Primary 4A were busy writing in class today during ‘Free Writing Friday’. Every week learners use this time to create a text of their choice for enjoyment. Salt also enjoys this time when our learners are focussed and she is always very active and inquisitive. She enjoyed watching the children writing and the children found working with her relaxing and fun.
This week we have been learning to count, trying to use the most efficient strategy. First we had to estimate the amount of items in the bag and then had to count them. Most of us started counting in ones but Harrison decided it would be quicker to count in two’s. Once he explained his strategy to the class, other groups started counting in different amounts. Maisie, Reuben and Harry counted in 5’s and Mary’s group counted in 10’s. This became much quicker so the class decided it was more efficient to count in bigger numbers.
We also started writing a description. On Thursday we worked on our plan and then today used it to help us write a description of a Sea Turtle (Mrs Spence’s favourite animal). We used our learning about nouns and adjectives when we wrote our sentences. We discussed our descriptions and spoke about any corrections needed and where we could make our sentences better.
We have been working hard on our new topic of ‘Animals around the World’ and learning about Pets this week. We looked at what different pets need to have to be healthy and safe. We also looked at creating out own ‘What am I?’ clues for different pets.
We have continued writing descriptions and looking at Peep, my pet bird as a stimulus. In maths we have been looking at 2D shape and in Numeracy we have focused on reading and writing number words to 20 and beyond.
It has been a very busy week!
P2/1 have done a great job of settling into the new school year.
We have had great fun exploring our new classroom and getting to know our new classmates.
In maths, we have been sorting. We listened to the story ‘Handa’s Surprise’. Handa had lots of different fruits, so we wondered how we could sort them out. P2 were problem solving together to sort our Lego.
‘We could sort them by colour’, ‘we could sort them by shape’. After that the P2s talked about how we could represent the groups.
We’ve also been learning about our school rules Ready, Respect and Safe. And our school LEARN values.
We were very creative designing our rainbow fish for our class charter. We think it looks great!
Article 28: We have the right to learn.
Have a look at our collaborative display across Primary 7 and 6. We are showcasing how we use and live our Pedagogical Principles in the upper school at ECPS.
We are so proud of the pupils and we always enjoy witnessing their rich discussions. Play in the upper school has become an important part of our pedagogy, it has definitely deepened understanding and the best part is we have so much fun!
Primary 4A are learning all about gerbils. In class we have been researching gerbils and how to care for them. We have been gathering information from a range of texts, including leaflets and websites and using our notes to create a PowerPoint.
On Monday we cleaned out our class pet for the first time. Team 1 emptied the cage, keeping some bedding aside to smell familiar when she returned to her cage. We then cleaned the cage carefully before making her a new bed and setting up her gerbilarium. We then shared photos with the rest of the class to teach them how to clean out her cage.
Congratulations! What a great award to win, Most Improved. We can’t wait to see you tap skills. A great achievement. We are all proud of you.
On Friday we decided to have a Friday treat. The children decided that they wanted to ice and decorate biscuits. Only problem was, we had no icing or biscuits in The Hive!! So, we decided to take a trip to Tesco to get what we needed.
Great life skills , great fun, and delicious!
Article 29: We have the right to develop our talents and abilities.
are going to start using the PM approach to support us in Writing, however, we have started to think about how we can improve and “bump up” our writing using our “Literacy Bump It Up Wall.” Miss Marra showed a picture on the smart board and we had to write sentences about what we could see. It was a very exciting picture, and Mrs Robertson came to our class too. We had to write independently so Miss Marra and Mrs Robertson could see what we can write by ourselves. We spent two writing sessions working on the same piece, and we tried our very best, using a Growth Mind Set.
Miss Marra photocopied three random pieces of writing and we used a massive magnifying glass to look for what we liked about each piece of writing. We looked at our Learning Intention and Success Criteria and spoke about what we think we did well. We also identified next steps in our learning so we know how we can improve our writing. Miss Marra and Mrs Robertson are going to display this on our Bump It Up Wall in class.
We are so excited to be the first class in the school to do this.
Article 29: We have the right to develop our talents and abilities.
Our P7 Pupil Leadership Group are being selected next week. Their first job will be to organise a coffee morning to raise money for Macmillan Cancer Research. We are opening this event to our local community!
