Primary 4O Tasks for Monday 8 March 2021

Hello boys and girls,

Hope you all had a safe and relaxing weekend. We were very lucky to have such lovely weather to get out for walks and exercise. This is another week of remote learning for us but it is good to hear that the Nursery, P1, P2 and P3 children are back to school, so hopefully it will not be too long until we are back.

This is another busy week of tasks and as it is British Science Week I will be posting a daily fun science experiment for you to try out. Each experiment will have an accompanying explanatory video which will tell you how to do the experiment and the scientific facts behind the experiment. Today we are going to try out some Milk Art.

I am in school today supervising Key Workers’ children, so I may not answer your emails straightaway. Remember to upload your finished work so I can view it and give you some feedback. Enjoy your week, stay safe and as always try your best.

Literacy

In  your New Wave English in practice booklet complete Day 11 of the booklet. Read the questions carefully making sure if you are asked to write an answer you write it in the box provided, if you’re asked to circle an answer you circle it, or if you are asked to tick a question, you tick it. Only do Day 11 today.

Our main task today is a comprehension called, Jane’s new bicycle, which you will find in your learning pack. You will complete this comprehension in your literacy book. Read the comprehension text carefully a couple of times and think about what it is telling you. Remember to number the questions, date your work and give it a title. Remember to answer your questions in full sentences using capital letters, full stops, neat handwriting and take a new line for each answer.

In your pack you will also find your weekly spellings for this week. Please practice and learn them through the week. Test yourself and get an adult to test you each day.

There is an activity to go along with your spellings in your learning pack which can be completed during the week.

Remember to upload your work so I can view it and give you feedback.

Numeracy

In your learning pack you will find your mental maths workbook for the next four weeks. Complete Monday’s tasks for the third week.

For the remainder of this term we are going to look at money. We are going to look at the coins we use and how we can use our addition, subtraction and multiplication skills that we have been learning this year and how we can apply them to money.  

Remember we only have the following coins in our currency or money 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 and £2. Other countries will have different coins. 

In your learning packs select Book 2 and complete the next two pages 41 and 42 (Using 1p, 2p, 5p and 10p coins). Complete page 41 in your numeracy book and page 42 on the worksheet. On page 41 remember to check how many coins you have to use.

Remember to upload your work so I can view it and give you feedback.

World Around Us

Today we are going to look at mammals which are extinct, that is mammals no longer alive, on the island of Ireland. Why have these mammals become extinct? The main reason and responsibility for this happening is us - humans. In many cases the mammals were hunted to extinction or due to the increase in human population, their habitats and sources of food were destroyed. Some of the mammals that have become extinct can be found in other parts of the world, but unfortunately some of them have disappeared completely forever. Other reasons for the extinction of some mammals were natural occurrences such as the Ice Age when temperatures changed and became too cold for them to survive.

I would like you to watch the attached videos on extinct animals which includes the Irish Elk which was once native to Ireland and why animals go extinct.   In your project book using the information from the videos I would like you under the heading Extinct Mammals, to list the reasons why certain mammals have become extinct. I would also like you under the heading, The Irish Elk, five interesting facts about this once great mammal.

Diary

I would like you to complete a diary entry for today. Remember to date your entry and answer the following questions:

How do I feel today? What did I like doing? What’s the weather like? What is happening in the world today?

For the last question you will have to listen to the news or ask an adult. I had some interesting replies to this question last week, so keep them coming.

Remember to upload your work so I can view it and give you feedback.

Science Week Experiment

This is British Science Week and each day I will be posting a fun experiment for you to try at home. As Mrs McLaughlin said in her letter explaining about this week on the school’s website, these are fun activities for all the family to try with the chance to learn some interesting and amazing scientific facts. Today try out some milk art. Yes I said MILK ART! 🥛I have attached a video which gives you instructions on how to be artistic 👨‍🎨 using milk, some food colouring and some soap. It also tells you the scientific facts👩‍🔬 for how this works. So watch the video, get creative and most of all have fun.😲 Send me some pictures of you doing the experiment and your results.