Primary 4 are working on their Technology skills.
We are high achievers!
Primary 4 love maths strategies
Primary 2 October Reflection
October was a very busy month in Primary 2!! In Maths we have continued to work on addition and have been completing a wide variety of practical tasks. We also began to look at 3D shapes and have been revising what we learned in P1. Mrs Simpson says we are doing so well already.
In Literacy we have been reading lots more reading books. It’s so helpful when we practise our reading at home as it helps us to complete tasks about them in class. We have also been making great progress within writing. Our favourite piece of writing recently has been a recount of our Halloween party. We are learning to use adjectives in our writing to make it even more interesting. We particularly liked our Halloween adjectives lesson when we created a list of adjectives about witches, monsters etc. This has really helped us with our writing.
We have carried out solo talks which we were asked to prepare for homework this month. We have been a brilliant audience for our peers, and have enjoyed presenting about our chosen career. We demonstrated confidence and good presentation skills during our solo talks. We really are superstars in the making!! A special big thank you to our grown ups for helping us prepare so well.
Within P.E we are learning a range of dance moves within lessons with Greig. Our favourite so far is definitely dancing to Thriller. We particularly enjoyed our Halloween P.E lesson where we played a variety of games with a spooky theme.
Our library visits have been amazing!! We love getting the chance to read the books that we choose. As our comprehension, fluency and accuracy improves, as does our enjoyment of stories. Mrs Simpson loves reading our stories to us when we get back to class.
The highlight of our month was our Halloween disco. We had a spooktastic night and we especially loved seeing our friends in fancy dress. The party games were brilliant. We can’t wait until our Christmas party now.
P1/2 October Reflective Friday Mrs Stevenson/Mrs Byrne
LITERACY
P1/2 have been working so hard over the past month, on their letter formation and writing. They have also been using their experiences to help them with their picture plans and visual clues. For example the children were very excited about their up and coming school Halloween Party and so together we decided that it would be a good idea to make posters to advertise. When their writing was completed, the children went with their buddies to display their posters around the school to remind everyone about it. Great work everyone!
Here are our Star Writers of the month…Great work P1/2 keep it up
MATHS
Children are continuing to have fun as they learn about number through the seal S.E.A.L. Approach to learning and are enjoying developing their number formation and counting skills in a variety of ways.
HEALTH AND WELLBEING
P1/2 had a visit from their lovely dental Nurses, who showed them the correct way to clean their teeth. The children have been following instructions and taking responsibility so that their mouth gums and teeth stay healthy.
P.E. Emotion Works and Interdisciplinary Learning
Throughout October, we have been looking into the ‘H’ that represents ‘Healthy’ in our ‘sHanarri Wheel. Bringing together Emotion Works and Shanarri , we are learning about how our emotions work and how they can affect us and others in positive and negative ways. We are also learning what these emotions might look and feel like and how we can recognise them.
Here are P1/2 Learning about Emotion Works and displaying and encouraging Healthy Emotions in P.E. As they help and include each other, the children are learning how their positive behaviour can begin to change how others feel, for the better.
ART/MINI-TOPIC: HALLOWEEN
The children also had a fantastic time working on their mini topic and learning about Halloween. As they prepared for their party they created lots of fantastic artwork for the wall displays and moving images to hang in the classroom and take home.
P1/2 having a fantastic time at the Halloween Party
GOLDEN TIME
Here are the children enjoying their Golden Time/Clubs after working hard throughout the week.
well done boys and girls, great work.
Parents Night Feedback
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Outdoor Cricket
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 – SAFETY 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.
