For our Mearns Masters showcase we invited P1.1 along to have a go at our bee-bot mazes. They loved it! Watch the video below to see our fantastic effort 🥇
Indoor P.E.
Today we were scheduled to go outdoors for P.E after lunch. We don’t know about you but we found it so cold today 🥶! When we came in from lunchtime a lot of us were complaining of very cold hands and were not feeling too excited about going back out again. We had a class vote and chose to exercise indoors instead.
We completed some of Jump Start Jonny’s fun dance routines and then had a good stretch using Cosmic Kids Yoga. Mrs Stephenson likes to join in too but she tires much faster than us!
Halloween Potions 👻🎃✨☠️
On Friday we made real potions! We had great fun mixing the ‘magic’ ingredients and creating happy, creepy, sad, rich and love spells, to name a few.
We will document the results of our experiment next week, when the magic ingredients are revealed!
Symmetry 🦋
We have been learning about symmetry in 2D shapes, patterns and objects around us. We created our own symmetrical patterns in pairs and in groups, we created a symmetrical pumpkin! Happy Halloween. 🎃
Time
Our maths homework this week focuses on time. We explored time again on Monday, thinking about mornings and afternoons, days of the week and months of the year.
We also spoke about telling the time on a clock which is something we are starting to learn about in class, initially focusing on ‘o’clock’. Mrs Stephenson stopped us at different points in the day, highlighted the time and got a video of what we were doing.
Watch and see ☺️
Junk Modelling Rockets
After reading the David Walliams book, “The First Hippo on the Moon,” we have been inspired to make our very own rocket models from junk materials! Thank you for all your contributions from home.
At first we used the 3D shapes we have been learning about to create freestanding rockets.
Once we gathered enough junk materials, Mrs Hamilton gave us our design brief:
Your rocket should:
- have a pointy top
- measure over a ruler length
- be able to stand on its own. NO glue, NO sticky tape AND with nobody holding it!
Every group managed it with little to no adult help! Well done P1.4.
They had a blast! 🙂
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 🙂
