In maths this week we have been learning new addition strategies in our Number Talk sessions. We have worked on using number lines, partitioning and the column method, (written sum format). Your child may be able to demonstrate some examples of these to you and we will continue to work on them next week. We have continued to revise our number bonds, 5 times tables and counting on and back in 2, 5, 10 and 100’s. It would be really helpful if these were also worked on at home. In our written tasks we have worked on addition sums with and without carrying and pupils are making good progress with this.
In literacy we have just completed a new round of reading and spelling assessments which will help us plan our next learning steps for pupils. We have also been working on information writing and we based our writing this week on schools in Malawi. Pupils made a good start to this and we will build on this in our next two writing sessions.
In our topic work we have learnt about schools and wildlife in Malawi so far. Next we will be researching some Scottish wildlife and comparing the school system in Scotland with Malawi to identify similarities and differences.
We have been using ICT to help us consolidate our learning. We have set up maths and spelling activities on Education City for each group which is tailored to their level. Sumdog remains a firm favourite with everyone and is great for building maths skills.
In gym this week Mr Patterson led a hockey skills session where pupils worked on dribbling, passing and re directing. The class really enjoyed this and are already looking forward to their session next week. In art we have been drawing some animals from Malawi using the step by step approach which breaks the picture down into smaller, simple steps.
The pupils enjoyed having family members in class during our open afternoon. If you were unable to attend then don’t worry as we will be having another one later on in P4.
