P5.18 Blog 2023/24

This week has been really busy!

 

We were finding all different type of shapes around the class. We then used them to create our own pictures.

 

We were revising our words they we learned this week.  We did this by having a letter race! Some of us used magnetic letters and some of us used stones to create our words.

 

 

 

This week we have been looking at our number bonds to find out what makes ten. We found lots of items around the room to make calculations. We also worked in pairs to solve calculations and worked hard on our rainbow number bonds.

 

Jenny and Sue from COAST in Lamlash, Arran visited us on Monday. They taught us all about the different species of sea creatures which can be found in  the sea around Arran and told us some amazing facts about them!

On Friday morning a lifeguard called Richard visited us. He taught us how to stay safe near water and told us how to get help in an emergency.

Jamie tried on the lifeguards uniform.  Doesn’t he look fantastic!  He said it was very heavy and hard to move in.

 

This morning we had a visit from one of the rangers from Whitelees Country Park.  She taught us all about Leatherback turtles.  She told us that they are endangered and are dying because they are eating lots of the rubbish and plastic people throw into the see.

Gemma from The Dogs Trust visited us yesterday. She taught us how to be safe and smart around dogs.

We have been learning about the importance of washing our hands properly to be Germbusters.

We learned a new hand washing song and designed posters to put up in the nursery and the school to promote the importance of washing our hands.

  

The whole school took part in an assembly this afternoon to launch our STEM fortnight.  Dr Peter Hughes OBE lead the assembly.

    

This is the first week of STEM fortnight. Over the next two weeks we will be participating in lots of fun and exciting STEM activities.

This morning Geraldine, a volunteer from WaterAid visited. We learned about the importance of having clean, running water and how this charity is helping people in other countries have access to this by providing them with water pumps and clean water storage.

In maths we have been learning about Symmetry.  We have had great fun creating symmetrical patterns and pictures using a variety of materials and resources.

 

we have been learning about living and non living things.

we worked together to sort living and non living things.