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We have been working hard making props and backdrops for our class show. If there is anything for your costume you can’t source, please let me know by Tuesday and I will ask around school to see what we can find 🙂
Have a lovely long weekend!
Miss Collyns 🙂
Photo’s from last week’s sports day:
Reflective Friday:
This week in P2W…
Literacy: This week we have been learning our soft ‘g’ sound and spelling rule. We also had lots of fun with our Mr Men and Little Miss story writing station this week…lots of creative authors in the making! This week we also were learning about writing lists and we created a list of instructions for washing our hands. In writing this week we focused on using connectives when writing about animals and the reasons we like them.
Numeracy and Maths – This week we continued our learning on place value and partitioning. We have been using our counting blocks to help us represent tens and units and then used these to help us add and subtract large numbers. This week our class had some very specific pizza orders from customers so we used our fraction knowledge to make the pizzas and sent them out for delivery! We also got to play fraction bingo.
Other curricular areas: We were learning about the artist Claude Monet this week and P2W are excited to try and replicate some of his art work in the coming weeks. We also had outdoor loose parts play this week where we got to be very creative…lots of mud pies and dens! To celebrate filling our class pompom jar for our targets of ‘being kind to others, showing good listening and being respectful to resources’ we had a movie morning on Friday. We also created some new targets for the rest of term.
Our new class targets:
Tremendous toilet manners
Cool carpet sitters
Excellent example setters
Ask your child what these involve!
Reading: Next week we will be having a look at some non-fiction books. Your child’s reading book next week will therefore be non-fiction. This will correlate with their Oxford Reading tree stage.
Have a lovely long weekend.
Ms Russell
It has been another busy week of learning in P4H, developing various skills across the curriculum. Our research has stirred our curiosity and after discussion we have decided our investigations will shape our learning over the next few weeks.
Literacy
Next week’s spelling
We are continuing to explore words which have silent letters.
Silent ‘b’ as in ‘mb’ or ‘bt’
Silent ‘g’ as in ‘gn’
Lamb
crumb
thumb
plumber
doubt
comb
gnome
gnaw
Tricky words form from
Reading
We continued working on our group readers. We set the chapters to read .
We chose 2 characters and used our detective skills to find words in the text to describe them. We compared them using our skills.
Literacy Evolve Novel Study.
We continued being reading detectives to explore Ottoline and the Yellow Cat”
We had to find clues from the adverts in the text . Then we could work out the suspicious buildings and try to solve the mystery.
Numeracy
We continued to practise division using our knowledge of tables and number fact families.
We began a topic of money and looked at the value of coins. We sorted money into values and added heaps to make totals.
We decided we would start a shop and use the junk boxes to sell. We plan to organise this next week .
Titanic
During Skills time some of us built Lego Titanics. We decided to see if they would float or sink. It has stirred our interest in water and why things float . We are going to investigate this more over the next few weeks
Here are the results
Group 1 (A,W,E)
Groups 2 (I,T) and group 3 (W,H)
ICT
We divided into groups and began to create information posters to display.
They are First class, Second Class, Third Class , the Captain and crew , icebergs and the shipbuilders. We searched the internet for information and photos to help us We were doing historical research and discovered some amazing facts which we did not know. We used our reading and comprehension skills alongside computer skills to find information. We printed out some photos . Next we will combine all our research to make information posters,
Here we are working together …..
Home Learning Retell someone the facts we discovered through our research
Art
We worked in groups and began to make our own fabulous Titanic .We looked at photos and videos as part of our research. We combined our skills and painted, cut, drew and designed our own ship.
PE
We played rounders and developed our throwing , catching and running skills. We needed to work as a team
Fun from the health week activities .
Guess which event Ms Hastie was standing at?!
We finished with relay races…..
Enjoy the long weekend with Monday holiday
by P4H and Ms Hastie
Happy Friday P5M!
Literacy
In reading this week, we have been learning about the circulatory system and the nervous system for our Human Body topic. We practised taking notes in our own words from a passage and from videos. We then used the information that we had gathered to create information posters.
For persuasive writing this week we moved on to learning how to write persuasive letters. We wrote letters to Mrs Imrie trying to persuade her to get recycling bins in to the school. The skills that we were focusing on were; using emotive language, repeating our point and exaggerating our point by using WOW words.
Things to do at home –
See the progress record for this week’s reading pages. Practise the different reading skills that we have focused on in class such as: creating and answering your own questions, pick an important part of the book and illustrate it, write a short paragraph about why it is an important part of the book or use a dictionary to find the meaning of any unknown words.
Spelling words will be posted on Tuesday – practise writing them out in the air with your finger and trying to use them in sentences.
Have a look at TV adverts and try to identify if they use any of the techniques that we have been learning about in class.
Maths and Numeracy
This week in numeracy we have continued with our topic of time. We have been practising converting 12-hour time into 24-hour time by adding 12 to the hour. We also looked at different timetables while learning how to calculate the duration of time. To work this out we have been using an empty number line. We will continue this next week.
Things to do at home –
Practise your problem solving – https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/problem-solving
Log on to Sumdog and try to complete this week’s challenge ‘Master Maths’ before it ends next Friday.
Look at any timetables you come across (bus, train, etc.) and try to calculate how long it takes to get to where you are going.
Other curricular areas
Enjoy the bank holiday weekend!
Miss Mangan
Happy Friday P1L!
You have all worked really hard this week! Well done!
Here is what we have been up to:
Literacy
In literacy this week we have learned three new sounds – ‘nd’ ‘nt’ and ‘mp’. We enjoyed thinking of words which have the sounds in them, looking for words in our reading books and drawing pictures of words which have the sounds in them. We also enjoyed writing words with these sounds in sentences, reading texts and highlighting the new sounds and playing games! We also continued to learn and look at the Block 3 tricky words. This week we focussed on ‘kind’ and ‘find’. Please continue to practice your tricky words at home and our new sounds each week. Please practice learning how to read, write and use the tricky words at home! (Block 1-Block 3)
For reading, we each got a new ORT book and we predicted what we thought was going to happen in the story before reading, we had word hunts and we read both individually and with a partner. We also practised our comprehension skills by completing a fill in the missing word activity sheet. We enjoyed the extra challenge of reading our book backwards this week! Reading books will be sent home on a Thursday and to be returned to school on a Monday! Tuesday next week. Please feel free to write any comments in your child’s reading diary!
In writing this week we wrote a story using ‘The Very Hungry Caterpillar’ as a stimulus. Our writing task was to continue the story as the butterfly and think about what they might like to eat. We planned our stories by thinking about who our butterfly was (what did they look like etc), where our story was going to take place and what did they eat. We then wrote our stories, reminding ourselves to use our non-negotiables and designed beautiful drawings of our butterflies!
Things to try at home;
Numeracy
In numeracy this week we practised our counting skills and recognising numbers up to 100. We also looked at 100 squares and noticing patterns on them. We counted screened and unscreened collections together and also practised making equal groups. We also practiced thinking of other ways to make numbers on our fingers, sequencing numerals and identifying numbers up to 100.
We also had a look at the Early Level Benchmarks and revised our learning of numeracy we have done throughout the year.
We also started our Data Handling maths topic and learned how to make tally marks to record information. We also learned how to make pictograms and bar charts to show the information we had gathered when taking the tally marks.
Things to try at home:
Other Curricular Areas
P.E: We enjoyed practising our athletic skills and learning how to use our arms and looking where we are going to help us run faster.
French: We have been learning how to count to 10 in french and basic greetings. We also have been learning the days of the week and how to say ‘Today it is..’ We also learned how to say what we are feeling in French.
Topic: This week we talked about where our food comes from and if it comes from a plant or an animal. We also spoke about our favourite foods and where we thought they came from.
Outdoor Learning: We had lots of fun playing with the outdoor loose parts and exploring building and making things together!
Photos of the Week:
P1L’s Highlights of the Week:
Jack – I enjoyed loose parts outdoors.
Joe – I liked the loose parts messy play.
Barney – I liked doing maths this week.
Next Week:
I hope you have a lovely weekend!
Miss McGillivray
Please remember that Monday is a holiday next week! We hope that you enjoy the long weekend.
At home ideas:
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Have a super weekend!
Mrs Tweedie and Mrs Graham
Primary 4WL well done for a busy and successful week of learning! We have enjoyed lots of different opportunities across the curriculum and finding out more about our topic, Titanic.
Here is a summary of our learning across the week:
Literacy–
We have been learning to-
Spell words with a ‘wr’ pattern correctly
Use accurate spelling of ‘wr’ words within a context
Share our class novel, thoughts and opinions
Review our class novel by writing a book review
Recap our understanding of our reading by answering different questions in our class novel, reading group books and texts in class
Look for information in a text and share where we can find the information using the layout and organisation of the text for example the title and an index
Find out about what a letter is, what it looks like and how it is structured and organised
Look at examples of letters and write our own examples of a letter, using the correct layout and languages
Write and redraft a good copy of a letter, using self-checking skills and careful presentation
Work cooperatively with our new table groups and new learning pairs on challenges
Use correct spelling and word contexts to fill passages (cloze procedure)
Look carefully at a glossary text and answer different questions about it
Next week our Spelling rule will be-
L.I. We are learning to spell words with a silent ‘k’ pattern.
Over the years the pronounciation of words has changed and some letters appear in the spelling of words which are no longer sounded:
Silent ‘k’ followed by ‘n’ – kn
Word List (there will be additional ones and set as Super/Fantastic next week but these can get you started!):
knee knight knot knead knew knowledge knives kneeling knitting knocked
Tricky Words
know no
Numeracy
We have been learning to-
Find out more about sharing into equal amounts, using my knowledge of division, to find fractions of amounts and numbers
Solve fraction challenges and problem solving tasks to find a fifth of an amount
Add and subtract different amounts of money using different methods
Solve problems using my knowledge of money
Identify, recognise and use a range of coins and notes correctly
Use our place value, knowledge of the four operations (adding, subtracting, multiplying and dividing) and number facts to play games
Think like mathematicians and use our number knowledge to ask good problem solving questions
Develop our speed, pace and accuracy with our times tables knowledge
Work with a learning partner to solve number and maths clues in a mystery task
Across the Curriculum–
We have been learning to-
Create engaging and interesting posters for the Titanic (wanted posters)
Find out about athletes and take part in PE challenges like them
Find out about animals by enjoying a P3 assembly
And finally…
Thank you to the children who helped us to share the learning above – you can click to see any picture closer. 🙂
Here are some photos below too!
Have a great long weekend everyone and we look forward to seeing you back in class on Tuesday 25th May!
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It has been lovely to welcome a new pupil to the class this week. Please say a (socially distanced, of course) hello to her and her family if you see them in the playground.
Spelling
Our new sounds this week have been the blends nt, nd and mp found at the end of words and our new tricky words many and water. You can find the home learning sheet below. Please continue to work at home to consolidate the learning of the new sounds and using them to build and write words.
The word my is not one of our tricky words, but lots of us do find it a little confusing. Please learn to spell the word my if you don’t already know it. It is a useful word to know as we often use it in our writing.
Writing
We went to the woods and found a stick to be a magic wand. We decorated them and then wrote about them. In our writing we described our magic wands and then wrote about what they can do and what magic words we might use. We all have amazing imaginations !
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Reading
Thank you for your continued support with reading at home. The children work hard in school all week so that when they bring the book home they feel confident to showcase what they have learned.
We continue to work in school on developing our reading skills. As well as reading the words and learning new vocabulary we predict, discuss and comprehend. We hope you enjoy sharing the books with your children at the weekend. If you feel perhaps that they have memorised the book ( which is part of the learning process) then you could ask them to read the book backwards, starting with the last word. Of course this makes no sense , but the children do find it funny and it helps the adults to see if the child can read the words with little context. We use this technique in class so the children are familiar with the idea.
Please note that we cannot send reading books home on Thursday unless your child has their purple folder with them, and we would respectfully request that the children do not carry their water bottles in the purple bags – we have already had one soggy reading book!
We continue to work on our numeracy skills, consolidating counting forwards and back, numeral recognition and addition strategies.
We are learning about the life cycle of caterpillars and tadpoles. We enjoy watching them closely each day to see how they are changing and growing.
Practise knowing the order of the days of the week – focusing on the day BEFORE
Play this telling the time game.
Look around the house for all the clocks you can find. How many are digital clocks? How many are analogue ( with hands) ?
Count backwards from 30 to 10 ( or 100 – 30)
Write all your numbers from 1-9. Are they all the right way round? If not, can you practise them.
Practise spelling all the tricky words so far – how many can you write from memory ?
Be Geraldine……. ” Off she went around the house to find something ENDing with nt/mp/nd etc ” How many things can you find? You could make a list of all the things you find.
Practise your letter formation – are there any letters you find tricky to write ?
Learn to spell and write your surname.
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