Hello everyone, how are we all this week?

This is our weekly check-in so please leave a wee comment, it might just be to say hello or you might want to tell us what you’ve been getting up to this week. Please try to leave a comment either today or tomorrow. It was lovely hearing from lots of you last week so let’s try and keep it up!

This week I have been busy learning sign language. So far I can sign numbers 1-100, some of the colours and the alphabet. I’ve also been trying to find time to read my book as I haven’t been reading as much as I should be.

I look forward to hearing from you all!

Hello everyone! I have something special for the Harry Potter fans. If you aren’t a Harry Potter fan then why don’t you listen to Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone – it is free to listen to on Audible at the moment:

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone

Have fun everyone!

Hello everyone, I hope you are all well and managed to enjoy the lovely weather this weekend! How did your week of online learning go last week?

Like last week, I will post an example of a timetable for you to use if it is useful but remember, these tasks are just suggestions! If something else works for you then continue to do that! I will set tasks on Sumdog, Studyladder and Duolingo as usual too. I will post any relevant answers on Friday.

27-04 timetable

Numeracy:

Here is a starter for you all – you have to decide which one you would prefer and why you would prefer it! You need to explain why you prefer your choice.

This is a good challenge from BBC Bitesize . Have a go and see if you can get all the answers!

The Royal Bank of Scotland will be running a live video on Facebook every Monday to help you learn about different topics relating to money. The video will start at 12pm and last for 30 minutes. This week the topic is budgeting, which might help with your ‘life skills’ task this week!

RBS Moneysense

MM: 

This week we will concentrate on percentages. This first link can be used as a starter:

percentages

If you click on the following link, there are videos and activities you can complete. The questions get a little harder so try what you can and remember to try and challenge yourself!

percentages khan academy

Last but not least, here is a percentage challenge for you to try! Good luck!

smart shopper

DD: This week, I’m going to give you something new to try and that is Area. Please watch the videos and try to work your way through the ‘Count unit squares to find area’ section and the ‘Area of rectangles’ section. If you find it too hard or confusing, please do not worry.

Area

If you managed ok with this then try the following worksheet:

area of a rectangle

AA: This week you should continue with addition using the written method. (If you prefer using mental strategies then you can use that instead)

2d + 2d

2d + 2d word problems

addition word problems harder

Before we finished school, we started to look at length and weight and how to measure these. Can you find anything at home to measure?

Literacy:

I have set some Literacy tasks on Study Ladder for you this week to have a go at.

AA: Make sure you have read chapter 29+30 of The Nowhere Emporium and answer the questions below:

Nowhere Emporium ch 29 – 30

FF + CC: Have a look at the following website:

pobble365

You can use the daily picture or you can choose another day if you want to. Try some of the activities related to your chosen picture.

Try and find some time to do some reading too if you can!

Spelling: I have added your spelling words to Sumdog this week so you should be able to complete some activities on there. However, it wouldn’t let me put some of your words in so you might find that some words are missing. Gold group you are ‘Group 1’, Silver you are ‘Group 2’ and Bronze you are ‘Group 3’.

Gold and Silver group, you have common and tricky words this week. Suggested activities are testing an adult, creating a wordsearch, using your words in sentences or a paragraph, looking up the definition in the dictionary.

Bronze group, you are looking at the phoneme ‘g’ again. Can you think of any other words? Suggested activities are creating a wordsearch, testing an adult, using your words in sentences, checking the definition in the dictionary.

Writing: This week, I have something special for you to try and it involves watching a film. Sound good so far? Into Film have launched a competition for you to write a review of a film using no more than 100 words. The winner will even receive an Amazon gift voucher! I know how well you can all write so I’m hoping lots of you enter the competition! A new winner is selected every two weeks so you can enter as many times as you want. If you want to enter, you should take a picture of your review and post it to either Twitter or Facebook. You MUST get an adult to this for you.

Into Film review

This week you can concentrate on watching the film, taking notes and planning your review. I would suggest you watch your chosen film first and use this to make notes when you’re watching:

film notes plan

Once you have completed that, you can draw the plot of your film in 6 frames using this template:

plot storyboard 

(You only need to do one film storyboard.)

Next week we will concentrate on writing the review!

If you are happy writing a daily diary entry then please continue to do that too! Remember to include three headings – what you did that day, how you feel and one thing you miss.

Topic:

Even although you’re at home, it’s important to try and stay as active as you can. It is beneficial in so many ways so for topic this week I thought it would be a good idea for you to research how exercise is good for you and what the benefits are for you, both mentally and physically. You could research and then use your research to design a poster, a PowerPoint, or film a tv advert, create a song or radio jingle.

Here are some things to get you started:

why we need to exercise

exercise

Art: Have a look at the link and see what you can find in your house to draw!

how to draw with every day objects

PE:

Can you create your own circuit training course? You can use a Joe Wicks workout as inspiration!

Since the weather is nice you could go outside into your garden and create your own obstacle course. Try and be creative! You could use sticks, skipping ropes, hula hoops, balls or anything else you can find.

Why don’t you check your pulse before your exercise and then check it again after to see what the difference is!

Health and Wellbeing:

Teamwork

Watch the videos on this page which talk about the importance of teamwork. Then you can fill in the worksheet

I am an amazing person

ICT:

Follow this link for an online tutorial in coding HTML and CSS. This is the language that is used to create webpages, your task will be to create a birthday card. The tutorial involves you opening a new tab where you will code the birthday card, you will still have the original page open with the instructions. You do not need to download any software, this will run within your web browser. Take your time to read all of the instructions carefully and don’t miss out any steps. This is tricky, so don’t worry if you get a bit stuck, just give it a go.

Coding

Have a good week everyone and remember to stay safe. If you have any questions or anything leave me a comment and I’ll get back to you. If you have any photos of your learning, send them to gw18burnsidephotos@glow.sch.uk.

I know some of you are BIG Harry Potter fans so I thought I’d give you this link. You might have seen it already but there are lots of activities that you might enjoy!

I just tried the First Year Muggle Quiz and I got 8/10. Can you beat my score? (I’m almost certain that you will!)

Harry Potter at home

Numeracy

MM: percentage of amount answers

function machines 1 answers

function machines 2 answers

DD: perimeter answers

Perimeter and measure answers

AA: 4d + 4d answers

3d + 3d answers

2d+2d answers

2, 4, 6, 8 answers

Literacy:

AA: ch 27 + 28 NE answers

Remember – if you have been completing work, it would be great to see what you have been up to! Send any pictures to gw18burnsidephotos@glow.sch.uk with my name and your class in the subject box!

Hope you have all enjoyed your first week of home learning after the holidays!

Following on from Mrs McGarvey’s message on the school app, we thought it would be a good idea to try and keep in touch with each other by posting a short message on the blog each week. Check-ins will be posted on a Thursday and it would be great if you could respond on a Thursday or a Friday.

You just have to post a wee hello and maybe comment on what you’ve been upto during the week. If you could comment on this post, that would be great!

This week I have been doing my daily walk and enjoying the sunshine. I have also been helping a local charity out by cutting up material. The charity are making bags for nurses to keep their uniforms in and make it easier for them to take them home to wash. It takes a lot of measuring and a very steady hand!

I look forward to hearing from all of you!

Hi everyone, I hope you are all well!

Tomorrow I thought we could do something a bit different and go on a ‘virtual’ school trip to Blair Drummond Safari Park. No permission slips or packed lunches required!

There is a live lesson all about monkeys this Thursday at 12 noon on their Facebook page. During the lesson, there will be a question and answer session if you have anything you would like to ask Shonagh. After the lesson, there will be a fun quiz to test your knowledge. I will be watching too so leave me a comment below to let me know what your favourite part was or a fact you learned.

If you can’t tune in live, don’t worry. The video will still be available to view later. Last week’s lesson about penguins is still available to watch. You can access their Facebook page by clicking on the link below, no account required.

https://www.facebook.com/blairdrummondSP/

Hello everyone! I hope you all made the most of your Easter holidays and are managing to stay safe.

Now that we’ve all had time to adjust to being at home so much, I will post work up for you each week. Please take your time with tasks and do not stress too much about getting everything completed. Each week I will give you Numeracy, Literacy and other tasks to complete. I will post the answers on a Friday. I will continue to set activities on Duolingo and StudyLadder. Please continue to use Sumdog too. If you have any questions or need help with anything, leave a comment and I will get back to you as soon as I can.

Remember not to rush and complete everything in one day. You might want to create your own timetable and complete 3-4 things each day.  I have included a timetable that you might want to use. Please remember that these tasks are only suggestions, I know you will have lots of other learning opportunities with your adults at home so make sure you continue to do these too! It’s really important to stay as active as you can too.

home learning timetable

Numeracy:

Pie Corbett Maths – https://corbettmathsprimary.com/ – please have a look at the 5-a-day maths questions. There are 4 different levels so you should choose the ones you think will challenge you. Try to complete one each day.  The answers are at the bottom of the page so you can check them when you are finished each day.

MM: Go to the Pie Corbett website, click ‘Videos and Worksheets’ and click on the ‘Think of a Number’ video. Watch that and complete the worksheet. Complete the following two pages:

function machines1

function machines 2

Challenge: Can you remember how to work out the percentage of an amount?

E.g. 25% of 28 = ?

Remember, 25% is the same as 1/4, so to work out 25% you would divide 28 by 4. The answer would be 7. Try this worksheet.

percentage of amount

DD:  Click this link: Perimeter and watch the video. (This should be a recap as we did cover this in class a few weeks ago!) Have a go at answering some of the practice questions.  Have a go at the following worksheets too.

perimeter

measure and perimeter

As a challenge, why don’t you work out the perimeter of each room in your house, or your garden?

AA: Go to the Pie Corbett website, click ‘Videos and Worksheets’ and click on the ‘Addition’ Video. Watch that and complete the worksheet, try as much as you can! I have included 2d+2d, 3d+3d and 4d+4d so you can complete whichever ones you feel comfortable with!

2d + 2d

3d + 3d

4d + 4d

Challenge: 2, 4, 6, 8 challenge

Literacy:

Grammar: I have set some tasks for you to complete on Sumdog.

Writing: Write a diary entry each day this week explaining your day. Try to include three different headings: what you did, how you felt and one thing you miss.

Reading: 

AA: Make sure you have read chapter 27 + 28 of The Nowhere Emporium and complete the following tasks. 

Ch 27 + 28 Nowhere Emporium

FF: Write a book review for The Borrowers. I have included a template that you might find useful. Select a book you would like to read, write down 5 facts you know just by looking at the front cover and a further 3 facts you know just by looking at the blurb on the back.

book review

CC: Write a book review for Poppet. I have included a template that you might find useful. Select a book you would like to read, write down 5 facts you know just by looking at the front cover and a further 3 facts you know just by looking at the blurb on the back.

book review CC

Spelling:

Gold: Suggested activities – test an adult, write a paragraph using your words, Stop the Bus, write the definitions of your homophones, create a wordsearch.

Silver: Try to find as many ‘f, ff, ph’ words in the picture and highlight your phoneme in the phoneme story. You could also write new sentences with the words you highlight.

f phoneme picture

f phoneme story

Bronze: Can you think of any other words that have the phoneme ‘g’? Think about how you pronounce the ‘g’ in these words. You could also create a wordsearch, test and adult, bubble writing, write your words in alphabetical order. You can also highlight the ‘g’ words in the phoneme story and write new sentences with the words you find.

g phoneme story

Art:

I’m sure you will all have heard of Captain Tom Moore who has been raising money for the NHS by walking 100 laps of his garden before his 100th birthday. So far he has raised over £25 million! Wow! His birthday is actually on the 30th April which is really soon. For a creative activity, I thought it would be nice to design a birthday card for Captain Tom.  His address is available online so you could even send it if you want!

Health and Wellbeing:

Lastly, BBC Bitesize will be posting lessons daily, with a variety of topics. During the following weeks I could possibly set these as work but feel free to have a look/complete any tasks that you want to.

bitesize daily lessons

Stay safe, happy and healthy everyone!

Hi everyone, here are the answers to the Reading activities.

Nowhere Emporium ch 25+26 answers

The Borrowers ch 18-20 answers

Poppet ch 7+8 answers

Hello everyone, are we all good?

So, today marks the start of the Easter holidays and I know it probably isn’t the holiday you were expecting. School will be ‘closed’ for the next two weeks but I have some activities that you might want to try over the holidays.

Here are links to some STEM activities you could try. Some have an Easter theme and some don’t. I had one egg left over which was out of date so I made it into a bouncy egg using vinegar!

https://www.science-sparks.com/crash-test-eggs/

rubber egg

Kitchen Science

NASA   – This is an excellent website to learn things about Earth and space! Have any of you noticed a really bright star in the sky recently? That’s Venus! I look out my window every night to try and see it. Last week I managed to spot the International Space Station moving across the sky too, it was SO cool!

Here are some Numeracy challenges:

easter egg challenge

How many eggs?

Here are some art activities you could try too:

Last but not least, here is a book scavenger hunt you could try at home (I’m sure you all know by now how much I love books!)

bookshelf-scavenger-hunt

I know there are a lot of links and things there but these are just suggestions to keep you busy! Please do not feel under pressure to complete them!

If  you do have a go at some of these activities, remember to send any pictures to gw18burnsidephotos@glow.sch.uk. I would love to see what you have been up to!

Stay safe everyone and I will speak to you all in two weeks!