P2/1 have had a great time during Maths Week. We have been learning about 2d shapes. We made them inside with lollipop sticks, and even got to draw the shapes on the table! Some of us drew shape pictures.
We have loved exploring 2d shapes in the tuff tray and have made some beautiful pictures with them.
We also made shapes outside and had a great time working together to find, count and record numbers with our partners.
Article 28: We have the right to learn.
This week has been Maths Week Scotland. Primary 1 did lots of different maths activities inside and outside! We collected 10 items on a paper plate and when we brought them into the classroom, we sorted them into different groups and within the groups we sorted in size order.
P1a used items they collected in the playground to make different shapes and looked for shapes in the playground.
We all took part in a number hunt, finding different numbers of items and showing this on a 10 frame.
In Literacy we have completed the first set of phonics; s, a, t, i, p & n, and are now learning all about c/k.
It was great to see so many parents at consultations and we hoped you enjoyed looking at all the learning that has taken place since P1 started.
In Money this we took part in different activities to help us improve our knowledge of coins and how to pay. It has been difficult as nowadays we use less and less actual coins and notes to pay for shopping. Most people pay with cards now but it is still important we learn about money as it is life skills.
The title of our description this week was A Bus. We learned lots of information about buses, used key words on our planning sheet and then wrote our description. This week was our first time in P3 using a self assessment sheet. On it we had to colour to show how we felt we had done on each point. On the whole we did really well, just a few people needing to remember their word logs or finger spaces. Next week we get to choose our own title and what we are going to write a description about.
In art we used our imagination and creativity to cover up a mistake. We were all given pieces of paper that had accidentally been splashed with black paint. Everybody’s was different. We had to think about how best to cover them up. We came up with lots of ideas from a mermaid’s tail to an eyebrow!
This week has been especially busy with it being Maths Week Scotland. We did some extra numeracy and maths activities to support this. We focused on shape and did a shape hunt with a partner. We looked at tessellation using shapes and created our own patterns. We thought about shapes through our number talks in class and came up with great ideas. We are still working on descriptions in writing and working on our sounds to help our reading. We are loving our topic of ‘Animals around the world’ where we are looking at habitats. 
In The Hive we have been learning all about the season Autumn. We went into the playground looking for Autumn leaves, sticks and berries. We then brought them back into The Hive and made lovely Autumn pictures to display in our classroom.
On Saturday 26th August you managed to get your first clean sweep,winning all three races at School House MX. You told us you were very happy to achieve your goals as this was your last race on a 65cc. Congratulations,a great achievement.
In Science we have been investigating lights and shadows. The P5’s were tasked to investigate how a mouse could have a longer shadow than a cat. After creating cat and mouse shadow puppets they set about investigating the changing size of shadows. They discovered that when the light source is at a higher angle, the shadow is shorted. By playing around with the angles of the light source we were able to make the shadow of the mouse longer than the cat’s.
The P3’s and P4’s have been learning about magnets and forces. We have designing our own ‘Magnet Mazes’ for our classmates to try and escape! There were some fantastic designs and some very creative rules to follow!
What a great Saturday this must have been…..except for the score. Mascot for the day at Livingston FC. As the Mascot you got to meet the Livingston players in the home dressing room and have a tour of the stadium. You then had the opportunity of a kick about on the park,with a photo shoot with your favourite player. Finally, you waited in the tunnel for the players and got to run out with the team. What an amazing experience!
We are learning about the UNCRC – United Nations Convention on the Rights of Every Child as our Topic this term. At the beginning of the term, we learned about the Rights to help us create our Class Charter and we have been exploring what the rights mean to us. We used play dough to create a Right of our choice. We watched a video about the Rights of the Child and identified the Rights we already knew. We enjoyed learning some new Rights too.
This amazing learner is showing Article 27: We have the right to a safe place to live.
Article 31: We have the right to relax and play.
We were very focused on our learning and we identified this as one of the skills we had to use to be successful learners.
We are working hard in Writing and we are using our Bump It Up Wall to support our learning. We have been learning to peer-assess our writing and we all know our targets. We are using our Bump It Up Wall to create individual targets too. We are so proud of all our hard work so far! Stay tuned to see some more excellent examples of our writing.
We have also been practising writing a description on our desks with white board pens. We are working hard to make sure we include each section of a descriptive text and we are becoming more independent. In this writing, we were describing “Tidy Teddy.” This amazing learner used some fantastic adjectives to bump her writing up.
This is the beginning of Ellie’s writing. We are learning to write a description and this piece of writing was describing one of our positive behaviour class animals “Positive Penguin.” Ellie has included a title, an introduction and she has started using adjectives to describe “Positive Penguin.” We cannot to see what she writes next!
We have been working so hard that we have forgotten to take more photos of our fantastic writing. We will share more of our writing with you next week and we are very excited to show our progress.
Article 29: We have the right to develop our talents and abilities.
