Morning everyone, I hope you have all had a lovely weekend and a good start to the week. Please see below for class news and updates.

Homework

Spelling: There will be no formal spelling homework this week.  Children have been completing common words spelling quizzes in class and after all 100 words have been completed a sheet will be issued to each child highlighting words which they should keep working on. We will continue to focus on these words in class.

Reading: Reading books were issued yesterday. Please encourage your child to use the best storyteller voice they can – I have been hearing some super reading in class over the last few months.

Maths: There will be no written maths homework this week. Children have been focusing on counting in 2s, 3s, 5s, and 10s as well as continuing to learn strategies to double and half numbers. If you are able, ask your child to show you how to double or half a number.

News

Parent’s night slips have been handed out. Thank you for returning these promptly. You should receive your day and time next week.

Our read and munch this week will be on Thursday. Please remember that it is a healthy snack that the children can bring for this.

Thanks and have a great week,

Miss Cauley

Good morning, I hope you all had a lovely weekend in the sun.

Homework

There will be no formal spelling homework this week. Instead, I will be quizzing the children’s knowledge of their common words. Once I have quizzed them on the first 100 words, they will be given a sheet home, showing which words they can spell and which they need to work on. This is to give them enough time over the rest of term to practice their tricky words for moving up to primary 3. Some children will have some highlighted words to focus on.

Reading books will be handed out as normal. From now on, children may keep their reading books over the weekend and return them on Monday. This gives them enough time to read their book and to discuss it with someone at home. I have been impressed by the quality of the reading I have been hearing over the last few weeks.

Maths homework will be a continuation of halves and quarters. Children must shade either 1 half or 1 quarter of the given shapes.

News

Parent’s night slips have been handed out. Thank you for returning these promptly. You should receive your day and time next week.

We will continue to have read and munch on Friday afternoons. Please remember that it is a healthy snack that the children can bring for this.

Thanks for all of your support and have a lovely rest of the week.

Miss B

That’s the Big Pedal over for another year.  Thanks to everyone – mums,dads, grandparents, breakfast and after school club staff –  who made the effort to bring bikes and scooters. I know the children enjoyed it and we finished 6th out of over 500 schools in the UK.

Hopefully  with the nice weather we can all continue at home to get lots of exercise and have fun on our bikes and scooters.

Happy cycling and scooting.

Hello there

As you may be aware we are having some issues with a delay between posts on the blogs and email updates. We have made a few changes behind the scenes that will hopefully help with this problem, however, there may be some teething issues so please bear with us as we iron them out!

Previously, the email updates contained posts from the class you subscribed to and any posts from the main school blog. We think this is where the delay was happening. Therefore, if you want to receive updates from the main school blog and your child’s class blog, you will need to subscribe for the class and the main school blog updates and will receive two emails. The window for these emails arriving should be between 5 and 7pm each night with any updates from that day being sent through to your email. Please be aware that any posts added to the blog after 5pm that day will be in the update email the following day.

Example: if you have a child in P4M and P7H you should subscribe to both classes and will receive an email for each. If you also want to receive any posts on the main school blog (general posts that apply to the whole school), please subscribe to that also.

In addition we have changed the way in which our blog posts are pushed to the twitter feed. This should result in twitter being updated within a few minutes of the class teacher posting on the blog and information getting to you in a more timely manner.

Also to ensure we are reaching as many people as possible we have set up a Facebook page which will also be updated from the school blog. Search for Bishopton Primary School Renfrewshire or click here and like and follow our page. Please note, as with all our social media channels, this will not be monitored outwith school hours and should not be used as a means of contacting the school. If you wish to contact us please do so by contacting the school office.

Finally we are still experiencing issues with the enquiries email address. We are hoping that this will be resolved soon. In the meantime if you have sent an email and not received a response please contact the office and we will ensure your enquiry is dealt with promptly.

Thanks for your patience as we work to find a resolution.

We are missing a Bishopton Primary School, fleece lined, reversible jacket. Can you please double check that your child has the correct jacket at home and if you find one that isn’t yours, please return to P1N. Thank you!

Hello everyone! Following on from the ‘Chuck it in a Bucket for Uganda’ day before the holidays, I am absolutely thrilled to say that our school community raised an amazing £578 pounds! Thank you so much for your support in raising this fantastic amount and for your continued engagement in the project. I have really enjoyed speaking to the children about the upcoming visit and cannot wait to  share my pictures and experiences with them when I return in August.

Thanks again,

Miss Cauley

We are aware that there is a delay between the time the class teachers post to the blog and parents receive an email alert or a notification on twitter. The delay can be as much as 48 hours. Unfortunately this is not something we have control over. Therefore we would ask that in the meantime you access the school/class blog for the most up to date information.

We are also experiencing difficulties with the Bishopton Enquiries email address. If you need to make contact with the school office please phone rather than email for the time being.

We will update you when these issues have been resolved. Apologies in the meantime for the inconvenience.

The Active school clubs start back this week. There is still time to book up to most of the classes. You can do this by clicking on the link below.

https://rl-bishopton.class4kids.co.uk/venue/1/bishopton-primary

Good evening, I hope you all enjoyed the lovely weather this weekend.  Homework and news as follows:

Homework

Spelling – This week our spelling sound is ow as in snow and blow.  there will be 4 words with this sound and 4 tricky words.  Remember to complete an activity from the spelling grid if you can.

Reading – Books continue.  Over the next few weeks I will be completing running records again with the children to check reading levels.  Next week we will have the Big cat books home again.

Wordwalls – These will be checked on Thursday.

Maths – A fraction sheet revising 1/2s will go home this week.  We will be looking at quarters next week.

The children have been working so hard on time this session.  Please encourage them to recognise o’clock, half past and quarter past at home if you can.  They should also know how to write and say these times in digital.

News

Last week we continued our new Africa Topic.  We were learning about the differences and similarities between life in Scotland and  life in some areas of Africa.  We watched a clip about the day in the life of a young African girl living in Nairobi, Kenya.  The children then worked with a partner to draw and write about the similarities and differences with our own life.  They all worked so hard.

Our Meerkat now has a name.  Bishy Meer.  We are enjoying hearing about his adventures with the children.

Big Pedal

Big pedal continues this week.  Pupils can bring a bike or scooter each day.

Holidays

Children are off this Friday 4th May and Monday 7th May.  Pupils return on Tuesday 8th May.

Have a great week.

Mrs Fulton/ Mrs Mackenzie