11th May 2020

It’s Mrs Short and Mrs Hutchinson, we’re going to be your

teachers for the rest of term. Woo hoo!! We’re excited to be on

this home learning journey with you. We know it’s not easy

working from home and being away from friends and family,

just take it one day at a time. Everyone has good days and not

so good days, we just need to remember to be kind to each

other and let it go. We can ALL do this!!!!

Since the weather has started to be a bit nicer, try and get out

for a walk/ run/ cycle/ scoot/ or other way of moving.

Remember to keep 2m away from others! We’ve included a

scavenger that can be done indoors or outdoors.

Our home learning this week has changed format, we hope you

like it! There are lots of fun activities and links to explore, Good

Luck!

Thank you to Adrianna H and Aaron R for sending in photos,

you have worked incredibly hard. We love seeing what you

have been up to, it really makes our day!!

Let’s see who can get a special mention next week. Keep doing

your best. (send an email to the school –

admin@gilm.edin.sch.uk - if you have lost or can’t remember

your logins and we can send them out to you).

Stay safe, keep smiling and we hope to see you soon.

Lots of love Mrs Hutchinson and Mrs Short

How’s everyone doing? Here we are at Week 6 of Home Learning and

we hope you and your families are all coping and adjusting well to the

way of things. Please be kind to yourself and to others and remember all

we ask is that you try your best.

We have been having a look at your results on Big Maths, Sumdog and

Readtheory and are impressed with how hard you are trying. We would

like to give a few special ‘shout outs’ this week to pupils who have been

trying especially hard:

Our Readtheory champions this week are: Corey, Miley W and Franek

Our BigMaths champions this week are: Leon, James, Lena and Lacey

Well done to this week’s stars!!! Let’s see who can get a special mention

next week. Keep doing your best. (send an email to the school –

admin@gilm.edin.sch.uk - if you have lost or can’t remember your logins

and we can send them out to you).

We’ve been delighted this week to see some fabulous pieces of work –

big thanks to Lena, Ethan and Jennifer who have emailed photographs

to school. It’s lovely to see what you’ve been up to. If you would like to

share something with us then please email the office who will forward it

on to us. It brightens up our days!

Are you enjoying Catscape? We’re really loving it especially because

it’s set in Edinburgh. I know you are a class of animal lovers and many of

you have cats so let’s hope for a happy ending for all the missing ones in

the story.

Have you been having a go at the ‘BBC Bitesize Year4/P5’ lessons?

There is such a variety, lots of interesting topics.

Have a good week everyone. There are plenty of activities in your Home

Learning for you to choose from. Do what you can manage, try your best

and enjoy what you’re doing. We know it’s not easy working from home

but it won’t be forever. Your outdoor time is important too. Let’s hope

the sun keeps shining!

A BIG thank you from us to your parents, carers and families. Stay safe

everyone and keep smiling!

Take care!

Miss McDonald and Mrs Douglas xxxx

Our focus this week will be working on Function Machines, A

Function Machine is a diagram that represents a machine that

takes a number (input), applies a rule / operation (+ - x ÷) and

delivers the answer (output). Your task is either to find the

input, the output or whatever rule / operation take place inside

the machine. Choose mild, spicy or hot for more of a challenge.

Hot Function Machines – Hot

Login to Sumdog we are taking part in a whole school

Gilmerton Challenge 1 this week against the rest of the school

to complete 500 questions!! There might be a prize for the

winner, Good Luck!

P5a: Ryan M, Amber E

P5b: Cole, Ellis

Login to Big Maths and complete

1 CLIC, 1 Learn it, and 1 SAFE

Please continue to read at home, remember every

little helps! And it can take a little while to get into a

book properly.

Login to Read Theory, read and complete 5 texts

REMEMBER to read the questions carefully!

AND try to answer them without asking anyone!

Login to Sumdog spelling and answer 150

questions this week. As an extra challenge

write down your spelling words, practice

them and have a family member test you.

Good Luck!

Login to Sumdog grammar for 15 minutes

twice this week. Remember accuracy is

important.

P5a: Alfie L, Ethan B

P5b: Ellis, Jennifer

We hope you’re enjoying Catscape by Mike

Nicholson. 😊

https://sites.google.com/mc.glow.scot/catscapenovelstudy/home

Listen to chapters 6 and complete as many activities

as you like for this chapter.

Write a chapter review for Catscape by Mike Nicholson. Use

the layout below to help you.

Chapter Review

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Three new words learnt and meaning:

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https://www.lionkingexperience.com/

USE THIS LESSON TO:

Become familiar with the plot of The Lion King.

MATERIALS NEEDED: Use your Home Learning jotter Pencil or pen

Items to create a Freeze frame (see CREATE activity for more information)

WATCH: Play the video for The Lion King: Experience: Session 3.

EXPLORE:

Write the answers to the below questions in your Home learning jotter:

• What is the conflict between Nala and Timon? How does this conflict get resolved?

• What is the conflict between Scar and Simba? How does this conflict get resolved?

• What is Simba’s conflict with himself? How does this conflict get resolved?

CREATE:

Choose one of the conflicts above, create a freeze frame (a frozen pose that tells a story) of that moment.

Consider which other characters you might want to include in this freeze frame, and how you want to create it.

Consider using other people, toys or objects in your home!

SHARE:

Share your freeze frame with the people in your home.

Don’t forget to login to BBC bitesize for

lots of incredible activities.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize

PE with Joe Wicks, the challenges are

getting harder!

https://www.youtube.com/user/thebodycoach1

Or try learning a dance routine with

Strictly’s Oti Mabuse, they are great fun!!

The link below is the routine from The

Greatest Showman, it’s SO much fun!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJmpCH9p2X8

Part of being kind, is being kind to yourself. It can be difficult

knowing what you should and shouldn’t expect of yourself

when things are so uncertain. Managing your goals effectively

in unfamiliar situations is a key part of being resilient.