Hi everyone

I hope you had a lovely weekend!

This week, we are very busy doing loads of exciting things.

Today, P2 had a visit from the Recycling Heroes Workshop. They learned lots about the importance of recycling and the 3R’s (Reduce, reuse, recycle.) Tomorrow (Tuesday) P2 will be visiting the library in the morning with P3/2. They will have the opportunity to choose a book which they will return to the library on their next visit in 2 weeks time.

P1 will be visiting the library on Wednesday afternoon with P1H.  Thank you for all books returned so far from our last visit. However, we are still waiting on a couple. If you have a library book at home, could you please return it to school asap. Thanks!

On Thursday, P2/1 will be taking part in World Book Day. We have lots of exciting book related activities planned. Please bring any sponsor money that day and remember to dress up – either as your favourite book character or pyjamas/onesie. It would be great if you could bring £1 donation. Please also remember to bring in your favourite book and a healthy snack for a special Read and Munch. Anyone who’d like to come in and read to the class, please pop in between 9.00 and 9.30.

Please also remember that our sponsored readathon continues until Thursday.

Homework this week:

P1

Reading

Wordwall (I will hand these out on Tuesday!)

New Sounds (ng and v)

Blending Booklet (ai words)

Maths – Days of the Week

Book Treasure Hunt (Please complete for Thursday)

P2

Spelling (i_e)

Reading (all books handed out on Tuesday)

Maths – Spend some time playing Sumdog on PC or tablet. Please let me know if you have any problems with access or if you need a password reminder.

Wordwall (I will hand these out on Tuesday!)

As always, please let me know if you have any questions.

Have a super week!

Miss Cruickshank

P2 will be joining P3/2 on a couple of Library Visits over the next few weeks. They will be visiting the library on Tuesday 28th February and Tuesday 14th March.  P2 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 a parent helper to accompany them on these dates.  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.

P1H and P1s from P2/1 will be visiting the library on Wednesday 1st March at 2.15pm. We are looking for parent helpers to accompany us on this trip. If you are free and willing to help us on this date, could you please put a note in your child’s diary and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Thank you!

P.S. If you have not yet returned your old library book to school, please do so ASAP.

Hi P2

I hope you had a lovely weekend.

We have been learning about the Magic E in class and our spelling homework this week will focus on the spelling sound a_e  as in grape, shape etc.

Here is the magic e song that we listened to in class:

Magic E song

Here are some games to help you learn a_e words this week:

a_e Phrase Cloud

a_e interactive spelling

a_e memory game

Reading – All books will be handed out on Tuesday.

Maths – We have been learning how to round to the nearest 10 in class and you have a worksheet to complete for homework this week. REMEMBER if a number ends in 0-4 then round down. If it ends in 5-9 then round up!

E.g. 36 rounded to the nearest 10 is 40.

21 rounded to the nearest 10 is 20.

There will be NO wordwalls handed out this week.

As always, please let me know if there is anything I can help with.

Miss Cruickshank

P1 have been learning about 3d shapes in maths. We have been learning their names and we are also starting to talk about some of their properties (edges, faces and corners.)

Here is a game that we were playing in class today to help us to learn the names of 3d shapes.

Shapes Splat

Just a wee note to remind you that P5 are holding a fundraiser in school tomorrow. Please read the information below for more details.

On Thursday 16th February, Primary 5 are holding a fundraiser to help raise money for the school funds. The activities will be held in the P5 classes. The activities are:

Bake sale – Cakes will be sold at prices between 10p – £1

Guess the teddy bear’s birthday – 50p

Guess the number of sweets in a jar – 30p for 1 guess or 2 guesses for 50p

Balloon pop – 20p

Please come and support our event.

Thank you

Lewis, Mischa and Owen – P5 Digital Leaders

Please also look out for a letter about the Valentines Disco in either bookbags (P2) or school bags (P1.)

Thanks!

Hi everyone

I hope you all enjoyed your long holiday weekend. I am looking forward to hearing what everyone got up to.

As this is a short week, there will be no formal homework issued for P1. This also applies to P2 apart from reading, where the same book from last week will be sent home.

Remember, you could still play some of the games that have been posted previously on the blog or have a go at either, Sumdog, Teach Your Monster or Skoolbo!

This week, P2/1 will be introduced to a very special challenge which has been set by Fire, our baby dragon from Fairyland. More information to follow soon!

As always, please let me know if there is anything I can help with.

Miss Cruickshank

Hi P2/1

I hope you all had a fantastic weekend!

Last week, we had a very special visit from Mr Dragon and his baby dragon friend who we have named Fire. Fire is from Fairyland and he is hoping that we can help everyone believe in the magic of fairy tales again.

Along with the other P1 and P2 classes, we are going to help Fire and all of his friends in our new topic, Fairyland. This week, we are going to be transforming our classroom into a welcoming and exciting area which helps to promote fairy tales. As part of this, we are going to have a topic table where we can display stories and items from home related to fairy tales. If you have anything at home that you wish to bring in to display on our topic table, please ensure that it labelled with your name. All items will be returned at the end of our topic.

New Lunch Menu

Please remember that our new lunch menu starts this week: Week 4!

Read and Munch

Please remember that our read and munch day is on a Thursday.

Homework

P1

Reading Book

New Sound: ee/or

Blending Booklet (i words)

Maths – Numbers (counting to and from 20)

P2

Reading (All books will be handed out on Tuesday.)

Spelling- Revision

Wordwall

Maths – Beat the Clock subtraction worksheets. You are all improving with this skill so please keep up the hard work both in class and at home!

As always, if you have any questions or concerns, please don’t hesitate to get in touch!

Miss Cruickshank

Hi P2

I hope you had a lovely weekend. We have our Burn’s Assembly on Friday afternoon and we will be hearing all Scottish Poems at the beginning of the week in preparation for this. Please ensure you are ready.

Here is your homework for this week:

Reading – All reading books will be handed out on Tuesday.

Wordwall

Spelling – y at the end (holly, jolly, sorry etc)

Maths – Subtraction worksheet – let’s see if you can beat your times from last week.

Read and Munch – Remember our read and munch day is on a Thursday.

In maths this week, we will be looking at number sequences. Here are some games to help you with this skill.

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=NumberSequences

http://www.eduplace.com/cgi-bin/schtemplate.cgi?template=/kids/mw/manip/mn_popup.thtml&filename=nmbl_prim&title=Number%20Line&grade=1

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=SnowflakeSequencesv2

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/number_sequences/play/popup.shtml

http://mathsblog.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2007/10/countingonin2s1.swf

http://www.cheekymonkeyresources.co.uk/Sequencenew/SEQUENCE.htm

Please also look out for Skoolbo passwords in your diaries this week. We have been playing this app in class to improve our maths and literacy skills. Please feel free to try this out at home as well.

I hope you have a fab week!

Miss Cruickshank

Hi P1

We have an exciting week ahead of us. On Wednesday we will be entertaining invited guests at the Community café. We also have our Burns Assembly on Friday afternoon.

Here is your homework for this week:

Reading – one book to be read throughout the week.

Wordwall – Please go over dotted words daily. Once children are secure in the words, encourage them to use the words correctly in a sentence.

Sound – ie

Maths – Please complete dated activity.

Scottish Poem – Be ready to recite to the class at the beginning of the week.

Read and Munch – Remember our read and munch day is on a Thursday.

We will be learning about days of the week as part of our maths work this week. Here are some games that you may wish to play.

http://www.abcya.com/days_of_the_week.htm

https://www.turtlediary.com/game/days-of-the-week.html

http://www.freddiesville.com/days-of-the-week-games/

Please also look out for Skoolbo passwords in your diaries this week. We have been playing this app in class to improve our maths and literacy skills. Please feel free to try this out at home as well.

Have a great week!

Miss Cruickshank

P1H and the P1s from P2/1 had a great visit to the library today.  All children chose a book to read for enjoyment.  Most children have chosen a book that they would like to read with you. Please encourage your child to look for words that they are familiar with in the text. Some children will have chosen a book that they can read by themselves whilst a few children have chosen a book that would be read to them by someone at home. Please also talk to your child about things that they enjoyed in the story, favourite characters etc. All books should be returned to school no later than Thursday 9th February. Thank you!

Hi everyone

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and New Year. Just wanted to start by saying a huge thank you for all of my lovely gifts and cards, it was very much appreciated!

We are now back into normal routine and I am looking forward to watching the children progress in their learning throughout the term.

Thank you for returning gym bags but we are still waiting for a few children to return these to school. Can I please remind you that our gym days are on a Wednesday and Friday.

We have started our new mini topic, Scotland and all children are allowed to bring in anything Scottish related to class to share with their friends.

The children have been desperate to share their class teddy, Star with you at home. All children will therefore have the opportunity over the next few weeks to take Star home for a sleepover. Some children have asked  if they can write a diary or take pictures with Star to share the next day in class. I am allowing this but I must make clear is not a requirement. I am allowing Star to go home for enjoyment purposes.

HOMEWORK w/b 9.1.17

P1

Reading and wordwall. No new sounds.

All children should choose one poem from the sheet to learn and be ready to recite to the class on Monday 25th January. More details have been posted on a previous post.

P2

Reading

Spelling (common words) Spelling homework is changing slightly and the new insert explaining what to do each night has been stuck into the front of spelling jotters.  The main difference is that instead of choosing new words with the same sound, pupils can now choose from a spelling grid of active spelling activities (grid on the back cover of spelling jotter.) One activity should be completed each week and pupils can tick when they have completed it.

Wordwall (out on Tuesday)

Maths – Money worksheet (out on Tuesday)

Scots Poem – P2 poem sheets will be handed out on Tuesday. Pupils should choose one poem to learn and be ready to recite to the class on Monday 25th January.

As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

I hope you have a lovely week.

Miss Cruickshank

Hi P2

Here are some games that you may wish to play to help with your learning.

Money Games

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=coins

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=payusingonecoinv3

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=Buy2itemsv4

http://www.funtosave.org/Children/default.aspx

Symmetry Games

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/symmetry/symmetry-matching

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/symmetry/symmetry-sorting

Spelling Games

DJ cow spelling

Forest Phonics

Galatic Phonics

Doorway Spelling

Reading Games

http://www.teachyourmonstertoread.com/

http://www.ictgames.com/dinosaurwordsrepeat.html

Hi everyone

We have a very busy week ahead of us. Here is some key information for you to take note of:

Nativity

Our class is split between Tuesday’s and Thursday’s performances. Please read your tickets carefully to ensure you attend the correct performance. Both performances start at 9.30am.

Christmas Lunch

Our school Christmas lunch is on Thursday 15th and all lunches have already been ordered. If your child has chosen to have a packed lunch, they will eat their lunch in the classroom with the rest of the packed lunches from infants. Please remember that you cannot order a normal school lunch on this day!

Christmas Jumper Day (Friday 16th)

This is a non uniform day and further information has already been posted on the blog. Please bring a donation.

P2 and P1 Christmas Parties (Friday 16th PM)

Both parties will be held on the afternoon of Friday 16th. Please bring a change of clothes if you want or just wear your Christmas jumper/t-shirt.

P1 Homework

New sound – j

P2 Homework

There is no formal homework for P2s this week. I will post some links to educational games that you may wish to play to help with your learning.

As always, please let me know if there is anything I can help with.

I hope you all have a lovely week and I look forward to seeing you at our Nativity performances.

Miss Cruickshank

Hi everyone

Sorry for the delayed post! I hope you all had a lovely weekend.

NEWS

COSTUMES

All children will now have received a letter confirming what they have to wear for our Christmas Nativity Shows. Could I please ask that all costumes are handed into school (in a labelled bag if possible) by Monday morning at the latest. We have our dress rehearsals on this day.

NATIVITY TICKETS

An envelope containing information about nativity tickets has been sent home today. Please look out for this in bookbags.

LIBRARY BOOKS

All library books should be handed back into school by Friday at the latest please so I can return them to the library. Our next library visit will be after the holidays.

CHRISTMAS PARTY

Both the P1 and P2 Christmas parties will take place on the afternoon of Friday 16th December.

SUMDOG

P2/1 will formally start using Sumdog after the Christmas holidays as we have been focussing on ‘Teach your Monster to Read’ and ‘Skoolbo’ this term. I will issue Skoolbo passwords next week so that you can play this game at home (if you wish) and Sumdog passwords will be issued next term.

CHRISTMAS CRAFTS

We have a few Christmas crafts left over from the fair on Saturday that I now have back in class. All crafts cost £1 if you still wish to purchase your child’s craft.

P1 Homework this week:

New Sound ‘ai’ as in rain.

Maths

Wordwall – apologies for not having the wordwall in bookbags yesterday. All children have been issued with a fresh wordwall to make it clearer what words they still have to focus on. When children are confident with all words, please choose a couple of words each night and ask your child to orally create a sentence using that word.

No reading books

P2 Homework this week:

Spelling (ss/zz)

Reading

Continue to practise poem piece until confident.

No formal maths this week however here are a couple of links to money games that we have been playing in class if you wish to play them at home.

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=coins

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=payusingonecoinv3

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=Buy2itemsv4

http://www.funtosave.org/Children/default.aspx

As always, if you have any problems, please do not hesitate to get in touch.

Have a lovely week!

Miss Cruickshank

Hi P2/1

I hope you had a lovely weekend.

As this is a short week due to St Andrew’s Day on Wednesday, and because we have House Art day on Friday, homework will be different to normal.

P1 Homework

Maths challenge booklet

Wordwall

No new sounds ( please keep revising all sounds and using them to make short words.)

No reading books

All P1 pupils are asked to bring their favourite toy into class on Thursday to share with their friends.

P2 Homework

Reading

Continue to practise poem parts.

All P2 class talks will take place this week. All pupils should be ready to present on Monday but could be asked to present on Tuesday or Thursday depending on time.

No formal spelling

No formal maths

House Art Day

All pupils should wear their house colours on this day in clothes that they don’t mind getting messy.

Pupil Profiles

All pupil profiles were emailed out to parents on Friday evening. If you have not successfully received this email, please put a note in your child’s diary, along with a current email address. Thank you.

As always, please let me know if you have any questions. Door is always open!

I hope you have a lovely week!

Miss Cruickshank

Hi P1

Here is your homework this week:

Homework – new sounds f and b

2 books

maths

wordwall

Hope you have a lovely week.

Miss Cruickshank