Primary 4 Home Learning - fortnight commencing Monday 12th March; Home Learning jotters due back in on Thursday 22nd March

Literacy and EnglishSpellingIt’s really important that Gold and Platinum words are embedded by the end of the session, so please keep consolidating at home. If you need to be reissued with either of these lists please just let me know.

All groups are now working on common spelling patterns and rules. Spelling words should be practised each day using an activity from the Spelling Menu – you will not remember the words by copying them out once into your Home Learning jotter.As we are now learning/practising to join our handwriting in class the expectation is that this will be carried through to home learning and that there will be some written evidence of spelling practice recorded in the Home Learning jotter in neat joined handwriting.Week commencing 12 th March Wildcats – angle, jungle, horrible, terrible, knuckle, disable, obstacle, impossible, rectangle, believable, vehiclePine Martens– club, flex, flying, sight, side, die, bright, sunshine, thirteen, fourteenRed Squirrels (Platinum) - bat, pet, self, out, our, round, mouth, saw, put, outsideOtters (Gold) – hop, fit, grin, buzz, cross, less, miss, go, no, crossroadWeek commencing 19 th March Wildcats – quiver, equal, request, quote, liquid, squeak, quite, quarrel, squeeze, squirrel, squash, aquaticPine Martens – such, luck, home, froze, foal, stone, toast, snowball, fifteen, sixteenRed Squirrels (Platinum) - big, fox, milk, how, owl, brown, town, could, should, flowerpotOtters (Gold) – bed, wet, prod, duck, neck, clock, lick, so, my, broomstickFeel free to write up to six sentences using your spelling words if this is something you would like to do. Remember all capital letters and full stops. You could try adding some possessive apostrophes into your sentences too!

Literacy and EnglishReadingCheck your yellow Reading Record for pages to be read and remember

to get your jotter signed. Check on the meaning of any unfamiliar words – ask someone at home, or use a dictionary (online dictionaries

are fine too). I have posted some additional reading activities on the blog which you may like to try at home.

Numeracy and MathsKeep working on those times tables and division facts at home as we will continue to work on our one minute challenge tests!

For the next fortnight we will be working on angles and symmetry in class. How many right angles can you spot in the world around you?

IDLOut and about dates:

Please make sure you have returned your permission slip.Thursday 15th March – The Islands and Cathedral visit (extra snack required).Thursday 22nd March – Culloden Woods with the Countryside Ranger

(full wet weather gear and packed lunch required/£2 to pay towards coach if you have not already done so).Friday 23rd March – Library visit.Monday 26th March – Historic Inverness (extra snack required).Many thanks to all the parents who have volunteered to help – we have had plenty of offers and so names will be drawn from a hat and selected parents contacted directly.

Interesting Inverness ResearchInverness city is full of fascinating old buildings and we are hoping to go walkabout again both this week and next week for a closer look. Choose one of these buildings and see

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Primary 4 Home Learning - fortnight commencing Monday 12th March; Home Learning jotters due back in on Thursday 22nd March

just what you can find out about it. Where would you find it in the city? When was it built? What was it originally used for?Be ready to share what you have found out with your classmates at the start of next week (week beginning 19 th March).

Inverness Castle, Hilton Hospital, Town House, Abertarff House, Victorian Market

The Foundry, Forbes Fountain, Old High Church, The Cathedral, Ardkeen TowerHere are some websites which may help you: http://www.lostinverness.co.uk , http://www.explore-inverness.com , http://www.scalan.co.ukIf you do not have access to a computer at home you can always use one of the class laptops for research, just check with Miss Gray when would be a good time to logon.Reminders/What’s on?

PE on Wednesdays with Ms Mackenzie – please remember your gym kit or dojos will be deducted! Named indoor shoes please (not your PE shoes). Finish for Easter Wednesday 28th March. Don’t forget to follow our blog so that you don’t miss out on any updates.

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