In literacy, we have been learning the ‘wh’ sound.  We made whales with the playdough, drew animals with whiskers, played with whales in water and things with wheels.

In maths, we have been learning all about fractions.  We have learned all about equal sharing and investigated halving amounts and shapes.

We enjoyed some Cosmic Yoga where we acted out being fish under the sea in a shipwreck.

In H&W, we are talking about our emotions.  We enjoyed listening to a story all about how to ‘Find Your Happy’.  Click on the link below to listen to the story at home too…

https://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/m001mnth/cbeebies-bedtime-stories-new-and-trending-katherine-and-nat-sciverbrunt-find-your-happy

This week we have been learning the ‘ng’ sound…

We learned about the Christian story of Jonah and the Whale. We really enjoyed acting out the story. Can you tell which bit we are acting out?

We have also been learning about symmetry this week. We worked with a partner to make symmetrical pictures using the peg boards…

We also had a transition visit this week. Some of the children from the ECC came to visit and play in our classroom. We had great fun showing them how we play in Primary One…

In PE we continued our gymnastics block by using more of the equipment.

Here are a few wee photos from our outdoor morning too.

What a busy week we have had! Have a lovely weekend.

This week we finally made it to the park! Our buddies came along and were a great help getting us back up the hill in time for home!

In maths we have been learning all about 2D and 3D shapes. We made shape pictures and played shape games. We also had an adding station where we practised adding calculations.

In PE we tried out the big apparatus including the monkey bars and the ropes. We had so much fun climbing and swinging.

This week we have been continuing to learn to say, make and write o’clock times…

We also made some dens outside…

We were super proud of Emily and Ruaridh this week. Emily represented the school at the Robert Burns Academy reciting our Scots Poem and Ruaridh spoke beautifully at our Easter Service…

On Thursday we had great fun making our eggs for the Easter Egg Competition.

In literacy we have been learning ‘ch’ so we built churches, chopped playdough to make chocolate and chips, chatted on the phone, drew Easter chicks and cheese.

In RME, we have continued to learn about Ramadan and Eid. We learned that, in Egypt, during the month of Ramadan, streets are illuminated at night by colourful lanterns. So we decided to make our own colourful lanterns. We had to use lots of skills, like using a ruler and scissors carefully, to make them. I’m sure you’ll agree we did a great job!

On Thursday afternoon we went down to the ECC with the P6 class for the Teddy Bear’s picnic. We had so much fun seeing all the ladies and playing with some of our friends from last year.

“Tomorrow you have to bring one teddy to school because it is the Teddy Bear’s Picnic.” – Gracie

“We are going to the nursery for the Teddy Bear’s Picnic” – Dalton

“We will see all the teachers and our friends at the nursery” – Savannah & Blair

“You can make new friends there” – Gracie

In literacy we have been learning ‘th’ digraph.  We learned how to write it neatly and use it to make words.  We also made thank you cards, cleaned teeth with toothbrushes, made thin and thick snakes and used blocks to make theatres…

In maths we have been continuing to learn about money.  We were learning how to make amounts four different ways using the 4 Ways Boards…

In RME, we have been learning about the festival of Eid al-Fitr.  We made  Mehndi Pattern hand designs…

We also had great fun out our village walk this week.  We spotted ducks in the river and some daffodils growing in the gardens…

We’ve had lots of fun building this week using blocks and cardboard boxes…

We have been playing the Glockenspiels along to Twinkle Twinkle Little Star…

On Thursday morning we had a surprise visit from PC Aitken, the campus police officer.  We got to ask her lots of questions and she even showed us her handcuffs and restraints and tried them on a few of us.

In maths this week we have been focusing on making amounts using the best combination of coins.

On Thursday we celebrated World Book Day.  We had so much fun reading our books from home. We spent time chatting about our favourite parts with our friends. After break, some of the children from the Reading Leadership group had set up a Gingerbread Man themed treasure hunt for us.  We worked in small teams finding all the characters.  In the afternoon Mrs Robertson came down to read us a story. It was a lovely day and we were surprised with a book each to take home!

In PE this week we continued to focus on balancing and rolling.  Here are some of our amazing balances.

We have had a consolidation week in literacy this week, going over all the sounds and common words we have learned so far.

In maths, we are still working on recognising coins and have started to learn about making amounts.

We had so much fun using the magnets to sort coins that we decided to learn about their properties. We learned about ‘magnetic field’ and that we can make magnets ‘attract’ and ‘repel’. We then tried to make magnet paths and follow the coin through the paper…

The rain stopped our walk this week but when the weather cleared we managed to get out and have some time playing outside. We played Superheroes, showed off our dance moves and built houses…

The children have been working really hard this week and have been using the iPads to capture their own learning. Check out their fantastic photos.

In Literacy we have been learning the ‘qu’ and ‘x’ sounds

In Maths we have started a topic on Money and have been working hard to recognise the coins from 1p to £2.  You can practice this at home by getting your child to sort and recognise coins and maybe even try to put them in order.

In PE this week we started our Gymnastics topic with Mrs Schendel and we focused on balancing and travelling on the mats.

We enjoyed another Cosmic Yoga session. This time it was Sonic theme! Can you see our little hedgehogs 🦔…