Meldrum Primary School Blog

In P4 this week we have had a lot of compliments about members of our class being helpful in the playground, especially with the younger pupils. Well done!

Great Green (things that are going well)

Tuesday was the start of Chinese New Year. We had fun learning about the different traditions, creating our own Chinese lanterns and even writing our names using the Chinese alphabet.

We have made good use of IT this week to complete daily check ins, work on tasks on Sumdog and practice skills in telling the time using a range of online activities.

Think Pink (things that were a bit tricky)

In Maths we are learning about time. We have made a good start but will need to keep practising.

We have been using maps to locate castles all over Scotland and will continue to practise finding landmarks on maps.

This week’s Lead Learners are Julia and Wyatt who showed our school values of kindness and respect. Well done!

This week we have enjoyed our outdoor learning. We practised drawing our own clocks in pairs and using sticks to make o’clock and half past times. We have explored some Scottish myths, looked at the Kelpies, the Loch Ness monster and other Scottish landmarks. We have a new favourite song, called the Loch Ness Monster song… “Nessie, oh, Nessie, where did you go?”

Our sound this week was ‘oi’ and we worked hard to come up with and read words with this sound. Some of the words that we remembered are oil, boil, soil, foil, coil, coin, toilet and oilcan.

Great Green: “What went well…”

-We created our own stories in writing using the circus as our stimulus. With the children, we used two characters called Kate and Dad, and we discussed what they might see and do.

-Primary 2 have been learning to log in to sumdog independently and have really enjoyed the responsibility of doing it themselves.

Think Pink: “Even better if…”

-We should continue to look after our things in the classroom, ensuring that we tidy up and take turns to lead a game when playing outside.

-To think about historical places or people of interest that we would like to learn about!

Lead Learners:

Our lead learners after the February break are Matthew and Nova for persevering in written tasks and working hard to help others.

P4 have enjoyed their week in class.  We have been learning more about the Scottish Wars of Independence and about castles.  In numeracy, we have been working on addition activities.

Great Green (Things that are going well)

• In writing, we wrote about an imaginative story about being “Caught in a Storm”  We are remembering to use capital letters and full stops without being reminded.
• In numeracy, we are getting better at setting our sums out correctly
• We have finished our castle creating

Think Pink (things we need to keep trying hard with)

• Using different punctuation in our writing

Last week’s Lead Learners were Merrin and Daisy who were looking for people in the class showing our school values.  The lead learners when we return after the break are Valentina and Lawson who will be looking for people showing respect, kindness and perseverance.

1. This week we progressed our Lapbooks about our countries.
2. Lead Learners helped people in class with strategies for Daily Maths.
3. Tried a quiz website called Plicker for the first time to test our knowledge on Time and really enjoyed it!

Great Green

• In P.E with Miss Harris we completed a challenge called ‘High and Low’ that included the gymnastics equipment.
• On Monday and Tuesday, we successfully presented our presentations to the class on Space which was related to maths.

Think Pink

• Being more independent and using initiative with class jobs and when we have finished tasks.
• Being more vocal in group and teacher tasks.
• Continue to gain confidence in our reading skill ‘Questioning’ – in particular Inferential questions and how to infer.

Lead Learner Update

Our Lead Learners the week we come back are Omar and Bryan for showing honesty this past week. Fantastic work!

Happy Holidays!

What a fabulous week in Primary 1!

We have been learning how to use a ruler to measure different items and primary 1 are loving it. We started by finding things in the classroom that are smaller or bigger than our ruler and then used the ruler to measure pencils and lines drawn on the table.

Great Green: “What went well…”

-In Jolly Phonics, we have been working on the sound ‘ch’. We know how to read words like cheese, chop and chicken. We played ‘ch’ bingo, sorting games and games on the board.

-In Maths, we have been learning how to measure. We know that a ruler has 30cm and a metre stick has 100cm. We are very proud that we know how to use a ruler!

Think Pink: “Even better if…”

-In Maths, we want to learn how to measure the weight of different items.

-In Writing, we will continue to focus on how to compete a sentence including capital letters, full stops and finger spaces.

Lead Learners:

This weeks lead learners did a great job, well done Theo and Amelie!

Our lead learners next week are Isla and Tanishq for consistently following school values and approaching their work with a positive attitude.

Great Green

• Used our knowledge of time to map out a timeline of our working day

• In P.E we successfully used our balance and roll skills to create routines. Some of us also did this in pairs

Think Pink

• Using punctuation such as speech marks in our writing more consistently
• Continue to pay attention to others in class and demonstrate kindness to those that need it

Lead Learner Update

Our Lead Learners this week are Maya and Kanishka who both brought people in and included them and created a lovely vibe in class with their kindness. Great job!