We have been working hard again this week.

In science we finished learning about how the eye works and studied the sense of smell.  We took part in a ‘smelling experiment’ and

• Niamh didn’t like the smell of vinegar
• Anna would never have guessed the shower gel carton
• Maisie liked the smell of vinegar
• Annabelle liked the smell of soap
• Jamie not only identified soap but he even identified the brand of soap
• Lewis liked the smell of cinamin
• Olly hated the smell of garlic.
• Adam liked the smell of curry powder

Our descriptive writing was about a mystical, mysterious scene and a lake and Annabelle enjoyed it as it was imaginative as well as descriptive.

In PE we ran laps around the school and also did long distance relay with the laps around the school.  It was quite hard going.

For Numeracy we have now started subtraction and for a warm up we used different dice to see who could reach zero first.

We’ve been working really hard this week and recovering from our fantastic Dalguise at Home week last week.

Some of the highlights from this week include –

• Testing electrostatic forces on balloons and rulers
• Creating thank you cards
• Descriptive writing about refugees
• Testing magnets and making a compass
• Trying some Maths Week Scotland activities
• Collaborating for problem solving using our whiteboard apps

What piece of learning stuck in your head the most this week?

What would you like to learn more about?

What do you need to do more of before we start assessments next week?

Can you believe it is October already? It has certainly felt a lot chillier today – please remember to wear layers from now on and always bring a coat!

Our fantastic week last week is featured in this week’s Peeblesshire News – check it out!

This week we have been reflecting on our “Residential at Home” week In our Writing and creating thank you cards for All the adults who made it possible.  We’ve been learning a little about decimals in Numeracy and have continued developing our spelling of the long /e/ sound.  Grammar focused on Singular and Plural and we also write descriptions of the Main Character from our Novel Study ‘Wonder’.

In Science we explored friction, tension and weight distribution when we designed and made our own mini Zip wires.

How successful was your zip wire? What worked/did not work and why? How did you fix any issues found while testing?

Lovely to see some photos of what the nursery boys and girls have been learning. Rowan has enjoyed telling us about shapes and the stories he has been listening to.

In P1 today our new sound was “o”. We listened to a story about Ollie the Octopus who wanted a party with his friends Ostrich and Oscar! We talked about different words with the “o” sound and then made an octopus to take home to help us learn our new sound. We made our octopus’s tentacles by wrapping them round a pen to make curls.

We have been inspired by our live maths lesson to continue with origami.

Below is a video link for a tricky origami crane.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jm7SZoCczfw

Below is a video link to create an origami dog.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXE1OluMfZU

Could you try some other origami designs? Take some pictures of your work and post them on the blog for us to see.

We have been inspired by our live maths lesson to continue with origami.

Below is a video link for a tricky origami crane.

Below is a video link to create an origami dog.

Could you try some other origami designs? Take some pictures of your work and post them on the blog for us to see.

In reply to Mrs Dundas.

The spellings are for both classes.

Today we took part in a live maths lesson with many other schools across the country as part of maths week.

We were challenged to think about our knowledge of 3D shapes. We had to use origami to create a cube.

We learned how important the “learning pit” was. Most of us failed the first time and we had to try again. We needed to use a number of strategies to support as. We had to keep a positive mindset throughout in order to be successful.

Today we took part in a live maths lesson with many other schools across the country as part of maths week.

We were challenged to think about our knowledge of 3D shapes. We had to use origami to create a cube.

We learned how important the “learning pit” was. Most of us failed the first time and we had to try again. We needed to use a number of strategies to support as. We had to keep a positive mindset throughout in order to be successful.