In primary 4/5 they have been learning a lot. They have been learning about symmetry  they now know that symmetry is the same on both sides when you reflect it over.

The class have also been doing money. They did change and they have also been calculating the total amounts of the end calculation.

                                  Fern                                                                              Alex

Primary 4/5 did a lot with Miss Atkinson (their student teacher.) They thought it was very fun to have a student teacher in to help them learn in different ways and use different strategies from a different teacher.

In class they also did a lot of art. Here are some examples:

They did mountains with lochs with chalk pastels.

P1/2 have been very busy in term3  with their learning

In maths p1/2 have  been learning about money, Mrs Caven was teaching them money for this term.

In languages p1/2 have been learning numbers in French from 1 to 10.

In literacy p1/2 have been learning how to spell a word while writing it.

In IDL  p1/2 have been learning  about  water and electricity.

Term 4 pdf

On Thursday  some people went  to Primary 3/4 to learn about germs. So they got into groups of 4. They next thing they did was got a piece of bread and they went to some places to make it dirty.  Then they talked about what has germs on it and what does not. They next watched a video  about how to keep the food nice and clean.

The next week they saw what the bread had turned into and thought that is what germs could do to you. They binned it because it was so soggy and green the green part is fungus. They left it out for 7 days to see what happened to it.

They also went up to the Primary 5/6 class room and tried some different foods. Primary 5/6 classroom had made an American diner for the younger ones to try out!

Everyone really enjoyed this and hope to do something like it again soon.

In Creativity we played Zip-zap. It was about eye contact and keeping sharp. We also did warm ups. We were even puppeteers and puppets. We really enjoyed it.

The first thing we did in community was we made a role-play about the consequences of parking in the drop off zone.

The second week we made posters about inconsiderate drivers parking in the drop off zone and a lot of people used a slogan which they made up which was go FAR with your car. Some people’s posters were put up outside near the drop off zone.

The third week we went outside and we were digging up the weeds in the garden plots and some people managed to plant some plants.

The last week we did a lot more planting and we planted onion bulbs and potatoes and overall it was a really interesting four weeks and everyone enjoyed it!

In term 3 P6/7 have been very busy.

Numeracy

In numeracy this term P6/7 have been focusing on percentages. They learnt how to successfully find a percentage of an amount and use this skill to find the cheapest price when completing a budgeting task.

                                                              Literacy 

This term in literacy p6/7 have been learning how  to add speech marks to text. They used their new found skill in a news articles when they wrote on the World War Two blitz.

Health and wellbeing

In health and wellbeing P6/7 have been focussing on the rights of a child and how we show this at Heathhall. They were also tasked to pair all the rights of a child with our values (Fairness, Achieving and Respect) on a mind map.

IDL      

In IDL this term P6/7 have been learning about WWII and the horrific effects of it. They had to write a newspaper article on the Aberdeen bombings or the Clydebank bombings with quotes and a picture.

On the 12th of March, P5/6 and P6/7 went to The Devils Porridge for a school trip. they explored what life would’ve been like back in the war. For example they listened to the air sirens, went into the Anderson shelters, wore some clothes from the war and even ate some carrot cakes! They were given a tour guide which helped them navigate the museum and learn about the Gretna bombing and how it effected peoples lives. Here are some pictures

On Wednesday 27th of March P5 went to New Lanark as part of their topic on the Victorians.

We did a lot on our school trip  including a ride, a tour and a class role play. We started the day with a class role play from the Victorian times. In the role play we did arithmetic ,writing and drill (Maths literacy and P.E). We got to write on slate our name and date . We also wrote the alphabet in cursive. We did  Maths on a slate with a slate pencil. They for some reason had a crocodile. (fake) After that the teacher made us try and guess which country she was pointing at on the map. Next  we did some Victorian style dancing .

We  did a 12 minute ride it was about a girl called Annie McLeod and how she lived and worked in mill.

After that we went on a tour with a woman called Lesley. First of all in the tour she took us to see the mill and told us that girls had to go under the machines and pull out clumps of wool so that they wouldn’t jam the machine and had to get out quickly so that their hair wouldn’t get caught. Lesley told us that it was girls who had to fix and work the machine because they were small and nimble while the boys did all the carrying and lifting. Once that was over Lesley took us into one of the houses, they were tiny there was one window to a house and they were only one room. Next we went to a house a bit later in time, (the first was in the Victorian era this one was around the time of WW1) this one was two rooms and two windows but was still quite small. Finally before leaving went to the town store where the people who lived there could get all the essentials they needed. All that was left to do after that was go back to the school. We all had a great day!

On the 4th April the House and Vice Captains hosted Heathhall’s Got Talent.

Before the actual Heathhall’s Got Talent show roughly 40 acts went to auditions where the house and vice captains had to choose just 12 acts to compete in the final.

The 12 acts were:

Alicia  P1/2                                                                                             Leah P2/3

Emily P7                                                                                     Ruby, Sophie, Eva and Holly P2/3

Mhairi P5/6 and Ellen P7                                                      Piper P2/3

Isla P3/4                                                                                     Charlie and Beth P5

Chloe P4                                                                                      Fletcher P3/4

Reece P7                                                                                        Ethan P7

All of the acts were AMAZING!

The 2nd place award went to Chloe who played a million dreams on the piano! Well done Chloe!

The WINNER was Isla who danced to Lost Boy! Well done Isla!

Also well done and thank you to the house captains for organising this event and thank you to the judges!

We also had some audience participation with Baby Shark and The Macarena!

Great Fun was had by everyone!