In our ‘Creation Station’ we collected lots of Autumn leaves, conkers, acorns, pine cones in our tuff spot. We used these to make ‘Leaf Characters’ and wrote some facts about them. Aila and Kirsty used a chestnut leaf and added legs and a face to make a fox. Our Autumn Art was so unique as we created hedgehogs, animals, birds, faces and many more. As Halloween and Guy Fawkes arrived we used pipe cleaners, sticks, gems, beans to make spiders, webs, witches and ‘colourful, amazing, bright’ firework pictures.

In Science, this term we are learning about Germs and Diseases and how germs spread and what bacteria and viruses can help us be unwell and well. We have asked lots of questions about what we would like to investigate. Hudson told us about washing your hands properly: front, back, palms, between fingers and nails. We all tried the ‘glitter experiment’ adding glitter to hand gel and then touching our friend’s hand. Flynn informed us that germs will pass up to six people. We also used the hand washing machine, which showed like an x-ray the germs on our hands.  ‘Yuk’ we all thought!!

In PE, after saying ‘we can’t skip YET,’ we can now skip and have been counting to see if we can skip to 100. We are so proud of being able to skip now. Finlay and Charlie are keen to learn how to skip backwards! This term we will be learning some new gymnastic skills, we need to practise these at home too.

For HWB, we have been very lucky to have some visitors. PC Trainer came to talk to us about Firework Safety and to tell us about his job in our community. He told us about the different equipment he has as part of his uniform. Gregor got to wear his hat and Mrs Brown had the hand-cuffs on. Will remembered that he doesn’t like to use the spray gun and Sandy wrote that PC Trainer likes to talk to people to sort things out. Lisa the Dentist also visited us to remind us about brushing out teeth. She showed us how much sugar there is in some drinks and sweets. Aila was fascinated that there are 6 spoons of sugar in a small packet of Haribos.

We are becoming experts at ICT as we can now type sentences to match some of our pictures. We practise our Numeracy activities and Thomas found a measuring game which he shared with the class. Our favourite is working through the levels on Nessie and beating our target!

Reverend Barclay came to speak to us about Harvest time in the Church and helping others in our community. In RME this term, we will be finding out about the Russian Christmas story of Papa Panov and how Christmas is celebrated in other countries.

In French, we learned the French words for Halloween. Archie remembered we say ‘sorciereWe will be listening to well-known stories and singing songs.

As part of Expressive Arts and Social Studies, we will be learning about different environments and expressing this through Drama and Dance. We look forward to entertaining you at our Christmas Show and our Christmas Service at the Church.

Awesome Achievements

Once again incredible Achievements this term. So many sporting achievements from scoring goals, moving up swimming levels, water flips, taking golf lessons to taking part in the Great Scottish Run. Many of us have joined Rainbows and Beavers and can’t wait to start getting badges for our uniform.

Literacy and Numeracy

Our learning in these areas will draw upon the contexts listed above but will differ according to the needs of each group. Your support with consolidation of core learning through homework activities will be very beneficial to our children.

 

Article 15: You have the right to be with friends

Article 31: You have the right to play

We are really enjoying our new classroom, especially our learning area outside. We have a ‘Creation Station’ and use the loose parts (beans, pasta, gems, stones and many more) to help us in all areas. We have made our spelling words and tricky words, also clocks, remembering twelve symbols and two hands. We have used our imagination and created fantastic face pictures of our friends. Our new construction area provides excellent challenges as we have followed the K-Nex instructions to build many models. Hugo and Hima were extremely proud of the snowboard they made after following the 5 steps. We asked for pictures of famous buildings, bridges and ships which we used as a guide when building our own creations. We voted for our new role play area to become a Science Lab so we could investigate different materials using magnifying glasses, sorting and writing fact files about what we discovered. Thomas was very keen to get lab coats, which we must wear when we are Scientists in the Lab. We love using our STEM challenge box and have used straws, pegs, lollipop sticks to make chicken (Carys), giraffes (Cameron, Charlie and Hima), a float (Isla), a crab (Lucas), towers and bubble wands. Isla was fascinated that all bubbles are spheres even if the wand is a cuboid, pyramid or cube shape. During maths week, we were counting, measuring and identifying shapes outdoors. Zohaib and Sophie enjoyed “working in a team” as they were tallying different colours and shapes around the playground. We were very lucky to have Jack’s Mum come in during Maths Week to explain how she uses maths when making chocolate and how it changes from a solid to a liquid and back again.  We loved tasting the chocolate, it was ‘delicious.’This was perfect for our science topic! We also learned about money from Leo’s Dad. He spoke to us about Banks and saving money, using bank cards and borrowing money to buy expensive things. We counted out different amounts to buy ice cream.

In Science, we have been leading our own learning and have thought of so many questions that we wanted to find out the answers to about materials. ‘How do rocks become flat? (Charlie) How do you make bricks? (Will)  How can materials change? (Flynn)

We worked together to create our Growth Mindset display. Oliver reminded us that the brain is a muscle and you have to exercise it. We have all been trying really hard to be like ‘Captain Challenge’ and ‘Effort Evan’ and not give up.

In PE, we have been improving our fitness, by skipping, star jumps, knees up and press ups. ‘I can’t skip YET,’ we said last month but with determination and effort we have achieved this. Keep trying this at home.

In RME, we will be finding out about the Christian festival Harvest and different places of worship. We hope to visit some places of worship within our local community.

In French, we will be learning how to count to 20 and to talk about ourselves. We will be listening to well-known stories and singing songs.

As part of Expressive Arts and Social Studies, we will be learning about different environments and expressing this through Drama and Dance. We look forward to entertaining you at our Christmas Show and our Christmas Service at the Church.

Achievements

Fantastic Awesome Achievements. Archery, gymnastics, lego challenges, canoeing, park runs, mud races, football team, riding two-wheeler bike, reading chapter books, using money and many more. DETERMINATION, FRIENDSHIP, and INCLUSIVITY shown by all. Keep this up!!

Literacy and Numeracy

Our learning in these areas will draw upon the contexts listed above but will differ according to the needs of each group. Your support with consolidation of core learning through homework activities will be very beneficial to our children.

 

Article 15: You have the right to be with friends

Article 31: You have the right to playj

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