P7 - Week Beginning 29 Nov 2010

Snowy Buckstone
Enjoy the snow - but remember to take advantage of the day and get started with your homework and then you can enjoy the snow during the week.

P7H can always log on to GLOW and look at the work on 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth' and discover what makes up Earth's structure.

Follow the link below:

https://portal.glowscotland.org.uk/establishments/cebuckstoneprimaryschool/Classes/Primary%207%20-%20Purple/Earth%20Structures/default.aspx

You can also experiment with their Voki.

Remember to find out what is happening with Edinburgh schools - look on

http://www.forthone.com/


 Literacy

Reading
Ongoing reading throughout the week, following the plan agreed by each Literature Circle Group. Remember to capture notes in your jotter in support of your allocated role; word wizard, summariser, character analyser, question writer or illustrator.

Spelling
Learn Spelling Words for Thursday.

Words this week are based on words with a prefix, which create an opposite word. These may be found at:

http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=4287476

The list has 28 words, you will only be tested on 14 words, the words with the prefix, but during the weekly test you will be given the word without the prefix, you will need to decide what prefix to use.

Note - Spelling City is using a capital 'M' for Mobile - this is the proper noun for a city in the USA. You should use a lower-case 'm' - mobile.

For those pupils working on tricky personal spelling words, they should learn words 1 to 7 from the above list and the 7 words on the following list, which you have selected for your group.

P7H list
To be agreed by group
http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=4287523
P7L list
To be agreed by group
http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=4287521

Topic Work - Structures of the Earth

Carry out your own research to find an interesting natural structure of the Earth. You should:

• Bring in a photo of your structure
• Be able to say why you selected the particular structure
• Provide some background information on how it may have been formed.

Mathematics
Remember we are using a new web-link to access our Maths. This provides you with more opportunities to earn points as your Maths improves.

P7 H - Have tasks set up Maths website - http://www.studyladder.co.uk
which continue our focus on money and area.

P7 L
Money assessment at www.studyladder.co.uk for each group.
Parents please record scores in homework jotters and sign.

P7 - Week Beginning 22 Nov 2010

Literacy

Reading
Ongoing reading throughout the week, following the plan agreed by each Literature Circle Group. Remember to capture notes in your jotter in support of your allocated role; word wizard, summariser, character analyser, question writer or illustrator.

Spelling
Learn Spelling Words for Thursday.

Words this week are based on the 'Structures of the Earth' vocabulary. These may be found at:

http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=4261745

For those pupils working on tricky personal spelling words, they should learn words 1 to 8 from the above list and the 8 words on the following list, which you have selected for your group.

P7H list
To be agreed by group
http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=4266553

P7L list
To be agreed by group
http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=4266557

Language - Summarising Skills/Functional Writing
Continue to create a pamphlet which sells Lagganlia. The criteria for the content and layout of the pamphlet are given on last weeks blog entry.

NOTE - This is the second week of this 2 week activity.

P7H - Upload to GLOW
If you have created your pamphlet on the computer, could you please upload it into GLOW following the link below. This will allow us to easily forward them to Lagganlia.     http://glo.li/cKRihZ


Mathematics
Remember we are using a new web-link to access our Maths. This provides you with more opportunities to earn points as your Maths improves.

P7 H - Have tasks set up Maths website - http://www.studyladder.co.uk
with a focus on money and area.

P7 L
2 tasks for each group- linked to money and area; which link to our Money Week Project. Please login at www.studyladder.co.uk

Parents: as there were problems with the website updating properly last week, please record your child's score in their homework jotters and sign. Thank you.

P7 - Week Beginning 15 Nov 2010

WELCOME BACK

This is a very busy week - We have two special visitors this week.

• Gillian Tee - Director of Children & Families, Wed 17th
• Ian Murray - MP for Edinburgh South, Fri 19th

Thursday 18th - back by popular demand - Buckstone's Got Talent, by Wednesday 17th P7 needs to have selected two groups to represent them in the final.
Friday 19th is also a Non Uniform Day - The pupils have asked to wear something Spotty and/or Stripey. The children can make donations to Children in Need.

Reading
You should now have all been provided with a new reading book. Ongoing reading throughout the week, following the plan agreed by each Literature Circle Group. Remember to capture notes in your jotter in support of your allocated role; word wizard, summariser, character analyser, question writer or illustrator.

Spelling
Learn Spelling Words for Thursday. Money vocabulary which may be found at:

http://www.spellingcity.com/view-spelling-list.html?listId=4129726

All pupils will be learning the money words and in particular discovering their meaning.

Language - Summarising Skill

Language - Summarising Skills/Functional Writing
Having been to Lagganlia you will have an excellent knowledge of what makes it such a wonderful place to visit.

You task is create a pamphlet which sells Lagganlia. The pamphlet should:

• Be based on A4 paper/card (folded as required).
• Have a heading.
• Use sub-headings.
• You might use a catchy slogan.
• Be clearly set out (in a logical way).
• Contain information relevant to the audience.
• Be eye catching -(attention grabbing pictures)
• and well organised. 

You might what to include some details 'summarised' from the Lagganlia website - http://www.lagganlia.com/index.html and some comments from visitors (ie you and your friends) about the 'fun' time you can have.

NOTE - You have 2 weeks to complete this activity.

Mathematics
Remember we are using a new web-link to access our Maths. This provides you with more opportunities to earn points as your Maths improves.

P7 H - Have tasks set up Maths website - http://www.studyladder.co.uk

We will be looking at Money. Each group has been given 1 activity in studyladder (the new name for smartkiddies) to help us understand our knowledge on money.

Many of you often have the opportunity to go on holiday aboard, You will have noticed that you do not use UK Pounds, or pence to pay for goods. Your task is to find out what coins and notes are used to make up the Euro (the currency used in many European countries). You should include pictures of the coins or notes.
A useful site is http://www.eurocoins.co.uk/


P7L
Our homework this week is linked to class work on money.

Task 1: Logon to the new weblink http://www.studyladder.co.uk ; 1 task per group.

TASK 2: Many of you often get the chance to holiday abroad. You will notice that you do not use UK pounds or pence to pay for goods. Your task is to find out what coins and notes make up the Euro (the currency used in the majority of European countries). Record this and include pictures of the coins and notes.

A useful site is http://www.eurocoins.co.uk/