For World Book day we completed activities based on the Flat Stanley books.

We made 3D Stanleys. They were flattened to make Flat Stanleys. We drew around them on square paper to find out their areas.  Some of us had flatter Stanleys than others.

We used the lovely new library to partner read with P5B. P5B brought some of their favourite books to share with us.

We wrote new Flat Stanley stories, made lists of the pros and cons of being flat and also created visitor’s guides to places Stanley has visited.

Everyone enjoyed themselves on this special day. 

We really enjoyed our World book day activities. We buddied up with P4/3 in P2A and P2B buddied up with P4 to read in our newly refurbished Library and we really enjoyed reading to our buddy and sharing the story together.

P2A explored,” The Day the crayons came home” by Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers and P2B explored,” The Gruffalo’s Child” by Julia Donaldson. Both classes also looked at other books written by the same author.

We made postcards from Duncan and pretended we were crayons in P2A.It was strange to colour in with crayons and write with them again as we usually use coloured pencils to colour in our drawings now we are in P2.

P2B pretended to be the Gruffalo and child and wrote about the story. We enjoyed acting the story out and taking on the roles of the characters.

We enjoyed reading on our own and stopped when the piggy timer rang. Then we had time to chat about what we had read with a partner.

We are really looking forward to seeing the whole school World Book display in the library. It will be interesting to see what everybody did for their day of reading………….

Look out for the photos on our Blog page.

Ever wondered how a flower reproduces?

We have been learning about life cycles and reproduction. We learnt about the parts of a flower and what they are for. We made paper daffodils and practised pollinating them yesterday because the snow meant there were no flowers for us to use in the shops. Isla brought in flowers today so we could see the real thing. We looked at all the parts (petals, sepals, filament, stigma, anther, ovary and ovules) by dissecting the flowers. We also tried out self-pollination when the flower reproduces by passing pollen from its own anther to its own stigma and we tried cross-pollination where the pollen from one flower’s anther is put on the stigma of another flower. By P7A

Topical Science Homework Task
Homework Due for Monday 19th March

In class, we are focussing on scientific news items and considering our opinions on them.
Your homework is to research a scientific news item, decide what your opinion is on the story then create a convincing argument that will persuade others in class to have the same opinion as you. Use the plan below to plan your time over the next few weeks. Ask your teacher if you need to use a computer in school at lunchtime.
Week 1 – week beginning 19th February
Choose your news story. It should be a controversial issue involving science. If you aren’t sure, speak to your teacher or choose one of the issues below.
• Testing medicines on animals
• Cloning animals
• Genetically modified foods

Week 2 – week beginning 26th February
Research – decide what key questions you want to ask and use them to guide your research. Take detailed notes under your headings using a variety of sources. Remember to double check that your information is reliable and believable.

Week 3 – week beginning 5th March
Develop your argument. Consider your own opinion on the subject. How will you use persuasive language to influence your audience? What facts can you find to back up your view? Make sure you have reasons to support each part of your argument.

Week 4 – week beginning 12th March
Write your argument – type it up & print it out or write it out. Remember to follow the structure below:
• Open with a statement of the issue being addressed.
• State your position on the issue.
• Main body of text contains the arguments that are elaborated with reasons and evidence (facts).
• End with a summary
Use the most powerful words possible & remember to include emotive language & rhetorical questions. Hand your homework in on MONDAY 19th MARCH

Last term our topic was about Weather and climate.

During these snowy days you could measure how much snow falls each day  and night. Did more fall during the day or during the night?

Then you could measure it each day and record it like we did in class. Can you remember how we did this?

What will you use to measure the snow ? ( e.g. 1p pieces, same sized buttons as the cubes we used are in school). Remember we used the same size of container to measure the snow each day. Can you remember why we did that? Can you explain?

Could you make your own wind fish to see the strength and direction of the wind each day?

Can you keep a little diary of the fun things you did on the snowy days? Were there any dangers and what did you do to keep yourself safe?

Did you need to wear special clothes to keep you safe and warm?

It’s World Book Day today- 1st March.

Have you read any books today that you would like to bring into class to share together? Why did you enjoy the book?

Do you prefer fiction books or non-fiction books? Can you explain why?

• If you choose a book to read today remember you do not have to be able to read all of the words. Ask a grown up to help you and you can also talk about the pictures and setting  together.
• Have you read any snowy story books or poems?
• Can you make your own story book and we can share them in class together? ( Remember you need a beginning, a middle and an end and some colourful pictures to make your story more interesting to the reader).
• Story books do not need to have words in them. You can make a story book with only pictures that tell a story. Your pictures need to be very neat and clear so that the person reading it can tell what is happening. Can you make a picture story book that we could share together in groups or a whole class?
• Have you ever heard the story of,” The lion, the witch and the wardrobe” by CS Lewis ? This is still one of my favourite books and  my teacher shared it with us when  I was at school. How do you think Peebles today is like Narnia in the story? Would you like to live in Narnia ? Why?

Every morning we move our faces to how we are feeling. This has helped us think about how we are feeling and if we are ready to learn. Mrs. Thomson can catch pupils during the day and have a wee chat if they have been feeling worried or sad. Talking about this can be enough to help the feeling change.

We looked at a real toolkit and designed tools for our behaviour toolkit which would help us to calm down and change how we feel. Some of the ideas we have read about include imagine yourself laughing your head off!

Has this helped you to manage your feelings? How has it helped?

Brilliant drawings

We have been talking about where different types of foods come from. Through reading a story about Chinese NY, and talking about it we made our own “Chinese restaurant” in our ELC and had two different Chinese snacks! Yummy!

This followed on by some children bringing in some “Chinese” things from home. Two children brought in Chinese dragons they had made, so we decided to make our own! More photos to follow….

Mrs Dundas and P3A have been talking about what we are struggling with in school. Now we can put effort into improving in these areas.

Spelling, 3x, 4x, and 5x tables, division, listening and ERIC (Everyone Read In Class) were all areas some of use are working on.