As part of our work towards our Digital Schools Award, we have decided to try using Twitter this year for sharing learning with parents and carers. Classes now all have their own Twitter handle, and you can see the fantastic learning experiences going on in our classes. Here are QR code links to our twitter feeds.
What a brilliant week we have had. ELF is up and running in our class now. We worked extremely hard to get back into our reading and writing routine.
We are getting to know more about each other through games, art and group work.
This week we have been inspired to paint using paper as our medium. This is inspired by an artist called Henri Matisse.
We have been working on recognising place value of a 2 and 3 didgit numbers as well. We also wrote a recount as we had a baby dragon come to visit us this week.
Have a lovely weekend everyone!
We are all very excited to be back at school for the new session.
We would like to welcome all our new pupils in P1 and across the school, and a huge welcome back to all our returning pupils and staff.
Highlights of the Week!
Leavers’ Assembly
Anton – I enjoyed the leavers’ assembly. My favourite part was the time machine. I cried! This is because many of my friends are in P7!
Bella – I enjoyed the singing.
Emily – I enjoyed seeing the P7s dancing. I had never seen L.D. dance before. When they were spinning round in the 50s dance they looked very dizzy.
Debbie – I enjoyed singing along to the songs because I knew all of them!
Buddies
Jaxson – I enjoyed seeing my buddy. We played tig!
Hope – I enjoyed helping my buddy during their visit to the P1 classroom.
Lily-Elen – My buddy made me coffee out of sand!
Bella – I am excited because on Thursday we will be having a teddy bears’ picnic with our buddies!
Also, P6 buddies made books for their buddies.
P.E.
During P.E. we having been choosing what to do on the field and so have played lots of games.
Hide and Seek
Bella – Oscar and Anton walked right passed us!
Bailey – Fraser hid in the long grass and nobody could see him!
Oscar – Jaxson hid up a tree and I was hiding near him in the long grass.
Jaxson – I was trying not to make any noise and a big spider was on my face!!!!!!!
Emily – Hiding in the grass made my eyes sore (I have hay fever.)
Alexis – Bella walked past us 3 times when I was hiding!
Callum – I was hiding in a bush and Kaiden and Kyle walked past…I heard them say ‘All clear!’
Movie
Emily – I enjoyed watching Spiderman even though I cried. Everyone in the forgot who Peter Parker was!
Outdoor Learning
Emily – We went to the shop and put soil in the planters.
Music Appreciation
Emily – We were listening to the Guardians of the Galaxy soundtrack and also Kate Bush. We all knew the chorus!
What a wonderful week we’ve had!
We had a great time making a Father’s Day poem, card and trophy.
We have been revising on our multiplication and division strategies as well as our understanding of time.
We read facts about Tigers and we wrote a procedure text.
Have a lovely weekend everyone!
In writing this week, we were learning about the features of an explanation report. This is where we write about how to do something or how to make something. This week, we wrote a detailed explanation about how to make a sandwich.
Numeracy
In numeracy this week, we were learning about money. We have been identifying the value of coins and notes. Additionally, we have been using money to calculate totals by adding various amounts.
Moreover, we have been playing money games on Educatuon City to support our understanding.
We also enjoyed the opportunity to meet our new class teachers and classmates on meet the teacher day.
We had a great time at the Edinburgh Castle. We truly made the Deans community proud because everyone brought their responsible and respectful hats on.
This week, we have been working on procedural writing and we have been revising on Numeracy and Maths topics that we have covered over this session.
We also met our new teachers for next session which has been an exciting time for all of us!
Monday
Green gym first thing. Continued to make bird box.
One group working on place value in maths and estimating, another on long division and another reviewing the four functions.
In P.E. we practised our athletics skills, focussing on hurdles and relay races.
New spelling words out.
Finishing off lots of little art activities in the afternoon.
Tuesday
Marble jar full! Fun day. Morning spent doing educational (but fun) activities. What was really cool was that one small group elected to do challenging maths with support! We watched a movie in the afternoon.
Wednesday
The class spent their time with Mrs D looking at what resources we could buy for the garden .
The live link with Chinese students to continue topic work was excellent, teaching conversations and days and months.
For literacy we did a spelling.
Meet the teacher with Mr P in the afternoon.
Thursday
Literacy: writing about “How to make a sandwich”. We spent a lot of time on this.
Meet the teacher with Mr P in the afternoon.
Friday
Maths: times tables and decimals
Literacy: spelling as usual
Assembly
Friendship time
Numeracy
We practised converting percentages into fractions and decimals.
Literacy
We wrote thank-you letters to the people who came to our careers fayre last week.
Science
Bailey – I enjoyed creating my life cycle PowerPoint about an eagle. I even put a video clip on.
Outdoor Learning
Jaxson -I enjoyed this. We made sure the plants were growing well in their containers.
Reading Ambassadors
Emily – We got to read to the younger children!
New Teacher
Hope – I enjoyed visiting my new teacher!
Bella – I enjoyed visiting Mrs Moyes. We were given a lolly pop and had to write something nice about another person on it.
Dear Parents/Carers
Primary 3 are having a sale of toys, jigsaws, games and books to raise money for plants to put in the planters at the shops in Deans. The sale will be this Friday, the 10th of June from11:15am -11:45am in the Primary 3 classroom.
You are very welcome to come to school from 11:15 and join your child at the sale. This then gives you the opportunity to attend the coffee morning at 11:45 in the hall to meet The Support Squad (Parent Council).
Much appreciated
Primary 3
