As part of Scottish Book Week, we read a wonderful book called ‘Rocketmole’ by Matt Carr. The main character is a mole who has decided to build his own rocket to fly to the moon. This inspired us to learn … Continue reading →

As this was Scottish Book Week, we decided to explore our woodlands area to find interesting objects we could use to create our own imaginative story to share with the class. We found all kinds of fantastic things to spark … Continue reading →

This week we have been learning about the comprehension skill of prediction and how to use the information and picture clues on the outside of a book to help us make a prediction about the content using what we know … Continue reading →

In mathematics we are currently investigating non-standard and standard measurements of weight. This is a very active and practical area of maths and we are thoroughly enjoying making estimations and comparing these to the actual measurements we have taken.

During our R.M.E lesson, we learned all about the Hindu story of Rama and Sita and how it is the inspiration for the Hindu festival of Dwali (The Festival of Lights). We moulded clay into a shape of a light … Continue reading →

We celebrated Halloween in our class by carving pumpkins, creating a haunted house artwork and using our Science discovery skills to observe chemical reactions using household products.

One of the questions we had about the changing season was, ‘why do leaves change their colour?’ So we set about researching this and discovered that trees are very clever and store all of their nutrients deep inside during the … Continue reading →

We are so good at creating repeating patterns using 2d shapes in a variety of colours and have even had successful attempts at tessellation.

In mathematics we have been busy learning about the value of numbers as tens and units and have had lots of fun making these numbers using materials.