Hi Primary 4
Our school is not open as normal again this week, so I hope you are all still looking after yourselves and keeping safe. As today is a Bank Holiday, we are going to take a break from schoolwork. The sun is shining so get outside and enjoy yourself. Don’t forget to join us for the Braidside tea party instead! Don't forget to send us your pictures of your tea party! I am going to enjoy mine in the garden!
Remember to carry on being helpful for your family and looking after yourselves. Keep following all the rules regarding hand washing, social distancing, exercise and shopping routines. It is important that we keep doing them every day.
I am still okay and keeping well. I am still busy in the garden and exercising at home every day.
It was lovely to hear from Aime and to see all the many things she had been working on.
I would like to wish Bilal and Dylan Eid Mubarak, and hope you enjoyed the celebrations.
Remember, if you need any help with anything, please send me an email and I will try to help as best I can. I would love seeing all the great work you are doing or what you have been up to. Send me any photographs and videos of you to share on our school website. My school email address is tosullivan900@c2kni.net. I am looking forward to seeing all your tea party pictures.
I've uploaded some notes and worksheets for literacy, numeracy and The World Around Us to help you this week. I hope you find them useful and not too difficult. Remember, only do what you can and try your best!
Keep working on your learning packs if you haven’t completed them. A little every day goes a long way!
The World Around Us
• I hope our topic for this term on Plants, Flowers and Trees is still going well. How well are your plants growing? Have any of them begun to flower or blossom? Have any developed buds and shoots? Lots of my plants have begun to flower and the bees have been very busy this year. How are you getting along with your plant research? Keep recording what you have been doing in your planting/ growing diary. Don’t forget to add illustrations to show what you did or has happened. Keep helping your family with the gardening tasks. Send me some photographs of how things are growing. You could put these into a growing sequence.
• If you don’t have a garden, what have you noticed or seen change around you when you are out on your walk. Remember to record these changes and draw pictures or take photographs to show these changes. Again, you could sequence them.
• Don’t forget there are loads of Internet sites on which you will find out lots of interesting information about our wonderful plant world. Have a look at some of the gardening sites such as http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/gardening_with_children/ which has plenty of information and some home projects you might like to try. There was a great series of programmes from past Royal Horticultural Society’s Chelsea Flower Shows last week, which can be seen on BBC iPlayer, if you missed them.
• This week we are going to look at photosynthesis. I have attached a power point, information and worksheets on photosynthesis, that is how a plant makes its food, for this week for you to try. If you don’t have a home printer you could copy out the sheet filling in the answers.
Don’t forget to have a look at any relevant sites put onto our school’s website.
Literacy
• This week I would like you to look at antonyms. Antonyms are words that have an opposite meaning to another word. For example, hot and cold. When you are reading a story see how using antonyms could change the story. Try writing a simple story and then re-write it using different antonyms. Compare the two stories! I have attached some tasks on antonyms for you to try.
• Continue practicing your spellings. Keep testing yourself and see how you get on.
• Keep on with your reading. Try doing a book review on your reading book. What about exchanging your book reviews with your friends? I have attached a template for you to use.
• How is your diary or scrapbook getting along? Remember to date of each entry. Remember things like the weather, what you did (exercise) and even what you ate! Don’t forget the things that have been happening in the world or locally, like our tea party. Don’t forget to illustrate it or take photographs.
• Remember you can use interactive websites as fun learning resources such as, wwwprimaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk. Don’t forget there are also online books which can be downloaded or listened to and numerous word games. Keep an eye on our school website for different sites and activities. Keep practicing your handwriting.
Numeracy
• Continue practicing your counting and multiplication tables. Play number or counting games such as Snakes & Ladders. There are also online number games you can play.
• This week we are going to continue looking at fractions. Remember, a fraction represents part of a whole. When something is shared, broken up or divided into, parts, the fraction shows how many of those parts you have. Each of the parts must be equal. I have attached some tasks to help you along. Remember however many parts or groups something is divided into each part must be equal (half- 2 equal parts 1/2, quarters – 4 equal parts 1/4, thirds – 3 equal parts 1/3 and so on). Use the fraction grid to help you. I have attached another one for you. Good luck with the tasks.
• Why not try using fractions as you exercise. For example, get an adult to suggest a number and you do half or quarter of it in star jumps or skips. Get an adult to test you on fractions as you are out walking. Don’t forget to time yourself or see how long it takes you to do something and then find out what half of that time would be. Set yourself or your friend timed challenges.
• Don’t forget there are interactive websites which are a good fun learning resource for this (e.g. wwwprimaryhomeworkhelp.co.uk, BBC Bitesize).
Don’t forget to keep clapping on Thursdays for our wonderful NHS staff, care workers and all those frontline workers doing so much to help us and keep us safe.
So, until next week, boys and girls remember to take care of yourselves and your families, follow all the rules, be good and stay safe. Miss you all and hoping to see you all soon. Don’t Worry Be Happy!! Enjoy the tea party.
Primary 4O remember ‘We always try our best’ Best wishes from Mr O’Sullivan.
