What a fantastic day we had at the Science Centre! We loved learning about Space in the Planetarium and had great fun playing in the Science floors.

Just a little reminder that tomorrow afternoon is our Dojo Reward ‘Party in the Park’.  Children can bring a small snack and a teddy.  The weather is looking good but please remember to wear sun cream and bring hat/water if possible.

We have reached our 4000 Dojo Points so we have planned to go to the park and have a teddy picnic party on Wednesday 31st May.

“Make sure to pack a good snack and a teddy”  Poppy

“Primary 1 are going to do a party for the 4000.  Make sure to bring a good snack and a very good teddy”  Matthew

“It is on May 31st” Ellie

“We can play tig at the park” Harley

“We can play Hide and Seek” Lyle

Twice a year, the children take part in our whole school ‘Big Talk Homework Challenge’.  This is where your child gets the opportunity to prepare and present a talk to the class.  The topic will change depending on the focus for that term.  This term our Health topic is Myself and My Family.  At home, your child should prepare and practise their talk.  They can bring in photos or posters to help them.

Some ideas to include in their talk might be:

• A photo or drawing of themselves. Talk about them – What they like? Dislike? etc.
• Photos or drawings of their family.  Who lives in their house? Any pets?

The talk should be ready to be presented the week bg Monday 22nd May. More details will be given shortly (please check Blog) about which day that week your child will be giving their talk.  Talks will be on Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday.

We look forward to hearing them!

Today the children were given a ‘Home Reading’ book. This is a book to enjoy and read at home. We do not cover these books in class. The children have an opportunity to change their books every Tuesday so please make sure they are returned on Tuesdays. We also talked a lot about looking after our books to keep them in good condition. Therefore books will be sent home in book bags. We do seem to have a few book bags missing so if you have lost it, please send in a note and we can provide a plastic wallet for books to be kept inside.

In class we are learning 2D shapes.  We have enjoyed playing the Shape monster game on Top Marks.  Please click the link below to play the game at home:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/early-years/shape-monsters

Another activity you could do at home is drawing or finding different shapes around the house.  We are learning about a circle, rectangle, triangle, square, hexagon, pentagon, octagon, semi-circle and oval.

Have fun!

Children will bring home personalised Common Word grids today in their book bag.  These are words that your child finds tricky to read and write.  Please practise reading and writing these words at home.  This can be done in a variety of ways, ie reading them aloud, finding them in books, writing them on paper/playdough/chalk outside, whatever suits! New grids will be given when they are confident reading and writing all 6 words on their board.

Thanks again for your support,

Mrs Ferguson

This week for our Numeracy Homework, we are continuing to learn about money.  It is called ‘Chinese Lion Dance’.  Please complete and return by Monday 27th March.

We have also been enjoying playing Money games on the iPads and Laptops.  Some of the children have asked to play these at home.  You can click on the link below to play a variety of money games:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/5-7-years/money

Thanks again for your support,

Mrs Ferguson

This week we are starting to focus on money so our homework is all about different coins.  It is called ‘Recognising Coins’.  Please complete and return by Monday 13th March.

This week is all about organising the Mad Hatter’s Tea Party.   Hope you enjoy this activity and if you’d rather chose a more familiar story – then feel free to change it!

Please complete and return by Monday 27th January.