I hope that every one had a lovely holiday and it was great to see the whole class back to school refreshed and ready to learn last week. This week we will be very busy with some people taking part in Halloween events and others starting back with their local clubs but I know that the class will meet these challenges enthusiastically. Last week, due to returning on Tuesday I did not issue any home learning but the class had a discussion and indicated that they wished to take their Spelling home to learn. This was voted on by the class and out of 15 pupils who were present to take the vote 12 have chosen to ask for spelling home learning. Therefore you will find spelling words and spelling chilli challenges in the home learning bags.
Last week we finished our Viking topic with a nail biting quiz in class and we celebrated the completion of our Viking boat. It has been a fun topic and we are now ready to move to our next topic which is weather and climates around the world suggested by one of our class. It has so far sparked lots of discussion about what we are going to look at, so watch this space.
In Religious and Moral Education we will be looking at our Hinduism topic and covering Science topics- Magnets and Forces and Topical Science. In PE we will be undertaking dance on a Tuesday, team games on Wednesday and cardio/fitness on Thursday. It would be a great help if you could provide a gym kit, in particular a t-shirt and trainers so that the children can feel comfortable when undertaking the PE lessons. In art we are hoping to look at some well known artists and their work this term, Rangoli Patterns and create some self portraits when work on symmetry.
Home Learning, w/b 30/10/23 will be sent home on Monday to be returned on Friday for discussion, feedback and self correction. This week the home work will be a maths chilli challenge from our Mental Maths Strategies and I have once again put a pictorial example on the sheet to support the learning. There will be a book to read for pleasure from the book box or class library, the Spelling challenge, children should practice/use the Spelling words from the group that they work in in class. However they can challenge themselves by using and looking at the other spelling words.
We have been looking at the UN Rights of the Child in class and in particular Article 31 and attached/in the bag is a grid to cover the next four weeks home learning curriculum challenges for the children to undertake, research or write about at home, then discuss in class. You can put all the home learning in the jotter that was issued to support your child. Regards Mrs Leslie
Royal Mile Primary School 