P1 Pancake Tuesday 🥞

The boys and girls loved having pancakes today in class. They had to spread on their choice of topping and then cut it carefully into 2 or 4 pieces. There were lots of ‘mmmmm yummy’ noises when it came to eating them.

P1 Symmetry

We have been learning about symmetry this week. The children have been drawing  pictures, painting and using construction to make symmetrical patterns.

P3 Leading the Learning

Well done Jonathan and Hannah, a super example of you both leading the learning in our class and teaching others how to play a new game. Well done 👏🏻👍🏻

P1 PE at the park

  Primary 1 had great fun this afternoon taking part in energetic play outdoors. The children used all of the skills we have been learning over the last few weeks in the gym hall and had a great time balancing, climbing and working together to have fun at the park. It was lovely to enjoy the fresh air and see so many smiling faces. The children were exhausted afterwards!

P3 Outdoor Numeracy

We enjoyed taking our learning out to the playground this morning to practise creating number lines, jumping back in jumps of tens and ones. Some of us also created our own sums using three numbers. It was lovely to be outside on a nice, sunny morning.

P1 RSPB Big Birdwatch 🐦

The boys and girls had a lovely afternoon outside looking for birds in and around our playground. The weather was lovely and the children enjoyed using the binoculars that they made. They saw starlings, blackbirds, crows, seagulls and pigeons.  We have sent our findings off to the RSPB and look forward to finding out the most common birds.  

P1- Money, money, money 💰

Primary 1 have been learning all about money. The children have been using 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p and 20p coins. They have enjoyed learning in different ways and especially enjoyed setting up a shop in the classroom. They chose the items they wanted to sell, priced them and now enjoying taking on different roles such as the cashier, checkout assistant and customers. It can be tricky adding together all the

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P3 Spelling Strategies

Primary 3 have been using a range of spelling strategies to help them learn their common words. A favourite has been writing the word on your partner’s back and asking them to guess the word. Another has been writing a mnemonic to help remember the order of the letters. Learning the shape of the word, including discussing the tall and short letters has helped picture the words in their heads.

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