“The smallest shark is the size of half a ruler and the biggest shark is almost as big  as three classrooms.” – Eilidh

“Some jellyfish sleep during the day and they are awake at night.” – Harvey

“A blobfish just opens it’s mouth and the food falls in.” – Abira

“You can see the bones of an x-ray fish right through it’s skin.” – Jessica

“Fish are cold-blooded” – Ellie-Mae

“A shark will eat you if it mistakes you for a seal.” – James

“Jellyfish will sting you.” – Sophia

“The blue shark has five gills.” – Mitchell

“There are two sharks that won’t eat you, the basking shark and the whale shark.” – Liam

“Fish lay eggs.” – Kady-Anne

“The Crown of Thorns starfish has toxic spines.” – Ava

We are learning to find one quarter of a number.   We are having fun learning about fractions.

We are learning to half a number.   We are having fun learning to half a number.

“Half of 10 is 5” said Cole.

“Half of 100 is 50” said Harry.

“Half of 12 is 6” said Abira.

“I learned that a sea cow is a mammal and it’s proper name is a manatee.” – Ava

“There are many different types of fish.   There are jellyfish and           angelfish which are brightly coloured.” – Harvey

Today we have been learning about living and non-living things.  We sorted pictures into the categories of living and non-living.

“Living things are things that can breathe.” – Louie

“Non-living things can’t breathe.” – Juan

“A whale lives under the sea.” – Cole

“Octopus squirt ink out of their tentacles.” – James

“A megalodon was the biggest shark but it is now extinct.” – Eilidh

“Sea- horses live under the sea.” – Sophia

The children of P5 and P6 have been involved in the Bkeability programme for Level 1.   They have been learning the basics of balance, control and making turns.   They have had a lot of fun practising these skills in the playground.

Look at the beautiful spring flowers in our planter. We are very pleased with our little shrubs of heathers, hebes and euonymus which have survived the cold winter months.

Last term P2a were very busy learning to tell the time and count money.    The children wrote stories, poems and used persuasive text to produce leaflets to go with our topic “Welcome to Cumbernauld”.   We chose a beautiful winter’s day to have a walk in the glen.  We also learned about the people who help to keep us safe and thoroughly enjoyed visits from dads who are in the Police Force and told us all about the work that they do.     P2a also had  fun cutting and chopping vegetables to make healthy snacks.

After an enjoyable and well earned Easter break we have been busy this week actively learning about sets of 2 and 10.   We have also started to learn fractions- halving.    In PE we are learning to control a ball and demonstrate the different ball skills needed for different sports.

We have been practising to tell the time using analogue and digital clocks.   We have been working out how long some journeys can take.  e.g   Mrs Scott got on the bus at 1 o’clock and got off the bus at 4 o’clock.    How many hours was Mrs Scott’s journey?