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

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 girls and boys,

I hope you are all well and staying safe. I am excited to be in school this morning for the first time in what feels like forever. Some of the girls and boys of key workers will be returning to Burnside this week so if you are one of them then i’ll look forward to be seeing you!!

I hope you have been managing ok with the tasks set for you but please remember not to worry if you don’t get everything done. Everyone’s situation is different and I understand that as it gets closer to the summer holidays and the weather is good it can be hard to concentrate on school work. The most important thing is your healthy and happy and everything else we can pick up when we are back together in school again.

Remember both Mrs Mirner and I set tasks for you so be sure to check both posts. As always a good structure for each day might look something like this;

• 1 numeracy task (i.e. a worksheet, website game, Studyladder)
• 1 literacy task (i.e. diary, book review, spelling game, Studyladder)
• Personal reading (roughly 15-20 minutes)
• Exercise/fresh air (i.e online exercises, playing in the garden)
• 1 other activity (i.e topic, art, ICT, music, baking)

Literacy:

• 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

I’ve attached some reading comprehension tasks related to our Under the Sea topic for each reading group. The answers are included so remember no peeking and you may need an adult to help with you some of it.

Kinneys ‘Our Blue Planet’ reading comp

Dahls ‘Our Blue Planet’ reading comp

Rowlings & Ròs ‘Our Blue Planet’ reading comp

Normally at this time of year we are looking forward to the start of Wimbledon but unfortunately like many events it has been cancelled. However this next task might just give you a wee tennis fix and if you really want to get into the spirit of Wimbledon you could even have strawberries and cream while your doing it!

All groups can attempt the first comprehension task with 1 star but some of you are likely to need an adult to help you not only with the reading but also finding the answers. You should aim to answer each question in sentences.

If you would rather however you could do it as a talking and listening task whereby an adult could read it aloud to you and then you answer the questions, almost like a quiz. You might want to choose a harder one if your doing it that way.

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• Writing

As we approach the end of term I thought it would be nice for you to take some time this week to write about some of  your favourite memories from P3.  It might be about the Nativity or our class trip to the Science centre or maybe it’s just a simple memory of a game you played one lunchtime or something that made you laugh so much that your side hurt, it can really be anything.

I would love to read these too so as always please feel free to share them by sending me an email.

• Spelling

We plan to continue with consolidation of the spelling words you have been given so far this week. Please continue to use different active strategies to help you learn and if you can try and come up with as many ‘new’ words as you can for each spelling rule.

• Grammar

This week we want you to think about adjectives. Remember an adjective is a word that describes a noun (naming word). For example the green grass or the soft feather. I wonder if you think of an adjective for each letter of the alphabet.

Adjective Alphabet

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.

   

• Addition sums (apologies for the large attachments). Ask an adult or use a calculator to mark.

Circles:

Triangles:

Squares:

• Outdoor Maths

These outdoor maths challenge cards are a fab way to do your maths outdoors and have fun at the same time. There are 3 different star rated challenge levels but I think you are all capable of having a go. Let me know how you get on and if you happen to take any photographs then please send them on to gw18burnsidephotos@glow.sch.uk .

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• Under the Sea code cracker

A fun Under the Sea code cracker for all groups to give a go although you might need some help from an adult. Remember you can use practical materials to to help you with counting (i.e. cubes, coins, pasta, lego, etc).

crack-the-code-under-the-sea-activity-sheet_ver_4

Other:

Sports Day

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

During the w.c 15^th June, we will post some sporting challenges each day on twitter/school app to challenge 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 name and class in the subject box.

Burnside’s Got Talent

Also a reminder that next week between 15^th – 19^th June we are inviting you to tweet a video/photo of yourself performing a talent to share with our school community on our Twitter page.

There will be more information with regards to this unique version of Burnside’s Got Talent on the app but I certainly be using time this week to perfect that special talent of your so to give it your best shot.

A special certificate on the app/twitter will be made available for those parents/carers to  to download and present to you on behalf of us.

Through the years we have enjoyed amazing performances from musicians, singers, actors, comedians, magicians and gymnasts to name but a few.

Time to get practising and I’m super excited to see all our room 6 girls and boys.

Have a lovely week everyone and as always if you need help with anything then just let me know.

Lots of love

Mrs Graham xx

Good afternoon room 6

This year, although we cannot share the stage in the hall, we are still planning to hold Burnside’s Got Talent. Usually around this time we start to prepare our auditions for the event of the year. As we will not be able to share our talents on stage this year, we thought we would bring the stage to you!  We know you have lots of skills and talents and we want to see them!  Please have a think about your act and get practising! Remember some of the things people have chosen to do in previous years are sing, dance, gymnastics, football skills, magic trick, tell a joke, play an instrument….or you may think of lots more talents to show off from your home this year.

Good morning girls & boys,

I hope you had a lovely weekend in the sunshine. Can you believe it has been this hot? It has actually felt like we were on our holidays the whole time, its been just lovely! Mani has been out in the garden a lot even if he is still a bit scared of the paddling pool. This is a picture of him finally taking his first steps in, I was a very proud mum!

Lubo has just been trying to find some shade and his favourite place to cool off right now is in Mani’s playhouse, that is until his wee brother chucks him out, lol!

Again this week both Mrs Mirner and I will set tasks on the blog so they’ll be two posts you can access for your work. With your parents you choose what you do but remember a good structure for each day might look something like this;

• 1 numeracy task (i.e. a worksheet, website game, Studyladder)
• 1 literacy task (i.e. diary, book review, spelling game, Studyladder)
• Personal reading (roughly 15-20 minutes)
• Exercise/fresh air (i.e online exercises, playing in the garden)
• 1 other activity (i.e topic, art, ICT, music, baking)

Literacy;

• 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

• Writing

Why not have a go at writing your own newspaper article about whats been happening to you at home during lockdown. Given the lovely weather we have had you might want to write a bit about the fun you have been having in the sun or maybe something you have achieved during these past 10 weeks that has been important to you, like bike rides, baking or maybe its to do with gaming or a new football trick.

If you would rather you could choose to do a newspaper article on what has been happening in the world right now, a bit like our ‘Newsround’ homework task. I’ve attached a template below as guide to help you set it out but if you would rather just design your own then go for it.

You might even want to do one of each.

T-L-616-My-News-Writing-Template

• Spelling

It is a consolidation week for both groups so please use a variety of spelling strategies as often as you can to revise the words given to you so far on the above tab. If possible get an adult to test you at the end of the week.

• Grammar

I have attached a couple of Noun activities below. Remember a Noun is a naming word such as dog or chair or hat.  A proper noun is a special type of noun that always has a capital letter such as the name of a place or a person like Glasgow or Mani. Both count as type of nouns but just always remember to put a capital letter at the start of those proper nouns.

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• Studyladder activities (see Mrs Mirner’s post)

Numeracy:

How did you get on with your shop last week? If you enjoyed it then keep it going although you might want to change what you sell.

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)

Fractions

All groups had been due to move onto fractions before school closed. While I am not intending on teaching anything new while you are working from home, I have looked at these activities and feel many of you will be able to give it a go by using your prior learning. Fractions basically just means part of something. So if you eat half of a pizza say you are in fact eating a fraction of that pizza. A fraction always has the total number of parts written at the bottom. So one half is written as 1/2 which means 1 part out of a total of 2 parts. Fractions are definitely easier to understand using practical materials or by drawing out shapes to divide up.

You might need an adult to help you with some bits but remember if you are finding it too hard then don’t worry as we will be going over it all again when back in school.

Squares & Triangles;

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Answers fractions workbook

Circles:

chilli-challenge-year-1-fractions-maths-cards-english_ver_10

(Some of the chilli challenges are more difficult than others so just do what you can. You’ll see that the answers are included in this pack so no peaking circles).

Summer maths

Given how lovely the weather is right now I have attached a lovely summer maths booklet if you would like to download it. It has lots of fun summer maths challenges but if you get too stuck with a particular page and an adult can’t help you then just move on. You can choose what order you do it in also.

Year 2 Summer Maths Activities

Year 2 Summer Maths Activities Answers

H&W:

I found these fun home sports day cards to do at home, why not give them a try with all the family.

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Other:

Paper-Towel-Colour-Mixing-Activity

STEM-Challenege-Cards

Have a lovely week girls and boys. If you need any help with anything then just let us know and as always we will put a weekly check in up on Thursday.

Lots of love

Mrs Graham xx

Good morning Girls & Boys,

I hope you’ve been out enjoying the lovely weather so far this week. I think its to only get hotter so make sure you put on lots of sun cream. Mani & Lubo had their breakfast outside today and it actually felt like we were on our holidays!

As this is your weekly check in please pop on and say hello and let us know what you have been busy doing.

Finally thank you Sebastian for sending in the fab PPT presentation you did on Octopuses as part of our Under the Sea topic. I wanted to share it with you all as I think you’ll really enjoy it.

Seb Octo Prez

Take care as always

Mrs Graham x