We were using the dreidels we made to play the game of dreidel which the Jewish people do as part of the celebration of Hanukkah.  Hanukkah starts tomorrow (24th December) and is celebrated for 8 days.

May I take this opportunity to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and I hope Santa is good to you all!  Thank you for all the lovely gifts and I will see you all on Monday 9th January 2017!

What a great time we all had at our Christmas party.  We even had a special visit from Santa!

Well done to a proud boy for winning a trophy for his dancing.

This Thursday afternoon (22.12.16) is the P1, P1/2 and P2 party.  Your child can wear party clothes and they may come to school dressed in their party clothes in the morning.

Please send in some goodies for us all to share.  Choose ONE of the following items to bring in.

2 litre bottle of juice

multi pack of crisps (6 or 12)

funsize pack of chocolate treats

packet of shop bought cakes.

Please remember this Friday is an early close at 2.30pm.

Thank you

Mrs. Lang

We were learning more about the Jewish celebration on Hanukkah today.  We found out they celebrate by doing a lot of things that are similar to our celebration of Christmas like giving presents, eating special foods, decorating the house, having parties and playing games.  We started making a dreidel which is a game played during Hanukkah.  When they are finished we can play the game with our friends.

Primary 2 did a brilliant job with their dancing and singing of ‘Disco Star’.   Hope you all enjoyed it as much as we did performing it!

Today we were learning to find all the possible ways to make the same amount of money.  It was a tricky problem to solve but we all worked together and found the solution.

Over the next two weeks please revise all the sounds and spelling we have been learning this term.  Can you see spot them in Christmas stories?  Can you write some Christmas sentences or make up a Christmas adventure using some of your words?

Keep practicing your reading and read some Christmas stories of your own with an adult.

Can you make a Christmas shape picture using squares, triangles, circles, rectangles, pentagons and hexagons?  Look at all the decorations at home and outside.  Can you name some 3-D shapes?  Can you find something in the shops that cost 2p, 5p 10p, 20p or 50p?  Can you choose the right coin that would pay for it?

A reminder that this Wednesday (14th) is the Christmas lunch and all orders should have been returned by last Friday (9th) otherwise you may not get your first choice.

This Friday (16th) is also our Nativity.  Morning performance is at 9.30am and the afternoon is at 1.30pm.  I’m sure you will all enjoy a wonderful show that will get you in the Christmas spirit!

Today we were in the I.C.T suite using the computers to help us match and order the value of different coins.

We have been busy writing our Santa letters.  We had to remember our capitals and full stops.

In the afternoon we made menorahs to celebrate the Jewish Festival of Lights.