Another busy week has gone by and as always the children have been enjoying some wonderful experiences!
We went to visit our paired reading buddies from P5/6 in their classroom. They helped us use a new maths program on the laptops. We really enjoyed the RM easimaths and it was made even more exciting by our buddies joining us.
We have had a go at solving more problems in our maths slot with Mrs MacKinnon this week. We had to see how many different outfit combinations we could put on the doggy.
Following this we had to see how many colour combinations we could find for the flags using the same 3 colours for the job. We worked out that their were 6 different flag colour combinations.
On Tuesday afternoon we put our ‘science hats on’ and did some experiments with toy cars. Our first experiment was testing how far a pull back car would go when you pulled it back a little way and then a long way. We measured the distance using our feet.
Our next experiment was testing materials that the car could drive over. We talked about ‘predictions’ as we had to predict whether the car would go fast or slow over a variety of surfaces.
We used a towel, a bean bag, a jumper, Mrs Simpson’s scarf, tin foil, the carpet and a table. We decided that the smoother the surface the faster the car would go.
As it is Children’s Mental Health week this week we have been focusing on our feelings and emotions. Last week we looked closely at fear and anger and this week we looked at sadness and joy. As a plenary activity the boys and girls coloured in 4 different hearts to represent each of the emotions. We talked about colours that would match each of the feelings and the children made beautiful pictures.
*Important Information*
The week beginning 11.2.19 is a short week. Monday is a holiday and Tuesday and Wednesday are In-service training days for teachers only.
We hope you all have a restful long weekend and look forward to seeing the children bright eyed and bushy tailed on Thursday!
Mrs MacKinnon and Mrs Moir
