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Hello everyone,

I have had a couple of email submissions for the “celebrations and food” big homework project. I am excited to see the children’s presentations! Remember… you do not have to use digital technology (e.g PowerPoint) to support the presentation, but if you do decide to use this please email to admin@royalmile.edin.sch.uk

We are continuing with multi-syllable compound words in spelling this week. The words are:

armchair

showroom

backyard

starfish

raindrop

playhouse

toolbox

raincoat

sunset

nightdress

toothbrush

woodland

daydream

seashore

blackboard

chopstick

Please select 2 activities from the grid below to practise:

For maths this week I have assigned 2 games on EducationCity, which focus on mental subtraction and addition. Your child has been sent home with their log-in details. I have attached it to homework jotters where possible.

I have also assigned one literacy game focussing on verb tenses, so the children have a chance to revise some of the grammar work we have been doing in our non-fiction reading and writing unit.

Have a great week!

Mrs Rush

Hello everyone,

I hope you are getting on well with your “celebrations and food” big homework project. I am so looking forward to seeing them in January. If you have any questions about this, please do get in touch.

This week we are focussing on multi-syllable words. The words are:

aircraft

armpit

backfire

daytime

firework

fireman

barefoot

birdsong

batman

skateboard

railway

football

lipstick

notebook

corkscrew

These are all compound words, in that they are 2 words joined together to make a new word. This will be covered in more detail in class.

Please select 2 spelling activities from the grid below:

For maths this week I have assigned games on EducationCity. Your child has been sent home with their log-in details. I have attached it to homework jotters where possible.

Have a great week!

Mrs Rush

Hello everyone,

Thanks for your continued support with the homework, it is much appreciated! If your child brings spelling words home on a piece of scrap paper, then this means that they have not returned their homework jotter to school. Please assist them in finding their jotter at home, then either stick the words in or copy them down.

This week our spelling pattern is words ending in -ge. Our focus words are:

binge, cringe, fringe, gorge, forge, huge, bulge, lunge, plunge, sponge.

In class we also thought of hinge, orange and George!

There were a few questions from the children about the meanings of some of these words. Please can adults assist them to look up the definition in the dictionary or online at home, if needed 🙂

Please choose 2 spelling activities from the grid below:

In maths we are practising subtraction.

Please choose a mild, spicy or hot subtraction task and complete in homework jotter. Although the questions are written in “chimney” sums, you can use other strategies to solve :

Mild:

Spicy:

Hot:

Finally, this term’s “big homework” is to create and practise a presentation about “celebrations and food”. This is due the week after the Christmas holidays. I do not expect children to be working over the holidays (and I won’t be either!) so they have the 5 weeks between now and the end of term to prepare for this.

I have also printed a copy of this for the children to take home, if that’s easier.

Please find more details below:

Hello everyone,

Thank you for completing more wonderful homework last week. It was lovely to see the children’s Scottish Book Week homework.

This week our spelling pattern is -dge. There are lots of words with this pattern! Your children should have copied these down, but just in case, here they are:

edge, dredge, hedge, badge, ledge, sledge, wedge, lodge, bridge, ridge, fridge, fudge, dodge, smudge, budge, nudge.

There were a few questions from the children about the meanings of some of these words. Please can adults assist them to look up the definition in the dictionary or online at home, if needed 🙂

Please choose 2 spelling activities from the grid below:

In maths we have been developing our “fact fluency” which refers to someone’s ability to recall addition/subtraction/division/multiplication facts quickly and accurately.

We have been practising the following game in class and I would like children to practise at home too:

https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10

We have been selecting “level 2” – “addition” – then “three one-digit numbers”.

We are aiming to solve these as fast as possible, ideally in between 3 and 7 seconds per question. When adding 3 numbers together the children have been looking for patterns and ways to solve the answers quickly e.g looking for ways to make 10, doubles facts etc. It is sometimes harder than it looks, especially when it is in a short space of time!

We have also been practising reading and solving word problems in maths. Sometimes the calculation is easy, but we need to work out what the question is asking us.

Finally, this term’s “big homework” is to create and practise a presentation about “celebrations and food”. This is due the week after the Christmas holidays. I do not expect children to be working over the holidays (and I won’t be either!) so they have the 5 weeks between now and the end of term to prepare for this.

Please find more details below:

Please get in touch if you have any questions.

Mrs Rush