Well done to everyone today who helped with planting our raised beds. We have started a wildflower garden, sunflower area, sensory garden and some classes planted vegetables. Thanks again to our Parent Council for their support with this.
Thanks to everyone who attended our quiz night. We all had great fun and we would like me to say a big thank you to Mrs Rusk and the Parent Council and Friends of Kirk O’Shotts groups for organising the event.
For the past two weeks Room 2 have been learning French with Mrs. Towers. We have learned a French rap song all about numbers and we really enjoy taking part in the lessons. In maths our focus has been Number Talk strategies, to help us with mental maths, and shape. We know the names of different 2D shapes and 3D objects and we can describe them. This week we have
In the last two weeks we have been learning all about the human brain and why it is so important. The brain is the most important organ in the body and it helps you think and talk. In maths we have been working on Number Talks, looking at ways to make our mental maths easier. We know about number bonds, for example 60+40 = 100. We have just started the
In Primary 7 our reading book is Divided City and we are learning about two of the main characters, boys called Joe and Graham. One of the boys was involved in a fight with another boy who was stabbed, his name is Kyoul. We have tried to find the real places mentioned in our book, such as Glasgow. In maths we have been focusing on money and are learning how
For the past two weeks the boys and girls in Room 1 have been working hard at their number bonds. They have been using an empty number line to help them count on, as well as the continual use of the ten frame. All of the children enjoy their mental maths activities and are becoming very quick at answering questions. During Thinking Circles the class have been learning about Fairtrade
Pupils have been working in teams this morning to complete a Fairtrade scavenger hunt. They had to search indoors and outdoors for key information about the history of fairtrade. Pupils had to find the information, read and dictate sentences to each other and record all information accurately. They also had to work hard to stay together and encourage each other. Children will use this information next week to present their
Primary 5 pupils have been celebrating Fairtrade Fortnight by making fairtrade muffins. They decided whether to use bananas or choc chips or both and worked well in groups to follow the recipe.
We started thinking about fairtrade today by watching a video and presentation about how we can support fairtrade. Some Primary 5 pupils then performed a short role play to highlight the importance of choosing to buy these products. We will be building on this work during Thinking Circles this week.
Congratulations to all our Primary 5 pupils who have successfully completed their ten week swimming block at the Time Capsule. They were presented with their certificates during assembly today.
