Good Morning Parents/Carers,                                                                                   There’s no denying that this is a very different Monday however we will get through this together!! My priority is that you are all safe, healthy and happy. As a family, you will have daily routines, ideas, activities and ‘things that you just need to do’ but I will continue to provide quality learning experiences across the curriculum on a daily basis. There will  be a balance of screen time and active learning  but  please do not feel pressure to complete all of the learning tasks/suggestions. Use them in a way that works best for all of you. Your child should have 3 jotters including one for Literacy, one for Numeracy and one for everything else. They should also have login details for GLOW, Sumdog, Education City and Code.org.

Good Morning P3a,                                                                                                             I hope you all had a great sleep last night and you’re ready to learn from home. Although we can’t see each other, I am thinking about all of you and we’ll be able to communicate through this blog and Microsoft Teams. Please promise me that you’ll listen to your family and help out in the house as much as you can!

I’ll put up a blog post every morning at 9am, which will detail the learning for that day/week. Tasks that don’t required further details or submission can be found here. MT means Microsoft Teams and will require your child to access it for P3a by following the steps below………………………..

Log into GLOW (details are at the back of every ones  Communication Diary)

Click on Microsoft Teams

Primary 3a  2019-20

Literacy:   Look at the front cover of your book and read the blurb at the back. Using your new literacy jotter, PREDICT what you think is going to happen in the book.  You can either write or draw what you think will happen at the beginning, middle and end (in your new Literacy jotter) or design a comic strip to show this.                                       Authors- Katie and the sheep

Illustrators- The Riddle Stone

Poets- Underground Adventure

Num and Maths:                                                                                                                    Mental Maths: All groups to complete Sumdog Challenge this week.  Written Maths: Please access your 4 a day on Microsoft Teams (MT).

Art: Draw a picture of you and your family doing something fun (You can do this on paper or in your third jotter).

REMEMBER TO KEEP WASHING YOUR HANDS REGULARLY!!

Mrs Brown

This week in school is STEM week and we have a jam packed timetable of exciting experiences.

Reading will go ahead as normal and Maths is the same as last week  ( 2 questions per night in PS booklet). Some of the questions are challenging so please support your child with these and encourage them to discuss different ways of working out the answer.

Please click on the following link for the STEM homework task               STEM homework selfie latest

Thanks to everyone that attended our Learning Assembly………. I was so proud of the children and lots of staff commented on how confident and articulate they were #proudteachermoment #proudparentmoment

Dates for the Diary:

18.03.20– As detailed in the letter, we are going on a trip on Wednesday morning. Please provide your child with suitable clothing!

25.03.20/26.03.20– Parents Evening

Reading /Spelling                                                                                                   *Nessy Spellers- please check your jotter for your words                         Authors: Pocket Money                                                                                   Spelling: ur                                                                                                                                not, sum, next, turn, nurse, turkey, purple, love, cover, hamburger

Illustrators:    The Jigsaw Puzzle                                                                             Spelling: oy                                                                                                                               jet, dig, help, boy, toy, enjoy,  annoy, two, four, destroy

Poets: Castle Adventure

Monday: Maths- Booklet (2 questions per night), reading and write the first 5 words three times                                                                                          Tuesday: Maths, reading and Active spelling-Pupil Choice     Wednesday: Maths, reading and write the last five words three times                                                                                                                       Thursday: Maths, reading and spelling- Pupil Choice

Dates for the Diary……….

11.03.20- P3a Assembly

The Pupil Council Committee have organised to collect non-food items for our local food bank. We are hoping you can raid your cupboards and donate some essential non-food items for those in crisis.

If you have any of the following  items we would be very grateful:

• Household items – laundry liquid detergent, laundry powder, washing up liquid
• Feminine products – sanitary towels and tampons
• Baby supplies – nappies, baby wipes and baby food.
• Toiletries – deodorant, toilet paper, shower gel, shaving gel, shampoo, soap, toothbrushes, tooth paste, hand wipes

Some information of our plans had previously been shared, therefore we have already received some donations. Thank you to everyone who has already given some suitable items 🙂

Collection date: by Friday 27th March to Mrs Stirling’s room.

Thank you,

The Pupil Council Committee, Mrs Phee and Mrs Stirling

ExPLORE Homework Task (due in Friday 6th March)     

Maths- Sumdog Competition

Dates for the Diary:

Our Class Assembly is on Wednesday 11th March

ExPLORE Homework Task (due in Friday 6th March)     

Mental Maths

Dates for the Diary:

The Pupil Council Committee have organised to collect non-food items for our local food bank. We are hoping you can raid your cupboards and donate some essential non-food items for those in crisis.

If you have any of the following  items we would be very grateful:

• Household items – laundry liquid detergent, laundry powder, washing up liquid
• Feminine products – sanitary towels and tampons
• Baby supplies – nappies, baby wipes and baby food.
• Toiletries – deodorant, toilet paper, shower gel, shaving gel, shampoo, soap, toothbrushes, tooth paste, hand wipes

Some information of our plans had previously been shared, therefore we have already received some donations. Thank you to everyone who has already given some suitable items 🙂

Collection date: by Friday 27th March to Mrs Stirling’s room.

Thank you,

The Pupil Council Committee, Mrs Phee and Mrs Stirling

ExPLORE Homework Task (due in Friday 6th March)             

As you know, The children have been learning about Climate Zones as part of their topic. Using the ExPLORE model (see attachment) please help your child to research one of the options below…..

Option 1: Research a climate zone and how it affects living things (Plants, Animals, and Ecosystems. Most plants and animals live in areas with very specific climate conditions, such as temperature and rainfall patterns, that enable them to thrive. Any change in the climate of an area can affect the plants and animals living there, as well as the makeup of the entire ecosystem).

or

Option 2: Research what Climate change is, what causes it and what we can do to help reduce the problem.

The attachment might appear complicated but I’m really looking for the children to (with support) research an area of interest and be able to present their findings to the class by talking and presenting e.g.  a poster, website, PowerPoint, sway,  model, I-Motion, I-Movie

This 3 week homework task will cover all literacy homework so I will ask the children to keep their reading books in school, during this time. Please ensure that they practise delivering their presentation, clearly and audibly.

exPLORE adapted for P3 CLICK ON THIS LINK

If you would like to email any work in then please do so to 

BrownJ6@braidbar.e-renfrew.sch.uk 

Maths Homework- Hit the Button (Times tables)

Other Information

Family Learning Workshopsposter

Rag Bag Collection

The ‘Rag Bag’ recycling scheme has been developed to provide regular fundraising for schools in Scotland.

The scheme increases awareness about textile recycling and by increasing recycling rates we can help the environment by ensuring less material goes to landfill.

Help raise funds for the school with textile recycling.

Items we collect

• Wearable clothing
• Paired shoes
• Handbags
• Belts

Please return bags to school by Monday 17^th February. You can bring in bags before this date.

Thank you for your support!

Mrs Ali, Mrs Macintyre                                                                                             Eco Committee

*Nessy Spellers- please check your jotter for your words   

Reading 

Authors: Pacific Island Scrapbook                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Illustrators: Extreme Living                                                                                                                                                                

Poets: Sea Snaps

Monday: Play interactive games to practise your timetables (Sumdog and Topmarks )and reading book                                                            Tuesday:  Play interactive games to practise your timetables and reading  book                                                                                                  Wednesday: Play interactive games to practise your timetables and reading  book

Dates for the Diary……………………..

Due to a clash with Science Week, our Class Assembly will now be on Wednesday 11th March.

Reading /Spelling                                                                                                   *Nessy Spellers- please check your jotter for your words                         Authors: The Photograph                                                                                 Spelling: Topic Words                                                                                                       climate, weather, world, earth, globe, temperature, North, South, East, West                                                                                                                              

 Illustrators: The Hunt for gold                                                                                  Spelling: Topic Words                                                                                                       climate, weather, world, earth, globe, temperature, North, South, East, West                                                                                       

Poets: Gran

Monday: Mental Maths, reading and write the first 5 words three times                                                                                                                Tuesday: Mental Maths , reading and Active spelling- Pyramid writing                                                                                                                Wednesday: Mental maths, reading and write the last five words three times                                                                                                  Thursday: Mental Maths, reading and spelling- Pyramid Writing

Information………………………………………………………

Has your child received a P2 or P3 Read Write Count bag this autumn/winter?

Please let us know what you thought by filling out the Parent survey: https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ZT92MZC

The prize draw for parents is a personal Read Write Count GOODIE BAG filled with books, games and activities for all the family to enjoy.

The deadline to complete this is Monday 9 March 2020.

Reading /Spelling                                                                                                   *Nessy Spellers- please check your jotter for your words                         Authors: The Rainbow machine                                                             Spelling: Tricky Words                                                                                                     one, by, only, old, like, have, live, give, little, down

 Illustrators: The broken roof                                                                                Spelling: Tricky Words                                                                                                    one, by, only, old, like, have, live, give, little, down

Poets: The Dragon Tree

Monday: Mental Maths- Times tables- Play games on Sumgdog and Topmarks to practise, reading and write the first 5 words three times                                                                                                                Tuesday: Mental Maths (as above), reading and Active spelling- Silly sentences                                                                                                                  Wednesday: Mental maths (as above), reading and write the last five words three times                                                                                      Thursday: Mental Maths (as above), reading and spelling- silly sentences

Dates for the Diary……….

*Can you please return any books that were borrowed from Giffnock Library in P2!