 
Our cricket specialist, Mohammed, took P6 and P5 for cricket this afternoon. Everyone had a brilliant time and tried their best – even Mrs Anderson honed her bowling skills! Well done everyone!
P3/4 Reflection
In Primary 3/4 we have been very busy this September. We have been learning lots and been having lots of fun.
In maths we have been learning lots more about addition and now subtraction. Active maths has helped with the sums we find a little bit more difficult.
We all have successfully completed our first report writing piece. It was very ingesting to learn about report writing. We have all created our own report on Mummification, which we hope you will enjoy reading during parents night.
In PE we are coming to the end of Gymnastics, however we are loving musical theatre with Greig. We are in the middle of a dance routine to the Lion King which looks amazing already.
We have now started Roots of Empathy in our class. During this we have a real baby come to visit us with Mrs Le Blond, we get to learn so much from the baby.
October will be another very busy month for us all and Miss Verrecchia has a lot planned with Halloween art etc.
Thank you  for reading.
From Primary 3/4
Primary 2 September
We have had a very successful September in Primary 2. We have finished revising Primary 1 sounds and common words and have now started brand new learning. We have been pretending to be investigators and trying to find our new sounds in books and phoneme stories. We have also been learning new Read to Write tasks. Two of our favourites are fixing jumbled sentences from our reading books, and retelling the stories we have read. We love using our magnetic boards and playing Pot Luck to practise our new words. We have enjoyed writing our exciting stories during Taught Writing, and we are always excited to find out who our Star Writers are.
Within Maths we have continued to work on Addition with lots of practical activities. We loved adding to 14 using candles on birthday cakes and sheep inside hula hoops. Mrs Simpson is very impressed by our Number talks especially when we add to numbers bigger than 10. We plan to move on to Subtraction soon.
We have been learning about our senses and have been carrying out experiments and playing games. We loved listening to sounds and playing Sound Bingo.
Our topic is Katie Morag. So far we have made our own Island of Struay for our class using a variety of art techniques. It is looking great. We are beginning to fill our island with all the things we learn about in the Katie Morag stories.
P5 update from August and September
Over the past couple of months, P5 have been learning a lot about the Titanic and have even made a huge wall display of it; each making their own cabins and/or lifeboats. Did you know, there were only 20 lifeboats on the real Titanic but it should have had 64?!
The children also took part in a STEM activity to see if they could make a tinfoil boat that floated and could carry coins. We certainly have some budding engineers in our class!
In Health and Wellbeing, we each created our own Colour Monsters to explore feelings and emotions. They’re on display outside our classroom if you’d like to come and meet them.
In RE we listened to and discussed the story of Father Damien who lived with sufferers of leprosy. He was such a kind and inspirational man; he made a real difference to this outcast community.
As part of our topic The Titanic, the children worked in groups to try to put the inventions/events in order. It should give some parents out there a wee chuckle!
The children worked in groups to demonstrate working in canon, mirroring each other and matching.
P5 have been exploring movement: balance, weight through arms, jumping, inversion and rotation.
At the beginning of the year, our P5s worked in groups on 2D Shape.
The first Golden Time in the class saw our pupils working together socially in small groups. We even had a domino rally!
Our class were given potatoes FROM OUR GARDEN!! We made 4 kinds of potato wedges from them and they didn’t last long!
We also hosted a MacMillan Coffee Morning and raised £425! Well done to everyone involved and a huge thank you to everyone who baked, bought or donated – we couldn’t have done it without you.
P1/2 September Reflections Mrs Stevenson/Mrs Byrne
ACTIVE LITERACY
P1/2 have continued their hard work in literacy as they learn about their alphabet, phonic sounds and common words to help develop their spelling, reading and writing.  The particularly like to learn outdoors and through active participation, songs and games etc.
  
  
Also P1/2 had their first walk and visit to Bellshill Cultural Centre Library this month. The children learned about joining the library getting their very own library ticket which they would use if they wanted to borrow a book. The librarian read them lots of stories, played games then the children got to look at all the great books they might choose when they joined the library.
The children also found a useful tool for measuring at the library before the went back to school.
STAR WRITERS OF THE MONTH
Here are some of our Star Writers for this month . Well done Everyone.
NUMERACY
The children have really enjoyed actively engaging with their learning in numeracy and learning about 2 D and 3D shapes.
HEALTH AND WELLBEING – SAFETYÂ Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â AND INTERDISCIPLINARY LEARNING
In all areas of Health and Wellbeing the children have been learning about Safety. For example, at home/in school/playing in the playground/walking up and down the stairs etc, as well as Internet safety and P.E.
In P.E and Relaxation, for example the children are learning about moving safely. Following instructions. Finding a safe space with plenty of room around them so they are not bumping into anyone. This will help the children to work well on their own, or as part of a team. Helping them not only to think of themselves but of others so that they can come together as a successful team.
SOCIAL SCIENCES – PEOPLE WHO HELP US
We are learning a about people who help us and have been thinking about all the people who help us to stay safe and what there jobs are. We have also had the RSPCC in to our school for a visit and they were able to tell us how to stay safe too.
Primary 6- September reflective post
Primary 6 have had a really fun September. We have been doing lots of fun tasks in class and learned lots of new things.
In maths we have learned all about place value and have now moved on to decimals which we have found a little more difficult but getting the hang of it now but we know we still need to practise. We are still reading our book Tribes and cannot wait to find out what happens next.
We have learned lots about the Scottish Parliament and have been trying to follow what has been going on down in Westminster with Brexit. We are looking forward to our visit to Holyrood in November to learn more about it.
Recently we have started our new topic about Endangered species and will be learning lots about climate change and how it is affecting our world. We have also just started Cricket for PE and are looking forward to our lessons in this sport.
Lots to look forward to in October!
Thanks for reading
Primary 6
Primary 4 are achieving great things this term!
Open Evening Feedback
Click on the following link to read feedback from our Open Evening on the 12th September.
Open Evening Questionnaire 12.9.19
Please click on the link below to give us your feedback on this evening.
Thank you
Mrs Wilson
