What a fabulous display of learning outside the Primary 5 classroom. So much creativity and a display of how much they have learned so far.
Well done P5 – very impressive!
Rainforest
Month: October 2022
House Group Winners – Term 1
Well done to all the pupils in Langton House! You were the house group winners for Term 1 – with a fabulous 246 house points!
To celebrate your achievement, you were treated to an ‘Enjoy-a-ball’ session with your house group peers. By the sounds coming from the hall and the photos, it sounds like you all enjoyed it and had lots of fun 🙂
Primary 5 Rainforests
We had some absolutely amazing responses to our Rainforest Challenge in Primary 5. Pupils were asked to create a 3D model of a rainforest scene, showing the 4 layers and some of the creatures who live there. As you can see, we had some truly amazing creations – so much ingenuity and imagination!
They currently have pride of place outside our classroom and so many people have commented on how good they are- a big thank you to all who took up the challenge, well done on your amazing creativity!
End of Term Learning in P3B
We take part in Number Talks every day. We have been learning to count forwards and backwards in decades using a 100 square. We know that the most efficient strategy is to count in tens.
Article 13: We have the right to find out things and share what we think with others.
Article 29: We have the right to develop our talents and abilities.
This was our Learning Intention for Number Talks. We always link our learning to the UNCRC.
“30 less than 102 is 72. I counted back in tens.”
“40 less than 101 is 61. I counted back four which is the same as counting back four tens.”
“60 less than 88 is 28. I wouldn’t count back in ones because that would take ages. I counted back in tens. I counted back six tens.”
During our last week of Term 1, we engaged in Art which provided us with the opportunity to unleash our creativity. We each received a piece of paper with a black round sticker places somewhere on the page. We had a great discussion about what the sticker could represent and we used our ideas to create our own pictures. Have a look at some of our wonderful creations.
Celebrating Creativity
It has been a creative first term, P7A have continued to share their ideas and show inquisitiveness throughout the term -across all curricular areas.
Here is a snapshot of us in action. We have created many dynamic and informative CapCuts to showcase our learning; we even decided to make a working numeracy wall, a place where we can upload our digital learning and we can easily access this through a QR code.
The pupils have been building their skills throughout the term, working on team work and communication, this was demonstrated well through their innovative work in coding; using Micro:bits and Scratch.
Primary 1
This week in literacy Primary 1 have been learning two new sounds; e and h. We have been practising sounding out and blending to read small words too.
In numeracy we have been learning all about number 10. What it looks like in tally marks, in a 10 frame and finding it on a number track.
We have also been learning about how important electricity is. We drew pictures about how we use electricity everyday and have been learning how to stay safe around electricity.
We met with our buddies in their classroom today and had great fun together making models with playdough.
P3a Creativity
This week we were given a black dot on paper and had to use our creativity to draw a picture using it. Â We came up with lots of different ways.
Primary 2- Food chains and The Life Cycle of a Butterfly
This week primary two learned about the life cycle of a butterfly. We learned about the four stages which you will see in an excellent example below. We also learned about food chains. We created our own food chains using toy animals and whiteboards. Hope you all enjoy your October break 😀.
P7B – Rangers visit
Primary 7B had a visit from the rangers this week who helped educate us on the importance of our environment. We discussed how we used shared spaces safely and respectfully and how to take care of the space we use. We looked at a birds eye view map of East Calder to practise coordination skills by identifying houses, the school and areas we are familiar with and discussed the difference between public and private land.
We went outside to do an obstacle where we practised directional language and working as a team.
Thank you to the Rangers for helping us appreciate and learn about our surroundings!
Maths Week – P7
Last week we celebrated maths week and displayed our love of maths through different tasks. We kicked off maths week with maths through stories and read “Sir Cumference and the Dragon of Pi” This interesting story led to productive conversation on the key properties of a circle. We used language such as radius, diameter, circumference and measure/measurement. The class then set off on a task – to draw a perfect circle with only chalk, string and a metre stick. They used discussion skills and problem solving to work out the radius and diameter – and for one group the circumference – of a circle. The Primary 7 classes worked together for this task which gave us new perspectives and insight.
We looked at Parabolic curves to see how we could create a curve only using straight lines. The class were given minimal instructions and told to see what they could achieve. P7A created a display from their parabolic curves to discuss and share their learning.
Happy Maths Week!
