With reading, we have dived deeper into the pages of The Nowhere Emporium. Sometimes we listen to the audio book and sometimes we read it aloud in class. The Nowhere Emporium is about a shop that time travels around the world. We have met even more characters like Birdie and Lucien Silver. Daniel has escaped Spud for now and is an apprentice for the Emporium. Daniel has been trying to write in the book of wonders to see his parents again but he broke the rules of the Emporium and Mr Silver was not happy. We can’t wait to find out what happens next.

In February we all did our solo talks. Some of the topics included Albert Einstein, Scotland, Paris, Harry Potter, holidays and more !!!

Each person did amazingly well !! We each took our turn and stood at the front and presented our solo talk. Some people used presentations and brought in props to enhance their talk. We also self assessed our presentation to see if it met the success criteria.

We are developing our skills in knowing when to talk and when to listen to others. We know how to use positive body language when listening to others and waiting for an appropriate time to talk. We are learning to apply these skills.

For World Book Day we also wrote in the style of Julia Donaldson and created what we thought the start of her new book ‘Granny Gruffalo’ might be. This term we will be working on procedural, narrative and poetry writing. Procedural writing can include writing instructions or following a process and narrative writing is about creating a story to entertain.

When we start a new topic we do a VCA board. In numeracy we have been developing our skills in addition, subtraction, division, multiplication and place value. We have been learning about fractions, decimals and percentages and converting between these.  We have also been learning about measurement and using the skills we have to solve problems including converting grams to kilograms and millilitres to litres. We know about supplementary and complimentary angles. Complimentary angles add up to 90 degrees and supplementary angles add up to 180 degrees.  We can use the Speed, Distance and Time triangles to help us solve problems about distance speed and time. We like using Sumdog to practise our maths skills. We also play classroom games like ‘Around the World’ and ‘Stand Up Sit Down’ to help us practise our times tables.

We have been leading lessons in outdoor PE in football, netball, basketball and dodgeball. In indoor PE we have been focusing on developing our fitness. We have been learning to do press ups, burpees, planks, wall sits and shuttle runs to help us get fitter and stronger.

In social studies we have been learning about Japan. We have been doing research about school, food, shops and family. We talked about earthquakes and tectonic plates and why it affects Japan. The class also learned how to make cherry blossom trees using a straw and some paint. We also read a poem about happiness and colours and made our very own paintings based on the poem. We all got to draw anime and are currently drawing Mount Fuji using light and tone.

In technology we have been designing merchandise for different music artists. We learned about typography and imagery. James made merchandise for Ren. Olivia did merchandise for Olivia Rodrigo. Alaina did merchandise for KATSEYE and Sophia did merchandise for Billie Eilish, It has been great fun!

STEM is one of our favourite subjects. We have been learning about forces such as gravity, friction, magnetic, contact and non contact.

We have also learned about coding on Scratch and code.org.

In March Devon, Ollie, Eva S and Olivia went to Newton Farm Primary to compete in the Euro Quiz. We did a language round, a history round and another two rounds. All of us did so well. We really enjoyed the experience and are proud of ourselves.

We went to Calderside Academy with Mrs Hare And Ms Cassidy.  Mrs Hare took the football team and Ms Cassidy took the basketball team. We had a great day. We played lots of different teams including Townhill and David Livingstone.

Some of our class are currently practising for the Dance Festival which takes place in the Townhouse in Hamilton. We have been practising hard. We have very bright costumes and we will be performing our routine to Lady Gaga.

For our school trip we went to Dynamic Earth in Edinburgh and learned about climate change with fun games and activities. We also had a chance to visit the exhibition and learned about the evolution of humans.

We’re going to meet our P1 buddies for the first time on the 13th of May 2026. We’re so excited to meet them, to show them around our school and to tell them about our school values.

In chanter lessons we are learning to play the bagpipes. We are not there yet but we can do it. It is fun but challenging.