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Scottish Myths & Legends
Mrs Martin was impressed with our note-taking skills when we learned about some Scottish Myths & Legends.
Ball Skills
Throwing & Catching
We have been practising our throwing and catching skills.
We make sure that we have our hands ready to catch and keep our eyes on the ball.
This week in the “Wee Class” we have been learning…
We learned new strategies for adding:
- Near Doubles
- Compensating
- Chimney sums
We wrote diamante poems about Scotland.
In Literacy, we learned about plurals.
one cat – two cats
We made our own Scot’s Dictionaries with Scottish words we have learned,
We learned where different cities are in Scotland. We glued the city names on to a map.
We redrafted our Friendship Recipes to make a nice display.
Our Achievements
I have tried really hard to improve my handwriting because that’s my New Year’s resolution.
My group got a more challenging book for reading.
My handwriting has improved.
I learned to use a 100 square and got harder questions in Numeracy.
The Wee Class – What have we been learning this week?
On Monday we made new class jobs and we all came up with our own Super Hero name. Mrs Martin made it into a display.
We all got a Scottish poem to learn at home and have been learning Scots words in class.
freenly = friendly
aye = yes
dug = dog
naw = no
rin = run
hail = whole
dunny = toilet
sanny = sand shoe
We have been learning about Number Talks and have been counting on in 10s.
In Maths we have been learning lots of strategies for adding – portioning, counting on and re-ordering.
We learned about some Scottish landmarks – like Edinburgh Castle.
We learned about Scotland’s landscape too.
Ben Nevis is the highest mountain in Scotland – it is 1344m.
Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland.
The River Tay is the longest river and it goes through Dundee.
On Wednesday we were figuring out where Scottish cities were on a map.
Scotland has over 700 islands but only 130 have people living on them.
There are lots of lochs and rivers in Scotland.
Aberdeen is a Scottish city.
Scotland is part of the UK along with England, Wales and Northern Ireland. We share a border with England.
Symmetry
Have a look at some of the symmetrical patterns we have been making in Maths!
Christmas Elf
P2/3/4 were delighted to welcome our kindness elf today!
Meet Buddy!
Buddy will help us to think of others and be kind over the month of December 🙂
P2/3/4 Science Centre 2018
We visited the planetarium and learned all about the stars and planets 💫 🌍
We took part in a workshop all about the body and our digestive system.
We LOVED exploring around the Science Mall. We met the ‘Ocean Defenders’ who inspired us about reducing our amount of plastic waste.
Active Maths – Shape and Symmetry
IIn maths we have been learning about shape and symmetry.
I can make tiling patterns using the laptop.
I enjoyed using the floor shapes to make tiling patterns.
I used coloured cubes to make symmetrical patterns.
I like playing games to help me learn!
Football Coaching
We enjoyed practising our dribbling skills with coaches from Ayr United Football Club. They will be coming in to teach us football skills for the next 6 weeks.
