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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 [email protected] 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
e
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
e
that you have just cut off and put it, upside
down, in the top of the bottl
e
.
6. Stand your bottl
e
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
[email protected] by Tuesday 9th June.