Big Question – RME focus. This week we’ve been looking into the significance of water in the Christian faith, particularly linked to baptism and how Christians practice this. Pupils worked independently or in groups to show their learning and we had PowerPoints, posters, quizzes and even a news report.

Times Table Ninja. We’ve started a new maths challenge this week that focusses on quick recall of our times table facts with the aim to get our ‘black belt’ and become a times table master.

STEM activity – Halloween games. We worked with P4/5 to create a Halloween themed game. Myself and Mrs Johnson were blown away by the creativity on show by every pupil and the skills that everyone used to create a great variety of Halloween games. We then had time to try out our games with another group. Excellent work P4 – 7.

Technology in Sport & Technology in Space. This week Primary 4-7 have attended two online assemblies about different ways technology is being used within the context of sport and of space. On Monday we worked in pairs to design ‘tech sport suits’ and on Friday we designed our own robots. Excellent team work and creativity on show from everyone.

Amazing Animals. This week we have been working on Animal fact books applying our learning of the big questions we’ve covered this term to different habitats. Three of the class made fantastic ‘Polar Animals’ fact books and went to share their learning with P1/2. They spoke with confidence and were able to clearly explain about life cycles, food chains and animal adaptations to our younger learners. Well done Finlay, Oskar and Rocco!

Last day of term 1. We started the day with a game of ‘Hungry Hippos’ with Primary 4/5 and I think it’s safe to say a lot of fun was had by everyone.

P6/7 have been drawing and painting this term. They have been learning about mixing different colours, using different brushes and how to apply paint in different parts of their painting. They will be making clay pots and making designs learning how to apply paint on clay work. Look out for the next post.