Our Reading Challenge and Athletic Superstars!

This term for P.E we are doing athletic sports. We made a circuit using hurdles, a quick jump, balance beam, and a trampoline. We had to jump over the benches and move around the room in different ways. It was great fun, especially using the trampoline. Andrew liked using the balance beam the best because it helped him with his balance. Take a look at how high we can jump!

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First Week Back!

This was our first week back after the Easter holidays, and what a busy week it has been! At the start of the week we used our prior knowledge to create maths games for each other to play. We learned about different types of angles and how to measure them. ” There are obtuse, acute, reflex, right , and straight angles” – Lewis, Morgan, and Alesha ” If an angle is

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World Book Day

Well we did manage to have 2 fun days in literacy week. They were full of parent, staff and pupil involvement and reading was the name of the game. As we hide away from the weather today remember that it is World Book Day so use your day off school to celebrate your love of books. Read as much as you can, maybe build a snow library or something exciting.

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Home Learning in P1a

The boys and girls in Primary 1a have been learning all about city and island life as part of their Social Studies topic this term. We have been exploring island life using digital learning e.g maps, videos, photographs and also through the context of Katie Morag stories. Our home learning project was to build a model or make a picture of the different landmarks on the Isle of Struay. Here

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Straight back at it!

P1b were straight back to the hard work after the February holiday. We started off with some ‘Have-a-go’ writing. We then continued our Active Spelling by revising some of the words we have learned. After out literacy work we revised our subtraction. 7 take away 5 = Using our penguins on ice for subtraction.   After all that hard work we relaxed with some yoga. It was a great day

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A Very Busy Week!

We have been very busy learning lots of new things this week in Primary 1a. Have a look at some of our highlights… Mrs Harris and Mrs Woolfries joined us in class for our Hear, Say, Play and Write lesson. We had to think of a name for our witch and then have a go at writing it! Here are a list of some of the fantastic names that we

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New Maths Resources and Bloom’s Questioning!

Last week during assembly we were given a fabulous box of new maths resources. We have been using them during every maths lesson to help us understand tricky concepts such as working out fractions and percentages.                 Here we are using counting beads and counters to calculate the fraction of a quantity.  Aidan enjoyed using the resources because it made maths fun, and

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Literacy Challenge

It has been a very busy couple of weeks for the Literacy Challenge!  Please read all our exciting news. Hear, Say, Play, Write Hear, Say, Play, Write began for the Primary 1 and 2 children.  They had a fantastic time listening to the story Room on the Broom written by Julia Donaldson read by Mrs Woolfries.  All the classes enjoyed joining in with the story and listening out for the

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