After reading Katie Morag and the Two Grandmothers we have been comparing Isle of Struay to city life.   We looked housing, landscape, transport and leisure facilities.     In groups we completed a sorting activity thinking about what would Katie Morag see and do when visiting Grandma Mainland and what she would see and do when at home with Grannie Island.

In Maths we have been learning about money.  We have been learning to count different coins to make different amounts as well as working out change.

We have had practical experience of using coins using our Post Office in the shared area.  The children wrapped parcels to send and had to pay for their items to be delivered.  The children were learning to make specific amounts using different coins or work out the correct change.

Learning focus this term:

Through our topic about Katie Morag we will be learning about:

• Scots dialect – we will be able to say some Scottish words, count in Scots and sing some Scottish songs.
• Where Scotland and Alloa are on a map
• Islands in Scotland
• The differences between mainland Scotland and island life

Core Skills learning focus:

• Working with others to complete tasks
• Being confident individuals when performing in front of others
• Recording our ideas in different ways

Literacy

• The children will be continuing to use our topic as a stimulus for writing activities.
• The children will be extending their knowledge of sounds and learning that there may be more than 1 way to make a sound e.g. ee and ea, ou and ow
• Spelling will correspond with the sounds they have learned that week.
• The children will continue to practise sentences beginning with a capital letter and ending in a full stop. As we develop writing skills we will continue to use V.C.O.P. learning how to use different connectives to extend sentences and continue to incorporate adjectives into our writing.
• When reading, we will continue to work on reading fluent with increased expression and accuracy.

Numeracy

• The children will be learning about numbers to 100 and will understand the terms tens and units.
• The children will be continually developing their skills in addition and subtraction.
• The children will begin to learn about money and use addition and subtraction skills to work out how much something costs and how much change would be given.