This afternoon we had a fabulous,  festive time at our P5, P6 and P7.  There was singing, dancing, games and party food. Everyone had a brilliant time.

 

 

Today we all took part in our Nativity.  The P5s were singing and dancing to the Funky Camels and the P6s were singing and dancing to the Inn Keepers’ Tango.  Everyone performed to their very best and contributed to a fabulous nativity.

The choir have just left to sing at Princess Square and the rest of us are getting the hall ready for tomorrow’s nativity performances.

Just a wee reminder our Christmas Party is on Monday 19th.  Please send in a donation of 1 x2l bottle of juice, 1 large bag of sweets or funsizes, multi pack of crisps or 1 packet of bought cakes.   Many thanks for your contribution.

Today we got into the Christmas spirit with our Christmas lunch. Everyone agreed it was very tasty and we had great fun making then wearing our reindeer antlers.

First thing this morning, the choir had a rehearsal and those children not in the choir went to the Learning Zone  to learn through play with P1/2 and Mrs Pollock.

There will be no formal homework now until we return to school on Monday 9th January.  This is in line with the rest of the school.  Children could still practise their tables, discuss the price of things, perhaps pay for things in shops and estimate change.

We are still waiting for a few children to bring in their costume/outfit for tomorrow’s dress rehearsal.  Please send them in, if you haven’t already.

Wee Reminder of Dates:

Tuesday 13th – Dress rehearsal

Wednesday 14th – Christmas Lunch

Thursday 15th P6s Princess Square.  No swimming for P5s

Friday 16th “Lights, Camel, Action.” Nativity Morning and Afternoon

Monday 19th P5-7 Christmas Party

Today we put up our Christmas Tree and started some Christmas artwork.  It made everyone feel very Christmassy.  The choir have been given a letter about next weeks arrangements for Princess Square.  Tomorrow everyone should bring in their outfit for the nativity. Please send in you child’s outfit in a plastic bag to be kept in school until next Friday 16th. If you have any questions about the clothes for the nativity please contact the school office or Mrs Pollock.

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Maths:

Choose 3 colours.  You may not use any other colours.  Now colour the baubles but make sure that each one is different.  (You may use each colour more than once on any bauble if you wish.)  How many different designs can you make?  Use bauble sheet given to you from Mrs Pollock

 Continue to spend time learning their tables.  It would be helpful if the children could have their times tables “at their fingertips”.  The times tables help the children in so many areas of maths.  Each child in the class knows what tables they should be working on.  Between now and Christmas we will be having table tests every week.  Here are some ideas to help your child learn their tables:

TGT (Team Game Tournament) children can make the cards at home.

Chant/Sing/Write the tables out

http://www.teachingtables.co.uk/ (this website has links to many other websites)

Between now and Christmas we will have a tables test every week.

 

Read through the lyrics to this well-known Christmas song

and then answer the questions underneath.

 

On the twelfth day of Christmas,
my true love sent to me
Twelve drummers drumming,
Eleven pipers piping,
Ten lords a-leaping,
Nine ladies dancing,
Eight maids a-milking,
Seven swans a-swimming,
Six geese a-laying,
Five golden rings,
Four calling birds,
Three French hens,
Two turtle doves,
And a partridge in a pear tree!

 

 

Questions

 

1) How many presents were given by my true love all together?

2) How many birds were sent by my true love?

3) How many people did my true love send to entertain me?

4) How many wings are there in the song?

5) How many legs are there in the song?

6) If I have to share all of my presents with one other person, how many presents would we each have?

 

Remember: show all your working out on a separate piece of paper!

 

 

 

CHRISTMAS SONGS ANAGRAMS

 

Deck the halls with gbuobs of holly!

When Santa got stuck up the nyiecmh!

Whilst pershedhs watch their flocks by night!

egiljn bells eginjl bells elginj all the way!

Joy to the rowdl, the Lord is come!

In the akleb mid winter!

We wish you a merry mactshirs!

You’d better not thous, you’d better not cry!

Sleigh bells ring! Are you glinsetni?

Come and join the blatienorce, it’s a very special day.

Tip, if you are stuck write the letters on paper and rearrange, look for patterns-tion sp ie etc

 

 

Today in our literacy groups we were revisiting some work on using speech marks,  identifying nouns and verbs, identifying powerful verbs used for said in our novels and a close passage- phew! No wonder we are all tired 😴😴😴

This afternoon P5 had an energetic afternoon at the Tryst swimming then going dryside to take part in keep fit.  P6 went to the nursing home in Greenfaulds to sing some Christmas songs and carols.  The people and staff at the nursing home thought the singing was marvellous.