Term 2

Week Beginning 08/12/25

In class this week we have:

·       Practised using various subtraction strategies

·       Identified the main idea of our reading books

·       Identified and used the ‘ie’ phoneme – pie, tie, lie, fries

·       Identified ways to keep our body healthy and created posters

·       Focused on ‘it/ill’ handwriting joins

·       Enjoyed paired reading with our P5 library buddies

Bethlehem Bake-Off

Thank you so much for coming along to support the children with their performances of ‘The Bethlehem Bake-Off’. All the children have worked incredibly hard to learn their lines and words to the songs. We certainly hope you enjoyed our show! Thank you for your ongoing support with helping children prepare for the show from learning their lines to sending in various items for costumes. It is very much appreciated! Please see photos below.

UHI STEM – Senses Visit

This week we also had a visit from the UHI Stem Team. Our visitor provided an excellent workshop on our body’s senses linking with our IDL topic. Children learnt lots of interesting facts about how our eyes and ears work and how they help us to see/hear. They got to be involved in some fun practical activities to enhance this learning. Children understand that our senses can help to keep us safe in our day to day lives.

Week Beginning 24/11/25

This week we have:

·       Been working hard behind the scenes to get ready for our Christmas show

·       Looked at tessellations and identified shapes that tesselate. We created our own tessellating patterns making sure there were no gaps!

·       Used the ‘ow’ sound – cow, down, crown

·       Practised using different strategies to add numbers together (split and jump)

·       Joined letters in handwriting – focusing on ‘ll’ and ‘li’ joins

·       Moved our bodies in sequences doing Yoga

·       Learned about verbs and sorted words into categories of ‘verb’ and ‘not a verb’

·       Enjoyed exploring our book bags and we look forward to sharing them at home too

Week Beginning 10/11/25

This week we have:

·       Named, sorted and described 2D shapes

·       Identified, read and practised writing ‘igh’ and ‘oa’ words

·       Engaged in an online anti-bullying live lesson

·       Created a story map that helped us to sequence the story of ‘The Three Little Pigs’

·       Used a number line as a strategy to help us add two numbers together.

·       Solved missing number addition calculations

·       Discussed nouns (naming words) and listed examples of nouns

·       Applied all of our tennis skills we have been practising to serve the ball and pass to a partner with developing fluency

Week Beginning 27/10/25

Welcome back! I hope you all had a great holiday and are well rested for another busy term.

This week we have:

·       Ordered months of the year

·       Practised French vocabulary for numbers 0-10

·       Created fantastic descriptions of a witch and a haunted house

·       Practised reading the time on analogue clocks

·       Practised spelling common words

·       Used the underarm throw technique and developed our understanding of how to safely use a tennis racket

·       Identified the purpose of question marks and came up with some interesting questions

·       Created some beautiful zentangle patterns

·       Practised forming letters b, p and k correctly

·       Reflected on our learning and set our targets for Term 2

This week we also started our four-week block of Kodaly music with Mr Thomson. The children really enjoyed participating in games to practising matching pitch when singing.