This week was Rabbie Burns birthday so we had a celebration in class with Class O. We learned some new things about Rabbie Burns and got to do some art activities and food tasting. Here are our highlights:

Joe – Robert Burns was born on the 25th of January 1759 and he died in 1796 July 21st. That means he died when he was 37. I went to the Sky Sports Academy with Armadale. We won the trophy! We did 14 sports like boxing, basketball, football and the rope of death.

David – I painted Robert Burns. I played Dobble with Dylan. I made a clay dinner.

Adam – I liked trying Irn Bru, tablet, shortbread. It was very tasty.

Dylan – I was playing Dobble with David. He showed me how to play it. The Burn’s supper was good. I got to try tablet. It was really sweet. I liked the teacakes too.

Yolie – I was drinking Irn Bru. I made haggis, neeps and tatties on the plate out of clay. It was fun.

Aiden – I liked the Burn’s supper because I ate my favourite food which is tablet!

This week some of us went Out and About to the library. We are trying to challenge ourselves to read more. We all chose a book to bring back to school so we can enjoy our independent reading time.

Joe – We were at the library and I was reading Hank Zipzer book it’s a CBBC book , it’s a good book.

Adam – I liked going to the library. I got the Simpsons comics madness.

Yolie – I like the library. You have to be quiet.

Continuing with our Scottish theme we learned about tartan this week. Some of us use our computer skills to design a tartan. Others learned how to weave.

David – I was making a mat, the paper was blue, green and orange it was a big mat.

Dylan – I was making a tartan on a website. It was white, red and blue. I also helped the adults wash the dishes this week.

Adam – I made a tartan with Mrs Spence on the laptop.

Aiden – I started at Bankton this week. I have enjoyed my first few days. I am making lots of new friends.

This week we started our new context for learning which is all about Scotland. We thought about what we already know and then talked about what things we would like to learn. Dylan is very excited as he loves all things Scottish. he want to learn new Scots words. In literacy we have been trying to read some Scots poems and figuring out what the words mean. We have been writing them down in a Scot’s dictionary. To introduce the topic we had an explore bag full of Scottish things for us to touch, taste and look at.

Here are some of our thoughts on the week:

Adam – We were eating tablet. We were wearing kilts.

Aiden – This week we have been learning about the Scots. We were drinking some Irn Bru and eating some shortbread and looking at some of the materials from Scotland too. I was trying to blow the bagpipes but they didn’t work because they were too old.

Dylan – I want to learn more about Scottish castles. I already know loads of stuff. It’s my favourite country. The bagpipe music is good.

Joe – In the BBB we did some questions about playgrounds. I said a see saw wold be good in a new playground and I said football.

David – I was reading a book, it’s called Tiddler. I’ve got tartan on.

Yolie – This week was icy in the playground. There was snow.

This term we have been working hard on our fractions in maths. As a reward for working so well Mrs Spence brought in ingredients to make pizzas. We all enjoyed it very much, especially the tasting afterwards. In another tasting activity, we cracked open a coconut and had a taste of the milk and coconut. Dylan loved the milk most everyone else was not so keen.

Adam – I liked making pizza and I hated having coconut and the coconut milk. It looked like water.

David – I’ve made pizza. I liked the red and yellow and green pepper. I like putting cheese and pepperoni on and tomato sauce.

Yolie – I decorated a pizza. I put pepperoni and put cheese in it and yellow and red pepper. It tastes yummy!

Dylan – The coconut milk was very tasty. I would like to drink it all because nobody else really liked it.

Joe – I liked making pizza. It was really good. First I did mushrooms and peppers, yellow and green. Then I put cheese on. And last I did pepperoni. The pepperoni was too spicy.

Mrs – I was very proud of everyone’s work in topic this week. Each pupil researched a tropical fish, write a factfile on it and created a 3D version for our wall display. Everyone worked hard and there was lots of good team work going on when making the fish 3D. Next time you are in school have a look at the display. It’s very colourful.

This week in class we have been learning about the Caribbean. We compared it with Scotland. Most of us said we would like to visit the Caribbean because of the weather. It’s very tropical. Here are our thoughts on our learning.

Adam – I liked making the muffins and the truffles (Thursday). I’m looking forward to tasting them today (Friday).

David – I made muffins and putting the butter, sugar and the salt and eggs and baking powder and flour in. Pineapple into the muffin cases.  I don’t want to taste them.

Dylan – I liked making truffles. I put coconut on them. I didn’t want pineapple. The music in the Caribbean is different. It’s called reggae. I prefer bagpipes.

Yolie – I painted a Caribbean island called St Lucia. In the Caribbean they grow bananas and it’s hot. Tall, palm trees.

This week was extremely busy in Class M. We moved in to a new classroom. The adults were very pleased that we all helped to organise our new room and decide where everything was going to go.

David: I like the new classroom, it’s got a dark den with lights on.

On Saturday some of us came to the Christmas Fayre.

Dylan: I was helping out at the Christmas Fayre selling the Santa sleighs. The sleighs were sold out. We got £20, that’s a lot.

Joe: I was selling Santa sleighs at the Christmas Fayre. I liked it. It was fun.

On Thursday we went Out and About to the shops. Our new topic is the Caribbean and we looked in the shops for some Caribbean foods. We found pineapple and coconut. When we came back to school we looked at recipes and found some coconut and pineapple muffins that we are going to make next week.

Today was Children in Need Day. We presented our assembly to our parents, visitors and some of the classes. The adults were very proud of everyone for speaking clearly and confidently.

Afterwards we took our visitors to the lunch hall and enjoyed the yummy snacks we had prepared earlier in the week.

Adam: I liked wearing the Pudesy onesie. It was cosy and warm. When we got to the hall where we could eat I had to take it off half way because I was too hot. I enjoyed all the snacks except the cookie. The marshmallows were so chewy in my mouth.

Joe: We played guitars at assembly. The guitars are blow up guitars.

Yolie: Mum came to see me. I played piano.

David: I’m sitting next to Mrs McLean. I sang we can do good. Put your hands on your hips.

Dylan: I had words to say , I enjoyed saying them. I was happy my mum was there.

We hope you enjoyed our performance and thanks again for all the donations!

We have been busy learning about money in class. Joe has enjoyed playing the game when he had to count the correct money into the purse. David is becoming an expert in drawing his money.  Dylan is proud of his counting.

Money has also come in useful for Children in Need.  We have been going spotty for it.

We got straight to work after the October break as we have a busy time ahead organising Children In Need and our assembly. This is going to form our main topic this term. We are looking forward to advertising the various Children In Need activities, collecting donations, selling charity items and organising a dress down day. This week we did a stock take of all the items we have to sell and wrote letters to let everyone know prices.

Dylan – I was helping to type a letter for the Children In Need letting everyone know what they can buy.

Yolie- You can buy a keyring or a headband.

Joe – I liked looking at the Pudsey things. I want to buy one.

Continuing our learning about materials, we moved on to solids, liquids and gases this week. We learned that some materials can change state. In solids the molecules are tightly packed together and have a definite shape. We started with a bar of chocolate. When we heated it up in the microwave the chocolate melted. We discovered that heat energy makes the molecules vibrate and move freely which means it becomes a liquid. We used our melted chocolate to make crispie cakes.

In music we experimented with different instruments. We took turns hiding behind a screen and playing instruments for our partner to guess. We had to guess the name of the instrument and what it was made from.

Here are our highlights from the week:

Adam – I liked making the chocolate crispies. It was fun. When chocolates cold it’s solid. When it’s hot it’s a liquid. When it’s really, really hot the chocolate will evaporate to a gas.

Dylan – We made a lava lamp we put oil , water, food colouring and a fizzy tablet in .

Joe – I was doing English reading in Armadale Primary , it was about French painters. It was good.

Yolie – Yesterday I made a lava lamp. It was vegetable oil and water, put it in a water bottle. It was orange and sparkly. I put a fizzy tablet it, it made bubbles.

We were learning about the BFG. We had to build a house and pretend to be a giant. – Joe

The boat was floating and the fan was making it move. – Yolie

Playing with Erin. I was kicking and throwing the ball it was good fun. – David

I liked making the boat it was fun. My boat stayed a float. – Adam

I made my boat out of 3 straws and 2 sponges . – Dylan

This week in science we were given a challenge to design a boat. First we had to do a practise design using only paper and sellotape. Then we worked in groups to choose the best design and build a final boat out of tin foil. The boat had to be able to carry at least 5 marbles and not sink. Dylan remembered the important word ‘buoyancy’ and he said the boat had to be buoyant to make it a successful boat.

David- The boat is sailing on the water. It’s got marbles. I’m doing floating.

Yolie – I make a boat to go on water. It float on water. Marble put on back. Lots of marbles.

Adam – I made a boat. Our second one could hold nearly all the marbles, I think about 80!!! It was made of tin foil. This means we had a good design for the boat. I think mines was the best.

Joe was at Armadale when we did the experiment so he decided to tell us what he did when he was there:

Joe – I was doing art at Armadale. We were painting from the year 1973, April. There was a bridge built in England. We painted the bridge.

This week we celebrated Roald Dahl’s 100th birthday in Class M.

We listened to different stories that Roald Dahl wrote on the smart board, learned more about Roald Dahl and had a party in the afternoon. we made Willy Wonka hats, BFG ears and The Twits beards.  We also made food for the party Bird Pie, frog spawn and chocolate goodie from Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. It was great fun!

Yolie – Roald Dahl birthday party. We made bird pie. I made a Willy Wonka hat and eat chocolate.

Adam – I went to Disneyland this week! I got to open Walt Disney Studios on the last day. Only 200 people a year get picked to do this so it was very exciting!

This week we started our new LAC topic in class. All about materials. We were able to sort different objects from school and home into what materials they are made from. Then we all did a material hunt around the school. Adam found a rubber band which he was very pleased about.

Here are our other highlights from the week.

Joe – I was doing art at Armadale. It was charcoal, it’s black. I drew mountains.

David – I did reading. I read ‘Where’s my teddy.’

Adam – Today we got orbies/aqua beads. We are waiting for them to grow. We think they will be done at lunchtime but it might take a whole day. 😉

Yolie – I like to go messages to Mrs Welsh. I go to the office. I got a sticker for my chart. I didn’t go in any classes.

This week we had fun following a recipe to make slime. It didn’t work too well as it turned out very wet and runny. We were very persistent and kept trying different combinations. It was messy!

David – I made slime. I think it’s blue. It’s sticky. I put in flour and I mixed it up.

Adam – I also made green slime. It wasn’t too successful but I liked it.

Yolie – The slime feels very good. I liked it.

In writing we have been learning about setting the scene for a story. Here are some of our scenes:

Joe – I made a lair. There was a sand storm that blew it and it buried it for years and nobody could find it.

Adam – I made a desert world. I had dinosaurs, a lab, and a secret base under the ground and there was a pool for the dinosaurs and a broken house.

Dylan – On Wednesday I got all my ticks so that means I got to go to Rainbow Room.

Class M were very excited to see the playground had changed when they came back to school on Tuesday.  It has been a great few days trying all the new equipment.

Yolie – I like the new playground , I like playing nought and crosses.

Dylan – 10/10 for the playground it has a Throne.

Adam – it’s really cool and awesome I like the basket ball and football pitch.

Joe – It’s awesome. I like sitting on the throne. I can be King. We were playing Kings of Kings game.

Here are some of our highlights from the week:

Adam: We were making sandwiches. I had a cheese, ham and tuna on mine, it was nice. I eat it all up. I also had lettuce on it as well.

Yolie: I was building a maze in maths, it was a small maze. I liked making it. I made a cheese and tuna sandwich. I cut it into 4 squares and eat it with rocket.

Dylan: I had rocket, cheese, ham and tuna on my sandwich – it was good. I would make it again.

Joe: I had to make a maze and I put a Malteaser in the maze. I had to blow the Malteaser around the maze.