAxW1XT0iEJo0TYlRfn6rYQ

Task 2. Spelling – this weeks spelling lists are ;

JG4 List 27 and JG3 List 29

Complete the spelling worksheets, complete a game on Spelling City and the interactive wordsearch for your group.

Task 3 – Grammar – Homophones – rewrite the sentences with the correct word to make sense of the sentences.

Task 4 – Health and Wellbeing  – Complete an Emotions crossword.

Task 5 – Go Noodle – Take some time to jump about with LUNCH.

https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/lunch?utm_content=teacher&utm_medium=772747&utm_campaign=share_link&utm_term=lunch&utm_source=clipboard

Task 6 – Maths – Ordering Fractions – Complete the worksheets and fill in the missing fractions.

Task 7 – African Shadow Art – You will need some paint, don’t worry if you don’t have the paint the task asks for use any paint you have and any paper which is dark to create the shadow.

Have a great day, I’ll be in school today for a wee while getting ready for our return and sorting out the laptops, I will still get messages if you send them through Google Classroom, but I might be a bit slower.

Mrs Coyle

Good Morning everyone. I hope you all had a lovely weekend and enjoyed the sunshine. I hope you managed to see some friends and family at the weekend. Charlie and I visited my mum and dad again. We sat in their garden and enjoyed the lovely weather. We are having another themed week this week. This week’s theme is Japan. This was the most popular choice when you voted a few weeks ago. Space week was great. Let’s make our Japan themed week even better.

 

Health and Wellbeing

Did you know that there is an exercise routine every morning in Japan? Japanese people usually do this exercise in the morning maintain their health. Actually this kind of exercise is popular in Japan, China and Taiwan. In Japan, they usually say it as “Rajio Taisou” (ラジオ体操). It is from two words, “Rajio”（ラジオ), which means Radio in Japanese, and the word “Taisou”（体操, which means physical exercise in Japanese. Have a go at some Rajio Taisou!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=199&v=d9yw2WVzLWM&feature=emb_logo

 

Check in Activity

Let me know how you are feeling today and how your weekend was. Did you know that the word emoji originated in Japan? Why don’t you send me an emoji to describe how you are feeling today? Remember my email is gw10norwooddonna@glow.sch.uk

 

Languages

Here is some Japanese vocabulary for you to work on learning this week.

Literacy

Reading

This week we are going to read a short book called, ‘Sadako and the Thousand Paper Cranes’.

This is the blurb from the book that tells you a little about the story.

This story is a true story about a girl named Sadako who lived in Hiroshima, Japan. Sadako dreams to be a very good runner but when she gets dizzy, she can’t live that dream. She gets to a hospital and realizes that it is the leukemia hospital.

Listen to the first 3 chapters by clicking this link.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKZLyCck8Nk Chapter 1-3.

 

After listening, think about the 3 sharings (Likes and dislikes, puzzles and connections). Write these down in proper sentences.

 

 

Spelling

We all have the same spelling words this week. They are all Japanese themed. Have a go at finding the meaning of each of the words. Try not to copy straight from the dictionary. Try to write out the definition into your own words.

Japanese spelling words

Numeracy

Mental maths

Have a go at some Sudoku today.

Here is a wee video that explains what to do.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zRXDsGydeQ

Choose your challenge

ICT

I want you to find out a bit more about Japan.

Here is a template that will show you everything I want you to find out.

roi-g-25242-japan-fact-file-worksheet

Art- Just for fun

Origami is the art of paper folding and is associated with Japanese cultural. Have a go at this origami cat.

T-T-20739-Origami-Cat-Activity

 

Good morning P6, we have managed to complete another week of home learning, well done! I hope you enjoyed your pizzas if you managed to make them, if not have a go over the weekend, they really are quite tasty.

Today is the day for uploading your songs for the St Fergus’ musical extravaganza, get someone to record you and email it. You can send it to me and once I have all the entries from P6, I will get them to Mrs Cryans. Good singing!

Your task are uploaded as usual and here is the daily plan;

Task 1- School prayer – take a few minutes to remind yourself of the school prayer and what you can be thankful for.

Task 2 – Exercise with Joe – it is a beautiful morning, can you open the windows / go outside and join Joe for this workout? Remember you can stream his sessions at any time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ALV5ngx8WM

Task 3 – Character description – follow instructions (Google classroom), try to upload the e-book or PDF to help understand where the characters come from.

Task 4 – Go Noodle.

https://family.gonoodle.com/activities/the-maxarena?utm_content=teacher&utm_medium=772747&utm_campaign=share_link&utm_term=the-maxarena&utm_source=clipboard

Task 5 –  Calculating a total from a fraction. – I have written an explanation using the first calculation as an example, follow it to complete the worksheet.

Task 6 – Health and Wellbeing – using your senses, create a mindmap / image of what you hear, feel and smell.

Task 7 – Music – practise the chords for your guitar and complete the worksheet.

There is quite a lot for you to complete today, thankfully it’s Friday and you have all weekend to keep working 😉

DON’T FORGET THE SONGS!!!!!!

Have a great weekend, relax and be ready for next week.

Mrs Coyle