St. Brendan's Primary School and Nursery

Hello from Primary 2 and Miss Degnan!

We have enjoyed a term filled with fun and learning.

During this term we have been revisiting phonemes previously taught in Primary 1 in order to consolidate the children’s learning and have also moved on to look at some new phonemes following the Active Literacy programme. In numeracy we have looked at time and have also been learning about place value through both written and active tasks.

In Primary 2 this term we have been looking at the topic ‘Under the Sea’ in IDL. The children have enjoyed researching different fish and exploring their habitats, as well as recreating the Rainbow Fish in expressive arts and purposeful play in our ‘Under the Sea’ themed home corner.

In science we have been exploring living and non-living things which has married in nicely with our IDL topic for this term as we have explored different species and features of fish, as well as food chains.

Thank you for your continued support.

Miss Degnan

Hello from Primary 4/3, Mrs Bridge and Miss Peattie. This term has been filled with lots of learning and lots of fun!

This term, we have been revising and learning phonemes through the Active Literacy program. The Green Group have been learning the comprehension strategies through the reading of this term’s novel “The Invisible Dog” which we all loved to read. The Red and Blue Groups have explored a number of texts and discussed character setting and main ideas. We have enjoyed writing narrative stories and creating interesting fact files about the Rainforest.

In Maths, we have been learning place value and rounding. We have also been learning about time and have enjoyed both the written and particularly active tasks.

We have been learning lots about the Rainforest during our IDL topic. So far we have focussed on rainforest climate, its layers and its living things. We enjoyed creating the sound of the Rainforest by designing Rain sticks.

As part of our “Healthy minds. Healthy Bodies” afternoon we focussed on Growth Mindset. We love discussing our growth mindset puppets and enjoyed learning about the story of “The Dot” that taught us about the importance of never giving up and to always try our best. We then created fabulous and artistic drawings from one dot that are proudly displayed in our classroom.

During our outdoor learning, we completed various autumn nature challenges such as writing our name using sticks and making bird nests.

Thank you for your continued support.

Mrs Bridge & Miss Peattie

I can’t believe it is October already! However, I am delighted with how well the children have settled into the routines in primary three. Here is a little snapshot of our learning so far.

During literacy this term, we have been revising previously taught phonemes in order to consolidate the children’s learning. In Numeracy we have recently been learning about place value through active and written tasks.

In Primary three this term we have been looking at Scotland in IDL. Recently we have been using the atlas to locate different cities and landmarks in Scotland. Through purposeful play we have created a textured model of Scotland by using plaster of paris bandage and paint. You can see some pictures of us creating this as a class below and we look forward to you coming into the school to see this on display in the corridor.

We are also exploring the human body in science and enjoyed showing off our knowledge to many parents last week at the “Healthy minds, Healthy Bodies” afternoon. This week we took our learning outdoors and had lots of fun creating the human skeleton using sticks, stones and various other natural resources.

Thank you for your continued support and I look forward to seeing you at parents evening Thursday 11^th November.

Kind regards,

Mrs O’Donnell