Use the choices below to decide what home learning tasks
you would like your child to take part in. It is up to families
as to how many activities they complete. Please date if com-
pleted.
Literacy Numeracy Health & Wellbeing IDL and RME
Reading
Log in to Read Theory
and complete 3-5 tasks
each week.
Spelling
Practise your spelling
words using a variety of
active and written
methods, as provided in
homework jotter cover.
Writing—Poetry
Create your own Winter
poem—it could be an acrostic,
or as a recipe. You can choose
your style and remember it
doesn’t have to rhyme. Write it
on a word document/take a
photo and UPLOAD TO TEAMS.
Times Tables
Practise all known times tables.
Extension—know the linked
dividers eg 24 divided by 3 = 8,
3 x 8 =24. Hit the Button is a
great quickfire online maths
site on Topmarks, or get
someone to test you weekly.
5 Minute Move
Take part in at least 3 Joe
Wicks “5 Minute Moves”
workouts—you’ll find them
on Youtube—Joe Wicks
kids. If you’re feeling really
fit, try an abs workout!
Tudors and Stuarts
Go to the Primary
Homework Help site on Tudor
Fashion. Write down what rich
and poor people would have
worn then. Drawings or
downloaded images would be
good too. PLEASE UPLOAD TO
TEAMS.
Sumdog Challenges
Sumdog will be posted
fortnightly—choose your
level, MILD, SPICY or
HOT.
Numeracy and Maths
This term we will be look-
ing at the 24 hour clock.
A worksheet will be
uploaded on Teams later
on this term. PLEASE
UPLOAD YOUR
ANSWERS TO TEAMS.
HWB—Building
Resilience
This term’s theme is
Keep Connected. Read
over the Parent sheet
together and then
complete your ‘back up’
team in your jotter.
Forces
Carry out and then
complete the “2p Shove
Friction Test” . Your
teacher will give you a
worksheet. Remember
to write up your findings.
Christmas/Winter
From the beginning of
December, create your own
Christmas or Winter
decoration for the classroom.
It could be for the tree,
windows or walls. The internet
has some brilliant and simple
ideas.
RME— Festivals of Light
Light is often used for
celebrations in different faiths.
Tell an adult about how light is
used in Hanukkah and Diwali.
Remember to mention
significant people. Can you
think of other festivals of light?
• What was the best thing that happened at school today?
• Tell me something that made you laugh today?
• Tell me a new word that you heard today.
• If I called your teacher tonight, what would they tell me about you?
• How did you help somebody today?
• Tell me about three different times you used your pencil today.
• What was the most popular game at break today?
Useful apps and websites:
Topmarks (free to use online!)
Crickweb—various literacy and
Numeracy sites.
Sumdog—password and login from Teacher
P6a—Term 2
Gilmerton Primary School
Primary 6a Newsletter
Literacy
Reading
We will be developing our skimming and scanning skills to make predictions about various texts, marking texts to find required information and to use notes to develop thinking on a topic. The children will read a variety of genre including poetry and short stories and create a short presentation to their group/class about a piece of writing they enjoyed.
Writing
We will be continuing to develop our writing skills, focusing on using direct and indirect speech, including more connectives and learning about prepositions. We will look at the features of newspapers and create our own front page article, providing a logical sequence of events.
Listening & Talking
We will be listening to specific instructions to answer questions and annotate drawings, responding to a variety of questions (literal, inferential, prediction, analytical and evaluative) and talking confidently about a text we enjoyed.
Spanish
• Numbers to 50
• Where we come from
• Talk about foods—what we like/dislike; healthy/unhealthy foods
Numeracy & Mathematics
Numeracy
We will add and subtract, multiply and divide up to 9999 using column methods, look at frac-tions—add, subtract, equivalent and fractions of a quantity, and also be introduced to percentages.
Outer Maths
We will look at the 12 and 24 hour clock, co-ordinates and place value with money.
IDL – Tudors and Stuarts
Learning about the buildings connected to Mary Queen of Scots.
Look at some of the major events in her life which changed the shape of Scotland.
Forces
Understand that there are different types of forces
Plan, carry out and write up experiments to learn about air resistance, gravity and friction.
Health & Wellbeing
P.E.
Athletics and Games outside, develop basic skills for tennis
HWB
Building Resilience—Keep Connected
We will be looking at the importance of relationships to our health and wellbeing, that belonging to a group can help to build friendships and that relationships are a two way thing. We will talk about our “back up” team—who that may involve and why.
Expressive Arts
Art— create a Winterscape, make a Christmas decoration
Music— learn about a famous composer, comparing with one from current times.
Drama— explore the conventions of hot-seating, role play, freeze frame and mime.
ICT/Technologies
• Complete tasks through the Teams programme. Learn to upload photos and word documents.
• Use design skills to solve problems.
• Use a variety of materials in different experiments through Forces IDL.
RME
• Investigate festivals of light within different religions, including Hinduism and Judaism.
• Research Christmas traditions around the world.
What’s on / Events
Monday 9— Monday16 November—Parent Consultations (online) Monday 16—Friday 20 November— Scottish Book Week and Anti-Bullying week Tuesday 17 November— Virtual Authors Live event (P6a) - pm Monday 14—Friday 18 December—Virtual Pantomime (timings tbc) Monday 21 December— Class Christmas celebration. Tuesday 22 December—End of term—12 noon. HAVE A VERY HAPPY HOLIDAY! Tuesday 5 January 2021—In-service (Staff only) Wednesday 6 January 2021—Children return to school
Reminders:
Mon –
Tue – PE (Mrs Hutchinson)
Wed – PE (Mrs James)
Thur –
Fri –
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