Welcome back to school P3! I hope you all had a fantastic Christmas and I wish you all a very happy new year. My favourite Christmas present was my wellies, what was yours?
The Christmas Alphabet
P3 please learn this song. You will be singing it at the Christmas service.
Mrs Matheson
C is for the candy trimmed around the Christmas tree
H is for the happiness with all the family
R is for the Reindeer prancing by the window pane
I is for the icing on the cake as sweet as sugar cane
S is for the stocking on the chimney wall
T is for the toys beneath the tree so tall
M is for the mistletoe where everyone is kissed
A is for the angels who make up the Christmas list
S is for the old Santa who makes every kid his pet
Be good and he’ll bring you everything in your Christmas Alphabet!
P1-3 Christmas Disco
P3 make sure you get your party clothes organised this weekend. I look forward to seeing you all at the Christmas disco next Wednesday!
Mrs Matheson
Star Writers – The Snowstorm
Claire was taking her dog for a walk in the dark creepy woods. It was stormy and the trees were snapping down in the wind. Suddenly it began to snow and Claire caught some snow on her tongue. It was getting darker by the minute and the snow was getting heavier and heavier. It was like a twister. Her mum came to get her and her legs were shaking. She was petrified. The snow was going in Claire’s eyes and she couldn’t see where she was going. Finally Claire and her mum managed to reach home.
By Ben Penman and Codae Kerr
P.2/1 Christmas Enterprise
Well done to the children in P.2/1 who made fantastic Christmas tree baubles for our class enterprise project! The children decorated their own Christmas tree baubles with glitter and sequins. The baubles were sold at the Christmas Fayre on Friday and they were a great success!!
P4/3 conduct water experiments
As part of their learning the class split into groups of 4 and conducted some water experiments. They tried to find out which substances dissolved in water and which ones did not. They also tried to figure out where the substances went when they disappeared?
They learned that a substance which dissolves is soluble and creates a solution. They had great fun doing the experiments and I commend them on their behaviour during the science session.
West Lothian School Closure
All West Lothian schools, nurseries and early years centres will be closed to pupils on Wednesday 30 November as a result of strike action. Eastertoun PS will reopen on Thursday 1 December as usual.
Informers newsletter nearly finished!
Quick update on the Informers newsletter – We have been busy writing and researching our articles to add into the newsletter. In a few weeks the newsletter will be finished and will be put up around the community and in school for you all to read.
4/3 Maths
Finlay reports that his group has moved onto place value and hundreds, tens and units.
Charlotte reports that her group has moved onto learning their tables 2-5 and 10.
Chloe’s group is adding and subtracting within 20.
Rory reports that he is dividing.
Mrs. Dunsmore reports that everyone is doing well.
P4/3 Moses
During our Water topic we learned about how Moses parted the Red Sea. We went onto a site and saw some artefacts all about this historical event.
P4/3 Pollution
We learned that poisons from factories can pollute our water. We learned not to use the toilet as a wastebin because that can pollute our water too. We went onto the Scottish water site and played the game called Robopoop. Yes it is what the name suggests!
P6 Snow Week
Below are some activties P6 should complete in the event of a school closure due to snow. Please complete activities from home and return when the school reopens.
Many Thanks
Miss Weston
Science Activity
Language Activities
Building a snowman instructions
night_before_christmas_comprehension
Maths Activities- look for your group
fabulous fractions maths HM7 2
All
I will keep adding activities and websites throughout the next month.
Active Spelling
We had a visitor to our class this week. Mrs Angus came into our class to see our learning. We were all busy with our active spelling activities making words with the ‘u’ sound in the middle . We were doing lots of different activities including stamping to make our words, using plastic tiles and magic boards to write our words and also cutting and sticking pictures to the right word. If we were quick finishers we could also make our words in the sand. We all worked really hard to spell words with the ‘u’ sound in the middle.
P5 – Travelling Gallery Visit
P5 went to the library today and were lucky enough to visit the Art Bus which was parked outside too! We saw an exhibition called Waste Management that was all about recycled art. Some children sat on chairs made from wheelie bins and others admired a wooden sculpture carved from an old ornament. We hope to have as much success making eco-friendly crafts for our open afternoon.
3D Rainforest Animals
Primary 6 worked at home to make 3D rainforest animals from recycled products. As you can see they all worked really hard and the results have been fantastic. Some of the models will be on display at our enterprise afternoon on the 7th of December.
A massive well done Primary 6.
Miss Weston 🙂
P5 – Maths Games
Try out these fun games to help you practise maths concepts taught in class.
Division: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/division.htm
Multiplication: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/timestable/interactive.htm
Symmetry: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/shapes/coordinates.html#Symmetry
Addition: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/interactive/index.htm
Subtraction: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/interactive/subtraction.htm
PlaceValue: http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/maths/interactive/numbers.htm#Place
The Informers Newsletter
At the Informers after school club, we are learning how to make a newsletter. In our newsletter, we will be telling everyone about our success with the show box appeal, our school and class achievements and information about GLOW on the snow days (if we get any snow?!).
We are using the laptops to plan and design our informative newletter! Our newsletter will be up in the school and around various areas of the community for everyone to see!
P4/3 Posters
Children worked together to determine the success criteria of a good poster. A good bold title; colourful pictures and a clear message. Groups are still working on their conservation of water posters. They are following their own advice.
P4/3 Learning for week ending 11/11/11
The pupils in class 4/3 stood silent for 2 minutes at 11 am on the 11th day of the 11th month in memory of all the brave soldiers who had fought for our rights in the two world wars and the wars since then. All the children agreed it was a sad moment but they also felt glad because those soldiers have protected our way of life.
P4/3 also had a rewarding visit to the local library where they exchanged their books and had more time on the computers.
Measuring Egyptian homes and pyramids
Using a trundle wheel Primary 7/6 measured an outline of the home of a nobleman, a tomb-builder and the height of the Great Pyramid of Giza. The nobleman’s home measured 20m x 7m and the tomb-builder’s home measured 10m x 5m. The height of the Great Pyramid is 146m. We ran out of space in the playground, only reaching 80m so that helped us understand just how enormous it must be. CHALLENGE: Calculate the perimeter of the nobleman’s house and the tomb-builder’s.
