“We made cards for the people who are special to us and helped us.” (SL, TK and MB)

“Last Friday we went to the library and it was fantastic.” (LB)

“We were playing with a parachute and the primary 6 helped us.” (KL)

“In science we were looking at the 5 senses. They are sight, hearing, tasting, touching and smelling. The one that we were looking at was sight.” (CG, DD, NB, AC, SL, MD)

Next week we will continue to look at gathering data and creating our own graphs. We will be learning the sound ‘er’ from better letter. In science we will continue to learn about our senses. We do not have any pictures this week as our ipads are being updated. For pictures, please check twitter, which is being updated regularly.

“We were going on a trip to the Alloa Library. We looked at books together but some of us played on the tablets. Some of us drew and some of us read books. Mrs Black read us a book altogether and it was so much fun” (everybody). Thank you to all of our parent helpers who made our trip possible.

Next week we will be looking at data handling and analysis. We will be conducting surveys, using tally marks and creating graphs using the information that we gather.

For our topic, we will be moving on to looking at the senses. Next week we will be looking at the brain and sight.

Our sound for next week will be ‘ur’ from nurse and purse.

Have a lovely weekend everybody!

We were learning about dirty hands and we used soap and water. Also we used hand sanitiser. We were learning about germs. It was fun because the bread that we never touched, called the control, it helped us to know when would go out of date itself. One of the bread slices has turned yellow and the other one has turned black. One piece of the bread was black but another piece was more black. (JH, TK and EK)

In PE we were playing a game called Dance Detective and some people were doing moves. The other people had to copy the dancer. The dance detective was trying to guess who the dancer was. (CG)

We will continue learning about money and subtraction next week with some revision of 2D shape and 3D objects. Our sound is ‘are’ from care and share.

For topic we will continue to look at how to stop spreading germs through hand washing and vaccinations. We will continue to learn about Buddhism in RME and parts of the body in French.

We made Valentines day cards today. Children we learning to make hearts using folding and symmetry.

“We were making our own buses. When we were doing it we were doing subtracting sums.  Some people forgot bags, toothbrushes, lunchboxes and passports.” (MB, CG, SL, JH, MD, KR)

P6 came to share stories of the creation from different religions.

We were practising our money skills through problem solving. For example, children needed to identify which 3 coins made 9p.

“This week we were learning about money. My group had a white board.  We were trying to write the price down and we needed to buy something on a card which was 9p and other prices. It was so much fun.” (HB and ER)

We were learning about our skin. We learned that it protects us from germs. We also started an experiment to find out what will to bread that we have touched with hand that are not washed, hands cleaned with hand sanitiser and hands washed with soap and water.

Happy holidays everybody!

“LR was putting blue beads into a tub and whites into a tub and purples in a tub to strengthen his fingers.” (JH and CS)

“MLS was doing a book blessing. She chose her favourite book.” (NB and TW)

“The class were learning about our bodies. We drew a picture of ourselves and we took a picture.” (MB and AC)

We were learning about body parts this week. If you are interesting in finding out more about how this is taught, and the subjects that will be covered over the next few weeks, please look at this resource. https://rshp.scot/first-level/#mybody. If you have any questions, please come and ask.

“The class were learning about Buddha and we had to colour in a picture of Buddha. We had to write a sentence about Buddha.” (CS and ER)

We looked at keywords about the digestive system. Children are bringing home a ‘map’ of the digestive system, which will use as the basis for their writing next week. Please encourage your child to practice telling you about it so they are prepared to share their knowledge in a written report next week.

Children were painting fruit like Cezanne.

Our class tried free writing this week, where they were able to write about anything they chose. The children really enjoyed it, and some created fantastic stories.

Gracie brought a certificate to show the class. Please encourage children to bring any achievements in so we can celebrate them together!

We will continue to focus on subtraction and money next week. We have set a sumdog challenge on money. If there is opportunity, please encourage your child to log on at home. Some children need some support to find out how many change they should receive if they pay for something with a 20p. For example, if I buy an apple for 15p, how much change should I get? If you are able to support this learning at home that would be really helpful.

Our sound next week will be u_e from huge brute. Happy weekend!

“This week we were learning about our bodies and we had to trace around the smallest person in the group.” (MS and MD)

“We were writing sentences with our new sound i_e. We used computers.” (KM and MB)

“Today we were learning about money. We were playing a game and it had money in it.” MLS and NB

“We were scientists and we were learning about the stomach and digestion”. (LB, ME, MD)

Next week we will continue looking at money, focusing on giving change. Please continue to use the homework grid with money activities over the next few weeks. If you have lost the grid, encourage your child to count and/or use money in some way.

We will also be looking at subtraction, bridging ten, using a number line.

Our sound will be o_e from phone home.

We will continue to look at the digestive system and other body organs next week. Ask your children about how we made poo!

Happy weekend!

“We were learning about our bodies and we had a partner to work with. We were writing on a whiteboard spelling words and we had the book to help us with our learning because we were learning about the heart.” (KL)

“We were learning about our bodies and we were learning about our hearts.” (GH)

“We were learning about how your heart beats. We had a partner and we were looking at a book to help us.” (MS and TK)

“We were taking away in maths. We were using a number line, a rekenrek and cubes.” (HB)

Next week we will be learning the sound i_e from time, mime, etc.

In maths we will start looking at money as well as carrying on with subtraction.

The children have been set a sumdog subtraction challenge, which they can complete throughout next week. To log onto sumdog, please use this link https://www.sumdog.com/user/sign_in. The school subscribes to this website so there are no further costs for your child to use it at home. If your child has lost their login details, please let me know.

Thank you for all of your support in learning ‘The Sair Finger’ for our Scots Assembly this week. The children did a fantastic job!

2019-2020

Class Newsletter: Term 3

Mrs Black (P2B)

Dear Parent/Carer,

I hope you find the following information useful.  If you have any questions please do not hesitate to contact either of us.

Learning focus this term:

Through our topic The Body we will be learning about:

• The skeleton
• The major organs
• Spreading of germs and common diseases

If you have any experience in this area, please let us know. We would love to have some ‘experts’ come in to share in our learning journey.

Core Literacy:

• We are continuing with our Read, Write Inc literacy programme for phonics. ‘Fred’ will help us to sound and blend words to help us read and write.
• Children will bring home a reading book, although this may not be issued on the same day each week. They may also have a tricky words list to practice. Please read these with your child every night wherever possible, and ensure that the reading book is kept in your child’s red folder and brought to school every day. If you would like to fill in your child’s new diary, please do so. Pictures of books in the diary can be coloured in each time your child reads from their reading book. We hope that this will encourage more regular practice at home. We will also focus on non-fiction texts this term, paying particular attention to contents and index pages to find information.
• Our writing lessons will focus on report writing and creative writing. We are continuing to develop the use of connectives within our sentences, such as ‘and’, ‘but’ and ‘because’ to extend our writing. We will continue to recognise and use verbs, nouns and adjectives in our reading and writing. We will also be developing our handwriting skills.
• We are working on our listening and talking skills through Show and Tell, Book Blessings, and sharing our news at circle time. We will also be learning to distinguish between facts and opinions. We have been learning ‘The Sair Finger’, which we will share at our Scots Assembly. Some children in our class have really enjoyed creating their own books and sharing these to the class. This helps the children identify themselves as writers and develops presentation skills. I hope that this will continue throughout the session.

Core Numeracy:

This term will be focusing on

• Subtraction
• Money
• Data Handling
• Time

Core Health and Wellbeing:

As part of our learning about the body, we will also be learning about respecting our bodies and the correct names for different body parts. More information on this will be sent out to parents. We will continue to develop our friendship skills, such as respect, sharing and listening.

This term, we are learning to be like Heard Hazel. Pupils will be able to receive their Heard Hazel certificate if they:

1. Listen carefully
2. Wait their turn and do not interrupt others
3. Share their ideas with their classmates
4. Allow others to have their say

We will have further certificates for other Redwell’s Rights and Respecting School characters later in the session.

We will learn about Buddhism in RME.

Yellow Wing Cuddle on the Couch:

Please help us to promote reading by joining us for Cuddle on the Couch. Come along to the Yellow Wing and spend some time reading with your child. If you require a schedule of Cuddle on the Couch dates, please contact the school office.

Sharing of Learning Afternoon:

This year P2 will be sharing our learning on Friday 27^th March. This will focus on The Body. More details to follow.

Lost Property:

We are aware that children sometimes misplace jumpers and other items of clothing. Please ensure that your child’s name is on every piece of clothing that comes into school. Children are given opportunities to find their property in class and throughout the school. If your child comes out of school without some of their belongings, they will be given the opportunity to retrieve their property the next day.

I look forward to working in partnership with you this session.

Kind regards,

Mrs Black

“I made a scary, delicate, paper skeleton and we had so much fun.” (MS, TW, KL)

“I was dressed up in a vet costume because we were learning about real hamsters. It was our special activity.” (TK and MD)

“We were playing a game of pairs. You get two turns. If you picked up two cards that were the same you could get the two cards and if you get the most you win. (DD)

“We made some skeletons that can move because we were learning about our bodies. We got to ask questions about our bodies.” (EK)

We will be learning the sound a_e from bake a cake. We will continue to learn about subtraction in maths. We have started Buddhism in RME and will be learning about our heart as part of our new topic about the body.

“We were learning about our bodies because it was our new topic.” (CG)

“MLS made a book to tell to the class.” (ME)

“We were writing in our jotters doing words.” (DD)

“We were writing letters because we wanted to get better at them.” (MB)

“At PE we were playing tidy up and it was fun.” (ER)

“Mrs Black was helping us to see what was wrong about her sentences and it was a little bit tricky.” (MD)

“We were writing our New Year Resolutions on paper stars”. (NB)

Next week we will be learning about the sound ‘oi’ from spoil the boy and in maths we will continue to learn about take away sums.