Banton Buddies

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February 7, 2022
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Eco/Sustainability Focus Day!

P4/5/6 had a very busy day on Friday!

Click below to see our learning!

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LI – to create a heart showing our love for the planet.

The class thought about our planet and what they loved the most about it! The class came up with ideas using images that showed the beauty of our world! They chose the things that they value the most, and came up with ideas on how we can protect these things – so that we can enjoy and have them for years to come!

LI- to identify the wonderful things in our world.

The class listened to the famous song ‘Wonderful World’ by Louis Armstrong and from listening to that – they had a think about what they felt was important to them. After we found this – we created our own lyrics and then decorated our sheets!

LI- to create a green seeded heart.

The class created fantastic, vibrant green hearts – which included seeds!

Have a look below…

P4/5/6 – Festive Fun!

January 9, 2022 by Ms Paton | 0 comments

Miss Paton and all of the team at Banton are very excited to welcome everyone back tomorrow!

Below is an update on what Primary 4/5/6 got up to over the festive period!

P4/5/6 used their fantastic creativity skills to create fabulous festive pieces of art! They used oil pastels and paint within their work.

The class created ‘Grinch’ pinching hands which were vibrant and eye catching!

LI – to create a piece of festive artwork using a character from a film.

The class created their own 3D snow globes which were painted and included pictures of themselves!

LI – to create a 3D piece of art.

The class created a nativity scene using a blend of colours and black card to create silhouettes.

LI – to understand what a silhouette is.
to create a nativity scene using paint.

Have a look below…

 

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Positive Relationships in P4/5/6!

December 9, 2021 by Ms Paton | 0 comments

The buddies have been looking at positive relationships recently, they have been thinking about how to build them with others – and how to maintain them. We came up with a few fantastic ideas and incorporated them into our artwork! We looked at how to make others feel safe and cared for, to maintain eye-contact with others to show that we are listening to what they are saying and giving them our full attention, to support them when they need us, to be kind and caring and to be grateful for having them in our lives! P4/5/6 understood the importance of building positive and meaningful relationships with others!


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November 25, 2021
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Children in Need – 19.11.21

Primary 1-7 had a fantastic day of exciting events on Children in Need Day! Primary 1-3 hosted a competition to create a new outfit for Pudsey, P4-6 created their own T-shirts and P6-7 hosted races for the full school to take part in!

We held a ‘Name the Bear’ competition which raised lots of money for an excellent cause!

Well done Banton!

Have a look below to see what we got up to…

November 16, 2021
by Ms Paton
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Outdoor Learning Day!

On Friday, Primary 4/5/6 had a very exciting day completing their Literacy and Maths work in their outside space. They completed a visualiser on a character from their current reading book and found evidence to create a mental image of this person to represent the ideas they have read in their text so far. Primary 4/5/6 also explored their recent work within subtraction, and searched through the sand on a treasure hunt to find the missing answers to their questions! They tested their partners maths skills and played some games of ‘buzz’ with a basketball using their knowledge of the times tables! They looked around their playground and created or spotted the shapes that they could see and find in the area around them…

Maths-

LI – to create the 4 operations using YOURSELF!

LI- to find answers to equations within the sand.

LI – to test your partners maths skills.

LI – to practice our passing skills whilst using our times table knowledge.

LI – to use items in our playground and identify them as shapes.

Literacy-

LI – to create a visual image of – Trevor or Tina, Plop’s parents – Mr and Mrs Barn Owl, David, or Sam with a partner from your
reading group.

P4/5/6 then created self-assessment feedback on what they did really well and how confident they felt – they then noted down some steps for next time!

 

Remembrance Day!

November 11, 2021 by Ms Paton | 0 comments

In honour of Remembrance Day this year, Primary 4/5/6 decided to create their own art-work inspired by this. They were able to produce a bright display of poppies, created using tissue paper. The class understood the importance of this day through discussion within the classroom and this was represented by the care that was taken in their fantastic artwork. The class used a variety of resources such as paint and tissue paper. Their backgrounds can be seen through the poppies. The backgrounds were completed using different colours of paint, whilst silver and gold paint were provided for carefully outlining or edging over sections of their artwork.

LI – to progress our knowledge of Remembrance Day and be able to represent this through a piece of artwork.

November 8, 2021
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Fantastic Fireworks!


Last week, the Buddies created an excellent Fireworks display which incorporated the use of line and shape. We discussed how a firework explodes as it shoots off into the sky, and the shape and size that it becomes once it reaches the air. We created this sky using thick felt tip pens and added a selection of fireworks to give us that bonfire night feeling!

LI – to explore the visual elements of line and shape.

Last week! Halloween fun with… The Buddies!

November 3, 2021 by Ms Paton | 0 comments

Primary 4/5/6 had lots of fun during Halloween! Everyone had fantastic costumes which were very spooooky! Primary 4/5/6 had the chance to spend some time with the rest of the school by playing games during their big Halloween party! Have a look below to see our best Halloween poses! We also had a Halloween pumpkin which was won by one of our class members!

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October 26, 2021
by Ms Paton
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Growth Mindset – Halloween Cauldrons!

Primary 4/5/6 have been with working with chalk and oil pastels recently. They have been able to blend a range of bright and vibrant colours to create a wall display of ‘Growth Mindset Cauldrons’ – just in time for Halloween! In Primary 4/5/6, we know how important it is to encourage one another and to believe in everyone, we believe that everyone can do their best! To promote this within the classroom, we created a selection of cauldrons – choosing all different shapes and sizes, to encourage everyone to try their best and to never give up. We can use this wall when we are completing a task, in order to understand and always know that we can do it – no matter what!

Some positive growth mindset statements chosen by P4/5/6 were…

Keep going!

Don’t give up!

Go for it!

I can do this!

Believe in yourself!

and many more!

Take a look below…

October 23, 2021
by Ms Paton
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Go Green at Banton!

Banton Buddies had lots of fun during their learning on Friday! In the morning, Primary 4/5/6 headed out to clean up our school grounds by collecting as much litter as they could! The class did extremely well, and managed to find a variety of items – from crisp packets to ice cream tub lids! We worked in pairs to help one an other and were then able to discuss what each other had found!

We also contributed to our ‘Tree of Promises’ within our school in relation to COP26. We each created a leaf using a template – on the leaf, we created promises that can help the world that we live in to become a better and greener place. On one side of each leaf, we put down our own promise as to what we can do to help our environment – on the other side, we put down a promise that we would like those within government to fulfil for us as well. When using colour, we chose lots of different shades of red, green, brown, yellow and orange for our leaves.

During our day, we also created Fair-trade and Sustainability Logo’s for a competition within the school. One badge will be chosen once all of the designs are complete. P4/5/6 have made a fantastic effort on theirs – included in some of their designs are fair-trade fruit, the Banton Primary logo, the eco flag and a variety of different original designs.

In the afternoon with Mrs Rae, we progressed our cooking skills by creating some delicious apple muffins! These apples were picked in Banton by our Primary 1-3 pupils this week and the juicy fresh apples were then used for our cooking experience! Primary 4/5/6 measured our their ingredients, followed instructions correctly and then mixed all of their ingredients together to be put into the oven for baking! They were very tasty, and we even managed to grab 5 minutes at the end of the day to taste test them outside!

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