Parent interviews are on Tuesday and Thursday this week.

Letter Sounds

Blending and spelling homework continues this week. Please see the homework books for word lists and instructions. Please complete this homework for Friday.

Common Words

Please continue to use the word walls in the white homework book to revise the sight vocabulary. The fifth word wall is now in the homework book.  Words for this week are like and look. Please complete the common word homework for Thursday by counting and writing each word.

Reading

Reading continues on Monday and Thursday.

Maths

This week we will continue with our topic of time, looking at months, seasons and telling the time on clocks. (o’clock times)

Topic

We continue with our World of Work topic.  This week we have two nurses coming in to talk to the children.

Well done to Divine, our latest pupil of the week. He put great effort into an art painting activity this week.

Sports Day

Primary 1 – 7 sports day will be held at Abbotswell on Thursday 19th May 2022. We are pleased to announce that parents are more than welcome to come along this year!

Each class will participate in races on this day, at the following times;

P6 + P7 – 9.15am – 10.15am

P4 + P5 – 11am – 12pm

P1 – P3 – 1.30pm – 2.30pm

Article 31 – Every child has the right to relax, play and join in a wide range of activities.

The Primary 7’s will be organising a potted sports event on a later date for all children to join in, be active and have fun!

Hope to see you all there!

This week we have outdoor learning and Sports Day on Thursday. Our outdoor learning will be in the morning and P1-3 Sports in the afternoon 1.30-2.30pm (weather permitting). Please send the children to school wearing their sports gear and trainers suitable for running races.

Miss Spowart, our student teacher leaves us on Friday this week. We thank her for her help and wish her well in her future teaching career.

Reports go out on Friday.

Letter Sounds

Blending and spelling homework continues this week. Please see the homework books for word lists and instructions. Please complete this homework for Friday.

Common Words

Please continue to use the word walls in the white homework book to revise the sight vocabulary.  Words for this week are only and old. Please complete the common word homework for Thursday by counting and writing each word.

Reading

Reading continues on Monday only this week due to outdoor learning and sports day on Thursday.

Maths

This week we will continue to learn about money and start a new topic – time.

Topic

We continue with our World of Work topic.  This week we have the countryside classroom visiting to speak to the children about farming.

Well done to Marvellous, our latest pupil of the week. He put great effort into his story writing this week.

As part of our Big Maths scheme in school we do CLIC sessions for core numeracy.  Each letter stands for an area of numeracy.

C – Counting

L – Learn Its (these are number facts which we learn so they can be quickly recalled without needing to work out the answer).

I – It’s Nothing New

C – Calculations

We are now covering all the letters in CLIC.

Counting – saying numbers, counting skills and counting actual objects, one more and one less, two more and two less, three more and three less, four more and four less, five more and five less, counting in tens.

Learn its –  1+1=2, 2 + 2 =4, 3+3=6, 4+4=8, 5+5=10

                          2+1=3, 2+3=5

                           say  multiples of 10 to 100

It’s Nothing New – doubles to 5

Calculations – basic addition and subtraction (add together and take away), counting groups of objects as a start to multiplication, sharing out as a start to division.

If you would like to do some maths homework, you can practise these skills at home. Try counting by saying the numbers up to 10, 20 or beyond if you can manage. If you can go forwards, try going backwards. You can also count actual objects, making sure you count each one once to get the correct total, or try to find the number 1,2,3,4 or 5 more or 1,2,3,4 or 5 less.

You can also practise the learn its and it’s nothing new by asking What is 1+1? and What is 2+2? What is double 4? or What is double 5?

I have added some resources below which may be useful for practising CLIC at home.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/paint-the-squares

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math/addition/fruit-splat-game/

https://www.sheppardsoftware.com/math/subtraction/fruit-splat-game/

https://www.ictgames.com/mobilePage/doggyDivision/index.html

Letter Sounds

Blending and spelling homework continues this week. Please see the homework books for word lists and instructions. Please complete this homework for Friday.

Common Words

Please continue to use the word walls in the white homework book to revise the sight vocabulary.  Words for this week are they and one. Please complete the common word homework for Thursday by counting and writing each word.

Reading

Reading continues on Monday and Thursday this week.

Maths

This week we will continue to learn about money.

Topic

We continue with our World of Work topic.  We have already had a police officer and firefighters visiting the school. Our visitors this week are an engineer and a footballer to talk to the children about their jobs.

Well done to David, our latest pupil of the week. He has put great effort into all classroom task this week.

Our buddy class is P4. Here they are helping us with our reading and digital skills.

Rooms 1,2 and 3 enjoyed a visit from some firefighters and a fire engine. This was part of our World of Work topic.