Meldrum Primary School Blog

Plant update – Our garden peas are thriving, our sunflowers are popping their heads through the soil, and our nasturtiums are getting very tall. This week we thinned out some Livingston Daisies so hopefully they will be more comfortable with more space to grow. Our beans are a bit slow to germinate but fingers crossed this week we will see them popping up.

Great Green – ‘What went well’

• We have been revising our skills, knowledge and understanding of fractions this week, with lots of success. Fractions are fabulous in Primary 5.
• The class were very committed to writing the recipe for ‘How to make an ice-cream sundae’ I wonder why!!

Think Pink – ‘Even better if’

 We are going to try to stay hydrated throughout the day by regularly drinking water in the class.
 We apply our knowledge of food hygiene when making our fruit kebabs next week. (we wash our hands throughout the day!!)

Lead Learners.

Our lead learners last week did a great job. Thank you – Joe and Adam
This week our Lead Learners are Lily and Aarjav
They have shown commitment to their tasks, helping support others and doing so with kindness and patience.

Primary Seven have been learning about healthy eating. We have been exploring nutrients and why they are important in our diet. We have used this information to created menus for people who have dietary restrictions.

In Numeracy we have been investigating number patterns (Fibonacci) and looking at probability and chance.

In P.E. with Mrs Harris, we have started athletics. This week we were practising long jump and running.

We have started to investigate shadow and light in Science and Art.

Great Green (Things that went well)

• Shading different shapes in Art.

Think Pink (Things we want to get better at)

• Writing detailed explanations.

This week our Lead Learners are Gokul and Lola for demonstrating Kindness. Well done!

They have decided that next week they will be looking for Responsibility.

Great Green (things that are going well)

We shared what we already know about Deans and Livingston.

We did fabulous art with Mrs Stewart on Tuesday.

Think Pink (things that were a bit tricky)

We are working on subtraction and need to continue to practise.

This week’s Lead Learners are Rocco and Clark who have persevered in their work and always try their best. Well done!

An amazing week here at Meldrum PS this week.  P7 had a fabulous time at PGL Dalguise and came back full of enthusiasm and chat about their time away!  Instructors at the camp were impressed with the attitude and determination of our young people who rose to the challenges of the activities.  Well done P7!

This morning, we had our P2 assembly for parents and carers.  The children showcased some of their learning about nocturnal animals and loved taking part in some singing and dancing for the audience.  Great job P2!

We have moved our plants out of the classroom ‘Nursery’ and they are now on their own in the Greenhouse in the playground. We are still checking on them several times a day!!

Great Green – ‘What went well’

 We have been using our skills in explanation and procedural writing to write explanations for ‘How plants grow’ and ‘How to plant a seed’.
 Using our fantastic knowledge of food groups, we completed a menu by filling in the missing food item in order to make it a balanced meal.
Again, the class were brilliant at this.

Think Pink – ‘Even better if’

 We use our knowledge of fractions when working with percentages %
 We apply our writing skills to create a set of rules for a game or a recipe for our fruit kebabs.

Lead Learners.

Our lead learners in the last week of term did a great job. Thank you – Darcey and Stirling
This week our Lead Learners are Joe and Adam
Their tasks will be to
• look after class equipment e.g. the shoe trolley and the laptop recharging station

This week primary 3 have been learning about volume and capacity and we were able to use the water trays outside in the sunshine. We have also learned new vocabulary for containers, such as, beakers, syringes, measuring jugs and funnels.

Great Green

The pupils are beginning to show understanding of procedure writing using sub-headings and bullets points.

Think Pink

To always check the scale during measuring as they do not always go up in 1s!

This weeks Lead Learners are Hiteesha and Aila!