September 2021 – P3.10 Blog 2023/24

Maths Week

Today we were focusing on pattern. We had the opportunity to create a necklace using beads, complete repeated shape patterns on the SmartBoard and use 3D objects to print 2D shapes. This activity was very successful as it opened up discussions about the properties of 3D shapes. We were also sharing the objects we found in our home as part of our homework challenge.

We then collated all of our printed shapes to make a door display, featuring a repeated pattern. Mrs Noble came along and saw us at lunch time and she was very impressed 🙂

We are also continuing to work on our number recognition and formation. As can be seen in the following video, for one activity each of us were given a number to write on the board. This challenged us to first identify the correct number and then write it. Mrs Stephenson likes having helpers so she chose a ‘teacher’ to lead the activity. The boys and girls love this responsibility!

Mearns Primary Highland Games continued

A huge thank you to our Primary 6 helpers yesterday. They were amazing and Mrs Stephenson could not have done it without them!

A little example of their excellent coaching 🙂

Mearns Primary Highland Games

Yesterday was great fun! We rotated around the following four stations;

obstacle course

discus

caber toss

and shot putt

This afternoon Mrs Gordon announced the winning house (drum roll please)….

A massive well done to all members of OAK (yellow)! 🥇

Role play corner

The time has finally come to see some faces on our blog! Thank you for everyone who has returned their permissions.

You may have noticed that there are lots of colds going around right now. We decided that we needed a doctors surgery in class complete with a pharmacy to combat all of these nasty bugs!

As you will see in the video, we really get into character during our play. First, the patient needs to check in with the receptionist. Next they are called in to see the doctor who uses lots of different equipment to check the patient is okay. Finally if any medicine is needed the pharmacists are on hand.

Some things I overheard whilst observing;

“I need to wear my mask to speak to you or I’ll catch the coronavirus!”

” There’s nothing wrong with you, you can go now I’ve got lots of people to see.”

“I think your arm is broken, let’s wrap it up.”

It is fantastic to watch 🙂

Numicon

Numicon is a multi-sensory way of learning, it helps your child to see connections between numbers by seeing and feeling.

The holes in the Numicon Shapes represent the numbers 1 to 10. When they are arranged in order, as in the picture below, children can easily see connections between numbers, such as ‘one more’ or ‘one less’.

In class, we were using our Numicon sets to look at numbers before (1 less than), and numbers after (1 more than). Later on, your child will be able to see more complex mathematical ideas, like how two fours make eight, three twos make six, add and subtract visually and so on.

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Mearns Masters: Coding

We are now on week 3 of Mearns Masters and we have made some amazing progress! Click on the videos below to see what we can do now 😊

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Loomin’ Marvellous

As we develop our fine motor skills for writing, it is important to remember, little hands need lots of practise. Other activities like using large tweezers, chopsticks, screwdrivers, scissors etc can all help the muscles and muscle memory required for pencil control.

This week we put out the fabric loom which, after a slow start, has grown in popularity! The pupils have been weaving pieces of material in and out the vertical threads to create beautiful coloured patterns and designs. We are now running out of material. If anyone has any spare scraps of fabric gathering dust at home, please send it in, we would be very grateful.

Health & Wellbeing

As part of our current h & wb topic, we are working through a series of lessons based on the Disney film ‘Inside Out’.

Through this, we have been exploring the different emotions we feel and ways we can recognise different emotions in others. We are becoming more confident at contributing during circle time discussions and have been showing good listening skills towards our peers.