The weather presented us all with a challenge this week but it didn’t succeed in stopping the learning within St. Cuthbert’s.
Many classes have had a focus on the Scots language in writing. At our celebrating Success Assembly on Friday pupils from P3,4, and 6 shared some super pieces with us. They were awfy guid!
On Thursday we launched our Internet Safety Week. This is a most important topic as all of our children, staff and families are using the internet in some way. It is crucial that we understand how to use the internet safely and more importantly understand the real dangers that our children can be exposed to if they are not following appropriate guidance.
Grateful thanks to Miss Prentice who has organised this event. Every class will engage in learning next week on a variety of topics. Some classes have inputs from our local Police Officer and others have S3 pupils from John Ogilvie High sharing their knowledge. Please support your child this week as they record their digital footprint. A parent event has been organised for Monday 9th March at 6.30pm. Further details can be found in the current newsletter.
In the classes this week …
Primary 1 have continued to learn about The Farm. They are looking forward to a visit from a farmer. They have been studying the story of Noah’s Ark. They made rainbows, ordered the story and made their own promises. Primary 1 were also out and about last week taking messages all round the school.
Primary 2 are loving this weather as they continue to learn about polar animals. They have been watching Frozen Planet and have written reports about polar bears. They have also made a bar chart showing the most popular polar animal in Primary 2.
Primary 3 have been studying materials in science and identifying items as manmade and natural. In maths the topic has been subtraction with exchanging.
Primary 4 have also been working on data collection. They asked every pupil their favourite season. They then used ICT skills to collate and present data in the form of a bar graph.
Primary 5/6 have been looking at mental addition. They love FAB maths – a Big Maths strategy. Some pupils have also been working on the plot for their literacy topic A Tale Unfolds.
Primary 6 have been investigating our energy use throughout the school and documenting evidence. Some pupils have enjoyed real success with their mental maths ability as they achieved their best scores in the Beat That challenges.
As part of their Science topic Primary 7 have been studying he microorganism yeast. They designed their own investigation into what factors affect CO2 production. They also made their own bread and enjoyed eating it with butter and lots of jam!
In the nursery …
All the new children have settled well into nursery and have been following the nursery routine which has been reinforced at group time and get together time.
Art area
Children have been making lovely snow pictures from flour and salt. They made snowflakes with a sparkling of glitter. By creating penguins children have been introduced to different shapes and sizes. Many children have produced beautiful snowmen which are displayed all around the nursery. Clay has also been used this week and the children’s end products are also displayed.
Drama activities have included the making of pretend snowmen and balls which was then extended to the outdoor play area with real snow. Great fun was had by all.
Science area
Children were encouraged to bring snow and ice in from outside and place it in the water trough to see what would happen.
Numeracy area
Some children have been counting to 20 and beyond. We have also been using the CleverTouch board to work with very popular numeracy games. Children have also made snowy footprints with their wellies and compared the different patterns they made.
Literacy Area
Children have been writing their own ideas for keeping warm in Winter. They have produced some fabulous WOW words which included patterns, freezing ,icicles. Many more are displayed on our WOW board.
A fantastic week of learning for all pupils in St. Cuthbert’s.
Next week is a four day week for pupils.
Please remember school is closed on Friday 6th February for our Staff Development Day. School closed to all Monday 9th and Tuesday 10th February. There will be no blog next week due to the holiday.
Thank you for reading all the news from our school.
Mrs Hendry
Head Teacher
