Author: Mrs Leslie

P5 have had a great week and are looking forward to a well earned holiday. This week we had Maths week and lots of activities indoors and outdoors had been organised to have fun while learning. Our Social Enterprise Academy workshop had to be cancelled on Tuesday due to the facilitator being unwell but it has been rearranged for our return on Friday 28th October.

I would like to wish you all a good October break and will see you all back in school on Wednesday 26th October. I will not be issuing homework this week but reading homework will resume on Monday 31st October. Please bring your library book to school on that day with any homework. Read for pleasure over the holidays and have a relaxing time ready for the busy run up to Christmas.

Happy holidays! Regards Mrs Leslie

We will be going to the library today so please remember books to either return and change or continue to read. It is great to discuss homework and the books that the class have undertaken at this time. Last week two choices for homework were sent home and this week the class will be able to complete their homework by using the choice they did not use last week. I have reattached the homework sheet and will send out a new copy in school bags today.

Regards Mrs Leslie

Please find attached the homework sheet for Week beginning 3.10.22, I give you a hard copy. There are a choice of 2 tasks, pick which one you would like to do and return it to school next Monday, the other task can be done for homework week commencing 10th October 2022 and returned on the first day back after the October week. You may be using the same book or have got a new one from the library. Enjoy the reading and task.

Regards, Mrs Leslie

Great week in P5. We went to the Talbort Rice Gallery for a workshop on the exhibition by contemporary artist Celine Conderelli entitled After Work. The children used their senses to experience the art, looking at the displays and listening to the sounds.

In maths we started Direction and Co-ordinates this week by looking at compasses and the language of direction. P5 will be covering this area of maths for the next four weeks and it will be linked to the outdoor work that they were undertaking with Preston Street School.

Just to remind you that Reading homework will be due in school on Monday and books can be exchanged for a different one in the library or can be sent home to continue the reading. I hope that you have enjoyed sharing reading with your child. I will send out a copy of the next reading activity on Monday when we have discussed this week’s homework in class.

Regards Mrs Leslie

On Monday 26th September P5 will start to have reading homework sent home with a reading homework task. P5 reading homework will be a book from the library/book box chosen by your child and sent home to read for enjoyment during the week. We are also attaching a reading homework task for the children to undertake during the week and a hard copy of this will be in the school bag with their book or you can download the attachment. The task and the book will be brought back to school the following Monday to either be swapped for a different book or to be continued to be read for homework and another task will be sent home on the Monday. In class on Mondays, during library time we will have the opportunity to share and discuss the books that have been read and will have an opportunity to look at the homework that has been done.

Included in the homework task this week will be a sheet for each child to record the names of the books they have read and taken home, a copy will also be kept in school, and a task to review what they can learn from the cover of their book.

For you at home it is an opportunity to share a book that your child has chosen and to discuss with them why they have picked that book or to talk about what the book is about. It is a great way to share your child’s learning and reading experience.

My only request in providing books to read for pleasure and to support learning at home is that the books sent home are returned to school so that all the children can have a chance to read the books that are provided. Thank you and happy reading!

Regards, Mrs Leslie