From my point of view it was good to have the opportunity to ‘Meet the Parents’ last night. I hope that the information evening was helpful.

Today letters have been issued to those who were unable to attend last night. These contain the bar code to enable you to log on to your child’s Seesaw account ready for it to be activated later this term. There is also an in initial letter for Loch Insh.

Can I encourage you to return the Loch Insh form, or a note to let us know that your child is not planning to go on the trip, quickly. This is to enable us to set up Parent Pay to enable people to spread their payments over as much time as possible. We are unable to set this up until everyone has replied. Should you wish to take up this opportunity but need support financially, please contact Miss Docherty as there are several avenues we can explore to try and help people out.

We are also waiting for a few letters to be returned regarding leavers’ hoodies. Once again, it is not a problem if your child doesn’t want a hoodie or you would prefer their name to be left off, but we cannot proceed with orders or payment set up until everyone has replied.

In class, we are continuing with our topic on Natural Disasters, reading our class book, ‘Running Wild’, by Michael Morporgo and attending Elderslie Bowling Club to name a few highlights. I am keen to add some photos to the blog but again we are waiting for a few brown envelopes to be returned which will let us know of anyone who should not have their photograph featured on our blog.

Thank-you for your support,

Mrs Wilkie and Mrs Clydesdale.

Homework is issued on a Monday and should be returned on a Friday signed.

Homework folders should be available in school each day so that children may access their reading books and letters issued be stored safely.

Homework tasks this week:

Reading– core reader (reading book);

Spelling– spelling pattern th– and common words (are, come, of, new)

Please encourage your child to:

Say the word   e.g. think

Break it into the sounds e.g. th-i-n-k (4 sounds)

Blend it- th…i…n…k.. (stretching out each sound)

Write it (whilst covering the word)

Check it (against the written format)

This will help your child to use their sounds knowledge to learn to spell.

It will help your child’s learning if you tackle one column of spelling on 2 different nights.

An active spelling grid is in the front cover of the literacy homework jotter. You should pick one to try on a third night.

There is a spelling dictation on a Friday. This is recorded in the back of the literacy homework jotter. In Primary 2 this dictation is getting children used to the format of a spelling test which is tricky in itself so please don’t worry about errors- it is early days and a new experience for the children.

Maths

Subtraction/ taking away.

Children have practised writing subtraction stories for word problems in class. Help your child understand the picture problem as a take-away sum

e.g. There are 9 sheep and 4 are removed leaving 5 sheep left

(9-4= 5)

If your child is looking for increased challenge- Tell them a subtraction word problem- can they write a subtraction sentence?

e.g. I have 7 sweets and I gave 2 to you.  How many would I have left?

Child should write   7-2=5

(Many children will miss the 2 in the subtraction sentence and go straight to the answer)

Favourite Fairy Tale-

We enjoyed reading Jasper’s Beanstalk by Nick Butterworth. At the end of the story we made a connection to Jack and The Beanstalk.

Your child has been asked to think about their favourite Fairy tale and why they like it. They have also been asked to find out someone at home’s favourite fairy tale.  They will have the opportunity to share this with classmates on Friday.

Thanks for your support with homework.

Ms Crawford

Primary 2/3 were issued with the following  homework today (26.8.19.)

•  a reading book
• Numeracy flashcards with active learning suggestions
• Spelling homework words to be copied 2 times at home along with a phoneme maker (to be issued on Tuesday)

Homework tasks should be completed and handed in by Friday 30.8.19.

Please remember to bring reading books to school every day to allow additional tasks in school to be completed.

Thank you for your support,

Mrs Stuart and Miss Sanderson

PS – Remember that favourite book front cover homework, issued last week, is also due this Friday (30th)

Primary 3 were issued with the following  homework today (26.8.19.)

•  a reading book
• Numeracy flashcards with active learning suggestions
• Spelling homework words to be copied 2 times at home along with a find the phonemes worksheet

Homework tasks should be completed and handed in by Friday 30.8.19.

Please remember to bring reading books to school every day to allow additional tasks in school to be completed.

Thank you for your support,

Miss Sanderson and Mrs Stuart

PS – Remember that favourite book front cover homework, issued last week, is also due this Friday (30th)

School Photographs 3rd, 4th and 5th September

You will remember we had a voting system last year at Parents’ Evening and Andy Stark was your preferred photographer. He will be returning to school for photos next week.

A letter will be issued this week with the details.

As promised, here are some examples of our Jigsaw Art.

You will be able to see our jigsaw name wall, in all of its glory, on our ‘Meet the Teacher’ evening.

This week,  we have once again been working hard. Our P1 buddies have been busy supporting  the new Primary 1 children at both break and lunchtimes. This can be quite a demanding task and everyone has risen to the challenge of this new responsibility.

This morning, Mrs Clydesdale took her class down to Elderslie Bowling Club for their first lesson on the green. As expected, everyone’s behaviour was excellent. Weather permitting, Mrs Wilkie and her class head down for their lessons on Friday morning.

We have now started our numeracy work, a class book study, topic work on Natural Disasters as well as looking at Buddism.

We will post more photographs once we have this year’s internet consent forms in.

Please take a few minutes to support the Parent Council by completing this survey and helping them to further improve the support they offer parents, the school and nursery.  The survey will remain open until Monday 2 September.