The first week back is complete!

Comment below to tell us what you have enjoyed most.

Mrs Brown

The first week back is complete!

Comment below to tell us what you have enjoyed most.

Mrs Brown, Mrs Smith and Mrs Musgrave

It has been so lovely to be back in school with you all this week. You have worked incredibly hard and have managed to settle back into the routines really well.

Our first week back has included –

• FDP
• Negative numbers
• Area and perimeter
• Explanation writing about photosynthesis
• Paddington film trailer task map
• Spellavator Wars
• PE playground games
• Zoo planning problem solving
• Team work card game
• Our new class novel – Eleven by Tom Rogers

Reflect on your first week back by answering these questions.

1. What has been the best thing about being back at Kingsland?
2. What has challenged you this week?
3. What piece of work were you most proud of this week?

Today in Primary 1 and 2/1 we began the next part of our Wild Challenge, setting up a class wormery. We started by talking about worm characteristics, thinking about how they move, what they look like, where we would find them, what they eat, the dangers they might face and why worms  are so important.

We looked at worms with our magnifiers and used our charts to help us identify the different parts of the worm’s  body. We then went on a worm hunt looking for places that worms might choose to live, under leaves, logs and in the soil. After we had studied them we put them back carefully.

As we carried out our activities we had to take turns to use the equipment, we had to share our ideas and listen to others.

We completed our first day back. It was so nice to see everyone and start working together again.

Well Done everyone!

Mrs Brown

*The poster was created by Lloyd to welcome the class back!

We completed our first day back. It was so nice to see everyone and start working together again.

Well Done everyone!

Mrs Brown

Primary 6 were working on kg and g last week and used their skills to measure out ingredients.  Here are some photos of their delicious cakes.

We also had fun with art and here are a few examples.

We’ve made a good start with our Wild Challenge in P1 and P2/1. We’re regularly spotting chaffinches, great tits and blackbirds among many others on our bird table and in the playground.

On Tuesday afternoon we learned about what birds and other animals need – Shelter, Water, Air and Food (SWAF). We talked about where the birds could find each of these things and then made our own fat balls and kebabs for the children to take home for the birds where they live. The children have said the birds are eating the kebabs but they’re not too sure about the fat balls!

We had great fun with the fat balls in particular – squidgy, slimy and absolutely disgusting were just some of the words used to the describe the texture!

Also this week in phonics we’ve learned the long ‘oo’ (as in pool) and short ‘oo’ (as in book). We worked together to create a plasticine zoo, sharing our ideas with our friends and listening to other’s suggestions to all make a different animal. We’ve also been doing lots of reading and practising our key words.

In numeracy we’re continuing with subtraction and linking subtraction and addition facts.

Primary 1 and 2/1 starting working towards achieving  their  bronze certificate in the RSPB Wild Challenge.  We began by talking about SWAF, what animals and birds need to survive, SHELTER WATER AIR and FOOD. We thought about  how our school grounds provide this.

To help our playground birds we decided to put out water and bird food. We made bird kebabs by threading  apples, cheese, sultanas, and  strawberries onto wire and fat balls, which was a very messy job!

Good morning everyone!

Below is the suggested timetable for this week.

E-mail us if you need anything.

Mrs Brown and Mrs Smith