Primary 7B have been exploring the culture of Japanese gardens. We learned about the 3 main types of garden which we went on to create through play and art. We explored the gardens essential elements; water, plants and rocks and discusses the meaning behind these and the importance they have to the Japanese culture. 
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P5 Ranger Service Visit
Primary 5 had a visit from Angharad from the Ranger Service who taught us all about the Scottish Outdoor Access Code. The session reminded us of how to use our green spaces responsibly and we enjoyed some mapping activities in class before heading outside. Everyone had a range of features to look out for, including wildlife, cyclists, water and even dog poo…!
One thing which surprised us was the amount of litter we saw, which gave P5 the idea of doing a litter pick soon-watch this space!
P5 and P3 Reading Buddies
Primary 5 met up with Miss Marra and her P3 class in our Library for our first Reading Buddy session. Everyone enjoyed using this lovely space to discuss our favourite books and share our reading, we all enjoyed getting together and are looking forward to many more sessions!
P3a Numeracy
In Numeracy this week we were using Ten Frames to help us work out sums. We used counters, drew it and then wrote the sum. We were even able to help each other correct mistakes. We will now use these strategies when working out sums with bigger numbers.
P6 Reading with P2
Reading with P2 gives the children the opportunity to practise, the important values of respect, care, valuing difference, responsibility, friendship and including others. Through reading and caring for smaller children older children learn the skills associated with empathy and compassion through activities in the classroom. It allows them to embed a culture of reading for enjoyment across the whole school whilst also being able to identify the needs of a different audience to their peers.
P6 Health and Wellbeing
As we welcomed P6 back after the summer we decided to look again at the Wellbeing Indicators,School Rules and LEARN Values. We looked at how these link to the UNCRC Rights of a Child. We decided which elements we could use effectively when creating our Class Charters. We were surprised to see how many rights were already embedded in both our rules and values. The class created a brilliant display of both their Charters and and Indicators.
P3a Money
This week in Maths we were starting to look at Money. We investigated coins with our elbow partners. Then we sorted them. Some of us sorted by size or colour. Someone decided to sort by value. She shared her method with the class, then all tried her to sort the coins by value. While we were learning we were using lots of skills – curiosity, teamwork, communication & problem solving.
Listening and Talking
At the start of this session classes will be focusing on our Listening rules and will refer to these daily.
Listening and talking skills are essential for good communication. We aim to give learners a wide range of opportunities to listen and talk for different purposes both at school and at home.
Many thanks to all of you who popped in to see us at our recent Meet the Teacher event. You might have picked up a copy of our school Listening and Talking leaflet.
We have included a copy on this post for those that might have missed it.
If you have any concern’s about your child’s speech, please see details below of West Lothian’s Speech and Language service where you can get information about any concerns you might have.
P7B Social Studies
Primary 7B have been exploring Japan for their Social Studies topic. We extended our learning through play by creating some Japanese symbols to represent the vowels and numbers to 10 in playdough! The next progression will be to create simple greetings and write our names in Japanese.
P7A
We started to explore our context further this week; exploring Scotland’s place in the world, comparing our geographical makeup to North America’s. The pupils used Atlases and a globe to explore the world’s continents and North America further. We linked this to our work on place value, looking at how many miles apart some countries are. Next week we are going to plan and budget for a trip using real live websites, costings and forecasts.
