Term 3

P6-7 Newsletter term 3

Primary 5 are learning lots this term. In P.E they have been doing dancing and they have been doing the cascassian circle, flying scots man. They’ve been doing Gymnastics as well as a routine.

In maths P5 have been learning about four digit adding and subtraction.

When Diwalia was going on P5 started learning about Rama and Sita and the evil king Rannava and learnt about what they do for celebrations such as Diwalia is an national holiday in many countries and they light Diva lamp and they do art and that art looks like a lotus flower.

In French they’ve been learning about colours and sizes.

In art for Halloween p5 did a haunted house with paint , paper, and coloured pens.

They’ve been learning about homophones in literacy.

They wrote a letter to companies in the industrial estate asking for money and it worked because they got a £200 pounds cheque for the school.

In Primary 4/5 they have been doing lots of different work on maths. In maths they have been doing Multiplication. The times table they have been working on is the 9 times table. They are all working really hard on this and are really happy with their progress. In maths they have also done some dividing.

In literacy Primary 4/5 have been working really hard on taking notes. They have been taking notes to then go on and write summaries of different contents.

In Physical Education P4/5 have been doing gymnastics and their Jigs and Reels.

They are currently doing some work on The Festivals of Light. The class got a special visit along with the other upper classes. The people from the Jewish community came and talked to them about Hanukkah. Hanukkah is a festival that celebrates the freedom of the Maccabees from the king of the Greeks as he forced them to worship the Greek Gods.

Primary 4/5 have also been learning about the Advent. The advent is a Christian way of counting down to the day Jesus was born. Jesus was born on the 25th of December and this is a big time of year for a lot of people because… IT’S CHRISTMAS!! When we all celebrate Christmas we really need to remember its not about the presents it is about the birth of Jesus. Advent is usually an Advent Wreath. Christians usually light a candle every Sunday up to Christmas.

In Literacy P4/5 have been working on Speech Marks and where to use them. In sentences you have to use speech marks if it is the showing of what a person or animal has said. Primary 4/5 have been doing a lot of work on this and can’t wait to use it when they are writing some really good descriptive stories.

During art the class have been working on Scottish Landscapes. The Scottish Landscapes they are drawing are all over any country side you see. The have been using different arrangements of colours during it all and they can’t wait to work on even more shading and use of colour techniques.

Primary 4/5 constantly work hard on all of their work and really do hope you enjoy reading about what they have been taught and learnt during the 2nd Term of their Primary 4 or 5 year!

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In P3/4 they have been drawing haunted houses in art! Some skills they developed whilst making their art were to use different art materials and to use lines to make recognisable shapes.  Her are some examples of their work.

On the 1st of December P3/4 got a surprise guest…Buddy the kindness elf!

Since then Buddy the kindness elf has been sending P3/4 letters! Here is a photo of Buddy with one of his letters!

In return P3/4 all wrote a letter back to him. Here is a photo of their work. P3/4 have also been drawing pictures for buddy the elf.

Buddy the elf’s job is to make sure everyone is being kind to each other.

P4 recently have been making winter poinsettia art. To make this art they used a variety of mark making materials to design their art work. Here are there success criteria.

And here are some examples of their art work:

Well done P4!

Primary 1 did Research projects on Christmas in the past. Here are some of them. They had to use photos, stories and evidence for research. 

Primary 1  have been very busy this term, look what they have been doing.

Literacy – We have been learning Tricky Words. We learn Tricky words so that we can read books, instructions, our words for the school show and stories people have written. We have also been learning sounds. They help us to read too. We are learning to blend sounds together to make words. We have been working really hard using our sounds and Tricky Words to write sentences. We have been doing News writing on a Monday morning and we have also written a letter to Santa.

Numeracy – We have been practising counting. We are trying to count up to big numbers and also count backwards too. We are learning how to write the numbers correctly. We have also been looking at ordering numbers. With Mrs Sim we have been learning all about patterns and shape.

HWB – We have been learning all about keeping safe this term. We talked about bonfire/fireworks safety, staying safe at Halloween whilst our guising and also staying safe at night now that it is getting dark. We know that we should use reflectors, hi-vis or bright colourful clothes if we go out in the dark so that we can be seen.

PE – Mr Sharp has been teaching us Gymnastics. We learnt different types of rolls such as pencil rolls, log rolls and forwards rolls. We also worked on our balance. We started by balancing on the mats and then we tried balancing on the equipment. We had to make sure we were able to jump and land safely. You always land on your feet and bend your keens.  

IDL – Our topic this term has been ‘Christmas in the Past’. We had to do a research project where we speak to a grown-up and ask them about what Christmas was like when they were little. We were looking at all the different types of evidence we could use for our projects. Some types of evidence we used were: photos, stories, artefacts and the internet.

ICT – We have been working really hard to learn how to log in to the school computers. With Miss Renwick’s help we can type in our username and password, which is really tricky. We have also been learning how to turn the computers on and off properly. We have been practising using the mouse and track pads to draw pictures and we even had a go at writing our names.

Expressive Arts – We have done lots of art this term. We made fireworks pictures using lots of different materials and techniques. We also tried ‘Pointillism’ to make Pudsey pictures for Children in Need using cotton buds. Pointillism art is when you make a picture using lots and lots of dots. It took us ages!

Christmas Show – We have been doing lots of singing for our show. We have had to learn FOUR SONGS!!! We have had great fun making our costumes. Lots of us have been practising our speaking parts too. We have been learning how to use a microphone to make sure everyone can hear us

P6/7 have been really busy this term. Here are some things they have been doing.

In Literacy they have been focusing on creating a question from a text and linking feelings in a text to how they have felt before.

In Numeracy they have been working with negative numbers and also calculating speed, distance and time into international time differences.  They have also been looking at different strategies for adding, subtracting, dividing and multiplying in mental maths.

In IDL P6/7 have been carrying out work on Scottish landscapes, focusing on identifying features and how they are formed. They have also been looking at festivals of light.

In Health and Wellbeing they have been busy. In P.E pupils have been doing gymnastics and dancing. They have been working on included in SHANNARI. They made Mental Health Leaflets.

In Drama they have been writing scripts and performing these.

In French they have been focussing on pets.

In Spanish they have been focussing on numbers to 31 and descriptions of people in 1st person.