We have had another great week full of fun and learning. It began last Friday when we were invited to share our PE slot with P5/6. They have been learning gymnastics and were keen to support the primary ones by demonstrating and encouraging them to try out different apparatus. Some pictures below of children moving across the climbing frame using only their upper strength.
Health and Wellbeing
We are continuing to explore the theme of dreams and goals. We joined Primary 1/2 to discuss how it feels to achieve something that we have been working towards.
Archie felt successful when “I got a star award at assembly”
Amee felt proud and successful when she “got her dancing trophy” for completing a routine.
This led onto our emotional literacy lesson which focused around 2 songs “We all need encouragement” and “Build Up”. The children had some really good ideas how to encourage each other.
Connor would say “You can do it”
Vrishti would say “You can do it and I can help you”
Sophie would say “keep going and don’t be afraid”
Summer would say “It’s okay don’t worry”
Mark would say “Keep on trying”
They also had some kind build ups (compliments) for each other.
Louie said to Sophie “you know the day of the week”
Layla said to Connor “Your so good at building lego”
Emotional literacy links to our school values of being supportive, inclusive and respecting one another.
We have to follow Hamish McHaggis on his adventures and enjoyed reading about his trip to the Isle of Skye. We have been weaving using 4 different colours to create a pattern.
We have been finding out facts about Highland cows from books and the internet. Some of the children created a short fact file.
We also used chalks (and finger rubbings to create texture) to draw our very own Highland cows.
We have also been using our writing skills to create a postcard to send to Nessie describing ourselves and what we like to do
We are trying to become more independent when writing. Some children are now using a word bank when writing sentences. They are very proud of this achievement and it is a skill which we will be developing.
Numeracy and Maths
In numeracy we have had a number of lead learners. Some children have been teaching others to play the ten frame loop game, others have been leading our number talks. They lead by asking their peers what they see? and how do they see it?
In Maths we have been studying time- days of the week, months of the year, ordering of our school day and o’clock time.
Hope you have enjoyed the post. Have a lovely weekend.
