The children have made a super job of creating cereal box castles with working drawbridges as part of a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) project. On Friday, before they bring them home, the class may bring in any Lego, Playmobil people etc. for imaginative play using the castles. They worked hard on them and used …
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Song words
Hare are the words for the French and Gaelic songs we are learning. Frère JacquesFrère JacquesDormez-vous?Dormez-vous? Sonnez les matinesSonnez les matinesDing, dang, dongDing, dang, dong Are you sleeping? Are you sleeping? Brother John, Brother John. Morning bells are ringing Morning bells are ringing Ding, dang, dong Ding dang, dong. Brochan Lom Brochan lom, tana lom, …
Big Learning
This week’s spelling words Group 1: cup, can, cap, cot, clip, cost Group 2: what, wheel, when, where, why, whisper Group 3: sauce, because, haunt, August, Paul, Laura Group 4: cliff, sniff, cuff, stiff, toffee, different This week the class will be writing an imaginative story. They will need to make sure they use good …
Visit to Urquhart Castle
Big Learning
Spelling words for next week: Group 1: hen, met, get, end, jet, rent Group 2: ship, shop, sharp, dish, shut, fresh Group 3: jaw, draw, hawk, crawl, awful, saw Group 4: spill, dull, drill, allow, shallow, trolley In Numeracy the class are continuing to work on addition to 5, 10 and 20. They are also …
Urquhart Castle
The children enjoyed their trip to Urquhart Castle yesterday, despite the blizzard like conditions at one point! Many thanks again to the parent helpers. I’ll upload some photos next week – technical problems mean I can’t get them uploaded today.
Big Learning
Spelling homework Group 1 m : mad, mud, jam, lamp, jump, drum Group 2 oy: toy, boy, enjoy, royal, cowboy, loyal Group 3 ou: count, house, round, outside, sound, mouse Group 4 u_e: June, ruler, rude, flute, future, confuse Spelling homework: please write words out neatly and write 2 sentences using all the spelling words. …
School Meals Questionnaire
A group of pupils and our cook Jen are working on a Rights Respecting Canteen Charter. As part of this process, the pupils would like to invite other pupils to complete a questionnaire on use of the canteen service, both the food and the behaviours they would expect in a restaurant-type setting. This will mean …
Big Learning
Another busy week in front of us! In Literacy, we will be working on Visualisation in our reading. We are working on looking for the clues in the text to draw a picture in our mind. In Spelling, we are looking at the new sounds in our words and thinking of other words which use …
Home Learning
Today, the children have received their new spelling words as follows:- Group 1 – tap, tip, top, tub, ten, test Group 2 – moon, boot, foot, pool, look, spoon Group 3 – owl, growl, now, brown, crown, allow Group 4 – cake, shake, spade, brake, nightmare, celebrate The children could choose a spelling game e.g. …
