One of our Learning Outcomes is to know about foods that are produced on Scottish Farms so we’ve tried to think like farmers and see what we could produce. In a large pot outside in the playground, we planted some … Continue reading →

Over the last few weeks we have listened to the story of George’s Marvellous Medicine by Roald Dahl and talked about the language he uses and how he uses it to make a fantastic story. In pairs, we built sentences … Continue reading →

This morning we did some practical Maths. We’ve been learning about halves and quarters so we’ve folded shapes; we’ve shared and divided cubes; we’ve used plasticine and fraction magnets and today we were using food for our fractions. All the … Continue reading →

After our amazing farm visit, we thought we should write to the farmers, Allan and Joanna and say, ‘thank you’ for having us. Normally when we do taught Taught Writing, Mrs Cameron gives us a lot of help with ideas. … Continue reading →

This week, Wilf told us all about his protractor and measuring angles; Anshmaan read us his favourite book about the Lion King and Aidan showed us a science experiment. Lots of the children wanted to try Aidan’s experiment at home … Continue reading →

This week is Digital Learning Week. We got together with our friends in P3 and they showed us how to do some coding using a website called Code.org. Some of us did some Angry Birds coding and others did a … Continue reading →

On Wednesday this week, we visited Shothill Farm in Lanarkshire. It is a real working farm so most people don’t get to go and visit but because it is our topic this term, we were lucky enough to be invited. … Continue reading →

On Monday this week, Colin who is a zoologist and friend of Aidan, came in and we learned lots of interesting facts about mammals. Colin took us outside and we measured out the size of a blue whale on the … Continue reading →

Well, we’ve had a busy wee time over the last couple of weeks. We’ve been writing some amazing sentences with totally impressive vocabulary; we’ve been loving learning about fractions; some of us built a jail to trap Mrs Cameron in; … Continue reading →