Mr Atkinson’s comment:
It was great meeting all the parents and guardians that attended the “Meet the Teacher” session on Wednesday!
Our Outdoor Learning Day will take place fortnightly starting on the 12th September. Pupils should bring appropriate clothing for the unpredictable Scottish weather to ensure that they can engage and participate in all the activities.
Literacy and English
Retal – After reading the most recent chapter in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone we had our very own Sorting Ceremony. Isla had brought in her Sorting Hat so we used this to put us into the different houses. Afterwards, we all created House ties!
Emma – This week in writing we have been learning the importance and value of success criteria and how it can be used to improve our writing. After working together to review different examples of writing we created success criteria. Then Mr Atkinson challenged us to select one paragraph from our writing last week and uplevel the vocabulary and check if it met our success criteria. We all noticed how much more engaging and interesting our new drafts were!
Numeracy and Maths
Archie – We have been learning all the timetables before starting our new topics!
Aarohi – In pairs we created number fact posters and a 100 square which we put on our Maths display to help us with our future work.
Health and Wellbeing
Alfie – In our Growth Mindset lesson we discussed what makes a good teacher and what qualities they should have.
Harley – This week in basketball we were developing our dribbling skills! After becoming confident with this we worked in groups to create obstacle courses as stations. Everyone had a brilliant time testing these out!
Expressive Arts
Sophie B – I collected sticks from outside which we decorated to create wands for our class novel display.
Chloe – In groups we drew and painted shields of Gryffindor, Hufflepuff, Ravenclaw, and Slytherin.
Ruairidh – In Art we recreated the Great Hall and Hogwarts by using a range of pastels and the blending technique.
Science
Tia – The primary 5 pupils with Mrs Lamont learned about energy and created gears.
Sara – With Mr Atkinson some of us learned more about chemical reactions. We did an experiment involving vinegar, fairy liquid and baking soda. Before doing the experiment we created a list of all the equipment and made a prediction as to what might happened when all of these were poured into the cup. When we did the experiment the items reacted and created foam and bubbles, it was fantastic!
