We had an amazing Sports Week. Here’s some photos:

“On Monday we did P.E we played rounders.” K

“We made towers and bridges out of Kapla. We were working on skills of patience, engineering and persistence.” Katie

“On Tuesday and Wednesday some parents came in. We did three stations. One was Kapla, another was making a tool to sort beans and rice, we made knex rockets and we also designed a phone for the future.” Ross

“We presented our phones to the class and some people made up adverts.” Lisa

“We wrote letters for our buddies next year. We had to write something to tell them about ourselves and Crookfur.” Millie

“Today we went to the woodland. We were looking for different colours of trees, plants and flowers.” Sophia

“We were learning about how mobile phones have changed and we were making timelines.” Harry

“We evaluated our bridges from last week. We thought about strengths and weaknesses and drew different views. We labelled what materials we would use in real life. We also said what we would improve.” Mason

“In Maths we were learning about the 12 and 24 hour clock. We were converting between them.” Millie

“On Thursday we started a new book called Matilda. We read the first chapter and then we answered questions about it.” Katie

On Friday we had an Eid celebration at school. Everyone had an amazing time:

“We got to  come in non-uniform and there was lots of things for us to do, including getting henna done.” Calvin

“We went and got henna. While we waited there was traditional outfits to try on and there was pin the moon on the mosque games. There was also a big piece of paper to write Eid mubarak on. There was a station to design a prayer mat and there was a throwing game.” Lily

“We also did some cooking. We made cookies and fruit chaat. They were very fun to make.” Euan

“We made our own mehndi designs on cut outs of our hands. Then we stuck them to coloured paper.” Harry

“On Tuesday we continued making presentations on technology of our choosing. We had to answer questions like who invented it and when.” Millie

“With Mrs Hobson we cut a hole in a piece of paper the shape of our face and we put all the things that made us a good friend around the cut out. Then we put our faces through the hole.” Sophia

“On Wednesday we were doing writing. We had to write about our holidays, but we had to lie and make up crazy stuff that we had done.” Katie

“On Thursday we made Eid cards. Lots of people were off celebrating Eid on Friday.” Ross

“Today for our new topic we thought about all the electronics we use every day. Then we looked up facts like how they have changed over the years.” Harry

“On Monday with Ms Doyle we were learning about area and perimeter.” Erin

“We’ve been enjoying the new lunch time rota. We also had an Earth Day lunch on Friday.” Calvin

“This week in maths we were learning about angles. An acute angle is less than 90 degrees, obtuse was between 90 and 180, a right was exactly 90 and a reflex was between 180 and 360.” Roslyn

“We were making a logo for the Rights Respecting Schools Committee. The RRS committee are going to pick a winner and put it around the school.” Millie

“On Thursday we worked with our talk partners to make either a PowerPoint or a Jamboard. It had to be about one of our Children’s Rights, like the right to play or the right to an education etc.” Katie

“In the woodland we were planting wild flower seeds so our woodland is healthier. A few weeks ago we cleared out some planters and we also found some other spots to sew seeds. We are hoping to grow some flowers to help bees and other pollinators.” Harper

“On Tuesday, we went into different classes with our houses. We designed a mascot that had to mainly be the colour of our house. It could be a monster or a mythical animal. It had to use the shape of our island.” Amelia

“In Maths we were learning about area and perimeter. We had different areas and perimeters and we had to draw shapes to match these areas and perimeters. For perimeter all the edges had to add up. For area we multiplied one side by another side.” Steven

“In writing we tried to use persuasive writing to convince something, like banning Fridays at school or getting rid of homework. It was great fun.” Calvin

“As part of rights respecting week we thought of a right. We had to draw a picture of the right being respected and on the other side the right not being respected.” Mason

“We played with some Sphero robots. We controlled it with the Ipads. We used some coding to make them move. You could also draw a route for it to follow. We worked in groups.” Mueez and Mason

“On Monday we did P.E in the MUGA we played tennis.” Lisa

“On Wednesday we wrote a persuasive piece arguing that homework should be banned or not banned.” Millie

“On Monday we tried a new seat tactic. We’re doing random seats that change every week.” Ross

“Mr Flood brought in some empty medicine packets. We had to make a table and write, the name, special information and the dose.” Hadia

“On Friday we worked on our John Muir award. We started making a mind map on our old topic Clyde in the Classroom to put in our folders.” Steven and Roslyn

“On Wednesday Mrs Fry taught us about perimeter. We had to measure and estimate the perimeter of different objects in the room.” Katie

This week Joe got a trophy from his chess club. He won the most points in the club coming first in the competition. Well done Joe!

“On Monday we did P.E with Miss Hutchison. It was raining so be played Boccia and did some dancing in the class.” Lisa

“This week in maths we did different stations. The first station was weighing different objects with a scale, the second station was using metre sticks to measure different objects, and the third station was a sheet with different measurement and weight questions.” Arnav

“For outdoor learning with Miss Fletcher we got sticks and leaves to make different shapes and we played some games.” Sophia

“In drama the last few weeks we started making scenes where someone goes missing. This week we performed them for the class. We got feedback from our classmates, two stars and a wish.” Amelia

“On Tuesday in science we  made parachutes from string, a bin bag and a paper clip. We tested them. The bigger the parachute the slower it fell.” Mason

“Yesterday we helped Miss Fletcher change the wall display to show some of our recent work.” Mason

“Today we did Spanish we memorised all the vocabulary we learnt in Spanish and we got into groups and made posters. We created  posters for the numbers up to 10, fruit and veg, weather, seasons, greeting and days of the week and months of the year.” Katie and Ross

“We did comprehension on Thursday where we used the comprehension boxes and got to choose our own topics and marked these ourselves. ” Maira

“On Wednesday in writing we were creating the resolution to a story about a boy that got turned into a frog. ” Jad

“We  created a menu that could be a kids or adults menu. The menu had to have 2 drinks, 3 starters, 3 mains and 3 desserts. You had to include pictures, special offers like soup of the day, and prices. ” Mason

” For world book day we did presentations about Roald Dahl. we got to present these to the class. We learnt that he was a famous children’s author who created many books.” Steven and Roslyn

” On Monday we went to release our fish with Toby from the Clyde River Foundation. We went to the local river where we were given a tub with 4-6 fish in it.” Harper

“Today we were learning about different weathers in Spanish. We did a quiz to see if we were able to remember what they were.” Jad

“During woodlands today we did a scavenger hunt, we had to find things that were different lengths and write these down. We had to go in partners for the hunt.” Millie

“During maths we finished our grams and kilograms topic. We converted between grams and kilograms.” Arnav