Good morning everyone, I hope you are enjoying your October holiday so far.  Hopefully the weather has changed and it will stay sunny for the rest of the holidays.

Here are some photographs of you presenting your personal projects for our topic The Scottish Wars of Independence.  I hope you enjoy looking at them, feel free to comment.

Enjoy the rest of your holiday.

Mrs. Hughes

Primary 2/1 have completed their bunting project!

Today in class they were evaluating their work. They had to think about WWW – What Went Well and how it could be EBI – Even Better If.

Here are P2/1 evaluating their work:

P3H were very excited to see their finished tie-dye material! The next stage involved cutting out a paper template parallelogram. We then traced round the template with pen onto the material (our shoulder partners helped to keep the template steady) and cut the shape. This shape will be used to create our juggling ball. Finally, we chose from plain black and coloured fabric pens to decorate the fabric with our circus-themed design!

Well done everyone! The fabric and your designs look excellent!

This week, P6P started the first stage of materials to make their felt phone cases. They started by transferring their phone measurements to squared paper. They needed to use their maths skills to ensure they had the correct number of boxes so the shape was correct. They then added on a seam allowance around the edge. This stops the case from becoming too small when we start to sew it all together.

Once they had completed this, they had to cut out their template. This template will be used to make sure the material is cut accurately and will fit the phone properly. The paper template was attached to the felt with pins to hold it on securely. The felt was them cut out for both the front and back of the case.

Well done on working so hard P6P and concentrating to get the measurements and cutting done neatly and accurately.

On Thursday morning P5 had a lovely time planting daffodils.  Every child was able to plant their own bulb and they will be able to watch them grow as Spring gets nearer.  We planted them in pots, which will be moved to the front entrance when they start to sprout, and also in tyres that are in the playground. Fingers crossed the children’s green fingers have worked their magic.

Have a lovely holiday week.

Mrs Hughes

Today P7S completed building their catapults. Some last minute changes had to made to the designs to make the catapults work. The groups were then given the opportunity to try using their catapults on the testing stations for power, accuracy and distance. After the October holiday, each catapult will be tested fair to work out which team have created the best catapult overall.

Here is the class building and testing their catapults!

After many weeks of planning and preparation, P5S started to build their kites this week. The first step was to measure and cut the kite sail out of their chosen material. Next they decorated it to make it look good when it flies.

The next step was creating the frame for the kite. The class learned how to use a hacksaw safely to cut the wooden dowels. Only one group managed to get to this stage so after the holidays the rest of the class will work on completing this frame.

I have been really impressed with how hard the class have worked on this project and can’t wait to see the finished kites! Well done P5S.

Good evening everyone.  Here are some photographs of you hard at work during our Scottish Wars of Independence Topic.  I’ve also included some photographs of your Declaration of Arbroath Parchment and the fabulous 3D models that both P5 classes made.  Feel free to comment on them.  Click on the photographs to see them full size.

Well done on all your hard work.

Mrs Hughes

We know about sides and corners in our 2D shapes.

Good counting today ! Well done

As you know, this term our class novel has been Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. To end our term our plan is to watch the movie version so we can compare it with the novel.

If you have any objections to your child watching this DVD, please send a note into class or leave a post on the blog.

Primary 1M have completed their bunting project!

Today in class they were evaluating their work. They had to think about WWW – What Went Well and how it could be EBI – Even Better If.

Here are P1M evaluating their work:

Could all parent helpers involved in tomorrow’s library visit please go into class with your child in the morning.

Thank you!

Homework this week will be spelling revision of the sounds ‘ng’, ‘ar’, and ‘qu’. There will not be a new reading book or maths homework this week.

Miss Hamilton.

Here are some pictures of Elmer Day.

Hello everyone, hope you had a lovely weekend. Here is your homework for this week.

Reading

Twirls – P1-7 for Tuesday and P8-15 for Thursday. (Reading will be heard in class on these days)

Crunchies – P1-5 for Wednesday and P5-10 Friday. (Reading will be heard in class on these days)

Buttons – P27- end Tuesday and P1-4 New Book for Wednesday. (Reading will be heard in class on these days)

Spelling  – Revision Week

Blue group

muscle, rhubarb, square, beauty, scissors, nightmare, wearing, journey and North.

Red group

share, scent, hour, fancy, honey, born, swear, ghost and tear.

Green group

fork, money, wheat, phone, heavy, crunch, hair, pork and touch.

Remember to rewrite the words using Look, Say, Cover, Write and Check. Choose 3 words to write a sentence for. Try to include ambitious vocabulary and connectives in these. Then choose a Spell Well activity to help consolidate your words.

Have a lovely October break 🙂

Hi everyone, not long until the holidays now! Here is your homework for this week.

Reading –

Fantastic Mr Fox pgs 10-16

Mini Wonka Bars pgs 12-21

Chocolate Factories pgs 10-19

The Muggle Wump Monkeys pgs16-31

Spelling –

This week is a revision week for us all and our words are a mixture of rules covered so far.

Red group

proudest

vault

trolley

clearly

rhyme

sauce

us

buy

Green group

loudest

talking

fear

rhythm

fault

shouting

around

don’t

Blue group

crush

church

that

wing

quite

mash

her

some

Please remember to ask if you have any questions.

Have a lovely holiday!

Mrs McKay

Good Morning,

Here are your activities for the week ahead. If you have any problems, please let me know straight away.

Language

• Spelling – Complete Unit/List 3 in your Spelling Homework jotters for Wednesday 12 October.
• Personal Reading Challenge – Throughout the year, please read extra texts on top of the class novels. Record what you have read and complete the tasks on the Personal Reading Challenge sheet.

Maths

• No maths! However, please feel free to practise the 72 Learn Its or use any of the useful Maths websites on the links below.
• 72 Learn Its
• Hit the Button
• P7 Maths Weblinks
• Mangahigh
• Sumdog

Other

• Parents Evening is Tuesday and Wednesday this week.
• We would like to watch the film version of Stormbreaker next week. As this is  a PG, we need permission from your parents/carers. If you are not allowed to watch this, your parents/carers should write a note and I will arrange an alternative activity for you.
• Return any letters A.S.A.P.
• P.E. Tuesday and Thursday

Thank you to everyone who attended the open afternoon on Friday afternoon.  We hope you enjoyed looking around the class and seeing what we have been learning this term.

This week is just a short week.  Inservice day on Friday.  We also have parents night Tuesday and Wednesday so only spelling homework this week.

P2 Homework

Spelling homework – sound ar.

No maths or reading this week due to Parent Nights.

P3 Homework

Spelling homework – er.

No maths or reading this week due to Parent Nights.

Have a great week.

Mrs Fulton