Our Weekly School News
Sharing our learning with the school community.
Class News
Primary 1a
We’ve had another fun filled week in P1! Here’s some of the things we’ve enjoyed!
Iris: Drawing and colouring the characters (in our story books).
Abby: Making art with the shiny bits.
Kendyl: Jumping in and out of the hoola hoops.
Owen: Playing on the yellow bike.
We are all really loving playing outside, using the bikes and mud kitchen and exploring in the Nature Garden.
Primary 1b
Another fun filled week in Primary 1b!
We are enjoying reading our stories in class and meeting the different characters. We have made 3 of our character puppets; Kipper, Biff and Chip and the children have been using them in class to tell stories.
Charlotte: “We made puppets”
We have new lego in our class and a super lego book that was given to us by Mr Maxwell, Primary 6 teacher. Many of the class have been building vehicles with the lego and using the book as inspiration.
We have been writing our names in different ways; with sticks in the nature garden and painting in the classroom.
“I like doing the pickers” – Jacob has enjoyed litter picking at lunchtime with Mr Robb. Super job Jacob!
Max has enjoyed playing games and playing outside.
Charlotte: “I was doing work on the computer”
Beth: “I made pictures for Mummy”.
Primary 2
We have been counting to 100 this week in class and taking away within 10.
We are working hard to learn all our key words that go with our reading books.
We went to the nature garden to build dinosaur nests after reading Tyrannosaurus Drip in the class.
We then made up a menu for Little Drip. He only eats plants. We had lots of ideas but we think his favourite meal would be leaf soup for starter, stick noodles for his main course followed by mud ice cream for pudding.
Primary 2/3
We have been learning our spelling using different activities.
Zane ‘I like doing my spelling with chalk.’
In maths we have been building 3d shapes and investigating their properties.
We have been discussing feelings and emotions in health and well being and we made our own emoji faces.
We also did a group challenge to help us work together to achieve a goal.
Eamon ‘I like the marble run at golden time.’
Abbie ‘ I enjoyed watching the dancing at Assembly.’
Primary 3
In a team, we have been building bird nests in the Nature Garden using natural materials.
S.H. – “We used a block of wood and pieces of string”.
F.PH – “My team had sticks but we couldn’t find any feathers.”
We have also been exploring 3D shapes in P3 this week.
We have been creating models from different shapes and we have a 3D shape Ice Cream Shop with lots of cones and spheres!
M.G. “I made a castle with cones and other shapes”.
I.H. “This is a playdough dice. It’s a cube”.
Primary 3/4
What a fantastic start to Primary 3/4 we have had. We have been so busy and have all settled into our classroom and new routines well.
We have been reading George’s Marvellous Medicine and have created our own recipe for a potion/medicine and designed a bottle for our potion using oil pastels. We have had some very creative ideas!
We have been working on place value in maths and have been working hard to be able to identify the hundreds, tens and units of a number .
We have been exploring SHANARRI in health and wellbeing and have been thinking about what this means to us and how it helps us to have a happy and healthy life.
Primary 4
This week we have been working on number and place value. We have been learning why the digit zero is important to keep a place in a number when there are no units, tens or hundreds in that column.
We began our oceans and seas topic by learning the names of the 5 oceans and identified them on a world map. We went on to explore the different depth layers or zones of the ocean and the creatures that live there. P4 thought the blob fish, which lives in the midnight zone, looked very funny!
In P.E we are linking actions and skills together with control and flow during rugby. We have practiced running with the ball, changing speeds and direction.
Primary 4/5
Freya – In maths we have been learning about place value.
Shea – We have been working on our mental maths and completing SAMSON strip sheets. I found it quite tricky but hope to get better.
Hugo – We have been learning about the rights of children. Children have the right to a healthy and safe life.
Jesse-Leigh – We have been learning about what a SHANARRI school looks like.
Lhlyaijana – We have been taking part in fun team games. I am a good team player.
Achievements
Alexander, Hugo and Maxi completed their promise at Cubs and were awarded their coloured woggles, well done!
Freya has started piano lessons and has already learned a note.
Skye has completed her Level 4 swimming badge.
Alannah has completed her level 3 swimming badge.
Primary 5
In maths this week P5 finished their ‘Figure Me Out’ posters for our maths working wall. Now when children are finished their maths they are able to discover new things about others in their class through working out their sums as an extension activity. We have also been working on our problem solving skills and sharing our own strategies.
We have moved on to learning about setting the scene in creative writing. Children in Miss Mackintosh’s class focused on using the five senses to be able to describe the setting for their own scary stories, as well as using adjectives. Volunteers wrote on the whiteboard while others shared their ideas about what they would imagine they might see/ hear/ smell/ feel/ taste in a ‘gothic’ scene shown on the smartboard. They then went on to start describing their own settings using descriptive language based on the senses. We have also finished our ‘Reading Garden’ display – children were asked to write about either their favourite author, why they enjoy reading or what reading targets they would like to achieve in P5.
We started science this week and learned about how flowers draw up water from their roots. We have planned our Colourful Carnations experiment for next week where we will be investigating whether or not white flowers change colour when they are put in coloured water.
Anna said she did not think the flower would change colour because it’s still just water so would not make a difference.
Isla then pointed out, “Humans don’t change colour when they drink coloured juice – so why would flowers?”.
“Humans aren’t made from the same material as flowers though so that’s a different story,” Niamh responded and she thinks that they will change colour.
Results next week!
Achievements
Some students have been keen to do some extra home learning about what we have been covering in class. Georgia made a booklet of maths sums and a factfile about herself. Isla and Ruby focused on our topic of ‘Living Things’ and did some research on animal facts whilst Holly has written an imaginative story about her teacher’s adventure with dinosaurs!
We are also very proud of Alper this week as he was Star Pupil last week for receiving the most dojo points. Additionally, this week he has been given more difficult spelling words for homework and has been flying through his spelling in class, continuing to challenge himself each day – well done Alper!
Also a photo of our achievers who spoke at assembly last week – great job everyone!
Primary 5/6
We’ve had a fantastic week of active learning! Highlights include “Reciprocal Reading” and “Times Table Splat”.
Wider Achievement
Rosie won second place in her horse riding competition.
Jazmin’s football team won their match.
Lottie managed to achieve a back bend without falling in gymnastics.
Primary 6
This week, Primary Six have been learning about the Workhouse.
“People in workhouses had to sleep in boxes!” Catrina
“I wouldn’t like to work in a workhouse because the food sounds disgusting!” Lewis
“We were making and playing board games in maths.” Molly
“In Art, we were drawing and painting Victorian houses with watercolours.” Abi
“We used the characters from Inside Out to talk about emotions.” Tyler
“We have been watching video clips to help us learn about the Victorians.” Eilidh
“We were researching how poor people lived in Victorian times.” Jack
Primary 6/7 and 7
Many of our P7s went on the residential visit to Kingswood and we will find out more about their challenges and experiences next week.
Back at CDPS there were also lots of challenges during the week including
- Investigating directions and bearings by orienteering.
- Researching where our school geocache ‘travel bugs’ have gone to and preparing a display for the whole school to share.
- Problem solving and team work outdoors – shelter building, cooking, designing a way to cross the Nature area without touching the ground and working as small teams in a tyre race competition.
Mr Tyson was really pleased to see how the teamwork improved during the week when everyone began to really focus on their listening and talking skills with each other – well done.
Reminders
P2/3- Please put your child’s name on all clothing, just writing it on with a biro on the label helps stop lots of muddles and lost clothes.
P3/4- Please could all children bring a water bottle to school each day. Please ensure to write your child’s name on your child’s clothing. We have already had a few jumpers going missing and it is much easier to return them to the right person if they are clearly labelled.
P4- Please remember your PE kit every Wednesday and Thursday.
Homework bags and any Accelerated Reader books must be brought to school every day
P6 – PE every Tuesday and Thursday.
