Welcome back everyone! What a chilly start to the term. We hope you had a lovely break. 

This week we have started using the column method for subtraction and are working hard at remembering all the steps we need to be successful. We have been learning that subtraction is not commutative – so we cannot change the order over like we could do when adding. We have also started our learning about money and have been budgeting for everyday life with our budget of chickpeas! 

We picked the Scots poems that we are going to learn to recite in class – copies have come home with us so we would love it if you could help us practice. We have been studying a Scots poem – Willie Wastle’s Wife by Robbie Burns. We have been identifying the language that we do not know the meaning of and using a glossary to translate these terms. We also drew an annotated drawing of Willie Wastle’s wife, using evidence from the text. 

In PE, we avoided the cold and ice and did some calming yoga – talking about how this can support flexibility and strength.  

We have also been enjoying our skills academies – ask us what we have been doing!