October 30, 2020 – Deans Primary School Blog

This Week in P3/2

Literacy

This week we started Early Literacy Focus (ELF) which means that the children will now be working in small groups with an adult for all literacy activities.

In spelling this week, we were learning a new sound through rainbow writing, practising our words on a whiteboard and using the words in a sentence. We also played spelling pairs with our partner.

We were learning about persuasive writing this week. We were persuading the reader that Halloween is fun.

Maths

We were learning about odd and even numbers. We were learning how to work out if big numbers are odd or even. We learned that when a number is in the hundreds, we just need to look at the ones to work out if it is odd or even.

IDL

Our new topic is the Vikings. We were learning that in the Shetland Islands they have a festival called Up Helly Aa. It is held on the last Tuesday in January to celebrate the Viking heritage and welcome in Spring.

Halloween Fun

We had great Halloween fun on Friday. We were able to dress up in our favourite costumes and had a Halloween craft session as well. There was a great display of original thinking and some fantastic creations made.

The verdict Halloween craft time was amazing!

Happy Halloween from P4/3

There’s been some spooky goings on in P4/3 this week as we have had fun celebrating Halloween!! The children have been creative and designed their own Halloween characters using a range of materials. They will be sent home with your child today.

In Literacy, we have been learning about Persuasive genre of writing. This involves writing a one sided argument to try to persuade the reader.

The purple group had some persuasive ideas about Halloween.
” I think Halloween is fun because …..
I get to carve pumpkins. (Ashley)
you get to scare people. (Tadas)
you get to dress up in a costume. (Lennon)
I like dressing as a black cat. (Nathan)
I like to wear my buzz lightyear costume. (Nathaniel)
you get to spend time with your family.” (Elkie)

All the children made a good attempt at this and we look forward to developing our skills in the coming weeks.

Many thanks to all who have completed the homework tasks. It is lovely to see the children motivated and wanting to improve and challenge themselves. Well done P4/3, Mrs Morrison is proud of you all.