{"id":24,"date":"2022-11-01T08:47:56","date_gmt":"2022-11-01T08:47:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/primary5b2223\/?p=24"},"modified":"2022-11-01T08:47:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-01T08:47:56","slug":"mid-sept-to-end-of-october-in-the-groove","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/er\/primary5b2223\/2022\/11\/01\/mid-sept-to-end-of-october-in-the-groove\/","title":{"rendered":"Mid\u2013Sept to End of October: In the Groove"},"content":{"rendered":"

Where does the time go? Maybe there is something in, \u2018time flies when you\u2019re enjoying yourself\u2019, however we do think that \u2018enjoying\u2019, in the context of school, is a little bit too much! Lots of us managed to get away for the October Week, some even to foreign shores, which helped to recharge the batteries for the next couple of months ahead.<\/p>\n

After our last blog, telling of all our routines etc. that we\u2019d put in place, we\u2019ve noticed being a lot busier. With school work it has to be said, but that can be fun too as we\u2019ve found out \u2013 fill you in on that later. However, there\u2019s also been many other things happening as well (we do know we\u2019re learning then too though! But definitely more fun!). We enjoyed St Cadoc\u2019s feast day which remember has moved to September from January! A nice prayer service in class and then a fun Talent Show in the gym hall was how we celebrated. We held our auditions in the classroom and lots of people got involved \u2013 our class certainly has talent. We also enjoyed Maths Week Scotland, where we were lucky to be visited by Sarah\u2019s mum (and Adam\u2019s) \u2013 that was great fun, as well as really interesting, as you can see. That week we also did a few Maths Art activities and explored 2D and 3D shape. Much of our Outdoor Learning this year has been centred on Maths and in particular symmetry. We\u2019ve also had Crazy Hair Day, the Danceathon (raising money for the school, for us really) and the Halloween Disco – like we said, busy busy with lots of variety too. It\u2019s good to get these \u2018normal\u2019 things back Mr Burns says after the last few years.<\/p>\n

In terms of \u2018humdrum\u2019 school life in Maths some of us have been practising our Multiplication and Division whilst others have been exploring Length \u2013 drawing, estimating, measuring and converting. Perimeter and Area following on from this. There\u2019s some weight, data analysis and angles coming our way we\u2019ve been told. In Language we\u2019ve been doing some poetry, parts of speech in grammar, some punctuation and sentence practising (we know Mr Burns mentioned that to quite a few of you during the parents\u2019 nights) and a focus on handwriting and general good presentation of all our jotters. Sounds like Mr Burns is not going to let that go so we better just do as he says. We\u2019ve also been doing our usual comprehension \/ reading strategies with a focus on inference. We understand what Mr Burns is going on about with inference, but it can be tricky at times to write down examples of it when we\u2019re reading. We\u2019ll keep talking about it. In French we\u2019re aiming to build up to basic conversations so watch this space \u2013 fluent in no time. October has been the month of the Rosary so we managed to say both the Joyful and Sorrowful Mysteries and each time one of us got to pick (randomly) for the particular intention of that decade \u2013 from memory we had Grandparents, siblings, family as a whole, climate change, Ukraine, World Peace, the faithful departed and the homeless. Umair brought in his prayer beads too which was a good reminder of the similarities between different faiths. We\u2019ve also observed some feast days, such as St Francis (Mr Burns\u2019 favourite for some reason \u2013 weird because he doesn\u2019t seem to be an animal lover) and St Jude \u2013 the patron saint of Hopeless Cases (another one of Mr Burns\u2019 favourites, useful he says to call upon from time to time). We\u2019re off to St Cadoc\u2019s Church on Tuesday for All Saints so we\u2019re looking forward to that. Diwali has been also so we shared that major Festival with each other. Our Scottish Inventions homework was great, some excellent displays created in school and we enjoyed listening to those that prepared a presentation. We\u2019ve moved onto some Scottish myths and legends now \u2013 we thought that the best one (or most unbelievable one) was that Mr Burns was a good teacher\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026. In Science we\u2019ve been talking about Classification, mammals, reptiles, amphibians etc and in P.E, a bit of netball \/ basket ball coupled with fitness games.<\/p>\n

That\u2019s about it for now, but before we go a well done to our RRS Ambassadors, Abdurrehman says, \u201cHi!\u201d and have a go on Sarah\u2019s swing when next passing the MUGA.\u00a0 Speak again next month. Having fun here and learning. Enjoy the pictures of much of what we\u2019ve mentioned, Mickey too! Thanks.<\/p>\n

Yours<\/p>\n