Month: January 2024

Thank you to Amy who was our photographer again this week. Next week someone else will be responsible for this job, but I think you can agree, Amy has done a great job!

Outdoor learning was a chilly one this week, but fantastic nonetheless! The children had to work in pairs to collect pieces of ‘treasure’ from the forest. They had to come up with 2 words to describe their item, both adjectives, but one had to show alliteration with the noun which identified the item. E.g.

Grey solid stone

Flimsy long leaf

Bumpy strong stick

We had to describe our item to the class, without saying the last word. Our classmates had to guess which item we were describing.

In maths we revised our learning on Venn Diagrams and created a diagram for our own class. On Friday we are going to collect information to create our own database of information and then use this to create a Venn Diagram independently.

Happy new year!

Thank you, and well done, to Amy this week for being such a diligent photographer.

We are right back into the swing of things in 3.9 with an excellent start back to primary three. We have settled back in well.

It has been fantastic to see the progress that the children are making, especially with multiplication and their times tables. I am encouraging the children to practise their tables frequently, at home and in school, focussing on speed and rapid recall to improve their confidence. The children have all learned what multiplication is, how it works and why we use it.

Here are some websites for learners to practise their times tables.

Hit the Button (rapid recall)

A range of games 

Some of the children have been working on rounding. They particularly enjoyed this game.