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Learning in Primary 4
This week we made predictions about what we thought would happen next in the story of The Witches. Here are some of our great ideas:
Lewis – I think that the boy’s gran is going to put him in the knitting and put him down to the witch’s balcony.
Summer – I think that the Grand High Witch will go to her room and not see the boy/mouse and he will grab a bottle of the mouse maker, take it back and they will creep into the kitchen and put it in the witches’ food, but the Grand High Witch won’t eat it.
Shay – I think that Grandma will lower the mouse down to the balcony and he will grab the Mouse Maker, but the Grand High Witch will see him and try to grab the knitting as he goes back up!
Gracie – I think Grandma is going to go to the Grand High Witch’s room and get the bottle and give it to the Grand High Witch as a drink, she will drink it and turn into a mouse.
Sophie C – I think the boy is going to go into the sock and be lowered down to the balcony and steal all of the Delayed Action Mouse Makers and bring them up to Grandma’s room!
When we discussed how the skill of making predictions can help us in the future we came up with a number of good reasons, from being able to predict when you may achieve your dreams and goals, to making predictions if you were a scientist!
In Numeracy we did a number talk where we added two 2 digit numbers together. We had a good discussion around this and came up with different ways of getting the same answers. It was also a good way for us to recognise our mistakes and learn from them.
We have also continued working on our skills in multiplying a 2 digit number by a single digit. We worked hard on this and challenged ourselves with some trickier sums. Some of us need to keep practising our tables and some of us must remember to add on any numbers we have carried over.
P5’s Weekly Blog
Literacy
This week we focused on adventure narrative and read through an adventure text extract. Then we discussed techniques used by the author to build tension.
Group Reading
Writing linked to reading-
Alexis – I feel I am getting better at writing a letter to a character.
Numeracy
We have continued to practise recalling our times tables quickly and we are really improving.
During our work on fractions we learnt about different strategies that could be used to work out equivalent or matching fractions.
Using the laptops we were able to consolidate our learning by playing online fraction games.
Outdoor Learning
Colin – This week we filled up the wheelbarrow with compost then put it into planters – I felt like I was doing a real job and was tired afterwards!
Bella – I enjoyed planting the sunflower seeds.
Art
We went outside to draw trees and focused on using line and shading to make them more life-like.
Science
We learnt that all rocks can be sorted into three types : metamorphic, sedimentary and igneous. In addition we discussed what some of the uses for rocks are.
Cameron – I learnt how diamonds are made.
Class Novel
Bailey – I am really enjoying Dino Egg by Charlie James. It’s really funny!
This Week in P3/2
Literacy
We have been practising our spelling words this week. We have been practising using our rainbow writing, playdoh writing and writing our words on a whiteboard with our eyes closed.
For writing this week, we were writing an explanation for the role of a firefighter. We had to take notes when we were researching the role. These notes helped us add detail to our explanation sequences.
Numeracy
This week, we began our new division topic. Dividing is a way of sharing something. We were learning about different strategies we could use to help us solve an equation. We could use our fingers to skip count. We would count the number of fingers we have up and that would be our answer.
We could also draw circles and then draw dots to share within the circles. We would share these equally and count the amount of dots in the circle.
IDL
For our world of work topic, we began researching the jobs we would like to have when we are older. We had to research the skills and attributes required for these roles.
For music this week, were we listening to L’hom Arme by Robert Morton. We had to identify the different instruments we could hear. We also discussed how this music made us feel.
P7/6 21st May 2021
What a week it’s been! We enjoyed learning new concepts in Numeracy and Maths in the last five days. We learnt to find percentage from any amount, calculated perimeters and learnt to measure volume.
Literacy, we enjoyed creating our own explanation text about weapons/ powers of the characters we made for our Sci-Fi comic strip. We have been learning to find evidence from the text in order to fill in the blanks from a passage. We have also been practicing our presentation skills by talking in front of the class about what heard in Newsround.
IDL, we investigated how the Earth was created and we made character descriptions of our Alien/ Sci- fi characters which we will be creating a story of in the next few days.
HWB, we have been learning to understand relationships and how we could identify being a ‘couple’ means.
We took homework this week which we need to bring in on Tuesday. We have to create a book cover for 2 of our favorite books written by different authors. Please remember to bring it in. Have a lovely weekend everyone!
This week in P2
It has been a busy week in P2!
Spelling
We have been trying out some new spelling games to learn our words. Some of these include spelling tennis, dice spelling and squat and spell.
Maths
We are continuing to learn about telling the time. We played a game of matching pairs to help warm us up with both digital and analogue clocks.
HWB
We spoke about people we trust and people we don’t trust. We had to collaborate as a team to decide who was in our inner circle of trust and who was in our outer circle of trust.
Writing
This week, we were learning about the role of a firefighter. We had to take notes from a video to help us write our Explanation piece. 
P.E.
Because the weather wasn’t great today, we did P.E. in the classroom. We were practising our football skills using bean bags, and even had the chance to turn the carpet into a football pitch for a few matches. Ethan was the class champion out of all 20 games!
The Big Grow
Yesterday we took part in the ‘big grow’ and planted radish, beetroot, salad leaves, spinach and peas in our individual pots. We need to remember to water them regularly and sit them in the sunshine. We are hoping that the sun starts to shine a bit more!
P4/3 Make Their Own Rules!!
We continued to learn about Ancient Egyptian times and this week we learned how Pharaohs made all the rules for people to follow. This lead to an entertaining discussion about what rules P4/3 would implement. Here are some of the suggestions;
” Only be nice” Joseph
“To able to leave school whenever you want!” Charlie
“Have everything for free!” Brendan
Literacy
We continued to practise explanation writing and this week we used our learning from Mrs Dobbie to help explain ‘How Paper turns into Trees.’ Firstly, we made notes to help us write our ideas in paragraphs. We are certainly improving, well done P4/3!
Numeracy
This week, we assessed our knowledge of multiplication. Assessment is a good way for Mrs Morrison to see what the children have learned, but also for the children to not only recognise success, but to identify areas to improve. Next week we will learn about division.
Enjoy your long weekend, hope the sun shines and I will post again next Friday.
Weekly Update From P1A
I hope you have all had a good week. We have been really busy turning our classroom into fairyland! As promised last week I have pictures of the beans that we planted. They are coming along nicely and the children are enjoying looking after them. I will send them home next week and hopefully they will continue to grow in your garden.
The Three Little Pigs 
We have really enjoyed reading The Three Little Pigs and have completed a number of activities around the story. Firstly we re-told the story .
Next we decided to carry out a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Maths) Challenge. We wanted to know if we could build a house strong enough to withstand the big bad wolf as he huffed and puffed. Firstly, we investigated materials around the classroom to find out what we could use.
Next we gathered materials (wooden sticks, lolly pop sticks, straws, lego and wooden bricks) and started to build. I went around with a hairdryer. To represent the huffing and puffing of the big bad wolf. Some “houses” were more successful that others!
On Wednesday we came back from lunch to find that the dragon had visited and left a letter and a gift for all the children.
The children were thrilled with the letter and castle booklets!
Writing – The Three Little Pigs
I gave the the children a picture from the story and they were asked to write what happens next. Some super examples-
Writing – The Three Billy Goats Gruff
The children also re-told the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff, using simple sequencing. Some examples below-
The children made a bridge for the Billy Goats to cross.
I hope you have enjoyed seeing some of the fantastic learning that has taken place this week. Have a lovely long weekend and I shall post more updates next week.
Primary 1B Learning Highlights
This week we have been very excited because our bean stalks have started to grow. There is lots of excitement around who is going to have the tallest beanstalk. We have even been measuring them so see who is in the lead with the tallest one so far!
In literacy this week, we have been exploring the well known fairy tale of ‘The Three little Pigs’. We had a go at writing the main events of the story in sequence. We have been using our own wow words and listening carefully to all the sounds in the words to help us spell them. We are becoming so much more confident at this skill with all the practise we are getting.
We have been working hard this week with the challenge of ‘We always try our best‘- meaning we never give up even if we find something a little tricky – we have been developing our resilience for learning and life! If a member of staff catches us trying our best (in anything we do!) our name gets added to the ‘Recognition Board’ – it has been very motivating for us to keep going and to focus on always doing the best we possibly can. We love counting how many post-it notes we have at the end of the day.
During one of our busy start session this week, we were working on spelling tricky words. The whole table had their names added to the recognition board for their super efforts in reading and spelling tricky words independently.
We have also taken part in a very exciting STEM challenge where we had to design and build a house for one of the three little pigs. We have been learning all about different types of materials and their properties so we used this learning to help us think about what we would like to use in our task. We worked together as a team to try and create a house strong enough to withstand the huffs and puffs from the big bad wolf! We had lots of fun trying to figure out how to make our houses secure and stable. We definitely learned all about the phrase ‘Trial and Error!’
On Thursday afternoon, there was a strange noise coming from the classroom cupboard. Upon further investigation we discovered that there was a special package for us. The Friendly Dragon had heard about our amazing writing and left us some Castle Books so we could write and tell him about all the wonderful things we have been learning in class.
We very much enjoyed writing to the dragon to tell him what we have been doing.
We hope you enjoyed reading about a little of what we have been learning this week in Primary 1. We will see everyone back in school on Tuesday 25th May – enjoy the long weekend and hopefully some sunshine.
Mrs Stevenson and Primary 1B
