Monday

In the morning we did literacy then we did Maths after break. After lunch one of the visitors called Mr Lawson came and he did French with us. Next we went to the STEAM room. We drew  pictures of litter and wrote a fact in the middle that we had researched. Did you know that Pepsi is one of the biggest global polluters?

 

Tuesday

In the morning we did maths. After break we did STEAM with Mr Atkinson about our  Upstream battle. We learned about how long it takes for different materials to break down in landfill and rivers.  On Tuesday after lunch we did R.M.E. We learned about the Ten Gurus of Sikhism.

Wednesday

On Wednesday we did maths in the morning. After lunch we did make £5 Grow. Some people finished their off their products so we started to make posters and information to advertise.

 

Thursday

On Thursday we did literacy in the morning, working on our Big Cat books and novels. After break we did maths. During wet/icy lunch we worked on our Five Pounds products. In the afternoon we practiced songs for the show for the first time. Feliz Navidad is our favourite so far….

 

Friday

Today in the morning we did maths and then after break before assembly we did music practice for our school show.

After lunch we did P.E.

Monday

In the morning we did we did literacy. We did comprehension and spelling .

After lunch we did some French and turned it into a game. You rolled a dice and then you added body parts to make “un monstre bizarre”. It was fun! Then we went to the STEAM room with Mr Atkinson and we did a bridge into steps on how to achieve goals.

 

Tuesday

In the morning we did some mental maths we learned to add by 99 by adding 100 and taking away 1.

Then we had Mr Atkinson after break we did a live lesson called “Upstream Battle” about plastic in waterways. They talked about how lots of litter ends up in Arrochar in Scotland.  We learned about a competition to make a poster and you could win a trip to Arrochar and to the Sealife Centre in Balloch. We also finished our bridges to achieve goals.

After lunch we did our shopping list for make £5 grow and Mrs Allan did a big and strange Amazon order.

 

Wednesday

In the morning we did a little bit of maths then we did P.E.. In P.E. we did some Scottish dancing. The dance we learned was the military 2 step  to traditional music and then to “Cotton Eye Joe”. It was easier than the Gay Gordons!

After break we did literacy . Then after lunch we did make your £5 and we made our products.

Thursday

In the morning we did some literacy we did then after break we did math.  For Book Week , everyone brought a book and then we mixed them up and then sorted them into categories using the front cover to see what they had in common. Some of the mystery books were purple.  some of the books about girls were pink and purple with flowers on them and the books about boys were different colours. We did not all approve!

Before lunch we did a questionnaire about our school for our visitors next week. After lunch we squeezed more time to make our products for Make five pounds Grow and then did a little bit of RME.

Friday

We started the day with maths and learned about time.  After break we wrote this blog! We’re going to assembly soon.

Monday

In the morning we copied down our spelling words for homework. After that we did literacy and maths.  After lunch we went to the steam room with Mr Atkinson where we were learning about energy.

Tuesday

On Tuesday we did maths and some people learned function machines with square numbers.  After lunch we got our flu vaccinations then the reading buddies had their first meeting . the others got our Make £5 Grow display ready.

Wednesday

On Wednesday we did our Maths and then we did PE.  We did modern dance to “Bye Bye Bye”. We were brilliant and it was so much fun!

Then we did some writing: we made our own instructions about something we liked. Mrs Allan had Eco committee after lunch so we had Miss Biggart for RME and we learned about Sikhism, then we worked on the shopping ls its for Make £5 Grow.

 

Thursday

In the morning we did some literacy about our Big Cat books and also some spelling. After break we had maths and we learned some new maths games. We finished off our Guru Naka sequencing and tried to finish our shopping lists and logos for our companies.

 

Friday 

We were at the Science centre today! We had our snack first and then explored the Second Floor which was mostly about renewables and energy.  We went to Electric Detectives.  We talked about what electricity is and what materials are conductors or insulators.  Then we made  circuits and it was exciting. We had lunch and went to Bodyworks.  lots of us went on a big hamster wheel, some of us tried the running track and some pedalled bikes. Lots of us enjoyed the acupuncture board too! On the way home, we had a sing-song of “The Wheels on the Bus”.  When we came back we wrote this blog and checked our photographs.

Monday

On Monday we did literacy and used the Comp Box for the first time this year. After lunch we had Mr Atkinson. We finished our posters about Renewable Energy and we were changing the school to Renewable Energy and we had a live lesson about wave energy.

 

Tuesday

On Tuesday we did some literacy in the morning at lunch we had we did some maths doing 4 digit calculation. With Mr Atkinson, we drew scientists and showed what metaskills they would need.  Our focus was curiosity and creativity and we watched a video about them. At the end of the day we finished our reading. Mrs Dowse (Sophia’s mum) came in and did a lesson about her job.  She works for a company called Galileo which plans wind turbines.  She showed us a cool video of a special truck moving a wind turbine blade. It was the first one to be moved like this in Scotland.

 

Wednesday

On Wednesday we had maths in the morning doing subtraction 4 digit numbers. After that we had PE. In PE we did Scottish dancing with a partner called the Gay Gordons. It was very fun. After break we did writing and we were doing instructions about making diyas from last week. Then after lunch we did some reading.

 

 

 Thursday

In maths we did function machines and algebra. We learned to work out letters instead of numbers.  After break we did literacy and we did handwriting and reading and our Comp Box.  After lunch we watched a presentation about Sikhism and watched a video about Sikhism. We looked at what was inside a Gurdwara and learned about what Sikh people might wear as part of their faith.

 

Monday

In the morning we did some reading with our reading groups and we did some comprehension. After break we did some maths with Miss Daly, then we went into our maths groups. Then after lunch we did some RME with Mrs Allan. We did a lesson on Diwali which is a festival of light and watched a video about Prisoner Release Day, which is why Diwali is celebrated by Sikh families.   After that we went down to the steam room with Mr Atkinson. We were working on ways to make Crookfur a better school by putting solar panels on the school and putting wind turbines near the school to power it.

 

Tuesday

On Tuesday we did some maths in the morning with our groups. After break we did writing, we had to make a recipe for a spooky potions. Then after lunch, we made candles for Diwali called diyas.  we used cupcake holders for the base. Then we made a spring out of paper then draw a flame out of more paper.

Wednesday

In the morning, we did maths with our groups before we went to P.E.

In P.E. we played some Hallowe’en games like zombie tig, cats, scorpion, spider tig and pumpkin patch. After break, we did some science with Miss Ross and we continued what we started with Mr Atkinson. After lunch, we worked on ideas for make £5 grow in our groups and we did some research about what we could make.

Thursday

First, we did some literacy using our Big Cat books. We did some maths before we sorted our work into our take home folders – have a look at our brilliant jotters and worksheets! In the afternoon we did some mummy eyes Hallowe’en art.

 

Friday

Today we worked on bar graphs. Some of us started the surveys that we will use next week. We sorted our take home folders and had assembly. We looked through LOTS of blog photos too.  We’ve had a busy week!