P1F

The boys and girls in P1-F have been working hard to read and write high frequency words: a, at, in, it, is, on, of, if, or, I….. They had fun using ‘Phonics Cubes’ and ‘Letter Tiles’ to help.

The boys and girls learned about the British Legion Poppy Appeal. They created a poppy to wear and took part in a two minute silence at 11am.

“It’s to remember the people who died.” – Freya

“I was making a-n (an) with Lily.” – Alba

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P1M

P1M painted ‘Fields of Poppies’ this week. They finger printed the petals and printed little black dots for the centres. They later added the stalks. The class looked at pictures of poppies and discussed why we wear them in November.

‘’I liked putting paint on my fingers.” – William

‘’My picture was good.” – Ryan

‘’My flowers have delicate stems.” – Archie

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P2

P2 went outside for maths. They sorted different objects into groups i.e. different ways, as an introduction to handling information.

In science, we started learning about electricity. We worked in groups to share what we already knew about electricity.

“The computer has a cable that makes it work.” – Ella

“There’s a water power station at Tongland Bridge.” – Jak

“Do not put your fingers in the socket. It might give you an electric shock.” – Aylah

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P2/3

In p2/3 we have been learning about Remembrance Day and making art work to show our respect.

We have been improving are basketball skills with chest passes, dribbling and team work.

“I have been really enjoying learning a new sign every day.” – Elena

“I liked doing our poppy paintings.” – Fearne

“I find Rekenreks help with my learning.” – Tommy

“We loved playing proper bingo.” – Heather, Patrick and Ross

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P3/4

In p3/4 we have been learning hockey. We have been learning to pass and control the ball.

In Art, we created clay houses that represented the houses in Kirkcudbright.

This week our focus has been Remembrance Day. We have been learning about the importance of the poppy and why it is used to symbolise Remembrance Day.

Lydia said, “I have enjoyed doing math challenges this week.”

Willow said, “We designed a cover for our Viking topic. I like to see what they used to do “

Yixin said: “We played games at PE. We used sticks to play hockey.”

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P4/5

In writing, we are continuing to develop our word class knowledge and apply this when upskilling our sentences.

In maths, we have been working on our 4, 6 and 7 times tables this week with Mrs Davidson. We have also been working on area with Mr Wild. It was very fun!

In topic, we are continuing our fact-finding skills around the Vikings and the Galloway Hoard.

In art with Ms McLeman, we have been learning about the traditional painted houses of Kirkcudbright and recreated them with clay.

In PE, we continued to practice our dancing introducing choreography to the Greatest Showman and the importance of counting the beat for each move.

P4/5 have been learning all about Remembrance Day. Every pupil made a poppy to create a giant reef for our display wall.

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P5

We launched into our Vikings topic this week and found out about long ships. We measured out how long they actually are in metres in the playground. We also had fun playing the glockenspiels in music and followed a simple tune as well as playing the C major scale.

Yilin said, “The Viking long ship was much longer than I expected.”

Sam said, “I was surprised at how many men could fit in a long ship.”

Mia, “I enjoyed playing the glockenspiels this week. We made a good sound.”

REMINDER

On Monday afternoon, we will be visiting the Viking Hoard at Kirkcudbright Art Gallery. Please make sure your child brings in a warm waterproof coat for the walk and also for each day for outdoor activities. Thank you.

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P6

We created Scottish landscape paintings, shading and tinting with one colour, to learn about tone. We then stuck on silhouettes for Remembrance Day.

After the one minute silence, on the 11th day of the 11th month at the 11th hour, we wrote down our thoughts and feelings.

Isobel: “I enjoyed learning about making different tones in painting.”

Sylvie: “It was interesting finding out about how brave the soldiers were.”

Ava: “We learned more about Scottish soldiers in the wars.”

REMINDER

On Monday 15th November, we’ll be visiting the Kirkcudbright Galleries

to see the ‘famous’ Galloway Hoard.

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P6/7

Every week we do the ‘Daily Rigour’ challenges. This week, we had a very interesting problem about bed times. It was very interesting to find out what time we should go to bed at. The father of tiramisu, Ado Campeol, died at age 93. We had to work out how much mascarpone would serve 24 people if the recipe serves 6. “I felt the tiramisu question was quite easy but I still enjoyed it.” –Arabella.

We were writing persuasive letters to all the teachers asking them to help on Children In Need day. We are asking them if they could help by letting all the pupils throw soaking sponges at them. As it’s for Children in Need, they would be doing it for a good cause. “I think it would be a good opportunity for the teachers to get drenching wet!”- Maya.

We have signed up to Scottish Power and Glasgow Science Centre Renewables Challenge and this week we studied wind turbines. We used a hair dryer so we could test out our turbines. Molly said, “I had lots of fun making the windmills and it was very interesting to see how they worked.” We had to estimate whether we thought that the flat blades or the folded blades would work better. In the end the folded blade worked better.

REMINDER

On Thursday you can come to school in outdoor clothing (old shoes, wellies etc.) for our ramble to the Barrhill Woods with p1F.

P7’s will need their outdoor PE kit for Tuesday afternoon when the visit the Academy.

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P7

We created a class display for Remembrance Day.

We took part in a live online lesson about the Climate Emergency and how we travel.

We found out about Scotland’s National War Memorial.

Eva T. – “I used oil pastels for my poppy because the colours were more vibrant.”

Eva McG – “I tried hard with my bridge silhouette. I think it looks good.”

Ryan – “Scotland’s National War Memorial is at Edinburgh castle and it is to remember all the Scots who died in war.”

REMINDER

This term’s homework task has been given to pupils. Due date is Monday 13th December.

Each week we will endeavour to share something from each class but this may not always be the case. For further details and information about our school, please head over to our Facebook page at Kirkcudbright Primary School | Facebook

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This week we have been learning about adding. We looked at and discussed red/blue dot patterns and recorded what we saw as an adding sentence, using the symbols + / =.

Note

P1 pupils will enter the school independently in the morning, leaving their parent/ carer at the gate. This will begin on Monday the 8th of November.

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We had a visit from Rory who taught us some singing games and rhymes.

We worked together to help each other do some tasks e.g. jigsaws.

On Friday, we learned about Guy Fawkes and Firework Safety.

“I liked all the colours in my firework painting.” – Craig

“I liked watching the fireworks display on the computer and the music with it.” – Evie L

“We liked singing with Rory and the rhyme with the ball.” – Amy and Olivia

Reminder

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We have been busy learning about numbers to 100 this week. We have practised counting in 10s, 5s and 2s. We have made some paper rockets too. We coloured them and made them look fancy, with sparkly bits. We also thought of adjectives to describe our rockets and other fireworks we might see on bonfire night.

“We were making rockets because it is nearly bonfire night.” – Freya

“We counted in 10s to 100.” – Amelia

Reminder

PE is on a Tuesday and Wednesday. Please remember your PE kit.

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We have been keeping up to date with COP26 by watching Newsround and we also watched ‘The Lorax’.

We have been doing lots of different activities with 100 squares. We have been using Renkenreks for the first time too.

“I really liked playing with the paint for our Christmas cards.” -Ross

“We must all help Earth.” – Lucy

“I thought the Renkenreks were very fun.” – Aria

“I found the COP26 information interesting.” – Duncan

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This week in P3/4 we have been learning about COP26, climate change and considering ways to look after nature and our environment. Also, we have been learning how to write descriptive sentences. We designed our own alien and thought about size, colour, shape and texture.

Damian said, “We need to recycle bottles made of glass and plastic.”

Eilidh said, “It’s not good to chuck away your rubbish because it can hurt the animals.’’

Brody said, “Always recycle because it’s good for humans and animals.’’

Millie said, “In Glasgow there’s a meeting about climate change. They are talking about ways to save the planet.’’

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In writing, we have been learning about up-skilling and expanding sentences using nouns, verbs, adjectives, adverbs, connectives and determiners.

We have been learning different multiplication strategies.

Our topic is the ‘Vikings’, so this week we have been learning about them and the Galloway Hoard.

We watched the Lorax COP26 performance over there amazing mission to save the planet. We then did some work around climate change and what we can do to protect the planet. We discussed what might happen if we do not take responsibility for our actions.

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This week we had the opportunity to watch a performance of the Lorax from The Lyceum theatre in Edinburgh on Tuesday, which we watched and enjoyed very much! This was linked to thinking about issues being raised at COP26. We also learned about Greta Thunberg’s campaign and we designed our own petition banners with Mr Wild.

Rory – “I liked it when the Onceler chopped down the trees in the Lorax.”

Gavin – “My banner read Climate change won’t solve itself.”

Kornelia – “My banner read STOP! We need to act faster to stop climate change!”

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We have been comparing and researching lives of people in the past to our lives. (Vikings)

We have been learning about COP26 and what the young people want world leaders to do.

“It was fun learning about Vikings. We found out more than we thought.” Sylvie

“We learned about how Vikings lived and their lifestyle.” Hari.

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In P6/7 this week, we have signed up to the Glasgow Science Centre ‘Renewables Challenge’. We had two interviews with engineers about their jobs. Joseph said, “It was challenging and I really enjoyed it.”

Our class is in charge of planning a ‘Children in Need’ day for our school. This week, we started planning all the activities we will be setting up to help raise money for this charity. “I really enjoyed it because we are doing it for a good cause,” – Maya.

For the past two weeks, we have been learning Scottish dancing. The dances are called ‘Strip the Willow’ and ‘Dashing White Sergeant’. “The dancing was fun but very tiring.”- Jessica.

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We learned how to say the names of fruit and vegetables in Spanish.

We created ‘Fireworks over Kirkcudbright Bridge’ art in the style of Jackson Pollock.

We are taking part in weekly group sessions to build self-esteem and encourage good mental health.

Ryan – “I chose orange, red and yellow for my fireworks because they are warm, bright colours.”

Gary – “We pulled the brush with our fingers to get the splatter firework effect.”

Danielle – “Me gusta los platanos means I like to eat bananas.”

Reminder

Spelling homework will be due on Thursday (11th) next week.