A big thank you to all the parents who attended our meet the teacher event. Hopefully the information was useful. As promised, I have posted the writing criteria on GLOW (You will find it underneath the Documents section. There are 2 versions; the child friendly and adult one) Any other requests just ask.
Mrs M
Hallside Primary will have their Meet the Teacher event on Wednesday the 5th of September. This is a chance for parents to meet with the teacher and find out a little more about the year ahead.
Hope to see you there.
Mrs M
Well that’s the holidays over!
Welcome back to Hallside Primary. You’re now in P7 and have lots of fun things to look forward to. I hope you all are ready to work hard and give your best this year.
Mrs M
Maths:
Farm Kits Worksheet 18 (Percentages)
Complete the challenges on your Mangahigh To Do list.
Language:
P6 Read July 21st extract from Wreck of the Zanzibar.
P7 Read Chapter 4 of Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.
P6/7 Generate 5 questions about what you have just read.
To tie in with our Fairtrade Week, I would like you to have a look around your house and/or supermarket and list 5 food items which come from abroad. have this for Wednesday. Have a go at the quiz on the lunch menu.
Last week, I asked mums and dads to write a short piece of writing. This week, I would like you to discuss the criteria with them and VCOP their story.
Maths: Complete page 1 and 2 of the booklet for Tuesday. More work will be given throughout the week. Keep revising for the test.
P7 remember to research a little more about Evacuation.
Mrs M
This week we will be looking at Fairtrade. On Wednesday, there will be an opportunity for the pupils to buy Fairtrade items. On Thursday there will be a special Fairtrade school lunch.
On Thursday, a number of pupils will be attending the crosscountry event. Good luck!
Maths:
P6 will be revising for their test.
P7 will be revising mental strategies for addition and subtraction. Remember to keep trying these at home.
Language:
P6 will be reading Wreck of the Zanzibar.
P7 will be reading The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas.
Mrs M
the homework isnt on the blog
This week we will spend time looking at Robert Burns. I’d like you to come up with a biography of his life and display this. You can also choose from the following 2 tasks.
1) Learn and recite a Burn’s poem (you can have the sheet in front of you)
2) Write a poem in the style of Burns.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/search/robert_burns
Maths
P6:
Section 1 on Check Up 8,9,10,11
Section 2 on Check Up 1,2,3
P7:
Topic Assessment 1a whole page (spend time working on mental work)
Language:
Spelling booklet as discussed. (Remember the rules are
if the word ends in f or fe – we remove it and add ves
eg wife – wives, knife-knives, loaf – loaves
if the word ends in a ch, sh or z we add es
eg church – churches, crash – crashes
most other words we add s (with some exceptions!)
Another busy week for P6/7.
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