Hurlford Primary School and Early Childhood Centre

An East Ayrshire Council School

September 8, 2022
by Miss Frew
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P5 Weekly Blog 9th September 2022

Happy Friday!

Hope everyone has had a good week. Here is what we have been up to in P5:

In literacy we were discussing fact and opinion and played various active games to explore the difference. The pupils really enjoyed the blether station activity where they had to find cards in the playground and identify the statements as either fact or opinion.

Pupils have also been working on their spelling and handwriting and completed a number of tasks to practice their words and letter formation.

In maths this week we have begun to explore place value and worked to complete work focusing on ordering 4, 5 and 6 digit numbers. We played games on Education City, worked with partners and done an independent task to demonstrate our learning.

In other areas, we have been exploring our rights and discussing how we feel when we have our rights met. We then wrote an acrostic poem about our rights. We have also been discussing resilience and how to become more resilient when faced with challenges. We also started our new topic “The Circulatory System” where we will focus on learning how our heart works.

 

Have a great weekend everyone!

Miss Frew x

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September 8, 2022
by Mrs Johnstone
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P7 Week Beginning 5.9.22

Another quick week in P7 is almost at an end. Here’s a round up of what we’ve been up to.

As a class we discussed the Rights of the Child and agreed our Class Charter to show how we will respect the rights of each other.  A vote was held to decide the theme of our display with most of the class opting for Disney.  Everyone chose a Disney character to represent themselves on the charter.

In numeracy, we looked more closely at decimal numbers and practised partitioning to three decimal places.  We know that after the decimal point there are tenths, hundredths and thousandths and we can write them in decimal and fraction form.


As part of our literacy work this week we looked at balanced arguments. First we identified the features of a balanced argument, then we competed to tip the scales in teams ‘For’ and ‘Against’. Finally, we had a go at writing our own balanced arguments (this is called discursive writing) based on our class novel, ‘ Kensuke’s Kingdom’. We used the title: Sailing Around the World – An Adventure of a Lifetime?

In a vote at the end of the lesson most of the class said they wouldn’t want to leave their homes and school to sail around the world. What do you think?

Well done to everyone in P7 who put themselves forward as House Captains and for other school roles, and congratulations to all who were successful.

Have a lovely weekend when it arrives,

Mrs Johnstone.

 

September 8, 2022
by Mrs Campbell
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Parent /Carer Workshops – An introduction to Rocket Phonics

We have purchased a new phonics scheme called Rocket Phonics. Please come along to this informal session to find out more about it and how you can help your child at home with reading.

Tea and Coffee will be provided.

Our workshop will take place from 9-9.45am in the dinner hall, access via the playground.

We hope you can make it!

Please fill in the appropriate form, as required. Thanks. 

Parent/Carer Workshop – An Introduction to Rocket Phonics -P2 Wednesday 14th September 9-9.45

Parent/Carer Workshop – An Introduction to Rocket Phonics -P3 Wed. 21st September 9-9.45

Parent/Carer Workshop – An Introduction to Rocket Phonics -P1 Wed. 28th September 9-9.45

 

 

September 4, 2022
by Mrs Campbell
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September 2, 2022
by Miss Baillie
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Primary 1 – week beginning 29th August

Hello Primary 1,

Please click the image below to see what we have been busy doing this week in class.

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Have a lovely weekend!
Miss Baillie and Mrs Cuthbertson

September 2, 2022
by Mrs Carey
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Primary 2 Friday 2nd September

Good morning,

It’s been another busy week in P2 with the pupils settling in well to the routines and enjoying working with their friends again.

This week we had our first Thinking Time Session where the children work in mixed year groups in their house colours offering a great opportunity to discuss and learn about the school community on a variety of topics. Wednesday also saw our first WOW session which the children all thoroughly enjoyed and the bonus this week was,  we were lucky to have some fabulous weather for this event.

In literacy, we have been working to develop some common words in fun and interactive ways using sand, dough and dabbers to name a few. We are also currently revising the initial sounds s,a,t,p,i,n. In addition we have been looking at our new reading scheme Rising Stars.

In maths, we have been doing some secret counting to reveal the even numbers to 20. Counting in 5s and 10s to 100 and looking at the number of the day. As yesterday was the beginning of a new month this gave us the opportunity to explore the seasons and the months of the year. We will be doing lots more work on this in the months to come.

For health and wellbeing, we are continuing to look at SHANARRI and this week we had a focus on friendship, the importance of kindness and supporting one another  with a view to developing our Classroom Charter.

The children are all working hard and developing friendships which in turn, helps them be highly supportive of one another in class.

The lovely weather this week allowed us to go outside with Primary 1 yesterday afternoon and the children enjoyed playing together and had lots of fun with hoops and balls.

Have a lovely weekend and thank for your support.

Mrs Carey

September 2, 2022
by Miss Steedman
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w.c. 29.8.22 P4S Class Blog

This week in P4S we have been thinking about what a Growth Mindset is and how we can adapt our own learning to grow even when we may be puzzled by an activity in class.

We have also been writing about an exciting activity which we enjoyed over the Summer.  There was a lot of description in our writing which was wonderful to read about.

In Numeracy, we were revising and learning more about Rounding numbers to the nearest 10 and we learned a wee rhyme to help us.  Perhaps we could teach the Grown Ups the wee rhyme at home to help us remember it.

Our Interdisciplinary Topic this term is Wildlife and Habitats so we have been discussing what animals need from a habitat and also what different types of habitats can be found all over our amazing planet.

Wishing you all a fantastic weekend,

Miss Steedman

September 2, 2022
by Ms Wilson
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P6: week beginning 29th August 2022

It’s Friday again, what a quick week. Primary 6 have been working very hard and are looking forward to the weekend.

We have been continuing to revise work on whole numbers in numeracy with the focus being on place value and partitioning. We learned a new strategy during our Number Talks session called addition grids. Everyone got the hang of it very quickly.

In Literacy, we have been focusing on common words for our spelling. Yesterday, we continued to write an adventure story which we’ll edit during our next writing session. The class have enjoyed sharing their stories with their peers.

On Tuesday we used our observation skills to draw a variety of classroom objects. Mrs Wilson was very impressed with our pictures as they were so detailed and realistic. Also on Tuesday we had great fun making hedgehog hotels for our STEM activity with Mrs Ferguson.

On Wednesday with Miss Gibson, we focused on creating a display for our class charter. We wrote our statements on leaf shapes and signed our names on flower designs.

We have made a start to our Term 1 topic. We will be learning all about Forces and Friction. Our science groups investigated the forces we use in the classroom and in the playground.

The Vice Captain speeches have now been filmed and we are all excited to find out who will be voted in!

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

 

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