05/05/25
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Literacy
Week Beginning 05/05/25 return by 12/05/25 05 05 25 Homework ue as in clue.
Reading
Reading Book Assigned on Boost Learning Online using username: rocketdigits eg rocket23 and password: nrpsdigits eg nrps23, Centre ID – 151765.
Every group has an allocated reading book. Please log in with your child to access their book at home.
If you need any assistance with username and passwords please contact us.
Listening and Talking
We are using manners, body language cues to enhance listening and talking with reference to UNCRC and school values.
Writing
In writing we will be looking at features of a Report: title, opening sentence, facts & information, words about the topic and a picture.
Please have a look at this example: Birds in your Garden Report 5 5 25
We will also be looking at Rhyming words, please play this rhyming game with your child Rhyming Words 5 5 25.
Numeracy
In numeracy we will continue to look at number fluency, addition and subtraction, removal/counting back.
Number Talks Strategies Removal
P2 Addition and Subtraction Calculations
Try these at home: Number Families Addition and Subtraction 5 5 25
Rights
Our right of the month is Article 27
Best Wishes
Miss Smith/Mr Howie
28/04/25
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Literacy
Week Beginning 28/04/25 return by 05/05/25 M 28 04 25 Homework ew PDF
Reading
Reading Book Assigned on Boost Learning Online using username: rocketdigits eg rocket23 and password: nrpsdigits eg nrps23, Centre ID – 151765.
Every group has an allocated reading book. Please log in with your child to access their book at home.
If you need any assistance with username and passwords please contact us.
Guess the Reader Competition
Listening and Talking
We are using manners, body language cues to enhance listening and talking with reference to UNCRC and school values.
Writing
In writing we will be looking at features of a Report: title, opening sentence, facts & information, words about the topic and a picture.
Please have a look at this example: Minibeasts Report
Numeracy
In numeracy we will be looking at number fluency, addition and subtraction, removal/counting back.
Number Talks Strategies Removal
Y2 Using the inverse to find facts within 20
Try these at home: Addition and Subtraction Revision
Rights
Our right of the month is Article 27
Best Wishes
Miss Smith/Mr Howie
21/04/2025
Welcome back! I hope you all had a lovely Easter break.
We had some beautiful visitors to our class which we released today.
Your child has been given a homework jotter. Please use the homework jotter for documenting the homework. This should be retuned on a Monday. Thank you.
Literacy
Week Beginning 21/04/25 return by 28/04/25 L 21 04 25 Homework u_e
We will continue to look extend our sentences using adjectives and conjunctions to extend our sentences.
Supplemental Spelling Tasks
If you wish to further support your child in their spelling at home, here are some examples of optional tasks that can be done using any of the word lists given out over the course of the year – some of these may be familiar to the pupils from work in class, or indeed be given as the main homework task during the year:
Rainbow Writing
Pupils copy the words at least once using any colour of pencil for the consonants, but writing the vowels in red.
Phoneme Hunt
Using your child’s reading book or any book at home, the child scans the book for any words containing the phoneme they have been learning that week in class and notes them down.
Sentences
Ask your child to put each word into a sentence to give the word context and show that they understand what it means.
Read and Draw
Give your child a sentence containing one of the words from their spelling list and ask them to draw what the sentence says.
Look, Cover, Write, Check
An old one but a good one! Simply put, show your child the word, hide it, and ask them to write it. Then show the word to allow them to check their spelling. If you want them to copy it out several more times that’s up to you.
Reading
Reading Book Assigned on Boost Learning Online using username: rocketdigits eg rocket23 and password: nrpsdigits eg nrps23, Centre ID – 151765.
Every group has an allocated reading book. Please log in with your child to access their book at home.
Please bear with us whilst we integrate this new platform into learning. If you need any assistance with username and passwords please contact us.
Listening and Talking
We are using manners, body language cues to enhance listening and talking with reference to UNCRC.
Writing
In writing we will be looking at Narrative Recount about The Easter Bunny.
Numeracy
We are looking at making a ten, addition/subtraction and partitioning with place value. Have a look at this place value game, if you don’t have dice you could use playing cards 1-9 (remove face cards).
You could start with 2 columns: tens/ones and extend it to
3 columns: hundreds/tens/ones,
4 columns: thousands/hundreds/tens/ones,
5 columns: tens of thousands/thousands/hundreds/tens/ones.
6 columns: hundred thousands/tens of thousands/thousands/hundreds/tens/ones.
7 columns: million/hundred thousands/tens of thousands/thousands/hundreds/tens/ones.
Rights
Our right of the month is Article 27
Best Wishes
Miss Smith and Mr Howie
P2HS
31/03/2025
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Literacy
Week Beginning 31/03/25 return by 21/04/25 K 31 03 25 Homework Split Diagraph e_e
We will continue to look extend our sentences using adjectives and conjunctions to extend our sentences.
Supplemental Spelling Tasks
If you wish to further support your child in their spelling at home, here are some examples of optional tasks that can be done using any of the word lists given out over the course of the year – some of these may be familiar to the pupils from work in class, or indeed be given as the main homework task during the year:
Rainbow Writing
Pupils copy the words at least once using any colour of pencil for the consonants, but writing the vowels in red.
Phoneme Hunt
Using your child’s reading book or any book at home, the child scans the book for any words containing the phoneme they have been learning that week in class and notes them down.
Sentences
Ask your child to put each word into a sentence to give the word context and show that they understand what it means.
Read and Draw
Give your child a sentence containing one of the words from their spelling list and ask them to draw what the sentence says.
Look, Cover, Write, Check
An old one but a good one! Simply put, show your child the word, hide it, and ask them to write it. Then show the word to allow them to check their spelling. If you want them to copy it out several more times that’s up to you.
Reading
Reading Book Assigned on Boost Learning Online using username: rocketdigits eg rocket23 and password: nrpsdigits eg nrps23, Centre ID – 151765.
Every group has an allocated reading book. Please log in with your child to access their book at home.
Please bear with us whilst we integrate this new platform into learning. If you need any assistance with username and passwords please contact us.
Listening and Talking
We are using manners, body language cues to enhance listening and talking with reference to UNCRC.
Writing
In writing we will be looking at Expository Texts. An explanation piece to to explain how or why something occurs (to explain a process).
- Identification of phenomenon
- Explained in sequence
- May include charts, diagrams and pictures
- Final paragraph to conclude.
Last week we looked at the life cycle of a seed, this week we will look at the life cycle of an egg which we will be writing about.
Numeracy
We are looking at making a ten, addition/subtraction and partitioning with place value. Have a look at this place value game, if you don’t have dice you could use playing cards 1-9 (remove face cards).
You could start with 2 columns: tens/ones and extend it to
3 columns: hundreds/tens/ones,
4 columns: thousands/hundreds/tens/ones,
5 columns: tens of thousands/thousands/hundreds/tens/ones.
6 columns: hundred thousands/tens of thousands/thousands/hundreds/tens/ones.
7 columns: million/hundred thousands/tens of thousands/thousands/hundreds/tens/ones.
Rights
Our right of the month is Article 27
Best Wishes
Miss Smith
P2HS
End.
24/03/2025
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Literacy
Week Beginning 24/03/25 return by 31/03/25 24 03 25 Homework o_e PDF
We will continue to look extend our sentences using adjectives and conjunctions to extend our sentences.
Supplemental Spelling Tasks
If you wish to further support your child in their spelling at home, here are some examples of optional tasks that can be done using any of the word lists given out over the course of the year – some of these may be familiar to the pupils from work in class, or indeed be given as the main homework task during the year:
Rainbow Writing
Pupils copy the words at least once using any colour of pencil for the consonants, but writing the vowels in red.
Phoneme Hunt
Using your child’s reading book or any book at home, the child scans the book for any words containing the phoneme they have been learning that week in class and notes them down.
Sentences
Ask your child to put each word into a sentence to give the word context and show that they understand what it means.
Read and Draw
Give your child a sentence containing one of the words from their spelling list and ask them to draw what the sentence says.
Look, Cover, Write, Check
An old one but a good one! Simply put, show your child the word, hide it, and ask them to write it. Then show the word to allow them to check their spelling. If you want them to copy it out several more times that’s up to you.
Reading
Reading Book Assigned on Boost Learning Online using username: rocketdigits eg rocket23 and password: nrpsdigits eg nrps23, Centre ID – 151765.
Every group has an allocated reading book. Please log in with your child to access their book at home.
Please bear with us whilst we integrate this new platform into learning. If you need any assistance with username and passwords please contact us.
Listening and Talking
We are using manners, body language cues to enhance listening and talking with reference to UNCRC.
Writing
In writing we will be looking at Expository Texts. An explanation piece to to explain how or why something occurs (to explain a process).
- Identification of phenomenon
- Explained in sequence
- May include charts, diagrams and pictures
- Final paragraph to conclude.
Last week we looked at the fossilisation, this week we will look at the life cycle of a seed which we will be writing about.
Numeracy
We are looking at making a ten, addition/subtraction and partitioning with place value. Have a look at this place value game, if you don’t have dice you could use playing cards 1-9 (remove face cards).
You could start with 2 columns: tens/ones and extend it to
3 columns: hundreds/tens/ones,
4 columns: thousands/hundreds/tens/ones,
5 columns: tens of thousands/thousands/hundreds/tens/ones.
6 columns: hundred thousands/tens of thousands/thousands/hundreds/tens/ones.
7 columns: million/hundred thousands/tens of thousands/thousands/hundreds/tens/ones.
Rights
Our right of the month is
Best Wishes
Miss Smith
P2HS
End.
17/03/2025
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Literacy
Week Beginning 17/03/25 return by 24/03/25 17 03 25 Homework a_e
We will continue to look extend our sentences, using tenses, refreshing alphabetical order.
Supplemental Spelling Tasks
If you wish to further support your child in their spelling at home, here are some examples of optional tasks that can be done using any of the word lists given out over the course of the year – some of these may be familiar to the pupils from work in class, or indeed be given as the main homework task during the year:
Rainbow Writing
Pupils copy the words at least once using any colour of pencil for the consonants, but writing the vowels in red.
Phoneme Hunt
Using your child’s reading book or any book at home, the child scans the book for any words containing the phoneme they have been learning that week in class and notes them down.
Sentences
Ask your child to put each word into a sentence to give the word context and show that they understand what it means.
Read and Draw
Give your child a sentence containing one of the words from their spelling list and ask them to draw what the sentence says.
Look, Cover, Write, Check
An old one but a good one! Simply put, show your child the word, hide it, and ask them to write it. Then show the word to allow them to check their spelling. If you want them to copy it out several more times that’s up to you.
Reading
Reading Book Assigned on Boost Learning Online using username: rocketdigits eg rocket23 and password: nrpsdigits eg nrps23, Centre ID – 151765.
Every group has an allocated reading book. Please log in with your child to access their book at home.
Please bear with us whilst we integrate this new platform into learning. If you need any assistance with username and passwords please contact us.
Listening and Talking
We are using manners, body language cues to enhance listening and talking with reference to UNCRC.
Writing
In writing we will be looking at Expository Texts. An explanation piece to to explain how or why something occurs (to explain a process).
- Identification of phenomenon
- Explained in sequence
- May include charts, diagrams and pictures
- Final paragraph to conclude.
Last week we looked at the Life Cycle of a Butterfly, this week we will look at fossilisation which we will be writing about.
Numeracy
We are looking at four operations and place value. Have a look at this place value game, if you don’t have dice you could use playing cards 1-9 (remove face cards).
You could start with 2 columns: tens/ones and extend it to
3 columns: hundreds/tens/ones,
4 columns: thousands/hundreds/tens/ones,
5 columns: tens of thousands/thousands/hundreds/tens/ones.
6 columns: hundred thousands/tens of thousands/thousands/hundreds/tens/ones.
7 columns: million/hundred thousands/tens of thousands/thousands/hundreds/tens/ones.
Rights
Our right of the month is
Alexander Fleming discovered penicillin in 1928. Read about him and watch the video. Research how penicillin and antibiotics are used today. Create a fact file to share the importance of antibiotics.
https://kids.britannica.com/kids/article/Alexander-Fleming/476259
Best Wishes
Misss Smith
P2HS
End.
10/03/2025
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Literacy
Week Beginning 10/03/25 return by 17/03/25 Consolidation I 10 03 25 Homework i_e igh and y
We will continue to look at conjunctions using and, but and so to extend our sentences and tenses.
Supplemental Spelling Tasks
If you wish to further support your child in their spelling at home, here are some examples of optional tasks that can be done using any of the word lists given out over the course of the year – some of these may be familiar to the pupils from work in class, or indeed be given as the main homework task during the year:
Rainbow Writing
Pupils copy the words at least once using any colour of pencil for the consonants, but writing the vowels in red.
Phoneme Hunt
Using your child’s reading book or any book at home, the child scans the book for any words containing the phoneme they have been learning that week in class and notes them down.
Sentences
Ask your child to put each word into a sentence to give the word context and show that they understand what it means.
Read and Draw
Give your child a sentence containing one of the words from their spelling list and ask them to draw what the sentence says.
Look, Cover, Write, Check
An old one but a good one! Simply put, show your child the word, hide it, and ask them to write it. Then show the word to allow them to check their spelling. If you want them to copy it out several more times that’s up to you.
Reading
Reading Book Assigned on Boost Learning Online using username: rocketdigits eg rocket23 and password: nrpsdigits eg nrps23, Centre ID – 151765.
If your child has a chapter book we will be looking at the book over a few weeks.
Please bear with us whilst we integrate this new platform into learning. If you need any assistance with username and passwords please contact us.
Listening and Talking
We are using manners, body language cues to enhance listening and talking with reference to UNCRC.
Writing
In writing we will be looking at Expository Texts. An explanation piece to to explain how or why something occurs (to explain a process).
- Identification of phenomenon
- Explained in sequence
- May include charts, diagrams and pictures
- Final paragraph to conclude.
Last week we looked at the Life Cycle of a Frog, this week it was the Life Cycle of a Butterfly, which we will be writing about.
Numeracy
We are looking at four operations, place value, division, sharing, measure. Please use Top Marks website for some fun activities.
Rights
Our right of the month is
If you are interested in exploring Rights with your child please have a look at this resource.
Amnesty perspective on an Introduction to Child Rights.
Save The Children perspective on an Introduction to Child Rights.
Best Wishes
Miss Smith
P2HS
End.
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Literacy
Week Beginning 03/03/25 return by 10/03/25 03 03 25 Homework y PDF
*Children to Dress as a book character on 06/03/25.
We will continue to look at conjunctions using and, but and so.
World Book Day is approaching so get into the spirit at home if you don’t already!
Supplemental Spelling Tasks
If you wish to further support your child in their spelling at home, here are some examples of optional tasks that can be done using any of the word lists given out over the course of the year – some of these may be familiar to the pupils from work in class, or indeed be given as the main homework task during the year:
Rainbow Writing
Pupils copy the words at least once using any colour of pencil for the consonants, but writing the vowels in red.
Phoneme Hunt
Using your child’s reading book or any book at home, the child scans the book for any words containing the phoneme they have been learning that week in class and notes them down.
Sentences
Ask your child to put each word into a sentence to give the word context and show that they understand what it means.
Read and Draw
Give your child a sentence containing one of the words from their spelling list and ask them to draw what the sentence says.
Look, Cover, Write, Check
An old one but a good one! Simply put, show your child the word, hide it, and ask them to write it. Then show the word to allow them to check their spelling. If you want them to copy it out several more times that’s up to you.
Reading
Reading Book Assigned on Boost Learning Online using username: rocketdigits eg rocket23 and password: nrpsdigits eg nrps23, Centre ID – 151765.
Please bear with us whilst we integrate this new platform into learning. If you need any assistance with username and passwords please contact us.
Listening and Talking
We are using manners, body language cues to enhance listening and talking with reference to UNCRC.
Writing
In writing we will be looking at Expository Texts. An explanation piece to to explain how or why something occurs (to explain a process).
- Identification of phenomenon
- Explained in sequence
- May include charts, diagrams and pictures
- Final paragraph to conclude.
Numeracy
We are looking at four operations, place value, division, sharing, measure. Please use Top Marks website for some fun activities.
Rights
Our right of the month is
If you are interested in exploring Rights with your child please have a look at this resource.
Amnesty perspective on an Introduction to Child Rights.
Save The Children perspective on an Introduction to Child Rights.
Best Wishes
Miss Smith
P2HS
End.
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Literacy
Week Beginning 24/02/25 return by 03/03/25 24 02 25 Homework i_e
Visiting the library 25/02/25.
We will continue to look at Verbs and Common or Proper Nouns.
World Book Day is approaching so get into the spirit at home if you don’t already! *Children to Dress as a book character on 06/03/25.
Supplemental Spelling Tasks
If you wish to further support your child in their spelling at home, here are some examples of optional tasks that can be done using any of the word lists given out over the course of the year – some of these may be familiar to the pupils from work in class, or indeed be given as the main homework task during the year:
Rainbow Writing
Pupils copy the words at least once using any colour of pencil for the consonants, but writing the vowels in red.
Phoneme Hunt
Using your child’s reading book or any book at home, the child scans the book for any words containing the phoneme they have been learning that week in class and notes them down.
Sentences
Ask your child to put each word into a sentence to give the word context and show that they understand what it means.
Read and Draw
Give your child a sentence containing one of the words from their spelling list and ask them to draw what the sentence says.
Look, Cover, Write, Check
An old one but a good one! Simply put, show your child the word, hide it, and ask them to write it. Then show the word to allow them to check their spelling. If you want them to copy it out several more times that’s up to you.
Reading
Reading Book Assigned. Please chat with your child about the book.
Listening and Talking
In writing we will be looking at retelling events in time order. We will be making sure our writing answers Who? What? When? Where? in our sentences. We will be using yesterday, first, then or next and finally. We will be using the past tense and first person (I went) with thoughts and feelings.
For example a real life visit to the Science Centre, Cinema or Aunty Jane’s.
You could do this with your child after you’ve been out with them. Using Who? What? Where? When? Who? What? When? Where? Using yesterday, first, then or next and finally. Using the past tense
Numeracy
We are practicing all times tables. We have been learning to use arrays. Please watch the video about arrays.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6C7h0mV3S8
Have a look at some examples Dot-Array-Multiplication-Table-5-by-5
You can use these REAL LIFE MULTIPLICATION ARRAYS TASK CARDS to help you.
What do you notice? Is there a pattern?
Can you make any other arrays?
You can also use this online game to count in 3s, 6s and 9s.
https://www.didax.com/apps/100-bead-rekenrek/
Rights
Our right of the month is Article 16. As part of Internet Safety please use this helpful guide to protect your child online. If you are interested in exploring Rights with your child please have a look at this resource.
Amnesty perspective on an Introduction to Child Rights.
Save The Children perspective on an Introduction to Child Rights.
Best Wishes
Miss Smith
P2HS
End.
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Literacy
Week Beginning 17/02/25 return by 24/02/25 17 02 25 Homework igh PDF
We will continue to look at Verb and Nouns. Please play https://www.bigbrownbear.co.uk/nouns/ this game with your child
Supplemental Spelling Tasks
If you wish to further support your child in their spelling at home, here are some examples of optional tasks that can be done using any of the word lists given out over the course of the year – some of these may be familiar to the pupils from work in class, or indeed be given as the main homework task during the year:
Rainbow Writing
Pupils copy the words at least once using any colour of pencil for the consonants, but writing the vowels in red.
Phoneme Hunt
Using your child’s reading book or any book at home, the child scans the book for any words containing the phoneme they have been learning that week in class and notes them down.
Sentences
Ask your child to put each word into a sentence to give the word context and show that they understand what it means.
Read and Draw
Give your child a sentence containing one of the words from their spelling list and ask them to draw what the sentence says.
Look, Cover, Write, Check
An old one but a good one! Simply put, show your child the word, hide it, and ask them to write it. Then show the word to allow them to check their spelling. If you want them to copy it out several more times that’s up to you.
Reading
Reading Book Assigned. Please chat with your child about the book.
Listening and Talking
In writing we will be looking at retelling events in time order. We will be making sure our writing answers Who? What? When? Where? in our sentences. We will be using yesterday, first, then or next and finally. We will be using the past tense and first person (I went) with thoughts and feelings.
For example
On Saturday I went to Dinosaur land in Dumfries with my family. We were given a map and we had a tour just like in Dinosaur Train.
The first thing we saw was a huge Tyrannosaurus Rex and it growled at us and made my mum and I jump!
Then we stopped for a snack and Dad thought he saw some Pterodactyls circling over us but they were just hungry sea-gulls swooping down to steal out food.
Next we visited some Triceratops who loved the lettuces we fed them.
I loved visiting Dinosaur Land, I got my picture taken with some dinosaurs and we all had lots of fun.
You could watch this episode of ” Dinosaur Train Buddy meet his Grandparents” with your child and ask them child to retell the episode to you using Who? What? Where? When? Who? What? When? Where? Using yesterday, first, then or next and finally. Using the past tense and first person (I went) with thoughts and feelings.
Numeracy
We are practicing 3, 6, 9 times tables. We have been learning to use arrays. Please watch the video about arrays.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6C7h0mV3S8
Have a look at some examples Dot-Array-Multiplication-Table-5-by-5
You can use these REAL LIFE MULTIPLICATION ARRAYS TASK CARDS to help you.
What do you notice? Is there a pattern?
Can you make any other arrays?
You can also use this online game to count in 3s, 6s and 9s.
https://www.didax.com/apps/100-bead-rekenrek/
Rights
Our right of the month is Article 16. Please read this DigiDuck-eBook with your child about Internet Safety. If you are interested in exploring Rights with your child please have a look at this resource.
Amnesty perspective on an Introduction to Child Rights.
Save The Children perspective on an Introduction to Child Rights.
Best Wishes
Miss Smith
P2HS
End.
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- Please practice the
Thank you.
Literacy
Week Beginning 03/02/25 return by 10/02/25.
We have been looking at Verb and Nouns.
Please play this game with your child to consolidate their learning.
Spelling
Supplemental Spelling Tasks
If you wish to further support your child in their spelling at home, here are some examples of optional tasks that can be done using any of the word lists given out over the course of the year – some of these may be familiar to the pupils from work in class, or indeed be given as the main homework task during the year:
Rainbow Writing
Pupils copy the words at least once using any colour of pencil for the consonants, but writing the vowels in red.
Phoneme Hunt
Using your child’s reading book or any book at home, the child scans the book for any words containing the phoneme they have been learning that week in class and notes them down.
Sentences
Ask your child to put each word into a sentence to give the word context and show that they understand what it means.
Read and Draw
Give your child a sentence containing one of the words from their spelling list and ask them to draw what the sentence says.
Look, Cover, Write, Check
An old one but a good one! Simply put, show your child the word, hide it, and ask them to write it. Then show the word to allow them to check their spelling. If you want them to copy it out several more times that’s up to you.
Reading
Reading Book Assigned. Please chat with your child about the book.
Listening and Talking
In writing we will be looking at retelling events in time order. We will be making sure our writing answers Who? What? When? Where? in our sentences. We will be using yesterday, first, then or next and finally. We will be using the past tense and first person (I went) with thoughts and feelings.
For example
On Saturday I went to Dinosaur land in Dumfries with my family. We were given a map and we had a tour just like in Dinosaur Train.
The first thing we saw was a huge Tyrannosaurus Rex and it growled at us and made my mum and I jump!
Then we stopped for a snack and Dad thought he saw some Pterodactyls circling over us but they were just hungry sea-gulls swooping down to steal out food.
Next we visited some Triceratops who loved the lettuces we fed them.
I loved visiting Dinosaur Land, I got my picture taken with some dinosaurs and we all had lots of fun.
You could watch this episode of Dinosaur Train with your child and ask them child to retell the episode to you using Who? What? Where? When? Who? What? When? Where? Using yesterday, first, then or next and finally. Using the past tense and first person (I went) with thoughts and feelings.
Numeracy
We are practicing 3, 6, 9 times tables. We have been learning to use arrays. Please watch the video about arrays.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6C7h0mV3S8
Have a look at some examples Dot-Array-Multiplication-Table-5-by-5
You can use these REAL LIFE MULTIPLICATION ARRAYS TASK CARDS to help you.
What do you notice? Is there a pattern?
Can you make any other arrays?
You can also use this online game to count in 3s, 6s and 9s.
https://www.didax.com/apps/100-bead-rekenrek/
Rights
Our right of the month is Article 8. If you are interested in exploring Rights with your child please have a look at this resource.
Amnesty perspective on an Introduction to Child Rights.
Save The Children perspective on an Introduction to Child Rights.
End.
Literacy
Week Beginning 27/01/25
Your child has been given a homework jotter. Please use the homework jotter for documenting the homework. This should be retuned on a Monday
Spelling
27 01 25 Homework oi 27 01 25 Homework oi PDF
Supplemental Spelling Tasks
If you wish to further support your child in their spelling at home, here are some examples of optional tasks that can be done using any of the word lists given out over the course of the year – some of these may be familiar to the pupils from work in class, or indeed be given as the main homework task during the year:
Rainbow Writing
Pupils copy the words at least once using any colour of pencil for the consonants, but writing the vowels in red.
Phoneme Hunt
Using your child’s reading book or any book at home, the child scans the book for any words containing the phoneme they have been learning that week in class and notes them down.
Sentences
Simple enough – ask your child to put each word into a sentence to give the word context and show that they understand what it means.
Read and Draw
Give your child a sentence containing one of the words from their spelling list and ask them to draw what the sentence says.
Look, Cover, Write, Check
An old one but a good one! Simply put, show your child the word, hide it, and ask them to write it. Then show the word to allow them to check their spelling. If you want them to copy it out several more times that’s up to you.
Reading
Reading Book Assigned. Please chat with your child about the book.
Listening and Talking
In writing we will be looking at retelling events in time order. We will be making sure our writing answers Who? What? When? Where? in our sentences. We will be using yesterday, first, then or next and finally. We will be using the past tense and first person (I went) with thoughts and feelings.
For example
On Saturday I went to Dinosaur land in Dumfries with my family. We were given a map and we had a tour just like in Dinosaur Train.
The first thing we saw was a huge Tyrannosaurus Rex and it growled at us and made my mum and I jump!
Then we stopped for a snack and Dad thought he saw some Pterodactyls circling over us but they were just hungry sea-gulls swooping down to steal out food.
Next we visited some Triceratops who loved the lettuces we fed them.
I loved visiting Dinosaur Land, I got my picture taken with some dinosaurs and we all had lots of fun.
You could watch this episode of Dinosaur Train with your child and ask them child to retell the episode to you using Who? What? Where? When? Who? What? When? Where? Using yesterday, first, then or next and finally. Using the past tense and first person (I went) with thoughts and feelings.
Numeracy
We are practicing 2 and 4 times tables. We have been learning to use arrays. Please watch the video about arrays.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6C7h0mV3S8
Have a look at some examples Dot-Array-Multiplication-Table-5-by-5
You can use these REAL LIFE MULTIPLICATION ARRAYS TASK CARDS to help you.
What do you notice? Is there a pattern?
Can you make any other arrays?
You can also use this online game to count in 2s, 4s and 8.
https://www.didax.com/apps/100-bead-rekenrek/
Rights
Our right of the month is Article 8. If you are interested in exploring Rights with your child please have a look at this resource. Children’s Rights Activity Pack
Literacy
Week Beginning 20/01/25
Your child has been given a homework jotter, please feel free to cover it and make it your own. Use the homework jotter for documenting the homework.
Spelling
Reading
Reading Book Assigned
Listening and Talking: Poem
Please continue to recite the https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=fireworks+aff+the+castle with actions.
Supplemental Spelling Tasks
If you wish to further support your child in their spelling at home, here are some examples of optional tasks that can be done using any of the word lists given out over the course of the year – some of these may be familiar to the pupils from work in class, or indeed be given as the main homework task during the year:
Rainbow Writing
Pupils copy the words at least once using any colour of pencil for the consonants, but writing the vowels in red.
Phoneme Hunt
Using your child’s reading book or any book at home, the child scans the book for any words containing the phoneme they have been learning that week in class and notes them down.
Sentences
Simple enough – ask your child to put each word into a sentence to give the word context and show that they understand what it means.
Read and Draw
Give your child a sentence containing one of the words from their spelling list and ask them to draw what the sentence says.
Look, Cover, Write, Check
An old one but a good one! Simply put, show your child the word, hide it, and ask them to write it. Then show the word to allow them to check their spelling. If you want them to copy it out several more times that’s up to you.
Numeracy
We are learning the 2 and 4 times tables. We have been learning to use arrays. Please watch the video about arrays.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6C7h0mV3S8
Have a look at some examples Dot-Array-Multiplication-Table-5-by-5
You can use these REAL LIFE MULTIPLICATION ARRAYS TASK CARDS to help you.
What do you notice? Is there a pattern?
Can you make any other arrays?
Rights
Our right of the month is Article 8.
You could read this book to your child. Lets_Explore_Our_Rights_2023
or listen to this catchy song about rights.
Article 8:
If you would like to see a children’s version of rights, please have a look at the Children and Young People’s Commissioner website that has lots of information and resources.
for child friendly adaptation of UNCRC Articles.
