Primary 2/3 have enjoyed learning about somewhere that gets more rain than Moodiesburn! The rainforest.
This week we have been learning about the different layers of the rainforest.
We have enjoyed making a start to our rainforest display.
Glenmanor Garden Committee
Garden birds need extra help at this time of year as food can be hard to find in the winter months. When the temperature drops, birds need food that is high in fat, sugar and energy to help keep them warm. You can make them a winter feast by mixing lard, seeds, cereals and dried fruits. Our Garden Committee were busy this week making fat cakes for the birds in our school gardens.
It’s getting chilly in P4/5
This week we have been busy showcasing our learning about the animals of the Arctic and Antarctica.
We painted our fabulous clay models.
Some people created powerpoints as part of their homework to share their knowledge of a chosen animal. They were outstanding!
We wrote some super shape poems using our knowledge of the animals.
COOL COMPASS ART
Today in class we were making compass art. The compass we were using were for drawing circles with different size radius. This is how you use one:
step 1 get the compass.
step 2 sharpen your pencil.
step 3 untwist you compass untill you find a hole
step 4 get the sharp pencil and put the pencil in the hole.
step 5 twist it the other way.
step 6 put the compass on paper and you can draw a circle.
by Peter and Kayley
P2 Super Silhouettes!
P2 are learning about “Light and Shadows” as part of their Weather topic. We made silhouette profiles of ourselves on the SmartBoard using our own shadows. We learned that an object that light cannot pass through is called “Opaque” and these objects will make a dark shadow.
Can you guess the children below from their shadow silhouetttes?
We practiced drawing profiles of our partner on a whiteboard. It was a challenge!
Focus On Food
Breakfast Fritatas were cooked at today’s P4-P7 Focus on Food group.
Today’s The Day The Teddy Bears Have Their Picnic…..
The nursery boys and girls enjoyed a delicious teddy bear’s picnic on Friday! This was to finish off our learning all about Golidlocks and the Three Bears. Yum, yum!
P2 Class Dojo Growth Mindset
P2 are enjoying a new Class Dojo video clip each week to help them to develop a “Growth Mindset.”
This week, the clip is called, “The Power of Yet” and the boys and girls discussed why the word ‘yet’ is so important. Instead of saying, “I can’t do it,” why not say, “I can’t do it, yet.”
Think of a time where you just didn’t get “it.” What could you do in that situation?
Watch the video again here:
Homework Club
Primary 5’s have been working hard at homework club! It is great to see the children support each other with their homework and to have some new faces after the holidays. We are also lucky to have Miss Riach join us for the next month to help. If any other P5’s would like to join please see Miss Gillespie.
P2 Brain “Storming” Challenge
The boys and girls in Primary 2 got their brains thinking today by taking part in a challenge called “Name the Storm.”
The children found out that each storm is named after a boy, then a girl’s name and so on. The storm today is called “Storm Henry” so P2 created their own storm names for the next few letters in the alphabet.
What do you think the next storm will be called? It will begin with the letter ‘I’ and it has to be a girl’s name this time!
Let us know your ideas through a blog comment!
