WHAT P1F LEARNED ABOUT IN SEPTEMBER
STEM fun in P1F
This week has been filled with lots of fun and creative activities that have been linked with our topic and STEM. The children used a range of materials from chalk to pipe cleaners to make their name. This allowed us as a class to discuss the shape of the different letters and look at uppercase. Here you can see the children are hard at work with their names.
The children in drama have been focusing on how to portray the different characters from the Three Billy Goats Gruff using their facial expressions and body movements. After getting the children to act out a character of their choice, the rest of the class had to guess what one they were. After this activity, the children had to work in their drama teams to make the bridge from the Three Billy Goats. The children were challenged with having to make their bridge stand. The children worked really hard and made some fantastic bridges.
As a class we created our own little ocean in a vase where the fish were swimming and the water was clear. I started to explain to the children that rubbish, oils and toxins are being thrown into the ocean and are affecting the fish. I then began to show the children by adding ‘rubbish’ into the vase which led to a discussion of how we could help the fish and their home.
Our last STEM and topic activity was to create jellyfish! We learned some interesting facts about jellyfish and that they have no bones or a heart! The children discussed the details of the shape of the jellyfish and that the tentacles do not look all the same. The children worked in pairs and could use a variety of materials to create their wobbly masterpieces.
After all our hard work, we deserved fun in the garden with P1S
The children have worked so hard this term and have been joy to teach. Hope you all have a lovely October holiday.
Miss Farley
Super Science in P7H
As part of STEM week, the pupils in P7H worked in groups to create their very own lava lamps. We conducted the experiment using water, oil, food colouring and Berocca tablets. We worked through the experiment in stages and also learned about the density of different liquids. It was very interesting and also lots of fun.
Drama In P5/6
As part of our, ” Wonders Of The World,” topic we were looking at the Romans and at The Colosseum.
We held a drama session where the pupils recreated a short scene and then froze the action for the rest of the class to guess what it was.
An unhappy Emperor watching the games.
The poor slave was beaten by the Roman Gladiator.
The lion is getting beaten by the brave Gladiator.Music In P5/6
We have been enjoying our Music lessons this term. Miss White is teaching us some fantastic rounds and we have been learning to play a variety of percussion instruments to various beats in order to learn the written form of musical notes.
Leaning the beat in the air first.
Playing using two beaters at a time.
Learning a complex clapping game , we are concentrating hard just about to take part.
Design in P5/6
Last week we prepared for an activity during STEM week by creating a design which had to be based roughly on any Wonder Of The World, and be 15cms long, 15cms high and 15cms wide.
We only had 15 minutes to design and achieve this in preparation for a task this week.
Take a look at our work.
ICT in P2S
This term in ICT we have been using the school laptops. We have learned how to log in using our own username, how to open Microsoft Word and how to change the size and font of text we had typed. The trickiest part of all was learning to press CTRL, ALT and delete at the same time to access the log in screen but after lots of practise we managed it!
Here are some photos of us working hard:
Number 5 and Autumn fun!
Primary 1F have been working really hard on our counting and learning about number 5. To help us form number 5 we have been practising our rhyme and using whiteboards.
To help our counting, we have been playing a range of counting games on the Interactive Whiteboard or board games. Here are a few photos of our hard work.
Playing the seashell counting game which has been helping us count to 6 and number 1 to 6 recognition. We have had fun playing this game with our friends.
The Interactive Whiteboard has allowed us to learn about ordering numbers 1 to 10 as well as counting. The children enjoy counting the sweets on the gingerbread man as well as the underwater counting game where they are counting the sea creatures that they have been learning about during topic time.
This has been a new activity for the children this week and this will be an activity that they will become familiar with next week. Our 1 to 1 correspondence activity has allowed us to recognise a number from 1 to 10 and put the correct number of raindrops or sprinkles (pompoms) on the cards.
The children have been learning about the changes in autumn. We went outside in the playground to look at the trees and seen that the leaves have been changing colours and beginning to fall. We picked up some leaves to look at the different shapes and sizes then brought them back to the classroom to help with our autumn pictures. You can see above how much fun we had painting the leaves and printing them on our picture.
We have been learning ‘was’ and ‘cross’ this week and we have enjoyed using our new Stage 2 words (pink) and our Stage 1 words (white) to make sentences and some silly ones too!
Next week is focusing on STEM as a whole school. There will be lots of fun activities for the children to enjoy and photographs will be posted on the blog.
Miss Farley
P4/5 ‘Design Engineers’ – Collaborative Learning
The class have been learning all about what it is to be a design engineer. In the role of design engineers they were set the task of constructing a tower, to be as tall as possible, using only art straws and plasticine. They were given scissors at the group table and a time limit of 45 minutes was given. I observed and recorded their progress and some comments made throughout the task. No adult support or intervention was allowed. How did they do?
When finished the class decided they need to continue to work on their group skills of communicating with each other before and during a task, their planning before starting a task, deciding group roles based on individuals’ skills and staying positive and persevering regardless of the challenges they face. Although they were not all pleased with their completed tower they learned so much about what it takes to complete a group task successfully. This should be reflected upon when they are given their next practical group task. Watch this space…….
