I have attached a document that will allow you to see what our class is learning throughout this term. I hope you will find it useful.

Four Contexts term 2

Mrs MacNee

We are hoping to go outside tomorrow. Could you possibly put a pair of wellies in your school bag?

Thank you. Mrs Smith.

Reading homework for this week has now been assigned on Bug Club.

Book Bandits – Horribilly, Slow and Sticky

Page Pirates – Let’s Eat Lunch

Word Wizards – Bug Boy Beetle Cookies

Sound Stars – In a Pit (as last week)

These books will be for this week and next week due to both being short weeks at school.

Sorry for the late post today. We have a short week this week and next week meaning that homework will be slightly different.

Reading books will be distributed tomorrow to the class and posted on here afterwards.

For phonics this week we are consolidating the sounds au, ew, ow (owl) and ou. I have attached a suggested word list but feel free to allow your child to build their own. (Sound stars should continue to work on the words given out last week).

This week is Children’s Mental Health week at school. On Thursday we will be taking part in a fundraiser called ‘Dress to Express’ in aid of the charity Place2Be. Full details of this can be found on the main Gargieston blog. I look forward to seeing the class showing their personalities through their clothing. https://blogs.glowscotland.org.uk/ea/gargiestonpsandecc/

Instead of posting numeracy homework for this week I would like to encourage all of the class and their families to do something that benefits their mental health. This may be just having a conversation with another person, or going for a walk. For some people reading or writing have a positive impact on their mental health. Whatever you and your child do, let us know. It may just give someone else in our class a good idea.

Mrs MacNee

I know that many of our class enjoy drawing so I thought this competition may be of interest to them.

East Ayrshire Council’s Catering Services team is running an exciting competition for all primary school age children in East Ayrshire.

The team would like children from your school to design a new mascot to represent and promote healthy school meals and to encourage children and young people across East Ayrshire to make healthy choices. The mascot can be absolutely anything, the more imaginative the better! It could be a vegetable, a fruit, an animal or an explorer or an astronaut or a knight…

The team would also like to know the mascot’s favourite school meal and it doesn’t have to be something that is already on the menu.

The competition is open now and will close on Friday 29 April.

If anyone would like to take part they can bring their entry to me at school and I will make sure it gets to the correct place.

Mrs MacNee

We have been learning how to weigh things using the terms: heavier, lighter, the same as, not as heavy as etc.

We have been learning about alphabetical order. Look at all our fabulous work. Some of the boys and girls wanted to order their books and games at home. Give it a go!

Reading – Our reading books for this week are below. I will be assessing all of the reading groups over the next 2 weeks to determine if they are ready to move on to the next level of the scheme.

Book Bandits – The Mermaids Visit the Vet

Page Pirates – This is my Pet

Word Wizards – King Pip and the Dark Wood

Sound Stars – In the Pit

Phonics – our sound for this week is ou (as in sound). I have attached the words the children could work on along with some challenge words and the grid for them to use. You might like to also encourage your child to think of other words containing this phoneme. Sound stars words are below and they should try to use the active sp

elling homework grid to choose tasks to complete.

Active Spelling Homework

Numeracy – Our class are working through a few different concepts of number this week. For homework I would like the class to focus on  building their knowledge of addition and subtraction facts using Hit the Button. They should use the number bonds section of this game. You will notice there are many different levels within this section so it would be good if you could provide your child with some guidance about which levels they should tackle and encourage them to challenge themselves where appropriate.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button

As always, any questions or issues please let me know and I will do my best to help.

Mrs MacNee

On Friday our whole school will take part in a Scottish themed assembly via Teams where the poetry winners from each class will recite their poems. We will also be watching recordings of each stage performing a Scottish song. It is hoped that these will be shared with you following on from this assembly but this is yet to be confirmed.

The whole school is invited to wear something tartan on Friday to join in with our theme. This may be something like a dress, a t-shirt, a hat, a scarf, whatever you like, however Mrs McKee has asked that there be no football strips.

Mrs MacNee

Our class was treated to a visit from the Hexagol from Kilmarnock Football Club today. The class had a brilliant time playing the games that the leaders put on for them in there. It was clear from the happy faces that everyone had fun. Here are some pictures of the class’ time in the Hexagol.