This week primary 6 have been working on subtraction using column method, remembering how to borrow and carry. This was good practice! As well as coordinates with Mr Clark on Thursday.

We had some excellent writing pieces this week, using persuasive techniques to encourage others to look after our seas. This linked in well with our topic as we were discussing marine pollution and what we and others could do to help.

We also had a visit from the Community Safety Advocate who spoke to primary 5-7 about bonfires/fireworks and lithium-ion batteries. He really appreciated the interesting questions and the participation from all!

This week the class were participating in a Scottish Maths week contest on Sumdog. They were all extremely keen to get their numbers up the leaderboard, I loved the determination! Well done, everyone.

On Wednesday afternoon we had Eleanor come in to facilitate the class in building land yachts. She spoke a lot about the different skills they were having to use: creativity, resilience, engineering skills to name a few. It was really interesting to see how many different variations of designs there were!

This week we have been focusing on addition strategies in maths. Some of us have been reminding ourselves how to use the blank number line strategy, while others have been working on the column method with our lovely, new textbooks!

We also had a blubber experiment using fat and icy water. One hand was protected with the fat and the other was straight into the water. We came to the conclusion that the blubber was much better at keeping us warm!

This week we have been working on rounding in maths, utilising our strategy of looking to the right to help us. I hope everyone is feeling confident as they have been doing really well!

We also had another active spelling session where we had to choose challenge cards and could work in groups or solo.

One of our explorer’s choices this week was to become a teacher and present to the class a lesson/quiz about something you enjoy. This linked in with SDG4 Quality Education.  We had a competitive gaming quiz from Dexter and Dylan, and a movie quiz from Rebekah and Kaela! We will fit in more lessons next week 🙂

Feel like this week has flown by! For our active spelling lesson this week we became paper basketball experts and were able to shoot after spelling our words correctly! This was a lot of fun. We also played pass the word using our class playlist to play a version of ‘pass the parcel’.

As part of our Explorer’s Journals (This or That) one of the options was to design and research lighthouses, which links into our topic. 

Hello everyone! Another week done and dusted. We are finding our feet with routines again after that first week back, and are continuing our theme of working together as a team.

To round off our discussions about vertebrates and invertebrates, we played animal headbands. They used the evidence they have learned to try and guess what they had been given!

We had our first active spelling lesson using stones, shells and chalk to really embed our words into our brains! We worked in groups and enjoyed the sunshine.

Hello everyone!
First week of term 1 complete, and what a fun it was! Miss Mitchell has really enjoyed getting to know everyone and spending time together as a team.

Our first team building activity was using spaghetti and marshmallows to build the tallest tower we could! It had to stay standing for at least 10 seconds… which proved to be tricky.

We also spent time working together to create a safe landing for our eggs. I loved the creativity in the room!
I think we’re going to have a fun year.

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