Vibrations and Sounds

“Sound is made when air particles bump together and vibrate.” said Rory.

Zoe and Preetha explained, “When the vibrations hit your ear drum, it sends a message to your brain.”

Ayaan added, “You can’t hear in Space.”

“This is because there isn’t the same gravity as there is on Earth and the atmosphere is different” clarified Dougie.

Murray added, “So, in the Star Wars movies there shouldn’t actually be any explosion sounds because you can’t hear the sound in Space!”

Jessica said, “If you cup your hands around your ears, you can hear better! Try it out!”

 

Weather and Climate

Based on the questions collected at Meet the Teacher, we completed some in depth research to find out the answers.

Ahmed shared, “You measure rainfall using a rain gauge. We have collected bottles to make our own.”

Angus found that, “When water on the Earth is heated by the Sun, the water rises as water vapour and makes a cloud. When the cloud gets colder water droplets are formed and then fall to the ground as rain or hail or snow.”

Kallen explained, “The weather reporters know how to predict the weather as they are meteorologists. They use different instruments to predict what will happen.”

Archie and Zaynah added, “Weather is what is happening now, and climate is what we expect to happen. The climate zones are the arctic, desert, mediterranean, temperate and tropical.  ”

 

Art

“We have looked at painting by Metzinger. He used little squares of paint to make his art,” said Hannah.

Jessica said, “You have to try and make the squares the same size. This is quite difficult!”

Hadia added, “He used lots of different colours but didn’t let them mix or touch. This was to keep the colours vibrant.”

Cameron said, “When you look at his painting you are not sure exactly what it is meant to be. You need to look for clues and can decide for yourself!”

Angus shared, “Metzinger used a style of painting called Neo-Impressionism.”

Isla added, “We also looked at Esher. He was famous for his tiling, tessellation and repeated pattern designs.”

Theo said, “Escher experimented with lots of different shapes that can tile. We had to work out what shapes we could use in our own designs.”

Erin explained, “Squares, rectangles, triangles and hexagons are easy to tile.”

 

ICT

Lexi said, “I made a stop motion film for my Identity Collage. The rest of the class wanted to make their own films.”

Scott explained, “Using Lego, we built lots of props and made a movie by taking lots of pictures and moving the Lego pieces.”

“My group made Morph from playdough and filmed him dancing!” said Livvie.

 

PE

“When looking at possession games, we learned how to dribble the ball in Basketball,” said Hasnain.

Anniyah said, “We also learned how to pass and catch the ball.”

Ruairidh, “We have a tennis coach from Giffnock Tennis Club coming to teach us about playing tennis.”

 

RME

Rahma said, “We have started learning about Shabbat. This is the day of rest for the Jewish faith.”

Maraiam agreed, “Shabbat is held every Friday evening.”

Euan added, “We also spoke about The Ten Commandments. Jewish people believe they are the rules given by God to Moses.”

 

Class Novel

Lakhveer said, “We have been reading The Creakers by Tom Fletcher. The Creakers have been sneaking about the homes in Whiffington and have stolen all the grownups. ”

“The grownups are throwing out all the rubbish that the Creakers need to live and survive. As there are no grown up left, the children make the town messy and the Creakers love this! It’s how they make their houses!” added Olivia.

“The message of the book is about keeping eco-friendly and recycling…even though you think it’s just about the monsters under your bed!” explained David.

 

Literacy and Numeracy

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

 

Achievements in September and October

We have been snowboarding, skiing, singing in choirs and playing cricket.

We have had pupils helping grandparents make rice and making cakes.

Scott won the Honesty award for the school last month and we were incredibly proud of him!

 

Article 29: You have the right to education which develops your personality, respect for other’s rights and the environment.