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Day 4 The Really BIG READ ALOUD

It’s Friday and Day 4 of The Really BIG READ ALOUD.

Friday night ..or Saturday ..is often ‘Movie night’ for many families. It is great fun to snuggle up with everyone and enjoy a really good movie. Even better with some drinks and snacks. Perhaps you enjoy a movie night together? Or a visit to the cinema.

Today’s challenge is to talk about a movie that is based on a book.

Have you read the book? Is the movie the same as the book? Is it better?

Which movie that was based on a book is your family’s favourite?

Enjoy watching ..and keep reading!

Day 3 The Really BIG READ ALOUD

What kind of reading material do you enjoy reading?

Do you read digitally? Maybe you read on a Kindle or i-Pad?

Perhaps you prefer a book, a magazine or a comic?

It is important to try to read a wide variety of different books and we have a big selection of fiction and non-fiction books in school.

We also read digitally. Some pupils love to read EPIC books on their device. We also subscribe to ‘The WEEK Junior’ and ‘The WEEK Junior SCIENCE + Nature’ and can read these digitally or look at the magazine that we get delivered each week.

What really matters is that you enjoy reading and want to do more of it.

We would love to hear about the things you enjoy reading at home.

Day 2 The really BIG READ ALOUD

Who is your favourite author? Do you have a favourite book?

Is it Roald Dahl? Julia Donaldson? Jaqueline Wilson?

Perhaps David Walliams, Ross MacKenzie or Michael Morpurgo?

Have a ‘book talk’ at home to find out which authors or books are favourites with your family. You could even ask grandparents, aunties, uncles and cousins.

Here is one of my favourites from primary school ( showing my age !) So glad to see this author is still popular and I know P3B have really enjoyed the Enchanted series of books.

Happy reading everyone!

Activity Week P7

What an absolutely incredible time Primary 7 have had during our Activity Week. We worked together, used our problem solving skills and most importantly made some lasting memories.

Have a look at our SWAY to view some of the photographs from the activities we took part in. We tried canoeing, carried out some team building games, had a silent disco, solved a treasure hunt and went to Go Ape!

Day 1 The Really BIG READ ALOUD

10 REASONS you should READ ALOUD to big ones too!

Even after children can read on their own, they can really benefit from being read to.

Here are 10 good things that can come of it.

1 It builds vocabulary.

2 It improves comprehension.

3 It’s wonderful for bonding.

4 It provides positive role modeling.

5 It improves listening skills.

6 It’s a way to discover the classics.

7 It helps with discussing difficult issues.

8 It’s a way to introduce different genres of books.

9 It’s a portal into your child’s interests.

10 It sparks curiosity and a thirst for learning.

Keep reading everyone!

Coming Soon!! The Really BIG READ ALOUD!

Calling all parents and carers!

We need your help!

As part of our Reading Schools Silver Award Accreditation we are hoping to raise the profile of reading with families.

Lots of research has shown that continued reading aloud to children even after they can read on their own, improves reading and listening skills and academic performance. It is relaxing and wonderful for bonding.

We would appreciate it if you could participate in Our Really BIG READ ALOUD! Which will take place from Tuesday 24th May to Thursday 2nd June.

We are hoping that over the next 2 weeks families could find time to fit in 5 or 10 minutes of reading aloud together …at least 3 times each week if possible.

If your child can read independently you can share the reading together. It doesn’t need to be a book. It could be a comic, newspaper, magazine. It could be a recipe if you are baking or cooking together.. or the instructions for a game or model. And we know how much everyone likes a story being read to them.. even our senior pupils.

It would great if you could take a photo of your family reading time. You may see classes will have a post on their Seesaw or Teams page about reading for enjoyment at home.

Thank you for your support.

Happy Reading Everyone!

Article 31 I have the right to relax and play.

P3 Outdoor Learning

Today we went out to the Quad to practice our times tables. We worked in pairs on our trickiest table and had to check each others work.

Then we thought about the symmetry in butterflies and draw some and took pictures to show our work.

P3 Fractions

We have been learning how to place fractions on a number line. We started placing in halves then moved onto quarters. Some of us managed in thirds.

P5\4 working hard!

Who says you can’t get lots done when it is a short week? Primary 5/4 say you can 🙂

We have been busy with the following:-

– Continuing to build on our knowledge of Explanation texts.

– Continuing to explore Measurement where we have been measuring both in and outside of the classroom (looking at cm, mm and metres so far!)

– We have started learning about our new learning context (Oceans and Climate Change).

– We have been using our mapping skills to identify the location of the continents and the oceans.

– In Science, we started looking at The Water Cycle which we found really interesting.

– Finally, one of the pupils became our teacher and taught us some Spanish numbers (what a treat with her own PowerPoint too)

Phew – it sure has been busy but lots of fun and enjoyable learning.

Have a lovely Thursday off, Miss Baldacci.

P5/4 are hard at work!

Please have a look at the pictures to see what we have been up to this week 🙂

We have started learning about a new type of writing – an explanation text. We have been learning about what features must be included to make this writing successful. We have also started looking at Measure for Maths. We have started by looking at all the different ways we can measure something and have started making conversions between measurements.

For P.E, we have been learning the importance of teamwork through rounders – we have been enjoying it!

I hope all the families from primary 5/4 have a relaxing and safe long weekend,

Miss Baldacci.