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Primary 3 Homework – Week from 6th February

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Primary 3 Homework – Week from 6th February

It was great speaking to parents last week with the drop-in session and then assembly. If anyone couldn’t make it or would like to follow up on questions, please do let me know any time.

Our main topic for the term will be the North and South Poles. We will begin by thinking about Earth as a spinning globe with an axis and orbit round the Sun. This will explain why the Poles are such special places, and so chilly!

Thank you for sending in wedding pictures. Any more would still be very welcome.

Thanks also to those who can help on the Vogrie Park trip on 5th May. We now have the adult help Mrs Duncan was hoping for. (Mrs Duncan is our P.E. specialist and will be running this trip.)

Best wishes,

Mr Buchan

 

 

Numeracy

This week we are continuing with subtraction. We will need a tiny bit more practice before starting on the columns method. Please have a go using empty number lines to solve:

25 – 14 =                     25 – 17 =                     43 – 24 =

43 – 29 =                     56 – 38 =                     132 – 66 =

An empty number line is just a line that you then write numbers and ‘jumps’ onto as a support to mental processing.

Thank you for your feedback about Sum Dog. I have set another subtraction challenge for this week. However, if you would like a break from Sum Dog, the following link will take you to a very useful game which allows you to set your own difficulty:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/subtraction-grids

 

Reading

Pages from class books to be read at home will be written down in the grids as usual.

 

Literacy

In class we have been thinking about when it is correct to use to, too or two. Confidence is growing on this, but a bit more practice will hopefully pin this down.

Use all three words (to, too and two) in sentences?

 

Spelling

Please could we practise these words from our new topic using the look – say – cover – write – check technique. No need for sentences if you have had a go at to, too and two.

Earth                           sphere

orbit                            rotate

hemisphere                 equator

axis

P4 Homework 06/02/18

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Reading

Some children have a particular system that they are following and the pattern of this should not should not change.

See Reading Records:

On Tuesday, Thursday for J.K Rowling-  Learn to be a  summariser and word detective activity sheet- in reading records. Reading for Thursday 8th and Word Detective activity for Tuesday 13th

On Tuesday, Thursday for Julia Donaldson

On Monday, Wednesday, Thursday for Roald Dahl and Jeff Kinney- Word Detective activity for Jeff Kinney for Tuesday 13th

Enid Blyton- Given on Tuesdays- Learn to be a  Word detective activity sheet- in reading records. For Tuesday 13th

David Walliams- Given on Tuesdays- Learn to be a  summariser and word detective activity sheet- in reading records. For Tuesday 13th

 

Spelling – HANDED OUT WEDNESDAY 7TH BECAUSE i FORGOT TO BRING HOMEWORK JOTTERS BACK TO SCHOOL!

Activities 7/2/18:

  1. Jan/ February Spelling activity challenge- earn 20 points.
  2. Think of as many more words with your spelling sound as you can.

Children have been give new Spelling challenge sheets and now should earn 20 points.

They have new spelling groups also.

Dolphins- magic e with i      e.g. nice   rice   bike

Pigs- oa  e.g. boat  throat

Parrots- double consonants  nn, ll, pp, tt,    e.g. ball, dropped, binned, sipped, butter. Try and explain the spelling rule to your family. Think vowel sandwich.

I have told the children that they can also learn the sounds and patterns from the other groups if they wish so this is why your child may have more than one word list home.

Numeracy- NEW

I have sent each child home with a small envelop with Learn its in them. Please hold these up for your child so they can answer the sum on the front. When they can say each sum as quickly, or almost as quickly as they know their name then you can put a tick on the back.

When they have five ticks on each card they can put them in the bin! When there are no learn its left in their envelope, or they are getting low, they can come for more. The next things are 4 and 9 x table, subtraction and division. Just let me know when you want more.

P1 Homework 5/2/2018

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I can’t believe it is February already. It was good to see some parents at the drop-in on Thursday night and I think the children enjoyed showing their work too!

Phonics: We have now finished all the Jolly Phonics sounds but we will continue to revise them along with introducing new sounds. This week we are looking at double consonants: ff, ss, tt, ll etc. There will be some work coming home connected to these but please help to reinforce that you only need to make the sound once in a word and to look for these sounds in their reading books.

Numeracy: We are revising doubles and will be learning about fractions of number and of objects.

Reading: Please see their reading card as usual and keep revising their words in their word boxes.

Outdoor Learning: One group still need to have their session that was rescheduled from three weeks ago, these children will be bringing home their forms today. Please check their bags and return the forms with payment by Wednesday. As before, clothing should be warm and comfortable and please provide wellies, hats, gloves and change of clothes.

Many thanks,

Lisa Cumming

P6 Spelling Homework 5/2/18

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Monday 5th February

Please READ, COVER, WRITE, CHECK words twice.

Chocolates – choose 2 activities from sheet

Lollipops and Gummy Bears – choose one activity from sheet and complete sheet.

For Monday 12th February

P2 Homework W/B 5.2.18

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Hi all,

Homework this week:

Reading as normal– check book bags for updates. Thanks so much to all children who learned part of or all of their Scottish poem. I really was very impressed!

Spelling – List 23

Numeracy/maths – No new Sumdog challenge but in class, we will be working on numbers to 100 this week – writing, ordering, sequencing and breaking numbers down into tens and units.

However! There is a problem solving task coming home, based on the Six Nations Rugby Tournament. Children will probably need help with this.

In the next few weeks, along  with a topic on electricity, we’ll also be taking inspiration from the Winter Olympics to base some of our maths and numeracy on.

PE – Wednesday and Thursday

Thanks,

Miss Brunt

P5 Homework w/b 29.01.18

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Firstly I would like to congratulate P5 for the effort that has gone in to their Literacy Circles homework. We have now come to the end of our 6 week block and the general feeling from the class is that they have really enjoyed learning the LC roles and reading their choice of novel.

Our next project is a Pupil Talk which will be prepared during school and home time. The choice of topic is completely up to the individual and should be no longer than 5 minutes with questions and answers at the end. Pupils agreed upon the most appropriate dates to fit their schedules and skills will be taught over the next 2 weeks. I am very keen for this to be an enjoyable experience and should not take too much time to prepare. There will be no reading homework until after the Easter break, instead non-fiction reading will take place in class.

Spelling activities will continue weekly, with the red activity being optional.

There is a maths follow-up sheet that corresponds to learning in class but if pupils feel this is too much to fit into their week then this terms times table (8 x) can be practised instead.

We look forward to continuing with our Victorian project and having Mrs Hollins join our class until 2.3.18.

As always, thank you for your support,

Mrs Watts & Mrs Roy