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Nursery October Newsletter
First Term In The Nursery
What a busy first term!
A small peek at some of our outdoor and indoor learning as well us enjoying our school lunches.
Term 1 in Primary 7
We have been working very hard during our first term in Primary 7. 
Since the holidays ended and we returned to school we have been developing our skills in maths, literacy, health and well being and art.
Interestingly we have been working on multiplying by 2 digit numbers while learning the formal method and the bar modelling method.
Also in P7 we have been identifying different types of angles within the classroom and in our outdoor learning. We have been developing our skills when rounding to significant figures and using this to estimate calculations. During Maths Week Scotland we worked on a variety of problem solving activities and completed different daily challenges. Spectacularly we came 44th in the National Sumdog competition for Maths Week Scotland!
We have been learning how to up-level our descriptive writing by adding adverbs, adjectives, connectives and sophisticated vocabulary.
Reading this term is based on a book set during the war called ‘Goodnight Mr Tom’. We have completed many activities based on this book including questioner, clarifier and visualiser.
We practise different spelling each week so we can get full marks in our spelling tests. We are all trying to improve our minutes in our reading by reading more of our accelerated reading books at home.
During P.E we took part in different orienteering tasks as well as that we have been learning how to read a map. Recently in P.E we have been working on football while practicing ball control among other skills. Energetically we have been developing our stamina while trying to run continuously for 15 minutes.
On Tuesdays Colin from the Oasis Centre comes to work with us to develop our mental wellbeing. He is teaching us skills in resilience and how to relax our mind.
On a Friday Mrs McNay has been teaching us about different nutritional requirements.
Enjoyably we have developed our artistic skills when creating our tree art. We had to develop our blending skills when creating a stunning background. We have also linked our art with our outdoor learning when creating a sunburst through weaving and pressing flowers to create our own bookmarks.
During ICT we have been looking at our personal Blogs and how to develop these.
It has been a very busy term but an enjoyable one where P7 have worked very hard!
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P1/2 First 3 Weeks
We’ve been very busy in P1/2 so far this term. We’ve spent lots of time getting to know each other and learning how to share and take turns. We painted some lovely self portraits and used wool for their hair. We have done lots of outdoor learning and have been drawing 2D shapes outside with the chalk. We’ve been learning about the senses and have been out on a senses hunt around the playground. We found some lavender in the secret garden! We’ve been enjoying playing in our double bubble Miss Douglas’ class. We’ve been learning our sounds and practising how to form letters and write our names correctly.
First 3 weeks in P7
During the first week of P7 it was all mainly getting used to the daily routine and all of the new stuff at school, staggered break times and the constant washing or sanitising of hands. The first few days we were constantly moving to get used to our new classmates by sitting next to someone different from the opposite class everyday.
During the second week we got our first piece of writing to improve our descriptive skills and to make our writing better. Also we started to do maths for example our mental maths rotation including Daily Rigour, Number Talks, Sum-dog and Mental Agility.
We also started to draw self portraits of our self to put on the wall to represent one another.
In week 3 we started a second piece of descriptive writing and we also started a report on various subjects. We also did some more maths on angles such as complimentary and supplementary.
Then after that on Friday we made bird kites by using a step by step tutorial then after that we went outside to fly them! 
