Spelling – all children have been issued with a spelling list appropriate for their group. Study using strategies / games and a short paragraph using some words.

Reading – continue private read of class or private novel.

Maths – see attached grid. Complete as many of the activities as you like, discuss these with your parents.

Other –

Commonwealth country
Find some facts about ANY country in the Commonwealth OR Find out about ANY athlete taking part in the Commonwealth Games. Write your facts down and be prepared to write a short report in class.

Blog – leave a comment on ANY St. Serf’s blog – use this as a chance to tell other classes how well they are doing or what you really like about their work and achievements.

A co-op learning task had surprising results this afternoon. Each co-op group had to build a tower made from a maximum of 6 pieces of spaghetti and 7 marshmallows. That was the easy part! The challenge was that the tower had to stand unsupported – a feat that proved difficult.

Well done everyone for the great team work and determination – everyone wanted to have the best tower. It was decided that each tower and team had several positive points and areas for improvement.

Have a look at our photographs for the results.

Today our Pupil Council reps attended the Pupil Council Conference in Gartlea Community Centre. They enjoyed meeting Pupil Council Reps from other schools in North Lanarkshire and joining in the fun activities.

They have returned to school with great information about Commonwealth Games celebrations and Health and Well-being.

check back soon for more information from Olivia and Jack.

This week has already started off very busy. We had 4 girls represent our class in assembly, launching a milk drinking challenge; we are hoping to increase the number of milk drinkers in our school! Remember to bring that 10p for a healthy drink at a bargain price.

This week will see us finish our Fiction reading in Primary 7 before starting a non-fiction and media block. We will continue spelling revision and study sets 4, 5 and 6.

In maths we are working with Decimals and really looking closely at place value, we are also revising key areas of our maths knowledge.

This week we will complete our study of the Scottish Parliament.

In writing this week we will write a discursive text and complete some more entries of our e-portfolios.

Primary 7 enjoyed a visit to Rawyards today with the Forestry Commission. We worked very well as a team and planted almost 150 trees. It was very tiring and muddy work.

We have taken part in the St. Margaret’s transition programme for Science. Over the 4 weeks we carried out and designed experiments in the Science Lab with Mrs. Reilly and Mr. Reynolds. It was a great introduction to Secondary School Science and we were very enthusiastic to carry out each task in the lab.

Well done to our Junior Dragons’ Lair finalists, they attended New College Lanarkshire, Coatbridge Campus and presented their idea of ‘Caledonian Crumble’ to the Dragons. The Dragons were very impressed and liked the healthy twist on the traditional dessert that the girls put forward.

Joanna, Kelsey, Olivia and Danielle enjoyed their day out, they presented their pitch in the mai hall

Reading –

Capital Letters / Full Stops Jammy Dodgers on the Run – Up to end of Ch 25

Commas – The Invisible Dog – Up to end chapter 7

Spelling – Children have been issued with lists and should complete an activity from the grid at the front of jotter.

Capital Letters / Full Stops – Set 7  once – guarantee

Commas – Unit 3 – 3rd and 4th column ‘ie’ and ‘y’

Maths – Fractions activity from grid at the back of jotter.

Remember £1 and onsie for Friday’s Movie day. SCIAF raffle tickets for class raffle still on sale, 10p each, Easter themed prizes!!

Jewellery sale will take place on Thursday and Friday. Items priced £1 – £2.50.

Visit to St. Margaret’s on Wednesday – week 2 of Science transition.