This week the book fair will be in school.

Homework – Spelling and reading homework will continue this week. Spelling words will be given home on Monday and the book should be returned to school on Friday.  Our spelling pattern is ou as in touch and young. Please write each word 3 times and choose 2 words and write a sentence with each. Spelling test will be on Friday so homework should be completed by then.

Reading – The children will get 2 new books this week on Monday and Thursday.

Maths

C – counting in tens

L – 10 x table jumbled facts         5+4=9        5+6=11

I – fact families     turn 1d add 1d numbers into multiples of 10                                            30+40=70   40+30=70   70-40=30   70-30=40

C – multiplication   repeated addition      3×5 = 5+5+5

Our focus for other maths work this week will continue to be be addition, working within 100, moving on to subtraction towards the end of the week.

French – This week our French will be our daily routine of the day and date for our calendar. We will also focus on the weather again, asking and answering          Quel temps fait-il?

Topic – The children have been doing some writing about the author Mairi Hedderwick and listening to more stories. They have also been enjoying watching some of the Katie Morag stories which were filmed for the BBC. We have been drawing  our own front covers for some of the Katie Morag books too.

This week our star of the week is Lyla G. She made a lovely landscape painting as part of our author study.

Well done Lyla.

This week Childsmile will be in school on Thursday and Friday doing the fluoride varnish.

Homework – Spelling and reading homework will continue this week. Spelling words will be given home on Monday and the book should be returned to school on Friday.  Our spelling pattern is wa as in was and swan. Please write each word 3 times and choose 2 words and write a sentence with each. Spelling test will be on Friday so homework should be completed by then.

Reading – The children will get 2 new books this week on Monday and Thursday.

Maths

C – counting in halves

L – 10 x table jumbled facts         5+4=9        5+6=11

I – fact families     turn 1d add 1d numbers into multiples of 10                                                  30+40=70   40+30=70   70-40=30   70-30=40

C – subtraction   take a 1 digit number from a multiple of 10                                                       30-4=26

Our focus for other maths work this week will continue to be be addition, working within 100.

French – This week our French will be our daily routine of the day and date for our calendar. We will also focus on the weather, asking and answering          Quel temps fait-il?

Topic – The children have been doing more writing about Katie Morag characters and listening to more stories. We have also been finding out about the real island of Coll which Struay is based on. We have been drawing and painting landscape pictures of the Isle of Struay and will continue with them this week, and will also find out more about the author Mairi Hedderwick.

This week’s star of the week is Kole. He has been doing fantastic French conversations. Well done Kole.

This week we will be going to Kincorth Library on Tuesday morning.

Homework – Spelling and reading homework will continue this week. Spelling words will be given home on Monday and the book should be returned to school on Friday.  Our spelling pattern is soft g as in age and magic. Please write each word 3 times and choose 2 words and write a sentence with each. Spelling test will be on Friday so homework should be completed by then.

Reading – The children will get 2 new books this week on Monday and Thursday.

Maths

C – counting in 50s and 500s

L – 10 x table jumbled facts         5+4=9        5+6=11

I – jigsaw numbers     find the missing piece to the next multiple of                                                  10       e.g. 24 + __ =30

C – addition   add a 1 digit number to a 2 digit tens number                                                   30+4=34

Our focus for other maths work this week will be addition, working within 100.

French – This week our French will be our daily routine of the day and date for our calendar. We will also focus on general conversation questions such as – How are you? What is your name? How old are you? Where do you live?

Topic – The children have been doing some writing about Katie Morag. We have also been looking at the map of the fictional Isle of Struay. We have started to design our own islands and will draw and label areas on our island maps and on an outline of Struay.

This week our star of the week is Jack . He has been very polite and well mannered . Well done Jack .

Welcome back to the first week of term.

Homework – Spelling and reading homework will start again this week. Spelling words will be given home on Monday and the book should be returned to school on Friday.  Our spelling pattern is soft c as in ice and dance. Please write each word 3 times and choose 2 words and write a sentence with each. Spelling test will be on Friday so homework should be completed by then.

Reading – The children will get 2 new books this week on Monday and Thursday.

Maths

C – counting in 10s

L – 10 x table jumbled facts

I – halving multiples of 10           half of 80 is 40

C – multiplication and division

Our focus for other maths work this week will be addition starting with numbers up to 20 and then moving on to numbers up to 100.

French – This week our French will be our daily routine of the day and date for our calendar. We will also focus on numbers to 20.

Topic – For the start of this term the whole school will be doing author studies, with each class choosing an author to focus on. P3 will be doing Mairi Hedderwick who wrote the Katie Morag stories.  We will read and listen to lots of her stories and do activities related to them.