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Good afternoon Primary 5 Families!

I hope you all had a restful and enjoyable summer break. It has been good to get to speak to some of you at the end of the day and put faces to name. I am sure in the coming weeks I’ll be able meet and speak to more of you.

We had had a fantastic first week in Primary Five, taking time to re-connect after the break, completing our first piece of writing and discussing our rights and how we can make sure we are all working together to support and protect those rights. We have highlighted four of the United Nations Convention of the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) to focus this year in Primary Five, forming our class charter.

‘I have the right to an education.’ Right 28

‘I have the right to meet with friends and join with groups.’ Right 15

‘I have the right to be protected from being hurt or badly treated.’ Right 19

‘I have the right to relax and play.’ Right 31

Sharing Our Success

Our writing focus this week has been recipe poems. I challenged the learners to create a recipe poem for the ‘perfect teacher’. It was fantastic to see so many learners challenging themselves and having success. Below are just some examples of the learners’ amazing writing.

Take a spoonful of understanding,

Add a few drops of patience,

Mix in a gallon of coffee,

Stir with a sprinkle of happiness.

Fold in a chunk of laughter,

Sprinkle with a drop of kindness,

Finish with a dash of enthusiasm,

And there you have a perfect teacher.

By Thomas

Take a chunk of kindness,

Add a piece of humour,

Mix in a spoon of wonder,

Stir with a drop of courage.

Fold in a tonne of enthusiasm,

Add a sprinkle of love,

Finish with a touch of smiles

And there you have a perfect teacher.

By Ragad

Hello,

This week in spelling we are still focussing on words that end with -le.

Our words are:

bubble, scribble, cuddle, middle, muddle, paddle, puddle, riddle, saddle, juggle, smuggle, apple, battle, bottle, kettle, little, dazzle, drizzle, puzzle

Choose 2 of the activities below:

Odd One Out – For each of your spelling words, write four words. One is your spelling word, two relate to your spelling word and one is the odd word out that doesn’t fit with the other two.

Wacky Words – On a sheet of paper, write your spelling words in different directions, filling up the whole sheet. Use different colours and types of writing for each word.

Rhyming Wheels –  Think of as many words as you can that rhyme with your spelling words.

Alliteration – Write a sentence for each of your spelling words using as much alliteration as possible.

Sentence Smart – Write a sentence for each of your spelling words.

Story Time – Write a story using as many of your spelling words as you can. Underline each of your spelling words.

Working Out Words – Group your spelling words into nouns, adjectives, verbs etc.

Cartoon Connection – Create a cartoon strip using as many spelling words as you can.

You have an addition and subtraction code cracking activity for homework. You can choose from 2 digits, 3 digits or 4 digits. First work out what the numbers are (using the emojis to help you), then add your numbers together.

Good luck!

Mrs Rush

Wishing you a very HAPPY

We are looking forward to welcoming you back on Tuesday, 16th April! 🙂

Please remember to bring indoor shoes:

and a PE kit:

We are heading to the money museum on the mound on

WEDNESDAY, 17th April before lunch!

We are excited to see your castle creations from home and look forward to presenting them

at our Primary 1 showcase assembly on

FRIDAY, 26th April at 10am in our PE hall!

We

Spelling

Core words

gently, simply, visibly, sparkly, wriggly

Mild words

wrinkly, possibly, grumbly, terribly

Hot words

comfortably, probably, miserably, subtly

Maths and numeracy

In maths and numeracy we will be focusing on mixed numbers and improper fractions. To practice please use the link below to play the fractions and mixed numbers building game.

https://phet.colorado.edu/sims/html/fraction-matcher/latest/fraction-matcher_en.html

Learning Across the Curriculum

Either research another or continue with your previous presentation on an issue facing people in your community i.e. homelessness, cost of living crisis, energy crisis etc.