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Writing Reading Numeracy and Maths L.I – To create interesting characters through description of appearance, behaviour and feelings. Success Criteria:

• To identify features from good examples of character description

• To consciously select the most suitable descriptive phrases to describe a character

• To use character features as a way to tell a reader about the character’s personality

L.I – To use strategies while reading and after reading to develop and demonstrate understanding of a text. Success Criteria:

• Use comprehension strategies to develop answers

• Use notetaking to gather information while reading

• Provide answers that clearly explain your thinking when required

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Over the next two weeks in writing, we are going to work on our ability to use descriptive language to create a character and bring them to life on the page. Our characters should be full of details about how they look, how they behave and what sort of personality they have.

Download the ebook Code Cracking for Beginners (if you haven’t already done so) from Twinkl using the link below. https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t2-or-5630-code-cracking-for-beginners-ebook Read chapters 10 and 11 (pages 73 - 93) and complete the task map shared at the end of this document. Remember that starred tasks are for everyone to complete, and then you can choose your own tasks to complete after that.

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When creating a character, the emphasis is on show, don’t tell; we want to share details about our character in clever ways, not just create a list of facts about them. The first thing you should do is open the link below which will show you what our targets are for this piece of writing: https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t2-e-5027-uks2-character-description-checklist The goal is to do all these things in a lovely, flowing style of writing, not treat them all as totally separate goals. To see how writers weave all of these things together, read the examples in the link below and think about the questions you are asked at the end of each one. These examples are really useful to keep coming back to – this is what success looks like! https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/second-level-short-character-description-examples-activity-sheets-cfe2-l-329 If you have a clear idea now, then you are ready for some practice on uplevelling some character descriptions. Try downloading the Blether Stations resource below. You will want to open the file named ‘Blether Station Posters’. Each of these short descriptions could really use your help to make them more interesting and informative. Use

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your imagination and improve them as much as you can. https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/cfe2-e-4731-cfe-second-level-up-levelling-character-description-blether-stations For some help with this, try this poster of helpful descriptions. https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/roi2-e-2668-adjectives-for-characters-display-poster Don’t forget how useful adverbs can be for bringing actions to life and giving them a link to your character’s personality. Here is a poster of some helpful adverbs (and some other helpful word banks): https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/cfe-t-l-4358-adjective-adverb-and-verb-mat-pack Finally, if you are ready to have a go using these skills, try a paragraph or two to give some life to a monster. You can ignore the instructions on the sheet – we are just using the handsome image to help our writing! https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/describe-the-monster-writing-activity-sheet-t-or-2007 Remember, the monster will look the same for everyone, but you can give it a totally different

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personality through its movements, posture, speech and other actions.

Spelling Talking and Listening Social Studies

L.I- To identify and use common spelling patterns to accurately spell familiar words. Success Criteria:

• Identify number of phonic sounds in a word

• Identify number of syllables in a word

• Identify parts of word that do not sound as they appear

L.I- Using a wide variety of sources, create a presentation which is in your own words about the Kindertransport and the involvement of Sir Nicholas George Winton in the Kindertransport. Success Criteria:

• I can locate and use relevant information in the presentation.

• The information I put in the presentation is logical and structured.

• I can use information from a wide variety of sources to create my presentation.

The presentation I create is in my own words and I have not copied sections from the sources I used.

L.I- To learn about the Kindertransport (kinder is German for children) that was used to transport Jewish children to the UK during WW2 and how children involved in it were affected by this experience. Success Criteria:

• I understand what the Kindertransport was.

• I understand why the Kindertransport happened and who organised it in the UK.

• I have developed an understanding of how it affected the children involved in it and how their lives changed as a result of being evacuated to the UK on the Kindertransport.

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This week’s word list features the ‘or’ sound, which can sound with a long or short letter ‘o’ sound. The list can be found at the bottom of this learning grid. Choose 20 words from the list that you find reasonably challenging. Try to find other common elements of spelling rules within the words, such as double consonants and magic e. Check how many syllables and how many sounds there are in each word. For example: solicitor – has 4 syllables (sol-ic-it-or) and is made of 9 distinct sounds (s-o-l-i-c-i-t-o-r). It has a soft c making the ‘s’ sound in the middle.

This work will be carried out over 2 weeks. Before you do this work, complete the Social Studies work on this grid as it will help you with this. The aim of the work this week is to gather the information you are going to use for the presentation. Instructions on how to create the presentation will be given to you next week. This week, you are going to carry-out research to gather information and make notes about the Kindertransport and Sir Nicholas Winton.

Task 1 In your Talking and Listening task last week, you learned about what happened to some children in Germany and other countries prior to and during WW2. In Social Studies last week you also learned about the persecution that Jews and other people faced prior to the start of the War.

If you haven’t watched the video clips from last week, please do so as part of this work. In this task, you are going to learn what the Kindertransport was and who was involved in it.

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Practise your words as we normally would in class using your jotter. Once you have copied and practiced the lists, get someone at home to quiz you on your list. Word building – choose ten words and create extensions of these words using common prefixes and suffixes. Check this list with someone else to make sure it is accurate. For example: solicitor becomes soliciting. If you have signed up for Sumdog you can complete spelling games there. Additionally, you can use Doorway speller online from the link below: https://www.doorwayonline.org.uk/activities/speller/

Remember to try and organise your notes using subheading/bullet points etc so that they are easier to organise and read when you create the presentation next week. Also, you need to make sure they are notes – don’t copy large chunks of text. Your presentation is to be in your own words so notes are more helpful in this situation. You can either write your notes or use word processing – whatever is easier for you – but remember, don’t copy and paste chunks of text if you are word processing. You can use the information from the Social Studies work this week and the videos in the Talking and Listening last week as sources for your notes along with your own research.

Open the following link and go through the powerpoint, making notes and answering questions where appropriate (usually at the blue sections). https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t2-h-5763-kindertransport-powerpoint Task 2 In this task you are going to gain an understanding about the effect the Kindertransport had on the children who used it to come to the UK in WW2.

1. Watch the video below. In the video adults, who were children who used the Kindertransport, describe the experiences they had and how it affected them.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XqP0uVSj3bQ

This link also has information which you may want to watch/read – https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/46877532

2. Some children who arrived on the Kindertransport went to a refugee settlement in Millisle, Donaghadee, Northern Ireland.

• Find this location on a map.

3. Go through the powerpoint below which describes what Millisle Refugee Settlement Farm was like for the refugee children.

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/millisle-refugee-settlement-farm-powerpoint-ni2-g-131

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4. Complete the comprehension task in the link

below. Choose a star level that is appropriate you.

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/millisle-refugee-settlement-farm-differentiated-reading-comprehension-activity-ni2-g-168

Health and Wellbeing Expressive Arts (Art/Music/Drama) RME, Science, Technology

L.I - To recognise change as a constant in our lives and consider how we plan for and react to it. Success Criteria:

• To recognise change we have experienced and how change will affect our future

• To be aware that there will e times when change is challenging and we will not feel good about it

• To know the strategies that can help to deal with change

LI: To express and communicate my

ideas, thoughts and feelings through

musical activities.

Success Criteria: I can use my voice,

instruments or creative sounds,

experimenting with timbre (sound

quality) to communicate the character

of the piece.

LI – To understand why the discovery of penicillin was so important. Success Criteria · I know how Sir Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin. · I can explain why the discovery of penicillin saved so many lives during World War II. · I can explain why antibiotics are still so important.

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‘A Night In The Blitz’

Activities and Resources Today we are finding out about a very important scientific discovery that had a big impact on World War II.

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Following Mr Law’s assembly from Friday, we are going to begin work on a new building resilience unit. Material needed for this task will be posted to your class Teams page on Monday by your teacher. If you cannot access on Teams, use the email addresses in the Message from my Teacher section of this grid to get in contact and we will email things to you. Firstly, use the PowerPoint document in Teams to go through the main points of this unit – some of this will be familiar if you saw Friday’s assembly, but if not, you can go through it all in this PowerPoint. Then read the Parable of the Butterfly: https://clockworxnz.wordpress.com/2016/07/28/the-parable-of-the-butterfly/

1. Read the short description ‘A Night

in the Blitz’. (Find this further down

the grid)

2. Think of words, phrases, or

sentences that would particularly lend

themselves to having a sound effect,

which would add greater drama to the

reading of this this story.

3. Using dynamics (loud of soft) where

would you have the effects ‘ff’ or ‘pp’

or ‘crescendo’ or ‘diminuendo’ ?

4. If you were to try to create a graphic

score, a picture made up of symbols

that could be interpreted as musical

ideas, stimuli, can you think of ways in

which you could represent this on

paper for friends to perform your

musical ideas?

Eg. The sound of a siren: ͠

Silence: Musical rests???

Ticking clock: Musical notes????

Please watch the clip in the link below. https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/clips/zhkncdm Now look at the poster below.

What do you think it means? Why do you think infection was such a big problem in WWII? How did penicillin help? Have you ever taken penicillin? Did it help you? Why are antibiotic still so important in medicine today? If you allow a piece of bread to go mouldy, some of the mould that forms could be penicillin!

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Lots of changes in our lives can be exciting

and challenging, like getting older or taking

on new responsibilities – how we react to

changes differs from person to person and

depends on how we view a change.

As Primary 7s, you all have a change coming

up in your transition to high school. Your task is

to consider this change, in how it could be

both challenging and exciting, and then try to

create a toolkit to help a student through this

transition.

What thoughts could they practice? What

actions could they take beforehand? Who

could help them? What might be the hardest

part to overcome?

In your Team page you will also find the home

task that is normally completed for these units

and it involves some design work.

Bomb exploding

Bomb falling

These are some ideas!

5. Try to draw a musical score using

symbols, and try to make it colourful

too!

6. Can you choose suitable sounds

(timbre) to represent the sign?

7. Are you able to perform it ?

8. If you play an instrument, you could

try to write a short musical ‘motif’ to

represent a particular event / sound/

character????

9. Or, perhaps someone could read the

story, or you could record yourself

reading it, and then add your sound

effects as the story develops.

10. Or, write your own story and create

your own musical ideas

STEM Challenge This week’s STEM challenge is make a walking horse! Follow this instructions from the link below. https://www.borednhungry.com/other/2020/3/21/walking-paper-horse Have fun! If you want to you can email me your results or post them on your Class 365 Team. Fiona.latimer@craiglockhart.edin.sch.uk

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Modern Languages Something Fun Message from my teacher L.I- To learn the French words for members of the family and use le/la/les and ma/mon/mes correctly within this context. Success Criteria:

• I know the names of members of the family in French.

• I can pronounce the names of members of the family correctly in French.

• I understand what le/la/les mean and can use them correctly when describing members of the family.

I understand what ma/mon/mes mean and can use them correctly when describing members of the family.

Why not have a look at BBC bitesize. There are lots of things to do/learn about on the site – https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize Why don’t you try some origami. There are lots of ideas of things to make at the following website – https://origami.me/diagrams/ You have drawn spitfires, now try to make a 3D model. The following link shows one way that you could do it – https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t2-t-803-simple-ww2-spitfire-glider-activity-paper-craft Or you could create your own design – the recycling box is a good place to find things you could use. Try to keep it to scale so that it looks realistic. Why don’t you have a go at some Yoga. It is great for relaxing and calming yourself. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sM5MGLMNN_E

Hello everyone. We have had some lovely sunny days – hope you are getting out to enjoy and remembering to get plenty of exercise.

498 ×498 × 498 498 We are now in week 4 of the Summer Term. Can’t believe we are nearly half way through the last term of P7. We hope you are getting confident with the ways we are sharing your work with you and want everyone to feel they have support if needed – let us know if you are having any technical difficulties or if you have questions about your learning.

Learning materials shared on Teams - On Monday

you will be sent attachments in Teams again - this time it is for French and Health and Wellbeing. Anyone who has problems accessing Teams remember you can contact us at the following email addresses to let us know that you need the attachments sent to you via email.

Activity and Resources In previous lessons, most of you will/may have learned the French words for members of the family. The aim of the work this week is to learn/revise/consolidate this work then use it next week to develop your ability to speak about your family in French. The correct pronunciation of the words is very important within the work this week so please make sure you can say the words correctly. Task 1 In this task you are going use the following website to practice/learn the correct pronunciation. Within the task, you will use le and la. They both mean ‘the’ in French and are used as follows –

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le = the for male e.g. the brother is le frere la = the for female e.g. the sister is la soeur les = plural for the e.g. the parents is les parents. With uncle (oncle), because you have two vowels le + oncle – e+o - next to each other, you remove the ‘e’ and use an apostrophe. Copy/open the link provided below then select the topic of Family and then beginners. Finally, select Family Members and work through the Full Tutorial. If you don’t know what the French word means, click of the ‘en’ square on the right and it will translate to English. https://www.french-games.net Remember, as well as learning the family members names make sure you understand when to use le/la and can pronounce the words correctly. Task 2 In this task, you are going to learn how to use ma/mon/mes. The following information will help you. ma/mon/mes all mean my in French but they are used in different ways similar to la/le/les above. ma = my when describing a female e.g. my sister would be ma soeur. mon = my when describing a male e.g. my brother would be mon frere. mes = is the plural of my e.g. my parents would be mes parents.

Also, remember to keep checking your emails and Teams every day in-case there are important messages from us about your work etc. Isabel.saunders@craiglockhart.edin.sch.uk Stephen.digan@craiglockhart.edin.sch.uk Fiona.latimer@craiglockhart.edin.sch.uk Good luck.

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1. Go through the powerpoint called Ma Famille which will be sent as an attachment to your Teams page on Monday. Make sure you complete all of the work provided in the powerpoint.

2. Complete the French matching sheet which will also be sent as an attachment on your Teams page on Monday.

3. Complete the 3 star task in the following link. You do not need to print if off, you can copy the table and write in the answers.

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resource/t2-l-094-new-french-activity-sheet-voici-ma-famille

Send photos of your work and successes to kendal.gater@craiglockhart.edin.sch.uk to be loaded onto our school website.

Daily tasks:

Read for enjoyment for at least 20 minutes

Practise your speed test facts and skills test questions for mental maths for at least 20 minutes.

Take some daily exercise- Check out Joe Wicks Body Coach for kids at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d3LPrhI0v-w

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Spelling list:

-or

author calculator formalise

horror collector abnormalities

mirror conductor absorbency

razor navigator accordingly

visitor operator porcelain

normal predictor adorable

popcorn professor adornment

tractor radiator portcullis

sailor reflector gorgeous

director solicitor reinforcement

dictator abnormal horticulture

inspector formidable contortionist

inventor formulate disorientated

portable

fortunate

proportion

incorporate

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Reading Task Map

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