Literacy:

We have been learning about the features of a newspaper so that we can write our own newspaper articles about a Victorian cotton mill accident! We wrote some great headlines using alliteration and puns to grab the reader’s attention.

Numeracy:
This week for our money topic we worked at different stations where we had to solve word problems, write cheques and add and subtract money. We have also been looking at bus and train timetables and working out how long different journeys last. We have also been thinking of really good strategies for Number Talks.

The Victorians:

This week we have been learning about the New Lanark Cotton Mill before we go on our trip next week. Since we have been creating presentations about Victorian Inventions, we worked in groups to design our own inventions for school children. We are looking forward to giving our presentations – everyone has been working hard at home.

Other highlights:

Blaire:  Learning how to write a newspaper article was really fun.

Erin: I liked the funny brain break.

Katie: I loved designing an invention with my group.

Ross: Football in P.E. was great.

Donna: I enjoyed the talking skills dice.

Zara: I liked the inventions lesson.

Luke: I enjoyed football in P.E.

Ammie-Leigh: Number talks were really good this week.

Shelbi: I enjoyed P.E.

Lily: The inventions lesson was fun.

Maisie: Science was really good.

Lucas H: Playing football in P.E. was good.

Samuel: P.E. was good.

Lucas K: I enjoyed outdoor P.E.

Callum: football was good.

PLEASE NOTE:

Victorian Inventions Presentations beginning 4th March.

Trip to New Lanark on Wednesday 6th March

Here are some of our highlights from the week:

Aaron: I enjoyed the assembly because my friend Amber got a certificate.

Megan: I enjoyed the assembly.

Ellie: I enjoyed practising for our assembly because I like the song ‘Amazing Egyptians’.

Aileigh: I enjoyed it when we practised our assembly because it is about Egyptians.

Jack: I enjoyed Big Writing because we were writing the beginning of a story and my story is called ‘Back in Time’.

Carley: I enjoyed it when we went to the gym hall to practise our songs for the assembly. I also enjoyed doing the actions.

River: I enjoyed the assembly because Amber got a school values certificate.

Mia: I enjoyed it when we went to the gym hall to practise our assembly with 3B.

Scott R: I enjoyed the assembly.

Holly: I enjoyed the assembly because Bruce came in third place.

Jude: I enjoyed assembly because my friend, Amber, got a certificate.

Ellis: I enjoyed ‘Everyone Reading In Class’ because I read ‘Mummies and Pyramids’ and I liked it.

Amber: I enjoyed the assembly because I got a certificate.

TJ: I enjoyed it when we were practising our assembly.

Alex: I enjoyed the assembly because my next door neighbour, Amber, got a school values certificate.

James: I enjoyed reading.

Max: I was very proud of myself because I think I was being nice to Holly by giving her my red nose.

Scott B: I enjoyed maths.

Millie: I enjoyed the assembly because we found out how many house points we got.

Leila: I enjoyed it when I went to the office to get a red nose.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!

P3A

This week P6A have been learning lots of exciting things.  Here are some of our highlights…

Jess- I enjoyed outdoor P.E. because it was fun playing rounders.

Mia- I really enjoyed the stations in Maths because I really like working on problem solving.

Miles- I enjoyed indoor P.E. because I liked playing football.

Kiara- I enjoyed planning our poetry because it was fun trying to think of similes, metaphors, rhyme and personification.

Hannah- I enjoyed the emoji Maths because it is helping me get better at my times tables.

Connor- I enjoyed outdoor P.E. because I got to play rounders with my friends.

William- I enjoyed indoor P.E. because we got to play football.

Denholm- I enjoyed learning about metaphors because it is interesting.

Sophia- I enjoyed Sex education this week because we learned about lots of interesting things.

Teighan- I enjoyed learning about periods in sex education because it’s made me feel more comfortable about it.

Suvi- I enjoyed Sex education because I am now prepared for what’s going to happen to me.

Ranna- I enjoyed rounders in outdoor P.E. because I got to throw the ball.

Joshua- I enjoyed P.E. with Mr Jeffries because I liked playing handball and football.

Euan- I enjoyed ‘Keeping Myself Safe’ because it is helpful.

James- I liked Sex education because I’ve learned lots about whats going to happen to my body.

Liam- I enjoyed outdoor P.E. because we got to play rounders.

Dhivya- I enjoyed writing our poetry plan because we got to write some rhyming words.

Murray- I enjoyed handwriting because it makes my handwriting neater.

Robert- I enjoyed outdoor P.E. because we played rounders.

Jason- I enjoyed my flute lesson because I got given new news.

Islay- I enjoyed handwriting because it’s fun.

Alex- I enjoyed Sex Education because I feel more comfortable and aware of what a period is.

Amy- I enjoyed Reciprocal Reading about the ‘Taj Mahal’ because there was lots of information about it.

Lauren- I enjoyed handwriting because it interests me.

Alfie- I enjoyed today’s assembly because we found out the house points.

Although it was a short week, it was a busy one for the P4s as we rehearsed and presented our assembly for the school community. We hope you enjoyed it and were able to understand the message that the P4 children were sharing. As a community, we are coming together to fundraise for Comic Relief which supports projects in the UK and in the wider world. Each class has a money box to collect spare change and all children are invited to dress down (in red if you like!) on the actual day of Red Nose Day which is the 15th March. The week of the 11th to 14th March the house captains will be selling quizzes and wordsearches which should be completed and posted in the box in P4a by the end of the day on Thursday 14th. There will be prizes and housepoints given to the winners in the upper and lower school.

If you weren’t at the assembly or would like to know a bit more about the work that Comic Relief does, please watch this film….

And finally, remember to PUT A NOSE ON IT!

P4a – Table of the week – red 190 points.

We have had a short but busy week in P5A. Here are our favourite bits:

Shelbi: I really enjoyed the P4 assembly.

Gabriel: P.E was good fun.

Tamsyn: I enjoyed the Escape from the Workhouse writing.

Blaire: I liked writing my 500 words story and science.

Erin: I enjoyed P.E.

Murray: I really liked finishing my 500 words story.

Luke: P.E. was really good.

Ellis: I enjoyed writing my 500 words story.

Brooke, Arran, Zara and Jodie: P.E was great.

Donna: I really enjoyed typing up my story for the 500 words competition.

Katie: I enjoyed everything!

Maisie: I enjoyed Maths this week.

This week we have really enjoyed writing a short story for the BBC’s 500 words competition. We had loads of crazy, silly and spooky ideas for stories. We are looking forward to submitting them. For maths we have been working on time and doing lots of mental maths and problem solving. We are also enjoying continuing our learning about the Victorians and we learned about the tough conditions for children in Victorian workhouses. We worked really hard this week and are looking forward to our extra days off! Here are some highlights:

Cameron – I enjoyed coming up with my story for the BBC 500 words competition.

Arran – I enjoyed outdoor P.E.

Samuel – P.E. was good.

Ross – I enjoyed writing my story and Stuart Reid’s visit was so funny.

Gabriel – P.E. with Mr Jeffries was good.

Farrah, Donna and Luke – We loved writing our stories for the competition.

Zara – Stuart Reid’s visit was hilarious.

Ellis – feeling better and coming back to school.

Blaire – P.E. was good.

Lily – 500 words was fun.

Ammie-Leigh – I liked getting my Lowport letters and I’m really excited to go.

Erin – My favourite part of the week was the visit from Stuart Reid.

Tamsyn – Stuart Reid was really funny

Katie – Art this week  was great.

Callum – The best bit was Stuart Reid’s talk and his funny pictures.

Murray – Science with Mrs Rodgers was really good.

Have a lovely long weekend everyone!

We have had a very busy week in P6A, here are some of our highlights…

Suvi- I enjoyed indoor P.E. because we did tasters of basketball and rugby.

Hannah- I liked our Maths stations because they were fun!

William- I enjoyed Sex education this week.

Robert- I enjoyed playing rugby in P.E. because I could play with my friend Jason.

Catriona- I enjoyed the Maths stations because I enjoyed doing the different activities at each.

Liam- I enjoyed outdoor P.E. because I liked playing ‘Buildy Tig’.

Lucas- I enjoyed learning Spanish because it’s an interesting language.

James- I enjoyed learning the scientific names for female and male body parts.

Euan- I enjoyed going to the cinema with Nurture because I didn’t have to do any school work.

Ranna- I enjoyed learning about personification because I’ve never learned about it before.

Denholm- I enjoyed learning how to say what the weather is like in French because it was fun!

Miles-I enjoyed outdoor P.E. because we got to play ‘Cops & Robbers’.

Kiara- I enjoyed playing the ‘Roll a dice’ game in spelling because I like learning my words in different ways.

Enjoy your long weekend everyone!