Dinosaurs, unicorns, koalas and a whole lot more!!!

Today, we had a great trip to Inverness Library. After hearing about how the books are sorted on the shelves, we heard a lovely story about a koala. Then, with lots of willing adult helpers, to find, read and share a book with us, we spent time looking at a wide variety of reading materials. We all chose a book to take back to school, which we will share in our class.

A big thank you to all the parents who were able to join us today, and I hope you enjoyed looking through some of the amazing books available here.

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Welcome back to Primary 2. I hope you all had a lovely holiday and I’m looking forward to hearing about all the exciting things you’ve been doing.

Tomorrow is the start of our visits to the Library.

Primary 2 will be leaving school at about 9.15am to walk to the Library. We will spend about an hour there and then make our way back to school. Each child will have the opportunity to choose a book to take back to school where we will include these in our class library, and extend the children’s opportunities for reading a selection of texts. Could all children bring a warm jacket, suitable shoes/boots and gloves/hats as appropriate.

Could I ask that all children leave their own toys at home. As you can imagine, I am not able to look after all these toys during school time. These toys, sometimes lead to squabbles, or upsets when they get lost, dirty or broken.

Thanks for your support.

The children received their spelling lists on Friday to practise during this coming week.

Group 1 – hen, hit, hop, hat, hand, help

Group 2 – green, three, sleep, feel, need, deep

Group 3 – allow, shallow, arrow, narrow, follow, swallow

Some children have received their new reading book today, and the others will get it tomorrow. We will be continuing with these books in the first week after the holidays too.

Keep on counting! When out for walks encourage your child to find and read different numbers – door numbers, prices in shops etc. They can also practise gathering small items into groups of ten. Then counting up in 10s and 1s to find whole amount.

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.

The children have received their new spelling list in their jotters.

Group 1 – bin, bed, best, burn, rub, bib

Group 2 – moth, thin, three, bath, think, with

Group 3 – speak, clean, steal, team, stream, wheat

They might want to show you how they make spelling pyramids which can help them to spell the words correctly.

I have also added some sight vocabulary lists which the children had been working on previously. I have highlighted the words they had instant recall of, when I assessed them. They could practise reading the words which are not yet highlighted.

The children will receive their new reading books at the beginning of next week. I will also attach a list of activities the children can using their book. These can also be used in looking at other books or when having a story read to them.

In Numeracy, we are looking at the bigger/smaller number and also putting a selection of numbers in order either starting with the biggest or smallest number –

34 50 27 43 39

27 34 39 43 50

or

50 43 39 34 27

What comes after 27?

What comes before 27?

Can they name some numbers which come between 27 and 34?

Thanks for your support.

The children will have a list of their spelling words in their Homework jotters.

Group 1 – fun, fit, fan, from, if, fist

Group 2 – day, tray, play, stay, prayer, away

Group 3 – wheel, whisk, when, whisper, what, why

They can practise spelling these words using Look, Say, Cover, Write, Check method or they could use Rainbow Spelling to think about the way these words are spelled.

As we are still working on ordering and sequencing numbers, children could play board games like Snakes and Ladders to practise thinking about what number comes before and after the one they have landed on.

Number Basketball is also a good game to practise sequencing the numbers. This can be played saying the numbers forward or backward from any given number. Your child could also practise writing the numbers in order paying attention to the correct formation of the numbers.

Your child will also receive their new reading book on Monday or Tuesday. The children can practise retelling the story in their own words. If their group is looking at a non-fiction book they can talk about the facts they have learned from the book.

I will collect the homework jotters in on Thursday, 26th Sept.

A short week for the children this week. There will be no school for them on Monday and Tuesday as these are our Inservice Days.

In Literacy, the children will not receive new reading books this week, so if they are very confident with the book they have, you could share a book your child has at home. We will be writing a personal story on Wednesday, so your child can discuss with you the things they have been doing over the weekend. The spelling home learning your child received will be collected in on Thursday, 19th Sept.

In Numeracy we will be continuing looking at numbers to 30/50/100 and thinking about the order of these numbers.

Some examples- What comes before 30? What comes after 51? What comes between 42 and 44? Which number is bigger – 24 or 32?

We are also looking at flat shapes – square, circle, triangle and rectangle. We are naming the shapes and then using the shapes to make pictures, and do matching and sorting activities.

PE as usual on Wednesday afternoon. We are working on throwing and catching skills.

Next week we will be thinking about what we want to find out about our new topic – Working Together. We will be looking at the different work people do around our area, and what their job involves. We will be looking for people to come in and talk to the children about their job. If you would like to come in to talk about your job, please let me know.

Thanks for your support.

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