Dear Parents,
We hope you have had a good week.
Important Information
We have loose parts on Friday 22nd. Please come to school dressed for the weather.
Here is a summary of our learning:
Literacy
Phonics
We have continued to learn about soft c. When e, i and y come after /c/ it makes the /s/ sound. For example circus and cycle.
Reading
We have enjoyed working on our reading books this week. In particular we have been working on reading aloud with fluency.
Writing
We wrote descriptions about animals.
Spelling
As a class we were introduced to spelling the words those, first and buy.
Handwriting
We continued to work on the f formation as it is very tricky. Here is the website we use in school to show the correct formation.
Continuous Cursive letter choice 3 beginners (teachhandwriting.co.uk)
Ideas for learning at home:
Odd One Out
Write out some hard and soft c words on small pieces of paper. Choose 3 soft c words and 1 hard c word OR 3 hard c and 1 soft c word. Lay the words out in a row. Ask your child if they can read the words then identify the odd one out.
Examples of words to include are:
- Face
- Mice
- City
- Cycle
- Circus
- December
- Coat
- Click
- Camera
- Cobweb
Your child will know the block they are working on for spelling, please continue to revise the spelling words with your child.
Reading books are being sent home today. Please ask your child to read this to you over the weekend. There are useful suggestions for questions to ask your child on the inside covers.
Maths and Numeracy
In our Maths work we are continuing our unit of work on money. Lots of children are still finding it tricky to identify coins and add them together. It would be very helpful if you could revise recognising coins at home.
In Numeracy we have been working on the links between addition and subtraction. For example, if you know that 25 + 5 = 30 then you also know that 5 + 25 = 30. You can also use this knowledge to work out that 30 – 25 = 5 and that 30 – 5 = 25. This is sometimes referred to as a fact family.
You can record these in a triangle as shown below.
Ideas for learning at home:
- As mentioned above, as much hands on practical experience with coins as possible.
- Challenge your child to make a fact family triangle to demonstrate their understanding of related addition and subtraction facts.
Other Areas
PE
We have been developing our gymnastics skills in PE. In particular forward rolls and balances.
RME
We have been learning about Ramadan.
Sustainability
We continued to work on the Tree of Hope story. We have been creating our own ‘trees of hope’ for a display.
Science
We have started to learn about basic food chains.
Eco garden Competition
There is an Eco -garden competition organised by the Eco-Enviros at school if your child would like to design an eco- garden for the school please have a look at the document below.
https://www.eco-spaces.co.uk/school-eco-gardens.html
https://www.keepscotlandbeautiful.org/climate-action-schools/eco-schools/topics/school-grounds
Here are a few photos the children asked me to add to the blog.
Have a lovely weekend,
Mrs McFarlane
Buckstone Primary School 