Author: Mrs Leslie

We had a great week, last week in P3 with lots happening and we are looking forward to another exciting and busy week ahead. On Mondays, Ms Brunner and P3 have been looking at money and recognising coins and change from various amounts. On Wednesday and Thursday we started looking at fractions, whole, halves, quarters and thirds using different cakes that we divided in to pieces to represent the different fractions, it was all a bit sticky but very sweet.

P3 spent time last week working on what Respect looks like in school, the community and what Respect means to them. We will be displaying these messages throughout the school and in the classroom to reminds how important respect is in our school. P3 also made a decision on their next topic and they were asked to vote on a country that they wished to research and compare to Scotland. They had to vote between Japan, Mexico and New Zealand and they voted for…

We will be looking at the country and its traditions, food and features. P3 will research these areas and then compare them to Scotland.

Home Learning this week will be issued on Monday in the home learning bags and should be returned on Friday. This week in the bag will be Spelling words, a book to read for pleasure, Maths challenge sheet and a home learning topic grid. In our mental maths strategies we are moving to the orange band on our rainbow, numbers before and after. I have provided three of the challenges with examples to support learning at home and Ms Brunner has provided further strategies on the blog. The home learning topic grid is based on one of the countries that P3 had voted on, Mexico and although Japan won the vote some of the class had expressed an interest in looking at Mexico. I hope that they enjoy the challenges. I would like to remind you to provide your child with in a PE kit and PE shoes to change into for their PE sessions Tuesday and Thursday. Can I also request that no toys are bought into school as this can cause upset in the classroom and distract from the children’s learning.

Our focus this month will be being Positive and throughout February we will be focusing in class and around school on positive behaviour to each other and in the playground. We will be starting Explanation writing in P3, this week, looking to write about how sound travels and we will be linking this to our topic about the Scottish Inventor of the telephone, Alexander Graham Bell. In maths we continue to look at money and how we use it and recognise it. In number we will be focusing on number before and after, forward and backwards and counting in multiplies ie 2s, 3s, 5s and 10s.

Ms Sunthonlap from Edinburgh University will be joining the class on Tuesday and Wednesday this week and then after the February week fulltime until the Easter Holidays. Please remember that PE is on Tuesday and Thursday and it would be very helpful if the children had shoes suitable for PE and a change of clothes. 

Home Learning will be sent home on Monday to be returned in the Home Learning bag on Friday. In the bag there will be a book to read for pleasure, if the reading book has been returned, a maths challenge sheet and spelling challenge sheet. Please continue to use the Scottish Inventors and Writer grid for other curriculum homework. Please have a lovely February holiday when it comes and there will be no home learning in P3 issued the first week back from the February break. Regards Mrs Leslie.

We have had a lovely Scots week in P3 and have written magical, imaginative Scottish Stories with mythical beasts. We have also been focusing on dividing equally in Maths and have started our money focus with Ms Brunner. Take a look at the different ways we can use our resources and skills when dividing.

This week we will be focusing on our forward and backward number to strengthen our Mental Maths Strategies.

Home Learning will be sent home on Monday and should be returned on Friday. In the bag will be reading for pleasure, Spelling Challenge, Maths Mental Maths Challenge and continue to use the Famous Scottish Inventors and Writer grid. Thank you for supporting the class in making some excellent Scottish pictures and inventions.

I hope you enjoy reading the Term 2 Overview and if you have any questions or concerns please contact me through the office as soon as possible so that I can address any issues or problems. As you can see it is going to be a really busy term and I look forward to your support with Home Learning and hope that you can share and discuss the learning in class at home. Regards Mrs Leslie.

In class this week we will continue to look at our topic Famous Scottish Inventors and a Scottish Writer and we will be using our Scottish banter this week to celebrate the Scottish Bards, Robert Burns’ birthday. In Maths we will continue with division and we will begin looking at money and how we use it in our everyday life. In Literacy we will be continuing our imaginative stories that we had begun last week and we have been inspired by the Lari Don’s ‘The Secret of The Kelpie’. Watch this space as we may have to publish our stories to a wider audience.

Home learning this week will be sent home on Monday in the Home Learning bags and should be returned on Friday. This week there will be a book for reading for pleasure, unless the book has not been returned with the bag, a Mental Maths Rainbow Strategies sheet – Counting forward and backwards, Spelling challenge sheet and a Famous Scottish Inventors and Scottish Writer Grid. The Famous Inventors and Writer Grid is for home learning until the February holiday and the challenges can be undertaken in any order.