Good morning everyone! Yesterday was our second ever class call and it was so lovely to speak to you all again and hear your voices sounding happy and healthy. It really is the highlight of our weeks! We hope you made the most of the sunshine after our call, the weather was beautiful.

Here are your tasks for today should you choose to complete them. We hope you have a lovely day!

Miss Smith and Mr Woodward.

Phonics stories have been put into folders in Teams.

Maths – Babylonian Number system:

Watch this short clip on Youtube about Babylonian number systems of a lady talking you through how we would write the numbers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbFJeYSKfoo

Can you go into the garden and make the numbers from natural things you can find outside or things you can find around the home, eg. twigs, grass, cocktail sticks, crayons, wool? The numbers are all made from straight lines. See how far you can go with your numbers.

Reading today is a written task. There are two in the Teams assignments because we had a holiday, however, posted below is just one of the activities so that we don’t take up too much room on the Blog. Please message if you can’t access Teams and would like the other one to go with your book.

Yellow group / Level 11 – Brer Rabbit

A simile is a sentence that describes something as something else using the words ‘like’ or ‘as’ e.g. It was as dark as the night.

Can you write a simile to describe:

Brer Fox’s tail

Brer Rabbit’s tail

Brer Wolf’s teeth

Brer Terrapin’s head

The swarm of angry wasps

Red Group – Nelly the Monster Sitter

Answer the following questions in sentences.

1. What advice did Nelly’s Dad give her that meant Nelly was not scared of the first monster?
2. What advice did Nelly’s Mum give her that meant Nelly was not scared of the second monster?
3. Why do you think the 3^rd monsters were called thwuckery, suckery?
4. In your opinion, why are the monsters worried when they first open the door?
5. If you had the opportunity, would you ever babysit for monsters? Explain your answer.

Blue Group – Tiger’s Discovery

Sentence Level Activity

Choose the correct punctuation for the end of the sentences and write them on the line. Choose between ! ? and .

1. What a mess__ Mrs Mills said.
2. Where do you think you lost it__
3. What a shame__ said Mrs Mills__
4. I will look for my earring later__
5. Oh no___ cried Tiger ___

Level 8 – The Secret Whirlpool

Choose an alternate word for the underlined word in the sentence. Re-write the sentence using your new word. The word should still make sense in the story.

A rough set of steps led inside it.

The friends followed Breni along the narrow path.

The deeper they went, the colder it became.

They followed her into the eerie waters of the lake.

They saw a huge column of water spinning around and around.

Level 6 – Blast Off

Choose an alternate word for the underlined word in the sentence. Re-write the sentence using your new word. The word should still make sense in the story.

1. The engines thundered as they zoomed up into the air.
2. Their own planet was getting smaller and smaller.
3. Tiger felt sick.
4. Nok reached for the controls.
5. The controls were not responding.
6. The steering must have been damaged in the crash.

Here is your Number Talks for today, the solution to yesterday’s challenge sum will be posted in Teams -> Files -> Numeracy -> Instructional videos:

3 x 10                                        10 x 10

3 x 9                                          10 x 21

3 x 19                                        12 x 21

14 x 29

Challenge Sum

436 x 74

Good morning boys and girls! Well, it is now May! Can anyone remember how to say “the first” in French? Let’s see who remembers and can tell us!

Today is Friday, so that means you have to make sure you get some free time today!  We have a special job for you today. Your special job is to make sure all of the adults at home have some free time to themselves today, because they have been working just as hard as you this week! Especially helping us with our class chats on Wednesday! Can you do that!?

Today we have a little Friday challenge to keep you busy next week. It is about the Hubble space telescope and we hope you enjoy learning about it. It was Hubble’s birthday last week. Can anyone find out what age Hubble is? There are a few links for you to investigate to help you with your research.

Link to Pdf and screenshot of challenge:

Critical Skills Challenge Hubble

We also have a little mental Maths test for you to complete. I will upload the answers later on in the day for you to check your work. You can choose whether to do Number 2 or Number 16 this week.

Please remember it is a holiday for you next Monday and Tuesday, so there will be no new work posted for you on these days. If you are treating it like a normal day, there are plenty of activities for you to work on, in your learning grid and on Education City.

We will speak to you again on Wednesday, where we will have another class check-in online at 1:30pm. If you are free it would be lovely to welcome you and hear your news. Remember to join with microphones and videos off. We are really looking forward to it!

Thank you all for such a productive week and we hope you all have a fantastic weekend.

Mr Woodward and Miss Smith

Good morning on this slightly wet and overcast Thursday, Primary 3. we hope the change in the weather hasn’t dampened your spirits! Both classes had their Teams chat yesterday and the chats were well attended and it was so lovely to hear your voices and catch up on what you’ve been doing. We very much miss you all and we are looking forward to being able to see you again in school hopefully sometime soon. Thank you again to you all for joining the chat and thank you to your parents for setting it up and for helping you throughout this time!

For your reading for today we are looking at speech. Speech marks tell us when someone is saying something, remember to use punctuation marks too! (, ? ! .) Example : “I love this book,” said Lucy. Put the correct punctuation and speech marks in the correct places in the sentences below, choose your own challenge level. Sentences will also be assignments in Teams:

Red

1) What time is it? asked Angel.
2) I want chicken for dinner, said Monica.
3) Can I play on the computer Mum? asked Kayla.
4) I would like an ice cream please, said Sarah.
5) That costs 12 pounds said the shop-keeper.
6) Would you like to read a book? asked the teacher.
7) John hit me, said Henry.
8) Where is the cheese? asked Kayleigh.
9) It is time to go to computers, said the teacher.
10) What is 10 + 2? asked Miss Byrne.
11) Hooray shouted the children.

Amber

1) what time is it? asked Angel
2) i want chicken for dinner, said Monica
3) can i play on the computer Mum? asked Kayla
4) i would like an ice cream please, said Sarah
5) that costs 12 pounds, said the shop-keeper
6) would you like to read a book? asked the teacher
7) john hit me, said Henry
8) where is the cheese? asked Kayleigh
9) it is time to go to computers, said the teacher
10) what is 10 + 2? asked Miss Byrne
11) hooray! shouted the children

Green

1) what time is it asked Angel
2) i want chicken for dinner said Monica
3) can i play on the computer Mum asked Kayla
4) i would like an ice cream please said Sarah
5) that costs 12 pounds said the shop-keeper
6) would you like to read a book asked the teacher
7) john hit me said Henry
8) where is the cheese asked Kayleigh
9) it is time to go to computers said the teacher
10) what is 10 + 2 asked Miss Byrne
11) hooray shouted the children

And your Number Talks for today (Remember the solution to yesterday’s challenge sum will be posted on Teams):

2 x 5                                                                       5 x 10

2 x 10                                                                     5 x 50

2 x 20                                                                     10 x 50

2 x 19                                                                     15 x 50

15 x 49

Challenge Sum

51 x 423

Answers for your Word Boost definitions have been posted in the Literacy, Word Boost Teams files. If you have completed these in assignments, then you will receive feedback for them.

Maths for today is looking at Egyptian number systems. They used shapes to represent their numbers. There are differentiated sheets in the file, so please choose your challenge. Watch this short video from 1 minute to two minutes for a little information about Egyptian numbers.

The link to the pdf file:

cfe-n-2545763-ancient-egyptian-number-system-differentiated-_ver_4

And picture file form for those who do not have access: and pictures of the pages are below:

Thank you for your continued hard work and support,

Miss Smith and Mr Woodward

Bonjour primary 3! Aujourd’hui c’est Mercredi vingt neuf Avril, we’re nearly into May! We hope that your week has been interesting and productive so far and it has been so lovely chatting to you all and seeing examples of the work you’ve been doing. We couldn’t be more proud of how hard you’ve been working and how much enthusiasm you’ve shown! We will put the work you’ve been sending in the Class photos file in Teams for you to all have a look at. If you are able to, we will be doing a check-in on Teams today at 1:30 and we hope to chat to you all then. If you can’t make it today we will do another check in next Wednesday with a time still to be decided.

For your maths for today we are looking at 3D shapes and their properties. Try to do what you can of the work task and then watch this short video which explains some of the more difficult shape words that we haven’t yet covered in class to finish off filling in the table: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3nLpD6bE4fE

For each reading book here is a writing task for you to complete, please remember capital letters and full stops, joined writing and correct spelling. Write at least half a page of A4 for your writing but please feel free to write more if you can.

The Frog Prince

This story is all about being a good friend. Your writing task is to write about a time you have been a good friend to someone. Describe where you were, who you were with, what happened and how you felt during what was happening.

Attack of the Buzzles

In Attack of the Buzzles they land on a strange alien planet. Write a story about you exploring a strange alien planet. What does it look like, are there aliens there and what do they look like and sound like? How does it feel to be on a strange planet? What do you do on the planet?

Attack of the Centipede

In the story Tiger is shrunk and has an adventure with a centipede. Your writing task is to pretend you have been shrunk and placed in your garden/ a local park. What creatures might you see and what do they look like when you are small? How do you feel as you explore the world around you and describe in detail how everything looks after you have been shrunk. What kind of an adventure might you have where you are in your story?

Eric’s Talking Ears

Eric is able to talk to animals at the zoo who then try and escape the zoo. Your writing task is to imagine you are one of the animals and you do end up escaping the zoo. What animal are you, describe yourself. Where do you go and what do you do when you escape the zoo? How did it feel to live in the zoo and how does it feel now that you are out of the zoo? What kind of adventures do you go on outside the zoo?

Clever Monkey

Clever Monkey is a story about a family going on an adventure together. Your writing task is to write a story about an adventure you are going to go on with a member of your family. Where would you go and who would you go with? What would you do on your adventure and make sure to use lots of descriptive words.

Here are your Number Talks for today – a solution to yesterday’s problem will be posted in files on Teams:

3 x 5                                                                       10 x 10

3 x 10                                                                     10 x 30

3 x 9                                                                       2 x 30

12 x 29

Challenge Sum

39 x 92

Thank you for your continued support and hard work,

Miss Smith and Mr Woodward