Week Commencing: 1/06/2020

Craigentinny Primary School

Dear P7 Pupils,

We hope you are enjoying your home learning activities. Remember, we will also be reading a

chapter from The Nowhere Emporium and Kensuke’s Kingdom which you can listen to by clicking

the link on the school app. If you would like to upload a photo and/or comment you can do this

on Twitter by tagging us with @craigypsp7 or #craigieathome. We hope you are all doing well,

please remember the below activities are suggestions so please do what is suitable for you at

home.

Thank you to everyone who has sent us their memories for the yearbook, there is still time to send

yours using the email addresses below! If you would like to send me your work, or ask any

questions about your learning, please email us at linzi.mcdowell@craigentinny.edin.sch.uk or

emily.2.cooper@craigentinny.edin.sch.uk.

From Miss McDowell and Ms Cooper

Health and Wellbeing

Task One: Learn a new chore Ask an adult to teach you a new

chore which would help them

around the house. This could be

doing laundry, washing the car,

cooking or something else!

Task Two: Let’s Dance Create a dance routine to one of

your favourite songs! You could

even teach it to someone at home.

Topic / Other Curricular Areas

Task One: Art: Create an original self-

portrait. Create a self-portrait using any

materials you choose. Will you

choose to arrange household

objects/clothes or sketch or paint

yourself? We can’t wait to see what

you create!

Task Two: French: Create a pairing

game using the vocabulary below.

Using squares of paper, write the

animal on one square and draw the

animal on another. Repeat for all

animals. Turn over your squares and

try to match the pictures to the

correct vocabulary.

These tasks can be spread out throughout the week, depending on what works for you and your

family!

Literacy and English Numeracy and Maths

Spelling

‘ir’ pattern

ironic, irrational, irregular, irritable,

irrelevant, irreplaceable, irremovable,

irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible.

Task One: Learn the definitions for

each of your spelling words. You

may choose to write these or

discuss with an adult at home. You

can use this link to help you:

https://www.collinsdictionary.com/

Task Two: Create a Spelling

Scribble (example included

below).

Writing

This week your writing activity is split into 3

separate tasks you can complete over

the week.

The tasks all focus on how an author uses

‘mood words’ or language to create a

spooky atmosphere.

Task 1: analysing a poem.

Task 2: planning your writing by

using a stimulus.

Task 3: writing a description of a

spooky setting.

More information for each task is

included on the ‘Literacy’ sheet below.

Task One: Converting between 12-hour

and 24-hour time.

Complete the attached sheet

‘Converting 12-hour and 24-hour

times’ sheet to sharpen your skills in

converting between different ways

of telling the time.

Discuss with someone at home

where you might be more likely to

see time displayed in a 24-hour

format and why it is useful.

Task Two: Sumdog assessment on time.

Complete the Sumdog assessment

on time. You can find it by clicking

on the ‘assessments’ tab and

choosing the assessment for your

group.

Task Three: Formal addition.

Choose and complete one of the

below sheets on formal addition.

You can choose between mild,

medium and hot.

Task Four: Criss Cross Addition Game.

Play the Criss Cross Addition game

with a partner at home – game

boards found below. Fancy a

challenge? Make a ‘no

calculators allowed’ rule.

Task Five: Daily 10.

Practise your maths skills by

completing the Daily 10. You can

access it via this link:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/math

s-games/daily10

French Resources

Vocabulary for French animals below.

Literacy

Spelling

Example of a ‘Spelling Scribble’ for task two.

Draw a wobbly line all around a page. Write your

spelling words in each of the spaces!

See how many times you can fit each word into

a space.

Writing

This week your writing activity is split into 3 separate tasks you can complete over the week. The

tasks all focus on how an author uses ‘mood words’ or language to create a spooky atmosphere.

• Task 1: analysing a poem

• Task 2: planning your writing by using a stimulus

• Task 3: writing a description of a spooky setting

Not Yet

As the night comes darker,

As the clouds turn grey,

As the sun abandons us,

Comes the end of the day.

But have you ever wondered,

What’s in the black of night?

What creeps and peeks and lingers?

But stays out of sight?

I once did sit and wonder,

I once did sit and think,

About what is in the deadly dark,

What made that clink?

I sat up in my covers,

I slightly opened my eyes,

But only dark surrounded me,

With not a place to hide,

I heard it on the carpet,

Slithering across the floor,

I heard it creeping up,

Something at the door.

The handle rattled slightly,

The covers shivered too,

I glanced from cover to door to cover,

Something had come through.

I felt it coming closer,

Brush against my leg,

A step across the carpet,

Something near my head.

Fight or flight the question,

An instinct to be made,

A step across the carpet,

My sight begins to fade.

I move beneath my covers,

It’s gone from my brow,

A step across the carpet,

Something’s coming now.

I sit and listen closely,

My head is drenched with sweat,

I prayed that it was over,

Not yet.

Task 1: Analysing a poem

Read the poem carefully and follow the steps below. When analysing (thinking about) a text like

this it is good to discuss it with another person so try to find someone at home you can read it wit

Underline examples of rhyming couplets in blue.

Underline ‘mood words’- words which create a spooky atmosphere in red.

Underline 3 words in green and check their definition in a dictionary.

This is a useful online dictionary: https://www.collinsdictionary.com/

Task 2: Planning your writing

Look carefully at this stimulus (picture). Task

3 is to write a detailed description of the

setting shown in this stimulus.

A good way to plan your writing is to

create a word bank of ‘mood words’ you

can use to describe your setting.

• Write a list of ‘mood words’ you could

use to describe this picture. Think about

your 5 senses and how you would feel

standing in front of this house.

Task 3: Writing your description

Write a paragraph describing this setting. Take your time to read and edit your writing as you write.

We are looking forward to seeing what you write!

Success Criteria:

• Your paragraph should accurately describe the stimulus. Remember you are not telling a story

but a description of the setting at this moment. We should not meet anyone or go inside the

house.

• You should write in 1st person (I saw…).

• Try to use interesting WOW words and descriptive phrases- use your word bank from task 2!

• Use your senses to describe the setting (see/hear/touch/smell/taste).

Maths

Task One:

Task Two: Mild

Task Two: Medium

Task Two: Hot Challenge yourself to use formal method multiplication to solve.

Task Four:

Just in case you missed them, here’s last week’s daily challenges from our class Twitter

page:

MONDAY’S

CHALLENGE

Monday’s maths challenge: Can you solve it?

TUESDAY’S

CHALLENGE

Today's challenge is to write an acrostic poem about somebody in

your family using their first name. You should think about their

personality and what you like about them.

WEDNESDAY’S

CHALLENGE

Wednesday challenge: *back away from the screens* Spend 30

minutes reading today! This can be a book of your choice or you

can listen to The Nowhere Emporium or Kensuke’s Kingdom. You can

find the links on the school app and twitter.

THURSDAY’S

CHALLENGE

Your challenge today is a scavenger hunt. Can you find something

in your house beginning with each letter of the alphabet? For

example: a = apple, b = bin, c = cat… Some letters might be trickier

than others! Tweet us to let us know how you get on!

FRIDAY’S

CHALLENGE

Over the weekend, visit our ‘Rainbow of Hope’ at the back gate of

the school. You can add a ribbon of your own by collecting one at

the shop around the corner. Bring a sharpie to add your

name/message and a pencil to help (its fiddly).