Literacy and English 

Mehr – In Writing, we were writing about a Halloween setting. We were only writing the beginning of the story and we had to include adverbs, metaphors and similes to make it more interesting.

Ismail – In Comprehension, we were learning how to scan through a text to find specific words and used a text marking code. If we found numbers we put a squiggly line under it and a circle around times and dates.

Numeracy and Mathematics 

Eva L – In Maths, The Mathletes were learning about data handling on the chromebooks. We were learning about making graphs online and creating surveys for other people to answer.

Gabby – In Maths, The Number Ninjas were learning how to find fractions of a number.

Harry Fo – In Maths, The Number Ninjas were practising 6,7,8 and 9 x tables.

French 

Alfie B – In French, we were learning about family members. We had to match the correct vocabulary to the correct person on the family tree.

Outdoor Learning 

Olly – In Outdoor Learning we were orienteering. We had to find different pegs that had patterns on them and we had to clip them on to our paper in the correct order. We used maps to locate where the clips were. Once you had finished you had to show the teacher and get a new map.

Social Studies (Topic)

Varda – In the corridor there were pictures with numbers. We had a sheet with the numbers on them. We had to go on a hunt to find all the pictures and identify if they were primary or secondary sources.

Science (COP 26) 

Sophia – In Science, we were talking about ways to help the world because of COP26. We went in to groups of 4 and had to create a drama presentation. It was a news report about how we can save the environments. We were given a question about the environment that we had to address/answer in our news report.

Expressive Arts

Zunairah – In Art we created scary self-portraits inspired by Tim Burton who creates creepy movie characters.

PE

John – In PE today we played hockey. We played King of the Ring, practices passing, piggy in the middle and then hockey matches.

Finlay – In PE with Mr McMillan we done Athletics. There was javelin, hurdles and a big obstacle course.

Literacy and English

Ismail – In Literacy we were predicted what was going to happen in our class group novels.

Chloe – In Writing we were writing a story which had to include character description, the five senses and setting. We also shared our holiday news.

Numeracy and Mathematics 

Zunairah – In Maths, the Number Ninjas were learning the 6x table with mixed multiplication and division. Then we did the same with the 7x table.

Mehr – In Maths, the Mathletes were learning about symmetrical patterns. We had to match the colours using mirror image.

Ellie-Beth – In Maths, the Cool Calculators did measuring. We went around 3 stations. In 1 station we had to measure objects with rulers. In the 2nd station we had to measure the objects weight with scales. In the 3rd station we had to measure volume with jugs.

PE 

Aritri – In PE, we played hockey. We dribbled around at the start them we played some hockey matches.

Sophia – In PE, we raced against one other by dribbling around the cones and passing to our teammates.

Eva L – With Mr MacMillan, we did stations and there were different ones that we went around in different groups. We had lots of different obstacles, we also had hurdles.

Topic

Gabby – In Topic we created little envelopes for the different decades in Scotland. Kate and I were partners and we researched Queen Elizabeth II. We found some interesting facts and wrote them down then we created a picture on the front.

Alfie B – We put all of our envelopes together in a timeline in order of when each event happened, in chronological order, from the 1920s to the 1990s.

Expressive Arts

John – In Art we sketched umbrellas and sunglasses. We could choose between the two. One of the umbrellas was closed and one was open. With the sunglasses we had to draw realistic sunglasses or create imaginary sunglasses.

Outdoor Learning 

Sophia – In Outdoor Learning, we went on a scavenger hunt to find different items around the school and the woodland. At the same time we took part in a competition to see who could find the biggest leaf.

Literacy and English 

Olly – In Writing, we had to describe a setting. We had to use a lot of adjectives, similes and metaphors. Some of us self-assessed and peer-assessed the work. We could write about a desert island,  a cabin in the woods, an abandoned hospital and a castle.

Sophie – In Literacy, the Editors were answering questions about a text called Life of a Castle. It was interesting to find out about how life in a castle is different from ours.

Numeracy and Mathematics 

Gabby – In Maths the Number Ninjas have been learning how to use a calculator. We completed some multiplication and division questions and we checked our answers with a calculator.

Chloe – In Maths the Mathletes completed their end of topic assessment. It was fun! We did division, x and divide by 10 and 100 in it.

Health and Wellbeing (PE)

Alfie B – Today in PE we were playing football and played a lot of different games. We also played Beat the Goalie.

Science 

Zunairah – In Science, we worked with a partner. We chose an animal to research. We used chromebooks and our skills to create a poster. John and I looked at Rhinos. Last week we created our very own Google Slide with facts about animals.

Art 

Sophia – In Art we have been looking at tone and shading. We used charcoal to make a realistic house and we were working on shading from dark to light and light to dark.

Archie – In Art we were learning how to create a sunset by using different warm colours and blending them together. We had to create animals as the main focus for our picture and then shaded around them.

Ismail – In Art we created Ndembele patterns. You had to make them symmetrical and include warm or cold colours. We used oil pastels.

Topic 

Eva – In Topic, we were taste testing different types of chocolate and we had to guess which one we thought was Fairtrade. We also learned the Fairtrade process and why Fairtrade is important.

Sophia – We also got to talk about which chocolate we preferred and why. I preferred chocolate one which was milk chocolate.

Mehr – I tried dark chocolate for the first time. I didn’t really like it because it was a bit too strong. But I liked the white chocolate because it was nice and sweet.

Aritri – I tried dark chocolate for the first time. When I tasted it it was perfect for me because I don’t like milk chocolate.

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