P4 and Visible Learning

P4 have been very busy learning all about learning!

First of all we learnt all about how the brain works and how to keep it healthy. Then we focussed on growth and fixed mindsets. A fixed mindset is where you think you can’t do something and give up easily or where you think you are the best you can be and stop trying. A growth mindset is where you keep trying and continually keep learning and building upon your skills and knowledge. It’s where you can’t do something….YET!

We watched this video clip about the Hare and the Tortoise

 

This week has been mistakes week. We have been learning about the importance of learning from our mistakes. ‘It’s ok not to know but it’s not ok not to try.’ We have a marvellous mistakes wall that we add to to show any mistakes we make and what we learnt from them.

Watch this space to hear all about the learning pit in the next couple of weeks.

P2/3 Weekly Update

Christmas Enterprise

Today we held a secret ballot in class to choose the winning name for our enterprise project from the following suggestions.

  • Christmas Bits and Bobs – Mrs Sinclair
  • Christmas Carol – Charles
  • Christmas Jingles – Samantha
  • Christmas Enterprise – Regan
  • The White Elf- Josh

Our winning name was ‘Christmas Jingles’ by Samantha.

 Star of the Week

Nicole for handing in money she found in the playground. (Photo to follow)

 

Class Dojo Champion

Our class champion was Ella with a fantastic total of 36 points. (Photo to  follow)

Autumn Helpers Again!!

When our autumn helpers went back to the woods to see if the squirrels had found the nuts they were only able to find some of the shells left!

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As this had worked so well the rest of us went out to hide more nuts in the woods yesterday.  100_8402  100_8400

We found lots of good places to put them.

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Although we are not sure how many of the squirrels will find them as the ducks and swans were looking for them before we even left!

 

 

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French Language Nuts!!

Pupils from P4-7 have started using a new website called www.languagenut.com. Everyone has their own password and can access the site from home as well as school to practise their French. There are lots of games to play as well as a test zone where you can show off your knowledge and build your own medal table- great fun and a super challenge. Get nutty and practise that French! Have fun!

 

French in the Nursery- Camembear et les couleurs

Girls and boys in the nursery have been having fun and learning French with a new friend- Camembear. Camembear is a very friendly bear who is sometimes mischievous! He can only speak in French so the girls and boys are learning how to speak to him in his own language. They can say “bonjour” and “au revoir” . Camembear had fun with this as every time they said “au revoir”, he went flying off the flag into the air!

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We have been learning how to say the different colours. Everyone is very good at recognising  bleu (blue), blanc (white) and rouge(red) and can pick out these colours when asked. These colours are everywhere!

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This week we have been working at learning the colour rose (pink). It was great fun dancing and playing our corners game to work at practising our colours.

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We have also been learning how to say how we are feeling. You can see more on our French display in the Nursery.