St Bartholomew's Class Blog

November 30, 2018
by Mrs Carlin
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Primary 1 news update.

Here we are at our play area after a very busy week. This week, we have worked hard in addition, and using tally marks. Also we have been working hard in literacy with our reading and writing skills. Everyone is improving all of the time and we are all very proud of ourselves.

 

Look at us making great use of our new art eagles in our play area….very creative.

 

This is our new shop where we can use our money skills and counting skills in a fun way.

What an amazing igloo! We really had a fabulous time playing in here.

Using tally marks in maths was tricky but we got there in the end!

 

Please come to our Christmas fayre on Saturday and buy some of these Christmas wreaths that we made all by ourselves. They are a real bargain.

 

 

November 28, 2018
by Mr Fowler
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Bridges for… shoes?!?

This week in class, we’ve been looking at the properties of shapes. We’ve explored round shapes, smooth shapes, shapes that are pointy and shapes that are flat.

 

Mr Fowler set us two challenges this week. First, we had a competition to see who could build the highest tower. We discovered that smooth shapes were the easiest shapes to build towers with. Round and pointy shapes are very hard to balance on, but they can make your creation look nice. Anyway, the winning tower was over 40 cm high!

 

Secondly, Mr Fowler challenged us to build a bridge that was so strong that it could support our shoes. We had to build two solid supports for our bridge, then build a supporting beam for our shoes that was over 30 cm long. Again, we found that flat shapes or shapes with smooth faces were the best to build with.

 

We can’t wait to find out more about shapes!

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November 18, 2018
by Mrs Carlin
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Primary 1 news.

In our maths this week we have been learning how to add two sets within ten and sometimes within twenty. We have been learning to read the number stories we have  made and have learned the + and the  = signs.

In our class our learning is fun, we listen to  explanations, practice new skills through games and activities and get additional help if needed.

 

How many altogether?

Count both sets to add altogether.

Adding two sets creates a bigger set.

We can add two sets together.

I know how to read an addition story.

Also this week we were reading with our buddies and have begun to look for words we know and read along with our buddies when we can.

Remember Hoots Owls??? We decided to recall what the white barn owl looked like

and using the internet, we explored photos of other barn Owls. Afterwards, we used sponges to paint a little white barn owl.

Using our observation skills to sponge paint the white barn owl we saw from Hoots Owls.

Here we are working as a cooperative group to make a dragon. In the morning,we explored descriptive words for dragons, just like we did last week for Owls, then we wrote our dragon descriptions. Following on from this,we put our ideas into action add created our own dragon. We used a variety of different materials too as we have been exploring materials as part of our IDL topic.

Using different materials to create an exciting dragon.

We had to work cooperatively.

Look at the finished dragon!

November 15, 2018
by Mr Fowler
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Maths fun in P.2!

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We’re currently learning about addition in maths. To help us learn more about this idea, we’ve been playing two games. One game is called ‘Throw To Win’, the other is called ‘Addition Flowers’.

In ‘Throw To Win’, each group has twenty items (like beanbags or rubber rings) to try and throw inside of two hula hoops. Once all the items have been thrown, each group has to count up how many items have actually landed inside each hoop. Once we’ve counted the totals for each hoop, we create an addition sum to show how many successful throws we had altogether.

‘Addition Flowers’ is a great game to play with a partner. Each pair gets a dice and two coloured pens. You roll the dice and draw the correct number of petals around the flower with your colour of pen. Then it’s the turn of your partner. After you’ve both rolled the dice and drew your petals, it’s time to draw an addition sum to show how many petals your flower has.

One thing is for sure, we always have plenty of fun in P.2!

November 8, 2018
by Mr Fowler
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Twit-Twoo!

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Today we had such a fantastic day, thanks to the Hoots Owls Company!

 

We learned about what owls eat, how they stay safe in the wild and we even managed to see them flying up close!

 

The best part, however, was surely when we got to put on falconry gloves and handle the owls ourselves.

 

What a great day!

November 6, 2018
by User deactivated
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Fun on the Farm!

Primary 4/5 had a fantastic time today on their trip to Easterhouse Farm in New Mains. This trip was part of developing the young workforce week and the children enjoyed learning about the machinery and engineering that helps the farmers do their job! We also loved meeting the animals and watching the cows being milked, what a great day!

November 5, 2018
by Mrs Carlin
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Primary 1 news.

In primary 1 last week, we had four amazing STAR WRITERS –

They wrote stories about being brave! We are reading a book called, “The knight who said, NO!” and in it there is a little brave knight called Ned. We wanted to explore what this word meant so we wrote stories about being brave.

Also, here we are listening to and reading with our buddies at paired reading time, it is always a very peaceful and enjoyable part of the week.

In maths, we are exploring 3D shape and can name most of the shapes now. We wanted to use the shapes to build a castle just like the one Ned lived in long ago in our story.

Once again in number work, we are learning the number names and do this through games and activities with our friends.

As it was Halloween , we read some stories about witches and then made these scary witch faces to take home and scare our families!

In the play area, we played with a variety of activities and had fun playing and learning with our friends.

Look at this new play area lego we have !! Isn’t it amazing! Mrs MacFarlane in P6, who is Mrs Carlin’s friend, gave us this for our play area because her boys do not play with it any more – thank you Mrs MacFarlane.

November 2, 2018
by Mr Fowler
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P.E. in P.2

We’ve been learning how to play football in P.E. recently. This week we focussed on how to shoot for goal.

We started off our lesson with a quick game of toilet tig (don’t ask!).

After that, we took turns to hit penalties into a very skilful goalkeeper. We aimed for the corners of the goal because that made it harder for the keeper to save it.

Next, we split up into groups to practice dribbling then shooting. This was pretty tricky!

Finally, we played a game of ‘Numbers’. When your number was called, you had to run on the park and score before the other team did. After a tense match, the final score was 9-4 to the Dinner Ladies team!

I’ve no doubt that some of the kids in our class will be getting called up by Alex McLeish for the Scottish national team before too long…

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November 1, 2018
by Mr Fowler
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Making Toast

Primary 2 have been studying instructional writing recently. This week, we wrote about how to make toast. First, we put some bread into the toaster. When the toaster popped, we spread some butter and jam on to the toast. Finally, we wrote down a set of instructions so that other people could follow our lead.

 

This was a fun (and tasty!) writing lesson!

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November 1, 2018
by Mr Fowler
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An Information Handling Tour!

This week, we have been studying information handling. As part of this topic, we went on a tour of the school to see what information we could find posted on the walls.

 

First, we found some signs pointing out where the fire exits were. We thought that this must have been helpful for new visitors to the school.

 

After that, we went to the oratory. We found two posters on the oratory door. The first poster told us at what time the prayer service were on at every week. The second poster was a timetable, telling us when each class would take responsibility for taking the prayer services.

 

Finally, we visited… THE STAFFROOM! In this room, we found

– a guide telling you how to use the oven safely

– some rules for keeping the staffroom tidy

– timetables telling you when the hall, ICT room and the library were being used

 

Information can be found all around us!

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