Week beginning 10th June 2019

Rouken Glen

We had an awesome day at Rouken Glen. Thank you to all the parent helpers for making the day, we wouldn’t be able to have trips if it wasn’t for the support of parents.

City Talk

Pupils have written their own talks about a city of their choice, they have taken them home to practise before reading them to the class next week.

Meet the Teacher

On Wednesday 12th June, the children will meet their class teacher for Primary 3.

Rouken Glen – 10th June

On the 10th of June we are going to Rouken Glen.

Here are a few things you should know

  • Bring lunch in a bag with your name on it, this can be a plastic bag or a rucksack –  as children will be carrying their own lunches until lunch time.
  • Bring water.
  • Wear waterproof shoes.
  • Wear suitable outdoor clothing, bring a jacket even if it seems like a warm day as we will be outside all day.
  • Wear clothes that can get muddy.

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Week beginning 3rd June 2019

Hello June!

Can you believe the summer fayre is this Friday? Primary 2 will be making their enterprise product on Friday afternoon. We are looking for donations of Marshmallows, Sprinkles and Chocolate.

On Friday we have our First Friday Mass, any one able to  join us in our walk to and from the church please let the office know. We will be leaving just after 9am.

The summer fayre is on Saturday 8th June!

 

Week beginning 20th May 2019

Whole School Homework

This week is Walk to School week. Pupils have been given a yellow activity book to complete each day.

School Fair 

The school fair is on the 8th June. P2 will be making something to sell at this as part of a class enterprise. If you have any ideas for this and would be willing to help, please let Miss Mckay know.

Cities

On Thursday we will be researching a city of our own choice. It can be any city in the world. It can be a city they are interested in for any reason such as family links, a place they have visited or a place they have heard of through their own interests.

Ideas so far have included London, Madrid, Moscow and Wellington.

Week beginning 13th May 2019

P2 Foundry visit

On Tuesday at 11am, Primary 2 will walk to the Foundry to return their library books.

No Whole School Homework

National Numeracy Day

We’re combining National Numeracy Day with Digital Learning Week.  Come to the hall Wednesday 3.00-3.30pm to take part in an Education City Play Live Family Event! We’ll use iPads and ChromeBooks to test out our mental maths skills. The Numeracy Challenge will also be available.

Build a sandwich

PE – child led 

Pupils were given a range of equipment, we had hospitals, cowboys, pets and lots of imagination.

Week beginning 6th May 2019

Holidays

Remember Monday and Tuesday are school holidays.

Whole School Homework 

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Jotters Home

On Friday you will receive your child’s jotters included with the jotters will be a feedback form. Jotters should be returned on Monday 13th May.

Music Lesson

Today pupils were using glockenspiels to play a simple tune.

Week beginning 29th April 2019

Primary 2 homework 

This week pupils will be issued a new homework overview for April – June, look out for this in the homework folders.

Numeracy homework will be mental maths flashcards, which pupils can practise at home. Each week pupils will swap flashcards so they can practise a different numeracy skill. Therefore it is super important that pupils look after these and bring them back each Friday.

Education City and Sumdog will still be accessible using the passwords in the homework jotters.

Whole School Homework 

No whole school homework this week.

P7 Confirmation 

On Wednesday evening, P7 make their Sacrament of Confirmation. Please keep these pupils in your prayers during this time.

Poland National Heritage Day

We took part in a Kahool quiz to test our knowledge on Poland. We worked in teams to answer the questions created by the  Modern Foreign Language Committee.

Child Led Learning 

It’s amazing what we can imagine with one piece of paper.

Research 

Pupils accessed Junior Britannica Encyclopedia on the chromebooks (available through the Foundry – with a valid library card).  Pupils started off looking at Scotland and then chose their own area to explore. We had lots of different interests including California, Foxes, Black Holes and Planes.

 

Week beginning 22nd April 2019

Whole School Homework 

 

 

Whole school homework for this week, this will be emailed out during the week. Electronic copy available below.

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Well done to all the pupils who completed the Whole school homework. Mrs Hemphill was over the moon to hear that some pupils showed off their food preparation schools by helping their mum and dads in the kitchen.

Class Homework 

Tuesday to Friday – Literacy and Numeracy homework has been assigned on Education city.

Easter Mass

This Wednesday 10am St. Mark’s and St. John’s Primaries will gather at St. John’s, Barrhead to celebrate an Easter Mass.  All welcome, if you are available to walk with the school please contact the office.

St. Mark’s Mass

This Thursday 11am the whole school will celebrate the Feast of St. Mark.

Child Led Learning

This week pupils had the opportunity to make play dough with partners. Pupils followed instructions to make the play dough independently using measuring skills. This sparked an interesting discussion about sharing equally.

Pupils also explored symmetry and length.

Birthday Celebrations

Happy Birthday to Isla, everyone enjoyed sitting in the sunshine with a little piece of Birthday cake.

Week beginning 15th April 2019

Welcome Back to Term 3

Homework 

Homework was handed out today. After discussing topics pupils would like to explore, Primary 2b choose to the topics of Cities. The next step is to gather children’s ideas and questions for this topic.

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Holy Week 

As we prepare to celebrate Easter, pupils will be hearing bible stories each day which you may wish to discuss at home.

Palm Sunday

The Last Supper

The Crucifixion

Jesus has Risen

Fairtrade Competition 

Mr Mariner and his colleagues at the Coop thought that all the children of Primary 2 did so well in the Fairtrade chocolate wrapper competition that they gave all the children a runner up prize of a chocolate egg.  Thank you very much Mr Mariner!

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