Hi readers!

Welcome to this week’s blog.

Literacy

This week for literacy we looked at the character Alma. This helped us to identify and explain features of characters. We summarised the story and looked up definitions of words that relate to Alma. Additionally, we completed a theme chart that explained when each theme was presented in the video clip. The themes included rebellion, temptation, consequence, curiosity and innocence. Next week, we will continue working on tasks relating to Alma.

Numeracy

On Wednesday, we started our lesson participating in an “Esti-Mystery” task. First we had to estimate how many tops were in the jar and then we were given a set of clues to narrow down our options. This promoted group discussions and thinking skills.

We also built on our skills through measurement and time. We completed a range of tasks and activities. One activity was an area dice game which supported our skills in measuring the area of a rectangle.

 

IDL – Apprentice

In our teams, we started planning our adverts for the ‘No Bovver’ Hoverboard. We created a storyboard and an advert design to help with the planning process. Next week, we are going to film our adverts and edit them. We are very excited to see how they will turn out!

Climate Ready Classrooms

On Thursday, we took part in an online workshop with school across the council. We explored biodiversity, climate change and what we can do to look after our planet.

STEM

Today we planted maize seeds for the Glasgow University Seed Lit Project. Everyone had a role to participate in a debate. The debate had a focus on using organic and inorganic types of fertilisers.

Growth Mindset

To finish off our series of lessons on Growth Mindset, we created posters for other classes! These posters included inspirational quotes and illustrations.

Thank you for reading and stay tuned for next week’s post!