We’ve been working in teams this term in PE.
As part of a new Health and Wellbeing programme (RSHPScotland), we have been revisiting ‘friendship’.
This week we looked at ‘fall outs’.
Before discussing this topic, we played a game of human bingo. We had to find different people in the class that matched to each of the 12 statements on our cards. It was a fun way to warm up our thinking and talking/listening skills.
Earlier in the week P.C. Laura Robertson came into to talk to us about wildlife crime.
She spoke to us about some of the crimes that are committed,involving Scottish wildlife, ways to make sure our actions don’t harm wildlife or get us into bother and what to do if we discover a wildlife crime has been committed.
We had lots of questions for Laura and enjoyed seeing all the different resources she brought with her.
She was impressed with how much we knew already!
Today we had visitors, Catherine and Nick, from the Scottish Wildlife Trust come in to talk to us about local animals.
They set up 4 stations for us to explore:
1) feely boxes
2) matching skulls to the animal
3) beaver dam building
4) wild cat vs domestic cat
We all really enjoyed ourselves.
The charity are going to send Mrs Robertson info to let us set up a wildlife group in the school too!
The whole school enjoyed Stuart Reid’s presentation this morning.
They learned a lot about what inspires his stories and about techniques that they can use in their own story writing (onomatopoeia, alliteration, ellipsis, visualisation).
Everyone was engrossed from start to finish.
After the school event, the class enjoyed a workshop lead by Stuart.
He talked to them about how to be successful in writing.
The class will hopefully put some of his ideas and suggestions in to practise.
Following the workshop, the children had a go at writing their own character descriptions, using Stuart’s suggestions.
The characters they developed will hopefully feature in some future stories.
During daily mile time, some boys who purchased Stuart’s books couldn’t put them down, so asked to read instead! 📖
We enjoyed our talk from Liz from the Bat Conservation Trust today.
Lots of things to consider when thinking about caring for local wildlife. 🦇
Loose Parts Play
Reading buddies 📚 📖
We were involved in both indoor and outdoor learning experiences today to help us understand and discuss natural vs manmade and biodegradable vs non-biodegradable materials.
Thursday morning active spelling before art. Lots of different activities going on.
Some of us opted to practise this week’s spelling words but others, who felt confident in the spelling rules, challenged themselves with spelling different words.
The upstairs reading buddies group in action
Today’s Loose Parts Play.
We had Kadi’s nans soup in the mud kitchen, crate building (and crashing), a new tyre swing, trucks, jumping, a tyre tutu and lots more!
Imagination, risk taking, teamwork and fun!
Two pupils asked to share their homework about polar bears this afternoon. The class enjoyed listening to their facts.
Using our own methods to complete a range of addition questions.
Numeracy- sharing strategies for a variety of addition sums.
ICT- practising computer skills (opening/saving/editing).
Active spelling this morning.
Children took responsibility for their own learning by deciding how to practise their groups’ spelling rules.
Practising place value outdoors.
Some P5-6 pupils representing the school at cross country this afternoon! Well done everyone for your fantastic efforts! 🏃♂️ 🏃♀️
Hard at work during Numeracy Ninjas this morning. Lots of different techniques and strategies on display for solving problems.
Today’s Loose Parts Play experience. Lots of creativity and communication going on.
Today we enjoyed an outdoor learning experience with the loca lcountryside ranger.
We looked at which species had their habitat in the local woods and then looked at the habitat of the school playing field. We also tried to lure some worms up from their underground habitat.
Signers of the Week
Our last stop was a trip to the auction mart, where we bid on the different animals that we had met earlier in the day.
Sharon from Child Smile came into class today to speak to the children about brushing their teeth. They met Elvis the dinosaur and have all been given a toothbrush for brushing their teeth in school! Letters in school bags with more information.
