A reminder that tomorrow is a fundraising day for the cinebus. If they want, children can dress up as a film or tv character for a donation. They can also bring in 20p to guess how many sweeties are in a jar if they wish.

Next week we will be raising money for Children in Need with lots of activities for pupils to take part in.

P1-3 Activities

There will be a colouring competition which the children can take part in for 20p a go. Decorate your Pudsey for Children in Need and hand it in to your teacher by Friday 16th November. The winning entry will win a  beautiful knitted Pudsey which has been donated by a member of staff.

P4-7 Activities

On Thursday the 15th of November the upper school will have the opportunity to visit a bake sale run and donated by Primary 6. Cakes will be priced from 20p-50p.

Whole School Activities

Throughout the week children will have the opportunity to guess Blush the bears birthday for 20p a go. If you guess Blush’s birthday correctly or the closest guess will receive a knitted Blush, also donated by a member of staff.

On Wednesday 14th November, pupils will have the opportunity to come to our Swap Shop to swap their old toys, books and DVDs. Each swap will cost 50p. Please bring in any re-useable toys, books and DVDs on Monday and Tuesday to P6a in order for us to organise our Swap Shop.

To finish off our week of fundraising pupils are asked to Wear their Spots! On Friday the 16th we will be supporting Pudsey and Children in Need by wearing something spotty for a suggested donation of £1.

Thank you for your continued support during all our fundraising achievements.

Miss Altman

Hello everyone,

I hope you had a lovely Halloween weekend and are celebrating tonight for Bonfire night.

Please remember that Friday is Cinebus fund raising day and the children are to dress up as their favourite movie character.

Thank you,

Mrs Kane.

Good afternoon!

Here is our homework for the week ahead:

Reading

The children have been given out brand new reading books this week. They are due back on Friday. We have been enjoying the use of hop, skip and jump to help us with our reading. Ask your child to show you this.

Maths

Maths homework this week is a mix of ordering numbers and symmetry. This is due on Thursday.

Spelling

Our sound this wee is ‘ss/zz’. The spelling words we chose were:

Red Group: mess, kiss, buzz and fizz.

Blue Group: dress, press, fizzy and dizzy.

Our common words this week are:

when, your, can and said.

As always, please ask if you have any queries either through the homework diary or at the end of the day.

Friday 9th November is a fundraiser day for the cinebus which involves giving a donation to dress up like a movie character.

P2 were issued with a castle project for homework last week. The details are as follows, this is also in children’s bookbags:

Home Castle Challenge

In class we are learning all about Scottish Castles in the past. We would like you to create a Castle at home. It should have a moving part, e.g. a drawbridge or a flag pole. You can use any material you wish. We would like to see the following features in your castle:

• Moat
• Drawbridge
• Battlements
• Portcullis
• Arrow Slits
• Towers.

Your castle should be brought into class to show on Tuesday 4^th December. We look forward to seeing what you have created. Have fun!

Miss Grant

Hello everyone,

P2F have been busy learning all about castles. The children were interested in learning about the moat of a castle and how substances dissolve in the water. Firstly the children carried out a science experiment looking at different materials learning about solid and liquids. The children then predicted if the materials were soluble or insoluble before putting it to test in water.

The children had great fun!

“I enjoyed looking at the different materials and predicting if they were soluble or insoluble.” – Hamish

“I liked putting the materials in the water and seeing if they would dissolve.” – Lewis W

Hi there

The children have asked me to post some videos on the blog that have been helping them in class:

This video helps us with the explanation of nouns.

The French months

Enjoy!

Miss Grant

Reading – Due Friday

Brand new reading books have been issued.

Spelling – Due Thursday

This week our spelling rule is ‘zz,ss’. Children have been using the floss rule to help them remember that this rule is applied after a short vowel. The spelling words chosen were:

miss, grass, jazz, pizza

Our common words this week are:

what, all, were, we

Maths – Due Thursday

Car park maths sheet. Continue to revise counting on and back numbers within 100.

Word walls are being worked on during the week.

Miss Finnigan

Reading – New book issued today. Read aloud and discuss at home.  Continue with word walls.

Maths – Car Park maths sheet issued today. Also continue to revise counting on and back with the children within 100.

Spelling – New rule on Wednesday.

Other – The children have been issued with a Castle Challenge today. This is not due in until the 4th December so you have plenty of time to get crafty.

Good afternoon!

Here is our homework for the week ahead:

Reading

The children have been given out brand new reading books this week. They are due back on Friday. We have been enjoying the use of chunky monkey to help us with our reading. Ask your child to show you this.

Maths

Maths homework this week is work on ordering and sequencing numbers up to 100. This is due on Thursday.

Spelling

Our sound this wee is ‘ll’. The spelling words we chose were:

Red Group: will, spell, ball and lolly.

Blue Group: will, spellbook, football and lollipop.

Our common words this week are:

what, all, were and we.

As always, please ask if you have any queries either through the homework diary or at the end of the day.

Wordwalls are being worked through this week. Could you please leave them blank so that I can keep track of my ticks if new ones are issued. Thanks.

P2 were issued with a castle project for homework this week. The details are as follows, this is also in children’s bookbags:

Home Castle Challenge

In class we are learning all about Scottish Castles in the past. We would like you to create a Castle at home. It should have a moving part, e.g. a drawbridge or a flag pole. You can use any material you wish. We would like to see the following features in your castle:

• Moat
• Drawbridge
• Battlements
• Portcullis
• Arrow Slits
• Towers.

Your castle should be brought into class to show on Tuesday 4^th December. We look forward to seeing what you have created. Have fun!

Miss Grant

Good morning,

I hope you’re all very well and have had a lovely weekend. We have been learning all about nouns in class and on Friday we will be creating our very own noun collages. These will help us to spot the difference between different types of nouns as well as to remind us what a noun is.

If you have any newspapers, comics or magazines in the house that you are finished with, could you please send them in to school with your child by Friday?

Thank you so much for your support with this,

Miss Cauley