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P2/3 Weekly Update

February 28, 2016 Mrs Sinclair Leave a comment

Maths

We have been learning about sharing equally in maths as an introduction to division.

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We have been designing posters about what carnivores and herbivores eat.

We have been busy rehearsing our songs for our ‘Mums and Grans’ Assembly on Friday 4^th March at 11.00am.

Superhero of the Week – Regan

Dojo Champion – Ava

Star of the Week – Ava – for making excellent progress in her reading since the beginning of the school year.

Family Learning Event – Maths Websites

Here are some of the websites that Miss Edmond & Mrs Sinclair talked about at the ‘family learning’ event.

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=adding and subtracting games

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Search.aspx?q=hit the button

http://www.topmarks.co.uk/Flash.aspx?f=SpeedChallenge

http://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/ks1/maths/

http://www.teachingtables.co.uk/tm/chall/tmchall.html

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RRS Vertical Groups – Developing Teamworking

February 26, 2016 User deactivated Leave a comment

As part of this term’s vertical groups, Group 8 worked with Mrs Stewart to explore Article 24: Every child has the right to good health.

P.1-3 looked at needs and wants, mimed uses of water in the home, discussed where water comes from and even fitted in some ‘rain dancing’.

P.4 – P.7 found themselves in an earthquake zone with UNICEF workers on hand to help them ‘Build back better’. Everyone took their roles very seriously and managed to work as family units to build successful shelters after the earthquake.

The verdict was ‘awesome’! Ewan particulary enjoyed his interactions with the earthquake victims and using the emergency supplies in his UNICEF backpack to help others.

Special thanks to my mini janitorial team of Jamie, Ian, Ewan and Aaron for creating my earthquake zone in preparation for the drama session.

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P1b Visit the Church

February 25, 2016 Mrs Lloyd Leave a comment

On Monday, P1b visited the chapel along at the Lanthorn. They were very sensible and were responsible citizens as they walked together with their partner. The children represented Bankton really well and displayed excellent manners. They listened really well to Darren who was teaching us all about christenings and baptism and some of the children even got the chance to act out the christening of a little teddy bear which we were pretending was a baby. On our return to school, the children completed super pieces of work detailing what they had learned. Well done boys and girls!

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A busy week in P1a

February 25, 2016 Miss Rodford 1 Comment

P1a have been really busy this week !

On Monday, we visited the Church at the Lanthorn Centre. We went to visit a mock baptism. We saw the font and we watch the teddy getting water poured on his head!

‘ They put a cross on the babies head’ Ryan

‘The font has water in it’ Charlie

‘God is welcoming the baby’ Robbie

Miss Rodford thought we did a great job at listening.

We also did some more work on digital and analogue time! We are getting super quick at telling the time now !

In phonics, we had a go at building sentences of our own using the words cards.

We enjoyed some play time in the structured play and we made pictures of the ‘Three Little Bears’ ! Can you spot the porridge that we used to finish the pictures.

On Wednesday, We watch ‘Alice in Wonderland’ , it was a super performance and the children had great fun watching it!

‘I liked all of it’ Charlie

‘It was fun’ Savannah

Finally, well done to the four boys who have gained their first reading certificate – Ryan, Daniel S, Kian and Charlie.

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Fast and Furious Fencing After School Club

February 23, 2016 User deactivated Leave a comment

P.4 and P.5 pupils learned the skills of knights of the past in the first of a series of fencing after school club sessions. They learned about fast, furious footwork , moving forward and backwards in a straight line and the need to listen carefully to instructions. All enjoyed wearing their fencing head guards and handled their swords with great discipline.

They responded immediately to the command, ‘En garde!’ And the pink cheeks at the end of the lesson showed what a strong, hard workout everyone had had! Roll on next Tuesday.

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Outdoor Learning Fun!

February 23, 2016 Mr Herman 1 Comment

Today we enjoyed the sunshine and our new outdoor learning materials to build some different types of shelters. We worked on teamwork, problem solving, cooperative skills!

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JYHS Cluster Learning Festival

February 21, 2016 User deactivated Leave a comment

Thank you to all Bankton pupils, staff and parents who worked so hard to make the JYHS Cluster Family Learning Festival in Crofthead Centre such a success. This event was planned and prepared by the Cluster Support for Learning Professional Learning Group, led by Emily Sinclair, Bankton’s Support for Learning Teacher.

Our Bankton pupils spoke knowledgeably and articulately as ‘expert helpers’ for the day, talking about their learning strategies and supports and demonstrating how they use them.

The feedback from everyone who attended was very positive. Thank you to all of our parents for the amazing turn out!

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Huffing and Puffing in P1b!

February 20, 2016 Mrs Lloyd Leave a comment

This week there was a lot of huffing and puffing in P1b and it wasn’t from the boys and girls!! It was the big bad wolf (AKA Mrs Lloyd with a hairdryer) trying to blow down the houses that the children had planned and then built in their technology groups! Each group worked together and displayed great group skills – sharing resources, listening to each other and working together. Some of the houses withstood the force but the big bad wolf did manage to blow down a couple! The children really enjoyed this experience and made good predictions about which houses would stay standing and which ones would get blown down. Afterwards they thought about what they would do better next time to improve the strength of their builds. Good work P1b!

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Reading Fun in the Library

February 20, 2016 Mrs Lloyd Leave a comment

Every Wednesday, P1b enjoy visiting the school library. Children are able to take a book home each week and can return this the following week to allow them to take out a new book. The boys and girls enjoy their weekly visit so please help them to remember to put their library books in their bags each Wednesday to avoid the disappointment of not being able to take out a new book. Thank You.

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What’s the Time Mr Wolf?

February 20, 2016 Mrs Lloyd Leave a comment

P1b have been working hard this week in maths lessons and have been learning about analogue and digital clocks. The children have enjoyed reading and setting the time on clocks and have learned how to write o’clock times in digital format. Well done boys and girls!