I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and New Year.  The children all settled in well last week and we are looking forward to a hardworking and fun term.  Homework and news as follows:

Homework

Spelling – This week we will have a common word revision week.  These are words that we commonly use and see in our writing and reading.  These are all words we have looked at before in Primary 2.  Next week we will move on to Magic e words and continue our common words also.

Reading – New reading books out this week.  This term we will be mixing our core reading books with some Big Cat reading books which are a mixture of fiction and non fiction books.

Wordwalls – New wordwalls out this week.  These will be checked next Thursday.

Maths – This week we will be looking at adding 10 on to a number using our Tens and Units knowledge and/ or the 100 square.

News

This month we will be taking part in Scottish culture month.  This week your child will be given a selection of Scottish poems.  They should pick one and try their best to learn this.  They will all be required to recite their poem in class by the end of the month.  (dates to follow)Those that are wishing to, may be entered into the school competition and recite their poems in other classes.  One winner will be chosen to represent our class in the Scottish Culture assembly at the end of the month.  More details to follow this week.

We will also be starting our new topic this week which will be Katie Morag.  Through this topic, we will be looking at Scottish culture, landscapes and physical features of islands, Scottish foods and technology, drama and dance.  We will also be covering imaginative writing looking at setting, character and plot.  This is a great topic and we cant wait to get started.

Have a great week and thanks as always for your continued support.

Mrs Fulton/Mrs MacKEnzie