Deans Primary School Blog

This week we have had a focus on Money in our maths work. We have been investigating all of the different coins, what they look like, how they feel and of course how we can use them. We have discussed how important it is to be able to recognise coins, their value and to be able to add up amounts.

We have been sorting coins into their values.

We have been playing games on the smartboard to help us practise adding up using different coins to make different amounts.

We have been rubbing coins to make our own ‘Money Trees’.

We have been labelling the coins with their correct value.

This week we have also had the opportunity to meet our new teachers for a sort introductory session. We can’t wait for all the exciting learning that Primary Two will bring!

We hope you enjoyed a snapshot of our week. We are looking forward to our final week in Primary 1!

Mrs Stevenson and Primary 1B

This week in Primary 4 we have been finishing off our reading books ready for starting fresh ones in the new session. We have had some good discussion around these and Mrs Hillan is seeing a big difference in many of us with our confidence in reading aloud and our use of expression.

We have also completed a spelling baseline of the spelling words/patterns that we have been focusing on this term. This gives Mrs Hillan a good idea of how well we have been practising these words and our next steps in spelling.

In writing we got to create our own narrative stories based on characters that we had created a couple of weeks ago. We had to ensure that we used correct punctuation, paragraphs, and exciting words, as well as including a complication and resolution in our stories.

In Numeracy we have done some work on Division. This topic links in nicely with our previous topic of multiplication. This is something that will be continuing in our new session as we move on to Primary 5.

In our topic this week we have created some Egyptian jewellery:

Summer – I thought it was very interesting to make something out of pasta and paper plates

Shay – I liked it because it reminded me of Gucci.

Maisy – It was fun and a little bit sticky!

Alyssa – I thought it was fun and I just loved to see how people made pieces that were totally different from each other.

Derry – It was fun!

Ryley – It was really messy!

Olivia – It was fun and exciting to make these and all of the designs were so different.

Have a lovely weekend everyone!!

Literacy

We have been learning to spell our new spelling words accurately. We have also been practising our words daily through rainbow writing, Play-Doh writing and quizzing our friends.

In writing this week, we were developing our skills to create a narrative piece of writing. We had to look at our feedback from last week to develop our writing. This week, we had to write about getting lost. We used our plans to develop the characters, settings and story line.

In reading, we were developing reading with expression. We were echo reading which is when the teacher would read a page with expression and we would echo it back in the same way.

Maths

In numeracy this week, we started our new topic about fractions. We have been looking at wholes, halves and quarters. We have been splitting shapes into these factions and also writing fractions.

We also had to colour a shape representing a whole, half or quarter. We then gave the worksheet to a friend and they had to write the fraction of the shape shown. After they had wrote their answers, we had to mark the sheet and give peer feedback.

IDL

During our world of work topic, we were learning about interviews. We were learning about how to apply for an interview, what type of questions will be asked and how we should dress.

During art, we were using watercolours to add shading and texture to our landscapes of Edinburgh. We were experimenting with the paints to make different colours using the primary colours, black and white.

Literacy

In literacy we did some science/literacy/art/health. Mr Colverson found a passage called Bens burger we had to draw the digestive system we had to draw a human body in art. we also done jigsaw the Primary 6’s had to go into a different room while p5,s were learning different things.

Maths

In  maths we done money and division we had to divide money and use calculators to add them up. For ICT/ we’ve been doing teaching money and education city.

Spelling

In spelling we have been using our spelling words with our spelling sheets and practising our words .

MG-  I enjoyed writing a Science Fiction story this week.  We have been working if adding adjectives, onomatopoeia, similes and conjunctions in our writing to make it a good story.

For PE, we played a new game. It’s like rounders but instead of using bat and ball, we use football to kick it.

In Numeracy and MathsWe learned to create triangular and square numbers.    We also revised on area and perimeter.  We also identified various 3D shapes.

Have a read to see what we have been up to this week!

Maths

Charli – “We practised chimney sums for adding and subtracting”

Vrishti – “You always start at the right side and go to the left”

Writing

Louie – “We worked with Mrs Stewart to make our own characters after watching a video about a girl that likes bubbles”

Connor – “My character had brown hair, a red hat and a blue suit”

Archie M – “My character was yellow with black ears, a thunder tail and brown stripes on his back”

Spelling

Jayden – “We used bean bags to help us practise our spelling words”

Field

Euan – “We went out to the field and some of us were racing, some of us were climbing trees and some of us were practising gymnastics”

Charli – “I was trying to do a cartwheel and a handstand”

Oliver – “We were trying to do rolly pollies”

Alfie – “I was doing forward rolls and backwards rolls”

If you have any reading books at home, we would really appreciate it if you could return these as soon as possible. Thank you! 

P.E.

We enjoyed the sunny weather this week and played rounders on the field.

Jaxson – I am getting better at hitting the ball.

Hope – I am getting better at catching.

Miss Stanway – I nearly caught Jaxson out but the ball bounced out of my hands!

Literacy

We practised using effective verbs in order to improve our writing. We used a thesaurus to improve our vocabulary.

Numeracy

We learnt how to write fractions and decimals as percentages.

We have also continued to practise our x12 tables.

Bailey – I enjoyed the Sumdog maths competition and learning about when we use percentages in real life.

Coding

During coding practice we used our programming skills to solve various challenges.

Health

This week we learnt about puberty and the changes that happen to our bodies. We have a worry box in class so if we have a question we can post it in the box so that the class can discuss it.

Science

Our new topic is inheritance and reproduction.

Bailey – I enjoyed learning about how wolves have evolved into dogs.