We have been revising our French alphabet. We played a game of alphabet bingo to consolidate our learning.

The week beginning 30th September is Maths Week Scotland. As part of this, we have been discussing how maths and numeracy is used in various careers and why it important for our future learning, life and work. We have also been discussing how maths is all around us and not just in the classroom.

Pupils were given an activity sheet which had suggestions of maths activities they could do at home to develop their skills. This is not a compulsory activity, but children are encouraged to take part in at least one activity (either from the sheet or another) throughout the week.

Please feel free to email any pictures of maths home activities to the school email address and we can add them to our blog!

For this week’s problem solving, we worked nt e strategies ‘Trial and Improvement’ and ‘Working Systematically.’

Below is the problem we were working to solve:

We worked in 2s or 3s to find as many solutions to the problem as possible.

Why not ask at home what strategies were used to solve the problem?

This term, we have been working to better understand our emotions and how to cope with these. We spoke yesterday about stress and how we can manage this effectively.

The top tips for managing stress are: exercise, making a list, socialising, getting in touch with nature, deep breathing and meditation.

We took part in a short guided meditation in the classroom to try this out and discussed how it helped us to feel calm.

If you would like to try guided meditation at home, there are lots of videos on Youtube and a few free apps that may be useful.