Primary 1 has had a really fun week.
We have watched an ‘Alice in Wonderland’ panto, tried to beat the teacher in lots of different activities and played ‘Would I Lie to You’.
We wish you a lovely summer and thank you for your gifts and kind notes.
Mrs Hay would like to thank you for your generous gifts and good wishes. She will miss East Calder children lots!
Primary 1 teachers
As we get nearer to the end of term we have discussed all the things we would like to do together before our time in Primary 3 is over. Drawing. painting and making models were high on our wish list. So on Tuesday this week we had a very creative time during our Art and craft afternoon.
We enjoyed making a variety of things including bunting for Gala Week!
This week P4 have been super busy working on lots of learning! We have been looking at our explanation texts in writing and creating our own art to go along with these. We have looked at rounding, probability and chance and symmetry this week in numeracy and maths. We enjoyed working on probability and chance and completing an investigation. We have continued to look at land use and settlements and learned about how towns and cities are linked. We have discussed how change may affect us moving forward and what the positive and negative impacts of changes may be.
A great week P4, have a lovely weekend.
Primary 2/1 have been working hard this week.
We have taken a small break from our Romans topic and introduced a mini-topic about Pandas in response to questions the children had about the Red Pandas coming to the Five Sisters Zoo. The children were very interested to learn that Red Pandas and Giant Pandas are not related and this made them more curious. We made a list of what questions the children had about Pandas and then decided to watch factual videos to find our answers then make a Fact File about them. The children also enjoyed following an artist to learn how to draw Giant Pandas. So far we have been learning lots about Giant Pandas.
In numeracy Primary 2s are learning about money and Primary 1s are having more practise with addition.
In literacy Primary 1s are making great progress in their reading and our Primary 2s are learning about reading with fluency and expression as well as comprehension techniques.
At the start of the day before Register, the children have also enjoyed finishing off our Roman Colosseum display picture by adding Romans, gladiators and wild animals in the arena.
I hope you’ve all had a lovely weekend,
Mrs Meikle
This week in P1 we have been very busy learning more about our senses. Some of us have been discussing our favourite meals and what foods are sweet, sour, salty and bitter. And some of us have been talking about our eyesight and making some super glasses!
In maths, we’ve been continuing to skip count in twos.
During RME, we listened to the story of ‘The Prodigal Son’ and then looked at pictures to try to retell the story.
The teachers have been assessing our tricky words in class.
A little reminder to parents- please return book bags every FRIDAY so that books can quarantine and be passed to another group the following Tuesday. Many thanks.
This week in P4 we have been busy working on fractions in numeracy and looked at symmetry during our active maths lesson. We discussed our explanation text this week and wrote about how gliders and hang-gliders fly. We worked together on our learner agency activities where children chose to show their learning in a variety of ways. We looked at the features of PowerPoint and created presentations using the different features about a topic of our choice.
What a great week P4, well done!
This week in P4 we have been busy working on our genre of writing this term – Explanation texts. We can talk about the features of this text and what these should look like. We have continued to work on using money and discussed budgeting this week so we could see how much things cost. We enjoyed learning about different pets in French and playing Lotto! We looked closely at online safety and discussed the important need for a strong password as well. Great learning this week from all! Well done P4!
Maths looked a little different in P7 last week. As part of National Numeracy Day we looked some STEAM clips which demonstrated how Maths is so important in the World of Work. We heard from Scientists, Data Analysts, Builders, Bankers, Chefs and Engineers. Who knew Maths would touch upon so many different career paths! We then made our Numeracy lesson a little more active by going outside and starting a Maths Trail. It got very competitive as each group used their mental maths strategies to solve each problem. To finish off the week the class came up with some amazing designs crossing over curricular outcomes with both Art and Technology.
This week in P4 we have taken part in lots of different numeracy activities as part of National Numeracy Day on Wednesday. We watched videos of people explaining how they use numbers and maths in their job. We used our maths skills to complete a maths trail in the playground and we made some art using maths as well. It was a bit tricky to start with but we kept going and enjoyed it! We have continued to look at writing explanation texts and have looked in detail at fact and opinion this week. We have also continued looking at lessons where we use our learner agency and choose how we will share our learning.
It has been another busy week in Primary 1.
On Wednesday it was Numeracy Day and we all had a great time following a numeracy trail in our playground. We have continued to learn about money, recognising coins and counting amounts.
We continue to practise writing sentences, this week about bees, bugs or going to the park. We start our sentences with a capital letter, leave finger spaces and end with a full stop.
We are also learning about our senses and how we use them to learn about the world around us.
Next week, being a short week, and because unfortunately lots of books have not yet been returned, reading books will not be sent home.
Homework will again be posted on Seesaw, on Tuesday after school.
Have a lovely long weekend!
