It has been another busy week in Balornock. The boys and girls in Primary 1a have been learning lots of new and exciting things! Here is a sneaky peek at our week…. “I liked adding the counters!” said Adam. “I liked making my own tartan!” said Madison. “I liked when Mrs Woolfries came in and read Room on the Broom!” said Georgia.
Primary 1b got lots of new maths resources this week that we practiced on. Two-sided counters Our penguins on ice Numicons and bead strings! We introduced our ‘Chilli Challenge’ this week. “It’s so much fun” said Logan D. “We love it!” said Vincent. We also had a visit from Mrs Woolfries and Mrs Harris to read us a story – Room on the Broom!! And Miral, Georgia and Siying wow’d
Well everyone, what a very quick and eventful four months we have had here in the Challenge room. We are really excited about what we have accomplished and are exceptionally proud of the children who we work with. Here is a quick list of some of our highlights – Soft Start P1 and P2 Pre Reading workshop – for adults Rhyme and Phonological Awareness workshop – For P1 parents
The boys and girls in Primary 1a and 1b took home their Bookbug bags this week. We are all so excited to have our own copies of the three books that we read in class – ‘Gorilla Loves Vanilla’, ‘The Fourth Bonniest Baby in Dundee’ and ‘Little Owl’s Egg’. We can’t wait to share them with our families and friends!
The Eco Heroes had a great meeting this afternoon to discuss the on-going plans for the school! There were lots of great ideas from the team including having ‘Litter Ninjas’ in the upper school playground to ensure that no litter is left after play time and lunch time. We are also going to get the Eco Display in the main entrance decorated very soon! Watch this space for some excellent
What fun we had today in the ICT suite. The boys were all on task logging on, searching on GOOGLE and completing literacy games. They worked well in partners and reached new levels. Very proud of our Young Literacy Team today ……. Now to practise at home!! Mrs Woolfries
All the P3-7 classes have been working very hard on their After Writing Strategies this week. We have been looking at self-assessment, peer assessment and celebrating our work with an audience. Primary 6 did a fantastic job with peer assessing. They used their success criteria to say what went well in their partner’s Recount Writing. A big well done to all of them.
This week all our Primary 3-7 classes have been working on improving our during writing strategies. We have been using our planning sheets, class tools and success criteria to help us write some wonderful recount stories. Here are some great pictures of Primary 3 in action. Well done P3! Good Job!
Today Primary 3 and Primary 5 took part in paired reading. All of the children thoroughly enjoyed the opportunity to read a book of their choice to their partner. They listened carefully to each other and supported each other as they read their books.
This week Primaries 3-7 have been working hard to develop their before writing strategies. We have been exploring recount stories. First we looked at good examples of recount stories and worked with our writing partners to highlight the features which made the texts good examples. Next we planned our own recount stories. We did this by working collaboratively and sharing all our good ideas. All our classes have worked so
