In art, Room 3 have been exploring colour using paints. They have been mixing paints to create new colours and they have been grouping colours into those that are hot colours and those that are cold colours.
Room 3 have been talking about their emotions and have set themselves a target which is to tell about how they are feeling. They have been exploring phrases they can use and ways they should react when they win or lose a game.
The children in Room 3 have been having fun practising their hand-eye coordination skills when throwing and catching in their PE sessions.
P5-7 have really enjoyed reading the novel “How to train your dragon”. They have developed their reading skills as well as talking and listening, sharing ideas and opinions.
Pupils were working on writing instructions/procedures and used this genre of writing to create instructions about ‘How to catch a dragon’. Pupils used a storyboard first, to identify the steps and to experiment with how diagrams/illustrations can support the reader’s understanding of the text. Here are some examples.
Everyone has been working hard to apply their research skills on scientists who have made significant discoveries. Pupils selected their own style of presentation, using keynote, pic collage, pages and notes. Here are a few snaps of their work.
Room 4 would like to say a great big huge WELCOME BACK!
We are really enjoying being back at school and would like to share some of the things we have been doing and learning.
Health & Wellbeing
By Lana-Rose and Ava
We have been talking about our feelings about lockdown and covid 19 it’s important right now and a really big deal. In this photo are some pictures we made about our feelings ‘Inside Out’.
French 🇫🇷
By Ainsley and Kyle
Bonjour Queenzieburn, Room 4 has been Learning French. We have learned Questions, Colours and Numbers. Q’est le colour prefere? Mine is Rouge. We have also learned colours 1-10 in French and here are our French Colour Sheets.
David Attenborough
By Ava and Lana-Rose
We have been learning about David Attenborough. We researched cool facts about him on the internet and took notes. Then chose how to present our work. Some people wrote with pencil and paper and wrote key notes or notes on the iPads.
It is really fun learning about David Attenborough. Did you know he is the same age as the Queen?
Cursive Handwriting
By Riley And Tyler
Room 4 has been learning cursive handwriting. Cursive handwriting is when you can join letters together to make it more neat but you need to flick into the joins. Once we get used to cursive handwriting we will be able to write much faster and it will look fancy and more grown up.
Classroom Economy
By Harley and Brooke
Our class is doing something called a Classroom Economy. Everyone has a job. We have police officers and bankers and many more jobs. Every month we get paid for our jobs but we also have to pay rent for our chairs and desks each month which costs £1000. If we don’t have enough to pay we can get a loan from the bank. We can earn more money from bonuses but we can also lose money if we break the rules and get a fine. We like earning lots of money and getting good at counting it and thinking about what jobs we could do in the future.
Handball
By Sam and Nathan
Our class is learning to play handball for PE. We have been playing matches and it is fun. It’s called handball because the ball is small enough to fit in your hands and you pass the the ball with your hands only. There are lots of ways to pass, the bounce pass, the overarm ‘high’ pass, the flick pass and the chest pass. It is a really fast pace game and we love it!
Art
By Lyle and CJ
P5/6/7 has been learning how to do 3D letters with one point of perspective. Perspective means make things look 3D by going back into the distance.
How to do it- Draw a dot near the top of the paper. This dot is your point of perspective. From the point take a ruler and draw a line to the corners of each letter in your name. Then draw a horizontal lines in the middle between the parallel lines. Rub out the remaining lines to make your letters look 3D.
The background- We cut out shapes on paper and stuck them on the page. We drew lines with a ruler from the corners of the shape to the point of perspective the we used a dark pen to shade the shapes and outline of the letters. We then picked a colour we had not already used to colour the background.
Glow/Teams
By Tyler And Riley
Glow is a online site to help us teach and learn online. Some of us used it during lockdown and learned on glow. Right now we are learning how to get better at glow.
Teams is a way to communicate with our class and teacher. If we went into lockdown again we could get work from Teams or work together on Teams. We are having fun learning how to use it and are getting better at it.
Angles, Directions and Coordinates. Ainsley and Kyle
Hello Queenzieburn,
Room 4 have been Learning Angles, Coordinates and Directions with our new teacher Mrs. Meechan. We have been learning North, East, South, West. We made up a game where people stand on a grid and somebody tells them to go a direction and last man standing on the grid wins! We have also learned about Right Angles and made these little Pac-Men that help us find Right Angles.
The pupils were peer assessing each other’s stories and self assessing their own work. Lots of great conversation about their learning and how to improve their standards. Well Done. 
Children in Primary 5 and Primary 6 have been creating and building using K’Nex. They are preparing to fight for a place at the K’Nex Custer Challenge at Kilsyth Academy. Next week two teams of two will be chosen to represent our school. Good Luck!
Well done to this weeks Responsible Citizens; Lea, Ainsley, Lucy, Hugh, Garyn and Hayley.
Well done to all children in Primary 5, Primary 6 and Primary 7 who took part in the North Lanarkshire Cross Country Qualifying event. You all did really well. Congratulations to Ryan and Ellie who have Qualified for the NLC Final on Tuesday 12th March.
