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What we have been doing in the nursery this week..

Some of the boys and girls have been exploring ice this week, They brought ice in from the outdoor learning area and watched it melt, they then measured how much water the ice had turned into using a jug they were then able to identify that the ice had turned into half a jug of water. The boys and girls then decided they would re-freeze the ice by putting it in the freezer because “The freezer is colder than the fridge”. Some other boys and girls have been discussing who is taller. We measured the boys and girls to discover who was the tallest. We have also been on walks this week and discovered seasonal changes.
What a great week at St Joseph’s!

Lego Club Success

Our Lego Club members felt a great sense of achievement last week as they completed another model. This model was built over a couple of weeks where the children took turns in each of the roles and built up enough Lego points to earn some free play! We are looking forward to start building some Christmas themed models next.

This week in P2…

We have been learning:

to read and identify written number names
to use the sounds ‘ue’, ‘aw’ and ‘oi’ in our reading and writing
about how to safely cross the road

What the nursery have been doing this week..

The nursery boys and girls voted for their book of the week! They voted for The Disgusting Sandwich (YUCK) the children have explored and recreated the sandwich from the story then they created their own sandwiches using ingredients they used in their sandwich recipes! The children loved exploring the textures smells and tastes of the sandwiches and even found lots of shapes within the ingredients! We even went on a walk to the park to look for the disgusting sandwich – But no sandwich was found! “The mouse must have already got it!”
Outdoors the children were investigating ice and realised that ice was see-through, melted to water and when it hit the floor it broke into lots of different pieces which then represented shapes! Some boys and girls were mark making in the frost too!
What a great week St Joseph’s Nursery!

This week in P2…

We have been learning to:

read and write words using the sound ‘oi’
name and identify the parts of a car
sing the songs to our Christmas nativity

This week in P7/6

This week in class we:

– discussed and applied addition strategies in maths,

– learned how to classify invertebrates in science,

– wrote a fact-file on the Clydebank Blitz during World War II,

– built bridges as part of a Halloween STEM challenge, and

– led our school All Saints Day Mass.

Have a great weekend!

Mrs Lauder.

Hooray! Lego Club is back!

Everyone enjoyed their 1st session back at Lego Club. They worked incredibly well in their roles as Engineer, Supplier and Builder to finally complete the model moped. They are working on becoming experts in the 3 roles, in order to train other children who will get an invitation to join Lego Club in the New Year!

Watch this space to see their progress.

All Saints Mass

Reminder

All Saints mass will be celebrated in the school today. It will take place in the school hall at 10.00am.

Contacting the school today.

The school telephone is unavailable today. If you need to contact the school urgently please come to the school office. Thank you

Halloween Disco.

A reminder that the Parent Group annual Halloween disco is tomorrow. Primaries 1-3 will be in the afternoon from 1.00pm-2.30pm. Parents are welcome to collect their child/ children to take them home and get them into their costumes, returning to school for 12.50pm. Alternatively, children can bring their costumes with them and change at school.

The Disco for the children in primaries 4-7 will be in the evening from 6.00pm-7.30pm. There will be a fee of £1 which children can pay at the door.

Happy Haunting. 👻👻🕸🕷