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.
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!!!
‘This week we have been learning about Barbara Hepworth. She made sculptures.’ Alfie.
‘We used clay to make shape sculptures.’ Kayla.
‘Mine was called the Tunnel Tree’ Leonor.
It was Science Week this week. Mrs Beattie set us all a challenge.
‘We had to stretch a curly wurly’ Mia.
‘We had to warm it up first’ Maris.
‘If we didn’t warm it up it would break’ Jenson.
Our longest curly wurly was 110 cm!
We would like to thank everyone who attended our Sharing the Learning session on Wednesday afternoon. We had seven stations in total,each highlighting an area of our learning this term.
Station 1 – ICT – Microbits – Exploring core programming language
Station 2 – Social Studies and ICT -Victorian Assessment using our Context Powerpoints
Station 3 – Science Creating a variety of circuits and describing the transfer of energy around the circuit
Station 4- Social Studies and Listening and Talking – West Lothian Museum Services-Sharing Victorian artefacts
Station 5- Social Studies Who am I ?- Using clues to identify famous Victorians
Station 6 HOT skills- Literacy – Creating Higher Order Thinking skills questions from a variety of texts
Station 7 A Learning Walk- Ethos – Sharing our class displays
It was great to see the class talking to a wider audience with such confidence.
Thanks P6
P7/6 had the opportunity to go to Sky Academy and create our own news story all about our society. We decided to discuss how litter is impacting our society as this links well to our Ethical Living topic this term.
We had to work to Sky Academy’s 3 skills; collaboration, communication and creativity. We enjoyed using those skills and are very proud of our final video!
Hi everyone,
Our children in Nursery have been very busy playing and learning – please find out more from our latest Nursery Newsletter.
At East Calder Primary we are proud of our Silver Reading Schools Award.
We love special events where we can enjoy books and reading, and that also give us the opportunity to have fun with others.
On Friday to celebrate World Book Day we all enjoyed a BIG Cosy Read. It was great fun relaxing and listening to someone reading, or just having time to look at a book with a friend.
There was a huge variety of super squishies, cushions and cuddly toys in each class as everyone snuggled up to share a story.
We hope everyone enjoyed this event ..and remember.. keep reading!
Article 31 We have the right to relax and play
Chess club have been learning about the rules of chess and how to correctly set up a chess board. We spent time learning about all of the pieces on the board before beginning to challenge each other in our chess league.
For world book day we celebrated as a school by dressing up in our pyjamas and getting comfortable for a ‘Big Bedtime Read’. Here we are enjoying some texts of our choice in class on Friday.
We have recently started looking at length and measure as our numeracy topic. We started exploring measuring using non standard units such as whiteboard pens, paperclips and glue to measure objects around the classroom.
We discussed our estimation skills and how to measure accurately. Our estimations gradually became more and more accurate!
We decided to use our wingspan to estimate and measure things around and outside our school!
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