We have just started learning about fractions.  Pupils were identifying what fraction of a shape was shaded and equivalent fractions were written where necessary.

In writing, pupils wrote an imaginative story based on a Scottish island.  They created their own Scottish island using adjectives or descriptive phrases to describe it and they created characters and events to include within their story.

Pupils were learning a Scottish song to sing at the Scottish Assembly.

We had our ‘Sharing Our Learning’ afternoon and Assembly.  The pupils presented their Assembly confidently to an audience and they did very well.  I am so proud of their efforts.

In Maths, we have been calculating the difference between two times, counting in a variety of numbers such as, five minutes, ten minutes, fifteen minutes, thirty minutes and hours.  We have also been reading a variety of timetables and answering a range of questions.

We completed reading the novel ‘War Horse’ and we answered a variety of questions about the final chapter.

Happy New Year everyone and we would like to wish you all the best in 2019.  In Maths, pupils are continuing to learn about time.  They have been telling the time in one minute intervals and they have started to calculate durations.

Our new topic for this term is Romans.  This has been introduced and we now have 3D Roman sandals on our display board, made by pupils using paper.

In Writing, pupils wrote a report about ‘The Eye’.  They used headings and paragraphs to organise information and they included key facts about this important sense.

In Maths, we are learning about Time.  We have started to learn how to tell the time in 5 minute intervals for times past the hour.  We played a time game and we were reading analogue clocks and digital clocks.

We have been reading our novel ‘War Horse’ and we have nearly completed the novel.  We have been discussing challenging vocabulary as well as events within the chapters.

In Topic, we have been learning about cells.  We have been learning what cells, tissues and organs are.  We have been learning the names of different parts of a cell and we have discussed different types of cells.  We also started to learn about the digestive system.

Pupils have been learning the story of St Andrew.  They listened to the story of St Andrew, learning key facts about Scotland’s Patron Saint.  They developed their note-taking skills and they used the notes to write a report about St Andrew.

In Maths, dividing calculations have been continued and stations were organised to apply dividing skills in a variety of contexts.

In Maths, pupils have been continuing to complete division calculations.  They have been using their knowledge of their times tables to complete calculations.  They have been learning how to calculate remainders and they have been learning how to divide by 10, 100 or 1000.

In writing, pupils wrote a report about the heart.  They have been learning about what the heart is, what the heart does and the names of different parts of the heart.  They used headings to organise information into different paragraphs and they tried to include interesting facts.

In Topic this week, pupils have been learning about the lungs.  They created a labelled diagram of the lungs and they have started to apply their learning by creating their own information sheet.  Pupils also started to learn about the heart.  They learned the names for different parts of the heart and further work on this will be completed.

In Maths, pupils completed multiplication and they have now started division.  They have been using their knowledge of their times tables to complete a variety of division sums mentally.  They have calculated division sums in context, discussing strategies they could use to complete the sums.

Last week, pupils participated in Outdoor Learning.  They completed an orienteering activity in the school grounds.  They used a map of the school grounds to find orienteering markers that were in a variety of locations.  They had to find letters to write down and they also had to calculate multiplication sums.  Once pupils had found all of the letters, it formed a sentence.  It was great fun and very enjoyable.

In Maths, pupils have been continuing to learn their times tables.  Pupils have been answering a variety of questions.  They are continuing to progress their understanding of written multiplication sums too.

In Science, pupils have been researching about a mammal of their choice.  This has involved designing an information sheet, writing interesting facts and drawing illustrations.

We have started our new topic, which is Body Systems.  We were learning the names of the major organs in the body.  We had to cut out a picture of each of the major organs, colour it in and stick it in the correct place on the body outline.  We are going to find out the purpose of each of the major organs next.

We are continuing to develop our mental maths skills, including working on our times tables.  We have been continuing to work on our spelling and reading within class.

In Writing, we wrote narrative poems about Autumn.  We tried to use similes, metaphors or onomatopoeia within our poems.  We wrote at least two verses with four lines in each verse.  We then redrafted our Autumn poems and illustrated them.  These poems will be displayed with our Autumn trees we drew in Art.  We used crayon to draw Autumn trees and we used Autumn colours for leaves on the trees and ground.  We tried to create perspective by drawing a larger tree at the front with a smaller tree in the distance.  We used a blue and green paint wash to paint the sky and grass.

In Numeracy, we were continuing to develop mental maths strategies for multiplying.  We used our knowledge of multiplying by 10 and 100 to complete calculations.   We also rotated round stations to complete multiplication calculations using a variety of contexts.

In Science, we used ‘Decision Trees’ to identify four animals in each vertebrate group – fish, mammals, amphibians, reptiles and birds.  We had to look at their features and identify the name of the animal.