We have started to learn about adding. We know that you have 2 numbers and you put them together and see how many it makes.
We have enjoyed learning about all the astronauts that have been in space and on the moon, making little astronauts, the sand pit, junk models, maxi-fun and playing with the pipets.
We are learning about Space this term. We are looking forward to learning about the planets and making our big space rocket. We will also be learning about 2D and 3D shapes.
Primary 1 and 2 are encouraged to take photos of their play activities which can’t be kept but things they would like to keep a record of.
Do we have some budding photographers!!
Last week P2/3 learned about Viking Runes and figured out how to write their names like Vikings! This week we have been learning about Viking Gods, and we found out some of their names by deciphering Runes.
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On Wednesday Primary 1 thought about the months of the year and could show which months their birthdays are in, discussed special events which happen throughout the year, the 4 seasons and how 12 months makes one whole year.
We are thinking about time this term and decided to make a calendar.
Primary 2 made the grid part of the calendar and had to think about the year, month names, days of the week and the number of days in each month. Â They worked really hard together to complete all 12 months for our calendar.
Primary 1 thought about months, seasons, weather and special events then designed a picture for each month.
We now have a calendar in the P1/2 and P2/3 classroom to look at and use.
This week we did technology. We paired up and we had to make a tower with one piece of A4 paper and one pair of scissors and no tape or paper clips or anything like that. It was fun. Trying to think of how to make it stand up was tricky. There were lots of different designs. By Sadie and Troy
 
We used lollipop sticks to make 2D shapes. We made squares, rectangles, triangles, diamonds, pentagons and hexagons. We discovered that we couldn’t make circles because the lollipop sticks are straight and circles only have curved lines.
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We made and decorated paper cakes.
We each decided whether we were going to cut our cake into half or quarter.
We know that each half or quarter needs to be exactly the same size.
We folded the paper to find the middle.
When we cut 1 whole into half, we end up with 2 bits.
When we cut 1 whole into quarters, we end up with 4 bits.
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Primary 2/3 have been working very hard to solve maths problems.
” We have been finding out different ways to make the number 14 and 16 using ladybirds” by Edyn
“We worked with a partner to see how many different ways we could make 24. Some examples are: 12+12=24, 20+4=24, 12×2=24. We found out lots and lots of different ways to make 24” by Carlene
“We had to use 2 numbers to find the largest even number, the largest odd number, the smallest odd number and the number closest to 50″ by Oliver
” Problem solving was fantastic, hard and good” 😄 By Edyn, Oliver and Carlene.
This week at school we have been making rockets out of junk as part of our space topic. Pupils have been bringing in junk to create the rockets for a week. We made a planner of how it would look and how we would create it. We looked at pictures of other space ships and got inspiration from them. At the end we will evaluate them. Some people used paper mache or masking tape to cover their bottles that the are using as the rocket. We think they will all look very good at the end. Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Written by Ewen and Iona.
