Category: Learn More with P1-4
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Healthy plates in P1-4
As part of our exploration of UNCRC Article 24 (I have the right to be as healthy as possible), we have learning about the importance of a balanced diet. To meet our goals, we have been organising loads of different foods into their food groups and talking about the benefits of each group. We all…
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Fireworks Fun!
This week we have been researching Guy Fawkes and the gunpowder plot. We created our own bonfires using a technique called blow-painting and shall finish them next week with the addition of real twigs and a sprinkle of gold glitter. We also created fireworks in milk, using food colouring and fairy liquid. This was a…
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Halloween Fun in P.1-4
This week we have had lots of fun creating potions with water, food colouring, bicarbonate soda, vinegar and washing up liquid! We also added glitter and some herbs/spices to create different smells and textures. At construction we created pumpkins, ghosts and haunted houses with lego and multi-link cubes. For craft, we designed our own pumpkins…
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2D and 3D Shape
Over the past two weeks we have been learning about 2D and 3D shape. We have had fun sorting and matching new shapes, creating patterns on the lightboards and drawing round shapes to make people, houses and vehicles. We also investigated which shapes can tile and created some pretty impressive tessellations. P.3/4 tried their hand…
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2D Shape in P.1-4
This week we have been exploring 2D shapes, including pentagons, hexagons and octagons. P.4s have also been getting to grips with regular and irregular polygons. We have been sorting and matching shapes, creating shapes with matchsticks and rods, as well as creating pictures on the lightboard.
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Maths Week Scotland – Wild Maths with P1-4
The maths might have been wild, the weather wasn’t and the pupils in P1-4 worked really hard to complete some outdoor maths challenges as part of Maths Week Scotland. In groups the pupils used a Carroll Diagram to sort natural and some unnatural objects that they found in the playground. The pupils also sorted through…
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Good work assembly led by P1-4
All the pupils in P1-4 gave a little glimpse to the whole on Thursday about what they have been learning recently. We were treated to some super quick answers to number bonds to 4 from Aurla, Fergus, Boyd and Noah, and number bonds to 100 from Mirren and Leo. Archie and Logan shared with us…
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Road Safety in P1-4
As part of out SHANARRI and UNCRC work, P1-4 have been learning about all things safe. We have discussed who keeps us safe and how they keep us safe, and we have focused on how to be ‘Safety Kittens’ in regard to road safety. We want to make sure everyone knows how to stay safe…
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STEM in P.1-4
This week we have had lots of opportunities to work collaboratively in the creation of various structures, including bridges, castles, beds, farms and rainbows! The older pupils have been kind and considerate when working alongside our P.1 pupils and our wee class is really beginning to feel like a team. There has also been lots…
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Lighthouse Musicians Concert
This week three Lighthouse Musicians came to perform the most wonderful concert for us all. They played a huge variety of music from various genres, some of which we recognised and some of which we did not. We very much enjoyed singing along with some familiar movie tracks such as You’ve Got a Friend in…
