Several mornings a week we play ‘target’. This involves mentally calculating a mathematical story to reach a specific number. We can add, subtract or use a mixture of both – as long as we can prove it works! One of our target numbers this week was 25 and we explained how to reach this number using a variety of strategies including counting on and back, using our knowledge of tens and units, doubling and adding on and counting in 5s and 10s. Miss Cauley was very impressed!
Congratulations to the following pupils who managed to get in the top 50 students yesterday:
15th – Fraser B, P6G
17th – Isla R, P2R
22nd – Fraser P, P5S
42nd – Frazer O, P3S
Here are our Class results on the Leader Board:
Good afternoon!
Homework
As our working week is a little shorter there will be no new spelling words issued. Please feel free to play games to revise words and sounds – there is a link below to help you.
http://www.ictgames.com/literacy.html
Reading books will not be issued also, due to the shorter week. I have encouraged the class to read lots of stories at home and to discuss the beginning, middle and ends.
However, I have sent home a maths worksheet for homework, to allow the children to practice greater than, less than and equal to symbols.
News
There is no school on Thursday 30th November as it is St Andrews day.
Christmas house art day is on Friday 1st December. This year our theme is Christmas carols. Pupils should wear their house colours –
Hawks (green)
Falcons (blue)
Eagles (yellow or gold)
Ospreys (red)
The children will be using lots of art materials including glue, paint and drawing materials. It’s going to be a lot of fun but please don’t wear your best clothes as it can get a little messy!
The school fair will take place this Saturday (2nd December) in the school between 1pm and 3pm.
Primary 2B will be joining the other Primary 2 classes for a local community walk on Friday 8th December. This is to investigate our local environment and complete our Stickman topic.
If you are able to accompany us between 9am and 10:30am on this day please pop a note in your child’s diary or a letter to me and I will give you some more information.
Thanks, and have a great rest of the week.
Miss Bachell
A huge congratulations to Isla R in P2R who was the 9th Top Student in the Renfrewshire Sumdog contest yesterday!
Well done to P5/4 who were 7th! See below to see if your class has qualified and where you are on the leader board. #makingmathscount @sumdog
I hope you have all enjoyed your weekend. Today in class we learned about estimation and also discussed what happened at the beginning, middle and end of our reading books.
Please see below for homework and other class news.
Homework
As our working week is a little shorter there will be no new spelling words issued. Please feel free to play games to revise words and sounds – there is a link below to help you.
http://www.ictgames.com/literacy.html
Reading books will not be issued this week as children have been working to sequence the events in their current reading book. Please feel free to read for pleasure at home as we continue to discuss our likes, dislikes and puzzles in class at storytelling time.
Maths: We have been learning how to count in 10s, 5s and 2s – these skills help us to identify tens and units. They are also useful for discussing odd and even numbers. There is a short sheet to complete. You can also play Sumdog at home.
News
There is no school on Thursday 30th November as it is St Andrews day.
Christmas house art day is on Friday 1st December. This year our theme is Christmas carols. Pupils should wear their house colours –
Hawks (green)
Falcons (blue)
Eagles (yellow or gold)
Ospreys (red)
The children will be using lots of art materials including glue, paint and drawing materials. It’s going to be a lot of fun but please don’t wear your best clothes as it can get a little messy!
The school fair will take place this Saturday (2nd December) in the school between 1pm and 3pm.
Primary 2C will be joining the other Primary 2 classes for a local community walk on Friday 8th December. This is to investigate our local environment and complete our Stickman topic.
If you are able to accompany us between 9am and 10:30am on this day please pop a note in your child’s diary and I will give you some more information.
A reminder that the short read, write count event takes place on Tuesday afternoon.
Thank you for your continued support and have a lovely week ahead,
Miss Cauley
The Christmas mugs you ordered with your child’s design are ready to collect from the Main Office. Please collect them from the Office by the end of day on Wednesday 29th November. We will send them home with your child on Friday, if you have not collected them.
Thank you in advance,
Miss McDowall
It’s that time of year again! Our annual Christmas Art House Day is on Friday 1st December. Pupils will work together with their House peers from other stages to create a Christmas display.
Pupils are asked to wear their House colours but they will be using paint, glue, glitter and other art materials so they may get messy!Please do not wear your best clothes!
A reminder of the House colours:
Well done to P7S who managed to reach 15th place on the leader board over the weekend! Have a look to see if your class have qualified yet.
I hope you all had a great weekend. News and Homework as follows:
Homework
No formal spelling this week as it is a shorter working week. The children can practise their phonics skills using these games if you wish.
http://www.ictgames.com/literacy.html
Maths Homework this week is looking at counting in 2s and 5s. These skills are very useful when we look at money combinations later in Primary 2.
Reading books continue. We will continue to look at fiction books until the end of term. This is helping us with our reading focus of looking at the beginning, middle and end of stories. After Christmas we will look at non fiction texts.
Wordwalls will be checked on Tuesday this week.
News
We are off school on Thursday 30th December for St Andrews day.
On Friday 1st December we have our school Christmas house art day. This is where the children work in their house teams to create a piece of large art for the school display areas. This year our theme is Christmas carols. Pupils should wear their house colours –
Hawks (green)
Falcons (blue)
Eagles (yellow)
Ospreys (red)
The children will be using lots of art materials including glue, paint and drawing materials. It is a fabulous day and we can’t wait.
On Saturday 2nd December the school fair will take place in the school between 1pm and 3pm.
We are looking for more parent helpers to accompany us on our local community walk on Friday 8th December. If you are able to join us between 9am and 10:30 on this day please pop a note in the diary.
A reminder that the short read, write count event takes place on Tuesday afternoon.
Thank you for all of your continued help and support.
Mrs Fulton/ Mrs MacKenzie
The Renfrewshire Sumdog Contest started yesterday and so far we have two classes who have qualified: P5/4 who are in 16th place and P4M who are in 21st place! Well done. Remember each class needs at least 10 pupils per class to play in order to qualify. Have fun playing the games, practise your numeracy and maths skills and help your class to climb the leader board. @sumdog @MathScot
