This week we have enjoyed being little elves doing lots of work for the Christmas Fayre.  We made chocolate marshmallow reindeers, chocolate star lollies, marshmallow candy canes and posters to advertise the Fayre.

Come check out all of our hard work and support the Christmas Fayre tomorrow at 10 o’clock.

Look forward to seeing you all there for some festive fun!

Money Homework

This week is Enterprise week in school so we are learning all about money.  All of the homework activities will focus on money this week.  Choose 2 or 3 activities from the list below;

• Money Talk – Talk about money with your child. Create a poster showing all they know about money.
• Shopping Lists – Create your own shopping lists with items and prices.
• Shop Visit – Go on a visit to the shops, talk about the cost of items. What coins/notes could you use to pay for the items?
• Coin Sort – Give your child a handful of coins and get them to sort them and add up the total.
• Amounts – Give your child 3 different amounts and a variety of coins. Can they make the amounts with the coins given?  Draw the coins you used.
• Menu – Give your child a takeaway menu or a catalogue page. Specify a total amount they can spend.  Together work out what you would buy and how much it would cost.
• Topmarks – Have a go at some of these money games

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/coins-game

Yesterday we had a great visit from Warburtons.  We learned all about healthy eating and safe preparation of food.  We particularly enjoyed wearing the hair nets and making the sandwiches!

Primary 2

 Literacy

 Reading 

Explore this website.  Read the stories and play some of the games.

Writing

During our story writing we have been focusing on punctuation.  Create a poster telling the class all about the different types of punctuation you know about.   What does it look like?  When would you use it ?

Spelling

Choose 5 words from your word wall to practice.

Maths – addition

 Totals – Provide children with a suitable total, appropriate to their confidence within 50  –  16, 39, 47 or 35, etc. Ask them to record all the different addition calculations involving two numbers, with that total. Encourage them to work systematically.

 Doubles – Explore adding doubles to 50.  Write down 5 doubles sums in your jotter.

IDL

Design a new bandana for Pudsey Bear  (handout will be given on the 15.11) .  To be completed for 17.11.17.

Primary 3

Literacy

Reading

• Explore these on-line stories. 
• Choose one of the stories and make up 3 of your own questions about the book.

Writing

During our story writing we have been focusing on punctuation.  Create a poster telling the class all about the different types of punctuation you know about.  What does it look like?  When would you use it?

Spelling

• Choose 5 words from your word wall to practice.

Maths  – addition

• Totals – Provide children with a suitable total, appropriate to their confidence within 100, 16, 39, 67 or 95, etc. Ask them to record all the different addition calculations involving two numbers, with that total. Encourage them to work systematically.
• Doubles – Explore adding doubles to 100. Write down 5 doubles sums in your jotter.
• Have a go at these adding games – Game 1  Game 2

IDL

Design a new bandana for Pudsey Bear (handout will be given 15.11).  To be completed for 17.11.17

We went on a punctuation hunt. We found lots of different types of punctuation in our library books.

We worked on our research skills and found out lots about our chosen weather topic.

We took part in a variety of maths stations. We were working on our adding skills, counting in 2’s and 5’s and partitioning numbers in to HTU.

Primary 2

Literacy – word walls,  reading and phonics

Phonics

Our sound this week is ai  (as in mail, train)

• Watch this ai video
• Write 5 ai words in your jotter – use a different colour when writing the ai sound – train

Reading

No reading books home this week.  Choose books to read for enjoyments at home.  Tell me in a few sentences about a book you have read.

Word Walls

Everyone should have a word wall home with them this week.  Explore the words – how many of them can you read? Choose 3 of the words, can you find them in books/magazines around the house?

Maths

Maths Worksheet – given on the 7^th

Active Learn – More games have been added continue to explore.

IDL –Healthy Eating

• Look at the Eatwell guide and talk to your child about the different foods it suggests you eat.
• Tell your child what your favourite meal would consist of and why.
• Encourage your child to independently create a healthy snack for someone to eat.

Primary 3

Literacy – word walls, reading and phonics

Phonics

Our sound this week is ey  (as in monkey, donkey)

• Watch this ey video
• Write 5 ey words in your jotter – use a different colour when writing the ey sound – monkey

Reading

No reading books home this week.  Choose books to read for enjoyment at home.  Tell me in a few sentences about a book you have read.

Word Walls

Everyone should have a word wall home with them this week.  Explore the words – how many of them can you read? Choose 3 of the words, can you find them in books/magazines around the house?

Maths

Maths Worksheet – given on the 7^th

Active Learn – More games have been added continue to explore.

IDL –Healthy Eating

• Look at the Eatwell guide and talk to your child about the different foods it suggests you eat.
• Tell your child what your favourite meal would consist of and why.
• Encourage your child to independently create a healthy snack for someone to eat.

Look at how much fun we have had over the last couple of weeks……

Sorry we were having so much fun this afternoon that we forgot to give out the homework jotters.  Just have some Halloween fun tonight 🙂

Primary 2

Literacy – Reading and story openers

Reading 

• Read your book every night
• Go on a letter hunt –  Draw a table like the one below.  How many 2, 3 and 4 letter words can you find?

Writing

During story writing we have been learning about using a variety of sentence openers.

Write some sentences choosing different openers at the beginning of each sentence.

Maths – using a number square

Number

Explore number pattern using this number square 

e.g

•   numbers that contain a 3
• tens digit that is a five
• units digit that is a 7
• what happens every time you add on 10

Continue to explore the games on active learn.

IDL

This week we will be looking at ways to stay safe on Bonfire night.

• Look at the Firework code using this website  and take the firework safety quiz.
• Write down 2 or 3 safety instructions people should follow on Bonfire night.

Primary 3

Reading 

• Read your book every night
• Create a table as shown below.  Write & draw what happened at the beginning, middle and end of the story.

Writing

During story writing we have been learning about using a variety of sentence openers.

Write some sentences choosing different openers at the beginning of each sentence.

Maths – number order and numbers between

Put the following in number order from smallest to largest;

1.  123        96          51         12        120
2.   157       25        130        77        160
3.    258        259      27       9          126
4.    3         82       75       77       98      15

Write a number between;

1.  40 – 60
2.  57 – 87
3.   46 -40
4. 307 – 330
5. 201-256
6. 100 – 110IDL

   This week we will be looking at ways to stay safe on Bonfire night.

   • Look at the Firework code using this website  and take the firework safety quiz.
   • Write down 2 or 3 safety instructions people should follow on Bonfire night.

Today we had a visit from the SSPCA.  They told us all about the fantastic work they do with animals.

Yesterday we had lots of fun in the new look Learning Zone.