I hope you all enjoyed the snow days.  Homework and news for this week as follows:

Homework

Spelling – We will continue to look at wh.  Extra worksheet in bookbag to complete this week.

Reading – new reading books out this week.

Maths – This week we will look at ordering numbers from smallest to largest within 100.

Wordwalls – I will check these on Thursday 8th March.

Please continue to look at your targets this week.  We will be starting to evaluate them in class this week and next week.

News

This week is health week.  Children can wear sporty gym gear each day.  Please remember to bring/ wear appropriate shoes for possible outdoor activities and playtimes/ lunchtimes.  We have a lot of visiting guests who will be sharing their knowledge with us this week.

On Thursday we will be making exotic fruit kebabs.  If possible, please bring in a piece of exotic fruit for your kebab.

We will have our read and munch on Friday.

World book day has been postponed until Monday 12th March.

Thanks as always for your support and stay safe on your travel to school tomorrow morning.

Mrs Fulton/Mrs MacKenzie

Hello everyone! I hope you have enjoyed your unexpected few days off and had a chance to spent some time with family and friends. I’m really looking forward to seeing you all tomorrow and hearing about your adventures! Please see below for this week’s class news and updates.

Spelling: There will be no new spelling words issued for homework this week. Instead, we will be revisiting ‘wh’ as well as revising Magic ‘e’ in all its forms. Children will be challenged to create either a silly sentence using their words from last week, or a labelled picture of something beginning with ‘wh’.

Reading Books: There will be no reading books issued this week, but please feel to read for pleasure at home. Children may borrow a book from our class library to take home – I will provide a sign in/out sheet for these books.

We will have read and munch with P6G on Thursday – your child is welcome to bring a healthy snack to enjoy as they read. We will also have in class ERIC time on Friday.

Maths: Money bingo continues. Well done for all the super creations so far!

Health Week: This week is health week and there are some super activities planned for our class to enjoy. Your child can wear gym gear everyday this week as we plan to do lots of exercise!

Our day for fruit kebabs is Thursday. If possible, please try to bring one exotic piece of fruit to taste as part of the task. I love fruit, so I will bring some too!

Have a great week ahead, and thank you for your continued support.

Miss Cauley

Health Week 2018 begins on Monday 5th March. We have a very busy week with lots of our talented parents and people from the community coming in to share their expertise with us.

Please wear gym gear every day as we have lots of activities planned to keep you fit.

Also, please try to bring one piece of ‘exotic’ fruit to taste as part of our fruit kebabs task on the days below:

Tuesday – Primary 3, 6 & 7
Wednesday – Primary 1
Thursday – Primary 2
Friday – Primary 4 & 5

We are sorry to change the date again but we are going to have to postpone World Book Day until Monday 12th March.

We have a busy week next week with all of the Health Week activities and a few of the Micro-Tyco events will take place then too. We want to give every event it’s own value so will celebrate World Book Day the following week.

Thank you for your understanding and we hope you are staying safe and enjoying the snow!

Due to the school closure tomorrow, we will hold World Book Day on Friday 2nd March instead. We know lots of you will have made amazing costumes for your favourite book characters or are looking forward to wearing your pyjamas while celebrating your love of reading!

Why don’t you read some snowy day books today and tomorrow to get you in the mood?

Thanks again for attending the Numeracy Information Evening last night. If you have not already done so, please complete the feedback form by visiting: BPS Numeracy Information Evening – Parent Feedback. Thank you if you for taking the time to leave your thoughts and comments. I will get back to you as soon as possible to respond to any questions.

Here are some responses to a few questions and comments so far:

1. Can I have notes from the evening?

Please feel free to download the presentation below:

BPS Numeracy Information Evening Presentation

2. Can I play Kahoot at home?

Yes! I have added instructions on how to play the games I have created at home to all class Blogs:

How to play Kahoot at home

3. Can I have the other Parent Prompt booklets?

Yes. I will add all three booklets (Early, First and Second level) to the ‘Helpful Resources’ section on the school website.

Early Level Parent Prompts

First Level Parent Prompts

Second Level Parent Prompts

I will also add the other resource I mentioned, called ‘Every day is a learning day’. This is aimed at parents/carers of 3-6 years but it gives simple ideas on how to support Literacy, Numeracy and Health and Wellbeing at home.

Every Days a Learning Day 3to6 Ed Scot

4. How do we monitor the individual levels when using iPads/ICT?

A great question! Depending on the game/app it might give you access to individual pupil results. The Kahoot app and Sumdog both allow the teacher to check on what questions the individuals struggle with so we can provide support or if they are too easy, we can give them more challenging questions. Some other games/apps do not allow the teacher to monitor the results. However, as mentioned these activities are only one way we teach and practise maths concepts.

One of the ways we make learning fun is to play an interactive quiz called Kahoot! This game can test pupils’ knowledge of any subject the teacher creates a quiz about. Pupils enjoy playing competitively against their peers to climb the leader board.  The teacher can download the results at the end to show them how the pupils managed with each question. Are a lot of pupils struggling with their 7 times table? Or 3D shapes? This information can be used to plan future lessons or individual’s next steps.

If you attended the Numeracy Information evening on Tuesday, you would have had a chance to play along with the other parents and carers to test your knowledge of the 72 Learn Its. Although some of you were a little apprehensive at first, it sounded like you were enjoying yourself whilst playing along!

Some parents asked if these quizzes could be shared, so I have listed the current maths quizzes I have created. Please search for my username: karenmmcdowall to find these Kahoots! Read the instructions below to find out how play the games.

• Learn Its – BMBT 1
• Learn Its – BMBT 2
• Learn Its – BMBT 3 
• Learn Its – BMBT 4 
• Learn Its – BMBT 5
• 72 Learn Its – BMBT 6
• Maths Vocabulary – Word Problems (this tests the pupils’ knowledge of what a maths word means .e.g. ‘difference between’ means subtract)
• P5 – Mental Maths 1
• P5 – Mental Maths 2
• P5 – Mental Maths 3
• P5 – Mental Maths 4
• P5 – Mental Maths 5

How to play my Kahoots!

*You will need to log in on one tablet/laptop etc and have another device (for your child) in order to play the game.

1. You will need to create an account in order to login to start the quiz.  https://create.kahoot.it/login
2. Once you have logged in, search for my username: karenmmcdowall to find all of my maths quizzes.
3. Select the quiz you want to play .e.g. Learn Its – BMBT 3 and click ‘Play’ on the left-hand side.
4. Click ‘Classic’ to allow your child or children to play the quiz.
5. The pin will appear on the next screen. This should be entered on the other device (which needs the Kahoot! app).
6. Your child can now answer the questions. If you want the questions to automatically move on without you or your child selecting ‘next’, then you need to select this on the screen where you select ‘Classic’.

Good luck and I hope you have fun!

Thank you for coming to our Numeracy Information Evening. We hope you found it useful. We would appreciate any feedback about 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

 Please come along to our Maths and Numeracy Information Evening on Tuesday 27th February from 7-8pm. You will learn how we teach maths and numeracy, be given ideas how to support your child and hopefully leave with a more positive attitude towards maths!

If you could download the Kahoot! app to your phone before you come that would be great. Otherwise, you may borrow a school iPad.

I look forward to seeing you.

Kind regards,

Miss McDowall