Thursday 7th March
Pupils are progressing well with their primary engineer designs.
This week they were tasked with making 3D shapes using spaghetti and marshmallows. They quickly realised that difficulty in using those items. Children learned about perseverance whilst developing their problem solving skills.
See photos below, thanks
Friday 23rd February
Primary 4-7 have an exciting opportunity to enter into the primary engineer competition!
P5/6 kicked off they’re learning by completing a lego challenge. Learners were tasked with building a tall stable structure that could hold a tennis ball.
In groups, children then brainstormed ideas for an innovative design.Check out the photos below to see how they got on.
Monday 19th February
Spellings this week are topic based, on the theme of Volcanoes, with the exception of the Red group who are focussing on the qu phoneme. I have also allocated the class Topic homework (see below). This is due on Friday 8th March and can include as much detail, illustrations etc as each child can manage,
Monday 29th January
Spellings have been allocated as usual. We are continuing to focus on the “oa” phoneme which has several manifestations… today we looked at “ou” as in shoulder, soul etc. Another group i focussing on the “th” sound.
Some children are still forgetting their homework notebook on a Monday. Please ensure children have these in order to have a copy of each week’s words to practise at home.
Most children have made a great effort to learn some of their Burns Poem. We will be picking our class representatives on Thursday 1st February, in preparation for the Burns Celebration next week. Children do not need to feel pressurised to take part, however they should at least attempt to read or recite the poem as part of their homework.
Monday 15th January
This week’s spellings have been allocated and should be practised at home as usual. Children have also been given copies of their poem to learn for the annual Burns Poetry competition . Class competitions will be held in the last week of January, with the winner going on to represent the class in the Burns celebration. Copies of the poems can be found below
Monday 8th January 2024
Happy New Year!
Today we have been easing gently into the new term with some revision activities. However, new spellings have been allocated for this week. The focus phoneme is i, as in win, different etc. Children should choose 3 activities throughout the week in order to practise their spellings, which we will assess as usual on Friday.
Could children please make sure that homework jotters are kept in schoolbags or returned to school by the end of the week so that they are available each Monday morning to copy down new lists.
Monday 18th December
As we are on the countdown to the holidays, there will be no homework allocated this week, although we will continue to work on Christmas themed activities in class. I know the children are getting excited and I wish you all a very happy Christmas when it comes.
Primary 6 Skiing
Today most of our P6 children progressed to the “big” slope!
Monday 13th November
Spelllings for this week are in the children’s homework jotters. These are a mixture of common words with some focus on the current phoneme (ee)
Spellings should be practised using at least 3 different strategies across the week ( see the Active Spelling choices below if you need new ideas). Try to introduce a new spelling strategy, rather than repeating the same ones all the time.
Wednesday 8th November
Children have a copy of this week’s words in their homework jotter. They should try to practise their words during the week using a variety of strategies. Some suggestions are listed below.
Tuesday
P6 have been taking part in the Valley Ski Project at Newmilns Ski Slope. The children have learned lots of skills and are having lots of fun! 
Thursday 21st September
Below is a copy of the Topic related task sheet, due 9th October. Please note that children are only required to choose TWO activities from the choices available.
IDL Homework – Scottish Wars P5-6
Primary 5/6 September 2023
Some information for the new term can be found below.
