The boys and girls in the nursery have been very busy this week , using a variety of 2d and 3d shapes , to explore and learn to successfully identify colours and shapes. They were making great attempts to sort and catrgorise . What a busy start to their week!
Maths
We had great fun learning all about the number 4. We used the iPads, Lego and paint. We also did a super job at helping Miss Scott to tidy up after all of our hard work.
Reading
We loved using finger torches during our reading lesson. We shone the light on the words as we read them and this helped us to follow the text.
PE
In PE we worked very hard to move our bodies in a controlled way through Bilateral Integration activities. We gently tapped our partner’s arms or legs and they had to lift the limb that was tapped. This is also helping us with our concentration and our ability to follow instructions.
Primary 2 have been learning about the different types of measure; Length, Weight and Volume. The boys and girls have practised measuring length and height in centimetres and metres, weight in grams and kilograms and volume in milliletres and litres. They loved using water and sand to help them measure!
Primary 5 have been learning about angles in the school garden. They enjoyed looking for right angles, acute angles, obtuse angles and reflex angles.
We also loved working with Hidden Gardens to help develop our school gardens this week. We learnt about crop rotation and how to sow seeds. Hopefully our courgette, squash, french beans and runner beans will grow soon!
We took advantage of the gorgeous weather to look for 2D shapes and 3D objects around the playground. Among the shapes and objects we found were square shapes (wooden posts and drains), rectangle shapes (windows), cuboid shape (container) and a sphere (football).
Primary 2 have been working hard to learn how to use grid references and co-ordinates! We played co-ordinate board games, ipads games and completed co-ordinate write and wipe challenge cards.
Primary 2 worked hard today to learn some times table facts and recall them quickly. Some children played a timed SmartBoard game while others tried a times table board game. Some boys and girls even tried to complete a colour by number multiplication picture of a cowgirl! We also used playdough to help us create”groups of” items and this helped us visualise how to multiply.
Primary 5 have enjoyed a busy week learning about different poetry techniques. We have looked at rhyme, repetition, onomatopoeia, personification, similies and metaphors. We have created our own poems using the different techniques we have learnt.
We have also been working well with a partner to collect data by carrying out a survey. We then used our knoweldge of different graphs to choose the most approriate graph to present our data.
Today p1a were learning about money. They were able to recognise coins up to £2 and sort coins according to their value. Tomorrow we will be learning to order coins from least to most valuable.
We have just started our Money topic for maths and have been having great fun ordering food and drink from our Glen’s Cosy Cafe menu, working out the total cost of our food and drink orders and finding the exact notes and coins needed to buy them. Some of us were using our numeracy skills and rounded up amounts such as £1.99 and £2.89 to the nearest pound to make our calculations a lot easier, remembering to take off the pennies that we added on to get the correct answer.
