Our school community had a very busy week, with children out and about at various learning opportunities from swimming to the Apple Store in Glasgow.

In the classes ….

P1a and P1b have been learning the ‘th’ and ‘sh’ sounds. In Art they drew fantastic pictures of Katie Morag. in HWB they learned about brushing their teeth and can sequence the steps in the correct order.

Primary 2 have been working hard to divide numbers equally between 2, 3, 4 and 5. They have bene learning how to change a word from singular to plural by using the suffixes –es and –s. They have also been introduced to their new IDL topic Dairy Farming. They can identify foods that are made using milk.

P3 have been working hard to create procedural writing pieces. In Health & Wellbeing they have been learning to keep safe around medicines, and wrote a letter to George from ‘George’s Marvellous Medicine’ about how he has been irresponsible. In Numeracy they have been learning numbers to 1000 and multiplication.

P3/4 have been proofreading and learning about propositions in Literacy. In Numeracy they have been learning about expressions and equations and solving number problems. They have also been learning about elections and our local councillors in their topic.

P4 have been finishing their leaflets on how chocolate is made and learning about root words. They have also been learning how to find fractions of numbers. They have been creating Wonka art and they have been continuing to prepare for First Communion.

P5 have been learning lots about the solar system, developing their knowledge of the features of each planet. They enjoyed creating scaled 3D models and taking their learning outdoors to re-enact the orbit of the planet. They have been learning about fractions and developed their understanding of mixed numbers.

Primary 6 have been working hard in Numeracy developing their formal written multiplication and division skills. They welcomed their parents for a family learning class to share their strategies. They began their John Muir Award in Glenlee Woods on Wednesday and have begun planning their conservation work.

Primary 7 have been working hard on reading comprehension and exploring text. They have been creating line graphs and pie charts and working with databases to 5 conditions. They have been reading the Gospel stories about the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus. They have been exploring sectarianism in Scottish football and society.

I hope everyone enjoyed the May bank holiday and we look forward to welcoming children back to school and nursery on Wednesday 8th May. The newsletter will be published this week – apologies for the delay.

 

Thank you for reading my blog,

Mrs Hendry

Head Teacher