here are some pictures of our storytelling sessions with Ben. We had so much fun developing our creativity and storytelling skills.

We have been learning about fractions and understand that it is like dividing.

We have also been learning how to make different charts. First we had to do a survey and used our answers to make a bar graph and pie chart using excel on the computer.

We we made empire biscuits in class and enjoyed eating them at snack time. It was super easy to do, maybe we could show you how to make them at home.

Yesterday P3 worked together to make and decorate fairy cakes for their playtime snack. They followed the instructions correctly and the cakes turned out great.

This morning we watched a short film. It was paused and we then had to predict what happened next.

The film was called High Diving Giraffes. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nPrWo5pEvyk

Here are our predictions

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I learned about problem solving. (Sofia)

I learned about time – the big hand shows the minutes past or to an hour. (Sarim)

I learned about traffic lights for my feelings, this helps me to control my behaviour when I am feeling angry. (Adam)

I learned about different feelings including happy and sad. (Aiman)

I was challenged in numeracy with a speed challenge to work out answers to halves, doubles and HTU sums. (Hamza)

We painted a picture of something interesting I saw outside.  We had to make an interesting sentence using adjectives to describe our paintings. (Zainab & Kalsoom)

I learned about Down Syndrome Awareness Day.  Some people wore odd socks. (Sarim)

I learned that when a baby is in the mummy’s tummy they get an extra chromosome and that is when Down Syndrome happens. (Hamza)

Today we we had the last rehearsal before we perform to the rest of the school. Our dance is all about Scotland.

Group – Apples / Bananas

Group – Strawberries

I learned about different languages. (Hamza)

I learned greater than and less than using these symbols <>. (Muhammad M)

I learned about friendly numbers. (Sarim)

I learned about thousands, hundreds, tens and units. (Haania)

I learned about time. (Kalsoom)

I learned how to use question marks and exclamation marks in sentences. (Hamza)

I learned how to use a glockenspiel in music. (Mahrosh)

I learned the parable of The Lost Sheep.  The sheep was distracted by a butterfly and followed it until he became lost. In the end the shepherd found his sheep again . (Muhammad M)

I learned how to get the basketball in the goal during pe. (Aiman)

I did some drama about being scared using the Bear Hunt story. (Tayiba)

Literacy

In term 2 we reinforced our phonics and spelling strategies to help us improve our literacy skills.

We learned how to predict, summarise and compare texts. We reinforced our learning using story maps which allow us to draw a story rather than write it. This helps us to remember the story when we are telling it to an audience.

This term we are using Charlie and the Chocolate factory as our class novel. We will learn new vocabulary and work with a reading partner to improve our own reading skills. We are even going to make our own chocolates!

We will continue to use our reading strategies to learn about self-questioning, determining importance and inferring. For our written work we will begin to use more punctuation, create a variety of texts and start joined handwriting.

Please ensure your child is logging on to Bug Club to read their online books, this will really improve their reading skills.

Numeracy

We will continue to practise mental maths and times tables every day. This should be reinforced at home. We have learned about place value and continue to practise sums with 3 digit numbers. We know our times tables up to 5 and will be learning 6, 7 and 8 this term. We will also look at division and practise sharing things equally to reinforce what division means. We have started to investigate symmetry and we are continuing to look at the world around us to see if we can spot symmetrical items. We are going to learn about time this term, wish us luck!

Other Areas

We have done a lot of cooking over the last 2 terms and will continue to use these skills, we are looking forward to making our own chocolates.

We really enjoyed our performance of that Nativity and we are sure you will agree it was a great success. Everyone enjoyed learning new songs, practising lines and acting out their scenes.

Our topic this term is Scottish Beaches; please encourage your children to continue with their homework research. We will find out how to have a ‘Stay-cation’ in Scotland during the holidays and will send a list of activities home that you could do with your family in Scotland. We are also taking part in Determined to Dance and will create a dance about being at the beach.

Useful Resources

The following websites have some useful resources to help your child at home and can be accessed on a computer or tablet.

Maths Aids (create a variety of sums for your child to do at home).

http://www.math-aids.com/

Sumdog (children have their own login for maths games).

https://www.sumdog.com/

Top Marks (literacy and numeracy games).

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/

 Talha making a Chinese dragon chatterbox

The class made lucky fish for Chinese New Year and tried  spring rolls, prawn crackers and sweet chilli sauce!