Hi everyone

I hope you all had a lovely weekend enjoying the beautiful weather.

We have been very busy over the past couple of weeks. Firstly, we worked very hard in our engineering groups to complete the challenges that Fire the Baby Dragon set us as part of our Fairyland Topic. All children worked very hard together to build a vehicle to take Cinderella to the Ball. Matthew the engineer visited our school to judge the final testing of the vehicles and chose Isla R and Lucas as the overall winners. They represented Bishopton Primary at the Renfrewshire Showcase Event at Inchinnan and I am very pleased to say that they came 1st in their category. Both children will now go on to represent the school at the Regional Final in Glasgow on the 1st June. Congratulations!

We also had a wonderful time learning with Rookie Rockstars and both perfomance nights at Ingliston were a huge success.

Last week we started our new Habitats topic. We were very lucky to have a visit from the RSPB. We learned about different habitats and looked in the playground for creatures and animals using magnifying glasses. It was lots of fun! Over the next few weeks, we will learning about a variety of different habitats in more detail and the living things that live in each one.

Can I please remind everyone that our Read and Munch day is on a Thursday. Please bring a text of your choice and a healthy snack to school on this day.

We also plan to go outside as much as possible this term for a variety of different things. This includes using the field for P.E. If possible, can I ask that all children bring some outdoor trainers in as the grass can often be a little wet in the morning because of the dew on it. A reminder that our P.E. days are a Wednesday and Friday.

Homework this week:

P1

As you will have noticed, P1 children have started to write their own diaries. Please ensure that all homework is completed by the end of each week.

Reading

Wordwall

New Sound (ue as in blue)

Blending Booklet (sh words)

New Maths Challenge Sheet (Please follow as dated.)

P2

Spelling (ea as in beach, tea etc)

Common Words Spelling Wall (Please colour the words on the wall green only once your child is fully confident in spelling the word.)

Reading

Maths Grid – Please continue to choose 1 activity each week to complete.

As always, please let me know if there is anything I can help with. Thank you very much for your continued support.

Miss Cruickshank

Hi everyone

I hope you had a wonderful weekend!

Just wanted to say a massive thank you to all who attended our open afternoon on Friday. I hope you enjoyed seeing the children’s work and joining in with their activities.

We have a very busy week ahead of us. Tomorrow marks the beginning of our Big Pedal Fortnight. (Please see further information about this in a previous post!) Children are invited to bring in their bikes and scooters into school and we will have the opportunity to go out into the playground to play on them each day. Please note that children must wear a helmet when on their bikes and scooters.

Tomorrow is also the beginning of our Eco Week, where we will be learning all about the importance of sustainability through a variety of activities. We have a couple of visitors scheduled throughout the week to come and speak to us about different eco issues. We will also be taking part in the no paper day tomorrow to help us understand how much we rely on paper daily.

On top of this, there are a variety of fundraising activities related to Red Nose Day throughout the week. On Tuesday, P6 are holding a bake sale where all cakes will cost 10p. There will be face painting on Wednesday for anyone who wishes to have their face painted. This will cost 20p but children must have returned their permission slip before they will be allowed to have this done! On Friday, there will be a wear red to school day where there is a suggested donation of £1 to participate.

Due to our very busy week, there will be no formal reading homework for P1 this week. We will just be reading in class. P2 will have the opportunity to choose a book to read for enjoyment at home but there will be no follow up activities in class.

P1 homework for this week:

Wordwall

Blending Booklet (ee words)

New sounds – ch and sh

Maths

Eco Grid Homework (optional – more details about this will be posted tomorrow.)

P2 homework this week:

Reading for enjoyment (books sent home on Tuesday!)

Spelling – magic e revision

Maths – halves and quarters of numbers worksheet. Continue to work on number stories.

Eco Grid Homework (optional – more details about this will be posted tomorrow.)

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

Have a super week.

Miss Cruickshank

Hi everyone

Can’t believe we only have 3 weeks left until the Easter Holidays!

Just a reminder that we have our Fairyland Open Afternoon this Friday between 2 and 3pm. One adult per child is invited to come along to see some of our work, as well as take part in a few activities related to our topic.

Parent night appointment letters will be going out on Tuesday. Please look out for them in bookbags. Let me know if any appointment doesn’t suit you please.

P2 homework this week:

Spelling (u_e as in flume, huge)

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

Maths – Continue to practise addition and subtraction number stories.

Fractions worksheet

P2 will join P3/2 to visit the library on Tuesday morning, to return their books and choose new ones. Please ensure that all children bring their library book to school with them on this day.

P1 homework this week:

Reading

Wordwall

New Sound (oo)

Blending Booklet (ie words)

Maths

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

Have a lovely week!

Miss Cruickshank

Hi P1

Here is your homework this week:

Reading (all books will be handed out on Tuesday!)

Wordwall

Blending booklet (oa words)

Sounds (y and x)

Maths (3d shapes)

Here is a link to the Days of the Week song we learned in class.

song

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

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.

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 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 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

Hi everyone

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend.

Here is your homework for this week:

New Sounds – u & l

We are learning our sounds really well! Please remember to also use the sound cards to make simple words for the children to read and ask them to identify sounds that they hear within words.

2 Books

Maths

Thank you to everyone who took time to draw and/or write about your favourite toys.  If you have still not returned your sheet, please do by Tuesday at the latest as we are going to be sharing them with the class and putting them on display for all to see.

LIBRARY VISIT

P1 will be working with the rest of P1 all day on Friday 18th November to celebrate the children getting their free Bookbug bags. As part of this, all children will be visiting the with their P7 buddies at some point during the day. If you are free and willing to help during this visit, please put a note in your child’s diary.

Please also bring a favourite teddy to school on this day.

As always, if you have any questions, please ask!

Miss Cruickshank

Can I please remind everyone to ensure that they bring their library books to school tomorrow  as we will be returning them to the library in the afternoon. Thank you!

Hi everyone

I hope everyone had a lovely weekend.

Here is a list of the P1 homework this week:

New Sounds – g and o

Reading – 2 books (swap on Wednesday)

Maths – any night that suits you.

Toys Topic – Any night that suits you (if you only see Gran/Grandad at the weekend then it is fine to wait until then.)

We will be visiting the library again on Wednesday afternoon. Could you please ensure that your child’s library book is in their bookbag that day.)

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

Miss Cruickshank

Hi

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend and have enjoyed all of the kids Halloween parties that I was hearing about in class.

Here is some key information for the week ahead:

HALLOWEEN PARTY

We will be having a small Halloween party on Monday afternoon. Could all children please come to school wearing their school uniform and bring their costume in a bag to change into after lunch. If your child prefers not to wear a costume they can just wear party clothes. All children will go home wearing their costumes unless you let me know otherwise.

TRIP

All P1 pupils will be joining P1F and visiting Scotland Street School on Tuesday. Mrs Ferguson will be in charge of the children for this trip. Children will be leaving school about 12 o’clock and will be back for home time. Please remember to send your child in with a packed lunch. I will organise school lunches the children who have chosen this option. If you have not already sent in your permission slip for this trip, please send in no later than tomorrow!

LIBRARY

We will be visiting the library again shortly to return our books and choose new ones. Once the date is finalised, I will let you know.

READ AND MUNCH

Please note that our Read and Munch day will continue to be on a Thursday. Please send any text into school for children to read for enjoyment and a healthy snack (fruit or vegetable) that they can eat whilst reading on this day.

Here is the P1 homework for this week:

Reading – 2 books that will be swapped on Wednesday.

No new sounds – Please revise all sounds to date. Continue to create words using these sounds and encourage children to blend the sounds together to read the words.

Wordwall – Please practise the dotted words every night. If your child can say the word fluently, without hesitating or having to sound it out, then it can get a tick. After 3 ticks, you no longer have to focus on that word. I will only highlight the words in green when I can see that your child is fully confident in reading the word. Please also ensure that you are asking the words in a different order every time to stop children from just memorising them.

Maths Challenges – Please feel free to complete the relevant activity on any day of the week that suits you best.

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

Miss Cruickshank

Hi everyone

I hope you have all had a lovely weekend.

Only a short week this week as we have in-service on Friday. We also have parent meetings on Tuesday and Wednesday.

P1 Homework

New sounds, ‘m’ and ‘d.’

There will be no reading homework due to the short week.

P2 Homework

Spelling – ar sound.

There will be no maths or reading homework due to the short week.

Looking forward to seeing you all at the parent meetings.

Miss Cruickshank

Here is the p1 homework for this week:

2 books

New Sounds : h and r

Please continue to revise all previously taught sounds and words and use your sounds to make basic words. E.g Hat , pin etc

Miss Cruickshank

Hi everyone

I hope you all had an awesome weekend.

P2/1 are going to be visiting the library on Tuesday 11th October and we are looking for parent helpers to accompany us. We will be leaving school at 9.15am and should return no later than 10.30am. If you are feel and willing to help us, please write a note in your child’s diary.

On Friday, we are going to be celebrating the end of our topic by having an Elmer Day. We will be taking part in a variety of Elmer related activities all day. This will be a non uniform day and we ask that all children come to school dressed in bright coloured clothes if possible.

Thank you for all of the empty milk bottles donated so far. We now have enough to meet our needs so we do not require any more donations.  Thank you!

Parent evening appointment letters will be sent home tomorrow ( Monday.) Please look out for these in book bags and return the tear off slips ASAP. Thanks.

I hope everyone has a lovely week ahead.

Miss Cruickshank