{"id":475,"date":"2021-11-17T12:10:58","date_gmt":"2021-11-17T12:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/fettercairnps\/?p=475"},"modified":"2021-11-19T11:53:32","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T11:53:32","slug":"p2-3-update-november-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/as\/fettercairnps\/2021\/11\/17\/p2-3-update-november-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"P2\/3 Update – November 2021"},"content":{"rendered":"

In literacy last term we were extending our writing skills and were focusing on linking sentences using \u2018and\u2019 and \u2018because\u2019.\u00a0 The children used their skills to write about their families, hobbies and our favourite toys.\u00a0 This term we have been looking at formal and informal letters and the children have identified key features of a letter structure to help them construct their success criteria.\u00a0 They have written a letter to their friend\/family and a thank you letter to our dinner ladies thanking them for the lovely lunches they prepare for us every day.\u00a0 We have also begun our Scottish Reading Challenge to increase our reading for enjoyment.<\/p>\n

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In numeracy some of the children have been learning to count in twos and identify odd and even numbers; some children have been learning about place value and have been adding hundreds, tens and ones; whilst others have been learning to write number names and ordinal numbers.\u00a0 We have been building on our mental agility through beating our class scores on \u2018hit the button\u2019.\u00a0 This can be played at home also, here is the link: Hit the Button – Quick fire maths practise for 6-11 year olds (topmarks.co.uk)<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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In expressive arts we have been learning about pointillism and have created different pictures using the pointillism technique.\u00a0 We have also begun learning music through Charanga which is an online music resource.<\/p>\n

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Our Topic this term is keeping healthy.\u00a0 We have thought of all the ways we can keep healthy and we have designed posters to share with other classes to remind them of the importance of hand washing to keep germs away.<\/p>\n

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