Hello P4 pupils, Week Beginning: 8th June 2020

We hope you enjoyed our first virtual Sports Day on Friday. Well done to everyone who took part and shared

their achievements with us. This week, we are going to further explore the weather topic, you will be

encouraged to think about the importance of sleep and we will revisit our previous learning on contractions.

There is also a new spelling pattern. These tasks can be spread out throughout the week, depending on what

works for you and your family.

Please keep uploading your photos and comments on our class Twitter page @craigypsp4. You can also

email me at Jana.Davis@craigentinny.edin.sch.uk if you would like to send me your work, or ask any questions

about your learning. Have a lovely week and remember to stay safe!

Mrs Davis and Ms Hunter

Health and Wellbeing Topic/Other Curricular Areas P.E.: Roller Ball Challenge Equipment: socks in a ball, 1 pair of trainers, 2 toilet rolls,

a ball and a timer

Place the two toilet rolls the length of three trainers

apart. This marks your goal. Holding your socks, take five

big steps away from the goal line and place your socks

on the floor on the fifth step. You have 30 seconds to roll

a ball and try to score a goal. Once you have rolled a

ball, collect it and return to your roll line (socks) and roll

again. Remember to practise throughout the week to

achieve the best possible result.

Health and Wellbeing: The Importance of Sleep Sleep helps our body and brain develop and grow. It

also allows our body to rest for the next day. Most

children between 5 and 12 need 10 - 11 hours of sleep

each night.

Your brain needs sleep so you can: • remember what you learn

• pay attention and concentrate

• solve problems and think of new ideas.

Your body needs sleep so:

• your muscles, bones and skin can grow

• it can heal injuries

• your body can stay healthy and fight sickness.

Task 1: Keep a sleep diary for a week. You can use the

template provided.

Most people have trouble sleeping once in a while.

Some things can keep you from getting a good night’s

sleep but there are lots of things you can do to help

yourself sleep well.

Task 2: Create a ‘Sleep Tips’ poster suggesting things you

can do to help get a good night’s sleep. Remember to

include a title and present your ideas in a clear way. It is

also important to make your poster attractive to the

readers so try to include some images too.

Sleep Tip example: Have a bedtime routine. Do the

same relaxing things before bed each night e.g. reading

or listening to quiet music.

Science: Weather Weather is the day to day conditions of a place. By

knowing what weather to expect each day, we can make

the most of our time. The science of weather is called

meteorology. Weather reporters get their information from

weather scientists called meteorologists. These scientists

predict what the weather will be like over the next few

days by observing weather in the past and present. These

predictions are called forecasts. There are 5 types of

weather – sunny, cloudy, windy, rainy and stormy.

Task 1: There are many reasons to record the weather, not

only in our environment but across the world. Can you think

of some reasons? Discuss your ideas with an adult at home

and write them in your jotter e.g. It is useful to know when

a bad storm is coming so that people can get to safety.

We use different types of instruments to measure the

weather e.g. a thermometer (temperature), a barometer

(air pressure), a rain gauge (precipitation), radar shows

where and how much rain is falling, etc.

Task 2: Rain Gauge

Over the course of a week you will observe and record the

amount of rainfall. To measure rainfall, make a rain gauge,

place it in a set location (e.g. a windowsill) and leave it

there all day. Try to collect the data at the same time each

day.

Equipment: a plastic bottle, marker pen, ruler, scissors/knife

https://youtu.be/M8n5zIWEBH0

This link offers step by step instructions how to make a rain

gauge. Remember to ask an adult for help when cutting

the plastic bottle. If you cannot access this link, use the

information attached.

Day of the week Rainfall (cm)

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

Thursday

Friday

Which day of the week had the most/least rainfall?

What is the difference between the day with the most and

the day with the least rainfall?

Literacy and English Numeracy and Maths Spelling: Focus spelling pattern – ir One of the ways of spelling the /er/ sound is using the

letters ir. Choose mild, medium or hot spelling words from

the grid attached. Use the list you feel the most confident

with. As you go through the list, say each word aloud and

listen to the vowel sound. Make sure you know what the

words mean.

Task 1: Write each word 3 times using the LSCWC (look, say,

cover, write and check) strategy.

Task 2: Make your own word search for someone at home

to solve. You can draw your own grid using a ruler or you

can use the template provided.

Task 3: Use magazines or newspapers to cut out the letters

you will need to spell 5 of your most tricky spelling words.

Stick them into your jotter.

Task 4: Make a secret code by drawing a

picture for each letter of your spelling word.

Task 5: After you have completed all the spelling

activities ask someone at home to test you.

Reading:

Task 1: Read the First News article ‘Bull’s Bum Causes

Blackout’ and complete the activity.

Task 2: Listen to The Highland Falcon Thief chapter 8.

Grammar: Contractions

At school we have used apostrophes for contractions.

When something contracts, it gets smaller. Contractions

are made by combining two words and shortening them

into one. They are used in lots of informal writings e.g. text

messages, but in formal writing you would usually not use

any contractions at all. This is because contractions create

a casual tone.

do not = don’t have not = haven’t was not = wasn’t

Can you see how contractions always feature an

apostrophe? The apostrophe shows that one or more

letters were removed.

Contractions can be made in two different ways:

verb (doing word) + not do not = don’t

pronoun (replaces noun) + verb he is = he’s

This week we are going to focus on verb + not.

Task 1: Pick a page from your reading book and identify

all the contractions you can find. List them in your jotter

and write their expanded form. You can set out your work

like this:

Contraction Expanded Form

don’t do not

Task 2: Complete the activity below. Choose between

‘Match the Contraction’ or ‘Fill in the Contraction’.

Warm-up game: Number of the Day This is an interactive activity. Follow the link below and select

the level that is most appropriate to you:

https://mathsstarters.net/activity/numdaystudent

Task: Choose a 2-, 3-, 4- or even 5-digit number and

complete the questions. You can check your answers at the

end. Please try to do one number each day.

Number: Countdown Challenge

Task: The challenge is to use each of the five numbers once

and the four operations (addition, subtraction,

multiplication and division) to make the total. You might

want to start with the ‘mild’ challenge and work your way

through the other challenges.

Here is an example: 5, 2, 6, 2, 4 Total: 10

5 x 2 = 10 + 6 = 16 – 2 = 14 – 4 = 10

Mild: 8, 2, 4, 3, 2 Total: 20

Medium: 2, 9, 7, 6, 4 Total: 53

Hot: 8, 25, 7, 2, 5 Total: 15

Here is a link to a Countdown Solver, however you should

only use it after trying to find the solution yourself. Once you

have entered inputs, click ‘solve’ and then ‘trickshot’.

http://www.maths-resources.com/countdown/

Be a teacher: Units of Time Task: If you find a mistake, correct it by writing a new

statement next to it. Use >, < or =.

12 months > 1 year 2 years = 22 months 1 week < 8 days

5 weeks > 1 month 1 year < 365 days 1 day > 24 hours

1 week = 7 days 1 hour > 60 minutes 15 days < 2 weeks

2 weeks > fortnight 20 months = 2 years ½ day = 12 hours

1 month < 27 days 2 days = 48 hours 1 year = 52 weeks

Money: Giving change

We are learning to work out change using addition and

subtraction strategies.

Example: Mo buys a chocolate bar for 37p. He pays with a

50p coin. How much change will he receive? You can use

an empty number line to help you.

Remember: 100p = £1

Task 1: Write how much you will have left after spending

these amounts:

Mild (change from 50p): 10p, 45p, 25p, 42p, 36p, 17p, 39p,

22p, 15p, 19p

Medium (change from £1): 65p, 74p, 57p, 15p, 48p, 31p, 82p,

13p, 77p, 54p

Hot (change from £5): £1.70, £3.60, £2 25, £4.45, £2.65, £3.76,

£1.53, £1.95, £3.79, £4.21

Task 2: What coins could you receive for change? Use as

few coins as you can. Work with the answers from the mild,

medium or hot chilli task.

Example: Mo received 13p in change.

Coins for change: 10p coin, 2p coin and 1p coin

Spelling Grid – ir

Mild Medium Hot

stir third squirm

bird thirsty affirmative

girl dirty affirmation

swirl thirty infirmary

twirl thirteen circumference

first squirt circumnavigate

thirst irksome circumstance

birth quirk confirmation

skirt skirmish

birch whirlwind

News from the British Isles – South Lanarkshire

Read the story carefully and answer the following

questions. Remember to ask an adult for help if

you come across a tricky word.

1. How did Ron the bull affect 700 homes in

Scotland?

2. What was the very first thing that caused this

dramatic result?

3. The title of a newspaper article is called the

headline. Headlines try to grab your attention

and make you want to read the story. Here are

some of the methods that writers use to write

catchy headlines.

a) Rhyme b) Alliteration c) Humour

Which can you spot in the headline for this story?

4. Which word means the same as ‘electricity

supply’ (noun 5 letters)?

5. Which word means the same as an

uncomfortable feeling on the skin that makes you

want to scratch (adjective 5 letters)?

6. Which word means the same as a small group

of houses in a country area (noun 7 letters)?

My Word Search

Find the words below in the puzzle and circle them.

______________________________________ ______________________________________

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Health and Wellbeing – Sleep Diary

Simple Rain Gauge

• Empty 2-litre plastic bottle

• 30cm ruler

• Marker pen

• Sharp scissors

• Sticky tape

Instructions1. Holding the ruler against the plastic bottle , use a marker pen to draw

a line on the bottle every centimetre. Make sure you mark on the

number of centimetres, too! Do this until you reach 20 centimetres.

2. Carefully (and with an adult ’s help), use the scissors to pierce a hole

in the bottl

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above the 20cm line.

3. Starting at this hole, cut all the way around the bottle until the top

part comes off. Be careful! The plastic edges can be sharp.

4. Add some sticky tape over the rim of both parts of the bottle to

protect your hands from the sharp edges.

5. Take the top of the bottl

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that you have just cut off and put it, upside

down, in the top of the bottl

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.

6. Stand your bottl

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somewhere sturdy so it doesn’t topple over and

wait for a rainy day!

You will need:

visit twinkl.com

Just in case you missed them, here are last week’s daily challenges from

our class Twitter page:

MONDAY’S CHALLENGE

Rocket Design

On Saturday, Space X and Nasa launched a rocket carrying 2

astronauts to the International Space Station. Here is a link to watch

the launch. Your task is to find out the name of the rocket (there

might be more than one), and to design your own rocket and come

up with a name for it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hfkk2bzlygY&feature=emb_logo

TUESDAY’S CHALLENGE

Domino Box

Find these four dominoes or make your

own out of paper. Arrange the four

dominoes so that the spots on each side

make a total of 10. Look at the template

provided. I will tweet an answer at the

end of the day.

WEDNESDAY’S CHALLENGE

Self Portrait

What is your favourite sport and why do you enjoy it? Draw a picture

of yourself performing your chosen sport(s), adding words of what

skills and qualities you need to become successful at it. Remember to

share your pictures with us.

THURSDAY’S CHALLENGE

Design a Trophy

As you know, there are two teams in our virtual

Sports Day – team Craigies and team Tinnys.

Your challenge is to design a trophy for the

winning team, you could even create a 3D

model.

FRIDAY’S CHALLENGE

Sports Day Friday 5th June is our first virtual Sports Day at Craigentinny. The aim is

to have some family fun and to try your best at the events. Once you

have finished the activities, submit your scores to

admin@craigentinny.edin.sch.uk by Tuesday 9th June.