Hi everyone, hope you had a fabulous weekend.

Homework is as follows:

Reading: Apostrophes- please read page 128-156 of The Nowhere Emporium

Full Stops- please read page 118-136 of The Borrowers

Commas – please read chapter 2 of Poppet

Spelling: Gold group – Think of another 2 words for each prefix, write a paragraph using at least four of your words and complete 1 activity from the spelling sheet.

Silver group – complete 2 activities from the spelling sheet and write a paragraph using at least four of your words.

Bronze group – complete 3 activities from the spelling sheet and for your last activity, write four sentences with a spelling word in each sentence.

Numeracy: Continue to use Sumdog daily for at least 10 minutes.

Newsround: Watch and summarise an interesting story.

Don’t forget to keep researching your chosen topic for Australia! You have this week to get it finished!

Have a great week!

Hello everyone!

Homework is as follows:

Reading: Apostrophes should read page 108-127 (chapter 14-17)

Full Stops should read page 98-118 (chapter 12+13)

Commas should read chapter 2 of Poppet. Apologies, I completely forgot to hand out the new book before the holiday. You all have a copy now, and we will have some time in class to read chapter 1 too.

Spelling:

Activities for the Gold and Silver group are a little different this week. For your first activity, you are going to think of another 8 examples that fit the spelling rule, then these will be your spelling words for the week. Please complete 1 other activity from the spelling sheet. Your final activity will be to write a paragraph using your words. This will be used for dictation on Friday so please remember to do it.

Bronze group, you are going to complete 4 activities from the spelling sheet.

Numeracy: Please continue to use Sumdog each day for at least 10 minutes. Remember to practise your timestables daily too.

Newsround: Please watch an episode of Newsround and summarise an interesting story.

Topic Homework: Remember to keep researching your chosen topic for our Australia topic!

Have a great week everyone.

Continuing on from the research started in class, your task is to work collaboratively with your partner to research the Australian topic that you picked. Topic areas are listed below with some ideas to get you started. This is not a complete list of what to research, you will need to decide with your partner what different areas of research will be included in your final piece of work.

You should discuss with your partner how you are going to split up the research to share the workload, so that you are not both looking up the same information.

Remember to read the information that you find carefully and take notes in your own words to show your understanding of the information. Please do not simply copy large pieces of text straight from the web pages you find, you will not be able to use this straight into your final brochure without it being edited into your own words. Remember to check at least 3 websites to make sure the information you have is correct.

You have until the 28^th of February to collect the information that you need to complete the brochure in school with your partner.

After we have completed our brochures, you will then be set the task of preparing for a personal talk to the rest of the class on the area that you have been researching. Personal talks will take place towards the end of term.

• Harry and Harris – Aboriginals – history, culture, traditions, clothing, where they live, history, culture, traditions, clothing, where they live.
• Amelia and Maria – Traditions and Celebrations – unique to Australia. Reasons for celebrating, how they celebrate etc.
• Cameron, Scot and Sonny Muir – Famous Australians – People from history, inventors, TV/Film stars, musicians
• Ava and Rachael McL – Great Barrier Reef – creatures that live there, location of the reef, threats to it etc.
• Alfie and Samuel – Australia Day – history of the day, events used to celebrate
• Fraser and Sonny Marco – Sydney – facts about the city, size, number of people living there, things to do, famous landmarks, location.
• Adam and Nathan – Sports – sports unique to Australia, differences/similarities to sports in Scotland, professional sports played in Australia
• Jessica and Lauren – Food – traditional food, popular food to eat. How it’s prepared/served. Food eaten at particular times in the year.
• Lexie and Hannah– Perth – facts about the city, size, number of people living there, things to do, famous landmarks, location.
• Alex and Megan – Landmarks – man made and natural landmarks around Australia
• Eilidh and Jake– Climate – Weather throughout the year. Compare and contrast to Scotland. Seasons in Australia.
• Rachael W and Lottie– Melbourne – facts about the city, size, number of people living there, things to do, famous landmarks, location.
•  Freddie and Eban– Adelaide – facts about the city, size, number of people living there, things to do, famous landmarks, location.
• Lydia and Leila – Wildlife – native species unique to Australia, dangerous animals. Where they live, what they eat etc.
• Kris and Rachel McD – Leisure Activities – popular things for children to do in Australia.
• Molly and Katie – Art – Famous artists, types of art styles.

Happy researching!

January is over already! We have a short week this week as we will be off on Friday!

Homework is as follows:

Reading: Apostrophes, please read page 92-108.

Full Stops, please read pg 82-97.

Commas, you have finished Emily’s Legs so your new book is Poppet, by the same author. Please read chapter 1.

All three groups should write a brief summary of each chapter. Your summary should include only the main points as this will help with discussions in class.

Numeracy: Please continue to play Sumdog for at least 10 minutes each day.

Spelling:

Gold and Silver group – you are going to write a paragraph using at least 4 of your spelling words. Please complete 2 activities from the spelling sheet.

Bronze group – Please write 4 sentences using one of your spelling words in each sentence. Complete another 2 activities from the spelling sheet.

Newsround:

Please summarise an interesting story in your jotter.

Topic homework:

You have all been split into partners and given your area to research on Australia. It would be useful if you could research this at home. Another post will follow with more information.

Have a great week everyone!