Day: October 4, 2018

Primary 1 and Primary 2 have been investigating Autumn.  We have been discussing all the changes that happen in this season. We used Autumn colours to create amazing Autumnal trees.

This week we have been learning the tricky word ‘the’. We went on a word hunt around the school and found the EVERYWHERE!!!! Mr Colverson even stopped to help.

In maths this week we have been learning to round to the nearest 10 and order larger numbers. We also learnt about ordinal numbers and thought about when they were used in everyday life. Pupils have been playing Number Knockout to help learn their times tables and we can already see a difference in how well some people can recall the facts. Keep working on it everyone!

In literacy we have been developing our knowledge of grammar by learning about singular and plural words. We also revised what we knew about verbs, adjectives and common and proper nouns. Pupils have been leading reading group sessions, (with the support of an adult), and have enjoyed developing their leadership skills. We continued to focus on writing in complete sentences and using paragraphs. We used adjectives to up level our writing and spoke about how authors create images/ imagery by using description.

Our class have been asked by Mrs Dobbie to help organise the Harvest Festival assembly this Friday and have been collecting donations from classes all week. We have also been preparing our presentation for our novel study assembly. We will be discussing the activities we did in relation to Charlotte’s Web and have asked for volunteers to speak at assembly. We have been developing our skills when addressing an audience and trying to become more confident when doing so.

In art the class created some really effective pieces which showed their personal interests and expressed more about them as an individual. These will soon make a lovely display outside the class. In our choir session this week it has been great to see that most pupils were much more confident when singing individually. Keep up the good work everyone!

Next week we will be reviewing how to peer and self assess our writing and use the feedback to improve our work. The class are also looking forward to watching Charlotte’s Web and comparing it to the novel.