What a busy first week back!

We started our class novel, The BFG  and set up a display for all the fantastic literacy work we are going to do around the novel this term.

The kids created fantastic pumpkin artwork developing both creativity and fine motor skills.

One of the most exciting tasks of the week was a collaborative task with the P6/7 class.  The kids worked in teams to develop a Halloween themed game.  This develops such a wide variety of meta skills such as critical thinking, collaborating, adapting, communicating, initiative, curiosity about the world and creativity. During this task we were visited by childhood and play expert Greg Bottrill who was extremely impressed with the work that the children were doing.

It is the last day of term and we have had a fun week filled with collaborative working. Happy holidays and safe travels.

We invited parents in to visit our classroom and do some activities to celebrate maths week Scotland.

We watched P1-3’s drumming performance and it got us very excited for doing drumming ourselves in term 3.

We participated in two online assemblies celebrating technology.  The first looked at technology in sport and the second was all about technology in space.  We worked collaboratively  in pairs with a P6/7  to design a new piece of equipment for sport and then later in the week to design a robot that would help us in some way.

This morning we played real life hungry hippos with the P6/7s.  It was great fun and so funny!

This week we were lucky enough to have a visit from Emma Chittick.  The kids had to design and make their own land yachts.  It was amazing to see their creativity blossom as they created different designs, no two were the same, and to see their perseverance and problem solving as they faced challenges.  They were all fantastic!

While Mrs Johnson was out on a training course P4 went on a super trip to the museum with Mr Clark.  They had a great time looking at different artefacts and making old maps.

Meanwhile P5 were out having a fantastic time on the Swan with Trevor and Helen.  They loved raising the sails and were very amused by the toilet set up!

This week we have been shadow hunting.  The learners should be able to explain how light moves, where shadows come from and why shadows can be different sizes.  We also made shadow artwork.

In maths we have been doubling numbers.  This is the process we use.  The idea is that learners will learn the process and should not have to write it down.

The green maths group have also been learning about the ‘bus stop’ addition method and the partitioning method.  Learners will then be able to choose the one that works best for them.

Meet P4/5 2023-24.  They are a fantastic bunch and we have had a great, and busy, start to the term.

Have a look at us playing a variety of active spelling games to practice our spelling words and rule.

In week 2 we were all about maps.  We went out for a walk to make sketch maps of the local area.

In week 3 we took a trip to Mareel to see an unusual film called Oink! We also wrote our names in braille using buttons.

This week we have been learning about the environmental threats to oceans and created these fantastic works of art on the  subject.