Good evening everyone.

Please read on to find your Book Detective homework for next week.

Read chapters 17-19 (inclusive) of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  You should then complete your Summariser segment by writing a short summary (at least 5-6 sentences) of what happened in these chapters in your jotter.  Please remember to complete the Illustrator segment by choosing your favourite part from the chapters you have read, draw and colour one detailed picture and be ready to explain to your group members what your picture is about. Please also remember to choose a paragraph to read aloud to your group and  be prepared to explain your reasons for choosing this part.

This task should be completed and handed in by Wednesday 14th Sept.  If you are late handing in your homework this will be recorded in your jotter.  Please ensure you complete this task otherwise you will have no information to share with your group and will be unable to participate in our class lesson.

Enjoy your evening. I will see you tomorrow although not in class.

Enjoy your weekend.

Mrs Hughes

Hi there, sorry for being late for starting our Primary 4 blog! Here we will keep you up to date with our learning throughout the year. As of Monday we will also be posting homework each week. Please check our blog regularly to keep informed about any upcoming events or important information.

Thanks

Miss Altman and Mrs McKay

Could all P1-3 girls check their blue cardigans to ensure that they have not picked up the wrong one by accident please. If you discover that you have a blue cardigan that is not yours, please return it to P2/1.

Thank you.

Good Morning,

Thank you for your effort with the homework from last week. There were some excellent examples which we will revise in class.

If you have any problems, please let me know straight away. I am always happy to help 🙂

Here are your activities for the week ahead.

Language:

• Read chapters 10-14 (p136-206) for Friday 16^th Sept. Please then complete your mind map and illuminator tasks.
• Spelling – There is no spelling lists this week but please practise the first 100 common words by playing the games at Spell Zone
• Personal Reading Challenge – Throughout the year, please read extra texts on top of the class novels. Record what you have read and complete the tasks on the Personal Reading Challenge sheet.

  Maths:

• Revision of decimals task sheet is due Friday 9th September.

  Topic

  • Japanese Products – please make a note of any Japanese products, logos or brand names you have in your house or see in your everyday life. Please have this for Monday 12th Sept.
  • Topic personal project – This should be completed by Tuesday 27th September. Click here to access the task.

  Other

  • Return any letters, permission slips etc. A.S.A.P.
  • P.E. Thursday and Friday this week. We have a special visitor on Friday to teach us Karate, instead of badminton on Monday.

By the end of this week, all the children will have completed their All About Me posters.  We have left a space for a family photo. Could you please send one in (size roughly about 6 x 4in) to put on the poster. Will blu tac on, not use glue.  You will get it back at the end of the term.  Over the next few weeks the children will have the opportunity to talk to the class about themselves and their posters.

Last week we introduced our new topic Elmer.  We read and discussed the first Elmer book and created our own Elmer collage using tissue paper.  If you have any Elmer books at home that you would be interested in sharing with the class, please send them in ( with your child’s name inside).

Hello Everyone,                                                                                                              We had fun last week planting our pumpkin plants with our buddies.  They are in the raised beds near the secret garden in the middle playground if you wish to have a look. We had extra plants for children who didn’t have a plant. The class will visit them regularly to watch them grow and hopefully we will have many to harvest.  Fingers crossed!

We started the first of our Bounce Back lessons about honesty. We watched a Pinocchio video, discussed the importance of telling the truth and ended up with a dance and a sing-a-long!   See the link below to take you to the Pinocchio song.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JV-D_K4drsA

Homework this week                                                                                              New sounds :   t and p.  Your child should not be saying “ti” or “pi”. Practise the sound/ song/action and discuss things beginning with each sound. (Keep doing the same with s and a.)

 Reading book. Use the extended stories to help discuss the book.  We will swap the books on Wednesday, so please ensure the book goes back into the bag after reading on Tuesday. If you forget, this could mean that there are not enough copies for the swap.

3 New Words : a and the  are in the bag with the characters.  One activity you could do, say e.g.  “Kipper and Floppy” and get your child to find the words and lay them out in that order, then point to each one as s/he repeats the phrase.

Choose 1 maths activity.

We had a very busy week last week and this included starting our new and exciting topic, Elmer.

As as you can see, we did a fantastic job creating tissue paper Elmer’s.

Over the next few weeks, we will be learning about lots of different things related to Elmer. If you have anything Elmer related at home and wish to share this with our class, please bring it in.

Miss Cruickshank

I hope you had a nice weekend.

Last week we started our new Topic, The Lighthouse Keeper’s Lunch.  We read the story as a class.   We then each got an opportunity to say what we know about the subject of the book and what we would like to learn.  We came up with lots of interesting questions.  For example – Why is a Lighthouse stripey?  What happens during the day in a Lighthouse?  What creatures live under the water near the shore?  and many more…  We will try and answer these questions as we progress through the topic.    This week we will be creating our classroom display of the story and characters within the story.

This weeks homework.

P2

Speling new sound – th.  Please see the daily tasks at the front of the spelling jotter.  New reading book.  Please read a little each night.  Maths homework this week will be addition number stories of 11.

P3

Spelling new sound – or.  Monday – write out words twice.  Tuesday – write out 3 sentences.  Wednesday – find 3 new words with this sound.  Thursday – practise for quiz.  New reading book this week and comprehension to be completed by Friday.  Maths this week will be revising tally marks.

Have a great week.

Mrs Fulton

Homework this week is in the homework diary.  Children will come home with 2 more sounds, t and p.  They should be able to sing the song and show you the actions and tell you things they know which start with each sound.  Keep practising s and a too!

Your child will come home with their first reading book.  Use the extended stories booklet to discuss the story with your child.  Remember these first books have no words!  It is always interesting to see what children think is happening.  They will get a second book home on Wednesday.

Please continue to try out some of the maths activities as a fun way to learn about numbers.

Thank you to everyone who has sent in a family photo for our All About Me posters.  You still have time to send one in.

Any questions, see me at the end of the day or pop a note in the diary!

Thank you.

Mrs Hunter

Good evening everyone. I hope you have all been having a fabulous weekend after the busy week we have had.  Well done to you all for the hard work you have done. Here is your homework and some reminders for the coming week.

Spelling: In your homework jotter you should complete either list tch or list er.  Please remember to include the date and a title (this should be the spelling rule you are learning). You should write out each word 3 times, neatly in your jotter  and complete a Creative Spelling Activities with ALL of your words.  Please record which activity you have chosen, this should be different from last week.  This task should be returned to school for Thursday.

Book Detectives: Read chapters 11-14 (inclusive) of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.  Once you have completed your reading you should summarise what you have read.  Next choose your favourite part and draw  a detailed picture.  Be ready to explain your illustration to your group members.  Please remember to choose a short paragraph that you enjoyed to read aloud to your group.

This task should be completed in your Book Detectives jotter for Wednesday 7th September.  Please remember to read your feedback from last week to help you with your next steps.

Maths:  I have set up 3 challenges on Mangahigh for you to complete. Please play each of the games and try to achieve the highest medal you can. If you are unable to access Mangahigh at home, you may use the IT Suite for 15 minutes at the start of lunchtime. This task is due for Friday. I will issue logins and passwords for Mangahigh on Monday.

Please continue to practise your tables as often as you can as we will be continuing our table challenge in class.

Topic:  On Monday you will be issued with your Personal Project task sheet. This is a long-term project linked to our Scottish Wars of Independence topic that you will work on at home. You will have 4 weeks to complete your project.  We will go over the details on Monday in class.

The task sheet will also be posted on the blog.

1. P.E. will be on Tuesday and Friday. Please ensure you have a full kit with you.
2. Last week you were issued with your data check form. This should be returned to school as soon as possible.
3. Please remember to have a suitable outdoor jacket for our Daily Mile sessions. You may bring a light raincoat and leave it at school if you wish.
4. Please remember to show someone at home our class blog so they can see just what you get up to each day.  They, and you, are more than welcome to leave a comment letting us know your thoughts.
5. Please remember to cover your spelling homework and your Book Detectives jotters.
6. Next week you will be issued with details of our Primary 5 trip to Stirling Castle. Forms should be returned to school as soon as possible.

Enjoy the rest of your weekend.  See you on Monday.

Mrs Hughes

I hope you’ve had a good weekend everybody.  Week 4 starts here.

Homework for this week –

sounds -t, p – continue to practise s, a

 words – and, a , the – continue to practise characters and names

books – 2 books this week and the extended story book

Please make sure your book is back in the bookbag on Wed so we can swap books.

Please remember – Paisley Gazette photos on Wed this week – shirt and tie please.

We have started our Elmer topic.  If you have any Elmer books please bring them in to share with the class. Please put your name inside your book so you get it back.

Harry Hedgehog continues on his visits with the class. He’s been having a ball.  Thank you all for looking after him so well.

Everyone now has their house.  Make sure you stay on green to earn lots of points for your house.  First House event coming soon.

Thanks to our buddies who helped us plant our pumpkins on Thursday.

Last week we started talking about what it means to be honest.

We don’t want to be like Pinocchio.  We enjoyed this song.