{"id":8698,"date":"2018-10-22T21:00:23","date_gmt":"2018-10-22T20:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/deerparkprimaryschool\/?p=8698"},"modified":"2018-10-22T21:00:23","modified_gmt":"2018-10-22T20:00:23","slug":"p5-6-a-snapshot-of-our-first-term","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/cl\/deerparkprimaryschool\/2018\/10\/22\/p5-6-a-snapshot-of-our-first-term\/","title":{"rendered":"P5\/6 ~ A Snapshot of our First Term"},"content":{"rendered":"

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We’ve been working in teams this term in PE.<\/p>\n

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As part of a new Health and Wellbeing programme (RSHPScotland), we have been revisiting \u2018friendship\u2019.
\nThis week we looked at \u2018fall outs\u2019.
\nBefore 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.<\/p>\n

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Earlier in the week P.C. Laura Robertson came into to talk to us about wildlife crime.
\nShe spoke to us about some of the crimes that are committed,involving Scottish wildlife, ways to make sure our actions don\u2019t harm wildlife or get us into bother and what to do if we discover a wildlife crime has been committed.
\nWe had lots of questions for Laura and enjoyed seeing all the different resources she brought with her.
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Today we had visitors, Catherine and Nick, from the Scottish Wildlife Trust come in to talk to us about local animals.
\nThey set up 4 stations for us to explore:
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\n2) matching skulls to the animal
\n3) beaver dam building
\n4) wild cat vs domestic cat
\nWe all really enjoyed ourselves.
\nThe charity are going to send Mrs Robertson info to let us set up a wildlife group in the school too!<\/p>\n

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The whole school enjoyed Stuart Reid\u2019s presentation this morning.
\nThey learned a lot about what inspires his stories and about techniques that they can use in their own story writing (onomatopoeia, alliteration, ellipsis, visualisation).
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After the school event, the class enjoyed a workshop lead by Stuart.
\nHe talked to them about how to be successful in writing.
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Following the workshop, the children had a go at writing their own character descriptions, using Stuart\u2019s suggestions.
\nThe characters they developed will hopefully feature in some future stories.
\nDuring daily mile time, some boys who purchased Stuart\u2019s books couldn\u2019t put them down, so asked to read instead! \ud83d\udcd6<\/p>\n

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We enjoyed our talk from Liz from the Bat Conservation Trust today.
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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.<\/p>\n

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Thursday morning active spelling before art. Lots of different activities going on.
\nSome of us opted to practise this week\u2019s spelling words but others, who felt confident in the spelling rules, challenged themselves with spelling different words.<\/p>\n

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The upstairs reading buddies group in action<\/p>\n

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Today\u2019s Loose Parts Play.
\nWe had Kadi\u2019s nans soup in the mud kitchen, crate building (and crashing), a new tyre swing, trucks, jumping, a tyre tutu and lots more!
\nImagination, risk taking, teamwork and fun!<\/p>\n

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Two pupils asked to share their homework about polar bears this afternoon. The class enjoyed listening to their facts.<\/p>\n

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Using our own methods to complete a range of addition questions.<\/p>\n

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Numeracy- sharing strategies for a variety of addition sums.<\/p>\n

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ICT- practising computer skills (opening\/saving\/editing).<\/p>\n

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Some P5-6 pupils representing the school at cross country this afternoon! Well done everyone for your fantastic efforts! \ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2642\ufe0f \ud83c\udfc3\u200d\u2640\ufe0f
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Hard at work during Numeracy Ninjas this morning. Lots of different techniques and strategies on display for solving problems.<\/p>\n

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\u00a0Today\u2019s Loose Parts Play experience. Lots of creativity and communication going on.<\/p>\n

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Today we enjoyed an outdoor learning experience with the loca lcountryside ranger.
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