Primary 1/2 Newsletter – Term 2 – October - December A
warm
welcome
back to you all! I hope you all had a
great
time
off
during
the
October break. We officially
started
term
and
look
forward
I to
meeting with you all
at
Parental
Consultations. also
hope
organise
I to an
‘Open
Morning’
this term to allow your
child
share
some
their
to of
learning
with you.
Our
Pupil
Parliament
groups
starting
school
this
in term.
All pupils had the chance to vote for which
group
they
would like to be in. This year we have the
following
groups:
Eco
Mrs
Overmeer;
with
Rights
Respecting
School
with
Mrs
Little; Twitter/Media Miss Blogging
with Millar;
with
Mrs
Cameron; and Pupil Council Morgan.
will be ‘Children in Need’. We would
fancy dress on November and to donate £1 to this charity. We will also run a small bake sale on this day to raise some extra funds for the charity. More information will be sent out.
Our P1-P3 Christmas
with
Mrs
Daisy Angel’. practising for the show very soon!
Weather
and Seasons our
that
the
weather
ways
types
impact have
choices. also
on We
explore
and
this our will what
special events and occasions
take
place during which seasons.
in
detail the different ways
that
the
weather can impact and
affect
living
things. Through
the
Expressive area
Arts
of
the
curriculum, we plan create
our
own
‘Weather
Channel’
whereby
the pupils
will
take
role
of
on
the
weather
presenters. range
activities be
of
art
will
also
derived
from
topic,
tying
nicely
into
season
of
and
the
the winter
occasion
Literacy
different
our daily lives and can
exploring
topic
seasons can affect what
the
of Christmas!
we will be exploring different
measure
record
this
Curriculum:
Through
we
Our P2 pupils will
A
Pupils will begin
-
also
and
to
Christmas Fun!
the
will
be
Friday 17th
Topic
outdoor
learning
weather.
like everyone to
called ‘Whoops-A-
Pupil Parliament
Through
opportunities,
class fundraiser
Show this year is
General:
are
This year P1/2’s
come to school in
have 2
Class Fundraiser
Phonics/Spelling Phonics
and
spelling
continues
for our P1 and P2 pupils,
following
the
structure
same
as term 1.
Reading The Oxford Reading Tree
Programme
has started for P1’s