School trip tomorrow to the Glasgow Museum Resource centre. Children should wear school uniform and bring a packed lunch unless you requested a school packed lunch. We will eat the packed lunch before we leave for the trip. We will leave school at 12:20pm and return for home time. Chosen parent helpers should come to school for 11:45. We are all excited to learn more about the Egyptians.
Mrs Fulton
I hope you all enjoyed the sun this weekend.
This week there is no formal homework. Children can read their library book , practise games on sumdog, play some spelling games and enjoy the nice evenings.
This week we have parents’ nights on Tuesday and Wednesday. I look forward to meeting with you all.
Big pedal continues this week until Friday. As of last week children must have a helmet to ride on their bike or scooter.
On Thursday we have our school trip to the Glasgow Museum Resource centre. We have chosen our parent helpers and a note was written to these parents. Thank you to all of the parents who offered their help. On Thursday the children will eat their packed lunches before we leave. The bus leaves at 12:20 and we will return to school for hometime. Children should wear their school uniform. They are allowed to bring a small water bottle with them on the trip if they wish.
All library books should be back in for Thursday of this week.
Gym bags will also be sent home this week.
We finish at 2:30 on Friday.
Thank you as always for all of your support.
Happy Easter.
Mrs Fulton
I hope you are all enjoying the sunshine.
This weeks homework and news as follows:
P2 Homework
Spelling this week is a revision of magic e words.
Reading – core readers this week. Please read a little each night.
Maths this week will be related to greater than and less than. < >
P3 Homework
Spelling this week is a revision of sounds
Reading – core readers this week. Please read a little each night.
Maths this week will be mental maths sums.
Other news
This week is eco week and the children will be taking part in lots of eco activities in class. Monday is a paper free day in class and as such homework diaries will not be used on Monday morning to write in the homework activities. Homework as last weeks entries. We are also be taking part in the Big Pedal. Children are invited to bring in their bikes or scooters each day. We will make time each day to go outside and get on our bikes and scooters. Please be aware that children must wear a helmet when on their bikes and scooters. If the children do not bring a bike or scooter they will be encouraged to be active outside.
We also have Comic relief activities this week. On Wednesday P1-3 children will get the opportunity to have their faces painted and on Friday they will be invited to dress in red and donate to comic relief with a donation of £1.
Have a great week.
Mrs Fulton
I hope you had a good weekend. News and homework as follows –
P2 Homework
Spelling sound is u_e magic e as in reuse, reduce, flume
Reading books back to our core readers this week
Maths homework will be looking at rounding to the nearest 10
P3 Homework
Spelling sound is ch sounding like k as in character, chemist, echo
Reading books back to our core readers this week
Maths homework will be timestables homework. Practising 2,3,5,10 x tables. Pupils can use the hit the button game for this.
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
Other news
On Tuesday morning we will be visiting Bishopton Library to return our books and choose new ones. Please ensure your child has their book with them on Tuesday.
Parent nights letters will be out on Tuesday detailing Parent night times.
Our class trip for this term will be a visit to the Glasgow Museum resource centre. This will be on Thursday 30th March in the afternoon. Letters out this week. If any parents are able to help out please pop a note in the diary and I will get back to you as soon as possible.
Thank you for all of your support
Mrs Fulton
Homework and news as follows:
Primary 2 Homework
Spelling this week is o_e as in bone, cone
Reading will continue to be using our Big Cats book banded books this week.
Maths homework will be looking at 1/2 of numbers.
Primary 3 Homework
Spelling sound this week is air as in chair, pair, fair.
Reading will continue to be using our Big Cats book banded books this week.
Maths homework will be looking at 1/2 and 1/4 of numbers.
Other news
We had a great visit to the library on Tuesday. The pupils have their books until we return to the library on the 14th March. Thank you to our helpers. Letter have gone out regarding preferred appointment days. Please hand these in asap or pop a note into the diary stating your preferred day.
Have a great week.
Mrs Fulton
We have been enjoying world book day. We showed all of our outfits, played pass the beach ball story and this afternoon we are going to read our favourite books with primary 4. Here we are-
We had great fun today at the Eco drama.
Our P3/2 class have been working very hard in gymnastics looking at ways to travel, balancing and rolling. We loved making funny shapes when doing our mannequin challenge during our cool down.
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I hope you are having a lovely weekend. Homework and news as follows.
P2 Homework
Spelling sound this week is i_e as in hive, five, nine.
Reading this week will be the Big Cat books. If the children are struggling with some of the words it is ok to read these words for your child to help them a little.
Maths this week will be take away within 20.
P3 Homework
Spelling sound this week ou saying ‘u’ as in touch and rough.
Reading this week will be the Big Cat books. If the children are struggling with some of the words it is ok to read these words for your child to help them a little.
Maths homework will be take away within 100.
On Tuesday we will be visiting the library in the morning. Children will be given the opportunity to choose a book from the library to have until our next visit in 2 weeks time. This could be a book they can read or a book that you can read to them.
Thursday is World book day. Pupils are invited to dress up as a book character or wear their pajamas/ onesies to school. Suggested donation is £1. There will be lots of book related activities on this day. Pupils are invited to bring in their favourite book.
Have a great week.
Mrs Fulton
Here are the videos we watched in class about Magic e.
This weeks news and homework as follows:
P2 Homework
New spelling sound – magic e – a_e as in grape, make, shape
Reading books. This week pupils will bring home a Big Cat reading book to read. This may be fiction or non fiction depending on their choice. Please read a little each night.
Maths homework will be looking at fractions
On Thursday the children watched a short video called “The crayon box that talked” This was in our bounce back lessons. We were learning about how important it is to all get along, support each other in class and work together. Each pupil was given a crayon picture and a person from the class. Their homework for this Thursday is to to write something special about that person on the crayon. We will be making a display of all these wonderful compliments in class.
P3 Homework
Spelling sound is wa (sounding like wo) as in water, swallow, wash.
Reading books. This week pupils will bring home a Big Cat reading book to read. This may be fiction or non fiction depending on their choice. Please read a little each night.
Maths homework will be looking at fractions
On Thursday the children watched a short video called “The crayon box that talked” This was in our bounce back lessons. We were learning about how important it is to all get along, support each other in class and work together. Each pupil was given a crayon picture and a person from the class. Their homework for this Thursday is to to write something special about that person on the crayon. We will be making a display of all these wonderful compliments in class.
Other news
Thank you for all of the shoe boxes. On Tuesday we will be continuing with our Egyptian topic. We will be looking at mummification. The children will be working together to make a sarcophagus out of these shoe boxes. Pictures to follow. We have a trip booked for the end of this term. Information to follow.
Thank you as always for your support.
Mrs Fulton
I hope you had a great weekend.
This week news and homework as follows:
Primary 2 Homework
This weeks spelling is looking at the next 10 common words.
Reading homework fiction books will continue. This week our comprehension questions will be looking at the main parts/ events of stories and in writing we will be looking at setting.
Maths homework will be looking at pattern.
Primary 3 Homework
This weeks spelling is soft g as in age, stage and emergency
Reading homework fiction books will continue. This week our comprehension questions will be looking at the main parts/ events of stories and in writing we will be looking at setting.
Maths homework will be looking at the 5 x table.
Other news
On Friday this week we have an inservice day so our spelling quiz will be on Thursday. We will be looking at the targets in class this week and setting new ones if they have been achieved.
Thank you to those who sent in shoe boxes for new Egyptian topic. Please continue to send in any unwanted boxes.
Have a great week
Mrs Fulton
We have had great fun with clay this week. On Tuesday we made our Loch Ness monster clay models. Today we painted them. We made them all different colours and even made accessories for them. We cant wait to take them home next week.
Homework and news as follows:
Primary 2 Homework
This week we are revising sounds for our spelling homework.
Reading books continue.
Maths homework will be linked to number pattern.
Primary 3 Homework
Spelling sound this week is soft c as in city and dance.
Reading books continue.
Maths homework to be chosen from the grid.
We had a great week last week. Every child performed their Scots poem in front of the class. Well done. Well done to our class winner who performed on the stage on Friday. Photos to follow.
We have booked 2 library visits this term. These will be Tuesday 28th February and Tuesday 14th March. We will be going along to Bishopton Library straight after registration and should be back in school for 10:30 on these days. We are looking for some parent helpers to come with us. If you are able to attend please pop a small note in the diary and I will get back to you as soon as possible. We also have a school trip before the Easter holidays with date to follow.
For our upcoming topic The Egyptians, P3/2 will need some shoe boxes. If you have any can you please send them in to class. Thank you.
Thank you for all of your support.
Have a great week.
Mrs Fulton
I hope you enjoyed your weekend. Homework and news as follows:
P2 Homework
Spelling this week is y at the end as in holly, story, jolly.
Reading books out on Monday.
Maths homework will be looking at change to 20p.
P3 Homework
Spelling this week will be ea as in bread, spread
Reading books out on Monday. Some pupils have also chosen a second more challenging book from the library that can be read alongside the core reader.
Maths this week can be chosen from the Maths grid.
Other news
On Monday I will be hearing all of the Scottish poems. Pupils will then be asked if they would like to be put forward for the school competition. These groups will be sent to other classes on Tuesday when an overall class winner will be chosen. Good luck everyone.
On Friday we will be having our Burns school assembly in the afternoon. Each class poem winner will perform on the stage in front of the school and poetry judges.
We will continue our ERIC (Everyone reads in class) time on Tuesday and Read and Munch on Friday. We have also introduced simultaneous reading in class on a Thursday. This is where everyone in class reads their core reader at the same time at their desks. As they read I circulate and listen in to readers. We also continue our group reading times with the teacher. With this variety of reading styles the pupils are really enjoying reading in class and are working on the different strategies if they get stuck with a new word. This includes sounding it out, reading on, looking at the picture, splitting up the word, asking for help.
Have a great week
Mrs Fulton
On Friday we were revising our numbers to 10 in French. Here is the song we listened to.
We are working on our money topic. Here is the money game that we have been using to help us with our change work.
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=shoppingbagv2
I hope you all had a great weekend. This week homework and news as follows:
P2 Homework
Spelling sound this week is ck as in duck and neck
Reading books will be fiction this week. Please discuss the author and illustrator with your child. On Friday we will be completing comprehension work looking at the author, illustrator, main characters and their favourite character.
Maths homework on Wednesday will be take away sums with 13. e.g 13-1 = 12.
Please continue to practise your chosen Scottish poem.
This week I will be discussing targets with your children. This will be done on Monday and Tuesday. The target booklets will be in the book bags. Please ensure your child has this booklet with them each day. Thank you.
P3 Homework
Spelling sound this week will be ph as in phone, alphabet.
Reading books will be fiction this week. Please discuss the author and illustrator with your child. On Friday we will be completing comprehension work looking at the author, illustrator, main characters and their favourite character.
Maths homework this week – This week a maths grid will be stuck into the back of your child’s jotter. This will detail Maths activities that your child can choose from. 1 activity can be chosen and completed each week. These activities are related to topics covered in class.
Please continue to practise your chosen Scottish poem.
General news
This week a Sumdog login has been put in the homework diary. This has maths games that your child can try. As your child plays the games, the sumdog programme will adjust the level of the games to suit your child.
Have a great week
Mrs Fulton
In January, in Bishopton Primary, we focus on Scottish culture with classes learning about Robert Burns. We also ask pupils to learn Scottish poems for our Burns Poem competition. This week your child received their selection of poems. They should choose 1 to learn for Monday 23rd January. Each child will be asked to recite their poem in front of their class. If they wish to be put forward for the school poetry competition they can go round different classes where a class winner will be chosen. This winner is then put forward for our whole school assembly competition on Friday 27th January where an overall winner will be chosen for P1-3, P4 and P5, and P5-7.
Here are some points to consider:
We can’t wait to hear all of these poems.
Thank you for all of your continued support.
Mrs Fulton, Miss Cruickshank and Miss Hamilton/ Mrs Simpson
This week we have started our new Pe focus. On a Monday we will be working on fitness and on Fridays we will be taking part in gymnastics. Today we started by completing fitness stations. We jumped, marched, threw and caught a bean bag, completed shuttle runs and attempted some sit ups to work our core muscles. You all worked very hard. Well done.
I hope you all had a lovely Christmas break. Homework starts back this week.
P2 Homework
Spelling this week is looking at the next 10 common words. Inside the homework jotter the new Mon-Thurs sheet details the tasks for each night. On Wednesday pupils can choose from a spelling grid of active spelling activities. (grid on the back cover of the jotter) Pupils can tick when they have completed an activity. One per week. Homework can be completed on different nights to suit any after school activities.
Reading books out this week – please read a little each night so that the book is completed by Friday.
Maths on Wednesday will be money related.
P3 Homework
This weeks spelling will be looking at wh. Inside the homework jotter the new Mon-Thurs sheet details the tasks for each night. As above the homework can be completed differently to suit any after school activities that may make a particular night busy.
Reading books out this week. Please read a little each night so that the book is completed by Friday.
Maths on Wednesday will be money related.
This month we are celebrating Scotland and will be doing a mini topic on Scotland. This week the pupils will bring home a selection of Scottish poems. Pupils should choose 1 short poem to learn to recite in front of the class. Those that wish to be put forward for the school poetry competition can recite their poems to other classes where voting will be taking place. More details to accompany the poems when they are sent home.
This term we will continue our ERIC time on a Tuesday. This is when everyone reads quietly in class. Pupils can bring in their own books or use school books. On Friday we will continue our Read and munch where pupils can bring in a book of their choice and a healthy snack to eat while reading.
Thank you for you support.
Have a great week
Mrs Fulton
We had a lovely 2 days back last week. It was great to hear all of the holiday stories. We were very busy both days but had some time on Friday for some free play. We enjoyed painting, drawing, reading, looking at cards, building and using the computers.
I hope you had a great weekend. We had a great week last week with our nativity shows and our Christmas parties on Thursday and Friday. Mr Bradley also finished with us on Thursday and returns now to University to finish his course.
On Monday we will have P.e as usual in the morning and then the children will bring home their gym kits for the holidays.
We finish on Tuesday at 2:30. On this day your child is welcome to bring in a small toy to play with.
Have a lovely Christmas and New year. I can’t wait for term 3 for lots of learning and enjoyment.
Thank you for all of your support
Happy holidays
Mrs Fulton
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