Today we collected information about our chosen topics on the theme of Scottish Wars of Independence. We learned how to make a named folder inside Favourites and how to add  useful web links to it. We need to remember where we found information as we will be learning to reference our work. We discovered which words make good search results and  which words aren’t so useful.

There will be no new maths or spelling homework issued this week, instead, last week’s homework will just be collected in this Friday (9th March).  Your World Book Day quiz questions can be handed in any time before this.  We will also hear Murron and Calum’s news report on Friday too.

What I do need you to do this week is to start to learn the lyrics and tune to two songs which we will be performing at a whole school show on 24th and 25th April.  The theme of this year’s show is ‘musicals’ and our musical is ‘Sunshine on Leith’ which is a story set in Edinburgh based on the songs of the Proclaimers.  Our two songs are entitled ‘Sunshine on Leith’ and ‘Life with You’.  You have been given a copy of the lyrics but you should also visit the YouTube pages to see the official music video and begin to learn the tune.

You are doing your homework and want to check the info that you’ve found. The website says one thing but your friend says something completely different. How can you tell who is right?

Ask your friend where they got the answer, and go with what they say if it sounds trustworthy.

You want another opinion and so you check another couple of websites to help you decide.

The website must be right. If it’s online then it’s been written by experts.

The news reporters this week are Murron and Calum Poynts.

Last week Yuvraj brought us the story of the temporary closure of 900 KFC restaurants across the country.  KFC have recently changed their courier and there was a problem with delivering the chicken to the restaurants on time.  Niamh also brought us the story of Lizzy Yarnold, who took skeleton gold at the Winter Olympics and was the first Britain to successfully defend her title from the previous Olympics.  Thank you for those very different and interesting stories.

Homework this week is as follows:

• Spelling – follow the list for the week commencing 26th February – LSCWC your words 3 times, choose 1 activity from the front inside cover, input your words to Spelling city or Big IQ kids
• Maths – fractions worksheet
• World Book Day – use the cards Mrs Duffy has given you to come up with 2 quiz questions based on reading.  The questions should be multiple choice and can be about a specific author or reading in general.  For example:
  • How many books are in the Harry Potter series? – 7, 5 or 8
  • Where is the largest library in the world? – Washington DC, London or Rome
  • PLEASE BRING YOUR QUIZ QUESTIONS IN FOR THURSDAY 1ST MARCH
• Reading – aim for 10 minutes per night – record any completed books in your Reading Passport

Here is the video showing you how to add your own photos to create a dance on Scratch for anyone who’s interested. If you manage it you can share with us next Monday. Good luck!

Homework this week is:

• Spelling – follow the list for the week commencing 19th February – LSCWC your words 3 times, choose 1 activity from the front inside cover, input your words to Spelling city or Big IQ kids
• Maths – place value worksheet
• Science – your planet solo talk is due next Monday.  Your talk should last 1 minute or more and be in your own words, not simply copied and pasted from online.
• Reading – aim for 10 minutes per night – record any completed books in your Reading Passport

This week’s news reporters are Niamh and Yuvraj.

There will be no news reporters this week.

Last week Calum Murray brought us a great Power Point and quiz about the American Football Super Bowl which took place this month in Mineappolis.  Thanks for teaching us about something new Calum.

Marc brought us a fascinating story and brilliant pictures about a man in Edinburgh who was bitten by a spider in his garage and got an infection in his arm.  Marc then informed us that there are 650 species of spider in the UK and only 12 are harmful.  Great story Marc!