Art and Craft, Expressive Arts, Listening and Talking, literacy, Social Studies, STEM

The Three Little Pigs

September 22, 2023 Mrs Forsyth Leave a comment

The children loved hearing the story of the three Little Pigs.

The children worked in groups to create houses made of straw, sticks and blocks. They had to decide how to join the different materials and make it as strong as they could.

It was great to listen to the children sharing ideas, chatting about the story as they made the different parts of the houses. The three versions look great.

The primary 2 and 3 children used the story for writing practise and have written books of their own. below are examples of writing from three different primary 2’s.

The Primary 3’s have been focusing on extending their vocabulary and including different connectives to lengthen their sentences.

The primary 1’s and 2’s loved using the story for Drawing Club. It is amazing to see the progress in the P1 fine motor control.

The have also been using stick puppets and masks to role play the story and make up their own adventures too.

Listening and Talking, literacy, maths, Social Skills, STEM

Rapunzel’s Towers

September 14, 2023 Mrs Forsyth Leave a comment

The children had to build towers as tall as they could manage using a variety of different construction materials. Some children chose to work in pairs or in a small group and some wanted to build their own ones.

Willum’s tower was the tallest and he only used three blocks! Good thinking Willum. The children quickly learned that they needed to make the base of the tower larger and get smaller as it got higher for it to be more stable. Lots of great discussion and problem solving going on.

Health and Wellbeing, Social Skills, STEM

Snacks in the Sun

September 12, 2023 Mrs Forsyth Leave a comment

It is great to get outdoors so much with the amazing weather we have had recently. The children have such a great space behind the school and enjoyed creating some seating areas and places to sit and have their snack.

Art and Craft, Expressive Arts, Listening and Talking, literacy, STEM

Making Glasses

September 12, 2023 Mrs Forsyth Leave a comment

The children had so much fun making glasses today. They enjoyed hearing about the Dinosaur who Lost his Specs and decided what their glasses would enable them to see. Some glasses made everything invisible, or a particular colour, and some even made everything fly or even gave the children super powers!

Health and Wellbeing, Listening and Talking, literacy, maths, Science, Social Skills, STEM

Loose Parts in the Sun

September 5, 2023 Mrs Forsyth Leave a comment

We are very lucky at Whiteness Primary to have such excellent outdoor spaces that provide rich environments for learning. Today we focused on using the loose parts in the shed to build, experiment and play. It is amazing seeing how the children use the various resources to create, solve problems and develop more flexible thinking.

Firstly the children thought about what they needed and took the materials they needed to an area they wanted to play/develop.

There was lots of discussion, collaboration and physical work to gather materials.

The children worked together to solve problems, develop ideas and negotiate. The spaces they created were fantastic and they had so much fun.

We also had snack in the new polycrub, which was lovely but quite hot.

Lots of the children were involved in using a series of pipes and guttering to get water to flow down a slope. There were so many peerie engineers helping and coming up with ideas and solutions to problems. They were so excited when each new section worked and they just wanted to make it even longer.

lining up the pipes to ensure a good downward flow

Health and Wellbeing, Listening and Talking, Science, Social Skills, Social Studies

Strom Road Wander

September 3, 2023 Mrs Forsyth 1 Comment

Another beautiful morning in Whiteness so we set off along the Strom Road for a walk and a little adventure.

The children were so sensible when crossing the road and listened really well as we chatted and played games as we walked.

We listened for the yeti’s belly rumbling and the children had great imaginations for where he would have a bath or shower and where he lived.

We headed to the ‘mountain’ where the children loved climbing and exploring.

What a beautiful place we live in. The children took time to look around them and be aware of the plants, animals, colours and landscape in front of them.

River and Willum were first to the top of the ‘mountain’.

But we all got there eventually.

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