Author: Miss Hunter

We have been learning about the meta-skills for the last couple of weeks. We learned about what these skills look like and considered when we might use them. We looked at the character names given to each skill by Skills Development Scotland.

Today, the pupils were all challenged to make a maze using a paper plate and some straws. Afterwards, they had a chance to try out other mazes. Following on from this, they considered which of the meta-skills had been used.

The skills used included:

• Adapting – having to try out different ways of making the mazes and changing as they went along.
• Creativity – considering what they wanted their maze to look like and how to make this happen.
• Communicating – listening to the ideas of others and helping each other.

This week we learned about Viking longhouses. We discussed the different features that these may have had and then created our own. Some pupils decided to work in a group and some decided to work individually for this. Before they started to build, they planned out their design.

This week, p1-7 were challenged to make an igloo. They were put into groups to do this. Each group was given a damp sponge, a paper plate and some packing noodles. They had to listen well to others in their groups and needed to use problem solving skills to build their igloo.

Well done to P1-7 for putting on a brilliant performance tonight! They have all worked really hard.

This week, P1-3 made some snowmen using various materials. They worked well together to decide what they wanted to use and to build their snowmen. Afterwards, they wrote instructions for how to make a snowman.

Last week we went outside and created our own scenes using Lego figures. Everyone showed good imagination and created interesting scenes. Some pupils showed good teamwork through working together to create a joint scene and some pupils worked well individually to do this. Following on from this, we wrote stories about our scenes.

We have started to learn about different types of habitat as part of our topic. We discussed the different features of these and what types of animals might live in them. This week everyone had a chance to make their own habitat. Some pupils decided to use the examples and some decided to make up their own.