{"id":31919,"date":"2026-04-23T13:51:48","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/newtonfarm\/?p=31919"},"modified":"2026-04-23T13:51:48","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T13:51:48","slug":"room-5-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/glowblogs\/newtonfarm\/2026\/04\/23\/room-5-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Room 5"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Wow! We are already in Term 3, I can&#8217;t believe it. It has been such a quick year. This week we have learned our new sound &#8216;ll&#8217; and our new common words &#8216;well, will, wall, call&#8217;. We have been revising addition and subtraction, and really focusing on our times tables. This week we also started our new Chocolate Topic, and the children learned how chocolate is made from start to finish. Homework was sent out on Tuesday, to be returned Monday. Math tasks are on mathletics, and books on bug club. The children have had a really lovely week, and it was really fun to hear all about your holidays.<\/p>\n<p>Pupil voice:<\/p>\n<p>Ollie- I liked learning the ll sound.<\/p>\n<p>Xayah- I liked learning about the chocolate factory and how chocolate is made.<\/p>\n<p>Austin- We are learning about chocolate right now.<\/p>\n<p>Calvin- I liked building with the big blocks.<\/p>\n<p>Isla- I liked learning about our new chocolate topic and i liked doing the colouring.<\/p>\n<p>Lewis- I liked playing Jurassic World with Ethan during child led play.<\/p>\n<p>Alice- I liked learning about cocoa trees and cocoa pods and how chocolate is made.<\/p>\n<p>Eilidh- I enjoyed learning about how many sums we can use to make a number.<\/p>\n<p>Hollie- I enjoyed learning about chocolate.<\/p>\n<p>Isla- I liked learning about diacritical marking when we are doing our spelling to help us sound words out.<\/p>\n<p>Heidi- I liked writing our recount of the Spring Holiday and sharing my skating news.<\/p>\n<p>Calvin- I enjoyed writing my recount of the Easter Holiday.<\/p>\n<p>Alex M- I enjoyed thinking about a new ending to the book we were reading.<\/p>\n<p>All children also wanted to comment that they are enjoying the new class reading book- Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Reminder:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Showcase on Thursday 30th April. All parents are welcome!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Parents Evening on Thursday 14th May.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Sports Day on Wednesday 20th May.\u00a0<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Indoor P.E Thursday<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Outdoor P.E Friday\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I aim to take the class out for both sessions if weather is nice. Please remember they can pack shorts in their bag to change on warmer days.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks so much,<\/p>\n<p>Miss Livingstone and Room 5<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wow! We are already in Term 3, I can&#8217;t believe it. It has been such a quick year. This week we have learned our new sound &#8216;ll&#8217; and our new common words &#8216;well, will, wall, call&#8217;. 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