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Dear Parents/Carers

We hope you had a lovely week.

Important Information

• We are looking for empty, cleaned yogurt pots. Please send these in when you can.
• There will be no reading books sent home next week or the week after. In class we will be reading poetry books in our groups but there are not enough copies to send home.

Here is a summary of our learning this week.

Literacy

– This week we have been learning to add the suffix -ing to long vowel sounds. For examples: feel – feeling, wait – waiting.

– We have been learning to read and write the following common words: different, picture, letter, better, earth.

– We have continued to work on our individual blocks of common words for spelling. It is great to see how motivated the children are and making good progress. Thank you for your support at home!

– In writing we wrote the story of ‘The clocktower’. We watched a clip and thought carefully about the story. We had a special focus on adding adjectives. Each week we are getting better at writing a beginning, middle and end.

– We have been reading our reading books.

– We have worked on adding punctuation to sentences: full stops, exclamation marks and question marks.

– In handwriting we are learning how to write capital letters.

Ideas for learning at home

· Please work on spelling the tricky words sent home at parent consultations. If your child has moved block practice the new ones.

· Reading books were sent home yesterday. Please continue to practise reading at home.

· Begin to prepare the talk on a subject of your choice.

Numeracy

– We have been recognising and naming 2 digit numbers (and for some pupils 3 digit numbers).

– We have been sequencing numbers.

– We have been learning to read o’clock, half past, quarter past and quarter to times on analogue clocks. We also have looked at o’clock and half past on a digital clock.

Ideas for learning at home

· Practise number formation and make sure that numbers are not reversed.

· Draw attention to clocks at home. Reinforce the fact that the minute hand is the long hand and when it is pointing to the 12 it is an o’clock time, and when it is pointing to the 6 it is a half past time. Point out that the small hour hand lies exactly on the number for o’clock but moves past the number for half past. The minute hand (long hand) is pointing to the 3 when is quarter past and the small hand has moved a little from the hour number. When it is quarter to the long hand is pointing at the 9 and the small hand ( hour hand ) is near to the next number.

You may wish to use this teaching clock if you only have digital clocks at home.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/time/teaching-clock

This is another game that you can use: https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/116/telling-the-time

· Talk about the different moments of the day when you do things: what time do your child wakes up, what time does your child have breakfast, what time do you leave the house to go to school, etc.

· Ordering numbers: https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/playYourCardsRight/index.html

Other areas

Loose parts: We had a great time outside. As it was raining when we went outside there was good teamwork and engineering while building tents to protect ourselves from the drizzle.

PE; We have continued to practice for Sports Day that will take place on Wednesday 10th May. We are practicing skipping, relays, throwing to a target and dribbling a football. We are finding skipping very tricky so it would be great to practice at home.

RHSP We have been learning about the lifecycle of a butterfly and a frog. We have continued to look after our window beans. We can see the roots and shoots developing now!

Science We have been learning about the skeleton (names of bones) and germs.

We had a visit from Generation Science. We learned about day and night. “I learned that the moon goes around the Earth and it takes a month” “ I learned that a year is 365 days” “ I learned basically everything: the moon and the Earth orbit around the sun”.

Remember:

P2 Listening and Talking Term 3

In June, the pupils in P2 will be asked to give a short talk on a subject of their choice. We are making you aware of this now so that you can support your child over the next few weeks to prepare for this.

Pupils can choose to talk about a hobby/interest, how they look after their pet, a favourite wild animal, favourite film etc.

The focus is on selecting ideas and relevant information, organising these into a logical sequence and using words which will interest the audience.

Please see guidance below on how best to prepare for this.

1. Choose a topic.

2. Think about the ‘W’ questions: Who (who is this about?) What (What do they do?) Why (Why is it interesting?) Where? When?

3. You may wish to make cards for each heading with a picture and/or key words. Don’t write whole sentences to read out loud.

4. Once the information is organised, practise delivering the talk to family at home.

Thank you in advance for your support with this.

I have added photos from the last few weeks to the end of the blog this week. I hope you enjoy seeing the variety of activities the pupils have been engaging with.

Have a lovely long weekend!

Mrs McFarlane

Dear Parents/Carers, 

It has been lovely having everyone back after the Easter break.  

Important Information 

Loose Parts 

P2 have a session of loose parts on Monday 24^th April. Please send children to school in appropriate clothing. 

P2 Listening and Talking Term 3  

In June, the pupils in P2 will be asked to give a short talk on a subject of their choice. We are making you aware of this now so that you can support your child over the next few weeks to prepare for this.  

Pupils can choose to talk about a hobby/interest, how they look after their pet, a favourite wild animal, favourite film etc.  

The focus is on selecting ideas and relevant information, organising these into a logical sequence and using words which will interest the audience. 

Please see guidance below on how best to prepare for this. 

1. Choose a topic. 

2. Think about the ‘W’ questions: Who (who is this about?) What (What do they do?) Why (Why is it interesting?) Where? When? 

3. You may wish to make cards for each heading with a picture and/or key words. Don’t write whole sentences to read out loud. 

4. Once the information is organised, practise delivering the talk to family at home. 

Thank you in advance for your support with this. 

Here is a summary of our learning this week. 

Literacy 

• This unit of Literacy Rich introduces the spelling rules required for adding the suffix ing to a root word. For example sing – singing, run – running. This week we have introduced this at a simple level. For words containing a short vowel sound followed by more than one consonant, just add ing. For example park becomes parking, turn becomes turning.  
• We have been learning to read the following common words: your, called, sentence, follow, small. 
• We have continued to work on our individual blocks of common words for spelling.  

• In writing we retold the story of The Three Billy Goats Gruff. Each week we are getting better at writing a beginning, middle and end.  

Ideas for learning at home 

• Please work on spelling the tricky words sent home at parent consultations. 
• Reading books were sent home yesterday. Please continue to practise reading at home. 
• Begin to prepare the talk on a subject of your choice. 

Maths 

• We have revisited number formation and are trying very hard not to reverse numbers. 
• We have been recognising and naming 2 digit numbers (and for some pupils 3 digit numbers). 
• We have been sequencing numbers. 
• We have been learning to read o’clock and half past times on analogue clocks.  

Ideas for learning at home 

• Practise number formation and make sure that numbers are not reversed.  
• Draw attention to clocks at home. Reinforce the fact that the minute hand is the long hand and when it is pointing to the 12 it is an o’clock time, and when it is pointing to the 6 it is a half past time. Point out that the small hour hand lies exactly on the number for o’clock but moves past the number for half past.  
• You may wish to use this teaching clock if you only have digital clocks at home. Teaching Clock (topmarks.co.uk) 
• Roll a dice twice / three times to generate 2 digit / 3 digit numbers. Can your child write the digits down and name the number? Do this 5 times and ask your child to put the numbers in order from smallest to largest. Discuss the value of each digit.  

Other curricular areas 

• In PE we have started to prepare for Sports Day. 
• We have been learning about all the things we need to do to look after plants. We are learning about how every living thing needs to be cared for and nurtured so that they grow and flourish. We planted broad bean seeds and hope that they will start to grow very soon. 
• In Science, we have been learning about some of the symptoms of common diseases. We have also been learning about ways in which some diseases can be prevented through good hygiene and vaccination.  

Have a lovely weekend,

Mrs McFarlane

Dear Parents / Carers

We hope you had a lovely week.

Important information about shoes and spare clothes- PLEASE READ!

• On Thursday we sent home all indoor shoes and changes of clothes.
• Please check that the shoes are still in good condition (Velcro still works etc) and that they fit your child.
• Please also check that the spare clothes bag has everything in it that is needed (underwear, socks, spare top and trousers) and that these items are named.
• When you return the spare clothes bag, please can you ensure that your child knows which is their bag and that it has their name written on it.
• If it is a carrier bag, could you please tie the handles as we have had a few come open and unnamed items fall out.
• All lost property was laid out at the start and end of the day on Friday, but we still have unclaimed items which we do not have space to store.

Thank you for your help with this.

Here is a summary of our learning.

Maths

We have revisited a range of number skills covered this term and worked on 3D shape.

Home learning ideas
Here are some activities you could do at home to reinforce these skills.

• Remember you also have your SumDog log in details.
• Practice sharing equally: give the same number of items (stones, pompons, etc.) to a number of people/ toys. E.g.: have 15 pompons and share it fairly/equally between three dinosaurs/ cars. With 8 pompons see how many groups of 2 pompons you can make.
• Practice adding and subtracting within 10 / 20 / 100.

Literacy

This week we had a special focus on comprehension skills, summarising a text and spelling.
The text that we have been working on is Goldilocks and the three bears.

Our writing focus was doing a recount of this well-known story. We are working hard on using the past tense as well as making a beginning, middle and end structure.

In handwriting we practised our spelling words in cursive.

This week we will have not sent reading books home because next week will be the Easter holiday.

Home learning ideas

At parent consultations we gave you a copy of the tricky words (spelling) that your child is working on in class. Please practise spelling these at home. You could use pavement chalk, paints or simply a pencil and paper to do the Look, Cover, Write, Check method.

Please continue to practice reading at home. If possible, read to your child this will help to increase their vocabulary and you will be able to model reading.

Your child could help you to write the shopping list, write letters/postcards to relatives, etc.

Other areas of the curriculum

We had a brilliant time meeting online a P1/ 2 class from Sgoil Dhalabroig which is a primary school in South Uist. We asked questions to each other about life in an island and life in Edinburgh, they taught us how to count to five in Gaelic and we sang to each other. They were fifteen children in the class and we are nearly 60! It was a lovely experience for us all!

In PE we have worked on team games and finishing off our unit of gymnastics. It was great to see the children giving positive feedback and things to improve in a polite way.

Outdoors we did Easter activities. We looked for hidden carrots ( a challenge from P3!) and we made nests using twigs.

Home learning ideas

Enjoy your time with your children: go for walks, read stories, play board games, cook together, …have fun!

Have a relaxing break.
Mrs McFarlane

P2M Blog 24.03.23

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

We have a session of loose parts on Tuesday. Please come dressed for the weather!

Dear Parents/Carers,

We hope that you have had a good week. Here is a summary of our learning.

Literacy 

We have continued to learn about compound words and to use our knowledge of sounds to read and spell them.  

At home you could challenge your child to draw pictures to show the 2 elements of a compound word. Then they could write the word underneath. 

For example, they could draw rain + bow and then underneath spell the word rainbow. 

Here is a list of suggested words: 

• blackbird 
• firelight 
• catfish 
• speedboat 
• batman 
• daytime 
• lipstick 
• snowdrop 
• hotdog 
• starfish 

The tricky words for reading this week were: know, walk and talk.

At parent consultations this week we gave you a copy of the tricky words (spelling) that your child is working on in class. Please practise spelling these at home.  You could use pavement chalk, paints or simply a pencil and paper to do the Look, Cover, Write, Check method.  

Reading books were sent home on Thursday. Please continue to ask your child questions about the text to check for understanding. There will be no books sent home on Thursday 30^th because the following week will be the Easter holiday.

In writing we worked on retelling the story of Little Red Riding Hood. We are working hard on using the past tense as well as making a beginning, middle and end structure.

Maths 

We have been revisiting a range of number skills covered this term. Here are some activities you could do at home to reinforce these skills. 

• Practise sharing out items. For example, give 3 dolls 2 cakes each. 
• Ask your child to design a simple dot-to-dot picture. They could count in 1s, 2s, 3s or 10s. 
• Roll a dice. What number do you add on to make 10?  

We have also been learning to count in 3s and 4s and have enjoyed singing these songs.

Counting by 3s – YouTube

Counting by 4s – YouTube

Remember you also have your SumDog log in details. We have set a new challenge for you to try. It is titled ‘Term 2 Number Work Revision’ and it goes live tonight! 

Other areas of the curriculum

• We enjoyed a session of loose parts on Monday.
• We finished up our block of gymnastics in PE.
• We enjoyed activities related to Little Red Riding Hood.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs McFarlane

What a week we had!

The show kept us extremely busy. We practised and performed in front of P3, P1 and, of course, in front of you parents/carers! We hope you had a great time and you enjoyed it as much as we did.

All children did an amazing job. We are very proud of them!

Here is a summary of our learning:

Literacy

This week we have continued our work on compound words and reinforced the syllable concept.

Our tricky words this week are idea, answer and usual.

On Wednesday both classes worked together at spelling time. Please continue to practise how to read and write spelling words at home. Your child should know which block they are working on at school. It would be very helpful if you work on the same block at home as well as revising previous blocks.

In writing we worked on retelling the story of the Gingerbread man. We are working hard on using past tenses and using beginning, middle and end structure.

Ideas to do at home

• Ask your child to think about compound words and write them. Cut them and try to mix with other words and see which other compound words they can make.
• Ask your child to count the number of syllables in familiar words. Can they work out how many syllables are in the name of each family member? What about their favourite foods? You can clap or alternatively, hold your hand under your chin to count the number of syllables if finding it tricky. Clap the syllables.
• Reading books were sent home today.

Maths

We have continued to work on 3D objects names and properties.

We also have worked on numeracy skills such as addition and subtraction. If you wish, use your Sumdog account to revise these skills.

Ideas to do at home

• Choose a 3D shape and ask your child to find as many objects as possible with that shape in a given time.
• With everyday objects explore how the number of faces, edges and corners/vertices.
• Use last week’s maths grids.

Other areas

As mentioned above our main focus has been the show.

In PE we have worked on gymnastics.

Other

• Please remember that next week we have Parents Consultations on Wednesday and Thursday.
• Loose parts on Monday.

The children have shown great creativity this week with the Kapla resource. Here are a couple of their wonderful creations.

Have a wonderful weekend!

Mrs McFarlane

Mrs McFarlane

Dear Parents/Carers,

We hope that you had a lovely week.

We have had a few children bringing in toys and jewellery from home. We do not want any toys to get lost or damaged so please do not allow your child to bring these in. Whilst friendship bracelets / necklaces are given out with kind intentions, this can lead to upset when others are left out. We would really appreciate if these items could be left at home as they are more suitable for playdates rather than school. Thank you for your cooperation with this.

Here is a summary of our learning.

Literacy

We have continued to work on compound words (e.g. cupcake, football, starfish).  As part of this, we have been clapping and counting syllables in words.

The tricky words this week are those, buy and first.

In writing we retold the story of A Squash and a Squeeze. We had to order the events and retell it from the point of view of the little old lady.

Ideas for home:

Write some simple sentences and ask your child if they can identify the compound word within it. For example:

• I like my bedroom.
• I want a skateboard.

Ask your child to count the number of syllables in familiar words. Can they work out how many syllables are in the name of each family member? What about their favourite foods? You can clap or alternatively, hold your hand under your chin to count the number of syllables if finding it tricky.

Reading books were sent home yesterday. Please also work on the coloured key word walls which will help with fluency when reading aloud. Please note that due to the show next week, we will give reading books home on Friday rather than Thursday.

Maths

We have been learning to name 3D shapes: cube, cuboid, sphere, cylinder and cone. We talked about edges, faces and corners/vertices.

In our number work we have been practising our subtraction skills. We have also been working on saying the number before and the number after. Some of us are doing this within the range 0-30, some 30-100 and some beyond.

Ideas for home:

Play a game of true or false. Write down 10 sums. Some of them should be correct and some of them should be incorrect. Can your child use their subtraction skills to work out which ones are which? The children love spotting when the teacher makes a mistake on the board so this can be a fun game to play at home. 

If you have chalk at home, you could write a 2 digit number on your garden path. Can your child write the number before and the number after? You can make it more tricky by crossing a decade. For example, with 80 in the middle, can they say the number before?

Other areas of the curriculum

• We have been very busy with rehearsals for our P2 show. We can’t wait to perform it for you next week!
• We enjoyed a session of loose parts on Tuesday afternoon in the sunshine.
• We have continued to work on the ‘Have a Goal’ unit as part of Health and Wellbeing.
• We are continuing to enjoy gymnastics in our PE lessons.

Have a great weekend.

Mrs McFarlane

Dear Parents/ Carers,

We hope you are well.

Although this week has been a short week at school, we have been very busy learning and we have started to prepare our P2 show.

Please, if you haven’t done so, check your child’s purple folder today. If they have asked for a speaking part in our forthcoming show, then they were given their lines to take home on Monday. Please could you help them to practise their lines at home. We will have rehearsals in school, but we want them to feel as confident as possible.

Literacy

We have continued to work on compound words. Our main focus has been on tricky words. We have been working on reading and writing different blocks. Please continue to work on these at home.

Our tricky words from block 6 this week are: won’t, don’t and both.

In writing we created a new flow chart about lunch. We are learning how to write a basic flowchart.

Ideas to do at home

Please practice your tricky words (reading and spelling).

Ask your child to read their reading book from this week. Ask your child questions about the book.

Compound words hunt: Do a hunt around the house or/and outdoors and create a list with them. You can use two colours to point out which two words make the compound words. Count the syllables. The children loved this video:

Maths

We have continued to work on our number skills counting forwards and backwards, number before and number after a given number. We have continued to work on subtraction (from 10, 20 and beyond for some).

Ideas to do at home.

Here is a video to help with subtraction

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/zwv39j6/articles/ztpmrwx

Games

https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/handyCounters/index.htmln

https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/fireFly/index.html

https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/difference/index.html

Remember you also have a sum dog account. We have set a 2D shape challenge and an addition and subtraction challenge for you to try.

It is very important that when practicing addition and subtraction at home your children use different ideas. A good mathematician always uses scrap paper to work out their findings!

Please find attached different ideas to work on numeracy skills  (counting, adding, ordering, arrays, etc.)

Other areas

PE focus on games.

As mentioned above we have started to prepare our assembly about Katie Morag and Scotland.

World Book Day. We had the opportunity of reading our own favourite books at school.  We also enjoyed a World Book Day quiz! Your child can bring their own book to school anytime for BEAR time.

Other

• Loose parts on Wednesday 8^th March.
• Please see separate email about the show dates and costumes.

Have a wonderful weekend,

Mrs McFarlane

Dear Parents/Carers,

We hope that you had a lovely week.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

**World Book Day Thursday 2^nd March**

Please feel free to bring in a book from home to enjoy reading in class.

Here is a summary of our learning.

Literacy

We have started a unit of work on compound words (e.g. cupcake, football, bedroom). This week we talked about words with two syllables and we practised clapping and counting syllables in words. In this block the children will also have the opportunity to revisit the vowel digraphs which were taught in Block 2. For example, in the word ‘rainbow’ the children will be revisiting ai and ow and applying their knowledge of syllables and letter sounds to spell the whole word.

We watched this video clip in class which provided us with some examples of compound words.

Alphablocks : Plusman – Series 4 – Episode 03 – YouTube

The tricky words this week are eye, even and above.

In writing we made a very basic flowchart about choosing when and what to have for snack.

Ideas for home:

What are compound words? – BBC Bitesize

The ability to split a word into syllables is very important in this unit of work. Below is a link to an online lesson which has a video and 3 follow up activities.

Counting syllables – English – Learning with BBC Bitesize – BBC Bitesize

Practise reading and spelling the first 3 tricky words for Block 6. These are eye, even and above.

Maths

We have been learning to name 2D shapes: circle, square, rectangle, triangle, pentagon and hexagon. We are learning to describe the properties of each shape using the vocabulary of sides and corners. We also used the vocabulary of long, short and equal sides.

In our number work we have been learning to subtract. We are also using the terms take away, minus and equals.

Ideas for home:

What are 2D shapes? – BBC Bitesize

Play a game of ‘Who am I?’ Give some clues about a shape and ask your child to work out which shape you are describing.

Subtraction games online:

Number Line Subtraction Game – Fruit Splat – Basic Operations Math – Sheppard Software

Once you are confident you could try this game. Select Number Bonds then an appropriate level.

Hit the Button – Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds (topmarks.co.uk)

Remember you also have a sum dog account. We have set a 2D shape challenge and an addition and subtraction challenge for you to try.

Other areas of the curriculum

•     We have started to think about our P2 show. There will be one performance on the afternoon of Thursday 16th March and a second performance on the morning of Friday 17th March.

•     We have been learning songs for our show.

•     We have continued to work on the Have a Goal unit as part of Health and Wellbeing.

•     We are enjoying gymnastics as part of our PE lessons.

Have a great weekend.

Dear Parents / Carers

We hope you had a nice week.

Here is a summary of our learning.

Maths

This week our focus has been on addition (to 10, 30 and 100 for some). We have been working on understanding the link between a digit, its place and its value (focus on tens and units). When adding two-digit numbers we need to add first the units and then the tens. We are still using, when needed, the counting on strategy when adding a two-digit number with one digit number.

We have worked on place value.

Ideas to do at home

– We have been using this game in class to work on place value.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/place-value-basketball https://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=diennesandcoinsv3

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/place-value/place-value-charts https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/placeValuePieces/index.html

When working at home ensure your child works on writing the sum using the correct symbols for add/plus and equals. Write simple sums and ask your child to write the answers and explained how she/he has worked the answer. A couple of these a day would be good.

– Addition to 10 https://www.arcademics.com/games/alien

– Adding two-digit numbers https://ictgames.com/mobilePage/depthCharger/index.html https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math/addition/fruit-splat-game/

(level 6)

Literacy

We have been learning about soft g. Soft g is when the letter g makes the ‘g’ sound. Magic e is making the i say its name. Also, when ge come together the sound is always s and the e is silent. Examples: page, smudge, hedge.

Tricky words: eight, money, learn

This week we are not sending reading books home. This week we have been doing assessment of the sounds we have been working on this term.

We have continued to work on reading skills such as : looking for new vocabulary (talking about its meaning), inference (make and justify inferences using evidence from the text), prediction (Predict what might happen from the details given and implied), explain, retrieval of information (Retrieve and record information and identify key details from fiction and non-fiction) and summarising (summarise the main ideas from more the book) . When reading books at home please ask questions to your child about the text.

In writing we wrote descriptions of Katie Morag. We are learning to use interesting describing words. During the week while reading books we have made a bank of describing words (adjectives).

In handwriting we have worked on writing cursive letters h and b.

Ideas to do at home:

– Please practice the tricky words from Block 5 that we have worked on at school: write, great, move, story, does, done, school, before, because, people, again, four, eight, money and learn.

– Please ensure your child is confident at reading and writing all the tricky words from previous blocks.

– Please keep working on tricky words from previous weeks. Look, cover and write strategy is a good one to use at home.

– Words to read at home to practice soft g.

– Practice cursive letter formation. Please reinforce how to hold the pencil correctly and the right letter formation https://teachhandwriting.co.uk/continuous-cursive-beginners-choice-1.html

Other areas

PE we have been practicing gymnastic skills and learning new games to work on following instructions.

Social Studies: We have continued to learn about life in an island through Katie Morag and Robert Burns.

RHSP We have discussed the Friendship topic: When friends fall out.

Following our Building Resilience program, we have worked on ‘Have a goal’.

News

– Please check your child’s bag as they will have their login details to access Sumdog (website for Maths) and all the information about how to access it.

– Next week it is the February break. We are back on Monday 20th February.

– Loose parts on Monday 20th February.

Here are a selection of photos taken over the last few weeks. Have a wonderful break!

Mrs McFarlane

Dear Parents/Carers,

It was lovely to see so many of you at Wednesday’s drop in morning. We hope that you enjoyed this session.

Here is a summary of our learning this week.

Literacy

We have been learning about soft g. Soft g is when the letter g makes the ‘j’ sound. Also, when g and e come together the sound is always j and the e is silent.  Examples: age, stage, badge.

Tricky words: people, again, four. 

Our reading books are non- fiction books. We are learning to identify the features of non-fiction texts.  

We have been working on comprehension skills: read a text, look for key words from it, answering questions about the text, etc. This is proving to be hard as the texts get more complex. When reading books at home please ask questions to your child about the text.

In writing we wrote descriptions for someone in our family. We are learning to use interesting describing words.

In handwriting we formed the letters n and m.

Ideas for home learning:

• Please practise the tricky words from Block 5 that we have worked on at school: write, great, move, story, does, done, school, before, because, people, again, four.
• Words to read at home to practise soft g: cage, wage, stage, page, rage, huge, bulge, plunge.
• Practice cursive letter formation. Please reinforce how to hold the pencil correctly and the right letter formation.

https://teachhandwriting.co.uk/continuous-cursive-beginners-choice-1.html

Maths

This week we have continued to work on our addition skills (to 10, 30 and 100 for some).

We are talking about different strategies which we can use to solve these calculations. Some of us are using the counting on method and some are using a number line or mental strategy.

Ideas for home learning:

If you have a deck of cards at home, choose one of the games below to play.

MEMORY  BONDS

Learning Outcome

I am practising my number bonds to ten.

Equipment

At least 2 players and 1 pack of cards with Jack, Queen & King removed.

Instructions

• Place all of the cards face down, in a grid formation.
• The first player turns over two cards and adds them together to see if they make ten. If they do, the player keeps them. If not, then they should be put back in the same place as before.
• The next player has a go (remembering what has been uncovered before).
• Keep going until all of the number bonds to ten have been found.
• The winner is the player with the most cards at the end of the game.

• THREE  UP

Learning Outcome

I am practising adding a single digit to a two-digit number.

Equipment

2 players and 2 packs of cards with Jack, Queen & King removed.

Instructions

• Make 3 piles of cards, face down.
• The first player turns over the top card from each pile and places the first two cards together to make a 2 digit number.

The player adds the single digit as quickly as possible.

• If they are correct, they keep all three cards. If not, the second player adds them together to work out the correct answer.
• Keep going until you have used up all of the cards.
• The winner is the player with the most cards at the end of the game.

     FASTEST  HUNDRED

Learning Outcome

I am practising my number facts to 100.

Equipment

3 players, 1 pack of cards with Jack, Queen & King removed and a calculator to check your answers.

Instructions

• Chose one player to be the judge. The other two players are opponents.
• The judge turns over two cards to make a two-digit number.
• The aim is to be the first person to shout out what has to be added to that number to make 100.
• If you are the first to answer and you get it right, you keep the cards.

If you are first to answer but get the answer wrong, the cards go to your opponent.

So, think carefully before you answer!

• Keep going until you have used up all of the cards in the pack.
• The winner is the player with the most cards.

Other areas of the curriculum

• We have continued to work on gymnastics in PE.
• We enjoyed a session of loose parts.
• We enjoyed a visit from a parent who is an electrician to reinforce the learning we have been doing in Science.
• We have continued to learn about island life through our Katie Morag topic. We have also been learning about Robert Burns.
• In Health and Wellbeing we have been learning about the importance of kindness and empathy in making and sustaining friendships.
• We have also started our new unit for Building Resilience: Have A Goal. In this unit, we will be learning that:

•Setting a realistic goal helps to motivate us

• Learning to overcome setbacks helps us cope with future ones

• It is important to celebrate our successes

Ideas for home learning:

Talk to your child about a goal you set yourself and how you dealt with setbacks and failures along the way.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs McFarlane