Sounds

We are learning to blend sounds together. This week we will be working on blends with ‘a’ (eg. fa, ma, ta, etc). Practice reading the sound list in your jotter EVERY night and time yourself. Can you get quicker each night. Record your best time each night in seconds on your sheet.

Challenge – Can you make up words beginning with each blend and write them in your jotter.

Reading

Talk about the pictures in your book with an adult and then read the story together. (See attached sheet in the homework jotter of what to do). Practice your book every night.

Maths

We have been working on ordering the numbers to 30 using the words ‘before, after and between’.

Can you write the numbers to 30 in order in your jotter?

Choose any number up to 30.What comes after it? What comes before it? Give 2 numbers it comes between. Try lots of examples like this and write your answers in your jotter (remember to write the number you start with as well as your answer).

Try this game; https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/helicopter-rescue

Topic

We will be learning about the weather this term. Go on a walk or do an outdoor activity with a grown up and talk about the kind of weather it is that day (sunny, rainy, cloudy, windy, hot, cold etc). Draw a picture of your walk/activity and write a sentence telling me about the weather.

Welcome back to school today! All the children  in Primary 2 had a great day and they all looked so smart in their uniforms.

Well done to a proud girl for winning 2 medals for her dancing skills.

May I also take this opportunity to thank all the parents and carers for their continued support throughout the year. It has been a pleasure to teach all your children and I wish them all luck when they go into Primary 3.

Have a very happy holiday and I will see you all again in August.

A reminder that the school show ‘Rootin’ Tootin’ Rodeo’ will be this Tuesday and Wednesday evening (20th and 21st June).  It is important we have as many children to perform on BOTH evenings so I would appreciate it if you could arrange to bring your child to school BOTH evenings at 6.30pm, ready for a 7pm start.  They should come to the classroom where they will get changed into their costume and wait until it is time to perform.

If you are not watching the show that evening, you may collect your child around 8.20pm approximately at the classroom door.  For organisation purposes, the children will be in Mrs. Mahr’s class (Room 8) where they can be collected there.  Parents watching the show will come to Room 8 at the end of the performance.

I trust you will support your child and the school in this way and hope you enjoy the show!

Today we went out to the nature garden to release our butterflies into the wild.

REMINDER

Could anyone who has not yet sent in their costume in for the school show please bring it in for Monday 19th June (see ‘School Show’ blog for details of what to bring).  Thank you.

Yesterday Miss Travers helped us to put the caterpillar cocoons into their net so that when they come out they will not fly away.  We will look after them for a few days and then let them go.  Watch this space for the day of the big release!

A reminder that the following items for the school show should be brought to school by Friday 16th June for the dress rehearsal, or earlier if possible.

This year’s show is ‘Rootin’ Tootin’ Rodeo’ on Tuesday 20^th and Wednesday 21^st June.

The children can wear any of the following items, as our theme will be country and western. You do not need to buy anything special, just bring in what you can (perhaps borrow things from friends or family)?

Boys

Blue jeans or dark trousers.

Check shirt or plain T-shirt.

Optional

Cowboy hat, denim jacket, waistcoat, neck scarf etc.

Girls

Blue jeans or denim skirt/shorts or leggings.

Check shirt or plain T-shirt.

Optional

Hair in plaits or bunches, denim jacket, boots, waistcoat, neck scarf etc.

All items should be labelled with your child’s name and put in a poly bag, again with their name on it. Please bring in by Friday 16^th June or earlier, as we will have our dress rehearsal that day.

Thank You.

This year’s show is ‘Rootin’ Tootin’ Rodeo’ on Tuesday 20^th and Wednesday 21^st June.

The children can wear any of the following items, as our theme will be country and western. You do not need to buy anything special, just bring in what you can (perhaps borrow things from friends or family)?

Boys

Blue jeans or dark trousers.

Check shirt or plain T-shirt.

Optional

Cowboy hat, denim jacket, waistcoat, neck scarf etc.

Girls

Blue jeans or denim skirt/shorts or leggings.

Check shirt or plain T-shirt.

Optional

Hair in plaits or bunches, denim jacket, boots, waistcoat, neck scarf etc.

All items should be labelled with your child’s name and put in a poly bag, again with their name on it. Please bring in by Friday 16^th June or earlier, as we will have our dress rehearsal that day.

Thank You.

Sounds

This week’s sound is ‘mb’ (lamb, comb etc).  Here are some activities to try;

• read your sound list aloud every night to an adult.
• play this game – http://www.galacticphonics.com/silent/silentb/interactive/silentb/silentb.htm
• draw pictures of the ‘mb’ words and write the word below each picture.

Spelling

This week’s spelling words are; now, down, he, she.  Try these activities;

• write each word 3 times in rainbow writing.
• write each word in small and capital letters 3 times.

Reading

Read your book out loud to an adult each night and talk about the characters and the main things that are happening on each page.  At the end of the story can you summarise the main things that happened at the beginning middle and end.

Common Reading Words

Practice reading these common reading words –

now, number, other, people, right, room, round, school, some.

Can you spot these words in your reading book or a story book?  How many can you find?

Maths

We have been learning about tens and unit numbers.  Try these games.

http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/schtemplate.cgi?template=/kids/mw/manip/mn_popup.thtml&filename=b10b_prim&title=Base%20Ten%20Blocks&gra

https://www.mathlearningcenter.org/web-apps/number-pieces/

We have also been learning about solving subtraction problems eg

10 – ? = 6

? – 4 = 3     etc.  Try some sums like this in your jotter keeping the numbers within 10 and if confident move on to numbers up to 20.

Try this game; https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/subtraction-grids