Class Charter

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Over the past few weeks, P4/5 have been working together to create our class charter.  We looked together at the Articles listed in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child and picked out four that we felt were important for our class.  We chose Non Discrimination…Be Ourselves, Be Respectful, Be Safe and Be Healthy.

Our next job was to identify our responsible behaviours under each heading.  Once agreed,  we voted on a theme to display our charter and the most popular idea was a Rainforest theme!

It would be really great if you could spend time talking through the responsible behaviours we have decided on at home too.

Be Ourselves

  • We understand that we all have similarities and we will respect our differences too.
  • Be ourselves…don’t change being you for other people!
  • Take interest in everyone and what they like to do.
  • Include everyone!

Be Respectful

  • Be kind and fair to everyone.
  • Listen to all ideas, even if different from your own.
  • Talk in a polite way to everyone.
  • Treat others how you would like to be treated.

Be Healthy

  • Keep our brains active and our ideas healthy.
  • Let staff know how we are feeling.
  • We will notice if our classmates are struggling and help.
  • Be active!

Be Safe

  • Use equipment at school sensibly.
  • Wear a seat belt on the bus.
  • Follow all the school rules.
  • Treat others with care.

The Duty Bearers were also given a set of responsibilities too.  The children felt these were important to include.

  • Encourage us.
  • Help us to sort out any problems we have.
  • Help us in a small group if we find something tricky.
  • Take us to new places and let us try fun activities indoors and outside.
  • Just be yourselves!
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Week 3

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Week 3 was another busy one with lots of opportunity to work with others and be creative.

We played a variety of word building games and revised some common high frequency words.  These words are used regularly in our writing, so we will work hard to learn them in many different ways.

Thank you for sending in resources to help with our Rainforest in  a Box project.  We started building them this week and it has been lovely to see so many creative ideas being shared amongst the class.  We plan to have them ready to show parents towards the end of term.

In Maths this week we have been looking at Place Value and how to construct larger numbers.  The class had fun using the Place Value blocks to build models and then work out the value of each model.  It was great to hear the children sharing their thinking and supporting each other to understand.  We will be moving on to comparing numbers and ordering them too.   I’m sure everyone will be keen to challenge themselves with even larger numbers!

We love to hear about any achievements outside of school and this week enjoyed hearing about one P4’s success at a recent athletics competition.  Well done!

 

Week 2

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This week our new Investigators have been announced.  They have been given their welcome packs and will be preparing to meet the children they will be working alongside on their first online call shortly.  We wish them luck in this exciting opportunity.

Our new Investigators!

We’ve started our class novel, “The Explorer,” which ties in with our Rainforest and Biodiversity topic.

We have learned about the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and have used some of the most relevant Articles to help us form our Responsible Behaviours Agreement for our class.  We plan to create a rainforest theme which we’ll share with you in time!

Any pupil wishing to represent their class in the Pupil Council had the opportunity to think about what would make them a suitable member and we’ll take a vote on this next week.

For writing this week, poems created in Week 1 were rewritten for display in class and there was a big effort with handwriting.  Well done!

Maths this week was based around problem solving activities with pupils choosing from a wide range of tasks that involved them using strategies such as trial and error, act it out and look for a pattern.  Lots of paired and cooperative group work was also needed to succeed!

Week One!

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It’s been lovely to see all our pupils back this week!  The Draatsi class have been kept busy.

Last year’s P5s helped our new pupils to get to know both of their teachers by introducing them to one of their favourite games on the laptop, Blooket.  It was fast and furious fun!

They have also been looking carefully at their reflections and have drawn amazing self-portraits.  These will be displayed beside a Bio Poem they have been creating to help us get to know them better too.

They have been introduced to our class topic, Rainforests and Biodiversity and have listened to the blurb on our class novel.  The title yet has to be revealed but it’s a good one!

Time was spent thinking about our school rules – Ready, Respectful and Safe and the class worked on T Charts to help them record what this would look like and sound like in our class.

The good weather meant that we could spend time outside playing team building games together so we can get to know each other better and begin to work well, collectively, as a class.

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Research Projects

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This afternoon we got the chance to share our learning with each other and the P6/7 class.  For the past few weeks, P4/5/6 have been busy researching and learning new things about Shetland in the past.

Each pupil got the chance to choose an area of local history that interested them and they could decide how they wanted to present their information.  Everyone was encouraged to think creatively about the different ways information can be shared.

In our classroom, we displayed posters, leaflets,  models, and stop motion animations.

Pupils chose to find out about The Braer disaster, Jarshoff, Shipwrecks, Historical landmarks in Shetland, World War 2 in Shetland, The Quendale Mill, Sumburgh Lighthouse, The Shetland Bus, Sumburgh Airport,  Mousa Broch and Whaling.

We also got the chance to see what P6/7 had chosen to research.  It was a lovely afternoon of sharing and learning new things.   How lovely it was to hear so many wonderful compliments being given by everyone!

Da Trowie Sang

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Over the past few weeks, the upper stages pupils have been supporting Mrs Inkster in her Music classes when she teaches the younger pupils.  She has been so grateful for their help and we’re sure that all the children, both young and old, have gained from this experience.  To tie in with our local history topic, we have been learning ‘Da Trowie Sang’ which is sung in Shetland Dialect.  Some of our pupils have taken to this so well, Mrs Inkster asked them to perform it for the Orca class today.  They did an amazing job!

 

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