P1/2 will be singing at 10:30am on Friday at our Macmillan Coffee Morning.

The photographer will be visiting the school this Thursday (10th October) to take individual and family photographs.

Although this is a gym day can children please come to school in full school uniform.

Thank you.

Primary 1 Homework

Sounds and Words

• This week is a consolidation week – we will be revising all the sounds and words we have learned so far.

• Please spend time this week going over the sounds and words your child is not as confident with – I have marked these on a sheet and placed them in their homework folder.

Worksheet

• Please complete the sound and number worksheet in your folder. 

• Please complete the worksheet in pencil.

• Make sure you are forming your letters correctly.

Maths

• Play these games on a computer, phone or tablet:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/coconut-ordering

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/caterpillar-ordering

Primary 2 Homework

Sounds and Words

• Please go over the sounds: ng  sh  ch  th  wh  ee  oo

• What words can you make with these sounds?

Reading Book

• Try and read your reading book as often as you can.

• Remember to point to each word as you read it.

• Can you find any words with ng sh ch th wh ee oo in them?

Maths

• Play these games on a computer, phone or tablet.

• Use the numbers up to 100.

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/chinese-dragon-ordering

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/ordering-and-sequencing/chinese-dragon-ordering

Today we used the different materials and resources to make bridges, tracks, tunnels and ramps for the remote control cars.

We made adaptions to our builds after testing them out.

Continue reading Engineering →

Today we visited the Learning Zone to play in all the new areas.

Junk modelling:

Measuring at the water trough:

Making Percys binoculars:

Using the friction boards to race the cars down:

Role play at Percys Hut:

Investigating the bugs at Small World:

Building in the STEM Hub:

This week is STEM Week.

STEM stands for:

• Science

• Technology

• Engineering

• Maths

Each afternoon we have been participating in some STEM activities. We have been doing them in our own class and also in p2 with Mrs Lang.

Today we went on a Technology Hunt around the school with our clipboards.

We then got to use the remote control cars to race each other across the finishing line.

Yesterday we did some Science. We had to work out the best way to melt our block of ice and save the toy fish from inside!

Some of us heated up our hands and used them to melt the ice:

Others decided to use the heat from the sun to melt the ice:

Soon all our fish were free!