Welcome back to a still very snowy Dundee! It’s been snowing all day here and we went outside with our P7 boys and girls into our playground to build snowmen. Have a look at our playground, do you have as much snow where you live? Maybe you can let us know.

              

We have been reading the book, Room on the Broom and we were looking at all sorts of different characters we could sit on the broom. We each drew a character and wrote some words to describe it. We then added our own character into the rhyme, e.g.,

                                       “I am a giraffe as tall as can be.

                                       Is there room on the broom for a giraffe like me?”

Have a look at some of our “Room on the Broom” rhymes.

  

In number this week we continued to look at addition adding 1 more and 2 more. We had to work out tricky sums where the missing number was in the middle.  4+[]=5. This made us think very hard!

We also looked at money this week. We looked at all the different coins. We compared their size, their shape and their colour. We looked at how much thery were worth and we arranged them in order.

In topic this week we looked at our needs and our wants, what that meant and the difference between them. We worked in groups and we were all given a selection of picture cards. We had to decide which of the things we needed and which of the things we wanted. Items that made us healthy and were essential to survive were things we needed. Items that were lovely to have but not essential were things we wanted. This was quite tricky and we had to think long and hard if we really needed some things.

We have been talking about how we grow and to help us discuss and understand what a baby needs to thrive and grow strong, Mr Bluman’s wife Anna brought in their baby son Jackson. We had already thought of some interesting questions to ask Anna.

              

We also have a past, present and future wall in our corridor. We all brought in photos of ourselves as babies. Next to that we have a picture of ourselves as we are now and we then drew a picture of how we think we will look in the future when we are adults. Some of us thought we might be a mummy or a daddy. Some of us thought we might be a fireman or a policeman, and some of us thought we might be a dancer on the stage with purple hair. Who knows what we will be, but it’s exciting to think about our future!

  

Parent Notices

Gym – Please ensure that your child has a full gym kit in school. Gym days are on a Tuesday and a Wednesday. Also please note that all jewellery must be removed for gym.

Your child has been given a blue homework packet, please ensure your child brings this to school every day.

Open Doors – Every Friday from 3.00 – 3.15pm. Come into class and see all your child’s hard work.