Follow this link for Christmas art idea:

http://www.teachingideas.co.uk/art/paper-strip-christmas-trees

Research

How many different languages can you say “Merry Christmas” in? Record all the different ways in your think jotter.

Thank you letters
Christmas is a time when we have lots of be thankful for. Writing thank you cards and letters is great practice to encourage from a young age. Children can write thank you notes for presents, or even a special card for Granny thanking her for the delicious Christmas cake! These cards can be read out aloud as part of Boxing Day celebrations or perhaps at a meal time

Planning a Christmas walk
While we often look forward to cosy moments inside, don’t forget that Christmas is a great chance to get out and be active! There are lots of fun (and often free!) things you can do with your children this year. You can take a trip to the park and kids can enjoy collecting leaves, spotting wildlife or feeding the ducks. Alternatively, you can plan a trip to see a Christmas lights display or see some brilliant Christmas window displays.

Poems, Rhymes and Songs
It’s time for all the Christmas-themed songs and rhymes to be played! Why not teach your children your favourite Christmas song, poem or rhyme? What do you the different words and motifs mean? In return, they can then write and illustrate their own festive poem or song to share with you

Have fun with your friends and family and enjoy spending time together!!!!

Wishing you all a peaceful and joyful Christmas,

Mrs Pollock

Today we performed our song in the nativity “Glory to God”.  The audiences loved it and we were all very pleased with our performances.

Yesterday and today we have been exploring ways of showing care and love for others at Christmas.  We looked at how John Lewis have joined Age UK to help some of the million older people who will go a month without speaking to anyone.  We watched the John Lewis to advert, listened to the music and discussed how it made us feel.  We then captured some of the images from the advert campaign which really made us think about showing care and love.

We  just about managed  to finish our literacy and maths work before Christmas Lunch fever hit P5/6. We finished our antlers,  got our noses painted and off we went to have our delicious lunch singing Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer.

If you haven’t already, remember to bring in jeans/ trousers/leggings for the Nativity.   Please bring in donations for the Christmas party food too.

Today we have had our Nativity dress rehearsal. Mrs Pollock thought we sounded very good and our hard work and practising has paid off.  Some people still need to bring in their trousers/jeans or leggings for the show.   In preparation for tomorrow’s Christmas Dinner we made our reindeer antlers.

This morning we learned two new dances: The Flying Scotsman and the Canadian Barn Dance. We joined up with Mr McMullan’s class.  We found out that Scottish Country dancing is a really good way to keep fit as our hearts were pumping fast and we got really hot. We will have another go at Scottish Country Dancing at our parties next Monday afternoon.

Remember: to bring  in jeans/ leggings for tomorrow’s dress rehearsal and Christmas lunch is on Wednesday.

Everyone was really pleased with their tables test results today because they either got full marks again or improved on a previous mark .

This afternoon,  pupils enjoyed exploring the Victorian artefacts and playing the Victorian games.

Dates for your Diary:

Tuesday 8th Dec – need to bring in jeans/trousers/leggings for dress rehearsal

Wednesday 9th Dec – from this day onwards please bring in party food donations for the Christmas Party on Monday 14th

Friday 11th Dec- Nativity 9.30 and 1.30

This morning we were very busy in our Literacy groups.  One group was writing drama scripts from the novel Carrie’s War, another group was using their notes to write a summary of Chapter 5 from Kaspar Prince of Cats and another group were reading a non fiction book about Mount Everest.

This afternoon we learned about Primary and Secondary Sources of information. We then played a game outside which involved identify whether or not a source was primary or secondary.  This work will help us when we come to look at sources of information relating to the Victorians.

This morning in maths we were using calculators to work out costs and change given.  Some people were using the Argos website, others were using information from text book and others were using Tesco Christmas Gift Catalogue.  The final question was optional. It was very tricky but some people demonstrated a fantastic growth mindset and found the solution in the end.