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P7 and P7/6 – Snow Work 2015/16

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Hello Primary 7 and Primary 7/6,

Below are some activities for you to do if we happen to have any ‘snow’ days this winter.   Please do not complete these tasks unless the school is shut. Try your best but remember to have some fun in the snow too!

Miss Holley and Miss Weston

Writing

 

Task 1: Log on to Espresso and watch the latest News Bites.  Choose one of the main stories to research in more detail and write a newspaper article about it.  Watch the BBC Bitesize clip to remind you of the key features of a newspaper report and use the template provided to help you structure it correctly.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks2/english/writing/newspapers/play/

Newspaper Template

Task 2: Write a set of instructions about how to build a snowman.  Watch the BBC Bitesize clip again to remind you of the structure and use the checklist below to ensure you have included everything in the correct order:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/ks2bitesize/english/writing/instructions/play.shtml

Instructions Checklist

Task 3: Bah! Humbug! Write a letter to the character of Scrooge from ‘A Christmas Carol’ to persuade him to celebrate Christmas.  Have a look at the link below to help you structure your letter correctly:

Letter to Scrooge.

You may wish to listen to ‘A Christmas Carol’ audio book using the following link:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/schoolradio/subjects/english/a_christmas_carol

Task 4: Write an acrostic poem about Snowflakes.  Remember an acrostic poem uses the letters in a word to begin each line.  The activity in the link below will help you out:

http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/interactives/acrostic/

Task 5: Write an A-Z poem about Christmas.  Read through the example in the link to inspire you.  Remember to include lots of ‘WOW’ words, similes and metaphors!

A-Z Christmas Poem

Task 6: Write some Haiku poems about Winter.  Remember to first line must contain 5 syllables, the second 7 syllables and the third 5 syllables.  Look at the example below:

Reading

 

Task 1: Read the interesting information on the website below to find out how other countries celebrate Christmas.  Then complete the Literacy Circle roles detailed in the links below – Super Summariser and Imaginative Illustrator.  You can choose which two countries to focus on.

http://www.the-north-pole.com/around/index.htm

Literacy Cirlces Roles

Task 2: Read the poem ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’ in the link below and answer the comprehension questions which follow.  Then try to create your own poem describing how you imagine Santa delivers toys on Christmas Eve.

Twas the Night Before Christmas Comprehension

Maths

The following links will help you  improve your accuracy with grid multiplication:

http://www.gridmult.co.uk/activity/

http://www.iboard.co.uk/activity/Grid-Method-547

http://mathsframe.co.uk/fr/resources/resource/11/multiplication_grid_method

The following worksheets will give you more practise of grid multiplication:

http://www.worksheetworks.com/pdf/e73/7c04962608a6/WorksheetWorks_Grid_Multiplication_3.pdf (TU x TU)

http://www.worksheetworks.com/pdf/e73/7c04962608a6/WorksheetWorks_Grid_Multiplication_2.pdf (HTU x TU)

http://www.worksheetworks.com/pdf/e73/7c04962608a6/WorksheetWorks_Grid_Multiplication_1.pdf (HTU x HTU)

The following link has lots of different games and activities to support your numeracy and maths work and mental recall.  Try some of the Year 5 and Year 6 activities:

http://www.primarystudents.co.uk/

Remember you can log on to Mathletics or Sumdog at any time using your individual passwords and play any of the games!

 

Christmas Origami:

Try to following the instructions and videos to make some lovely paper crafts.  There are even some great Christmas stocking ideas which won’t cost you a penny!

http://www.activityvillage.co.uk/christmas_origami_for_kids.htm

Build a Snowman Game:

http://www.flasharcade.com/arcade-games/build-a-snowman-game.html

P7/6 Assembly

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Primary 7/6 are looking forward to presenting their class assembly to the rest of the school and parents on Friday 15 November at 9:30am. Our assembly will be on the Victorians which has been our topic this term. We hope you all enjoy it.

Sportshall Athletics Festival

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Primary 7 and Primary 7/6 have enjoyed some athletics taster session with the Sports Leaders from Armadale Academy. During the past four weeks they have been learning running, jumping and throwing techniques in preparation for a cluster competition. Today they attended a Sportshall Athletics Festival and put their skills to good use. Their fantastic effort and behaviour earned them the first place prize. Well done everyone for winning gold, all your hard work paid off!  The certificate will be displayed in the school foyer and the prize of six relay batons can be enjoyed by the whole school.  Great job!

Sport Leaders

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Primary 7 and Primary 7/6 have been lucky enough to get coached by sports leaders from Armadale Academy for the last 4 weeks. The pupils have been learning about different Athletic events and developing their skills. They are going to use everything they have been taught at an Athletics festival for all the P7’s in the cluster on Monday 26 November. The children have all really enjoyed working with the sports leaders.
Good Luck to all the children taking part in the festival next week.

Egyptian Amulets

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Primary 7/6 researched lucky charms that Egyptians used to take with them to the afterlife. After choosing a lucky charm pupils made an information card about it. This week we are going to make the amulets using salt dough. Hopefully when they are finished you will see some pictures on glow.

P7/6 Assembly

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Ancient Egypt Assembly
P7/6 have been working hard on their class assembly which will take place on Friday 23 November 2012. They cannot wait to show everyone what they have been learning in class and show off their wonderful acting and singing talents. Hopefully we will have some pictures to show you after our performance.

Miss Weston and P7/6

Measuring Egyptian homes and pyramids

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Using a trundle wheel Primary 7/6 measured an outline of  the home of a nobleman, a tomb-builder and the height of the Great Pyramid of Giza.  The nobleman’s home measured 20m x 7m and the tomb-builder’s home measured 10m x 5m.  The height of the Great Pyramid is 146m. We ran out of space in the playground, only reaching 80m so that helped us understand just how enormous it must be. CHALLENGE: Calculate the perimeter of the nobleman’s house and the tomb-builder’s.