Literacy

In literacy we have been reading a new non-fiction book called Dr Maggie’s Grand Tour of the Solar System. It is all about space and the planets. We have also been writing persuasive pieces about what you would say to persuade someone to get something that would benefit you.

Numeracy

In numeracy we have been learning about multiplication and division fact families. We have also been using Numicon to learn how to divide.

Across the Curriculum

We have been learning about natural and synthetic materials in science. We have also been exploring prehistory and how archaeologists research about the past.

In P.E we have been learning to do forward and backwards rolls using various equipment.

By Lucy and Mrs Campbell

Literacy

In literacy we have been learning to write a narrative about crazy creatures. We had to include interesting punctuation, similes and metaphors.

Numeracy

In numeracy we have been learning about multiples and factors in multiplication and division.

Across the Curriculum

We have been practising for the Chess Championship. We have also started gymnastics in P.E. As well as this, as part of our Africa topic we learned to make a Kalimba which is an African instrument.

Our pupils have had a busy last week of term!

Literacy

The pupils have been learning to use visualisation to help them understand a text. All pupils found quotes from our recently completed class novel ‘The Butterfly Lion’. They then used these quotes to help them create a visual of the Butterfly Lion in our playground.

Numeracy 

The pupils have been learning to link multiplication and division through the use of fact families.

Across the Curriculum

The pupils have been learning to count from 0-20 in French. To practice our accents and reinforce our knowledge we played some games.

As pupils have reached 5,000 class points we are having a ‘Yes Day’ which all pupils are enjoying.

Happy Easter!

Our pupils have had a busy week this week!

Literacy

The pupils have been learning to use reporting verbs in direct speech. All pupils can correctly punctuate direct speech, identify where the dialogue tag is in the sentence and can use a variety of reporting verbs to describe how someone is speaking.

Numeracy 

The pupils have been learning to use the formal method to solve multiplication problems.

Numeracy homework should be handed in on Monday.

Across the Curriculum 

The pupils were visited by the Barony Campus police officer this week to learn how to stay safe online.

The pupils also had the chance to be tour guides this week by researching and presenting various places in South Africa.

A big congratulations to Miss Higgins who passed her final 4th year crit this week! Miss Higgins will now go on to be a fully qualified teacher after the summer holidays.

Our pupils have had a blast celebrating World Book Day!

They have enjoyed taking part in some ‘drop everything and read’ time where pupils read books from home or from our school library together.

Our mystery reader was also Mrs Cook who read us a fabulous picture book story.

All pupils will also be going home with a new book today.

A big thank you to the library committee for organising some amazing activities today!

Literacy

The pupils have been exploring speech marks in literacy this week. All pupils can correctly punctuate direct speech and can use it in their narrative writing to help move the storyline along.

Numeracy

All pupils are learning to solve more challenging multiplication questions using Number Talks strategies. The pupils have also been exploring area with Miss Higgins.

I will collect numeracy homework jotters in from pupils on Monday.

Across the Curriculum 

The pupils have enjoyed exploring coding and game design in ICT.

As part of our Africa topic, the pupils have been exploring the physical geography of South Africa. Additionally, the pupils have created beautiful artwork in the style of Tingatinga.

A short but exciting week for P5/6!

Our P5 pupils participated in their first swimming lesson this week and had a blast! All pupils represented Catrine Primary School beautifully, even when using public transport!

The pupils have also been learning to convert units of length using their knowledge of multiplication.

Additionally, the pupils have enjoyed creating animal masks in the style of Tingatinga as part of their Africa topic.

I would like to thank all pupils who have returned their homework to me this week.

Please can all remaining pupils hand their homework in for Monday.

Amazing Africa

The pupils will be exploring Africa for their new topic this term.

The pupils firstly explored African music. All pupils were able to close their eyes and listen to African style music. They then used visualisation to create a picture of what they could imagine in their mind whilst listening to the music.

The pupils then explored different African instruments and created Power Point presentations to inform other pupils about each instruments’ origins and how they are played to produce music.

The pupils also used their mapping skills to explore the location of South Africa and its 9 provinces.

P5/6 have been issued a numeracy homework jotter to allow them to practise their times tables at home.

All jotters will come with a copy of a times table grid as well as a task map with different strategies to learn their times tables.

This homework can be done whenever your family have a spare 10 or 15 minutes and aims to be fun for each pupil.

When a pupil is confident with a times table, an adult should tick the sheet at the back of the jotter to identify which times tables still require focus at home.

We will be focusing on times tables until the end of the school year with a hopes that all pupils will be more confident when solving problems involving multiplication.

I will collect jotters in every 2 weeks to monitor each pupils’ progress.

Literacy

This week in Literacy we have been doing spelling  using diacritical marking and syllabification with our new  ‘m’ words. We have also have been learning about adverbs. We have also been learning to describe a character using similes and metaphors, alliteration, descriptive sentences and adverbs.

Numeracy

In Numeracy this week we have been playing roll the dice to make multiplication calculations and solving them using the expanded formal method . We also learned how to create equivalent lengths using m and cm.  We also did a bit of the grid method.

Across the curriculum

We have been learning about pop art. We chose a piece of pop culture to create a pop art portrait. We have also been learning about the dangers of alcohol abuse and we made leaflets telling people about alcohol and safety when drinking.

By Hannah and Daryl