This year, Ralph the elf has arrived with lots of baby elves. These elves have snuck into our P3/2 pupils’ bags and have gone home with them. They have been getting up to mischief in the boys’ and girls’ homes.
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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.
P1/2 April Reflection Mrs Stevenson/Mrs Byrne
LITERACY
STAR WRITERS OF T HE WEEK
When the children returned to school in Holy Week refreshed after their holiday, they continued their learning about Jesus journey and wrote about it, in an animated picture story of  The Way of the  Cross.
The children also learned about form filling as they learned how to read and fill out their new and different Snack 2 Go forms.
NUMERACY – S.E.A.L (Stages of Arithmetical Learning) Approach and Active Learning Stations
P1/2 engaging and having fun with their learning using a variety of resources.
  
  
HEALTH AND WELLBEING P.E.
P1/2 Learning About Dance…
… and Enjoying Relax Kids as they learn about the benefits of relaxation techniques and how these can inspire tranquillity and calm.
R.E. Â This Is Our Faith (TIOF)
P1/2, Â Our Lady and Practising and Preparing for their First Friday Mass in May.
P 1/2 have been working very hard  at home, (practising their readings etc) at school and in Church as they prepare to participate in their Class, School and Parish First Friday Mass  where they will honour Our Lady in her special month of May.
Here is a little picture story of their preparation so far…
Well done P1/2 keep working hard in term 3. Â Mrs Stevenson and I are so proud of all your hard work.
P4/5 March Reflective Friday
On the 8th of March, we released the brown trout alevins into the Calder. We each had a container of 3 or 4 fish. One of our favourite parts was pouring them into the water. It was really good to get fresh air and a chat with our friends on the way to release the fish. It was great seeing them in the river for the first time. Some of us felt it was a bit sad because we had been looking after them for 6 weeks but it was great to see them searching for – and finding – food for themselves! Some of us felt a bit nervous for them because we noticed a lot of rubbish like glass, plastic, branches, crisp packets, bottle tops, broken bikes and so on in the water.
We have been learning about plastic pollution after releasing them because we saw all that rubbish. We have watched videos about the harm that is done to fish and other creatures in the sea and we’ve been talking about how to stop using so much plastic. We have been writing persuasive letters to people to convince them to stop using single-use plastic.
Don’t use so much plastic.
Recycle plastic.
Reuse plastic.
Don’t litter.
Don’t waste plastic.
At this month’s Merit Assembly, Sophia and Logan showed everyone their presentation about the Brown Trout.
This month, we have also been learning about the church and what being an altar server means. We have prepared questions to ask existing altar servers. Oscar has even just become an altar server! Well done, Oscar!
Science Week was this month.
We did lots of experiments including:
Skittles in hot water: the Skittles melted and the water turned different colours.
Bouncy egg: we put one egg in vinegar and waited 24 hours and when we took it out, there was no shell but it was bouncy!
Bending water: we got a static charge on a ruler and put it beside running water from the tap.
Blow-up balloon: We put a balloon over a jar of vinegar and bicarbonate of soda and it blew up the balloon!
We even tried some experiments that didn’t quite go to plan! It was great fun. Some of us tried them at home.
Some of us made non-fiction books about our interests such as guinea pigs, horses and Fifa.
It was also World Book Day.
We came to school in costumes or in our pyjamas and we read books and went round the classes. In our class, we read Friend or Foe by Michael Morpurgo about World War II and children being evacuated.
