Hi there and welcome to the first IDL Blog of this year. It’s Mrs Dougall here, as you may know, I have a different role this year and I am now responsible for Inquiry Based Learning across P2, P3 and P4.  This means that I complete Learning Journeys with the children, starting with a problem/question and working towards them finding a solution using teacher and child led learning across different aspects of the Curriculum for Excellence.   I now teach P4a for 3 periods of IDL and on of PE each week and it is so lovely to be part of their continuing Learning Journeys.

We started this session with an investigation into Energy. We learned about Kinetic, Solar, Wind and Hydro Energy. Our trip to the Science Centre allowed us to apply this learning in a different setting.

We have also fitted in two short blocks of learning about Meta Skills, these are the skills that we use everyday in our learning and our Meta Skills Lessons help us to investigate the skills, apply them in practical situations and recognise the importance of them in our daily learning. These Meta Skills will help equip the children  for the World of Work.

Our first Meta Skills focus was on Creativity and Curiosity and we are currently focusing on Communicating and Collaborating.  The class teachers work with us to apply these skills in all of our learning.

Our second Learning Journey was all about Climate Change. We focused on learning about the impact of Global Warming on the seas.

We also had a visit from a Scottish Government Climate change advisor.

We are about to start a our new learning journey and are all so excited.

Hi readers and welcome back!

We missed you last week because of the storm – crazy eh?

As usual we’ve been really busy this week 🙂

In Maths, we were learning more about grid references, finding hidden words and even designing our own grids!

In Literacy, we have been analysing leaflets and magpieing key elements such as bullet point and even subheadings! We are working on our own leaflets all about Robert Burns and are typing these, using Google Slides.

On Friday morning, we went to lunch hall to prepare food for our Burn’s Supper this afternoon. Here we are designing our own haggis pastry parcels. Have a look at our cool designs! We are looking forward to our Burn’s celebration later and will share some photos next week.

Have a lovely weekend!

P4a

Happy New Year and welcome back to our blog!

“This week, we started reciprocal reading.  We made a circle with our chairs to read together. Three people had to look up the dictionary for words that the class wanted clarified. We read about New Year and this way of reading was a bit different.” Samarth

“We learned some new words that we didn’t know and I really liked it!” Sarah

“In Maths, we were learning about area. To work out area you can count squares inside a shape, if the line is curvy on the shape  you only count the squares that are full or half or more.” Neave

“We also played an area game and you to make a shape with a certain area. Some people even created connectives!” Basmah

“Yesterday, we found out our new topic which is about Robert Burns. He was a Scottish poet and we are planning to have our own Burn’s supper!” Abdallah

“We also learned he wrote poems about things that happened in real life, like his poem about a mouse. On his birthday every year, people eat haggis, neeps and tatties.” Lucas

“Yesterday we played a Kahoot game about Burns. It was medium challenging and fun!” Waniyyah

“Today we were planning  ode poems about our favourite things, inspired by Robert Burns.” Amara

“My ode poem is going to be all about football!” Fraser

“In Art, we  added on to our skyline. We had the colours, blue, white and black and we started to paint with white and blue. We mixed them together and when it got darker and darker we added black with the blue.  Next week, we are going to paint a tree in the middle of our picture.” Blair Alba

Tune in next week for more!

Wow, we have been so busy! Read on to catch up on our last few weeks recently, in P4a!

“Do you know why so many people died in the Titanic disaster?” John

“We learned that there were so many reasons combined. It hit an iceberg but also there were not enough lifeboats.” Kiyansh

“The closest ship nearby ignored messages for help!” Zak

“Also in IDL, we made a tinfoil boat, we put them in water to see if they would float. We added blu tac as if it were people, cars and furniture and tested if it would still float.” Isla

“They did float but then we cut a hole into our boats and when we put them in the water, they started filling up  and they sank. This helped us learn what the water was like when it was flowing through Titanic.” Fergus

“Last week, we completed stories based on a John Lewis Christmas Advert. It was about a little boy coming home on the bus and he spotted something fall from the sky.” Amber

“The boy found an alien and a broken spaceship in the forest. We  had to write what might have happened next.” Lucas

“I was proud of my story because I used lots of adjectives and adverbs and read it to the class.” Amara

“On Wednesday in Music , we were playing Christmas songs using instruments.  It was really fun and I really enjoyed it!” Mila

“In Maths, we have been learning about calendars. We had to add information to plan the month of December. We added Christmas Day,  Advent Sundays and other dates.” Basmah

“We also answered questions on an iPad game. I got up to 48 and I really enjoyed it!” Amelia

“In RME, we have been learning about Advent and how it is celebrated in different countries. In Mexico, they have a nativity in the streets and have a pinata every night!” Neave

“We also sequenced the Christmas story. I learned that the wise men visited King Herod before visiting the new born King, Jesus,” Samarth

We look forward to our Christmas party next week. Come back next week for more!

Welcome back guys!

“This week we finished our Titanic posters based on famous passengers.” Hannan

“Soon we will select a winner for this competition and they will win 3 marbles and a smelly sticker. I feel like I really want to win it!” Fraser

“I worked with my partner Zak on this and I added lots of decorations on our border and I hope we win!” Nimit

“This week we wrote our star stories and we got to share these with each other.” Lucas

“I am proud of the way I laid out my writing and like reading it over and over! I think it’s a WAGOLL (What A Good One Looks Like)” Amber

“On Thursday, we were looking at different aspects of measure, in Maths. I measured myself with a metre stick.” Freya D

“We all took part in a Sumdog challenge. I earned lots of coins and now have a total of 499! I also topped the leader board in Street Dash and I’m very happy about that!” Fergus

“In Art, we finished off learning about cold and warm colours by painting them. We also did line art and folded and cut paper.” Freya F

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“In Literacy we made text maps to help us learn interesting vocabulary.” Fraser

“On Friday, we planed our star stories for next week. Mine is set in the rainforest.” Amara

“Mine is set in the rainforest too and has a monkey, a snake and a tarantula in it!” Amber

“In Art, we chose water colours or oil pastels to  use and this helped us learn about warm and cool colours. Red is warm, blue is cool and purple is in-between.” Samarth

“As it is Book Week Scotland, a special visitor from Eastwood High came to talk to us about his favourite books!” Zakariya

“In IDL, we used our research to make a poster about famous passengers on the Titanic. Mine is all about Eva Hart.” Wanniyah

“My poster is about Thomas Andrews, he was lead ship architect.” Ashton

“My famous passenger is J. Bruce Ismay and he was the chairman of White Star Line who owned the Titanic. He survived and got on collapsible lifeboat C.” Fergus

In STEAM, we were learning about climate change and we drew the Earth and added trees and a cow.” Sarah

“This helped us learn about cows releasing gas, and CO2 creating a blanket over the Earth and global warming.” Isla

We even had time for a quick Show and Tell and celebrated a super swimming achievement!

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We hope you enjoyed reading our blog! Happy weekend 🙂

Welcome back readers!

“This week we have been learning about measurement. Today we investigated how many small jars could hold 1kg of macaroni.” Basmah

“We discovered that 1 kg fits into 6 and 1/3 jars. I had estimated 6 jars so that was nearly correct!”  Zakariya

“We also went outside this week and discovered a star lying in the P3 playground. We wrote down our ideas about how it got there.” Lucas

“We wrote with chalk on the ground. I think it came from space!” Neave

“Yesterday, I also spotted some clues and I think maybe Santa has sent to us.” Amber

“Today we read a story called Alfie’s Star and we also did a sheet to analyse the text.” Isla

“We learned the words WAGOLL (What A Good One Looks Like) and WASOLL (What A Sloppy One Looks Like) I thought the story was a WAGOLL.” Samarth

“It was a WAGOLL because it has sentence starters, a good title, paragraphs and similes.” Neave

“In Music, with Mrs Lyall we played a game were we had to bounce a ball and when we sang- pass to a friend you know – you passed to a friend and it was their turn. I thought it was challenging.” Amber

“Also in Music we learned a new sound called TA – A (this is 2 beats long). Fraser

“In STEAM, we learned about climate change and how the world is getting hotter.” Fergus

“In IDL, we researched famous passengers. I choose Eva Hart who was a 2nd class passenger.” Sarah

Tune in next week for more!

Hello again readers, we have been busy this week!

“In Literacy, we learned about onomatopoeia which are words like pop, bang and sizzle.” Isla

“Today we wrote a poem about bonfire night. We had to include all our senses and it was fun.” Zakariya

“In my poem, I included 5 senses, onomatopoeia and a simile! I feel proud!” Amber

“In Maths yesterday, we were doing measurement. My partner was Neave and we had to measure each  other in hands and it was really fun.” Blair Alba

“My partner was Amber and we chose cubes to measure the length of our bodies and drew a table on our jotter to write our estimates first then our measurements.” Amara

“In ICT. we finished our block by completing our Titanic presentations on Google Slides. I am really proud of mine.” Fraser

“With Mrs Dougall in STEAM, we were learning about metaskills.” Lucas

“We made a list of things we can all do to make the school even better!” Basmah

Hello again and welcome back!

“In IDL, we found a ticket from White Star Line for the Titanic on our seats. It said which class also our names.” Sarah

“Next, we had to research information about our class on the Titanic. My class is 3rd and I found out a ticket cost £7!” Waniyyah

“I have a 2nd class ticket and they had bunk beds in their cabins.” Isla

“In 2nd class there was mahogany furniture which sounds fancy.” Amelia

“In 1st class, they could have beef and French cuisine!” Kiyansh

“In Music, we played a funny game. It was called Tony Chestnut and we had actions that we had to remove and keep singing. It was medium hard!” Fraser

“In Maths, we were learning about shapes and tessellation and how you can tessellate shapes and make patterns.” Nimit

“In Literacy, some of us read out poems and we got to magpie ideas and we planned our work before we wrote them.” Lucas

“We’ve been learning how to write acrostic poems. When you read the first letter vertically, it spells a word. We wrote poems about Autumn.” Samarth

“Last week, we were writing a poem called Super School. We used words starting with the same sound, this is alliteration.” Zakariya

Tune in next week for more!

“Welcome back readers! This week has been busy and lots of fun. We went on a great trip to the Science Centre!” Freya F

“My favourite thing was the running track, you had to run very fast and get a fast time.” Amber

“I enjoyed the hamster wheel, where you had to run as fast as you could.” Freya D

“I was building DNA using magnets and it was like a puzzle.” Zakariya

” In the planetarium, we learned about constellations and how days, months, seasons and years work.” Fraser

“I liked the visiting the planetarium. I give the trip 10/10 because it was lots of fun!” Mila

Check out our photos below and have a lovely holiday week!