The cast for the senior summer show ‘Aladdin’ was announced this afternoon. We are very proud of all the pupils who auditioned for parts and the teachers found it difficult to cast the show as the talent was so high! The pupils know that all the parts are important and we can’t wait to start rehearsals.

Scripts will be given out in due course and rehearsals will start shortly in school.

Thank you!

Green and Yellow Group homework

Remember that Bug Club. Topmarks and Sumdog can be accessed at anytime for rigour and revision of concepts.

Green and Yellow

Apologies to Primary 7

Homework posted below. Hand in on Monday please.

Green and Yellow

Homework will be issued on Tuesday this week due to Aladdin auditions today and then our final swimming session today.

Pupils can access Sumdog and Bug Club at home.

Remember to hand in permission forms for our trip to Dean Park on Friday!

Thank you,

Miss Mudge

As this is a two day week no homework will be assigned to Primary 7.

Auditions for our senior summer show ‘Aladdin’ will be held on Monday afternoon. Pupils who stated they would like a speaking or singing role have been given part of the script to practice at home.

Happy Practicing!

Miss Mudge

Primary one had a wonderful time on the farm today! We observed the different farm animals, investigating and comparing their different body parts. We then thought about our “Senses” and discussed whether animals used theirs in the same way!

We also took part in a “Woolly  Workshop”

Everyone is ready for lunch after a day on the farm 😋!

Both our Willow and Oak nurture rooms are established and running well, giving pupils the opportunity to make connections and develop friendships with their peers. Children are happy and participating well in tasks and activities aimed at developing their health and well being.

In the Willow room, our focus for our Welly Wednesdays will be to have more opportunity to explore the great outdoors. We will primarily explore our immediate environment, but may explore areas further away from the school. The children will partake in a Wild Challenge, completing 6 activities linked to the RSPB challenge, which will encourage exploration of the natural habitats of small animals and insects from our local environment. Children will be encouraged to work in small teams, to create housing and gain knowledge of these animal habitats.

The focus for some of our children will be preparing for full time attendance in their primary classroom, reducing time spent in the Willow Room and helping the children find strategies and tools to support them throughout this period of change. For the children remaining in the Willow Room, they will need to time to adjust and chat about the changes taking place and how it makes them feel.

In our Oak room, the discussions and activities supported in the connected classroom materials, will continue to be our main focus, looking at different emotions, the impact these have on our bodies and how to manage big feelings. With time for discussion and sharing of experience, children will develop tools to help them manage feelings and see a positive outcome.

As always, if parents have any questions or would like to chat about any aspect of our nurture provision, please don’t hesitate to get in touch.

Mrs Travers

Literacy

This term in literacy we will be learning to improve our note-taking skills to aid with our comprehension strategy of summarising and paraphrasing.  As well as continuing with our Bug Club readers this term,  we will also be looking at non-fiction texts to support note taking and apply this skill within in our writing lessons where we will focus on producing a fact file and report. In addition, we will continue work on our phonemes through our Active spelling programme.

Numeracy & Maths

In numeracy, groups will focus on the following :

• Fractions, Percentages & Decimals
• Division
• Subtraction

All groups will work on mental maths revision and problem solving across all areas every day through number talks, interactive challenges or ‘fast five’ activities. Beyond number, P5 will be looking at ‘Time’ and ‘Money’ .

Health & Wellbeing /P.E

This term we are continue to work through our PATHS programme with a focus on different types of feelings, as well as ‘Pupil of the Day’.

In P.E, we will be working on ‘Gymnastics‘ and ‘Basketball‘, building necessary physical skills within these sports such as co-ordination, control, precision and balance, as well as teamwork strategies. A kind reminder :  P.E days are Wed/Fri and we would ask that your child comes prepared with a kit,  a change of shoes (indoor) and without wearing jewellery if possible as not coming prepared can often result in reduced lesson time.

Topic

We have started our exciting new topic this term where we are travelling around the globe as we look at ‘Continents’.  We will be exploring and finding out lots of interesting facts about Asia, Africa, Oceania, Antarctica,Europe, North America and South America. This will include using our new note-taking skills as we learn facts about landmarks, physical features (Rivers, mountains), Countries & Capitals including mapping skills.

R.E

Jan/Feb – We will be looking at ‘Judaism’ and ‘Life in the time of Jesus’ in first century Palestine.

Feb/Mar – Preparations for Lent.

As we are on holiday this Friday and next week, homework can be accessed online until Wednesday 19th February when it will be reissued.

Literacy –  All groups can access their Bug Club group readers/independent readers.  Read a non-fiction text and identify common features. (caption, pictures, diagram, heading, sub-heading, glossary etc…)

Anagrams –

I T O N N A M U   –    Can you unscramble the letters to find the word.

A E H N O R T    –   Can you unscramble the letters to find the word.

Extra challenge : If you have unscrambled the second anagram successfully, How many words can you find hidden within this word ?

Maths – Wednesday

Circles/Rectangles – Time differences – Click on the links below then scroll down to the game with the panda at the bottom right of the page . Click arrow to play, then choose option 5 and begin.

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/118/adding_time_word_problems#

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/119/find_the_start_time#

Squares -Click on the links below then scroll down to the game with the panda at the bottom right of the page . Click arrow to play, then choose option 4 and begin

https://mathsframe.co.uk/en/resources/resource/116/telling_the_time#

Triangles–http://www.scootle.edu.au/ec/viewing/L9643/index.html

Topic –  Worksheet on South America handed out in class (Wed pm).

Primary 1 are working harder than ever!! Have a look and see what we are learning this term.

Literacy

Phonics – we know almost all of the single letter sounds in the alphabet and will be working hard to use these to make and break words. We will also be looking at some sounds which are made up of two letters, eg sh, ch, th, wh.

Reading – We are progressing through our reading books using our increasing knowledge of common words. We are also trying hard to use our letter sounds to help us “decode” the words we are unsure of. To develop our ability to understand what we are reading, we are discussing texts and relating them to our own experiences.

Writing – We are continuing to develop our letter formation skills. We are also developing our ability to create our own beginnings and endings for stories, linking these with traditional tales.

Numeracy

Number – In number we are continuing to learn the addition facts up to 10. We are strengthening our knowledge of these by learning to “count on” and exploring doubles and near doubles.

Following this we will be learning about subtraction and linking this with our addition facts to 10.

We will also be exploring the numbers to 20, thinking about how the teens numbers are made and recorded.

Beyond Number – Primary 1 will be learning about the different aspects of time. They will explore clocks and will learn about the seasons through our “Weather” topic.

Health & Well-Being

P.E. – In gym this term we are developing our gymnastics skills by focusing on our jumping, rolling and balancing.

We will also be exploring Dance and creating our own dance sequences to music.

Social & Emotional Health – As part of our PATHS programme, we are exploring the different emotions we experience and discussing ways of managing them.

We will also be continuing with our “Pupil of the Day” initiative, taking the time each day to make someone feel special by paying them compliments.

RE

In RE we are reminded of God’s love and how it is present all around us. We will be listening to stories from the Bible, the first being the “Story of Creation”. We will consider the wonder of the world we live in and use our senses to explore our local environment.

During Lent we will try to become a closer “friend of Jesus” by showing kindness to others. We will explore the Lord’s Passion and develop an understanding of the Easter Story.

Interdisciplinary Learning

We will finish off our “Senses” topic this term with a trip to the farm at Dumfries House.

Following this, we will be using the context of “Frozen” as a means of learning about the weather and seasons.

We will be investigating hot and cold, linking these to the changes in weather. We will also look at the changing state of water, exploring freezing and melting. Through these investigations we will have the opportunity to measure, record and report our findings.

Art work will be linked to our topic and will focus on the visual elements of line and colour.

Technology

ICT – we will continue to use ICT as part of our daily learning through use of the ipads and laptops.

We will focus on keyboard skills this term, learning how to change font, colour and size when word processing.

Outdoor Learning

Following our February break Primary 1 will be taking part in Outdoor Learning every Friday afternoon so could we please ask that the children come to school with wellies and suitable outerwear on those days.

Thank you for your continued support.

Circles – Click for Maths Rigour homework

Triangles – Click for Maths Rigour homework

Yellow and Green group homework schedule – Green and Yellow

Primary 7 Blog Update

Topic

In Topic we are focusing on Land Uses, The four different types of Land Uses are Tourism, Recreational, Residential and Business/Work. Tourism is used mainly for countries’ economies such as Thailand, UAE and more. Tourism focuses on people entering, leaving or going to a different part of countries. These can be categorised as Outbound, Inbound and Domestic tourism. Recreational Land Uses are places like the Palace Theatre, Burns Mall and Rugby Park. Residential is used for housing areas such as Longpark, Bonnyton, Crosshouse. Business Land Uses are places like Fast Food, Restaurants, Kilmarnock F.C and many shops. We have also been building on our mapping skills by finding and locating information using atlases.

Health & Wellbeing

In Health and Wellbeing, we have been learning about Substance Misuse. We have been learning that alcohol can be addictive and can cause some types of Cancer. Alcohol is also a depressant as well as a toxin. We love our swimming lessons on a Monday. We have all made individual achievements. The Galleon staff have complimented on us on our behaviour and hard work. We have also been building on our gymnastic skills with Mr B. We still do our two PATHS lessons a week focusing on our emotional health and wellbeing.

Numeracy

In Numeracy, we have covered Negative Integers and all fell we have a better understanding of this concept. We have now moved on to Fractions, Decimals and Percentages and continuing our knowledge of Time as our Beyond Number topic. Every day at the start of Numeracy or the end of Numeracy, we do the Fast 5 to revise concepts taught and new skills.

Literacy

This term the focus is non-fiction reading and writing skills. We have been transferring our active comprehension skills to non-fiction books. We have been honing our note taking skills and using our notes to create a new text. We have also reading for enjoyment the Eejits, the Scottish version of Roald Dahl’s “The Twits”.

This term we are looking forward to –

• Dean Park Visit
• The Science Centre
• Lockerbie ( 6 weeks to go!)

Class Curriculum update written by Caiden and Aiden (Digital Champions)

This term we will be experiencing a broad range of activities and learning experiences.

Numeracy

We will be focusing on our multiplication and division strategies this term. We will be using our strategies during our numbers talks and applying our strategies to more challenging problems, applying our knowledge in real life contexts. Being able to apply knowledge of times tables facts is important as we progress through our strategies and problem solving. Please encourage your child to choose a times table and to work on their chosen times table each week.

In our beyond number topic, we will be revising shape and then moving on to angles.

Literacy.

We will be looking at Ted Hughes’ Iron Man for our novel study this term. We will be applying our comprehension strategies, prediction, metalinguistics, summarising and visualising to help our comprehension of the text. We will also use our novel study as a basis for our knowledge of language learning and will look at figurative language features as metaphors, similes and personification.

To continue to consolidate comprehension strategies, P6 will continue to work on ‘Bug Club’ texts within our own level. All books are allocated online, please let me know if you are having problems accessing them.

We will be looking at the skill of note-taking. We will be applying this skill across the curriculum; taking notes and then creating our own texts from these notes.

In writing, we will be focussing on report writing and will link this to our topic work.

Spelling.

P6 will continue to work with our active spelling strategies, working on a weekly phoneme as well as common words.

Religious Education.

P6 are continuing to work through their Pope Francis Faith Award, we are currently working on and thinking about the gift of piety.

We are also looking at Palestine at the time of Jesus, the geography of the region and daily life in 1^st century Palestine.

Health and Well-being and PE

We are enjoying our swimming lessons on Monday morning.

We will be learning the skills of badminton and later in the term we will complete our Play Lead Award which we started towards the end of last term.

We are continuing to follow our PATHs programme and are looking at different emotions, and how these can be described as comfortable or uncomfortable.

Topic.

This term, our topic is Scottish Landscapes, Rivers, Coasts and Mountains. We will be looking at the physical features of Scotland’s landscape and how these have been formed.

Homework will be distributed on a Wednesday and should be returned the following Wednesday.

Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs MacKinnon and Mrs Crawford.