This week we have been learning about fractions. We have identified halves, thirds, quarters and more. We have shown different fractions with Lego pieces and have found fractions of amounts.

In Literacy, we reviewed the verb ‘to be’ and how it changes. We learnt that we use ‘is’ for singular and ‘are’ for plural.

We have been practising our typing skills and typed up our descriptions on Word. We are able to change the font and size and underline. We can also copy and paste an image from the internet.

In PE, we played rounders, working as a team to try and win.

In Loose Parts, we created dens like in our class novel ‘The Wilderness War’.

In Art, we have designed a whole class collage for the Rights Respecting Committee’s World Ocean Day competition. We have chosen an under the sea theme and we are going to use litter and rubbish to create the collage. We want to show that litter and rubbish are destroying ocean wildlife and that we need to do something about it.

In Health and Wellbeing, P3 discussed different ways to stay safe and what we can do if we don’t feel safe. P4 learnt about how new life is made. P3/4 also looked at ‘cool’ responses to situations and how our feelings can affect the way we respond. A ‘cool’ response deals with a situation calmly and people will respect us more for responding this way rather than being avoidant or aggressive.

In Social Studies, we used Google maps to explore our local area and look at what the land is used for in our local area. We found schools, housing, shopping, roads, farm land, hospitals, recreation like golf, skateparks and football pitches. We discussed why a city might build up and what a city needs as oppose to a town like Newport. We found out that Dundee built up because it was on a river and businesses were able to trade in and out on boats. Factories were built to make jute that could be sold on. Houses were built in Newport for the factory owners who had lots of money and didn’t want to live near the factories! They used to travel over to Dundee on boats each day.

On Tuesday, we read lots of mini texts about David Attenborough that were placed around the classroom. We took notes and then used our notes to write an information text about him. We wrote straight on to Word to use our Digital Technology skills. We were able to add a photo too.

We practised using similes to describe some pictures. We also used an image of Mr and Mrs Twit from the class novel we read to write a description using alliteration, similes and colour matching. We are very creative describers!

In Numeracy, we learnt about fractions, using Play-Doh to make halves, quarters, thirds and eighths! We are able to recognise and show simple fractions.

As part of our topic, we learnt about scale that is used on maps. We used a 1:10 scale to make models with the Play-Doh of David Attenborough and a labrador or an emperor penguin. Because David Attenborough is approximately 180cm tall the model had to be 18cm tall.

In PE, we did our running races for the Sports Day relay and we played rounders.

In French, we learnt more body part names.

At Loose Parts, we made animal enclosures to play in. We thought about shelter and food and water.

This week we have been exploring different types of maps of places around Newport. We have found where we live or places we have been. In pairs, we used Microsoft Word to write a blurb about a place we have been and added a photograph from the internet. We have displayed them next to the map with string going to where they are.

In PE, we practised passing the baton over in relay races. We raced around a track in our houses and other mixed teams, passing the baton on to the next runner.

In Literacy, we learnt about similes and came up with some of our own.

In Numeracy, we finished off our multiplication and division assessments and revised our numeracy skills on Sumdog.

We completed bar charts about our top 3 favourite activities to do to keep active. Swimming was the most popular and netball, chanter practice and golf were the least commonly picked.

We have been practising our spelling words and handwriting.

This week we have learnt about alliteration and completed some activities to help us think of alliterative sentences. We have created our own character and used alliteration, as well as other descriptive techniques like colour-matching and similes, to write a description about them. We had to think about their appearance and their personality.

In Health and Wellbeing, we carried out a survey of our Top 3 activities to keep us fit and healthy. We then made a bar chart to show our results. The most commonly chosen activity was swimming and the least common were netball, chanter and golf. We know that activities like these are good for our physical and mental health.

In Art, we drew still life tulips. We had to work hard to draw lightly with our pencils so we could make changes if we wanted to. We tried to draw what we could see in front of us rather that guessing. We used pastels to colour them and tried to show the different shades of colours.

For our topic, we had to map the Nursery Garden. We sketched it out as we walked around it and then took time to make sure everything was correct and made a key.

In PE, we started working on our throwing skills by practising throwing a javelin and a shot put as well as practising an under arm throw for bowling in rounders. We also had a station for doing some long distance running.

In French, we learnt the vocabulary for some sports in French. We practised saying ones we liked and which we didn’t.

In Numeracy, we have been practising dividing with remainders.

Hello and welcome back! We have written a postcard about our holidays and drew a picture on the front. We came up with the Steps to Success, including openers, connectives, adjectives, adverbs and alliteration!

In Numeracy, we learnt about multiplication and division number families and started some learning on division with remainders.

In Art, we have started a piece of art by drawing and decorating a vase or jug for tulips to go in next week.

In PE, we played Scatter Rounders which was fun and everyone played really fairly.

Our new topic is Maps and Our Local Area. This week we learnt that maps need a key to show what the symbols are representing on the map. We created our own Treasure Islands with a key.

The RNLI came to talk to us about water safety. We learnt about the different flags and what they mean, how to get help and how to ‘float for life’.

In Literacy, we learnt about vowels and when to use a and an in a sentence.

 

This week we have been getting ready for the Spring Assembly. We have practised our lines and sung the songs. We hope you enjoyed it this morning.

In Literacy, we had groups discussions about whether children should get to go to the moon. We found out on Newsround that there is a shuttle heading there at the moment. Children came up with for and against arguments and then we also wrote a discussion to share our personal thoughts. The P3s also uplevelled some sentences using adjectives, adverbs, fancy verbs, openers and connectives! What a great job!

In Numeracy, we are continuing to practise our division facts and strategies.

In PE, we played Chicken or Hero and Jungle’s on Fire.

In Art, we made Easter Egg decorations by weaving with thread around the shape of an egg. Despite a few tangles initially they are finished and look great.

Happy Easter, everyone. Have a great holiday.

 

This week we have been learning more about Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his life. We took notes during a presentation and then used these to complete a fact file. Did you know he had the same birthday as Hamish?! He also has his face on a £100 note!

In Art, we turned Charles Rennie Mackintosh’s ‘Glasgow roses’ into our own spring themed designs. We thought about spring colours and symbols of spring that we could use to fill the spaces.

We had group discussions about whether school should be 4 days a week instead of 5. Children shared their ideas in groups and then recorded them in a plan. Then they used their notes to write a balanced argument using openers, connectives and describing words. We worked hard this week on adding extra detail.

In Numeracy, we have been continuing our division work, this week thinking about division as counting up the equal groups. We have been practising using strategies that work best for us when dividing by 2, 3, 4, 5 and 10.

In Health and Wellbeing, we designed a healthy, well-balanced meal making sure we had food from each of the food groups in the right amounts. Children got to write an invitation to someone that they wanted to come and eat their meal!

In PE, we practised our throwing and catching with a rugby ball. We also played a game where we had to try and catch a band from the back of children’s waist bands and take them to our team’s base. Children could them come and steal them back. We also loved playing with the P1/2s at Loose Parts and had time to create our own play.

This week, we have had committees every afternoon so children have been learning and completing tasks in their different committee groups.

 

 

Yesterday we had a super trip to the V&A. We got to see around the Scottish Designers Exhibition and saw some of the amazing things people have designed. We then got to design our own product for the gift shop. After our workshop, we got to spend time in the museum doing some of the fun activities like building, drawing and doing rubbings.

Today, we have written a recount about our trip in the form of a comic for Comic Relief and celebrating Dennis the Menace which was created in Dundee.

In Numeracy, we have started dividing and thought about it as sharing into equal groups. We can use circles and share the number out equally.

In Health and Wellbeing, we learnt about what we should eat as part of a healthy diet and how we should eat more and less of certain food groups.

As part of our Scottish Culture and Traditions topic, we wanted to learn about Scottish Castles so we chose a castle and researched it with a partner to make a poster about it.

We also painted out Nessies and they look great!

We are really looking forward to the Talent Show this afternoon!

This week in P3/4 we have been reading a folktale about the Loch Ness Monster. We had group discussions about whether Scotland should keep looking for Nessie. We came up with 3 reasons why we should and 3 reasons why we shouldn’t. In our groups we had roles to help the group stay on task and all be involved. The jobs were Manager, Reporter, Recorder and Encourager. We then wrote a discussion with our ideas that we came up with.

In Art, we made clay Loch Ness Monsters. Children could choose what they wanted their Nessie to look like. We are going to paint them once they are dry. We also made Mother’s Day cards. Happy Mother’s Day to all the mums!

In Numeracy, some children were multiplying 2-digit numbers by a single digit number using grids. We also practised multiplying by 10 and 100.

In PE, we created sequences in pairs using the gymnastics skills that we have been learning. They had to perform some movements together with our partner. W have been working on giving feedback related to the Steps to Success. Today we played Dodgeball.

We joined P2/3 to do Loose Parts on Tuesday which was great. Children played really well together.

We all had lots of fun dressing up for yesterday’s World Book Day. We read a bit of Bunny vs Monkey and watched an interview with the author Jamie Smart. We thought the book was funny and good to read because it was a comic and written in small stories. We designed our own new animals or monsters for the story by drawing a quarter each. They turned out pretty crazy! We also designed our own book covers for a new book about Buttercup for the P7 competition. Everyone enjoyed the fashion show with the whole school! We got to browse the Book Fair to see if there was anything we would like to buy. We will have time on Tuesday 10th to buy books.

We have been writing a set of instructions to tell people how to make a piece of Scottish art that we had made the week before. We had to use adverbs and openers. We drew a picture to go with each instruction.

In Numeracy, we have continued practising our times tables and n Maths we started learning about 3D shapes.

In PE, we were balancing and jumping from different heights.

In Science, we tested different materials to see if they were conductors or insulators. We tested different metals and materials like plastic, cotton and glass. We found out that all metals are conductors and the other materials were insulators. We also learnt about static electricity and tried out different activities to see if we could see static electricity.

In Outdoor Learning, we are working through a cycle of 3 activities – sketching, creating a habitat and orienteering.