Newton Farm Primary School and Nursery Class

November 16, 2023
by L Robinson
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Book Fair

Our annual book fair has arrived in the school !
Parents and families will be able to view the books during parents’ evening and will have the opportunity to purchase books using cash at the event. Alternatively, you can pay online using the link below. If you decide to purchase online, please complete the slip which will be provided stating what you have purchased so orders can be delivered accurately. Your child/ren may come home with a Wishlist which also has the slip which we require to be returned to the school with details of your order. If the book fair has a large queue, please feel free to take a form home and order online using the link below or QR code on the form.
We really hope to fulfill as many orders as possible on Thursday evening, subject to availability. If we require to order more stock, the items will be with you asap.
Any questions, please do not hesitate to ask the staff at the book fair on the night.
We really appreciate your support with the book fair, which helps us to fund updated reading material for class and school libraries.
https://bookfairs.scholastic.co.uk/pay/1325684

November 14, 2023
by Miss Kennedy
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November Progress in Room 14

We spent this afternoon sorting real food from Miss Anderson’s shopping bag into the different food groups. We then drew our favourite food into the correct section. The Eatwell plate helped us. We will be learning more in class about this and thinking about how important it is to get enough sleep.

During Social Studies lessons we have been learning lots about the 1960s. We have created a large class timeline showing major events throughout the decade. We then had a go at working with a partner to create our own.

In Literacy, we are learning how to spell words using the 5 finger strategy for the different representations of ie: y as in sky, fly, shy, ie as in lie, pie, die, tries, fries and i-e as in dive, five, hide, wide.

In Mathematics we have moved onto learning to Tell the Time. There are some super games on Topmarks to help learning how to tell the time using an analogue and digital displays.

During Expressive Arts we learned about British artist Andy Goldsworthy. He creates pictures and sculptures using nature and calls his artwork, ‘Land Art’. We went an autumn walk around the school grounds. We gathered stones, twigs and leaves then created our own masterpieces. They are really effective.

Looking forward to talking to parent/carers on Thursday evening.

Miss Kennedy

November 14, 2023
by Mrs Rae
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Autumn Art 🍂

Room 6 enjoyed exploring both measure and art styles this week.
On Friday afternoon, we began our new non-number topic, this being measure. We were very good at identifying different equipment that can be used to measure objects, such as rulers, measuring tapes, metre sticks and cubes. Using cubes, we had fun working in pairs to measure different items in the classroom, such as whiteboard pens, glue sticks, dice, paper and a few of our own chosen objects. We learned that the paper was the longest as it used 14 cubes, while the die was the shortest as it used only one cube.
On Thursday, we enjoyed creating an autumn piece during art. To begin with, we looked at pictures and discussed the different shapes leaves could be. We then all chose a leaf shape and drew this on a sheet of A5 paper before cutting this out. Once this was cut out, we placed the leaf in the middle of a piece of sugar paper with a bit of bluetack. Next, we used sponges and autumnal colours to create a design around our leaves. Finally, we removed the leaf cut out to reveal a lovely autumn picture. Take a look!
Here are some of Room 6’s comments on their learning this week:
HW – I liked taking the book I chose from the library home as part of homework.
HG – I loved learning about the difference between schools and transport in our Katie Morag topic.
QO – I liked doing the adding sums. 
JR – I liked doing our number stories for homework.
BM – I liked reading our bug club book in class. 
IW – I liked doing the Katie Morag activities. 
EM – I like learning about the small school on the Island of Coll and seeing the pictures.
SG – I liked learning more about Katie Morag’s island.
 
Have a super week everyone!
Mrs Rae and Room 6 😊

November 14, 2023
by L Henderson
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Last week in room 26

A round up of our week:

We went to assembly and star writer certificates were given out – Krista

We did comprehension questions when reading – Ember

We wrote a fact file/information reports on tornadoes – Amelia and Sophia

We visualized when reading – Poppy

We looked at tectonic plates with Miss Gray – Gloria

We learnt about the different layers of the earth – Mason

We finished our 500 word stories – Evie

We did dictation – Caitlin

We read chapter 2 of The Hundred Mile an Hour Dog and did Talking and Listening skills – Kobe

We did hockey for P.E. and we did doubling for maths – Sophie.

 

November 14, 2023
by Mrs Cowie
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Neurodevelopmental Service Workshops

Hi everyone,

I have been asked to pass on a variety of workshops which are being provided by the neurodevelopmental team.

If you are interested in attending any of the workshops please email: WORKSHOPS.NDS@LANARKSHIRE.SCOT.NHS.UK to book a space and include the following information:
– Name and Date of Workshop/s you would like booked on to
-Child’s name & DOB
-Who will be attending/relationship to child (These workshops are parent/carer only)
-Contact number for adult/s attending
At the moment they are universal so anyone can attend and they don’t need to be referred.
Thank you,
Mrs Cowie (DHT, ASN)

November 13, 2023
by Mrs Cowie
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Makaton Signs of the Week – 13.11.23

Makaton Signs of the Week 5

November 10, 2023
by Miss Napier
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🪖WW2 Class Museum in Room 21🎖️

Room 21 were very lucky on Wednesday to have their own WW2 museum in the class! Miss McIver’s uncle collects lots of World War 2 items and we were lucky enough to be able to have these in our class for us to look at. There were so many cool things to see like uniforms, helmets, pieces from both British and German kit bags, gas masks and medals! We all wrote down our favourite facts/items that we saw. Lots of us thought it was an interesting fact that Hugo Boss designed the German Police (Nazi) uniforms! Mrs Ferguson also came into our class to share some of her Grandpa’s things from the war like medals and letters to his family. Thanks Miss McIver and Mrs Ferguson for sharing these things with us!

Have a look at the photos to see all the different things we were able to look at.

By Evan & Rory

November 10, 2023
by Mrs Norton
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Proud Writers in Room 4

Today in room 4 the boys and girls learned to write a sentence! We used capital letters, finger spaces and full stops and tried to sound out as many words as we could.  We were all so proud of our sentences!

BS – It was so easy and it was so fun.

RP – I liked my writing.

YS – I liked my writing.

JC – I really liked doing it and it was quite fun.

CL – I loved my writing and I’ve never ever done it before.

AN – I loved my writing and I know know my mummy will like it.

AM – It was fun and I’ve never done it before.

LH – I liked doing it in school.

 

 

Have a wonderful weekend everyone.  I will miss having you in the class on Monday!

Mrs Norton

 

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