Primary 4 have been completing a novel study this term on Roald Dahl’s ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’. To celebrate completing the novel we had a day yesterday completing lots of fun activities linked to the novel. Lots of learners dressed up and enjoyed being in role as characters from the text. Well done to everyone in Primary 4 for their hard work and enthusiasm towards the novel this term.
Month: March 2024
Sharing the Learning in P7/6
We had a wonderful time sharing our learning with our parents, carers, grandparents and family. We worked hard to set out different stations with different tasks, to showcase what we have been learning. The pupils created different activities which were enjoyed by everyone who came.
Everyone was full engaged in what they were doing and the class did an excellent job of explaining and facilitating the stations.
We are so grateful that so many people attended and left us lovely feedback to reflect on. The pupils had a lovely afternoon showing all the work and learning they are proud of.
Sign language in P5A
Ella in P5A has been learning British Sign Language and this week she volunteered to teach a short lesson to the class. We learned how to sign please, thank you, hello and goodbye and then we practised signing our names. Next time, Ella and Emma will be teaching us how to sign all the letters of the alphabet.
P6 had a whale of a time……
P6 were fortunate enough to visit The Oriam at Heriot-Watt University today. We met Hope!
Hope is a life-size inflatable whale. Hope measures 13m long and 8m wide, similar to a real-life humpback whale.
She also looks like a real-life humpback whale both outside and inside. We were fortunate enough to go inside Hope. This gave us the opportunity to learn about the internal anatomy of humpback whales, from breathing to feeding as well as the impact of plastic pollution. Our visit gave us the opportunity to think about sustainability and how important whales are to the health of our oceans. We had a whale of a time……
This week in P2
We have been working hard on tally charts and data handling in maths and we have begun to look at creating our own bar charts. We have enjoyed looking at procedure texts in writing and creating our own. We have been working hard practising for our Easter assembly this week as well. It was also our last session with our music project leader, Dave, we were very sad to see him go but we loved having him at ECPS for our music sessions this term.
P3 Learning
We worked with a random partner to look at the patterns between the 2 and 4 times tables. We worked out that if you multiplied the answers for the 2 you would get the answer for the 4. We then wondered if we could do this again and work out the 8 times table even though none of us know it yet. We then challenged ourselves to work out the 16 times table by multiplying our answers for the 8 by 2!!!
Next we looked at the patterns in the 3 and 6 times tables, then worked out the 12. Some of us even went on to look at the 24 times table!!!
We are learning about Roman villas and how they were decorated. We found out that rich Romans had mosaics on their floors and walls. We created our own mosaics using pictures or patterns.
British Science Week 2024
Last week we celebrated British Science Week in school by completing some exciting science challenges!
Every class was tasked with trying to see how far they could stretch a Curly Wurly. The world record is 426.2cm – did we manage to beat it? Not quite – but one team was pretty close! What a fun and sticky challenge!
We also had to try and build an ‘Unsinkable Boat’ using card, lollipop sticks and lots (and lots) of masking tape. How many weights could we add into the boat before it sank? There were some very different and wonderful designs created.
Well done to everyone for taking part!
Mrs Beattie
Primary 1
This week in P1 we have been learning our new sound ee and revising ch,sh and th. Thank you to everyone who presented a talk about their favourite toy, what a variety of toys!
In Maths, we have been using our playdough to help learn about halves and quarters.
As it was Science Week, we took part in a curly wurly challenge. It was great fun and very messy. We were very surprised at how long they could stretch.
You may have noticed our daffodils on the windowsills. We added food colouring to the water to show how a plant sucks water up through its stem. Look at the petals!
We look forward to meeting you next week for Parent Consultations.
This week in P2
This week in P2 we took part in science week and did the curly wurly challenge. We had to work in teams to try and stretch the curly wurly as much as possible and then measure it to gather our results. We have been looking at tally marks and graphs in numeracy this week and created our own data. It has been great to see that during the pupils play they have been working on numeracy and maths skills as well. Lots of exciting things happening in P2 before the Easter holidays.
P3 Learning
Last week we were tested on our hardest table. A lot of us then moved onto a new times table. We wrote all the arrays in our jotters. Today we worked with someone who was on the same times table as us and tested each other on making arrays for different calculations. We then challenged each other on a really hard times table.
We have been learning how to place fractions on a number line. We working in small groups and had to put different fractions on the number line correctly. We started with 0 – 1 and place 1/2 where it should be and then tried with quarters. Some of us were challenged to work in fifths!!
We took part in a Science Week Challenge set by Mrs Beattie. We were to try to stretch a Curly Wurly as far as we could. We worked in groups and first measured the size of the chocolate bar. Then we discussed how we were going to stretch it and what forces we would use. We predicted what our outcome would be. Then we set to work. We had 8 minutes to stretch the Curly Wurly as far as we could. We then measured it and recorded our answers. One group managed to reach 120cm!!!
