Mr Atkinson’s comment:
Next week we will be discussing the P1 buddy system so I have asked for the pupils to reflect on their early memories of Crookfur so that they can include these in the letters to their buddies.
Literacy and English
In our comprehension activities have been answering a range of questions on characters feelings and exploring stories from around the world.
In our Writing lesson we created a plot based on a dragon! This was challenging as were encouraged to write in first person and in the present tense. To help achieve this, we took breaks to read our stories to our partner to help us check that we had written the sentences in the correct tense.
Numeracy and Maths
Some of us have been using our knowledge of cm and m in calculations, revising how to subtract 3 digit numbers involving exchanging, applying our understanding of seconds when timing each other to complete tasks with stopwatches and learning new Mental Maths strategies by using factors.
Philosophy
In our philosophy lesson we discussed if stories can be wrong and if numbers in our heads are real, both questions led to interesting debates.
RME
We discussed several religious stories and then researched examples of individuals who have either performed miracles or good deeds using religious texts such as the Bible.
Science
With Mr Atkinson we have been investigating which animals are either extinct, endangered or thriving. We discovered that the red squirrel population in Scotland has been decreasing over the years and one of the reasons for this is that it is in competition for food sources with the grey squirrels.
With Mrs Scoular we have started learning about earthquakes and tsunamis.
Spanish
Mrs Scoular has been teaching us about countries that speak Spanish and we also listened to some Spanish music.
