Due to the school closure tomorrow, we will hold World Book Day on Friday 2nd March instead. We know lots of you will have made amazing costumes for your favourite book characters or are looking forward to wearing your pyjamas while celebrating your love of reading!

Why don’t you read some snowy day books today and tomorrow to get you in the mood?

Thanks again for attending the Numeracy Information Evening last night. If you have not already done so, please complete the feedback form by visiting: BPS Numeracy Information Evening – Parent Feedback. Thank you if you for taking the time to leave your thoughts and comments. I will get back to you as soon as possible to respond to any questions.

Here are some responses to a few questions and comments so far:

1. Can I have notes from the evening?

Please feel free to download the presentation below:

BPS Numeracy Information Evening Presentation

2. Can I play Kahoot at home?

Yes! I have added instructions on how to play the games I have created at home to all class Blogs:

How to play Kahoot at home

3. Can I have the other Parent Prompt booklets?

Yes. I will add all three booklets (Early, First and Second level) to the ‘Helpful Resources’ section on the school website.

Early Level Parent Prompts

First Level Parent Prompts

Second Level Parent Prompts

I will also add the other resource I mentioned, called ‘Every day is a learning day’. This is aimed at parents/carers of 3-6 years but it gives simple ideas on how to support Literacy, Numeracy and Health and Wellbeing at home.

Every Days a Learning Day 3to6 Ed Scot

4. How do we monitor the individual levels when using iPads/ICT?

A great question! Depending on the game/app it might give you access to individual pupil results. The Kahoot app and Sumdog both allow the teacher to check on what questions the individuals struggle with so we can provide support or if they are too easy, we can give them more challenging questions. Some other games/apps do not allow the teacher to monitor the results. However, as mentioned these activities are only one way we teach and practise maths concepts.

One of the ways we make learning fun is to play an interactive quiz called Kahoot! This game can test pupils’ knowledge of any subject the teacher creates a quiz about. Pupils enjoy playing competitively against their peers to climb the leader board.  The teacher can download the results at the end to show them how the pupils managed with each question. Are a lot of pupils struggling with their 7 times table? Or 3D shapes? This information can be used to plan future lessons or individual’s next steps.

If you attended the Numeracy Information evening on Tuesday, you would have had a chance to play along with the other parents and carers to test your knowledge of the 72 Learn Its. Although some of you were a little apprehensive at first, it sounded like you were enjoying yourself whilst playing along!

Some parents asked if these quizzes could be shared, so I have listed the current maths quizzes I have created. Please search for my username: karenmmcdowall to find these Kahoots! Read the instructions below to find out how play the games.

• Learn Its – BMBT 1
• Learn Its – BMBT 2
• Learn Its – BMBT 3 
• Learn Its – BMBT 4 
• Learn Its – BMBT 5
• 72 Learn Its – BMBT 6
• Maths Vocabulary – Word Problems (this tests the pupils’ knowledge of what a maths word means .e.g. ‘difference between’ means subtract)
• P5 – Mental Maths 1
• P5 – Mental Maths 2
• P5 – Mental Maths 3
• P5 – Mental Maths 4
• P5 – Mental Maths 5

How to play my Kahoots!

*You will need to log in on one tablet/laptop etc and have another device (for your child) in order to play the game.

1. You will need to create an account in order to login to start the quiz.  https://create.kahoot.it/login
2. Once you have logged in, search for my username: karenmmcdowall to find all of my maths quizzes.
3. Select the quiz you want to play .e.g. Learn Its – BMBT 3 and click ‘Play’ on the left-hand side.
4. Click ‘Classic’ to allow your child or children to play the quiz.
5. The pin will appear on the next screen. This should be entered on the other device (which needs the Kahoot! app).
6. Your child can now answer the questions. If you want the questions to automatically move on without you or your child selecting ‘next’, then you need to select this on the screen where you select ‘Classic’.

Good luck and I hope you have fun!

Thank you for coming to our Numeracy Information Evening. We hope you found it useful. We would appreciate any feedback about the session. If you have any questions, I will get back to you as soon as possible.

Thank you for taking the time to complete the survey:

BPS Parent Feedback – Numeracy Information Evening

 Please come along to our Maths and Numeracy Information Evening on Tuesday 27th February from 7-8pm. You will learn how we teach maths and numeracy, be given ideas how to support your child and hopefully leave with a more positive attitude towards maths!

If you could download the Kahoot! app to your phone before you come that would be great. Otherwise, you may borrow a school iPad.

I look forward to seeing you.

Kind regards,

Miss McDowall

P2-4 had their first food preparation Masterclass this afternoon. Mrs Simpson, Miss Bartolini and I were very impressed with all of the pupils. They were able to work together to share ingredients and equipment to prepare their own melted snowman empire biscuit. What great team work and positive attitudes everyone had!

A reminder that the school closes at 2.30pm on Wednesday 20th December. We hope you have a great holiday, a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

Please remember to wear a Christmas Jumper, t-shirt or something festive on Friday 15th December and bring a suggested donation of £1 to raise money for Save the Children. Visit the Christmas Jumper Day website to see how your money helps.

The Christmas jumper designs should be handed in on Thursday 14th December. Each entry costs 20p and the winner will be announced at the assembly on Friday. This competition was organised by the Pupil Council.

Please click below to download the new lunch menu for December 2017. School Menu December 2017  For more information visit:

http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/article/2303/School-meals

Click the images below to enlarge them.

Apologies for the late update, but Glow had technical difficulties therefore we couldn’t update the Blogs.

Well done to everyone who took part in the Renfrewshire Sumdog Contest last week. We had our best ever results with P5S being the daily winner on Thursday 30th November (even better because you we off on holiday)! Click on the images below to see our results.