On Friday, we had the opportunity to sample some foods from the rainforest.  At the end we collated our results and unsurprisingly, chocolate, bananas and sugar were our top 3 favourites!

Alec from the SPCA came in to speak to us about the role of the SPCA in caring for animals from rescue through to release back into the wild.  He gave us some advice on what to do if we come across a wild animal that is injured.  We then played snakes and ladders which taught us some interesting facts about animals along the way.

The History of technology

The news reporters this week are Matthew and Reis.

Homework this week consists of:

• Spelling – list for w/c 27th November
• Reading – read an online book – see details below
• Maths – rounding numbers – 1 worksheet

For spelling, follow the usual LSCWC, 1 activity from the inside cover and either the Spelling City or BIG IQ kids website (which was demonstrated in class to the children last week)

As part of Book Week Scotland (27th November – 3rd December), you need to go onto the website below and choose an online book to read.  There are two categories to choose from, ‘Books for young children’ and ‘Books for older children’.  Choose a book that you think best suits your ability.  Once you are finished, review it by writing it up in your Reading Passport :

http://www.magickeys.com/books/

Due to the shorter week and Parent’s night, the only homework this week is:

• Spelling – LSCWC, 1 activity from the front inside cover, spelling city
• Reading – read 10 minutes per night ( anything of your choosing)

We will be doing a tasting of rainforest foods on Friday.  If you wish, you can research some facts about which foods come from the rainforest.  This is however an optional task.

Due to the short week and Parent’s night, there will be no news reporters this week.

Last week, Connor created a really great Power Point which detailed the unfortunate fire at the Blantyre Community Centre.  Alex used Sway to inform us about Robert Mugabe and how there is a possibility that he may not be in power in the future.  Thank you boys for your presentations!

 Today we all set up Scratch coding accounts and followed the first tutorial. We looked at some old technology and Charlie brought in some ‘flappy’ or floppy discs for us to look at – thank you Charlie!  Calum you can upload your PowerPoint to the media library and share on the blog if you want.

Last week during teambuilding we tried to solve the Nine Cone Path problem in groups.  We haven’t managed to come up with the correct solution yet.  Can anyone crack it?  Here are a reminder of the rules below:

Nine Cone Path

Nine cones are laid out in a square grid. The objective is to lay the rope over so that the rope passes over the middle of every cone in the grid. The rope may only bend through an angle of no more than ninety degrees three times at most.