Big Learning!

One week in and we are already busy, busy, busy!

In Numeracy we will continue to look at Addition and Subtraction strategies: part/whole strategies, doubling and halving, adding strings of numbers and making adjustments.

Our focus sound for spelling this week will be the short ‘o’ sound as in ‘hop’. Your child should have their group words copied into their Home learning jotter which will come home today.

We will continue to look at adding more description and detail to our writing with the use of interesting adjectives to describe fireworks. Primary 3 are working incredibly hard on correct letter formation and joining their handwriting – this could be reinforced at home when practising spelling words.

We will be visiting Inverness Library on Tuesday morning; we will be learning how a library works and choosing a book to bring back to class. Many thanks to Mrs Cameron for organising this.

A big focus of our learning this term will be Expressive Arts; Music, Dance, Drama and Art. This is because P2-4 will be performing a show towards the end of this term. I don’t want to give too much away, but there will be a Scottish theme which will feed back into our classroom learning. We have already made jigsaw maps of Scotland and will be locating all the major cities next week. All children were given the opportunity to practise a section of the script in preparation for auditions next week. If your child has taken a sheet of script home they should practise reading one or two parts in a clear voice with good expression. We will also be starting to learn some traditional Scottish dances in PE.

We had the first of our Kodally sessions today; I’m sure your child will be able to share some of the fun songs and games we learned today.

Enjoy the weekend!