We have all thoroughly enjoyed our Sports Week!

We took part in Sports Day, where we competed in running races, sack races and obstacle races. Some pupils even represented their houses in the exciting House Relay.

We also enjoyed a water challenge on the trim trail. There were lots of laughs, especially when a few people lost their balance and got a little wet!

The sports-themed beetle drive and quiz were great fun and enjoyed by everyone. P6 also organised a fantastic Target Zone activity, and we loved trying to score points for our houses.

As part of our Technology learning, we have been practising important life skills by setting tables with knives, forks, spoons, coasters and placemats. We also followed weaving patterns to create colourful friendship bracelets using different coloured wool. Today, we washed, prepared and chopped a variety of fruits and vegetables before taking part in a tasting session. Many of us tried new foods and discovered some new favourites!

In Art, we have been exploring weaving techniques by creating beautiful pieces of artwork using coloured paper. We are very proud of our finished creations – they look amazing!

We have enjoyed learning about ocean life as part of our biodiversity topic and recently completed our World Ocean Day artwork for the Rights Respecting Committee’s competition.

In Literacy, we have been developing our reading skills through a variety of comprehension activities and learning when to use exclamation marks effectively in our writing.

In Maths, we have been exploring equal sharing, with some children making excellent links to their multiplication knowledge.

In PE, we have been practising a range of Target Zone stations in preparation for next week’s sports activities.

We also enjoyed spending time in our outdoor area, weeding our planter and planting seeds. We hope the bees will enjoy the wildflowers we have planted as they begin to grow.

We have shared information about our Book Swap, which will take place on Monday 15th June. We hope lots of people will donate books and enjoy exchanging them with others.

We are looking forward to all the exciting sports events planned for next week and another busy week of learning.

We have been learning about underwater habitats and marine life as part of our Biodiversity topic. We will be continuing this next week on the lead up to World Ocean Day.

In Maths we have been learning how to solve Pyramid Sums. Sometimes we are given the top number in the pyramid and sometimes we are giving the bottom row of numbers. It’s basically addition and subtraction with a twist.

In Literacy we have focused on reading comprehension and have been learning about Haiku poetry. We wrote some in pairs and today we all created one of our own. Everyone needed to remember the syllable rule (5, 7, 5). We are going to give them to P1 to see if they can guess what we have described.

We finished our bee art this week too – they are up on the wall and look great. Each little bee has a dotty line to show the journey from the flower to the beehive.

We have learned how to look after plants and animals. We are all going to take care of a broad bean by keeping them in the sunlight and making sure they have enough water – we hope that by Tuesday some of them might have a root.

We have started to plan our Social Enterprise topic – a Book Swap for the whole school. More information coming soon!

World Bee Day (May 20th)- We have been learning lots about bees and used our knowledge to complete some literacy tasks. We printed honeycomb hives and drew a detailed bee to put on them. We are also keen to plant wild flowers to help the bees.

 

Outdoor Learning Day (May 21st) – As part of our Natural Connections Award we took part in two different challenges this week. We cooked vegan pancakes outside – they were so tasty! We also planned a journey to Forgan Arts were we did a nature photo hunt and explored the forest area.

 

We wrote a letter of thanks to Forgan Arts for letting us explore their grounds. All the letters included the main features.

We have been focusing on reading comprehension this week. Where we have to read a text and then answer questions on it.

In Maths we have been learning about compass points and the language we can use to direct someone using a simple map. We will take this learning outside in the hope that we can take part in an orienteering activity.

Next week our Biodiversity learning will change from garden habitats to ocean habitats. This is to link in with World Ocean Day at the beginning of June. If anyone has any story books about marine animals we would love to read them.

 

 

We have been continuing to learn about Biodiversity both at school and in our own gardens. We have enjoyed writing short stories about different insects and animals that we have been learning about. We linked this to Art, Drama and Outdoor Learning this week too.

In Maths, we have been learning about the area of shapes – we have been measuring different areas using different objects in our classroom. We have also learned to count the squares within a shape to find the area. We will continue with this next week.

We have been working on our throwing and catching skills in PE this week. Everyone enjoyed playing Dodgeball at the end of the lesson.

We are learning a new song in Music – one that focuses on rhythm. We hope to add some instruments to it over the next couple of weeks.

 

We have had a busy week learning lots of new things!

Health – We have been learning about the importance of being active. Everyone shared something they enjoy doing and an activity they would like to start. We also learned about the importance of giving yourself time to “recharge” by doing something you enjoy, eating well or having a rest.

Literacy – We have been learning to use commas as part of a list. We created our own ice-cream cones and pizzas and wrote about the toppings we would love. In Writing we have been learning how to write a letter.

Outdoor Learning – We have been learning about biodiversity. We are so lucky with our playground space. All children found a variety of living things to add to their A-Z list.

PE – We have been improving our athletic skills and learning new field games. Scatterball was very successful and great fun!

Science – We have been discussing the stages of the Water Cycle. We have become more familiar with the words ‘evaporation’, ‘condensation’ and ‘precipitation’.

In Numeracy we have been learning about number patterns and sequences within 100. This is helping us count in 2s, 5s and 10s. Some children are counting in 3s and 4s too.

Happy Easter!

We have enjoyed taking our learning outside this week – we created skip counting playground games with chalk. It was great fun as well as being educational 🙂

We used classroom objects to create symmetrical models in pairs – what a fantastic piece of work! A huge variety of objects were collected for the models – dice, blocks, stationery, scarves and lolly sticks to name a few!

We have made Easter cards and written Easter acrostic poems.

In French we have been learning to talk about some clothes, some classroom objects and foods we like and don’t like.

In Science we learned which materials are natural and which are human-made. We also learned which materials absorb water and which materials are waterproof.

We have enjoyed working on our Spring Assembly – everyone looked and sounded so confident.

 

We have enjoyed our last two Loose Parts sessions with P3/4. Last week we built castles and this week we used our creativity in small groups to play a variety of games.

In Outdoor Learning we have been working with P5 pupils to spot the signs of spring, carry out bird surveys, make bird feeders, take a litter survey and go on a texture hunt.

In Numeracy we have been counting in 2s, 5s, 10s and some children have even been counting in 3s and 6s. We have been exploring weight and learning about grams and kilograms.

We wrote an acrostic poem this week all about Spring. We look forward to writing one about Easter next week.

We have been learning about past tense verbs – we are getting good at identifying which ones need ‘ed’ at the end and which words change.

In PE we have been enjoyed learning new hockey skills. We will continue with this next week and try to put some of our skills into a game situation.

In Science we have continued to explore the importance of water. Next, we will be learning about different materials (which ones are waterproof and which ones absorb water) and we will suggest uses for these.

We have been busy getting ready for our Spring Assembly too – hopefully we will see some of you there.

Spring has started in P1/2. We have been looking for signs of spring in our playground and we have been writing a fact file too. We have all enjoyed the beautiful weather this week 🙂

In Art we have been learning how to make different tones of the same colour by adding black or white. We painted different shades of green leaves on trees. They look great!

In Science we have been learning all about “Wonderful Water”. We have predicted what we think will happen in a couple of experiments using water. Next week we will be learning how it can be a solid, a liquid and a gas.

In Maths, we have enjoyed learning about length and volume. Next week we will be exploring weight. We have also revisited fractions, addition and subtraction during our mental maths sessions.

A huge well done to all the ‘Newport’s Got Talent’ finalists. It was an amazing show 🙂

 

Well done to everyone for learning their poetry – it was a pleasure to listen to you all recite your chosen poems. The three winners will get the chance to recite it again during Monday’s Together Time.

We have continued learning about analogue and digital times this week. We have been thinking about our daily routines and the times that things happen during the school day.

We have also kept working on subtraction work. We have been learning different strategies to work them out mentally, using some of our class “bits and bobs” and using Numicon.

We are enjoying our Knights and Castles topic. There has been a lot of role play in the classroom this week. We have been learning about jobs within the castle and about the role of a knight.

In PE we have been working on our fitness levels by taking part in Tabata activities. We have also been learning about moving with control and balance during our gymnastics sessions.

We made some bird feeders during our outdoor learning session this week which we will put on trees around the playground next week. We hope that we will be able to spot some interesting birds in our playground as a result.