Good afternoon!

I hope you’re all having a lovely weekend. Please see below for homework and class news.

Spelling: Our sound this week is ‘ea’ as in tea, sea, treat. In class we will be revising ‘ee’ and ‘e-e’ as well as discussing when ‘e’ is used as a single vowel sound.

Wordwalls: These will continue to be heard.

Reading: New reading books will be issued this week. We have been experimenting with our storyteller voice at read and munch time and I have been very impressed!

Maths: We have been learning about O’Clock this week as well as speaking about our daily timetables and routines. A maths homework sheet will be issued to support this. I have really enjoyed talking to the children about the time of day that they complete different tasks.

Oor Grandparents: A letter was issued about the project last week and I am already hearing several different ideas – it is wonderful! If you have any questions about this project or require paper please let me know.

Open Day: We can’t wait to see you next Tueaday afternoon. (27th). Pupils are looking forward to showcasing their topic work!

Have a great rest of your Sunday and as always, thank you for your support!

Miss Cauley

Well done to P3S who are currently 6th and P5D who are 17th on the Class Leaderboard. A huge congratulations to Isla R from P2R who is 4th on the Pupil Leaderboard! Remember you need at least 10 pupils from each class to play in order for your class to qualify, so get playing!

Thank you again for coming to our Numeracy Information Evening and thank you if you have completed the feedback form.

I thought I would put out one last request for any other feedback for 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

All P2-7 pupils have been entered into the Sumdog Renfrewshire Maths Contest. It starts at 8am on Friday 16th and ends at 8pm on Thursday 22nd March.

To earn points for your class, please play any games on Sumdog between these dates. You can answer up to 1000 questions to  climb the leaderboard to become one of the daily winners and help your class reach the top position. Good luck!

#sumdogcontest #makingmathscount

Here are some things to keep in mind during the contest:

• You can play at any time.
• For the score to count, the Renfrewshire Maths Contest activity must be showing in the green panel on the left of the your screen when you click to start each game.
• Your score is based on correct answers.
• A class’s score is the average of the scores from all pupils from that class who take part.
• To appear on the leaderboard, at least 10 pupils from a class need to play.
• As some pupils have limited computer access, every pupil is limited to 1000 contest questions. However, your free logins let you keep playing other activities afterwards.

For those who have not seen the letter handed out yesterday:

It is nearly the end of term 3, already! We have one more project we would like to do before the end of our Katie Morag topic- ‘Oor Grandparents’. We would love the children to talk to their grandparent (or equivalent) about when they were younger and create a small presentation about them. The children could ask questions about what school was like, what hobbies they had, what holidays were like and what their favourite sweets or snacks were. This presentation can be in any form: a story, a poster, a labelled picture or any other way you would like. Our criteria is that the presentation should have a picture of the child’s chosen person (a photograph or drawing) and provide some written information. Children should be able to talk about the person they have chosen to interview and answer questions about them. If your child requires any paper for a poster or story, this can be provided in school. We would like the children to be able to present during the last week of term (26^th-29^th March). Do not hesitate to contact us if you have any questions about this project.

Thank you for your continued support during our additional homework tasks this year.

Primary 2 Teachers

We had a great time in P2B during our World Book Day! Well done to everyone who came in costume and pyjamas, you looked fantastic. We were lucky enough to read with P7 and P4 today and we had a lovely afternoon creating Cat in the Hat artwork. Remember, you have until this Friday to hand in any Readathon sponsor money.

This letter should be in book bags today.  As part of our Katie Morag topic, we would love the children to talk to a grandparent or equivalent about when they were younger.  They could ask questions about their favourite sweets, games they played, hobbies, holidays they had.   The presentation of this could be a poster, a story, a labelled picture or any other way they like.  Our criteria is that this should include a picture (photo or hand drawn) of the grandparent and provide some written information about that grandparent.  Children should be able to talk about this to the class week beg 26th March.   Thank you for your support.

Mrs Fulton

Good evening, I hope you all had a lovely weekend and a great Mother’s day.  Homework and news as follows:

Homework

Spelling sound this week is ay as in say, way and crayon.

Reading books continue.

New wordwalls out on Monday.  These will be checked on Thursday 22nd March.  Pupils can do highlighted words or go further and complete the sheet if they wish.

Maths homework this week will be looking at change to 10p.  This can be done with counting up to 10 from the amount, thinking about their number stories of 10, or using take away.

News

We had a great health week last week.  We had lots of visitors including the fire service, a doctor, a podiatrist, nursing staff, Y dance, and a physiotherapist.  The children listened very well and asked some great questions.  Pictures to follow.

On Monday 12th March we are celebrating World Book day.  Pupils can dress in their book character outfits or wear onesies or pajamas.  No donation required.  If your child has completed the readathon they can bring in their sponsor money from Monday.

Have a great week.

Mrs Fulton/Mrs MacKenzie