Good evening everyone!

Just a little reminder that this Thursday, Bishopton will be raising money for Children in Need. All children are invited to wear spotty clothing to school and take part in fundraising activities. If your child does not own spotty clothes they are welcome to wear something else! Throughout the day, the children will visit the gym hall for a spotty disco and will have the chance to purchase from the bake sale. The infant classes (P1-3) can take part in a ‘design an outfit for Pudsey’ and have the chance to win their own Pudsey bear!

Suggested donations for dressing up are £1 and 10p-20p for a cake from the bake sale. If any children from P4 to P7 are able to donate baked goods (without nuts please!) towards the bake sale that would be fantastic!

We are looking forward to raising money for such a great cause. Thank you in advance.

Miss Bachell, Miss Cuthill & Mr Donaldson

Hi everyone!

I hope you all had a restful weekend. Homework & News:

Homework

Our spelling sound this week is ‘ll’ as in ‘tell’, ‘fell’ or ‘bell’. We will continue to discuss the difference between single and double letter endings.

Here is a game focusing on ‘ll’ that can be played at home. Some words also contain sounds which we have covered already.

http://www.galacticphonics.com/digraphs/ll/interactive/llspell/llspellt.htm

New reading books will also be handed out on Monday. The children are growing in confidence when discussing the beginning, middle and end of stories in class. Please continue to discuss these at home with their reading books if possible.

Our focus in class this week will be missing numbers, e.g., ? + 7 = 10. This can be quite tricky but pupils have worked very hard to learn the pairs of friends to 10 and we will now discuss how to use that knowledge to work out a missing number – whether in a calculation within 0 – 10 or using higher numbers.

This video is a great piece of revision for the friendly numbers to 10.

News

This week will be taking part in fundraising for Children in Need. The children are invited to wear spotty clothes to school on Thursday 16th. There will be a spotty disco that the children can take part in, a bake sale ran by the upper school and a ‘Design an outfit for Pudsey’ competition (the prize is a Pudsey bear!). All donations are suggestions, we will welcome any donations for such a great cause.

Thanks for your continued support, the children surprise me more and more each week with their fantastic work!

Miss Bachell

I hope you all had a great weekend.  Homework and news as follows:

Homework

Spelling sounds this week are ss and zz as in class and buzz

Reading books out on Monday.  Please discuss the beginning, middle and end of the story if possible.

Maths homework this week will be looking at take away sums.

Wordwalls will be looked at on Thursday this week.

News

The children have been working very hard in class.  Last week we learned about the Forestry commission in Scotland and the importance of looking after our local areas and green spaces.  The children created some wonderful posters to highlight the things the public can do to protect our green spaces.  Pictures to follow. In  a few weeks we will be going on a local walk in Bishopton.  We will be looking for adult helpers.  More details to follow later this week regarding date and time.

This week on Thursday 16th November, Pupils are invited to dress in something spotty for Children in Need.   Please don’t feel the need to buy something new for this.  Own clothes and a donation will be fine if your child doesn’t own anything spotty.  There will be dancing and a bake sale.  Suggested donation is £1.

Have a great week and thank you as always for your support.

Mrs Fulton/ Mrs MacKenzie

Good afternoon, I hope you have all enjoyed your weekend so far. Please see below for homework, news and class updates.

Homework:

Our spelling sound this week is ‘ll’ as in ‘tell’, ‘fell’ or ‘bell’. We will continue to discuss the difference between single and double letter endings.

Here is a game focusing on ‘ll’ that can be played at home. Some words also contain sounds which we have covered already.

http://www.galacticphonics.com/digraphs/ll/interactive/llspell/llspellt.htm

Reading books will be given out again this week. Children are growing in confidence when speaking about the beginning, middle and end of stories and we will continue to focus on this as a class.

If your child does not yet have a revised word wall then they will receive it this week. I will highlight the words I would like them to focus on but they may do more if they wish.

Maths:

Our focus in class this week will be missing numbers, e.g., ? + 7 = 10. This can be quite tricky but pupils have worked very hard to learn the pairs of friends to 10 and we will now discuss how to use that knowledge to work out a missing number – whether in a calculation within 0 – 10 or using higher numbers. If you are able, please ask your child to explain how they reached their answer.

Other News:

Thursday is our Children In Need fundraising day. If they would like to take part, your child may come to school dressed in spotty clothing on that day. Please don’t hesitate to ask me if you have any other questions or queries.

Thank you and have a lovely week!

Miss Cauley

Please see the pics below for information about the Christmas Fair! These letters were sent home today (Thursday) so please check bags for hard copies.

With thanks.

INFORMATION LETTER:

VOLUNTEERS NEEDED:

POSTER COMPETITION:

CHILD HELPERS:

We’ve had a very busy week in P2C. Music lessons have taught us about ‘ta’ and ‘tay tay’ and we have spent time in Maths learning some new subtraction strategies and how to analyse data.

We also had a fantastic writing session on Tuesday where we created acrostic poems for the word ‘firework’. I have really enjoyed watching you progress throughout this unit and have been impressed with all your ideas! I have popped a few pieces of work below – do you recognise yours?

Poem 1

Flashing

Incredible

Rockets in the air

Everyone was watching

Whoosh!

On Saturday we went

Raining

Kites in the sky

Poem 2

Fire

In the sky

Rocks in the air

Exciting

Wow! Look up there!

On top of the clouds

Racing flashes

King of fireworks

Poem 3

Flaming in the sky

Interesting

Running away

Enthusiastic

What a firework!

Oh! Look at the colours!

Rockets that are pink

Keep going

Just a short note to say that we will be painting in class on Friday. We have aprons available for everyone but if you wish to send in an old long sleeved shirt/tshirt for your child to wear over their clothes then please feel free to do so. These should be in a plastic bag and labelled with your child’s name so that they can be returned.

Thank you in advance,

Miss Cauley

Hello everyone,

I hope you all had an exciting fireworks weekend. The homework and news is as follows:

Homework

Our spelling rule this week is ss (as is mess) and zz (as in jazz). We have discussed the difference between these sounds and that we tend to only find these sounds in the middle or end of a word.

Reading books have been issued again this week. Please if you are able, continue to discuss what happens at the beginning, middle and end of the story. We have been doing this in class and I am impressed with the conversations that we have been having.

Maths- last week in maths we looked at subtracting using a number line. The homework will give them a little bit more practice, as it can be quite tricky!

News

The children have been enjoying the beginning of our Stick Man topic. Last week, we created our own stick people and on Friday we created our wall display. I was so impressed with how hard the children worked. We will continue to look at Julia Donaldson books throughout this term.

Thank you for your continued support.

Miss Bachell/Mr Collins

I hope you all had a safe and fun weekend.  Homework and news as follows:

Homework

Spelling sound this week is ll as in bell and yellow

Reading books continue.  Please discuss the beginning, middle and end of stories with your child as this helps with our learning in class.

New wordwalls out this week.  Words to learn are highlighted green but feel free to do more if your child wishes to.

Maths – This week our homework is looking at missing number sums.  For example  – 5 + ? = 10.  or ? +2 = 6.  These are quite tricky but the children have been working very hard.

News

Poppies will be available all of this week.  If your child wishes to give a donation and receive a poppy they will be available each day this week.

Have a great week.

Mrs Fulton/Mrs MacKenzie

I hope you have enjoyed your weekend – I look forward to hearing all about it at check in tomorrow. Please see below for homework, news and class updates.

Homework

Spelling – This week our sounds are ‘ss’ and ‘zz’. We will be looking at words like ‘class’ and ‘buzz’ and discussing the difference between the sounds. There will also be common words to learn.

Reading – Reading books will be issued again this week. Please if you are able, continue to discuss what happens at the beginning, middle and end of the story. We have been doing this in class and I have been very impressed with the quality of discussion surrounding the stories we have been reading.

Maths homework this week will be looking at doubles. These are part of our Big Maths calculations. It will also help children with our topic of subtraction as we continue to learn different methods to ‘take away’.

News

Stickman has been a great source of conversation in class and the children continue to impress and inspire me with their creations and thoughts. Please see above for pictures of our individual Stickmen and Stick Lady Loves. This week we will begin to look at vocabulary to describe the characters in the book and will consider how the feelings of a character may change over the course of the story.  Thank you to those who were able to bring in wellies/older shoes –  the children are enjoying the opportunity to be outdoors so often.

Our focus on Julia Donaldson books continues and I have thoroughly enjoyed listening to/supporting children during reading. All children will be offered the opportunity to read/have their story read – our class library is a popular place to be!

Our PE days are Wednesday and Thursday. Our current topic is hockey and pupils are enjoying learning how to control, stop, dribble and pass. Hopefully we will soon be ready for a game!

Thank you for your support and enjoy the week ahead.

Miss Cauley