Welcome to Primary 6’s Home Learning Page!
On this page is a link to our Twitter feed, where P6’s work will be posted daily. Four activities will be posted every day: Maths, Reading, Writing and one other activity.
Underneath the Twitter feed are links to additional websites and activities for learning for you to use if your child finishes their work or you have any difficulties accessing the learning on Twitter.
Additional Activities
Sumdog Maths
A Maths challenge has been set up to revise P6’s learning so far this year. Go to http://www.sumdog.com or download the Sumdog app and use the Sumdog login details in your child’s Home Learning pack to log in and start the challenge. Contact your child’s teacher if you cannot find your Sumdog login.
Sumdog Spelling
A Spelling challenge has been set up to revise P6’s learning so far this year. Go to http://www.sumdog.com or download the Sumdog app and use the Sumdog login details in your child’s Home Learning pack to log in and start the challenge. Contact your child’s teacher if you cannot find your Sumdog login.
Reading
Needing to find reading books? Go to these links below to find e-books and audiobooks
https://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/for-home/find-a-book/library-page
P6 Common Spelling Words
These are common P6 spelling words which should be practised regularly.
Some good strategies for practising are:
– Look at the word, Cover it, Write it, Check it
– Have an adult or sibling test you (verbally or written)
– Write the word in a sentence
| above | aeroplane | afternoon | although | arrive | August | autumn | breakfast | centre | circle |
| cousin | eight | England | fifty | Ireland | kitchen | holiday | September | Scotland | telephone |
| thousand | uncle | Wednesday | |||||||
| with | together | now | decided | friend | money | when | its | bought | getting |
| your | clothes | looked | people | pretty | because | thought | beautiful | something | named |
| it’s | came | name | tried | swimming | first | were | than | two | let’s |
| mother | another | through | some | woman | animals | started | that’s | would | said |
| wanted | bear | from | frightened | alright | happened | didn’t | always | interesting | sometimes |
| friends | children | until | our | asked | off | through | running | believe | little |
| things | him | went | where | stopped | very | morning | here | many | know |
Spelling Activity Cards – here are some practical ideas for practising spelling at home
Edinburgh Learns Home Learning Grid
These Home Learning Grids issued by Edinburgh Learns have additional weekly activities you can do if you like!
Primary 6 Week 1
Primary 6 Week 2
Primary 6 Week 3
CBBC Primary Education Television
The BBC are showing three hours per day of Primary Education Television. From 09:00 each day, your child can watch educational TV during this period of school closure on the CBBC channel.
Contact With Your Child’s Teacher
During this period of school closure, our teachers will aim to contact each family in their class by phone call once per week. This will be done during normal working hours and is for checking in, providing support and giving feedback and encouragement to learners. If there are any times at which you will not be able to take a phone call, please let me know by emailing me at scott.archibald@brunstane.edin.sch.uk . Please get in touch if you think we might not have a current phone number for you.
To send work to me, please email me at the above email address or send to me on Twitter @MrArchibaldbps
Other Useful Links
Times Tables & Number Bonds
Brunstane Primary School 