Hello Room 6!

I came home today from school to find that our caterpillars have moved to the top of their tub and begun the process of metamorphosis! They have eaten enough now and will hang here for a while and gradually turn into chrysalis. 

Good morning girls and boys,

We’ve made it to the final day of term, yay! The summer holidays are almost here and for the next 6 weeks you get to chill and not think about home schooling or blogs but just concentrate on having fun!

As I said at the start of the week Mrs Mirner and I are so proud of you all and how hard you have worked. We have loved seeing all of your lovely pictures and the busy work you have been doing, so well done all of you. I feel like the luckiest teacher in the world to be having you again next year so we can continue our adventures together and have lots more fun.

There is a wee gift waiting for you in room 8 for when you start back. I guess this year it’s not so much a goodbye from P3 but a welcome to P4 gift!

Until then girls and boys have the best summer holiday and I hope you and your families keep staying safe and well.

Lots of love to you all

Mrs Graham xx

Hello girls and boys,

I can’t believe we’ve made it to the final week of term, can you? Normally in school we would be enjoying lots of fun summer activities together as well as you guys helping me to tidy and take down work from the walls. All of which is normally in exchange for the ball of blue-tac you collected, lol! Instead you guys have a week of fun summer activities to do and I’ve got to gather all the blue tac on my own, help!

You guys have been truly amazing this term and Mrs Mirner and I are so proud of you all. The last few months have not been easy and its been difficult for us all at times. We will remember these days forever so please know just how brilliant you have been throughout.

While this is our final week together as P3 I imagine most of you over the weekend will have received your report card along with a letter letting you know what class you will be in next year. Therefore I can let you know how excited I am to be continuing as your teacher in P4 along with Mrs McNeil, yay!!  I feel very lucky to have you again as your are all so wonderful and its great that we can continue from where we left off in March, albeit in room 8.

Things will be different for a bit and in your letter it will let you know what days you are in to begin with, either Monday/Tuesday or Thursday/Friday. We really are hoping this won’t last too long, but initially half of you will have me at the start of the week and the other half Mrs McNeil. We are however all part of one class and together we will make it work so it feels that way until such times as we are able to all be together at the one time. We also have two new pupils starting, a girl and a boy. I’m sure you will make them feel very welcome.

So until then I have a few summer activities that I thought you might want to give a go this week;

• for-my-new-teacher-transition-booklet I thought this would be a nice booklet to complete for Mrs McNeil. You could do it, keep it some place safe and bring it with you in August as a lovely way for her to get to know you.
• summer-activity-booklet
• summer-symmetry-activity-sheets
• summer-holiday-crossword
• summer-word-search
• summer-mindfulness-colouring-sheets

I will check in with you on Wednesday before we sign off for the summer holidays but if you need anything before then just let me know.

Lots of love

Mrs Graham xx

Hello room 6!

Look at how big our caterpillar friends have gotten over the last week. They are now 3cm long and very active. They wriggle and move around their tub, eating and growing constantly! As you can see there is silk thread all over the tub too. This is what the caterpillars will wrap around themselves to make a cocoon. They produce this themselves. I will take a photo as soon as they have done this. I think it will be quite soon  now.

Lottie is very interested in them. Dogs have a much stronger sense of smell than us humans and she can smell them! We can’t smell a thing from them! Quite often she’s on her hind legs trying to see what these strange creatures are in the tub and we have had to put them up high so that she can’t get them.

This is officially the last week of school, and so I won’t upload any more Studyladder.

We have learned lots about In our Under the sea topic.

• We began by naming the 5 oceans of the world  and placing them on a world map.
• We looked at the different oceanic zones, and were able to describe the characteristics of each zone as well as their names.
• We learned about what creatures live in each zone and why.
• We had opportunities to make various sea themed crafts when we watched Let’s go Live.
• We created PowerPoint presentations/ leaflets about a sea creature of our choice.
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• We learned about life-cycles of various creatures both on land and in the sea.
• We investigated food chains and created our own.  Wow Room 6 you are all officially experts in all things Ocean related! I’m very proud of you all for taking part in so many of these activities. I hope you all have a fabulous holiday and am looking forward to seeing you back in school in August! Mrs Mirner 🐠🐠

Here is your Thursday Sports Challenge;

Remember, you can send your pictures to gw18burnsidephotos@glow.sch.uk. You can also post your photos/videos on Twitter. Tweet your pictures to @burnsideprim and @ActiveSchoolsSL and include the hashtag #BurnsideForGold

Good luck everyone, and remember all family members can take part!

HIIT challenge

Resources – Stopwatch

Aim – to complete the HIIT workout in the fastest time (each family can decide on a number they think they can challenge themselves with).

10-20 sit ups

10-20 press ups

10-20 jumping jacks

10-20 squats

The person who completes this quickest is the winner

Points : 1st – 3 points                  2nd – 2 points                     3rd – 1 point

Chest push

Resources – something to measure a distance (e.g. tape measure), ball (football/basketball)

Aim – to throw the ball the furthest distance

Holding the ball in two hands at your chest, take two attempts at throwing the ball. Someone should record where the ball touches the floor. Record the best score for each player.

Points: 1st – 3 points                    2nd – 2 points                    3rd – 1 point

Good luck!

Good morning girls and boys,

Here is your Wednesday Sporting Challenge;

Sack Race

Resources – Pillow cases, bin bags or plastic bags to use as a sack. Something to mark the start and finish.

Aim – Complete the sack track in the fastest time.

Set up a start and finish post. You could do a double run to make it longer.

Option 1 – All players race at the same time

Option 2 – Each player completed the course in against the clock. Quickest time is the winner

Points: 1st – 3 points          2nd – 2 points          3rd – 1 point

Dribbling

Resources – Stopwatch, a small number of objects to act as markers e.g. tins and a decent sized ball (e.g. football, basketball)

Aim – Dribble the ball around the markers

Set the tins out in a straight line with some space in between. Each player should dribble the ball around the tins again the clock. Fastest player wins.

Challenge – At the end of your dribbling course you could try to score a goal. Fastest time wins. Bonus point if you score a goal.

Points: 1st – 3 points        2nd – 2 points           3rd – 1 point

+ bonus point if you score a goal.

Good luck!

Mrs Graham

• Long Jump

Resources – tape measure (if possible), something to mark the starting line and name tags to mark the final jump position.

Aim – Who can jump the furthest?

You can choose whether it is a standing jump or a running run depending on your available space.

Each player completes 2 jumps with the best score being taken forward.

The person who jumps the furthest is the winner

Points –                    1^st – 3 points    2^nd – 2 points     3^rd – 1 point

• Shuttle run

Resources – stop watch, two items to mark two distances

Aim – Complete the most shuttle runs in 3 minutes

Marking two distances in a straight line (e.g. 5-10m apart) in an open space, when the timer begins run in a straight line from the first marker to the second marker and run straight back down again.

1 point is awarded for one COMPLETE shuttle run lap i.e. from the starting point, to the top marker and back again (one full lap) = 1 point.

Points –                    1^st – 3 points    2^nd – 2 points     3^rd – 1 point

Good Luck! Don’t forget to send your pictures – gw18burnsidephotos@glow.sch.uk

Good morning girls and boys,

I hope you are all well and had a lovely weekend. Yesterday was lovely wasn’t it? I’m missing you all very much and can’t quite believe this is our last full week of school before the summer holidays!

This week is going to be a very busy week for us at Burnside with both Sports Week and Burnside’s Got Talent taking place.

Sports Week

Although we can’t be together this year for our annual Sports Day event, we are looking forward to taking part in an even bigger Sports WEEK.

This week, we will be posting a different sports day activity each day both on here and on twitter/school app and we are challenging as many pupils (and staff & parents) to take part as possible! Of course, we will want to see that you have joined in so during w/c 15^th June, please e-mail your photos to gw18burnsidephotos@glow.sch.uk adding ‘Sports Week’ as well as your child’s name and class in the subject box.

I might try and get Mani and Lubo involved too, although I’m not sure if they are very good at listening to instructions yet.

Monday’s activities:

All family members can take part:

1. Egg and spoon race

Resources – spoon, hard boiled eggs for each player or a small ball for each player, stop watch.

Aim – run from a starting point to the finishing point with the ‘egg’ on the spoon.

Mark out an area for the race. You can do a double journey to make it longer.

Option 1 – All players run at the same time.

Option 2 – Each player runs separately against the clock. Shortest time wins

You choose – If you drop the egg should you return to the start or keep going.

Points –                    1^st – 3 points    2^nd – 2 points     3^rd – 1 point

2. Sock Toss

Resources – 5 pairs of socks and a bucket

Aim – throw the socks in the bucket from a short distance

Points – 1 point for each pair of socks that land in the bucket

Good luck!!

Burnside’s Got Talent

As we are getting closer to the summer holidays and so much further from the last time we were with each other in school, I can imagine it is getting harder to concentrate on school work. That is OK and it’s only normal to feel that way for both you guys and your parents. As always just do what you can this week and as always the most important thing is you are all happy and healthy.

Literacy:

I have attached some activities below. If you can print them off then that’s great but if you don’t have access to a printer remember you can just work from the screen and write your answers in your jotter or on a piece of paper.

• Reading

Please keep reading either using the your own personal reading books, Oxford Owl tab on glow, this free book website that I had share before or any other resource you have.

https://readon.myon.co.uk/library/browse.html

• Reading comprehension

End of Plastic Pollution comprehension

This reading comprehension activity is about ending plastic pollution which is an important issue for our Under the Sea topic. Can each group please do the following sheets (star is at the bottom of each sheet);

Kinneys *

Dahls **

Ròs & Rowlings ***

You might need an adult to help you with some of this and remember the answers are included so be careful not to peek before your finished.

• Writing

I have attached a lovely writing frame for a Summer Sensory Poem that will be sure to get everyone in the mood for the summer holidays.

summer-sensory-poem-activity-sheet

• Summer Literacy booklet

Dahls and Kinneys Summer Literacy Activity Booklet

Ròs and Rowlings Summer Literacy Activity Booklet

I’ve attached a summer themed literacy booklet which has a range of activities included. I thought you might want to give some of them a try. Most you will be able to work your way through them on your own however you might need an adult to help with explaining some bits to you.

I’ve attached the answers below so you can mark your work once your done. Remember can also choose what order you do these tasks in and if any are too tricky then don’t worry just move on, there is plenty you can do.

Dahls and Kinney’s Summer Literacy Activity Booklet Answers

Ròs and Rowlings Summer Literacy Activity Booklet Answers

Numeracy:

Mental maths

• Access ‘DK 10 minute a day’ app to practise your tables. You will need to download this app from your app store first.
• Visit easi-maths on your glow page and complete 3 x 20 minute sessions.
• Go onto Studyladder and complete some of the number activities set. (See Mrs Mirner’s post)
• Revise ‘learn its’ in tab at top of blog.

• Subtraction sums

Circles subtraction worksheet

Triangles subtraction worksheet

Sqaures subtraction worksheet

• Summer code cracker

This is a fun maths challenge that requires you to think about place value. The answers are at the end and if each group could do the following sheet (star shown at bottom). You could even colour in the pictures once you are done if you like.

Circles *

Triangles**

Squares ***

crack-the-code-summer-activity-sheets

Other:

As its looking unlikely that many of us will get a summer holiday abroad this year I have attached some lovely summer themed mindfulness colouring sheets for you to print off. You could do as many as you want and you might want to decorate your house with them so to bring those holiday feels!

summer-mindfulness-colouring-pages

Summer Mindfulness Colouring Sheets 2

Have a lovely week girls and boys and as always if you need anything then just let me or Mrs Mirner know.  We are really looking forward to seeing all your Sports Week and Burnside’s Got Talent videos and photos so please remember to send or tweet them in.

Lots of love

Mrs Graham x

Good morning Room 6!

I got a lovely surprise in the post on Friday! What feels like ages ago now, I ordered some baby caterpillars online for us to observe and they finally arrived on Friday. There must’ve been a hold up due to everything being on lockdown, but finally they have arrived! I ordered them so that we could observe the life-cycle of a butterfly since we have been thinking about life-cycles in our topic. They have already doubled in size since Friday as they are very busy munching on the caterpillar food in their container. I will keep you updated with weekly photos. They aren’t likely to turn into butterflies until during the summer holidays, but I will keep posting here. We have 5 in total. Can anyone think of some names for them? They measure about 1cm today. I wonder what they will measure this time next week?

This week in our Under the Sea topic, Im asking you to think about food chains.Watch this short clip explaining what a food chain is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuKs9o1s8h8

Now lets think about food chains in the ocean. What do you think will be at the bottom of the food chain?  ie, what is eaten by ocean creatures but doesn’t eat anything? (Have a guess!) What kind of creatures do you think are at the top of the food chain in the ocean?

Have a look at this PowerPoint about food chains in the ocean. It asks you to sort cards that you can print off – but you could always draw or write the name of sea creatures on paper rather than printing if you don’t have access to a printer.

You can use the template on the PP to make your own oceanic food chains, and please share them with me!

t-t-252863-under-the-sea-food-chains-powerpoint_ver_3

Key words to know and understand are: herbivore, carnivore and omnivore. Which one are we humans? Where are humans in any food chain?

If you are interested in food chains and predators then have a look at the national geographic: https://www.natgeokids.com/uk/primary-resource/predators-primary-resource/

As you have probably noticed, the National Geographic Kids website is one of my favourite sources of information for things related to the natural world. Not everything you read on the internet is reliable, but this website is super.

As always, well done on all your effort in Study Ladder! I will organise work for the last time this week on it, as this is our last full week of term. (I can’t believe it!) Who is going to complete every activity I have set on Study Ladder? There’s a wee challenge for you : ) All the teachers are getting ready for  the children to come back to school in August, and we can’t wait to see you all in person and hear all your chatter once more.

One last thing. If you see me out and about please say hello! I might not know all of your faces since I haven’t been teaching in your classroom, but I know all of your names and have enjoyed getting messages and emails from all of you at some time or another. I think I may have seen someone smiling at me on Viewpark Drive last week when I was out with Arran, Ena and Lottie. I wondered if it was one of you? Give me a wee shout and a wave if you know me. We are always out on walks round Burnside.

Have a great week room 6. Work hard, play hard and keep smiling!!!

Mrs Mirner : )

Good morning Room 6,

I hope you’re all keeping ok. Whilst I was making breakfast this morning, Lottie made me laugh. Here she is, working from home 🐶. I hope she managed to get a lot done!

This week we have enjoyed doing some home baking, Mr Mirner likes making pizzas and we’ve been having some fun with different toppings.

We enjoyed looking in the rock pool on the world oceans page, but it made us really want to go to our favourite place – the island of Arran so that we could experience rock pooling in real life once more!

Your fantastic PowerPoint presentations inspired me to make one of my own. I’ve made a quiz for my friends this weekend using power point. Have any of you designed a quiz for your family? Power point is especially good for making picture rounds, like guess the place or celebrity. I used the  cropping function to do a “name that chin” round where the contestants only see the chin of a famous person and have to guess who it is. I bet you could make a fantastic quiz based on our “Under the Sea” topic by now!

Please say hello in the comments below. Mrs Graham and I are missing being in school with you all and look forward to hearing from you. Don’t worry if you don’t have much news. Just say hi, or give us a 👋.

Take care, and keep smiling!

Mrs Mirner 🐠