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 –