Whiteness Primary 5/6/7

Buddying

Here are some pictures of our buddying activities.

We find doing the activities and buddying fun.

Each week we get to do a fun activity that also helps the p1s learn.

In buddying we sometimes do things like scavenger hunts and the p1s have to find a certain number of each thing and then at the end we do something like make a picture with all the things the buddies have found

Whole school walk

At some point before the snow days we went for a whole school walk

By Jayden, Ellie and Edith

Good morning P5/6/7, happy Friday! I hope you are all safe and warm.

Today’s suggested activities are going to be screen free, just do what you would like.

Literacy 

• Spend some time reading a book of your choice, create a new front cover for your book or a new character.
• Create a play about your book for your family

Numeracy 

• Help to cook a meal, can you help to measure out any ingredients?
• Go outside and measure the depth of the snow in different places, are there any areas where it is deeper, why do you think that might be the case?
• Make up your own game to practise any timestables that you find tricky

HWB

• Enjoy some time indoors, why don’t you play a card game/board game with a family member
• Complete a random act of kindness, How many can you complete from this list?

Random acts of kindness list

I cant wait to see what activities you choose. If you have any questions or pictures you want to send, then you can email me – Ellie.Macleod@Shetland.gov.uk

Good morning P5/6/7, another snow day! As usual just complete what you can manage.

Numeracy

Mental maths – Have a go at some of these mental maths games/activities

Have a go at Countdown – try to explain the strategies you have used.

Countdown Numbers Game (happysoft.org.uk)

Sumdog

Parachute Multiplication – Mathsframe

Multiplication Activities

Literacy 

Writing – “Should schools be closed when it snows?”

Write a balanced argument for and against.

How to write a balanced argument – 2nd level English and Literacy – BBC Bitesize

Balanced Argument Features

ERIC – Spend about 20 minutes reading a book of your choice.

HWB

Have a go at scanning the QR code to access our morning check-in. What zone are you in today?

Spend some time enjoying the snow. Can you make several snowballs all the same size, wrap them in different materials such as tin foil, clingfilm, paper, cloth etc. Which one is the best insulated?

Have fun! If you have any questions or pictures you want to send, then you can email me – Ellie.Macleod@Shetland.gov.uk

Good morning P5/6/7, another snow day! I hope you are all well and have managed to get out and enjoy the snow. Here are some activities for you to have a go at.

Numeracy

Symmetry – have a look at the bbc pages to explore symmetry.

Lines of symmetry – Maths – Learning with BBC Bitesize – BBC Bitesize

Can you work out which snowflakes are real and which one in a snowfake?

Snowflake or Snowfake?

Have a go at drawing/designing your own symmetrical snowflake. You could also try and make a symmetrical  snow angel/ picture in the snow!

Literacy 

Spelling – Click on the link for your spelling group. Practise your words in a way that suits you e.g. rainbow spelling, sentences, spelling training etc.

Green

Purple

Peach

Yellow

Spelling Activities

Spelling Training

HWB

Can you find an interesting fact about snowflakes?

snow – Kids | Britannica Kids | Homework Help

SNOWFLAKES – Dr Binocs | Best Learning Videos For Kids | Dr Binocs | Peekaboo Kidz (youtube.com)

Spend some time playing in the snow, can you build a snow sculpture?

Have fun! If you have any questions or pictures you want to send, then you can email me – Ellie.Macleod@Shetland.gov.uk

Good morning P5/6/7. Here are some activities for you to have a go at, just complete what you can manage.

Numeracy

Can you remember the four different types of triangles?

Create a poster, drawing the different types and their properties. You could use this link to help you.

What are the different types of triangle? – BBC Bitesize

Types of Triangles

Literacy 

Reading – Spend some time reading a book of your choice. Can you create some questions for somebody else who might read the book.

You could create your questions about the

• Main Character
• Plot
• Theme
• Setting
• Prediction
• Other Characters

HWB

Take some time to do some mindfulness drawing or colouring. It is Up-Helly-Aa season! Try following these videos to help you draw a viking and a galley boat.

How to Draw a Viking Ship
How to Draw a Viking

I hope you all have a lovely day, if you have any questions or pictures you want to send then you can email me – Ellie.Macleod@Shetland.gov.uk

Good morning P5/6/7, I hope you all stay safe and cosy. Here are some activities for you to have a go at.

Numeracy 

We have been using our knowledge of 2D shape and 3D objects to identify them within the environment. Can you find different objects within your house and identify the shape and its properties?

You could draw a picture and label the shape or have a go at making a table to show the shape properties.

You could create your own digital 3D design using tinkercad. https://www.tinkercad.com/joinclass/K2QNIG4BG

Literacy 

We have been learning to write different types of poems thinking about appealing to our readers senses and including similes and metaphors. Have a go at creating your own Winter acrostic poem.

W

I

N

T

E

R

Think carefully about description.

Can you think of any other words related to winter that you could create an acrostic poem for?

HWB

Wrap up warm and spend some time outside playing or going for a wintry walk. Think about your 5 senses what can you…

hear?

see?

touch?

taste?

feel?

In term 1 we had lots of fun taking part in learning activities and experiments as part of our ‘Make it Work’ topic! Here are some pictures of what we got up to.

Homework and Home Learning

Please complete the form about what play means to you and return it in your childs homework folder/jotter.

• The homework pack/jotter sent home includes extra activities to be completed at home due to non-teaching staff strikes. If you have any questions then please e-mail me at – Ellie.Macleod@shetland.gov.uk
• This can all be returned on Monday 2nd October so that gives a bit of extra time to complete everything.
• There is a choice of two ‘Make It Work‘ tasks at the bottom of this post. Children can choose which task they would like to complete.

Literacy

• Spelling – Complete the spelling work sheet for your group. Practise your spelling words using a spelling activity of your choice – have a look at your homework grid for ideas.
• Reading – Read a book of your choice for 30 minutes each day and complete the reading detective task from your pack.

Numeracy

• Place Value worksheet
• Time worksheet
• Time poster task – There is a sheet about time which might help you to create your poster.

Topic – Make It Work

• Make your own board game – Copy and paste or click on this link for instructions on how to do this: https://scoutlife.org/hobbies-projects/projects/172763/how-to-make-your-own-board-game/
• Have a go at making your own origami book mark – paper and instructions are in your pack. Copy and paste or click on this link for a video: Easy Origami Bookmark Corner – How to make a Corner Bookmark DIY – YouTube

As part of our topic ‘Make it Work’ we had to work in our home teams to complete a drawing challenge but we only had one pen! We watched a video and then attached string to the pen. We had to work together to complete different drawing tasks. This was a challenge as we had to communicate and work together to move the pen.

Primary 7’s have enjoyed getting to know their primary 1 buddies this week. We went outside and completed a number 2 scavenger hunt. We then used our treasure to create pictures!