For parents of primary school children;
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For parents of nursery class children
For parents of primary school children;
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For parents of nursery class children
Hello parents,
We hope that you enjoyed the Christmas holidays and have had a very Merry Christmas and a happy new year.
We are starting the new term with Scottish week. We will be learning about Scottish traditions and the Scots language.
This week’s sound: x (pronounced ‘ks’ not ‘ex’) as in box
Reading:
Groupings have changed so you may find your child has a book at a different stage than before.
Letters have been sent home to let you know what key words your child struggled with in a recent Key Word Assessment. Could you please make these your main focus at home this week for homework.
Chips- Kipper the Clown
Tuesday – p1-8
Wednesday -p1-16
Thursday- Kipper the Clown booklet
Biffs- Floppy the Hero
Tuesday – p1-8
Wednesday –p1-16
Thursday- Whole Book
Kippers- A Good Trick
Tuesday- p1-4
Wednesday- p4-8
Thursday – Whole Book
Independent Readers- Bob Bug
Tuesday- p1-4
Wednesday- p4-8
Thursday – Whole Book
As part of our Scottish week we are asking the children to learn 2 Scottish songs which the school will be singing in assembly on Friday:
Auld Lang Syne
O’ Flower of Scotland
I have sent home copies of the song lyrics and ask that you help your child to learn the songs for Friday.
I have also sent home 2 Scots poems –
Mince and Tatties – JK Annand
The Wee Rid Motor-Sandy Thomas Ross
Please can you help your child learn 1 of these poems to recite in front of the class next week. Some children may be selected to perform these at our poetry recital in a few weeks time.
Finally, just a quick thank you for all of your lovely gifts at the end of term, they were appreciated. It was really very generous.
All the Best,
Miss Ramsay
Happy New Year to all and we hope that you all had an enjoyable time over the holiday. Thank you for all the lovely gifts we received, they were very much appreciated.
This week…It is Scottish Week! We will be learning about different aspects of Scotland and Scottish life / history / culture. All children will be given a poem this week to learn and recite with expression for the competition towards the end of January.
Homework:
Reading -(Daily) See reading diaries as usual.
Spelling (For Friday) – See purple spelling jotter. All children must write either sentences or a paragraph containing their spelling words. Red and Blue group should also find five new words and their meanings, these words must be of the same spelling pattern and sound.
Scottish week – Please research an aspect that Scotland is famous for and produce at least 3 facts to share in class on Friday.
PE remains on Tuesday and Thursday – please ensure your child has a full PE kit to change into (Shorts/leggings, T-shirt and socks(for girls if they wear tights).
Please could you make sure your child has indoor shoes – this helps to keep our school clean especially as children sit on the carpet.
Thank you,
Lisa Cumming and Karen Hinton
Hi all,
Schedule for the week:
Tuesday:
Boys’ Football (pm)
PE
Wednesday:
PE
Friday:
SCHOOL FAIR – 12:30 – 2pm. Donations of unwanted/unused gifts gratefully received please. Some P7s have volunteered to stay and help or run smaller tables for the duration of the fair. I’ll send home permission slips to these pupils. We plan to have:
Christmas Show – Some children have lines to learn for this so must practise at home. We’ll work out what costumes are required and let you know ASAP.
Independent Study Task – There will be a new numeracy task sent home on Wednesday. Children should still be practising the fractions and percentages ‘LearnIts’ that Mrs Caldwell sent home. The children know what these are.
Reading – We are reading ‘Goodnight Mr Tom’ in class and completing comprehension tasks based on this story.
Thanks for your support,
Miss S Brunt
A huge thank to all those who came along on Friday 15th November to see P4 showcase all their fabulous learning around the Viking topic. The class had an exciting morning and were rightly proud of their achievements – well done P4!
Homework
LOOK THINK COVER WRITE CHECK
Additional Information
Friday 29th November 2019 – Christmas Fair, 12:30pm – 2pm. P4 will be selling their painted scallop shells filled with chocolate and gift wrapped with personalised Christmas label. A bargain at only £4 per package!
As always, many thanks for your support,
Mrs Watts & Mrs Roy
Our Sounds: ‘ai’ on Monday and ‘j’ on Wednesday
Our Tricky words: ‘all’ and ‘you’
Reading books.
Chips: Kipper’s Birthday
Biffs: The Water Fight
Kippers: Fetch!
Floppys: Fetch!
REVISION OF KEY WORDS, TRICKY WORDS AND PREVIOUS SOUNDS.
REMINDERS:
Christmas Nativity:
Primary 1 and 2 have began to practise our school nativity and the have been little stars so far, we have learnt 5 of our 8 songs. Our show is called ‘Christmas with the Aliens’ and we are really enjoying it so far. Children were informed of their parts on Monday. Lines will be sent home on Wednesday of this week. Thank you all in advance for your support with this. If you would like to practise songs at home they can be found at:
http://dcsss1.weebly.com/year1/christmas-with-the-aliens-songs-lyrics
(We sing them all except Song 2 and 9)
Dates for your diary:
Miss Ramsay
Homework for this week:
Spelling: as usual see the purple homework jotter for the sound. Blue group and Red group are to do their sentences and find 5 words that follow the same spelling sound and write the meaning of them -FOR FRIDAY.
Reading: Please see their reading diary.
Friday 15th November: Children in Need. Children can wear a crazy hat or have crazy hair to raise funds and awareness for this charity. Donations will be appreciated.
The Christmas Fair is approaching rapidly, if you have any donations for this please send them into school: hamper items, good quality second hand books and toys, unwanted gifts, tombola items, chocolate hamper items etc.
Many thanks,
Karen Hinton and Lisa Cumming
Homework Due: Friday 8th November
Similar to last week, the homework is as follows.
Reading – These details are in the pupils’ reading diaries with their copy of the book.
Spelling – The pupils will have the spellings they are to learn this week, copied into their homework jotters. The tasks this week are listed on the paper slip sent home with their jotters. These are as follows;
(use at least 6 words from your list of spelling words).
Writing – Kensuke’s Kingdom Activity sheet. The instructions are on the worksheet that will be sent home on Tuesday 5th November.
Weekly Events/News
Poppies will be on sale in the school. Donations of 50p would be appreciated.
Parents are invited to our Remembrance Assembly which starts at 11:00am.
Many Thanks,
Mr. Nelson