Hurlford Primary School and Early Childhood Centre

Happy Friday Everyone,

This week in P4S we have been busy as we start to learn more about our topic (Ancient Egypt).  We have been looking at a map of Egypt and finding where it is in the world. Egypt has a very long river running through it which we learned was a valuable resource for the Ancient Egyptians.  We have also been learning about Pharaohs and the story of Moses as a baby, a story which links very well to our topic.

In Numeracy, we have been using coins and note values to calculate the change we would be given in a shop if we were to buy certain items.  We have also been identifying values of groups of coins and working out how many coins should be used to pay for certain items.

In Literacy, we read another chapter of our Class Novel then used our Summarising Skills to highlight the important facts from the chapter.   In addition to this, we have been learning how to write Non-Chronological reports about subjects we already know about.  It isn’t easy but with lots of practise we will improve our skills week on week.

There is a long weekend ahead and we wish you all the very best for a lovely weekend,

from,

Miss Steedman and Mrs Connelly

Another week has flown by and P5 have been doing fantastically well with their work this week! Here’s a quick update on what we’ve been up to:

In literacy, we have been continuing our novel study of “The Last Wolf”. In this weeks chapter, we learned that the main character Robbie had been at the Battle of Culloden during the Jacobite uprising. To find out more, we did a research task and found out about the leaders of the Scottish and English armies and what happened at Culloden to give us some context for our novel. The pupils were excellent at using their skimming and scanning skills to find and use information about the battle and were able to answer questions. For writing, we were writing letters this week. We investigated how to properly set out a formal letter and how to structure our ideas into paragraphs. We were also trying to be persuasive as we were pretending to write the letter to King Edward I from either John Balliol or Robert the Bruce and were trying to convince him to choose them as the next King of Scotland.

In maths, the pupils are making good progress with their tables and will next week be looking at 7, 8 and 9 times tables. We will also be practising the written method of multiplication when multiplying 2 digits by 1 digit eg 42 x 3. We also explored compass directions and enjoyed using beebots to programme a route.

In other areas, we have been exploring the Eat Well guide and looking at food groups. The pupils can now sort food items into their correct food group and also explain why that food group is important for a healthy diet. In our topic this week, we looked at the succession problem during the Scottish Wars of Independence and identified positive attributes for the next king. 3 of our pupils took on the roles of Robert the Bruce, John Balliol and John Hastings and acted out a script which highlighted their reasons for being chosen as king. The class listened and took notes and then debated on who should have been chosen based on their attributes.

Thanks for all your help and support this week and thank you P5 for all your hard work. Have a fantastic weekend!

-Mrs McDonald x

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April23 poster – draft