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Homework, Primary 5

P.5/4 Homework – 7/6/16

June 7, 2016 Mr Renshaw 1 Comment

Homework for P.5/4 this week is as follows:

Reading

The Dream Catchers The Country Pancake – Anne Fine (chapter 6)

The Gangster Grannies The Diary of a Killer Cat – Anne Fine (p.19-31)

The Cookie Readers Mr Majeika – Humphrey Carpenter (p.5-32)

The Ruthless Readers The Squink – Rita Ray (p.17-end)

Choose your favourite character from your book and write down 5 adjectives that you could use to describe them.

Maths

Follow instructions from your Maths teacher.

Spelling

This week, Spelling homework will be given on Tuesday and due for Friday. As usual, follow instructions from your Spelling teacher.

Homework, Primary 5

P.5/4 Homework – 30/05/16

May 30, 2016 Mr Renshaw 3 Comments

Homework for P.5/4 this week is as follows:

Topic

Please bring in any clean scrap materials to use for building your rocket. These could include: plastic bottles (no glass), egg boxes, cardboard, drinks cans (no sharp food tins) etc.

Reading

The Dream Catchers The Country Pancake – Anne Fine (chapter 5)

The Gangster Grannies The Diary of a Killer Cat – Anne Fine (p.1-18)

The Cookie Readers The Haunting of Pip Parker – Anne Fine (p.28-60)

The Ruthless Readers The Squink – Rita Ray (p.1-16))

Everyone should write a quiz about your book so far. It should have at least 5 questions. You will have a chance to test your classmates on Friday.

Maths

Follow instructions from your Maths teacher.

Spelling

This week, Spelling homework will be given on Tuesday and due for Friday. As usual, follow instructions from your Spelling teacher.

Homework, Primary 5

P.5/4 Homework 16/05/16

May 16, 2016 Mr Renshaw 1 Comment

Homework for P.5/4 this week is as follows:

Topic

Following on from learning about the phases of the moon in class, use your moon observation sheet to record how the appearance of the moon changes over the next four weeks. Do not worry if you cannot complete this challenge as I know lots of you will be asleep before you can see the moon!

Reading

The Dream Catchers The Country Pancake – Anne Fine (chapter 3)

The Gangster Grannies The Guard Dog – Dick King-Smith (chapter 3)

The Cookie Readers The Ghost Teacher – Tony Bradman (chapter 3)

The Ruthless Readers The Boss Dog of Blossom Street – Rita Ray (p.3-16)

Everyone should choose 5 interesting or unfamiliar words and find out what they mean using a dictionary or dictionary website such as www.dictionary.com

Write the definitions in your homework jotter.

Maths

This week, Maths homework is a Sumdog challenge. Please complete the correct one for your Maths group.

Spelling

This week, Spelling homework will be given on Tuesday and due for Friday. As usual, follow instructions from your Spelling teacher.

Homework, Primary 5, Uncategorized

P.5/4 Homework

April 25, 2016 Mr Renshaw Leave a comment

Homework for P.5/4 this week is as follows:

Topic

Following on from learning about the phases of the moon in class, use your moon observation sheet to record how the appearance of the moon changes over the next four weeks.

Reading

The Dream Catchers The Country Pancake – Anne Fine (chapter 1)

The Gangster Grannies The Guard Dog – Dick King-Smith (chapter 1)

The Cookie Readers The Ghost Teacher – Tony Bradman (chapter 1)

The Ruthless Readers The Great Spaghetti Suit – Alan MacDonald (p.3-16)

Maths

Use Sumdog homework challenges to practise times tables.

Spelling

Follow instructions from your Spelling teacher.

Homework, Primary 5

P.5/4 Homework

March 21, 2016 Mr Renshaw Leave a comment

There is no homework for P.5/4 this week but here are some optional activities that you could do this week or over the Easter holidays.

Choose a book from the Serial Mash section of Purple Mash and try to finish it before coming back to school after the holidays. You could also write a book review about it.
Complete the Easter holidays Sumdog challenges in Maths and Reading that Mr. Renshaw will put up in the next few days.
Write a recount of a day from your holidays.

Homework, Primary 5

P.5/4 Homework

March 7, 2016 Mr Renshaw 1 Comment

This week, homework for P.5/4 is as follows:

Reading

As usual, all the texts are available via Purple Mash.

The Witches – Read pages 8-14 of ‘Baby Boom’ and complete the quiz.

Mystery Seekers – Read pages 6-10 of ‘The Night the Diamonds Fell’ and complete the quiz.

Book Cats – Read pages 6-10 of ‘Alien Hotel’ and complete the quiz.

The Spuds – Read pages 1-5 of ‘Alien Hotel’.

Maths

All children to use Sumdog for homework.

Spelling

Follow instructions given by your Spelling teacher.

Homework, Primary 5

P.5/4 Homework

February 29, 2016 Mr Renshaw 2 Comments

This week, homework for P.5/4 is as follows:

Reading

As usual, all the texts are available via Purple Mash.

The Witches – Read pages 1-7 of ‘Baby Boom’ and complete Reading Homework Assessment on Sumdog.

Mystery Seekers – Read pages 1-5 of ‘The Night the Diamonds Fell’ and complete Reading Homework Assessment on Sumdog.

Book Cats – Read pages 1-5 of ‘Alien Hotel’ and complete Reading Homework Assessment on Sumdog.

The Spuds – Read chapter 6 of ‘Undercover Zoo’ and complete Reading Homework Assessment on Sumdog.

Maths

All children to use Sumdog for homework.

Spelling

Follow instructions given by your Spelling teacher.

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Curriculum Evening: Maths

February 26, 2016 Miss Burton 2 Comments

On Thursday night we invited parents and carers along to find out about our world of Maths at Mid Calder Primary. As you know Maths is on our school improvement plan for the second year, we began in the hall discussing with parents our journey with maths so far. Then the Numeracy shared with us some information about SEAL (stage of early arithmetical learning) and how parents can support at home. This was followed by workshops in classes demonstrating what a typical maths lesson looks like and how parents can support their child at home. A big thank you to everyone who supported the event and to our house and vice captains who helped with the smooth running of the event.

Feedback from parents included:

‘These evenings are great to get ideas as to how to help my child at home’.
‘Our daughter talks a lot about the strategies she is learning about’.
‘My child is very enthusiastic when doing Maths homework’.
‘This was a good insight into how my child is learning and developing within Maths’.
‘We can see the improvements being made, keep up the good work’.

School Overview:

http://www.slideshare.net/midcps/school-overview-58754805

Numeracy Team Input:

http://www.slideshare.net/midcps/numeracy-team-parents-information

Nursery:

http://www.slideshare.net/midcps/nursery-58754877

Primary 1:

http://www.slideshare.net/midcps/p1-58757153

Primary 2/3:

http://www.slideshare.net/midcps/p2-3-58759172

Primary 4/5:

http://www.slideshare.net/midcps/p45-58755712

Primary 6/7

http://www.slideshare.net/midcps/p67-maths-presentation

Homework, Maths & Numeracy, Primary 7

P7 Sum Dog Homework Challenge

February 23, 2016 Miss Burton Leave a comment

P7 have been set a Homework Challenge on Sum Dog recapping over all the work we have been learning within Second Level. Remember accuracy is important -who can answer questions correctly and quickly. We look forward to see your results. You can access the challenge through using your Sum Dog account and clicking on P7 Homework Challenge.