P7 29/2/17 homework and class information

Pupils have been given Maths homework jotters and have been asked to supply a strong plastic wallet for these to go in along with homework sheets.  I have also allocated homework diaries for those without.  Pupils should also try to have access to showbie either via IOS, apple, android or windows as I will include some revision on there for pupils who wish to use it.

  1. We have been looking at Speed,Distance and Time calculations and have progressed onto Decimals, fractions and percentages.  Pupil homework builds on learning in class and it is ESSENTIAL that pupils know their times tables.  It is expected that by P7 they know them all, if not then those pupils must continue to work on this.- you tube teaching aid for S,D,T – S,D,T calculation, Teaching aids for fractions and decimals Decimal Place Value , Multiply decimals , Decimal Division
  2. Reading circles have been set up this week and pupils have chosen books and all set their homework in their groups. They always have a reflection of some sort to do alongside their reading – this will not just be a simple summary.
  • As you must be aware, our current topic is Robotics.  We have 8 lucky pupils who were drawn from the hat to participate in the Birmingham competition in March (I have only just finalised information but it will all come out to parents, those pupils who wished to be considered for the competition had already taken a basic info sheet home).  There is still our school “robot wars” competition as well as the Midlothian competition so all pupils will still be doing the same learning regardless of each competition, They will all produce and code a robot suitable for the Crossover challenge.

 

P1 Week Beginning 27/02/17

Events:

Monday 27th – Gymnastics, the children loved the gymnastics session last week so we will be building on their learning this week.

Wednesday 1st March – Photographer in school, class photos will be taken so please can all children wear school uniform.

Thursday 2nd March – World Book Day – to celebrate this we are doing a week of ‘drop everything and read’! If children would like to bring a book from home they can or they can use book from school. When a bell rings the whole school will drop everything and read.

Homework

Reading – this will continue as normal for red and yellow groups. Blue group will have reading in a different form, please encourage your child to do the reading required by themselves so that are recognising the need to apply what they have learnt.

Numeracy – we have been working on ‘doubles within 10’ please help your child to recognise these and recall the facts eg 1+1 = 2

Sounds – we are continuing to introduce consonant blends at the start of words. It is important to revisit their other sounds regularly and to continue to spell simple words eg. sat, mat, pit, fish.

Topic

You may have heard that we have had a visit from a sad dragon! We are starting a topic called ‘Fairyland’ this is introduced by the dragon that writes a letter to the children asking them to help him because children have stopped reading fairy tales and Fairyland has disappeared. We are working with P2 on this topic and will cover a lot of language work through this topic. In order to help with this topic please could children collect junk, eg. boxes of different sizes (not too big!), kitchen roll tubes (not toilet roll tubes), tubs etc., for us to use to create things for ‘Fairyland’ Also if you have any plastic takeaway tubs please could you send these in.

Many thanks,

Lisa Cumming

P2 News in Pictures

Here are some pictures from recent weeks.

P2 News

 These two did a sterling job of reading the news at assembly!

Electricity –

Investigating how simple circuits work and testing conducting materials.

Fun with fractions – how many ways can we colour a flag in halves?

 Cheeky!

 

That’s better!

Learning French with Camembear and friend.

That’s all folks!

 

P2 Homework W/B 27.2.17

Events this week:

  • World Book Day is on Thursday and to recognise this, we are asking children to bring in a book they enjoy reading to read at specific points each day. Don’t worry if you forget, we have plenty of great books in school!
  • The photographer is in school on Wednesday to take group/class photos (not individuals or family) so can pupils please wear school uniform.
  • Gymnastics continues on Monday so children will need their PE kit for this  ( and on Thursday please)

Homework –

Thanks to all who completed the ‘electricity’ comprehension task.

Reading –  continues as normal plus extra reading in class for World Book Week.

Spelling  – List 23 ‘ow’ as in grow, show

Numeracy – Add on/take away three sheet will be sent home on Wednesday.  Please cut these sums up to use as flash cards. Children really need to be fast at knowing these basic facts.

Topic‘Fairyland’  This is a story based topic which lends itself to many cross-curricular learning opportunities. Last week, children discovered a small dragon in their classroom and he brought with him a letter, explaining that Fairyland has been destroyed and that he needs P1/2 to rebuild it in our atrium. He also wants children to read and listen to more fairy tales to keep Fairyland alive. The children have named the dragon Stripy!

Can children bring in some ‘small’ junk to help us make things for Fairyland? Examples being small boxes ( cereal packets, tissue boxes etc), kitchen roll tubes ( not toilet tubes please)…thanks in advance!

Miss Brunt

P4 New Topic- Science- The Water Cycle

Hi All,

Our new topic is the weather cycle, water in our homes, environment and its impact on living things. We will also explore how water changes state. We will also try to make our own clouds.

Shortly after we will look at water on a global scale oceans, rivers, continents and different environments and people and the ways that water, lack of and abundance, affects them.

We are going to be taking part in some science experiments in relation to this topic and are looking for some resources:

  1. Empty jars of any size.
  2. A spare hairdryer or two.
  3. Grownups who would like to help on Wednesday or Thursday afternoons at about 1.15-2.30pm with some science experiments.
  4. Ice cube trays.

If you can help with any of these things send them in or come and see me anytime!

 

Thanks,

P4 and Mrs Cooney

 

P4 Homework 21/2/17

Homework 21/02/17

Spelling– Week 1) 

Gorillas (tion as is station)

Copy words 3x. Write four sentences and think of at least three more words that end with this sound.

Pandas (ir as in bird)

Copy words 3x. Write four sentences and think of at least three more words that have this sound in them.

The pandas have three topic tion words also- precipitation, condensation and evaporation.

Wolves (ir as in bird)

Copy words 3x. Write four sentences.

Reading Homework

The Yellow and the Blue group- Fact and Opinion homework worksheet.

The children have also brought home a reading toolkit jotter with strategies they have been learning in class. This should support them and you with the completion of homework. We will be using these toolkits in class too so if they could bring them in their bags daily, that would help.

Pink – See bookmark

Orange – See bookmark

Green –  See bookmark

*NEW*   Numeracy- Keep going with your Learnits. If there are any people who need new learnits can you write a note and let me know.

Learnits- The Rules…

The children are asked the question on the learnits card on several occasions and if they answer correctly,  within about two seconds, they can have a tick. Once they have ten ticks they can throw the learnit away. Once the envelope is empty they can have some new learnits. You can keep the envelope at home until it needs refilled.

Don’t feel you have to do all of them at once. A few at a time is sufficient.