We have been working hard finding all the facts that add to 11 and 12.

Primary 7 have been designing and making a city for the future. We were asked to come along and judge who we thought had the best ideas.  We will find out who got the most votes later.

We used our puppets today to help us say our own name and our puppets names. We also learned about French food from Madame Miller.

Today we had great fun doing lots of activities for Sports Relief to help us be fit and healthy and raise money for a good cause. We built Sport Relief characters using construction materials, made a healthy lunch box , kept fit with dance moves,  yoga and games and even got to design a new game in the gym hall and try it out. We will all be getting fitter and healthier if we keep this up!

Today we went to the I.C.T room and we played some games to help with our adding and  doubling sums.

Mrs. Keith came to our class today to teach us all about what a fraction is. We got to use the foam shapes to see which ones were one half of a larger shape.

Since this is Science week, we tried an experiment today to see what happens when we mix different colours. We discovered blue and red made purple and yellow and blue made green. Why not have a go at this yourself or follow the link on the homework blog to try some other experiments too. Take photos and bring them in to share with the class or stick them in your homework jotter and we can all get to see them next week.

Today for our maths work we were adding on from 8. We had to work out the answer mentally and put it in the right ‘family’.

Sounds

This week’s sound is ‘o-e’ (rope, home, stole etc). Practise reading the ‘o-e’ words highlighted in blue at the back of your homework jotter.

Complete the ‘o-e’ worksheet and stick it in your jotter.

Try these games

http://www.galacticphonics.com/longvowels/o-e/interactive/o-ebelt.htm

long /o/ with silent /e/, Phonics game to practice the long /o/ with silent /e/

http://www.galacticphonics.com/longvowels/o-e/interactive/o-enoughts.htm

Spelling

This week’s words re – will, with, too, be, my.

Use the 5 rules of spelling (LOOK, SAY, COVER, WRITE and CHECK) and write each word 3 times in small and capitals letters.. Can you write a sentence with each word? Remember capitals and full stops.

Reading

We will be learning about the difference between fiction and non-fiction books. Talk about the pictures, layout and the vocabulary, especially what some words mean. If your child’s book has a contents, glossary or index page discuss the information you get here. Read your book EVERY night. Ask your child questions about the story to check understanding and ask them to find the answer from the book to make sure they are right.

Common Reading Words

Practise reading your words highlighted in blue from the word wall at the back of your jotter and any words from your word wallet. Do this EVERY night.

Maths

We are learning about adding double and near double numbers. Try these sums;

We sang songs for the mums and dads at our Fairtrade Pancake Breakfast

A reminder that we will be celebrating WORLD BOOK DAY this Friday 9th March as well as having a Fairtrade Pancake Breakfast which all parents and careers are welcome to come along and enjoy.

You will be entertained with the children singing and you could ask your child to join you too. Primary 2 and P2/3 will be singing at 11am.

For World Book Day your child may come dressed as their favourite book character or wear their pyjamas ready to hear some ‘bedtime’ stories.

We hope you can manage to come along and join us.