Week beginning 27.2.17

This week we are celebrating World Book Day on Thursday 2nd March. Remember to come to school dressed as a book character.

reading

Reading – The children will get 2 new books this week on Monday and Thursday. Thursday’s book will be read with our reading buddies from P6 as part of World Book Day activities.

 

Big Maths

Maths

C – Counting in 5s, 50s, 500s

L –    5+4=9    5+6=11   6+7=13   8+7=15

–  Fact Families multiples of 10

C – Subtraction       2digit-1digit numbers

venn-diagram

Our focus for other maths work this week is still data handling. We will be sorting information into Venn diagrams and doing some more surveys with the information displayed in bar charts.

 

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French – This week we will focus on revision of the weather.

Quel temps fait-il? What is the weather like?

Il fait chaud. It is hot

Il fait froid. It is cold

Il fait beau. It is a nice day.

Il fait mauvais. It is not a nice day.

We will also revise the French for sunny, rainy, windy, foggy and cloudy weather.

 

homework

Homework – Our spelling pattern this week is oy as in boy. Please write each word 3 times and choose 2 words and write a sentence with each. Spelling test will be on Friday this week so homework should be completed by then. Some of the children have an extra spelling challenge again in their homework book.

You can see how your child got on with last week’s spelling at the back of the homework book.

the-ear

 

Topic – Last week we found out about the different parts of the eye and did an experiment to find the blind spot. This week we will be learning about hearing, looking at the different parts of the ear and listening to sounds.

Week Beginning 20.2.17

This week we have a student teacher joining our class for the rest of the term. Her name is Miss Lyon.

Our open afternoon is on Wednesday from 3.00-4.00pm.

reading

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

 

Big Maths

Maths

C – Core numbers (compare, order, round and estimate) to 20

L – 10 times table jumbled and division facts      5+4=9    5+6=11

–  Jigsaw numbers to next multiple of 10       32 + 8 = 40

C – Addition 2 digit + 1 digit numbers

Our focus for other maths work this week is still data handling. We will be conducting surveys and displaying information in various ways such as tick charts, tally marks, tables, bar charts, pictograms and other diagrams.

 

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French – This week we will focus on revision of the colours.

 

homework

Homework – Our spelling pattern this week is oi as in coin. Please write each word 3 times and choose 2 words and write a sentence with each. Spelling test will be on Friday this week so homework should be completed by then. Some of the children have an extra spelling challenge again in their homework book.

You can see how your child got on with last week’s spelling at the back of the homework book.

 

the-senses

Topic – Last week we started talking about our new topic of Our Senses. This week we will be concentrating on sight, looking at the parts of the eye, optical illusions, colour and glasses and contact lenses.

Week beginning Thursday 16.2.17

As this is a very short week with just 2 days in school the children will have no written homework, but will get a reading book on Thursday.

Our Big Maths and other maths work will continue as last week’s plan.

We will work on our French numbers to 20 with some games and activities to recognize and remember their names.

The children have chosen “Our Senses” as our topic for the rest of the term. We will be learning about sight, hearing, taste, smell and touch.

Week Beginning 6.2.17

This week the photographer will be in school on Wednesday.

Next week is our mid-term holiday, with Monday being a holiday and Tuesday and Wednesday in-service days. The children are in school on Thursday and Friday only.

reading

Reading – The children will get 2 new books this week on Monday and Thursday. Thursday’s book will not be read in school, but can be read at home. We have another visit to Kincorth library booked for our reading time on Thursday.

 

Big Maths

Maths

C – Counting multiples 2s, 5s, 10s

L – 10 times table jumbled and division facts      5+4=9    5+6=11

–  Doubling 2 digit numbers and 2 digit multiples of 10

C – Dividing with remainders using objects

Our focus for other maths work this week will be data handling. We will be looking at tables, bar charts, diagrams and sorting information.

 

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French – This week we will focus on our numbers to 20.

 

homework

Homework – Our spelling pattern this week is ow as in cow. Please write each word 3 times and choose 2 words and write a sentence with each. Spelling test will be on Friday this week so homework should be completed by then. Some of the children have an extra spelling challenge again in their homework book.

You can see how your child got on with last week’s spelling at the back of the homework book.

 

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Topic – Last week we finished off our topic of Scotland with a whole school assembly where each class got to share some of their learning. We recited our poem and showed off some of our artwork. The children made beautiful Macintosh rose pictures which are pictured above. They also enjoyed looking at Aberdeen on Google Earth and finding Kincorth and some of their houses. This week the children wil be choosing our new topic for the rest of the term.