Literacy :
This week we have been building CVC words and reviewing our common words, these skills will help us to become excellent readers. We also took home our new group reading books to read with our families. We wrote a letter to Katie Morag telling her all about Broxburn as she has never visited the mainland. We also took a virtual trip to the Edinburgh Book Festival where Debi Gliori read us her latest book called ‘A cat called Waverley.’ Debi showed us how she created the illustrations using charcoal so we decided to give it a go too!
Numeracy:
We have been counting to twenty, ordering numbers to twenty, developing our number formation, comparing quantities using the terms ‘greater than’ and ‘smaller than’.
Health & Well-being:
We have been learning about the importance of keeping our hands clean and learned a fabulous wee song to sing as we wash our hands. Every day we have been using mindfulness sessions to help us to be calm and relaxed. We had such a fun time at ‘Build Up’ time sharing chalk and bubbles as our reward for having a great week at school.
Katie Morag:
This week we were identifying Scottish wildlife that Katie Morag would see on the Island of Struay. We also found out some interesting facts about these creatures. We looked at photos of the Island of Coll and compared island life to life in Broxburn. We used directions on a grid to find places on the island using forwards, backwards and left and right. We managed to find all the character’s homes. We had fun using phrases from the book such as Bobby Dazzler and Gee Wilikers! We have been learning some Scottish songs too!
Class Charter & Rights Respecting School:
We discussed the importance of knowing our rights and what that would look like in school. We created our class charter using a favourite character… Paddington Bear. We have all signed our promise agreeing to follow the class decisions on the charter.
