Due to the Easter holidays this week, there will be no homework issued for Primary 1/2. Books have been uploaded onto Boost Learning to consolidate the reading that has been taking place in class over the last few weeks. These can be practised at home between now and 1st May.
This week we have continued to work on our subtraction skills in maths. We looked at how to find a missing number by using cubes and number lines to help us.
We also continued to learn about 2D shapes. We looked in more detail at the properties of 2D shapes and identified sides and corners. We also used 2D shapes to create some lovely art.
We practised our phonics and spelling with different activities this week. P2s practised writing a description as part of our The Snail and the Whale book study and we have started working on a lapbook for our book study.
In our play activities we continued to develop our fine motor skills. We also explored free writing by creating a Snail and the Whale book, working with CVC words on a big sheet of paper and by finishing our information booklets. We practised our maths skills throughout the week with different games and followed instruction when working with construction materials.
It has been such a busy week, we are definitely ready for the weekend and a shorter week next week!
Spelling
Please check your spelling jotters for your new word lists. Primary 1s are looking closely at <v> and <w>, while Primary 2s are exploring <er> at the end of a word.
Remember that we will be doing a spell check next Monday.
Sumdog are doing a competition this week. If your child wishes to take part, please log into the Sumdog website with the username and password that has been issued to your child. I have included another copy of the logins in your child’s homework pack this week.
We have had such a busy week! Luckily, the weather has been nice which meant we enjoyed our 3 day visit from Archaeology Scotland even more!
We played “I Spy” to find differences and similarities between our school and the old school. We found out that the old school has a bell tower that our school doesn’t have and that the old school is made from stone, while our school is build with bricks. The next day, we went into our school pitch and did some archaeological digs in some of our many mole hills. We found lots of “treasures”, some of which were shards from a 200 year old plate! On Friday, we did some time travelling and found out that 200 years is not that old after all! We made a timeline in the playground and travelled along it.
We have started to put together a lap book of our time travel adventures. Here is what we have created so far:
In between our archaeological work, we also continued working hard on our literacy and numeracy skills. We practised subtraction, our new sounds and graphemes, and wrote super news stories on Monday morning.
We really have been busy and doing a super job! I hope that everyone will have a wonderful weekend and will be able to enjoy the lovely sunshine.
I have issued new Homework folders to all P1 and P2 pupils. Please make sure to return these folders with all of their contents on a Monday morning.
In Maths, we are practising subtraction within 10 (P1) and within 20 (P2). Please play the board game with your child, encouraging them to explain how they found the answer to the calculation. If an answer is wrong, the player has to move back 2 spaces.
I have made up new word list jotters for all pupils. Please practise reading and writing the words on the list. We will be doing a spell on a Monday.
I have included a sheet with 50 sensory activities that you could use with your child to practise the words at home. Please do not use the word list jotter for any of these activities.
I hope you have a great week!
We have been working hard learning all about the ocean and ocean animals as part of our book studies.
We started reading The Rainbow Fish a couple of weeks ago and are now working on Commotion in the Ocean. We are exploring non fiction writing as part of this and are working on creating a leaflet all about the ocean at our free writing table.
We have been looking at measuring length using standard and non standard unit, and have also started exploring a wider range of 2D shapes.
We have also been busy making sharks out of paper plates which will be our craft entry for the cattle show next month. Here are some pictures of our very busy activities this week.
In our maths lessons we have continued to practise subtraction within 10 / 20. We did a scavenger hunt and made up our own sums in our maths jitters.
In P.E. We are continuing to improve our gymnastics skills. We are now working with Primary 3/4 and we are leaning lots of new skills from our new P.E. Buddies.
Archaeology Scotland visited the school last week and we were learning all about what archaeologists do. We got to be archaeologists and dig through different materials to see what we could find.
We have had a great time celebrating World Book Day today. Thank you to everyone for putting in so much effort with all the wonderful costumes!
We showed off our costumes and discussed our characters in class this morning, then we showed them off in front of the whole school. We did a quiz in our School Houses and then shared our favourite books with reading buddies from Primary 5/6.
We have been looking at The Rainbow Fish in class over the last week. We wrote our own Rainbow Fish book and looked at the setting, characters and re-telling the story. We also made Rainbow name plates which the children brought home today. We ended the day with fruit and a story.
Thank you to all parents and carers that were able to make it along to our sharing the learning event, we hope you enjoyed your afternoon and learned a little more about how we teach reading in school.
Here are some pictures from the day-
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