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   Monday to Wednesday with Mrs Meiklem

We all enjoyed using our imaginations to create our own narrative stories this week. We self-assessed our work and shared good examples on the visualiser to mark together. We were looking for time words, super adjectives and similes.

P2 were working together on division challenges using cubes and other materials. P3s were extending their knowledge of times table facts and using numicon to check.

In spelling we are learning more homophones. Our focus this week is there, their and they’re.

We have been learning to sort and use data to create graphs and tables. We made our own surveys up and then presented our findings in a bar chart.

We were planting more seeds in our butterfly garden this week. We also watered our plants.

We have been learning about compass points and had fun drawing our own maps.

Wednesday with Mrs Meiklem

Today we pulled out lollipop sticks to make pairs and talked about our holiday weekends. We practised being a good listener and talked about what that looks like. Then we had to tell the class what our friend had done.
We enjoyed sharing some stories together and making predictions about what would happen next.
In numeracy we worked on grouping and sharing for division. We used different materials and drawings to help us.
In PE we did some windy tennis! We are practising tracking the ball with our eyes and directing it to a partner.
In the afternoon we did handwriting heroes, focussing on letters with tails. We read in our groups and practised our personal spelling list of common words.

 

Monday to Wednesday with Mrs Meiklem

We had great fun making our journey sticks with the things we collected at Tentsmuir.
On Tuesday we also did outdoor cooking with Tony from Natural Connections. We made pancakes and they were delicious! We learned how to cook safely on a hot stove.
We have been practising our common words in spelling. We each have our own personal list of words to practise.
In writing we were continuing to write information reports. This week it was about moles.

Monday to Wednesday with Mrs Meiklem

We had a wonderful sunny week!
Topic was lots of fun and we practised our skills of listening for information, skimming and scanning and note taking. We also wrote super information reports about Pine Martens. Favourite fact- they have blue poo!
We enjoyed Loose Parts with our friends in p1/2.
The best bit was our school trip on Wednesday to Tentsmuir. We had a blast and the weather was amazing!

Monday and Wednesday with Mrs meiklem

Tuesday with Miss Allan

This week we practised rallying with a partner in tennis.
We learned about beavers and their habitats in topic and write information reports about them.
We played multiplication and subtraction games in numeracy.
In spelling we have been checking our common words.

Tuesday and Wednesday with Mrs Meiklem

This week we enjoyed some sunny outdoor learning with our p1/2 friends. We also enjoyed reading outside in the sunshine.
We continued to develop our tennis skills in PE.
In topic we listened for information, practised skimming and scanning and took notes about animals. We also used a search engine to search for videos and facts.
Then we made posters to present to the class as individual talks. We gave each other peer feedback and practised being a respectful and engaged audience.

Monday to Wednesday with Mrs Meiklem

This week we have been learning about Scottish wildlife as part of our topic. We have been exploring non-fiction texts and skimming and scanning for information. We have been listening to oral texts and taking notes. In writing we have been creating our own information reports about sea eagles.

We started to prepare posters for individual talks about our favourite animals.

In numeracy our P2s are continuing to use a range of strategies for multiplication. We can use objects, numicon, fingers, pictures, repeated anddition and arrays to help us.

Our p3s are doing subtraction with bridging within 100.

We enjoyed outdoor learning with free play and also singing in music.

In PE we practised some tennis skills and had fun trying to rally over the net.

We enjoyed looking at our earth day bubbles outside. What do you think of our ideas?

 

This week we did a fun Easter egg hunt in the classroom and made our own Easter bunny craft.
We wrote about our holidays and also started to learn how to write information reports.
We celebrated Earth Day and made electric cars in Loose Parts Play. We all wrote about what small changes we can make to help our planet.

We have been using objects, pictures, repeated addition and arrays for multiplication.
We took part in a competition to encourage people to pick up  their dog’s poo.

Monday to Wednesday with Mrs Meiklem

What a wonderful trip we had on Tuesday! A very big thank you to Mrs Robertson and our parent helpers who came with us. The sun was shining and we managed to fit in all of our wish list from planning the trip together. We looked at landmarks and talked about Newport in the past. We particularly enjoyed playing in the woods and exploring the old hidden railway tracks. We spotted lots of birds, heard a woodpecker and even saw some deer. We did a conga on the grass together and a treasure hunt.  At the end we finished with a play at Kinbrae Park.

We have also been learning about what to do in an emergency if someone is hurt. We acted out different scenarios and practised the recovery position.
On Monday we had committees.
We also did some Easter crafting and practised our songs for the service.

Monday to Wednesday with Mrs Meiklem

This week we have all been working in our committees with pupils from all of the classes in the school. We have all been busy organising, leading and communicating with others.
We have been practising our songs for the Easter service which has been making us all feel happy and spring like!
In literacy we discussed whether snail slime soap was a good idea. There were a lot of strong opinions but we listened well to everyone’s points and took turns. We then turned this into a discussion written piece of work. We are all much more confident in how to structure this and the key words to use.
In numeracy P2s are improving their mental maths skills and strategies for addition and subtraction within 20. Lots of us are going further to work within 100!
The p3s are subtracting 9 and 11 within 100.

PE gymnastics was an opportunity to work on our peer feedback skills.
In topic we planned our trip to Berry’s Den which is next Tuesday. Don’t forget to look at the kit list of what to wear and bring.
Another lovely week!!!