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Good morning! Here is the “Big Learning” we have planned for this 4 week block of learning.

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 lots of problem solving and teamwork skills to make them. Well done P2!

Hare are the words for the French and Gaelic songs we are learning.

Frère Jacques
Frère Jacques
Dormez-vous?
Dormez-vous?

Sonnez les matines
Sonnez les matines
Ding, dang, dong
Ding, 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, brochan lom na sùghain
Brochan lom, tana lom, brochan lom na sùghain
Brochan lom, tana lom, brochan lom na sùghain
Brochan lom ‘s e tana lom ‘s e brochan lom na sùghain

Chorus
Brochan tana, tana, tana, brochan lom na sùghain
Brochan tana, tana, tana, brochan lom na sùghain
Brochan tana, tana, tana, brochan lom na sùghain
Brochan lom ‘s e tana lom ‘s e brochan lom na sùghain

You can hear the Gaelic song at the following web address to help the children with the pronunciation.

https://www.scottishbooktrust.com/songs-and-rhymes/brochan-lom

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 describing words to make it interesting to read and to help others visualise the story in their minds.

In Numeracy the class will be consolidating addition number facts and strategies for working out addition sums. They will also continue to work on o’clock and half past times, working out times one hour before/after given times.

Spring is here! P2 will be learning how to draw daffodils step by step. They will use crayon to add colour and a watercolour wash for their background.

They will also be learning how to keep a steady beat when singing songs (French and a Gaelic song) for Music this week.

Finally could each child please bring in an empty cereal box this week/beginning of next week as they will need them for Technology. The task will be making a cereal box drawbridge as part of the Castles project. Thank you.

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 working on o’clock and half past times. There are many online games available to help them with their learning such as Hit the Button and Mathsframe Tell the Time.

Next Thursday , we will be celebrating World Book Day by dressing up as a character from a book (if children want to).  Something simple and home made would be perfect, please don’t feel the need to buy a costume. We will also be teaming up with P4 for some book related activities on Thursday afternoon.

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.

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. They can be silly sentences if you like.

In Literacy the class will be focussing on writing a story which includes the use of adjectives to describe characters and setting. The stories will then be shared with the class as part of listening and talking time.

In Numeracy P2 will continue to work on addition and subtraction to 5, 10 and 20. The class have also made their own cardboard clocks and will be using them to work on recognising, saying and writing o’clock and half past times.

Reminder about Urquhart Castle trip

The class will be visiting the castle on Thursday 27th February. We will be leaving the school at 9,30 and returning at 2.30 approx. Please make sure that children are wearing their school jumper, joggers/leggings and a warm waterproof jacket. Also remember a packed lunch, a snack and a drink. Children who are having a school packed lunch should bring their own snack and they may wish to bring an additional drink.

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 we can focus on the skills, service and behaviours we can improve on.

Jen (Cook) is also able to feed forward pupil responses to Catering Services and we may be able to influence future menus!

Pupil empowerment in Crown Primary!

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