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It is our final week in the google classroom! We are all really excited about getting back into the classroom and settling back into our class routines.

Last week, we worked hard to create an imaginative story on book creator and we revised different types of punctuation. In numeracy, we focused on learning how to solve simple equations, covert units of measurement and read scales. We continued to learn about meta skills and spent time learning about the importance of self-management. We had the opportunity to learn about Aboriginal art and we created some beautiful art work.

As this is our final week in the google classroom our learning tasks are going to look slightly different. The literacy and numeracy activities have been chosen to help the children revise subjects which have been previously taught. Our health and wellbeing tasks focus on reflecting on home learning and preparing for our return to school. Ms Dorantt has prepared two additional fun learning tasks for the children.

I hope you have a fun final week learning at home and I can’t wait to see everyone next week in the classroom.

GOOGLE MEET TIMES (WEEK 8th MARCH)

Monday – 9.15am – 9.30am – Daily Learning Overview 

                 10.00am – 10.30am – Class Google Meet

Tuesday – 9.15am – 9.30am – Daily Learning Overview

                  11.15am – 11.45am – Google Break Time with Ms Dorantt

Wednesday – 9.15am – 9.30am – Daily Learning Overview

Thursday – 9.15am – 9.30am – Daily Learning Overview 

                    10.00am – 10.30am – Class Google Meet

Friday – 9.15am – 9.30am – Daily Learning Overview

We are starting our eighth week in the google classroom and I wanted to thank you all for your ongoing support. Last week, everyone worked so hard to create amazing research projects about climate zones. I really enjoyed reading the projects that were shared with me and I was truly impressed with the information, level of skill and imagination that went into every project. We spent last week revising and focusing on subtraction strategies. We enjoyed listening to our audio book and answering comprehension questions. We used our imagination to create our own character, design a story line and write an imaginative story. Everyone worked incredibly hard. Well done Primary 4!

GOOGLE MEET TIMES (WEEK 1st MARCH)

Monday – 9.15am – 9.30am – Daily Learning Overview 

                 10.00am – 10.30am – Class Google Meet

Tuesday – 9.15am – 9.30am – Daily Learning Overview

                  11.15am – 11.45am – Google Break Time with Ms Dorantt

Wednesday – 9.15am – 9.30am – Daily Learning Overview

Thursday – 9.15am – 9.30am – Daily Learning Overview 

                    11.15am – 11.45am – Class Google Meet

Friday – 9.15am – 9.30am – Daily Learning Overview

I hope everyone enjoyed the health week and the long weekend. Thank you for sharing your family adventures with me last week. It looked like a lot of fun and I hope you all enjoyed the break from our normal Google class routine.

It has been a quick week in the Google classroom! This week our learning has focused on climate zones. The children have been asked to plan and research their own project based on a list of possible research ideas. I am looking forward to watching the children lead their own learning next week.

We have made some changes to the Google meet days and times for p4 -7. Please read the parental guidance attached below. I have also attached the guidance in the Google classroom for the children to read and discuss with some adult support.

Monday – 9.15am – 9.30am – Daily Learning Overview 

                 10.00am – 10.30am – Class Google Meet

Tuesday – 9.15am – 9.30am – Daily Learning Overview

                  11.15am – 11.45am – Google Break Time with Ms Dorantt

Wednesday – 9.15am – 9.30am – Daily Learning Overview

Thursday – 9.15am – 9.30am – Daily Learning Overview 

                    10.00am – 10.30am – Class Google Meet

Friday – 9.15am – 9.30am – Daily Learning Overview

Thank you for your continued support.

Have a lovely weekend.

Thank you for all your hard work this week. You have all been amazing and I am proud of all our learning.

In Literacy, this week our big focus has been comprehension strategies. We have been listening to an audio book and completing a variety of comprehension tasks. We have written a personal story, where we focused on paragraphs and punctuation.

In Numeracy, this week we have continued to work on our basic facts and playing online games. We have been revising addition strategies and solved lots of word problems –  Well done!

In Health and Wellbeing, we have been looking at the importance of sleep and having a heathy lifestyle. We discussed medicines, the emergency services and how we might respond in different incidents.

Please note the changes for our google meets next week:

Monday 9.45am – Class Google Meet

Tuesday 11.15am – Google Meet Break Time with Ms Dorantt

Thursday 11.15am – Google Meet Break Time with Ms Dorantt

Friday 9.45am – Class Google Meet

Here is a link to our learning overview for the next four weeks

Have a lovely weekend.

Blog Post  Wellbeing Week – 8th – 12th February

Next week we will be having a wellbeing week at Crown Primary.

Normally we would have different events happening throughout the term which give us a chance to focus on different parts of the curriculum. 

Our wellbeing week will provide us with further opportunities to develop our skills, apply our learning in new contexts and connect with others.

There will still be opportunities to practice literacy and numeracy activities and keep a routine if that works best for your family.

During this week families are encouraged to do what they can from the activities on the class grids, and there will also be literacy and maths activities and whole school tasks. Remember it’s also important to take some time away from the screen and get outside for some fresh air!

We would like to take the opportunity to share our plans for next week so you know what to expect.

What will this look like?

Your child’s google classroom:

• Register and emotional check in to be completed by 11am.
• Grid of 12 activities to choose from throughout the week – you can choose to do as little or as much to structure your week.  These will be posted on your child’s google classroom.
• Literacy and maths to practice throughout the week – it’s great to keep the routine of practising these key areas of our learning.   
• Class Google meets  will take place as normal. 

Whole school activities:

• Assembly with Mrs Douglas – look out for this in the classroom!
• Writing Challenge – Jurassic Crown – Watch the video and write a story about the dinosaur who came to Crown Primary.  Please find the video and the google form to share your story: Jurassic Crown Story Form
• Draw the Crown staff!  – We would really like your help to create a visual representation of all our staff at Crown Primary for the School blog and to display in school. This helps all pupils, families, staff and visitors to our school know who everyone is. Knowing people’s names and what they do is an important part of ensuring we value each and every member of our school community.  You might decide to draw one member of staff and send this in or you might like to draw several! Please share this using the following google form: Draw the Crown Staff form
• Connect with others – can you arrange some Google Meets throughout the week with your friends so you can catch up and chat just like you would do in the playground? Click the link for a guide on using Google Chat & Google Meet Video Guide

We look forward to a great week ahead!

We have been so busy this week in the google classroom and completed another week of home learning. I am so impressed with the quality of the work and the new skills we are all learning every day.

In Literacy, this week our big focus has been on non-fiction books. We have been creating our own front covers and contents page. We even wrote a page for our non-fiction books. I have seen a variety of subjects and learned lots of new information!

In Numeracy, this week we have continued to work on our basic facts. We have been developing our knowledge of coordinates. We have completed a range of games, answered questions and completed some problem solving tasks.

In Health and Wellbeing, we have been looking at the importance of focusing. We have taken time to complete mindfulness and relaxation activities.  

Next week, Ms Dorantt (student teacher) is returning to Crown Primary School to continue her teaching placement with us. She will be working with Primary 4 in the google classroom.

See you on Monday – Have a great weekend

Primary 4 has had an excellent start to term 3 in the google classroom. Everyone is engaging in the tasks and working really hard to complete their learning activities. We have had some very successful google meets and completed some exciting learning challenges. Next week the google meets will take place at 9.45 am on Monday and Thursday. I will continue to post all learning activities on a Sunday afternoon and they can be completed at a time that suits you throughout the week.   

Please find attached the learning overview for term 3 below.

In Literacy, we have continued to spell words with the long /i/ but this week we focused on the (i,ig,igh) sounds. In reading, we have been working on making predictions and forming questions. In writing, we focused on presenting information in a poster.

In Numeracy, we have been learning to subtract a two-digit number from a three-digit number using an empty a number line and partitioning. This week Royce and Anna are sharing our learning with you and I have included a google slide to aid discussion at home. We have also been busy working with money. We have been making amounts up to £20, playing interactive games and designing our own toy shop.

Our film study this week focused on a group research project. Each group selected a topic and created a poster. We have been using google classroom and google docs this week to complete a variety of learning tasks. We are getting very quick at independently logging onto our Chromebooks!

Next Week

Primary 4 are very proud that they worked with a partner to plan some exciting Christmas activities for next week. Our full plan will be shared on our google classroom but here are some important details:

Monday – children can wear pyjamas to school and bring in an extra snack to watch a pre-recorded Pantomime in the afternoon.

Tuesday – children can bring in gadgets and/or games to play with in the afternoon. The children are aware that they need to ask for permission from an adult at home and that the school cannot accept any responsibility for any damage caused to their property. We do have a variety of games in school that will be available for anyone who is unable to bring in items from home.

This week we are proud of:

Mirren, Carmen and Mia are proud of their spelling.

Noah is proud of his basic facts.

Anniyah and Daniela are proud of working on the Chromebooks.

Ella is proud of her money work.

Robert, Angel, Finlay, Pippa, Royce and Oihane are proud of playing P.E games.

Jemma enjoyed watching the movie.

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In Literacy, we have been very busy spelling words with the long /i/ sound.  In reading, we have been focusing on the comprehension strategy – visualisation. We have been reading a variety of unseen texts and answering a range of questions. We have been using our imagination to create our own comic book.

In Numeracy, we have been learning to add a two-digit to a three-digit number using an empty a number line. This week Naomi and Daniela are sharing our learning with you and I have included a google slide to aid discussion at home.

Our film study this week focused on the artistic style used in the animation. We compared the colours used in the animation to other Pixar animations. We drew an image from ‘Brave’ and designed it in the style of ‘Toy Story’. We discussed the relationship between Merida and her mother. We enjoyed creating short role-plays in small groups. 

We are very happy to finally share our beautiful winter art work with you. We created unique snowflakes to surround our wintery tree pictures.

This week we are proud of:

Mia and Jemma are proud of their maths.

Zander, Mirren, Noah and Daniela are happy about their basic facts.

Harry, Lewis, James, Emilia and Cailean are happy with their spelling.

Naomi is proud of her snowflakes.

Oihane, Anna and Angel are proud of their winter art.

Ella is proud of her comic book.

Carmen is proud of her acting skills.

Royce is proud that he was honest.

Anniyah is proud of playing a game in P.E.  

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In Literacy, we have been very busy spelling words with the long /e/ (y,ie,ei,ey,e-e) sound.  In reading, we have continued to focus on the comprehension strategy – making connections. Some of the reading groups have had the opportunity to carry out some research on a chrome book and complete a fact file.

In Numeracy, we have been focusing on the strategy round and adjust. This week Angel and Robert are sharing our learning with you and I have included a google slide of the addition and subtraction strategy to aid discussion at home. We have started to solve number and word problems by selecting the most appropriate strategy.

We started explored seasonal Scottish food this week. We have been discussing the benefits of buying local produce. We created seasonal Eatwell guide plates by selecting foods from a calendar. This was great fun and we learned a lot about food grown in each season. We have started to create a winter art scene using paper, paint and crayons. We will share the finished product with you next week!

This week we are proud of:

Harry, Mia and Mirren are proud of their numeracy assessment.

Emilia is proud of her spelling sessions.

Royce, Robert and Pippa are proud of taking part in a P.E game.

Angel is proud of playing bench ball.

Noah is proud of his catching skills.

Anniyah and Daniela are proud of drawing a self-portrait in art.

Jemma is proud of her winter trees.

Ella enjoyed decorating our class Christmas tree.

Have a great weekend

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