Here are this week’s answers:
Literacy:
AA:Plastic Pollution AA answers
FF: Plastic Pollution FF answers
CC: Plastic Pollution CC answers
Numeracy:
Ultimate times table challenge answers
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DD:
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Monthly Archives: June 2020
Weekly check-in
Good morning everyone! I hope you are all well.
Here is your weekly check-in so please leave a comment or email me by 3pm on Friday.
What have you all been up to this week? I have already seen some of your ‘posh beans on toast’ and I must say, they look amazing! I think a few of you are destined for Masterchef! Have any of you been practising for Burnside’s Got Talent? Remember, you can tweet your photo or video (include @burnsideprim) any time between the 15th and 19th June.
I was in school this week as Burnside has opened up as a hub school. We also have to get school ready for you guys coming back after the holidays. It was lovely being back, but also very quiet without you all there!
I look forward to hearing from you all and hearing what you have been up to this week!
Home learning week beginning 08/06/20
Good morning everyone. I hope you all had a lovely weekend.
Here are your suggested tasks for the week. Remember, you don’t need to complete everything if you don’t want to.
Numeracy: This is a maths quiz with a difference! It’s an ACTIVE maths quiz! For each question there are three answers with three different exercise moves, you have to decide the correct answer and complete the exercise that goes with your answer. No paper or pencils needed for this one! The quiz has a 5 minute wait at the beginning so you should just skip this. This is a chilli challenge so you can decide which one to complete. If you find a quiz too easy, you might want to try a harder one. Or you might want to start with the least hot and work your way up. It’s completely up to you!
EXTRA HOT
HOT
SPICY
MILD
Try the BBC Bitesize Maths challenge which will be uploaded here on a Friday:
Times table practice! You can either complete the whole thing and record your score/time or you can set yourself a time limit and see how many questions you can get done in the time. If you don’t get it all completed in your time, give it another go and see if you can beat your score.
Ultimate Times Table Challenge
Money Maze – work out the best way to move through the maze.
I have also included some outdoor maths activities you can complete IF the weather is nice.
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DD:
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shape hunt – what shapes can you find outside? If you find a different shape add that to your list too!
Literacy:
Please try to find a little bit of time each day to read a book of your choice.
Countdown – we have played the Numeracy version in class but why don’t you try the letters version. Pick between vowels and consonants and try to make the longest word you can!
Pobble 365 – complete some of the activities for your chosen day.
Again, I have included an activity based on Superheroes and one on a Disney song so you can decide which one you want to do (or both if you prefer!)
Today (Monday 8th June) is World Oceans Day so I have included a reading comprehension based on plastic pollution, how it affects the oceans and what you can do to help.
Topic: How did we get on with the research last week? This week you are going to use what you learned and create your own dish. I thought it would be fun to take something that isn’t very posh… and it make it look posh! So your challenge this week is to make beans on toast look fancy. I have some pictures you can use as inspiration –
This looks a little different to the beans and toast I have! I think it looks fabulous though… and very posh! This dish is called:
‘Beans on Toast 5 Ways’ – Cheesy beanos: baked beans on fried bread croutons with a melted parmesan crust, a baked bean puree, crushed bean croquette, beans on toast roulade and a bean juice with a burnt toast crumb.
Good luck creating your own posh beans on toast. Remember to send me photos of your creations!
Writing: Your writing task for this week is to create the description for your posh beans on toast using some of the fancy cooking terms. You can use the description above to help get you started.
You could also write the recipe for your posh beans on toast. Remember, recipe writing is an example of instructional writing; you need to use bossy verbs and be very exact. You also need a list of ingredients used. I have included a checklist for you to make sure you include all the key features.
key features of instruction writing
Art: 
Have a look at these weird and wonderful (but very real) headlines. Can you create a picture to go with one of the headlines?
PE: Last week I gave you some activities based around the Olympics which would have been held in Tokyo this year.
Have a look at last week’s blog and complete some of the activities that you might not have completed last week.
HWB: How did you get on with your quizzes last week? This is an activity based on what you did last week. For this activity you need to think about where you will be and what you would like to have achieved by the time you are 12, 16, 21 and so on.
ICT: BBC dance mat typing – This is a fun way to learn how to touch type. Touch typing is a very good skill to have; this activity encourages you to learn where all the letters are without looking. It takes lots of practise so you should take your time and don’t rush. Rome wasn’t built in a day! There are 4 levels and new letters are introduced as you progress.
When you’re trying this activity, make sure you are comfortable, with your back up straight. We don’t want any sore backs!
RME: Before we stopped school, we looked at some inspirational people and how they have changed history and society. We learned about Martin Luther King, Malala Yousafzai and Emmeline Pankhurst. Can you remember why they are inspirational? They fought for their rights. MLK fought for racial equality whilst Malala and Emmeline fought for gender equality. Unfortunately, racial inequality still exists in the UK, America and all over the world. You might have heard some stories about what has been happening in America after George Floyd was killed. Here is some information about what happened and why:
I am also going to include a resource which you can look at with your parents at home. It has lots of resources that you can use to educate yourself on racism and what can be done to stop it.
Science: Choose an activity from the list:
Life skills:
Non-screen activity:
Have a great week everyone. If you have any questions, please leave a comment or email me. As always, if you have any photos of your learning, you can send them to gw18burnsidephotos@glow.sch.uk
Home learning answers week beginning 01/06/20
Answers for the week are as follows:
Numeracy:
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Photos from home
Thank you for the photos some of you sent me over the last week! It’s lovely seeing what you have been up to!
Weekly check-in
Hello everyone!
Here is your weekly check-in. Let us know what you have been up to this week, or you can email me instead! Please check-in by Friday at 3pm.
This week has been pretty quick for me. I have been doing lots of reading, watching documentaries and keeping up with the news. I was hoping to get out in the sun some more but it seems to have disappeared. Did any of you spot the SpaceX rocket on Saturday? We were outside looking for it but we couldn’t see it unfortunately.
I look forward to hearing about what you have all been getting up to!
Burnside’s Got Talent
Burnside’s Got Talent
Usually around this time we start to prepare our auditions for the event of the year and no bug is going to stop us 🙂
As we will not be able to share our talents on stage this year, we thought we would bring the stage to you! I know you have lots of skills and talents and we want to see them! Please have a think about your act and get practising!
You can record a video of your talent at home and then you can tweet the photo or video of your performance on Twitter between 15th and 19th June. Tweet @burnsideprim and we will retweet. There will also be a special certificate on the app/Twitter for you to download as a thank you for participating.
This is always one of our favourite times of the year and I can’t wait to see what you come up with!
Good luck! 🙂
Home learning week beginning 01/06/20
Hello everyone! I cannot believe it is June already… You only have another few weeks of being Primary 6! Where has the time gone? I hope you all managed to enjoy the glorious sunshine this weekend! Hopefully the sun is here to stay!
Here are your learning tasks for the week. Remember, these are just suggestions so you do not have to complete everything.
Numeracy: What would you prefer and why? Remember to explain your answer.
MM: This week you have some revision on time – there is some work on using a timetable, 24 hour clocks and durations.
DD: This week you have some division revision to try.
written division – Here is a quick video incase you’ve forgotten how to do the written method.
AA: This week you have some revision on time.
Literacy:
Here is another Escape Room and this time it has an Alice in Wonderland theme. This one is pretty tricky, it has lots of riddles so you will have to get your thinking cap on!
Alice in Wonderland Escape Room
Did you enjoy the Harry Potter activity last week? I have another one for you to try. If Harry Potter isn’t your thing, I’ve included an activity related to a Disney song and another related to Superheroes. You can choose which one to do or you can do all three, it’s up to you.
HP and the Philosopher’s Stone
Pobble 365 – choose a day (or more than one if you want) and complete some of the activities.
Please try and spend some time reading a book of your choice too, even for 10 minutes each day.
Spelling:
Gold and Silver group – you both have a spelling rule to look at. As well as the two activities above you could use your words in a paragraph, test an adult, rainbow writing or writing the definitions.
Bronze group – you have the phoneme ‘se’. For your activities, you could test an adult, rainbow writing, bubble writing, write the definitions, create a wordsearch or write sentences using your words.
Writing: Continue with your Lockdown Story competition. Remember to send me any entries (gw16pantonjennifer@glow.sch.uk) The closing date is 29th June so you can send me your entries up until then.
All the information can be found here:
Topic: Topic this week is all about food! I’m going to set you a creative challenge next week but you have to do the research first.
Lots of chefs work in very fancy restaurants and work hard to earn Michelin Stars. A chef can be awarded between 0 + 3 stars and how many stars they get depends on the quality of the food, the techniques used and the personality of the chef. Andrew Fairlie was a Scottish chef who managed to earn 2 Michelin Stars. Here is an example of the menu from his restaurant:
The menu might include words you’ve never heard of. There are many different techniques used in cooking and many different ways to present food. Sometimes really simple things have really fancy sounding names. (I know a few because I watch Masterchef far too much!) So this week, can you tell the difference between a ‘jus’ and a ‘bisque’? Have a look at the following Powerpoint, now there are lots of different techniques included so take your time with them. Look at how some of the food is presented and how it is described.
Here are some clips from Masterchef to help you understand some of the techniques:
Art: Following on from your research around food, can you make a teacake look good? Have a look at these pictures and see if you can create something similar, or even better! Remember, if you attempt this, please send me a picture as I would love to see how you get on!
ICT: Continue with the Nature in your Neighbourhood competition.
Information can be found here:
P.E:
This week’s activities come to you from Get Set, the British Olympic Association and British Paralympic Association’s youth engagement programme.
The Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic Games will not be going ahead this year and have been postponed until next year, but you can still get active and have fun with the Travel to Tokyo programme of activities. There’s even an opportunity for you to win prizes by logging the activities that you have taken part in on the website. See the video and website link below for more details.
Here are lots of different quick and fun activities for you to try with your family. Many of them can be played indoors or outdoors, but please make sure there is enough space to play before you start. I take no responsibility for your TV getting knocked over with a balled up pair of socks! 
Kendama – All you need is a ball and a cup to play this fun game.
Where’s The Ball? – Sitting volleyball with a difference – there is no ball!
Janken – Japanese Rock, Paper, Scissors!
Quick Change – A clothes dressing relay race.
Karuta – Get active with adverbs!
Rainbow Trail – Go on a colour themed treasure trail.
Listen Up – Try to spot your partner using only your ears!
Cheer Up – Make a cheerleading routine for Travel to Tokyo.
In Tandem – Follow your partner round a course – try not to hit the obstacles.
Knee Tag – Try to touch the other player’s knees while protecting your own!
On Target – Take aim, throw! Can you reach the target?
Pirates – Avast, me hearties! Are you ready to scrub the decks?
Synchro Stepping – Can you keep time with your partner?
Be Boulder – Match your body to the dice roll.
Handy Hitter – A keepy uppy challenge – are you a handy hitter?
Fast Lane – Fun activity to play when walking anywhere.
Count Me In – Throwing and catching game with moving pairs.
Duster Dodge – Dodge others whilst trying to catch their tails.
House Workout – Housework themed exercise routines.
It’s a Hit – An exciting game based around dodging and throwing.
My Workout – Make your own Tokyo Ten!
Radio Taiso – Watch the video and copy the routine.
Random Routines – Make up a dance routine using a dice.
Snow Battle – Christmas themed indoor snowball fight.
Sofa Serves – Protect the sofa at all costs!
Tee Tme – See who can get their ball closest to the mark.
TV Triathlon – Take part in your own on-the-spot triathlon in the living room.
Where’s the Pair? – Scavenger hunt to find the pair.
Jump To It – Improve your jumping skills with these French skipping challenges.
Rope Games – All you need is a rope to play these fun games.
HWB: Have you decided what you want to be when you grow up yet? When I was your age I wanted to be a vet…until I realised you’d have to actually operate on animals and not just pet them all day. There are so, so many things that you could do and it’s hard to try and decide. I have included two quizzes to help you think about what you might want to do. The first quiz is all about your own interests:
The next quiz asks you to pick between two options and at the end gives you an animal you are most like and some ideas for jobs you might like.
Afterwards you could even do a bit of research on your favourite career!
Science: Science challenges
Life skills: life skills
Non-Screen time: non screen activities
Have a good week everyone, and if you have any questions leave me a comment and I will get back to you.
