I hope you are all doing well as we begin home learning again. As you know, packs were provided with work for 2 weeks. This included textbooks, jotters and reading books. I hope you are finding these useful and makes preparing for learning at home a bit easier for you.
Literacy: During home learning, we will continue learning a new spelling rule on Mondays. The children will be sent video links of our sound and will complete different spelling activities each week.
At the start of this new term, we will be focussing on Scots Language in our writing and comprehension tasks. We will be using The Gruffalo in Scots as a stimulus for our writing. We will learn about Robert Burns through our comprehension lesson. The children have been sent some Scottish poems and songs to learn as part of our focus on Burns and Scots Language.
Maths: We are beginning the term by starting our Multiplication topic in maths. The children will focus on learning the 2, 5 and 10-times table initially. So far, we have learned to use arrays to help us with multiplication. This gives children a meaningful way of visualising times tables, which can be an abstract concept to understand.
We will use video clips filmed by Miss Robbie, as well as clips from BBC Bitesize to help us with multiplication. In your learning packs you were provided with counters, ten rods, dice patterns and 100 squares to aid learning in maths.
Other curricular areas: A new curricular grid will be posted on Google Classroom every 2 weeks. This grid consists of plenty of activities covering Health and Wellbeing, Science, Art, Music, Drama and French. I love seeing pictures of the children completing grid activities, so please email these to me at: erin.robbie@aberdeenshire.gov.uk
New packs will be ready for collection on Friday 22nd January. This will include work for weeks 3 and 4 of home learning. Please return all reading books children were provided with in their first pack. A box will be provided for this. Please return these in a poly-pocket or envelope with your child’s name on – this is for us to keep track of books returned.
You may wish to return worksheets the children have completed during weeks 1 and 2.
As always, if you require support or have any questions, do not hesitate to contact me via email or Google Classroom. Take care and stay safe.
