The pupils were given magnets to explore and see what they could find out. First they found items in the class which the magnets would stick to and some that it didn’t. Then they worked in bases to experiment with the magnets. Some used them to make cars move while others found that they could move a magnet by putting one on the desk and moving it about with another under the desk. Others used the big horseshoe magnet to see how many paperclips they could pick up.
Last Thursday Primary 6 pupils had their first digital lesson with Alan. Alan has worked closely with our school in the past to support learning about the Great Wars. Our first session focused on the main causes of the First World War. He told us all about the events that took place prior to the war and how Britain came to be involved. We then learned all about his great uncles whistle that was used in the trenches to tell soldiers to go over the top. The whistle has been passed down through generations, going to the Second World War with Alan’s father and then to more recent conflict with Alan himself. Our session this week will link to our class novel ‘War Horse’. We are going to learn all about the role of animals in the First World War.
P7A have expressed interest in exploring the online ‘Wordle and Nerdle’ games, we have been using our talking and listening skills to explore strategies within numeracy and literacy. There have been some interesting learning conversations around vowel patterns, commonly used consonants and probability.
Have a look at a few of our recent class attempts.
Last week P5 continued to look at more of our Scots language through stories and poems written by lots of different authors. We explored these in our reciprocal reading roles too.
We created our own Scots dictionary during our ICT lesson. We used class notebook/our electronic jotters to present our work using a range of Microsoft word tools. We also listened to an online lesson from two different authors all about their books and the life of Robert Burns. Hag Storm seemed to be our favourite and we hope to read this in class soon.
We enjoyed listening to pupils recite their Scottish poems in class and during our whole school Teams assembly last week and today.
We have finished off our information handling topic and will start exploring fractions, decimals and percentages next. We will continue to work on our division of numbers using mental and written strategies, as well as our knowledge of times tables.
This week in P5… we have been exploring fractions within our number talks. We have been figuring out what language to use and how to find fractions of shapes, numbers and objects while sharing our strategies with each other.
In literacy we tried out a new talking and listening resource called PM oracy which we loved using on the iPads. We also started a new genre of writing and look forward to learning all about recounts.
We also started our new topic called The War Years. We enjoyed learning historical information, taking notes, answering questions and exploring BBC Bitesize to develop our research skills.
Over the last few weeks all classes have been working on Scots language activities.
A knowledge and understanding of Scots language and Scottish texts allows children and young people to explore and appreciate Scottish culture. Learning Scots can often improve learners’ engagement in learning and their development of wider literacy skills.
In the nursery I enjoyed reading a story in Scots to the boys and girls. Some made beaks and built a ‘waa’ for the three ‘Craws’. The Primary ones have made some super displays about ‘The Teeger that Cam for his tea’ and ‘Katie Morag’. Primary 2’s and 3’s have been learning and using lots of Scots words. Primary 4-7 have worked on creating their own Scots word lists and dictionaries. They have even been writing in Scots!
Primary 4-7 also took part in a live author event about Robert Burns with author Victoria Williamson. Primary 7 are really enjoying reading her novel ‘Hag Storm’.
We have been learning Scots poems and 2 pupils from each class were chosen to recite their poem at one of our two Scottish Assemblies. Well done to everyone who read aloud at assembly or in their class. It’s not easy to speak aloud in front of an audience.. and a special mention to Primary 1B for their amazing performance of ‘There was a wee lassie who swallowed a Midgie!’
We are currently working towards our Reading Schools Silver Award and part of our action plan is to celebrate books and special reading events. We now have lots of fabulous displays to demonstrate our learning of Scots language. Fantastic work everyone!
Article 30 I have the right to use my own language and culture.
We have been learning about directional language and using it to lead a partner on a short journey. We did this in the classroom and then took our learning outside.
Then we moved onto learning about the 4 points of a compass. We made our own compass and marked on the points. Some of us could even name 8 points of a compass.
We took this learning outside too and even have a task for homework to give directions 
for a short journey for an adult to follow.
