To avoid generating unnecessary plastic waste it would be really helpful if the children could bring in a washable plastic cup or beaker on Friday, as I will be serving juice during our movie afternoon.

Thank you!

I can hardly believe that we have reached the last week of our first term together already!

In Numeracy we will continue to look at Addition and Subtraction strategies through Number Talk: part/whole strategies, doubles/near doubles and making adjustments. If your child cannot quickly and confidently recall their doubles facts to 20 this is definitely something which could be worked on at home.

In Literacy we will be assessing progress in our Common Words. Our focus sound for spelling this week will be the short ‘e’ sound represented by the graphemes ‘ea’ and ‘ie’, as in ‘bread’ and ‘friend’.

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

New reading books will not be issued this week; the whole class will be working on the reading strategy of Visualisation – using the text to create a picture in our mind.

We are looking forward to sharing our learning with you at our Open Afternoon this Wednesday 9th October 1.45-2.45pm. There is no presentation to start, so please feel free just to drop in if and when you can. Grannies, Grandpas and younger siblings are all welcome. Children can also go to other classes to visit siblings as long as they are accompanied by a parent or carer. If you are unable to attend it would be really helpful if you could flag this up to your child in advance to avoid unnecessary disappointment. Any child without a visitor will spend the afternoon sharing their learning with the Class Teacher.

The class have consistently achieved 100 Dojo points or more per week this term down to their effort, perseverance, helpfulness and good manners. As a reward the children have requested a pyjama and movie afternoon this Friday.

The children can wear their pyjamas/onesies to school on Friday (or bring them in to school to change into).

Juice and crisps will be provided, but the children can bring in an extra snack to share during the movie if they wish.

Many thanks to all P3 families for your very generous donations to our Harvest Assembly in support of the Highland Food Bank, it is really appreciated.

P1-3 enjoyed a real treat this afternoon. We had a visit from author Emily Dodd, who had come along to share her latest book ‘Crime Squirrel Investigators: The Naughty Nut Thief’.

We got in the mood with some foresty sounds and smells and then, with Emily’s help, enjoyed helping to solve the riddle of ‘Who stole Rosie’s hazelnuts?’

There was singing, dancing, rapping and a bit of science too!

Many thanks to Emily for giving us such a fun afternoon, and to NessBookFest for organising the event.

With only a week to go to the October break (not quite sure how that crept up on us) most groups will not be issued with a new reading book next week. Likewise, I will be keeping a hold of the Home Learning jotters next week.

Don’t worry, in our reading slots the whole class will be looking closely at the reading strategy of visualising, and we will be reviewing our progress in the spelling of the Common Words/trickier words.

New reading books and spelling lists will be issued on the first week back after the holiday.

Creative Science for Primary 3 this afternoon! We worked in groups to make collage posters illustrating ‘The Water Cycle’. We look forward to sharing our learning with you at Open Afternoon next Wednesday.

This year P5 will be holding our Harvest Assembly.  We have decided to support Highland Food Bank and are asking for donations of food.  Urgent items of food include:

• tinned fruit
• tea bags
• dried pasta
• UHT milk
• breakfast cereals

Other canned foods would also be appreciated however perishables such as bread, fresh milk and fresh fruit can not be accepted due to their short shelf life.

Any donations would be gratefully appreciated.  Can they please be handed in by the 7th October 2019.

Time to look ahead to this week’s Big Learning in Primary 3!

In Numeracy we have started to revise addition strategies through Number Talk: part/whole strategies, doubles/near doubles and making adjustments.

We will continue to reinforce the properties of 3D shapes in . be moving on to look at 3D Shape in Maths; using the correct vocabulary – faces, edges and vertices.

In Literacy we will continue to work on our Common Words; we are making good progress with these through daily practice at Target Time. Our focus sound for spelling this week will be the short ‘e’ sound, as in ‘nest’. We will continue to look at adding more description and detail to our writing with the use of interesting adjectives to describe a setting. 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 linking our previous learning on the changing states of water; evaporation and condensation, by looking at The Water Cycle  this week.

Please remember our Open Afternoon next Wednesday 9th October 1.45-2.45pm, we are really looking forward to sharing all of our learning with you!

Time to look ahead to this week’s Big Learning in Primary 3!

In Numeracy we will be completing our work on Place Value by looking at rounding numbers to the nearest 10/100 and ordinal numbers, before beginning work on addition strategies.

We will be moving on to look at 3D Shape in Maths; identifying a variety of different shapes and being able to talk about their properties using the correct vocabulary – faces, edges and vertices.

In Literacy we will continue to work on our Common Words; we are making good progress with these through daily practice at Target Time. Our focus sound for spelling this week will be the short ‘a’ sound, as in ‘happy’. We will also be looking at adding more description and detail to our writing with the use of interesting adjectives.

The class came up with some amazing ideas and questions when planning ‘What we want to find out…’ about ‘Water’. We are going to begin by looking at the changing states of water; evaporation and condensation.