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Dear Parents,

We cannot believe this is the last blog of the year. It has been a pleasure to see your children grow in confidence and knowledge.  

On Tuesday the children were delighted to meet their new teacher (Miss McGhee) and spend some time in their new classroom.

Important information:

• Walk to the Wall Garden on Wednesday 26^th June. Morning only.  Please bring a substantial snack.
• Please bring a carrier bag on Wednesday 26^th June as the children will take home all their personal items.
• Loose Parts on Friday 28^th June.
• No reading books are being sent home. Please return any books that you might have at home.

This is a summary of our learning this week:

Literacy

Our Phonics focus has been revising adding -ed to verbs. This is a summary of what we learned:

This week we have revised the tricky words learned so far, we haven’t introduced new words. Please continue to practice your spelling words at home during the holidays. All children are aware in which block they are working on.

We have continued to read in our reading groups this week although we won’t be sending books home.

We wrote a letter to our new teacher to let her know a little bit about ourselves and what are we looking forward to in P3.

Ideas for learning at home

• Practice with these verbs how to change them to past tense (adding -ed) using the rules above: bake, hope, whine, wrap, beg, step, hurry, worry, stay, prefer, admit, regret.
• Please continue to read stories to your child every day at home.  
• Please continue to encourage your child to read at home. It is important that children practise reading during the holidays.
• Revise tricky words. Ask your child to write 2 sentences a day with two of their tricky words.

Maths 

We have started to learn about Chance and Uncertainty. We have talked about what chance is and discussed the vocabulary; likely, unlikely, certain, uncertain, impossible, probable, etc. We are using this vocabulary to discuss the Euros. Great discussion! (Fingers crossed for Scotland!)

Ideas for learning at home: 

As the Euros progress you can discuss if it is likely, unlikely, impossible that a team will win the tournament.

Be mindful of using these words for the children when making predictions and ask them why, e.g. It is likely/unlikely to rain, how do we know? etc.

A bit more about probability:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zx9k7ty/articles/zqpxmnb#zt6v9ty

Continue to use your Sumdog account.

Other areas

PE

We loved our dance session with Simon Says and we did a dance battle with P2D! We enjoyed some competitive games in PE.

IDL

We have continued to learn about recycling.

Have a lovely weekend and a wonderful holiday when the end of term comes.

Mrs McFarlane

Dear Parents,

We hope you had a good week.

Important information:

• If you have not returned your child’s learning story and the report comments, please do this as soon as possible. Please keep the report at home.
• Loose Parts on Thursday 20^th June.
• Change of clothes: Please ensure that your child has a spare change of clothes at school (including pants and socks); these don’t have to be school uniform. It is really helpful for them all to have them (especially when they get wet). Please label all the items.

Here is a summary of our learning this week:

Literacy

Our Phonics focus has been adding -ed to verbs. This is a summary of what we have learned:

We enjoyed watching a short clip titled ‘Whistleless’ about a little bird who is unable to whistle. It provoked great discussions and was a super inspiration for our writing this week.

Our tricky words this week are: enough, almost and mountain. Please continue to practice your spelling words at home. All children are aware of which block they are working on.

The pupils have been listening very attentively to each other delivering their talks. Well done everyone!

Ideas for learning at home

• Reading books were sent home today. Please listen to your child reading their book and discuss what is happening in the text.
• Practise changing these verbs to past tense (adding -ed) using the rules above: bake, hope, whine, wrap, beg, step, hurry, worry, stay, prefer, admit, regret.
• Continue to practise spelling of tricky words. If the weather is nice over the weekend, ask your child to use chalk on the ground to revise their spelling.

Maths 

We have continued to learn about measurement. This week we have been learning about volume and capacity.  

We have continued to work on core numeracy skills.

Ideas for learning at home: 

Measurement

• Look for containers whose contents are measured in millilitres. Record the container and the amount. Once you have a few, put them in order and discuss.
• Choose 3 containers at home. Estimate how much each holds when full. Check your estimates with a measuring jug.
• Here are a couple of online activities which will reinforce our learning in school.

What is capacity? – BBC Bitesize

Measuring in litres – Maths – Learning with BBC Bitesize – BBC Bitesize

Numeracy

Ask your child to draw three snakes, split into many sections, and to write a sequence of numbers in each snake, e.g. by counting on or back in 5s or 2s. For more of a challenge you could state that the fifth number in each sequence must be a particular number, e.g. 27 or 54, and say that at least one sequence must be counting back.

Here is an online game called Daily 10. You can select a core number skill for your child to work on. The site will generate 10 questions then provide the answers.

Daily 10 – Mental Maths Challenge – Topmarks

Other areas

PE

We are continuing to work on athletics.

IDL/Outdoor Learning

We watched a clip about different recycling machines then worked in small groups to create our own using the Loose Parts resources. It was so interesting to listen to the creative ideas from the pupils.

We also really enjoyed watching the P7 rehearsal for their show.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs McFarlane

Dear Parents,

We hope you had a good week.

Important information:

• On Wednesday you received your child’s end of the year report and the learning story. Please, if you haven’t returned your child’s learning story and the report comments do it as soon as possible. Please keep the report at home.
• Loose Parts on Tuesday 11^th June.
• As explained on our blog on Friday 3^rd May, this month the children will be doing a small presentation to their peers. This is part of the Literacy Curriculum (Listening and talking). We would be grateful if all children have their presentations ready next week as we are making good progress through these. Each day I am randomly selecting a few names from our class set of lollipop sticks and it is their turn to deliver their presentation.
• Change of clothes: Please ensure that your child has a spare change of clothes at school (including pants and socks); these don’t have to be school uniform. It is really helpful for them all to have them (especially when they get wet). Please label all the items.

This is a summary of our learning this week:

Literacy

Our Phonics focus has been adding ing to words ending with an e.

We have been writing about our real and imaginary pets.

Our tricky words this week are: important, body and music. Please continue to practice your spelling words at home. All children are aware in which block they are working on.

Ideas for learning at home

• Read the reading book at home.
• Practice adding -ing to these words: hope, care, blame, bake, make.
• Please continue to read stories to your child every day at home.  
• Practice your tricky words. Ask your child to write 2 sentences a day with two of their tricky words.

Maths 

We have started to learn about measurement. We have been measuring weight: we have used nonstandard units, we are learning to use a scale and check standard units such as grams and kilograms.  We have learned the difference between a real measurement and an estimate.

We have continued to work on numeracy skills such as subtraction.

Ideas for learning at home: 

• Could you cook together? Ask your child to read the scales and measure the correct amount.
• Make predictions about how many grams different items might weight: an egg. An apple, an orange, a slice of bread, etc.
• More information about measuring weight in here:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/articles/zndy6g8#z2s8mbk

• For subtraction:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/mental-maths-train

Continue to use your Sumdog account.

Other areas

PE

We are working on athletics skills and games.

IDL

We have started to learn about recycling.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs McFarlane