Yesterday we went to Tesco for a visit. We were shown how to use the checkouts, we tasted freshly made Tiger bread, pancakes and a wide selection of delicious fruit! One of the highlights was when we got to hold a fish from the fish counter. For hygiene reasons, we had to wear a blue plastic glove. We felt how rough the scales were, put our finger in its mouth and touched the eye ball. The fish was heavy and it was cold because it had been packed in ice in order to keep it fresh.  It was  exciting and amazing!

Learning focus this term:

Through our whole school topic about Space we will be learning about:

1. What is the Solar System and what is it made up of?
2. How does the sun, moon and earth link together?
3. Why do we have day and night?
4. Why do we have seasons and what are they?
5. What is a star? The children will get the opportunity to look at the sky at different times of the day and to note changes. They should be able to recognise the sun, moon and stars and explain how daily patterns are linked to the sun and the moon as well as talk about their daily routines at school and at home. The children will also be completing a “Moon Diary” as part of their homework to track the changes in the shape of the moon over time.

Core Skills learning focus:

• Working with children from my own class and from other classes
• Naming and labelling
• Recording our findings in a variety of ways including the use of digital cameras

Core Literacy:

• We will continue to learn the initial sounds of the alphabet and start to learn some digraphs ( 2 letters making 1 sound e.g. sh)
• We will be continuing to sound and blend letter sounds to read and spell words.
• In our reading books we will be focussing on reading from left to right, pointing to each word as we read and learning new vocabulary.
• We will be writing personal stories and experience different types of writing linked to our topic about Space.
• We are working on listening to and carrying out instructions carefully and promptly.

Core Numeracy:

• We will continue to work on number recognition and formation.
• We will be learning the days of the week, months of the year and the seasons.
• We will be learning to tell the time using o’clock.
• The children will be learning about greater or less than.
• We will be learning to identify coins and to use 1p coins to pay for items.
• We will be using counting materials and number lines to learn about adding.

Over the last 2 weeks, we have been learning our Tables.   We are enjoying these lessons very much and have been singing along to the Table songs on Education City……”woo, woo”.   Some of us have joined the 10x Table club and are now hoping to join the 2x club.  We have also been practising very hard for our Assembly which is on Friday the 22nd of May and are looking forward to our school trip. We will keep you posted……..

Hi all and a great big welcome to the summer term…….although the weather could be a bit better…….snow at the end of April and just as the sandpit opened too. Typical!

This week we have been learning all about water safety and today the science lesson was about floating and sinking.  We carried out some experiments using a variety of objects. We asked a question, predicted what would happen, tested the theory, observed and recorded our findings. We were very surprised to find that the sponge sank to the bottom of the tank!

Today is also very exciting because Miss Fuller is starting rehearsals for the P2F Assembly. It is 0n Friday the 22nd of May ( so keep that date free if possible ).  Speak to you all after the holiday weekend, which we are all looking forward to very much!

Well before we tell you all about our amazing topic, we need to tell you about Red Nose Day. We had great fun! Everyone was dressed up and lots of people had funky hairstyles. We designed Red Noses, sang a song, learned about people less fortunate than us and raised lots of money………over 1000 pounds. We can’t wait until next year!

Right …..now on to the topic. We have been very busy making a lighthouse to put into the shared area. The other classes have been making Mr and Mrs Grinling’s house,  a rowing boat and pulley system. We all had a shot at sending the picnic basket up and down the wire. P2G have designed a seaside café and pizza is on the menu. We made the pizzas during the math lesson and as we are learning about Fractions, the pizza portions are sold in halves and quarters. They are amazing and are sold at a good price. At the weekend, Emily visited the Mull of Galloway Lighthouse and shared her experience with us. We even looked it up on the Internet.

We need to sign off now because the art teacher is giving us a chance to finish our picnic lunch displays. Speak to you all after the holidays. Have a great time!!

Thank goodness that this has been ‘No Homework’ week  because we have been so busy making and creating! We have made lighthouses, rocks and cats ……..all for a display for our Topic, ‘The Lighthouse keeper’s Lunch’. We have also used our creative talents to make a little card and pressie for our fabulous mums ( although that is a secret, at least until Sunday).

Mrs Goodwillie gave us a loan of her special pop-up book. It is called ‘ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’ and we wrote a super imaginative story all about finding one of Willy Wonka’s  golden tickets.

The Pupil Council have been selling red noses all in preparation for Friday the 13th.  Most of us have our costumes ready and Miss Fuller promises to take lots of photographs. We have been learning the song and we are going to sing it tomorrow at Assembly. We are also going to design our own nose and have lots and lots of fun!!!!!!!! Tune into our next blog to find out how Red Nose Day went.

Yesterday we had a very exciting Open Day at Redwell. Some of the parents came in to visit us in our classroom. We were very happy to see them. Miss Fuller kept us extremely busy!!!! We were learning the u_e phonic sound and we had to rotate around 7 activities. Fraser liked ‘Fishing for Phonics’ and Morgan  enjoyed writing the words (rude, fluke, cute, flute etc ) in the wet sand. We were very careful not to drop the sand and/or the playdough on Mrs Strang’s new carpet!

Well, the Scottish Assembly was super  and we all enjoyed performing the ‘Jeely Piece ‘ song. This week our homework challenge is to learn and recite a Scottish poem. We are learning ‘Ah Hae A Wee  Dug’ and it is very funny! The Scottish theme carried on as we furthered our knowledge about Rabbie Burns and what happens at one of his suppers. Some of us even indulged at home by eating haggis, neeps and tatties followed by Irn Brew. We liked ‘The Selkirk Grace’ and coloured beautiful pictures of the thistle. The class laughed at some of the names used for the animals, especially the bubblyjock! Do you know what a bubblyjock is?

This week we have been very busy in class. We have been learning all about Scotland and we drew Alloa on a map. We created amazing pictures of Nessie’s friend and used lots of fabulous adjectives to describe our monsters. Haggis, neeps and tatties were on the menu for lunch (delicious) and we have been practising ‘The Jeely Piece’ song for the Scottish Assembly.

This morning we have been learning how to form our letters correctly and we have been using special handwriting paper which helps us to size the letters properly.