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Primary 3/2 November Update

November Fun in Our Classroom! 🍂🦉

November has been a busy and exciting month full of learning and fun!

In literacy, the children have loved reading The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark and using it to inspire our Descriptive Bubble writing. We’ve been building brilliant sentences, choosing exciting words and growing our writing confidence!

In numeracy, we’ve been skip counting our way through games and challenges using hands-on activities and online with Topmarks. We’ve also been cracking addition using doubles, near doubles, number bonds and partitioning – maths has been busy but brilliant!

Our Scotland topic has been a big hit! The children have enjoyed exploring maps, learning about Scottish culture, symbols, myths and legends. We’ve also got creative with tartan designs and thistle art – our classroom has been full of colour!

We’ve loved sharing the story Granny’s Magic Bag, linking it to our Scotland topic by discovering Scottish words and phrases. We also took time to learn about Remembrance Day through thoughtful discussions and meaningful activities.

In P.E., we’ve been getting active with Ceilidh dancing and practicing our ball skills – lots of movement, energy and smiles all round!

What a fantastic November it has been! 🎉

Primary 5/6 November Update

This month Primary 5/6 learned about keeping themselves and others safe on our roads during Road Safety Week. The researched speed limits, common road signs and the laws around children’s car seats and seat belt use.

We have also been working with The Celtic Foundation who have been delivering The Joy of Movement programme in our class every Tuesday morning. The children have learned a lot about health eating, how to keep ourselves fit and active and reducing our screen time. The best part is when the coach takes us to the hall for fun and games.

Primary 5/4 November Update

P5/4 have had a busy few weeks!

 

In Literacy we are continuing our focus on our descriptive writing, we have used a variety of tools to help us including word mats, the description bubble and senses graphic organisers to create a variety of setting descriptions.  This is helping us use our senses, ambitious vocabulary and a variety of sentence structures in our writing.

In Numeracy we are working on numeracy agility and trying our best to be super fast human calculators.  We play lots of games, challenges and races to have fun with this and keep us motivated.  We can then use these skills when doing column addition, which is our main Numeracy focus at the moment.

In Maths we are working on shape and have recently moved on to creating tiling patterns and tessellations to create a range of patterns and pictures.

Ms Wilson is still with us until next week and we have really enjoyed working with her.  We have explored a variety of different Myths and Legends around our Scotland topic and been having lots of fun with her.

We have also been lucky enough to have Miss Manar and Miss Kinda working with us on lots of exciting STEM activities.  So far we have a made a ramp to test the friction of a range of materials, made an erupting volcano, made boats to test buoyancy and even made a model of a human heart to help us understand how blood is pumped through the body.  We are thoroughly enjoying each project.

Primary 6 November Update

There has been lots going on in Primary 6 this month.

In literacy, we began our persuasive writing unit. We have been using the PM writing programme to develop our writing skills, focusing on the description bubble to enhance our work. We have explored different features of persuasive text and completed our first piece of writing about why P6 should go to the zoo! 

We have also been working on our film literacy, describing scenes and the characters in the Harry Potter movies. 

This month in numeracy, we have completed our multiples, factors and prime numbers topic. We are now moving onto fractions, decimals and percentages where we will be exploring their relationship and how this knowledge can help us in the real world. 

In maths, we have been learning about shape, symmetry and angles, extending and challenging our current understanding. 

P6 have been enjoying our animal’s topic, where we have been learning about different animal habitats and adaptations. We were able to apply our learning during our visit to Edinburgh Zoo this month! 

Primary 3/4 November Update

It has been a busy and fun November, with lots of fun activities. We loved taking part in the Mini Mudder and learning about the history of Guy Fawkes and Bonfire night. We also enjoyed finding out about the life of Mairi Chisholm, a Scottish nurse who made a significant contribution to improving the lives of the soldiers during World War 1.

In Literacy we have been focussing on Non-Fiction texts, learning how to answer different types of questions. We have practiced our reading skills, looked for information in a text and learned how to look for key words and summarise the main points. This term we have really worked hard on learning our Common Word spellings and also improving our handwriting skills.

We have set up a shop in the classroom to learn about money and practice finding totals by adding coins and counting on, and also giving change using subtraction skills.

In topic work we have been learning about the Human Body, the Skeleton and major organs and their function. We will be working on writing an explanation text to explain what happens to our food when we eat.

P3/4 are really enjoying working with other classes to develop their leadership and communication skills-I think the P2/1’s have loved learning lots of new games when we worked collaboratively during P.E sessions-keep up the great work!

Big thanks go to Annie-our “Determined To Dance” coach who worked with us every week to get our routine spot on.

The month of December is going to be just as busy and we look forward to sharing the fun learning with you.

Primary 1 November Update

In November, Primary 1 have been focusing on learning sounds through Jolly Phonics. So far we have explored the sounds; s, a, t, p, i, n, c, k, e, h, r and m.

In writing we have been describing characters from fairy tales using our description bubble, with focus on colour, size and number to enhance our descriptions.

In reading we have been creating story maps for well-known fairy tales such as Jack and the Beanstalk and Goldilocks and the three bears. These have helped us to think about what happens next in each story and the order of events.

In Numeracy, Primary 1 have been focusing on addition and subtraction using a range of concrete materials to support the children in their learning. We have been working with tens frames and part-part-whole models and are beginning to explore how to use a number line to solves sums.

In Mathematics we have been learning about measure and using non-standard units to explore length and weight. Through fairy tales we have investigated the length of familiar objects and practised ordering them.

Primary 1 have been learning about the World of Work through visits from people on our community. The children met an engineer and had the opportunity to ask and answer questions about his job. We also welcomed a parent who works in nutrition and pharmacy. The children explored different foods, learned about her role and asked thoughtful questions about her job.

These visits helped children think about the future and they enjoyed discussing what jobs they might like to have when they are older.

 

Primary 2/1 November Update

In Literacy we have been continuing to progress through the Jolly Phonics initial sounds programme. So far we have learned; s, a, t, i, p, n, c, k, e, and h. Primary 2’s have started learning the phonemes; sh, ch, th, ng, and qu. We have also been exploring a variety of traditional fairy tales and have been using these to create our own story maps that we can use to retell the main events of a story. During our grammar lessons we have been learning to build a sentence. We know that sentences need a capital letter and a full stop.

In Numeracy we have been learning to use concrete materials to add and subtract. In Mathematics we have been exploring measure using non-standard units. We have used traditional fairy tales to investigate the size of familiar objects from the story and were able to order objects by size.

Within Health and Well-being this month we have been progressing through the RSHP programme. We have been learning about the correct names for different body parts. We have learned the importance of the private parts in our body being kept private and showing an understanding of what this means. We read the story ‘ Aliens love Underpants’ and used this as inspiration to design our own underpants!

Primary 7 November Update

November has a been a busy month for Primary 7.

In Literacy we have continued to focus on our descriptive writing, using the description bubble to create a variety of setting descriptions. We have been trying hard to use ambitious vocabulary, similes and metaphors to enhance our writing and engage readers. We have also been developing our reading skills through Film Literacy. We have learned about technical features of film such as colour, camera and sound.

In Maths and Numeracy we have been working on multiplication and division applying this learning to whole and decimal numbers. Alongside this we have been learning about money; the importance of budgeting and how these skills will help us in the real world.

We have also been working hard to develop our independence and creativity through our DIY classroom. We have been using our initiative and time management skills to work through our learning and have had the opportunity to explore our STEM area. We are excited for this to continue to grow and develop.

P7 were also lucky enough to get a cinema trip to see Mission Impossible: The Final Reckoning which was an enjoyable day out for everyone.