EWHCF Class of 2022

In maths, Pythagoras have been learning about time. We have been playing Sumdog and doing assessments about graphs and tables. Euler have been learning about area and perimeter. Mrs Lamont was drawing shapes on the board and we had to figure out the area inside. We had to count the squares inside the shape. Turing and Newton have been doing addition and subtraction, we got given a set of calculations to answer.

In BIG writing, we made an imaginary story about our characters getting stuck in a cave. We had to make it sound realistic and include lots of brilliant VCOP. Everybody had some amazing ideas for their characters and how they got stuck in a cave.

In literacy, we have been doing comprehension about battery power. It gave us amazing facts and awesome information. We also did one about a governess called Mrs Slighcarp. She looked after a child called Bonnie and her orphan sister Sylvia. They were both very good stories!

In social studies, we have started our new topic all about Scottish landscapes. This week we have started taking notes and comparing Scottish landscapes to a country of our choice. Once we had completed our notetaking, we started to make our own presentations all about comparing the two different landscapes. We are enjoying our new topic!

In ICT we were creating an animals of the world presentation. Basically, we got given uncommon species of animals and we had to research about them. We had to get one fact and picture of them.

In health, we have been doing mindfulness, this week we made our own glitter jars! They are very stress reliving! We had to bring in our own plastic bottles and fill them up with water, add glitter and some food colouring, then we were ready to shake and watch the glitter fall.

In PE, we have started our new topic… gymnastics! We have been putting up different stations and then balancing, jumping, twisting and rolly-pollying. We really enjoy our new topic, and it really helps there are some experts to help us out!

In art we have been learning to draw textures. We watched a tutorial of how to draw brick, wood and metal with just a pencil and paper. The end results are amazing!

In science, we have been learning about H2O and how clean water is made. It’s very interesting. First, you flush the toilet and then it goes into the sewage pipes under our very own feet. Next, it travels to the water transplant and gets emptied. Then, they make the water clean by the good bacteria that sucks up all the dirt. They give it one last clean and then it’s ready to drink! This involves the water cycle, and the urban water cycle too.

Here is what P5a have enjoyed learning about this week…

(Elise) In maths, the cubes were learning about time and how to work out time durations. In art we were learning how to do crosshatching and we made a thistle.

(Noor) In Big Writing, we created our own character.

(Muhammad) In literacy, the apostrophes have been learning about persuasive language.

(Sabre) In maths, the pyramids have been learning about 2D and 3D shapes.

(Aaron) On skills academy the design and manufacture group were making houses out of playdough and matchsticks.

(Abbie) We were using the atlases to figure out where UK rivers are.

(Ailsa) In topic, we were learning about the Tay Bridge Disaster and we had to create a news report.

(Harry) We were learning about comparative and normal adjectives.

(Affan) The digital group worked with Spheros, Nicolas and I made our Sphero breakdance.

(Adam H) In Learning for Sustainability we brought in our natural materials and made eco art.  My group made a hedgehog and Viraj’s group made a tree. Eilidh M’s group made a bird.

 

 

This week in Art we were learning about different drawing techniques we used crosshatching to create a Scottish Thistle. This linked to our new topic all about Scottish Landscapes and mapping and we watched a helpful video.

Fleming enjoyed their house afternoon and watched part of Toy Story 4 with some popcorn and juice.

In DYW, Learning for Sustainability (LfS) made natural artwork using natural materials we had collected from outside. Have a look at some of our pictures! Hannah’s group made a bird on a stick. Finlay’s group made a tree! Dilraj’s group made a tree with a bird’s nest on it.

The digital technology group learned how to program their Spheros and they made them cry, burp, sing and dance! It was very impressive.

In PE we started gymnastics. Mrs Lamont showed us how to set up the equipment safely and we had different stations we could move round to. For example, we had a balance station where we had to use our balancing skills to walk across upturned benches and then we had a wedge where we could do a forward roll off the bench. We also got to jump onto a springboard and had to vault over the box. It was lots of fun!!

On Friday we were learning more French with Miss McKendrick. We were learning about family members in French, mum in French is ma mere. We were singing some French songs and speaking in French. We also read a French story and had to translate it into English.

This week, we asked the children what they were most excited about at the start of their new term, here is what they told us!

(Ruby) In Big Writing, we were writing a letter of complaint about the topic of our choice.

(Hirah) In maths, the Cubes moved onto a new topic, ‘multiples, factors and primes’

(Muhammad) Yesterday, we all moved into our new Skills Academy groups.

(Aaron) Fleming are going to have their rewards afternoon where they can watch a movie with some popcorn and a blanket.

(Ailsa) We changed our desks into a double-horseshoe shape.

(Leon) All the children in the school are making an app and whoever has the best in the school gets it made into a real app and parents are not allowed to help.

(Adam H) The eco committee achieved their sixth green flag and they were telling us about it in assembly.

(Noor) In Skills Academy, life skills were making breakfast bars.

(Julia) In maths, the pyramids have got a new topic called 2D and 3D shapes.

(Thomas) In skills academy, design and manufacture had to make a table and the top had to be 20cm x 20cm and had to be able to support a book.

We started our new topic all about Scottish Landscapes and Mapping. We were learning about the main seven rivers in Scotland. The River Clyde runs through Glasgow, some of the other rivers were the River Tweed, Spey, Tay, Dee, Forth and Don. Today we were learning how to use an atlas to identify where the rivers were. It was tricky but good fun.

We are very excited about taking part in a design your own app competition where we can design and come up with some great ideas. The winning design will actually be made into an app that everyone in the world could download!

In writing, we wrote a letter to the council to complain that we didn’t want Rouken Glen Park to have a shopping centre build on it. We had to use a formal tone and try to be persuasive.

Euler have been working on area and perimeter. We have been using our knowledge of shapes to help us and have been using our skills to help us solve word problems.

Pythagoras have been learning about time. We have been learning about mins past and to and we have been calculating time durations bridging an hour.

We did some mindful colouring with Mrs Nisbet this week and with Mrs Slorach we were debating our opinions and playing a game of ‘Would you rather?’. It was good fun!

We moved onto our new pathways for Skills Academy. In life skills we were making breakfast bars using porridge oats, sultanas, coconut sprinkles, apricots and honey. It was delicious! In learning for sustainability we evaluated how sustainable we thought we were inside and outside of school, we also went outside to find different natural materials such as sticks and leaves. This will help us next week. Digital technology were using spheros, we were learning how to make them move and talk! Design and manufacture were making tables from eight pieces of paper, one 20cmx20cm piece of card, one book to see if the table could hold it, scissors, a ruler and some tape.

In PE we played Swedish Long ball. Basically one person throws a ball and another has to kick it. You have to run to bases without being touched by the ball but if someone catches the ball before it touches the ground you are out. We really enjoyed playing this game.

We had our Christmas party on Wednesday morning where we played lots of fun games and we watched Prep and Landing while having our juice and snacks. It was a super festive treat!

On Thursday we completed our STEM project all about Smoky Homes. We were learning about the respiratory system in Science and through our Mission 2030 work learned that a lot of people die in developing countries because of smoke in their homes. We had to design and create a new stove which could help to solve the problem.

In maths we were put into teams and we did a problem solving relay race! It was great fun J We had to work together to try and answer the problems and go to Mrs Lamont to check them before we could move onto the next challenge.

Mrs Lamont’s gift to us was making melted snowman. It was really fun and tasty. We used biscuits, jam, icing, marshmallows and chocolate to create them…yummy!

We have learned how to draw different types of winter related things…we created festive penguins, snowmen, santa, an elf and a reindeer portrait. These have given us lots of ideas to create lovely Christmas cards.

We are excited about our holidays and looking forward to coming back to school in the new year. Have a lovely holiday everyone!

On Monday we had our Christmas show, we were nervous and excited about this but we put on two brilliant performances.

In writing we created Christmas poetry and we were trying to use similes and metaphors and create an AABB rhyming pattern.

In art we have created Victorian houses by looking at different Victorian architecture and using line to create these shapes and patterns. We are going to use water colours to paint these and then go over them with black pen to highlight the detail.

We were comparing modern school to Victorians school and we feel very lucky to be at school today! We were researching using different books all about the Victorians and we started to create infograms about an area of our choice. Some of us looked at Victorian fashion, Victorian transport and Victorian houses and schools.

We have also been painting ceramic Christmas tree decorations for our Christmas craft and are looking forward to being able to hang them on our Christmas trees.

Turing have been learning about Roman numerals and we created a Roman numeral mosaic, it has been fun!

Euler have been working on word problems involving weight. We are going to keep working hard on this.

In ICT we are learning about internet safety, we have started to create presentations about this and we have been learning about age limits on apps. It is very important we know how to stay safe online. Miss Gourlay said if we ever create password we should always have a capital letter, a number and a punctuation mark in it so that our password is very secure.

This week Turing have been learning about Roman Numerals and have been trying to work out that they are using our number system.

Pythagoras have been learning how to use factors to help them multiply bigger numbers. We have also been multiplying numbers with ThHTU.

Euler have been working on word problems to do with weight. It has been tricky working out which operation we need to use. We are working on looking for key words and having a go.

On Tuesday we wrote a newspaper report about the Grinch who stole Christmas. We had to use formal language and we had to tell the facts not our opinions!

We have been finishing our artwork for our Christmas show. On Thursday we had our dress rehearsal for P1, 2 and 4. They made us cards to tell us how much they enjoyed our show. We are excited about showing our friends and family our Christmas Window on Monday.

In ICT we were learning about the importance of internet safety.

On Friday we made a get well soon card for Leo. We miss him and hope that he feels better soon.

This week, we have begun rehearsing for our Christmas show.  We have chosen soloists and actors to play some very important parts and are excited to share our hard work with friends and family very soon.

In ICT we have finished presenting our projects on the Seven Ancient Wonders.

As part of our health topic, we have been learning about substance misuse and have been learning about consequences and peer pressure.

We had our final skills academy of the year where we made worry monsters, buildings and pencil cases.  The digital technologies group have also finished creating their Scratch storyboards and digital designs.

This week we have been comparing schools from the Victorian times to modern schools. Girls had to wear dresses and boys had to wear blazers and woollen jumpers. We feel very lucky that we can go to school today!!

We have been working on our Christmas show and are looking forward to presenting it to our friends and family.

In ICT we have almost finished presenting our slideshows to everyone. It has been a good experience to stand up and talk to an audience so that we are building our confidence!

In writing, we wrote a diary entry about a day in the life of a Victorian child. Some of us wrote about school and some of us wrote about our jobs. We had to try hard to include thoughts and feelings.

Euler have been learning about weight. We were estimating and weighing objects, converting kg and g and we have been learning to read different scales.

Pythagoras have been using their knowledge of multiples and factors to complete tricky multiplication calculations.

On Friday we went to our last skills academy of the year. We were very excited about all of the activities we were doing. Some of us made a town, a worry monster, finishing plastic bottle pencil cases, creating Christmas decorations and cards from paper straws and using Scratch. The Design and Manufacture pathway visited the P2&3 and P6&7 group as well so that they could see the progression of skills within the pathway. We got to share what we had been doing with everyone.