Author: Miss Taylor

Thanks to all the parents and family and friends of Deans Primary for coming along today to support us! Everyone was a bit nervous beforehand but it all went to plan and there was lots of fun had by all – especially when the parents joined in with the Baby Shark song!

In outdoor learning we measured the playing field using trundle wheels.

We have learnt about World War 1 and the Treaty of Versailles.

We have learned how to round to 10, 100, 1000 in numeracy. We used a variety of dice and played games of chance.

We were disappointed that swimming was cancelled yesterday but hope to go next week when the filter is sorted.

Primary 7 have enjoyed a busy few weeks of settling into routines and taking on the responsibilities that being the oldest in school brings!

We have buddies in Primary 1 and have enjoyed helping them in their first few days to settle into Deans Primary School and since then have met for Buddy lunches, paired reading sessions and Buddy playtimes.

We are looking forward to our JOINT BUDDY ASSEMBLY on FRIDAY 28th SEPTEMBER, when we will introduce our Buddies to the rest of the school.

Our class novel this term is “The Turbulent Term of Tyke Tiler” and we have already learnt about the main characters, discussed the plot and predicted what might happen next, at various cliffhanger moments.

Last week we participated in various active Maths and Numeracy challenges for Scottish Maths week, where we had to work collaboratively to solve puzzles and use various maths skills throughout. Our main focus has been to improve speed and efficiency at recalling our tables facts.  We have been using the  Sumdog programme too and were keen to collect more coins!

To develop our Thinking Skills we have regularly played 20 questions. From this we realised that many of our class have a keen interest in animals, but did not know how to categorise them in order to answer our questions. As a result, we decided that learning about classification would be useful! We have now looked at Vertebrates and Invertebrates and how we classify creatures from scorpions to polar bears!

Prefect interviews took place on Friday morning and there was a great response! There are 10 prefects to be appointed and it comes with responsibilities and priviledges! There were lots of nervous preparations taking place and we look forward to hearing the results!

We are very much looking forward to swimming sessions, which begin this Thursday, and are part of the transition programme for Deans Community High School. We will be taught by teachers that we may be working with when we start First year at Secondary.

Primary 4 have been enjoying the chance to learn songs and dance moves with Glyn and Chloe from “Rookie Rockstars” ! Each afternoon this week we have met with the rest of the school for an afternoon of singing, question time and even challenges between pupils and teachers! Ticket order forms have gone out (£5 each available from the school office) for NEXT Thursday night’s performance at 6.30 in the school hall. Can’t wait to see everyone dressed up as Rockstars!

We are also looking forward to tomorrow morning’s FUN DAY organised by P5 children to raise funds for our school garden. Tickets are 50p and children can attend during school time – they don’t need parents or family to come, but it would be great if you could!