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Classes, EYC

EYC Term 2

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Term 2 was a busy term for the EYC children with Christmas and lots of other exciting activities.

Christmas
The EYC had a great day exploring the Little Play Planet in Ayr. The children had a super time exploring all of the different shops and toys. Afterwards they enjoyed a buffet lunch and icecream in the party room! Lots of happy little festive faces all around! The children also enjoyed their Christmas party and took part in the Christmas Nativity ‘The Twinkly Nativity’.

Intergenerational Learning
Our EYC pupils have been taking part in Intergenerational Learning with the ladies of the village Monday club. The aim of intergenerational learning is to make links with the community, to bring people together in purposeful, mutually beneficial activities which promote greater understanding and respect between generations. It is inclusive and builds on positive resources that the younger and older generation have to offer each other in a fun way. The children have enjoyed spending time with the ladies, having snack and reading stories. The Monday Club ladies provided a table cloth which the children worked with the ladies to colour and decorate.

Halloween and Harvest
The EYC took a morning walk to deliver some Harvest Parcels and then had an afternoon of fun activities such as party dances, dooking for apples and pin the eyes on Frankenstein!

Outdoor Learning
Our EYC pupils took part in our Forest Fridays sessions in our local woods. We learned about nocturnal animals, developed independence through organising ourselves for outdoor play, developed our resilience and learned to find and assess any risks and keep ourselves safe. We built a pretend fire, created a bug hotel and created a small area for hedgehogs to live.

PEEP
Shevon joined us for our PEEP sessions this term. The pupils made playdough, shakers from recycled water bottles, Firework pictures and a Christmas musical shaker. The children had lots of fun with their parents.

Keeping Safe
We have been learning about the right to be safe through our elephant soft toy, Simoa. SIMOA stands for Safety, inspect, monitor, observe and act. In the EYC, the pupils learn about different risks and keeping safe. They each take Simoa home for a great adventure. When they return the next morning, they speak to their friends in the EYC and share how they kept Simoa safe at home.

Classes, P5/4

Primary 5/4 Term 4 Update

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This term we will be working hard on all our literacy skills. Looking at our reading, handwriting, and spelling. Getting ready to transition into our next year.
Our Talk for Writing text this term is ‘Is Plastic Fantastic’. We have been beginning to do some research into pollution and ways of reducing single use plastics. The class are going to be exploring new vocabulary to do with recycling. They will then be looking at writing an informative piece of writing.
In maths we have been working on building our confidence with our number work so far this term. Looking at different strategies for answering addition and subtraction calculations. We are going to be continuing this with multiplication and division. We will also be having a focus on problem solving and building up skills in this area.
Our topic for this term is ‘Inclusion in Society’. We have begun by looking at the definition of inclusion and how we are all different in our own ways, but we are all humans the same and deserve equal opportunities. We will go onto explore different ways people can be excluded and find strategies that we could do to stop this being the case.
In Science we have started learning all about the water cycle and will go onto explore water in its different forms.
Our PE days this term are a Monday and Tuesday, where we are going to be getting ready for sport day. We have also started looking at ball skills to begin our block of basketball.

Our School, P1, P3/2, P5/4, P7/6, School Events

Parent Open Morning

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Thank you to our parents for joining in with our parent open morning today. Our next open morning will be on Thursday 22nd September from 10.45am until 11.45am. Following the session, we would like to invite you to join your child for lunch so that you can sample some of the food that we provide. All of the children receive a free lunch and adults are able to purchase a two course lunch on the day for £2.68.

P1, P3/2

Forces

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Primary 3/2 have been working with Primary 1 to explore and investigate friction and gravity. They have been developing scientific skills such as planning a fair test, using questions and ideas to create an investigation and designing and carrying out scientific investigations. They made parachutes using different sized cupcake cases, explored friction with teddy zip line races and investigated gravity and friction by rolling balls of different sizes and shapes down the hill and observing how the size and shape of a ball had an impact on the speed at which it travelled.