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2016 P 1-3

Fruity Kebabs

For the next three weeks we will be getting into the kitchen and getting a chance to develop our cooking skills.  Our first session was making Fruit kebabs.  We chopped fruit into bite size chunks then threaded them onto bamboo skewers.

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Eating
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Yum!
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2016 P 1-3, Class Newsletters

P3A Class Newsletter ~ Term 4, 2016

Hythehill Primary School

Primary 3A Term 4 Newsletter

WEB www.hythehill.moray.sch.uk

INFORMATION LINE:- 0870 054 9999. PIN ~ 031270 (Calls to this number will be charged at 2p per minute  service charge plus your call provider’s access charge)

This term our context for learning is Coastal Classrooms and Forces & Energy with most curricular areas being taught through these. We are still exploring  rights for children as part of our work on becoming a Rights Respecting School.

Literacy: We will focus on developing:

  • Good listening and talking skills – trying not to interrupt when others are speaking, turn taking , questioning and speaking clearly.
  • Reading comprehension – being able to ask and answer questions related to the text and clarify the meanings of words.
  • Prediction and analysing texts – being able to give an opinion on what is going to happen next; distinguishing between fact and opinion
  • Grammar – continuing to work on punctuating sentences; nouns, verbs, adverbs and adjectives. We will also learn about apostrophes, contractions and prepositions.
  • Spelling – we will continue with Jolly Spelling with one new spelling pattern being introduced each week. Homework is sent home each week and the spelling words will be practised in class as Active Spelling before being tested each Friday. We will continue the Look, Cover, Write and Check method.
  • Handwriting – we will continue learning  how to join pairs of  letters. Correct formation will be insisted upon to ensure our writing is neat and can be read easily.
  • Writing – this continues to be linked to our theme. We will continue to develop independence through use of story planners and our “Have a Go” books for words we need in our writing.

Numeracy and Maths: This term we will focus on:

  • Recognition of, writing and ordering numbers to 1000 and beyond – ensuring children understand the value of each numeral; adding and subtracting tens and units; adding and subtracting hundreds, tens and units;  times tables (2x  4x  5x  10x  3x) using arrays as a starting point and linking division and multiplication facts; recap rounding numbers to the nearest ten
  • Mental maths strategies – continuing to increase our mental agility by adding and subtracting using quick recall of our number bonds, spotting and continuing number patterns,  number before, after and between, number families
  • Fractions – halves, quarters and tenths – placing numbers on a number line, recognising fractions
  • Time- recap on ¼ past  and ¼ to using analogue and digital clocks, minutes past and to.
  • Length ; recap on working with metre sticks, measuring tapes and rulers – metres and centimetres
  • Shape – recap on 3D shapes, introduce calculating area
  • Capacity – working with litres and half litres, introduce ml
  • Weight- comparing items and measuring with kg, ½ kg and g
  • Chance

Health & Wellbeing

  • Developing our understanding of what our “rights” are and how these can be protected for everyone. .
  • Continuing to develop collaborative skills through group and paired challenges, using circle time to share our ideas and feelings.
  • GIRFEC – discussing what being safe and healthy means, who helps us and how we can help ourselves. This will include work on assessing risk. Health week (6-10June)
  • PE – early golf skills and athletics. Preparing for Sports Day. 15 minutes Daily Dash every day.
  • Risk assessing – our trips to the beach for theme related outdoor learning and our Heritage Walk around Lossiemouth.

Other class information

  • PE is on a Wednesday – kit must be worn. Please do not wear tights or ties on PE day. Please ensure earrings are covered using tape or removed and left at home.
  • Coastal Classrooms – Thurs afternoons from 12.30 – 3pm ( Apr 21, 28; May 5, 12, 26; June 2)
  • Heritage walk around Lossiemouth – June 10 from 9-12.30
  • Reading days have changed – please see reading record for a note of these. Books should be brought every day please.
  • Homework is given out every Monday and should be returned each Friday. Please remember to sign your child’s homework.

Whole school information

  • The school office is open 8.30am – 3.30pm
  • Please inform us in advance if your child will be absent because of an appointment.
  • Please put your child’s name on all of their school clothing
  • In Service Days – no school for children on 19 and 20 May

 

Should you wish to contact us, please arrange an appointment through Mrs Russell. Thank you,

Mrs Summers and Mrs Gray (Class Teachers)

2016 P 1-3

Caterpillars arrive in P1

Caterpillars

Primary 1A have had a delivery of 5 caterpillars.  The children were very excited and very interested in the tiny caterpillars.   We looked at them on the IWB, using the visualiser, and saw them as huge caterpillars!   We talked about lifecycles and what the life cycle of a butterfly would be.   We then watched The Very Hungry Caterpillar on a DVD.   We can’t wait to see what they are like on Monday.

 

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Outdoor Maths ~ March and April 2016

We spoke about what an array was and how these help us to learn our multiplication tables. Before we made arrays with our partners in the classroom we went outside to spot arrays around the playground. We worked in twos and threes to spot arrays and when we spotted one we chalked a capital A and then chalked a star shape. There were so many to find. Have a look at the ones we spotted. We even carried this on at home.

We also discovered that if we turn our array round the other way that we can learn and practise extra multiplication facts.

eg : 2×4 turned round gives us 4×2

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Sunflowers

We looked at Vincent Van Gogh’s Sunflowers painting then we painted our versions of this famous painting.   Beautiful bright paintings are now on our classroom wall for all to see.   We painted Percy the Park Keeper too.  Lovely!

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Coastal Classrooms Session 3

This was our third session with the Wildthings leaders, James , Ruaridh and Kate. There was great excitement as we travelled to Covesea Beach by minibus. The weather was sunny and pretty breezy as we walked down the coastal path to the beach. The sea was a beautiful turquoise colour and we spotted lots of colourful wild flowers.

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Once there we played the Endangered Species game after talking about the animals around the world that are in danger. We found out what the threats are and how we can help by being conservationists and protecting the animals, their habitats and the environment.

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We then spoke about how long it takes for items to break down before sorting items made of different materials onto a litter time line. Glass and plastic will last forever. They might break into smaller pieces but they never disappear. Natural materials break down quickly. Fraizer was a dead fulmar – he would rot away in about six months!

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It was then time to do our bit to help the environment by carrying out a beach clean with litter pickers. We filled three bin bags of rubbish, most of it plastic. Good job P3A!

Before we walked back up the hill to the bus, we played a food cycle game called Otter, Trout and Midge.We can play this at playtime

What a lot we learnt and what fun we had. See you next week Wildthings!

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Mrs Cramb visits P1A

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Mrs Lucy Cramb, the Road Safety Education Officer, visited P1A to tell them all about crossing the road safely.   The children were told to STOP, LOOK, LISTEN, THINK and HOLD HANDS.   We all then went out into the playground and “crossed the road” safely in the playground.

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Planting seeds and beans

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P1A have planted broad beans and vegetable seeds.   The children are very interested and excited about their plants and care for them everyday.  Spike the grass caterpillar was also planted and he will be needing a hair cut very shortly.