Today we launched our ‘Park Smart’ campaign to promote safe and respectful parking around our school. Over the next few weeks your child will be participating in road safety activities at school and for homework.
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Primary 2 have been enjoying their second week of fitness fortnight. Here are some of the fun activities we have completed this week:
-We wrote letters to our favourite sports stars, telling them all about ourselves, why they have inspired us and asked them questions about things we wanted to find out about them.
– Researched the importance of exercise and made an informative poster.
– We continued to take part in our virtual sports day- Forth house were the winners!!
-Made a healthy smoothie and wrote detailed instructions to help someone else to make the smoothie.
-Took part in lots of fun fitness maths activities e.g. roll to dice and them together then use the answer to complete the exercises set.
-Joined in on Basketball drills on YouTube.
-We also took part in some relaxation activities
– Completed a dance class with Oti Mabuse on YouTube.
– We watched video about sun safety and then created our own video to tell others about what we knew about sun safety.
– We became the teacher and taught our families new skills.
– Using our knowledge of healthy eating we drew a healthy lunch box.
Here are some pictures of this week’s activities:
We can’t believe that it is now the last day of term. We hope you all have a fantastic summer holiday and can’t wait to see you all in August.
Mrs Alexander and Mrs Koziel
P2 have had another busy week. Here are some of the things we have been learning:
Primary 2 have had another busy week completing lots of tasks from their home learning grids. Here are some of the activities we have been doing:
Hi everyone,
We hope you had a lovely weekend!
Please find attached the Home Learning grid for week 7.
Sumdog challenges will be set each week. These will be available Monday to Friday for you to access.
Remember you can email us if you have any questions or send us pictures of your learning to the school email address: wlstnicholas-ps@westlothian.org.uk
We hope you are all well 
Mrs Alexander and Mrs Koziel
This week we had lots of exciting activities to do…
In maths, we were learning about Data Handling. We have completed different types of graphs/charts, extracted key information from graphs to answer questions and took part in a Data Handling Sumdog challenge.
In literacy, we have been learning the difference between Fact and Opinion. We know that a fact is known to be true and an opinion is what someone believes.
We were learning to write character descriptions. We completed a character description about a witch using lots of different adjectives.
To develop our Spanish we used a video from YouTube to teach us how to say different greetings. Later we revised them with an adult.
We started a new topic this week called Living Things. We learned the difference between Living and Non-Living things. Living things are alive e.g. plants, people, animals and non-living things are objects/ items for example, door, table, TV, tablets.
We also learned about what Living things need to be able to survive. We know that living things need: Food, Water, Air, Shelter and Sunlight.
This month is the month of Mary. We have been practising saying the Hail Mary and are going to say it every day for the month of May. We also watched a video to learn more about Mary.
As part of our resilience topic, we were looking at respecting ourselves. With our families we discussed our strengths and qualities, if there were similarities and differences between us and why everyone can’t be good at everything. We then shared something that we would like to improve on.
This week we worked on our fitness by doing a ‘What’s your name?’ workout. We had to do a different exercise for every letter of our name.
Here is what we have been up to this week…
In literacy, we have been revising sounds that we have learned so far using pyramid writing.
We were upskilling our sentences by trying to add WOW words to them and writing a letter to our teacher about what we have been doing during lockdown.
We also completed a book review on one of our favourite books from home.
In Maths, we have been practising subtraction using different materials we found at home e.g. pasta, pencils, blocks. We also completed a subtraction worksheet and played games online.
To develop our Spanish we used videos from YouTube to remind us how to say the colours, numbers and months of the year.
For science, we continued to learn about Forces. We have been exploring different objects that we can push and pull at home and at school.
In Art, we were learning to use textures by finding different materials at home e.g. wool, string, pasta, buttons, feathers etc. to create a picture.
We continued to develop our fitness by completing a Body Coach workout on YouTube.
We reflected with our families about why we should be thankful to God and wrote down 3 things we were thankful for. We also said our own prayers of thanks to God.
We have been practising forming the letters Ss, Tt, Uu and Vv- Harvey D and Zofia
In maths, we have been learning about area. We know that area is how much space a shape takes up.- Murron and Sophia
We have been working out math word problems. We used a Rekenrek to help us- Thomas
We have been doing gymnastics in PE. We have been practising forward rolls, cartwheels and balancing on the benches- Niall and Caiden
We had fun doing resilience tasks. We had to find people in our class that liked or done different things e.g. someone who liked pizza, someone who played a musical instrument- Amelia
In literacy, we were learning about different Scots words. We learned that wee lassie means little girl, greetin means crying, bairn means child, bahookie means bottom, bonnie means beautiful and craw means crow. – Jack and Lauren
In music, we were learning to sing 3 craws sat upon a wa’ – Freya
We have been learning to spell different words using oy and oi e.g. cowboy, enjoy, spoil- Harvey L
We have been learning about the properties of 3D shape.- Caiden
A square based pyramid has 5 vertices, 5 faces and 8 edges.- Matty
We have learned how to predict what is going to happen in the story.- Zofia
We have been learning about being nurtured. It means how is looking after us at home and at school. – Caitlyn and Lily
We were showing all the different ways to make 12 in our Maths Journals.- Jack
We learning about an artist called Piet Mondrian. – Inaaya
He paints lots of things with squares and rectangles. He only uses 4 colours which are red, blue, black and yellow.- Harvey L
Piet Mondrian was a primary teacher before he became an artist.- Alyssa
When he was older he went to art school.- Niall
We learned that John baptised Jesus in the river Jordon.- Ethan
We have been learning how to make the numbers 8, 9, 14 and 16 in the most effective way using a Rekenrek.- Freya
We learned how to edit pictures using an app on the Ipad. We changed the effects of the picture- Lauren
We have had a busy few days in P2.
We were practising our ball skills and skipping in PE- Orla
We were using drumsticks in Music to tap the beat of the song- Macie
We have been learning how many edges and vertices different 2D shapes have. We have been looking at parallelogram, square, octagon, rectangle, circle and a triangle. -Matty and Penny
We made Chatterpix to tell everyone about the properties of 2D shapes.- Lauren
We learned how to say different healthy food in Spanish. Potatoes is Patatas, fish is pescado and orange is naranja- Ethan
We have been talking about the values of our school. Our values are friendship, honesty, trust, kindness, respect and fairness.- Jack
We have been learning to say and write our number bonds up to 20- Matty
It is important to learn maths for jobs in the future. We need maths to be a farmer because we need to be able to count the sheep and to be a doctor because you need to know how much medicine to give someone – Niall
You need maths to be able to work at an airport so you know which terminal you need to go and work at- Zaine
We made posters to tell everyone in the school about internet safety. You should not talk to strangers on the internet. – Jack
We have been learning ai/ay sound this week. We learn how to spell hair, play, rain and tray.
We have been learning about being healthy. It is important to eat healthy food like carrots, broccoli, cheese and apples.- Ethan
We went to the library to get new books. – Ben
We had visitors in to P2 to tell us all about eczema. We learned that putting cream on your skin helps you to stop itching.- Lauren
We learned that our biggest organ is our skin.- Leonie
We talked about baptisms. We know that the priest has baptised some of us in the church when we were little.-Arriana
We drew self-portraits and used leaves to make our hair – Lena P
In our topic work we have learned the names for different parts of a flower- roots, petals, stem and leaf – Chloe
We have planted sunflowers and are keeping a diary about them growing- Alexsander
We have been learning to use the exact amount of money to pay for different items- Jay
We have enjoyed going to Mrs A’s shop to pay for yummy items using exact coins. The bubblegum was 17p, I used a 10p, 5p and a 2p to pay for it – Jessica- Lily
We have learned about Ascension which means that Jesus went up to heaven- Danyal
In literacy we were learning about past tense- we know that you need to add ‘ed’ on the end of the word to make it past tense- Lena S
We went to the Library to pick new books, I picked My Little Pony: Friends Forever. –Emma
We learned that Jesus grew up in a town called Nazareth- Jack
We had to predict what was going to happen in the story ‘Stuck in the Mud’. I thought Dad, Biff, Chip, Wilma and Floppy would get stuck trying to save the sheep- Zuzanna
The green group have been reading a book called ‘In the Sun’. Meg went to the beach with a bucket and got wet. – David
‘I liked making our own ‘runaway pancake’ with Beth at the library.’ -Sadie
‘I enjoyed Ash Wednesday mass when we were all singing the hymns.’- Aroush
‘I liked the Annie McCleod ride at New Lanark because it told us all about working in the Mills.’ – Weronika
‘I liked making my lenten promise.’- Jack
‘I really enjoyed making animations in digital learning this week.’- Daniel
I really liked making a new book cover for our mystery book in literacy this week.’ Jay
I enjoyed going into the old classroom and seeing the crocodile at New Lanark.’- Lena P
‘I liked getting dressed up in the old uniform.’- Jacob
‘I enjoyed writing on the slates.’- Rory
‘In Maths we have been learning about duration of time’- Jessica-Lily
‘We have been getting really good at telling the time quarter past the hour’- Leylan
‘There are 60 minutes in an hour.’- Neave
There are 30 minutes in half an hour’- Zuzanna
‘We are learning to take notes during literacy time.’- Sadie
‘Notes is when you write small things rather than big sentences’- Logan M
‘We have been doing lots of independent writing’- Wiktoria
‘We learned how to use Glow.’- Joshua
We learned how to use computers safely.’- Rebecca
‘Don’t click on the pop-ups.’- Jacob
‘Tell an adult if you feel unsafe using tablets, iphones and computers.’- Ethan
‘Don’t talk to strangers online.’- John
‘Mrs Baty told us that some games aren’t for our age group like Fortnite. You are supposed to be 12 to play this and some children are playing it in P2.’- Logan P
‘ In RE we were learning about important festivals and celebrations like Easter Sunday, Epiphany and Christmas.’ – Daniel, Weronika and Max
Primary 5 have been learning all about Volcanoes as part of our Natural Disaster topic. We designed our own volcanoes to help us carry out our experiment.
Eve- “It was fun and I liked the explosions.”
Owen- “Destruction!”
Jack- “I really liked making the volcanoes.”
Ava- “Me, Taylor and Niamh had great fun making the volcanoes.”
Charlotte- “It was a nice and fun experience.”
Filip- “It was fantastic to see the explosions.”
Anna- “I had so much fun watching the volcanoes explode.”
The children in Primary 5 really enjoyed there day yesterday reenacting the launch and maiden voyage of the Titanic.
“I liked being dressed up and acting out the different parts. “- Lilli
“I loved being the fireman. “- Danielius
“I liked dressing up as a lady on board the Titanic.”- Sarah
“I enjoyed designing a 3rd class plate.”- Filip
” I enjoyed the acting”. – Charlotte
“I enjoyed designing the 2nd class plates.” – Dominik
This week Primary 5 have been developing their skills in using visual elements to create fantastic drawings of the Titanic.
Primary 5 have been using different media to create winter scenes. Aren’t they amazing?
This week Primary 5 have been learning about Morse Code. We then took on the challenge of decoding secret messages and writing secret messages to our classmates.
This week P5 went on their trip to Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace. We all really enjoyed learning more about Mary Queen of Scots.
‘My favourite part was when we went to the real Mary Queen of Scots bedroom and saw her real bed.’ – Anna
‘My favourite part of Holyrood Palace was seeing David Rizzio’s blood stains.’ – Rhys
‘I liked the Palace because we got to do little challenges and to see lots of the rooms.’- Maya
‘I enjoyed going to Holyrood Palace and seeing the different room and paintings.’ – Ruby
‘I just loved when Mary Queen of Scots told us how to bow and curtsy.’ – Agata
I loved the part when we made pomanders from oranges and cloves’. – Eve
This week Primary 5 have been learning about the masked robber, Deacon Brodie and the loyal dog of Edinburgh, Greyfriars Bobby. Here are some facts the children found interesting about both Deacon Brodie and Greyfriars Bobby.
Greyfriars Bobby died in 1872, 14 years after his owner. – Sean
Greyfriars Bobby was a loyal dog. – Eve
Bobby was a Skye Terrier. – Taylor
Deacon Brodie was hanged because he stole things from people’s houses. – Josh
Deacon Brodie used to rob houses by making his own copy of people’s keys. – Dominik
Greyfriars Bobby was a happy dog until his owner passed away. – Anna
Before Greyfriars Bobby’s owner died he followed him everywhere. – Owen
Deacon Brodie tried to escape on a boat but a couple read his letters and he was arrested. – Holly
The Lord Provost of Edinburgh paid for Bobby’s licence after his owner died. –Hollie
When Bobby heard the 1 o’clock gun he would go to Mr Traill’s café for food. – Lilli
When his owner died Bobby lay by his grave. – Ruby
Primary 5 are now looking forward to our trip to Edinburgh Castle and Holyrood Palace on Thursday.
