Maths

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

Topic

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

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!  

P2/3 have had a great week and have really enjoyed their final session of ‘Tennis Tasters’.

In Maths we have started work on multiplication by looking at sets during our teaching and practical activities.

As part of our dinosaur topic we have been designing ‘Triassic Landscapes’ using oil pastels hot colours.

Class Dojo Champion

Star of the Week

Kayla Hornby – Successful Learner – For working so hard in maths this week with times tables and mild, hot and spicy challenge.

The Primary Sevens have had a very productive week continuing their WW2 project.

We have made Anderson Shelters – Well Done Cassie, Emma and Liam who had the winning model.

It was a hard decision for Mrs Stewart and Mrs Murdoch as all of the models were excellent!!  Look out for them on display in school.

We have also been learning about Morse code, and have been trying very hard to decipher messages by listening to the beeps and dashes, which has proven to be very difficult!     .-/…     -.–/—/..-      -.-./.-/-.       …/./.

We have been looking at the different types of aircraft used in WW2 and investigated the markings on the planes.  Did you know that the Spitfire can fly at 584 km/h!!!  Amazing!

We even found some time for some war time baking!

As well as all of this the P7 have been a great help to Mrs Stewart, Alex and the Nursery to P3 classes with all of the help they have offered them!  So much so, we won the goblet of good manners this week!!  Great job!!!

We finished the week with a film quiz!  Won by Steven, Katie and Stephanie – with full marks no less!!!  And a bit of well deserved R&R with a film and pop corn!!

There are lots of fab free events for children going on in libraries across West Lothian this weekend to celebrate National Libraries Day!

Happy reading everyone!!!

http://www.nationallibrariesday.org.uk

We have been very busy in class this week.  As part of our dinosaur topic, we worked in groups to sort facts and myths.

We also had lots of fun during our ‘Tennis Taster’ session and Mrs Sinclair commented that felt sorry for our dogs during our ‘take our dog for a walk activity’.

Art

As part of our Scottish focus we drew ‘Decor Roses’ based on the style of Charles Rennie McIntosh.

Maths

The whole class have  enjoyed our ‘mild, hot and spicy’ challenges.

Class Dojo Champion – Charles (photo to follow)

Star of the Week – Roxanne for ‘Super Art Work’. (photo to follow)

We were learning flags from countries around the world. We had had to answer a fun quiz.  Amy

We made a 3D hand in our Science Pupil Voice group.  Ellie

We were making characters for animations in our Pupil Voice group.  Jaime

We had a visit from the West Lothian Council tobacco team. We learned a song, played games and learnt facts like there are 4000-5000 chemicals in a cigarette.   Jamie.G and Amy

We are translating the Twits into Scots words.  Daryl