Good morning

Get your dancing shoes on as we are going to work out with Oti to learn a Jungle Book routine.

On Wednesday you received a letter from Russell the Scarecrow, today I would like you to write an imaginative story about an adventure Russell gets up to on the farm.

Please remember to use capital letters, full stops, joining words and adjectives.  Check over your story once you have finished.

Time for a little music challenge, how many questions can you answer, discuss your answers with an adult.

Health and Wellbeing

Muscle group squeeze

Sit on a chair and close your

eyes. Starting at your feet, tense up the muscles in your feet for a count of 5, then release. Tense up your calf muscles for a count of 5, then release. What changes can you notice? Slowly work up your body, tensing up and releasing your muscles as you go. When you are ready open your eyes.

Here are a few extra activities you may wish to try at home.

Hope you have a lovely weekend and stay safe!

Mrs Docherty

Good afternoon

Numeracy

I would like you to click on the link below and try to answer the challenge questions.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/z7txhbk

Next I would like you to click on the link below and watch the video about the 5 times table and then complete the activities.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zhn6pg8

Please remember there is a challenge on Sumdog and you also have details to log onto Education City.

Science

Farming

Today I would like you to create your own 3D farm, you may wish to use junk materials, lego, toys or anything else you can think of that you have around your home.

Daily Daft

Mrs Docherty

Good morning

Hope you are ready for Pokemon Cosmic Kids to start our day.

Literacy

Yesterday we enjoyed the story Caterpillar Shoes and completed tasks linked to the story.  Today I would like you to create a comic strip about the story.  I have included the link to the story if you wish to watch it again.

Mrs Docherty

Good afternoon

Numeracy

Please choose to complete one of the Number Talks task below and then try to complete a few questions on the Sumdog Challenge.

PE

Food and Farming

Boys and girls Russell the Scarecrow has sent you a letter.  I hope you can help him with his problem.

Russell the Scarecrow

Daily Daft

Mrs Docherty

Good morning

Hope you are wide awake and ready to show off your dance moves!

Literacy

I would like you to listen to the story Caterpillar Shoes and then complete the activities below in your jotter.

Mrs Docherty

Good afternoon everyone!

Music – from Mrs Keenan

Can you guess the animal sounds?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF74DU34q2Y

Topic – Food and Farming

This afternoon we are going to explore different types of farm, and specifically, types of farming we would find in Scotland.

1. Read and discuss the powerpoint on Farming in Scotland:    farming in Scotland

2. Sort the items below into the correct type of farming – Arable or Livestock.  Write the two types of farms as headings in your jotter and draw/write each item under the correct heading.

 Arable                                                Livestock

Quiz

Finally, a little quiz to test your general knowledge as I know some of you enjoyed it last week!

1. What organ pumps blood around the body?
2. What is a baby goat called?
3. In the Jungle Book, what kind of animal is Baloo?
4. What instrument does a doctor use to find out if someone has a fever/ temperature?
5. What is the fiery liquid that flows from a volcano?
6. What is the longest snake in the world?
7. What type of food do penguins eat?
8. What is Harry Potter’s middle name?
9. In the nursery rhyme, who has lost her sheep?
10. What are the three primary colours?

Have a lovely afternoon.  Remember to email us and I can give you the quiz answers if you need them 🙂

wlpolkemmet-ps-primary3@westlothian.org.uk

Mrs Harding

Hello everyone!

I hope you are well.  Remember the Spelling Sumdog challenge is on all week, and you can access lots of books at: https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page/

You should also be practising your tricky words each day.

Literacy – Grammar

Today we will be focusing on collective nouns.  We already know that a noun is a naming word – a collective noun is a special name for a group of nouns. e.g a swarm of bees.

1. Read the powerpoint below and have a go at the quiz at the end.

Collective Nouns

2. In your jotter, choose a word in bold to go with each collective noun.

books        wolves            flowers             trees              sheep        cows

1. a forest of ……………………..
2. a herd of …………………….
3. a bunch of …………………
4. a flock of ……………………
5. a pack of …………………….
6. a library of …………………

3. Write in your jotter what you would expect to find in each of these groups (use information from the powerpoint to help with some):

1. an army
2. a crew
3. a pride
4. an orchestra
5. a bouquet
6. a gaggle

Maths – 3D Shape

Yesterday some of you explored the nets of 3D shapes.  Today, use what you know about the properties of 3D shapes to match the net to the shape.

match the nets

Using card from the art pack, try making another net of one of the 3D shapes.

Remember you can email us at:

wlpolkemmet-ps-primary3@westlothian.org.uk

Mrs Harding 🙂

Bonjour tout le monde!

This afternoon we will do some French activities.

Over the next few weeks you could try to achieve some of the things on this French challenge sheet:

the_great_french_language_challenge

Some of the tasks are pretty tricky so don’t worry about trying to do them all.  Just have a go and you will be surprised what you learn!

To get you started, here is a French song to practise!

What do you think it is about? Discuss it with someone in your house.

Spelling – Sumdog

I have set each group a spelling challenge on sumdog to revise words you have learned in class.  Please log in to sumdog.com and have a go!  It will finish on Friday.

Have a fun afternoon.  If you are outside, please remember to stay safe in the sun by wearing a hat, using suncream and drinking lots of water!

Mrs Harding 🙂

Good Morning everyone!

Here is the new Home Learning Grid for the next 2 weeks:  home learning grid 5

Literacy – Weekend News

Today is the 1st June, a new month! I hope you all had a great weekend and managed to spend some time outdoors. Perhaps you finally got to see some family?!  I’m sure it will have been a special weekend for many of you and I would love to hear what you did, who you saw and how you felt.   Please write your weekend news in your jotter and draw a picture to go with it.  Remember to include:

• punctuation – at least capital letters and full stops!
• openers – At the weekend…   Yesterday…   On Saturday….
• connectives – and      but    because      so
• adjectives – think of interesting describing words to explain what you did and how you felt.

Maths – 3D Shape

Last week you practised naming and describing 3D shapes.  Today we are going to practise making a 3D shape by creating a net.  A net is what a 3D shape looks like if it is opened out flat.

Watch the video first:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zt7xk2p/articles/z247tv4

Next, see if you can carefully deconstruct a cardboard box (cereal, teabags, biscuits etc) to have a look at the net.  What 3D shape does the net make?  Can you draw around the net to make another one?

For a challenge, have a look at this activity and see if you can work out which nets will make a cube:

https://www.nctm.org/Classroom-Resources/Illuminations/Interactives/Cube-Nets/

Remember our email address for sending work and questions is:

wlpolkemmet-ps-primary3@westlothian.org.uk

Have a lovely morning,

Mrs Harding

Good morning

Hope you are wide awake and ready to get moving with Jump Start Jonny.

The staff at Polkemmet Primary School have made a video of activities for you to try to keep fit and active during lockdown.  Enjoy!

Literacy – Free Writing Friday

I would like you to write a piece of writing of your choice.  You may choose to write a letter, a set of instructions, information or a comic strip.

Always remember to check over your work!

Art

Lets be creative with some Abstract Art.

Farming

I would like you to have a look at the images below of different farm buildings and spaces and discuss with an adult what you think they are used for.

Five Minute Box

A few children worked with Miss Watson using the 5 minute box.  If you wish to support this we have provided the resources below for those who wish to complete more activities to support phonics and tricky words.

Five-Minute-Box-1-Activities – Polkemmet

If you are looking for extra activities to try out at home here is a grid you may wish to use.

Hope you have a lovely weekend and stay safe.

Mrs Docherty