What a variety of Christmas jumpers you wore today. Thank you for your donations to Save the Children.
We had fun at our party and, of course, met the Big Man himself.
Before that we also had a visit from our P7 buddies for Read and Munch and a bit of a Christmas singalong.
We had a great day today in Primary 2H. P6G came to our class in the morning to read Christmas stories that they had written and illustrated to us, and we also make our junk model robots in our topic groups. Then in the afternoon we had our Christmas party and a special visit from Santa! Here are some pictures from today.
Thought you would enjoy seeing extra photos I took this morning. The children were all fantastic and I’m very proud of them all!
Tomorrow: I spoke to the children todaya
and since we have our party in the afternoon, we are inviting the P7s to join us with Read and Munch in the morning. If your child has a Christmas book, s/he could bring it in to share with a P7.
Good evening everyone. Please could you remember to bring in a plastic bag for Monday 19th December so that you can take some of your work home.
Also if anyone has a copy of the DVDs Rio or Rio 2, can you check if you are allowed to bring it into school so we can watch it on Tuesday 20th.
Thank you, see you on Monday.
Mrs Hughes.
Today we had our School Christmas lunch. There was lots of singing and empty plates. Well done to our P7 helpers who did a fantastic job.
Yesterday Vincent visited Primary 7 to talk about Christmas in Germany. It was very interesting and it as great to compare and contrast our celebrations.
During out topic Arctic Adventures, primary 4 have been learning all about the northern lights and have been experimenting with colour, chalk and oil pastels to create their own interpretation of an arctic skyline.
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As a special treat this Friday, we will be having a Christmas read and munch. Bring a Christmas book and a Christmas treat – small sweet, chocolate coin etc.
On Thursday Primary 3 will be having their Christmas party. This will be in the afternoon. Pupils can bring in their party clothes in a plastic bag to change into after lunch.
On Friday Primary 2 will be having their Christmas party. This will be in the afternoon and pupils can bring in their party clothes to change into after lunch.
Friday is also Christmas jumper day. A donation for Save the children would be very much appreciated. Primary 2s can just wear their Christmas jumper to their Christmas party or they can change into another outfit.
Thank you
Mrs Fulton
Thank you so much for coming to see our Nativity. We had a great time! I was incredibly proud of all the children as they rose to the occasion.
It is Christmas Lunch tomorrow-please send your child with a packed lunch if they have not ordered a Christmas Lunch as there will not be the usual options tomorrow.
Read and Munch will be on Friday morning this week . Remember our party is on Friday afternoon!
Best wishes
Mrs Hunter
Tomorrow is the Primary 3 Christmas Party. Children can come in their party clothes if they wish or bring clothes to change into at lunchtime. We look forward to having fun tomorrow afternoon.
What a great time we had this morning preparing, cooking and tasting our Brazilian dishes. I am absolutely delighted you enjoyed it so much.
Our class had the complicated task of preparing the tapiocas. I had prepared the clay -like paste at home to make it a little easier to work with this morning. Can you explain to someone at home how the mixture started out? Most of you had the chance to sieve the clay to make the mixture ready for cooking. It was quite hard work for some of you! The tapiocas didn’t take too long to cook and you were soon tucking into them. They went down a treat! Tell someone at home how the mixture reacted to the heat from the stove.
You also had to prepare and cut up the mangoes. Again this was done very well and we had lots and lots to eat. This was the first time some of you had tasted mango and it was liked by all. Maybe you can try some at home too.
Chloe S and Innis were our photographers today and took many, many photographs. Please have a wee nosey at them.
This morning we had a fun-filled time preparing, cooking and tasting some Brazilian dishes. I am so pleased you enjoyed them so much that you wanted to try the dishes at home.
Please find below the links for both recipes. The main ingredients can be bought in a number of places however I purchased them in Holland & Barrett. I have included the link for the tapioca flour and the recipe of how to make them. There is a lot of preparation for the tapioca however, as you tasted today, they are well worth the effort. You may also wish to try the non-gluten free version. The recipe is just the same.
Enjoy!
Well done to everyone in our Nativity performance today. Your singing was great. Everyone played their part very well. Well done to those who sang on their own or in a little group.
This afternoon we were learning about Christmas in Sweden. We found out that, like us in Scotland, people have trees, decorate their houses and get presents but they get their presents on Christmas Eve. We found out that today is St Lucia Day.
We hope you like our headbands and hats.
God Jul!
P2H were given their Read, Write, Count Bags at the end of the day today. The following letter explains a little more about these bags, and the children will take a copy of this letter home in their school bag tomorrow.
Thanks,
Miss Hamilton
During our visit to the science centre, we learned about the Cupola, a special viewing station in the International Space Station that can show magnificent views of Earth. We used shading and tinting with black and white paint to create the different colours that can be seen from the Cupola and created our own bird’s eye view of Earth. Our paintings turned out fantastic!
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
Reading Games
Hi
We had fabulous dress rehearsals today and are looking forward to performing for family and friends this week. Could we ask that children wear a polo shirt on the day of their performance as most of them found it far too difficult to deal with shirts and ties today!!
Thank you!
P1 and 2/1 teachers
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
There will be no set homework this week in Primary two. Here are some links to games which we have been using in class.
http://www.ictgames.com/payForIt/index.html
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money
www.nationwideeducation.co.uk/finance-education/personal/students/04-07_counting-on-money/int_practical-activity.php
http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/hit-the-button
http://www.roythezebra.com/reading-games/capital-letter-2.html
Sorry, there are no diaries in bookbags tonight . Will put in tomorrow.
Homework this week
Monday – new sound j
Tuesday : sound and word wall
Wednesday : sound and word wall
Thursday : sound and word wall (School Christmas Lunch today)
Friday is a non-uniform day. The children can come wearing a Christmas jumper/Christmas t-shirt. It would be great if you could send in a small donation for Save the Children. Our P1 party is in the afternoon. It is up to you whether you want to take your child home at lunch time to change or just send party stuff in a clearly labelled bag.
Hi everyone! Not long until our holidays now. Here is your homework for this week.
Reading –
Fantastic Mr Fox – p13-24
Mini Wonka Bars – p17-31
The Chocolate Factories – P17-32
Muggle Wump Monkeys – pages vary
Spelling –
This week is a revision week. Everyone had a look through their weekly spelling quiz results today and selected a rule that they felt they had to revise. The list includes the same words as the one previously issued for this rule. Please write out the words, create sentences and complete a spelling activity as normal.
Maths – There is no Maths homework this week.
Remember that the Christmas lunch is on Thursday and that it is Christmas Jumper Day on Friday.
Please ask if you have any questions.
Thanks
Mrs McKay
CHRISTMAS JUMPER DAY 2016
On Friday 16th December, we are inviting all pupils to take part in our annual Christmas Jumper Day in aid of Save the children. A donation for doing so would be much appreciated. All proceeds will be sent to Save the Children
Everyone will be invited to wear their silliest, sparkliest or cosiest Christmas jumper to school. If your child doesn’t have a festive sweater, don’t worry – it’s easy to decorate a plain jumper or top with tinsel, baubles or homemade snowflakes. Likewise, any hat will do! This will be a non-uniform day.
We’d really appreciate your help to make Christmas Jumper Day a huge success.
We really enjoyed our visit to the science centre on Thursday! We were able to look around the centre and take part in the many scientific experiments going on! We also visited the planetarium and were shown the night sky and different planets by a real astronomer! We felt as if we were in space! We also watched a film in the imax theatre called ‘A Beautiful Planet’ which showed us around the International Space station and told us about the effects of climate change on Earth which can be seen from space! It was a perfect end to our space topic!
Hello everyone, Hope you had a lovely weekend here is this weeks homework📒. As its the last full week, we will be revising spelling in class and at home.
Reading 📚
Twirls – Try to complete your reading books for Friday.
Crunchies – P20-25 for Wednesday and P26-end Friday. (Reading will be heard in class on these days)
Buttons – P17-21 Tuesday, P22-26 for Wednesday and P27-end for Friday. (Reading will be heard in class on these days)
Spelling 📝- Each child has chosen 8-10 spelling words from previous weeks to revise.
Remember to rewrite the words using Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check. Choose 3 words to write a sentence for or challenge yourself and use the VCOP helper to write a short story, underlining or using a different colour for your spelling words. Try to include ambitious vocabulary and connectives in these. Then choose a Spell Well activity to help consolidate your words.
Maths📚 – In maths this week we will continue to look at numbers to and beyond 1000. We will also look at 2D and 3D shape. I have added some games below.
Place Value Games http://www.toonuniversity.com/flash.asp?err=496&engine=5 http://www.topmarks.co.uk/place-value/place-value-charts 2D and 3D shapes games http://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/7-11-years/shape-position-and-movement
Please remember Friday is Christmas jumper day 🎅🎄
