Today P2 buddied up with P5 classes. We introduced ourselves to each other then we shared our favourite books.
The best part ? Having playtime together with our buddy.
Monthly Archives: January 2018
Scottish poems
A visit from some snowmen
Today we had a surprise visit from some snowmen.
We had to work in groups to decide how to help our snowman not to melt. Some of us thought putting a coat on him would make him warm and so he would melt. Others thought a coat might stop him from melting so fast. Lots of us thought that using foil as a space blanket would help. We had to give our snowman a name and look after him for the day.
Our experiment showed that the snowman with the coat melted more slowly than the snowman without a coat.
‘The coat kept the warmness out ‘ – Tommy
‘And it kept the coldness in’ – Ronan
Exploring the snow
We started our new IDL topic looking at water in its different forms. We had lots of fun exploring the snow in the playground.
‘It’s like plasticine – you can make things with it’ – Robin
‘When you hold it tight it melts’ – Finlay
‘If you cover the ice with more snow it takes longer to melt’ – Jacob
‘When the ice melts it turns into water’ – Celeste
‘Crystals help the snow to stick together’ – Robin
When we were inside we made igloos with the blocks.
We came up with lots of ideas of how to explore water, snow and ice as a class. We would like to find out about snowy places, have snowmen in the classroom, find out how ice melts, find out about snowflakes, play with ice, build our own igloo.
A new year, new opportunities!
Welcome back P4!
Happy 2018, let’s make it an incredible one filled with lots of new opportunities, new experiences, and new learning!
P3B It’s fun learning our multiplication tables with Maths Rockx
We have been learning our 4 times table along to the One Direction song What makes you beautiful.
Thank you to the adults who have bought this app at home. I am sure your children will enjoy learning their tables with these songs.
We have also used the song Row Row Row Your Boat to learn the stations of the 4 times table. Ask your child to sing them to you.
If your child is finding it tricky to understand what multiplication is all about. Use the language sets of. Use household objects and make sets e.g. 2 sets of 2 apples. Write it as 2 x 2 apples. Point out sets in real contexts e.g. shops, your body 2 sets of 10 fingers, pairs of socks, gloves ….
We are enjoying playing Bingo to help us learn our tables. If you wish to do this at home choose a times table, draw a rectangle and split it into 6 boxes. In each box write an answer from your chosen times table. The caller calls out e.g. two sixes, 2 times 8, 2 multiplied by 5, 10 multiplied by 2 etc. If you have the answer to the caller’s question score it out or cover it with a counter/penny etc. Have fun playing.
P3 swimming every Monday
Last Monday we had our first visit to Peebles Swimming Pool for swimming lessons. Mrs. Thomson and the pool staff were very impressed with everyone’s confidence and hard work in the pool.
REMEMBER your swimming kit every Monday until the Feb holiday.
Our Scots Poems
We have been busy learning these 2 poems. You can find them on the Scottish Poetry Library website (link below) Practise often. Everyone needs to learn a poem as part of our Scots language learning. I would love as many pupils as possible to take part in our school Scottish Poetry competition. There will be a winner and a runner up chosen from our class. Good luck everyone. The Sair Finger by Walter Wingate You've hurt your finger? Puir wee man! Your pinkie? Deary me! Noo, juist you haud it that wey till I get my specs and see! My, so it is - and there's the skelf! Noo, dinna greet nae mair. See there - my needle's gotten't out! I'm sure that wasna sair? And noo, to make it hale the morn, Put on a wee bit saw, And tie a Bonnie hankie roun't Noo, there na - rin awa'! Your finger sair ana'? Ye rogue, You're only lettin' on. Weel, weel, then - see noo, there ye are, Row'd up the same as John! http://www.scottishpoetrylibrary.org.uk/poetry/poems/sair-finger
Captain Puggle by Matthew Fitt Captain Puggle flees his plane Frae Tumshie Airport tae Bahrain Gets the Smiths and their wee wean Brings them aw back hame again. Captain Puggle flees tae Barra Skites aff like a shootin arra But he’ll soon be back the morra Pechin like a puggled sparra. Captain Puggle’s oot o ile Efter ainly twinty mile Sae he has tae bide a while In a field ootside Carlisle. Captain Puggle jets tae Crete Wi his neebor, Bowfer Pete In the cockpit, Bowfer’s feet Aye mak Captain Puggle greet. Captain Puggle’s sellt his plane Says he’ll never flee again But next week he’s aff tae Spain In his brand-new Buhlitt Train.
Omelette In a Bag
We had great fun today making different types of omelettes.
First we cracked open the eggs and put them into the freezer bag. We then made sure that all the air was out and sealed up the bag.
Then we squashed and shook the bag to mix the egg.
Next we added either cheese, ham, cheese and ham or cheese and tomatoes (or no filling). We then made sure that all the air was out and resealed the bag.
Then we shook and squashed the bag to mix the egg and the filling.
The bag was then placed in a pot of boiling water and left to cook for around 10-12 minutes.
Carefully, Mr Sellar got the bags out of the water and cut them open.
Finally we got to taste our delicious omelettes.
Thank you Mr Sellar for all your help today.
A busy start to 2018!
We have had a busy first week of 2018. Look at all we have learned to do. We have worked hard on our handwriting and have found different ways of practising how to form our letters correctly. We have explored how to use the Waxy Doodles that Santa brought us for Christmas. These will really help our fine motor skills.
We have been learning how to tell the time by exploring the clock face and looking at digital clocks. We made clocks and can use them to show 1 o’clock, 3 o’clock etc. We also explored how long a minute was by doing different actions and timing them. It was very hard to do star jumps for a whole minute!
