P7a have been tearing up the playground with our toe-tapping, rug cutting, Scottish country dancing. We’ve perfected The Gay Gordon’s and are working on The Canadian Barn Dance.
In numeracy and maths we’ve created models of 3d shape and shapes, as well as comparing fractions.
We’ve also researched and prepared non-ficton reports, learned about remembrance and created some art in the style of Yayoi Kusama.
🧠This week in class we have been working on our growth mindset. We know that mistakes are part of our learning and help us to grow – they are not a sign of weakness.
💭In class we can improve our growth mindset by embracing challenges, showing persistence and resilience, acting on feedback given and trying our best.
This week P 2b got involved with some art and science. In art we created poppies to commemorate Remembrance Sunday. Using paper plates and green card everyone made their own poppy. In science we learned what an electric circuit is and we had a go at making our own simple circuits using wires, batteries and lightbulbs. We also learned how a switch works within a circuit by creating a continuous path for the electricity to flow.
This week P5a has been doing so much they have been exploring weather in creative enquiry, 2 digit by 2 digit using the box method in maths, practicing our handwriting, reading our books and answering questions about the book, tennis and badminton in PE. In our topic on space we were learning about how astronauts live and work in space, on the international space station.
The have been amazing what super stars 🌟
By Olivia Dalgleish p5a
In literacy the children consolidated their tricky words and sounds. We also practised CVC words using the 5 finger spelling strategy. Take a look at our fabulous letter formation and magnetic board work. 
We had a great week with spelling with the best spelling test results so far.
We are doing very well at organising our own reading circles and will keep working on this in the weeks to come.
We have been talking about making responsible choices in PATHS and we can see this reflected in our decisions in class.
On Wednesday 20th November 2024 our Rights Respecting Schools Pupil Committee have organised a Dress Down Day as part of their global fundraising project. Suggested donation £1. Help our Rights Respecting Schools Pupil Committee to twin our toilets and fund a project in a community that helps families to build their own basic toilet, access clean water and learn about hygiene – a vital combination that saves lives.
After the success of our Quiz Night last year, our Quiz Night is back. Booking info will be issued to families tomorrow.Join us for our annual Family Quiz Night
Thursday 28th November 2024 (6- 7.30pm)
What you need to know –
We are looking forward to celebrating Book Week Scotland next week in school. We have lots of exciting activities planned in school. Click on the link below to find out more –
Last week we were working on some new things like our topic on the solar system as well as reciprocal reading. In science p5 we’re doing some experiments to see if we could create enough carbon dioxide bubbles to build enough pressure in our bottles to erupt- a small scale space rocket! Some of our experiments worked better than others so we will need to try again with some adjustments. p5 have also been working incredibly hard on their multiplication in maths.
