It was lovely to see so many parents on Tuesday night, thank you for coming along to see us. If you couldn’t manage, don’t worry, we have put a class newsletter into your child’s bag as well as a spelling homework exemplar to see the kinds of things we will be doing in the first term of Primary 4.
We have had a busy week this week settling into our new class properly. We have discussed and created our class charter based on the UN Convention of the Rights of the Child. We have used this charter to decide upon our classroom rules. The whole school focus has been on SHANARRI, and within this acronym, Primary 4 have focused on Inclusion. We discussed and gave examples of how we were all included in Carmondean Primary School and then illustrated these ideas using pens and coloured paper. We have sent home the charter we decided on to allow you to see what rules we shall be following this year. These are in the children’s words and what they found important to them. Please could you return the tear off slip at the bottom of the rules letter to show your support and understanding of the importance of following these.
We have been learning about colour as one of the visual elements of Art, and even did a science experiment investigating colour!
We have started planning our Viking topic this week and look forward to learning more about it this term. We have had some fantastic ideas from the children such as making Viking food, creating a small viking village and even creating our very own life sized viking! We also thought of a lot of questions we would like to have answered by the end of the topic which has given Miss Donaldson, Miss Miller and myself lots of food for thought when planning the topic.
Children have been given letters home relating to their achievements and interests. We would be extremely grateful if these could be completed and handed back into school.
Reminders:
Letters to be returned to office: personal information, achievements, agreement of rules.
Please could we ask all items of clothing to have the children’s initials on them for ease of identifying the owners. We have had a few items lost and thankfully found this week, but it would be made easier with names on them somewhere.
Tuesday – outdoor PE kit (warm, appropriate clothing and shoes.)
Thursday – Indoor PE kit (dark coloured shorts and white t-shirt if possible)
Homework
Due Friday 9th
– Spelling homework: see newsletter for further information, 4 days of spelling words completed in homework jotter.
– Reading homework: read with a parent / guardian at least 10 pages of personal choice reading book.
– Learn computer login details. These will be in the front of homework diaries.
Due Monday 12th
– Use of water grid – one night of the week (once home from school) children should place tally marks every time family members use water for any activity. This could be making a cup of tea, washing up, wetting a cloth, running a bath, having a shower. Grids will be made in class and put into spelling homework jotters.
Thank you for your continued support,
Miss Smith and Miss Donaldson.
