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Week beginning the 9th October 2017

This week we have been continuing to develop mental math strategies. In writing we have been learning how to edit our work and then began typing these out and making any changes. We had our final ‘Care of Magical Creatures’ Lesson and we had to do a senses test. We were blindfolded and Mrs Telfer gave us ‘different parts of animals’ to taste and we had to describe the smell, taste and texture. It was lots of fun. We also did a treasure hunt in the playground, working in small groups to answer clues. We really enjoyed our reward afternoon.

Week beginning the 2nd October 2017

This week we learnt a lot about using empty number lines to get to the nearest 10 then adding on the remainder of the number. During reading we shared our answers to questions about our reading books, this gave us a better understanding of what we were reading. For French, Mrs Telfer taught us all about direct family members and the different words used before the gender like Mon for males and Ma for females. Next week we are going to do cousins, aunties and uncles. We finished our big writing pieces using the ‘dash? Paragraph’ technique, which has helped everyone develop their descriptive writing using shorter and quicker paragraphs.

Mrs Telfer, Lewis McGill and Rachel Chalmers

Week beginning the 25th September 2017

This week we have been learning about negative numbers. We were really good at using the scale to work forwards and backwards through zero. We continued our work on our fantastic beast story. We are really impressing Mrs Telfer with our writing skills and have also been writing stories about magical lands. Next week we are drawing pictures to go with our stories. It has been very eventful doing all of these activities and the bake sale was amazing, thank you for donating your cakes to the school.

Week beginning the 25th September 2017

Week beginning the 11th September 2017

This week we took part in Maths Week Scotland. We had a different focus each day which included Maths in Art, Maths and Sport and Maths Outdoors. We also took part in the National Sumdog Competition. It was lots of fun. In writing we finished off our ‘A guide to catching a mythical creature.’ We started to type these and make them into booklets. On Wednesday we had a visit from Travelling by Tuba who put on a performance in the morning and then we took part in a workshop. We had to play a song from Brazil. It was Shiny Friday. We got to take part in our Committees and Masterclasses.

Written by Emil Young

Week beginning the 4th September 2017

We have had a great start to P6. Our topic this term is The Nowhere Emporium. We have been reading the book and learning about Daniel Holmes and his adventures in The Nowhere Emporium. In Math, we have been doing place value, learning how to add 1,10,100,1 000 and 100 000 to bigger numbers. We have been designing our own creatures using at least three different animals. After we had finished designing them we wrote a descriptive paragraph of writing about them. We have also been writing a story about our summer holidays. We have created pictures titled ‘Through the Keyhole’ and close up images of our mythical creature. Blog entry written by Hannah and Anna,

Week beginning the 12th June 2017

This week we have been revising Maths topics and using them in real life situations. We have been learning about the execution of Mary Queen of Scots and the events that lead to this situation. We wrote letters to King James VI as Elizabeth 1, explaining the decision we had made. We updated our learning logs. It was good to see the information and ideas that other people had for their learning logs. We prepared the merchandise for the school show. We had a whole school rehearsal on Monday in preparation for the dress rehearsal and shows next week.

Week beginning the 5th June 2017

We took part in a ‘Bridges to School’ activity last week where we had to work together to build a bridge, looking at the engineering of how it is put together. This week we have continued our work on Data handling creating pie charts and scatter graphs. We looked at writing a descriptive paragraph using the show not tell technique.

Week beginning the 15th May 2017

This week in P6 we have been learning different division techniques. We really like division ‘by chunking’. We also revised the bus stop method. We had our final session with the West Lothian Drug and Alcohol Service. We created an RE card for the Church. We began to plan our filming project. We created a poster to encourage people to keep Linlithgow tidy. We created cards for Mrs Moore.

Week beginning the 8th May 2017

In P6 this week we have been learning about Tudor food and houses. We designed Tudor Menus. We have also taken part in the Linlithgow Cross Country. BETH WON the girls race! We have been learning how to multiply 2 digits by 2 digits using the column method. We read more of the class novel “Wonder.” We made Tudor houses. It was great fun.

Blog Written by Kate and Lucy

Week beginning the 2nd May 2017

In P6 this week we have been using our listening skills to learn about what smoking and drugs do to you. We have been using our language skills to create French weather mobiles. This was very fun! We also used our creative skills to create Tudor portrait of ourselves. We also used our art skills to create a diorama of Mary for the May procession.

Blog Written by Kate and Lucy

Week beginning the 24th March 2017

This week we have been writing a story about a Pirate. We have been challenged to create our own pirate character and then write an interesting story about him. In Maths we have been trialling new Math stations. We have been focussing on our multiplication skills. This week we completed our Tudor Family Tree and have been learning about the Tudor Coat of Arms and its meaning. We then designed our own Coat of Arms to reflect our personality. In Art we analysed pictures of Tudors. We are now going to create our own Tudor pictures. We had our first Futsal session which as great fun.

Week beginning the 20th March 2017

This week in Primary 6 we have been changing fractions and decimals into percentages. We also used the calculator to work out trickier ones. We started to write an African Fable. We compared school life in Zimbabwe to our own school day. We went to a ‘Cracking Easter’ event with the other pupils in Linlithgow. Our pupils taking part in the Pope Francis Award hosting some of our visitors from Mass, providing them teas and cakes.

Week beginning the 13th March 2017

This week we have been revising changing fractions into decimals. We started to up-level a story about a black hat, using the editing skills and targets we have been learning about over the previous few weeks. On Wednesday we went to Heriot-Watt University to learn about engineering and robots. We got the chance to programme some robots. We have been using Sway and Powerpoint to create interactive leaflets about ‘An African Safari.’ We had to research African animals and plan the layout of our Safari.

Week beginning the 6th March 2017

This week with Mrs Keen we made African shields with oil pastels. We also made posters and quizzes on African animals. We have been learning how to simplify fractions and turn them into decimals. In PE we are training for the cross country race and are practicing football. We also were working in editing station to develop your writing. Some of us made a fake news report about a topic of our choice. We found out are parts for the school play.

Week beginning the 27th February 2017

This week we have been learning how to edit our writing. We worked with a partner to up level our work and create editing slips. We read about Shrove Tuesday. Before decorating and eating our pancakes we said short Prayers of the Faithful. In Maths we have been adding decimals. We took part in a Google Earth workshop, where we were learning about the body. It was really fun. We also took part in a Voice Rocks taster section. We received our ashes on Ash Wednesday. We worked in groups to research African animals and create animals. Pip made an African Grass Hut from chocolate cake, flakes and matchmakers, at home. It tasted AMAZING!

Week beginning the 2oth February 2017

This week we have been converting fractions into decimals. We thought this was really easy. We started our new topic on Africa and began by completing a jigsaw map of the continent. Our art focus was on Italy. We completed parody pictures of the Mona Lisa and a biography of Leonardo da Vinci. We completed our pitch letters for our Scottish Engineers Leader Awards. These are now ready to be sent away. Mrs Telfer has been really impressed with our ideas.

Week beginning the 30th January 2017

We created an imaginative piece of writing based on a clip called ‘The Black Hat.’ We created our success criteria and then individually set ourselves a target. We focused on good vocabulary and openers.

We have been learning about metaphors. We identified metaphors in song lyrics and explained what we thought the meaning behind them was.

We have been learning how to find fractions of amounts. We really impressed Mrs Telfer with our knowledge.

Some of us went Ski-ing. We had lots of fun.

We completed challenges tasks with a focus on Spain. This included art and literacy and ICT tasks.

Our Learning Detectives recorded on learning this week. Their thoughts were:

‘Amy was great this morning at spelling.’

‘Katy Murray was amazing at her audition.’

‘Kate was amazing at writing today.’

‘Aodhán was great at helping people.’

Week beginning the 23rd January 2017

On Monday we were learning to order fractions with different denominators. This was hard! We also enjoyed another Rugby session. On Tuesday we continued to look at political issues and write a short persuasive piece about our view. On Wednesday we had a fencing taster. It was great fun! We also enjoyed our Burns Celebration. We recited the poem ‘Listen Tae the Teacher’ but Nancy Nicholson. On Thursday we were learning about ‘Germany’ in our Europe topic.

Week beginning the 16th January 2017

On Monday we went to Rugby. We played games using the tags. On Tuesday we created images using different patterns and textures. On Wednesday we finished of our paintings and images of National Dress. We also looked at the work of French artists. On Thursday we did really hard and confusing Maths. We had to order fractions with different denominators.

Week beginning the 9th January 2017

This week we have been learning about Fractions in Maths. We have been changing mixed numbers into improper fractions. We have also been working on Time.

In writing we are working in mini political parties to write our own Manifesto. We will be looking into developing party policies and making a video of this.

In topic, we have been researching capital cities. We have also been looking at national dress from different countries and creating pictures of people wearing this.

We had a visit from the SSPCA this week with the theme of ‘Emergency 999.’ We also had a netball taster, focusing on passing skills.

Week beginning the 12th December 2016

This week we have been enjoying lots of Christmas Themed activities. We made Christmas Cards with Mrs Huxley. We solved Christmas Math Mysteries. We had our Christmas party which was lots of fun. We laughed at the Panto.

Week beginning the 5th December 2016

This week in P6 we discovered that Santa had gone missing. We wrote a Missing Poster, using our VCOP skills to describe Santa. In Maths, we were using CSI skills to solve problems to help Santa find his missing sleigh. We had to use our multiplication skills, fraction knowledge and addition of money skills. We finished really cool art pieces with Mrs Huxley which are now on display in our classroom.

Week beginning the 28th November 2016 …coming soon

In P6 this week we were preparing our items for the Christmas Fayre. We made Chocolate Crispie Christmas Trees. We looked at the food hygiene rules we had to follow before cooking. We enjoyed making the cakes and were disappointed we couldn’t like the extra mix off the spoon afterwards. We then had to decorate the cakes using icing sugar and sprinkle decorations. This was lots of fun. We then bagged the cakes and decorated with ribbon and tinsel to sell at the Fayre. They were a big hit.

Week beginning the 21st November 2016

We have really enjoyed taking part in Book Week Scotland this week. Mr Chalmers came in to read a bit from his favourite childhood book, ‘A Wizard of Earthsea’ by Ursula Le Guin. We created alternative blurbs in the form of a song or a rap. We looked at the work of Nick Sharratt and Quentin Blake and drew illustrations using their top tips. We found a quote from our favourite books and wrote them outside in chalk for others to read. Using postcards and labels we wrote a book recommendation for our favourite book and placed them around the school and playground for others to find. We took part in the Big Book Swap and DEAR (Drop Everything And Read). We also took part in the reading Mannequin Challenge as part of a school video.

Week beginning the 14th November 2016

This week in P6 we enjoyed input from the NSPCC. We gave really good answers and had good discussions about different topics. During our golf session we tried using drivers to improve the length of our swing. In P.E we have been developing our fitness and our badminton skills. We evaluated out learning with the Dyson Vacuum cleaner. We really utilised our investigation skills taking the cleaner apart and learning about the different parts and their importance. We have been developing our drawing skills with Mrs Huxley, producing line drawings of lightbulbs, screws, headphones and cameras.

Week beginning the 7th November 2016

This week in P6 we have been gathering data about the schools favourite Christmas sweet treats. We are going to turn these into different graphs. We attended our second golf session where we were improving our putting skills. In Maths we were adding and subtracting powers of 10. We enjoyed making a human number line. We created some blackout poems with a Remembrance Day theme. Mrs Telfer thinks they look great.

Week beginning the 31st October 2016

This week we wrote a descriptive paragraph about a monster, focussing on VCOP. We have been learning about Guy Fawkes. Did you know he was an explosive expert, who wanted to kill King James? We created a firework safety poster. We were revising our 3 times table. We were learning about Place Value and made a human number line. We celebrated All Saints Day Mass at the Church. We went to Kingsfield Golf Club to improve our Golf Skills.

Week beginning the 24th October 2016

A warm welcome back to Mrs Telfer!

In Primary 6 this week we have been writing a story about a Witches houses. Our focus was to use great descriptions. Mrs Telfer was very impressed with our writing.

We started our new engineering topic this week. We have been delivered a Dyson Vacuum Cleaner to take apart and look at how each part works.

In P.E we enjoyed fitness, doing different circuits and we were learning badminton skills.

In Maths we were showing Mrs Telfer what we could remember about Place Value.

Week beginning the 10th October 2016

This week in P6 all of the groups finished the murder mystery. The murderer was Mary Bingles J We acted out our Scots poems which was great fun.

We also completed our Aztec topic by creating our own Newsround report. We all did a great job of researching and presented it to a live studio audience. Jamie was a fantastic cameraman. Where the Aztecs angry? No but they were pretty gruesome. Maybe one day we will walk up an Aztec temple in Mexico.

In Maths for money week we did a cake conundrum to help Dinah decide what cupcake she should have. For the hardest cake conundrum we discovered 27 combinations! In science we learned the way the sun, moon and earth orbit each other. The sun doesn’t move but the moon obits the earth and earth spins on the spot. Fascinating facts and remember to watch the different phases of the moon over the holidays. It was Shiny Friday this morning and we all went to our committees and masterclasses. There are so many choices from cheerleading to amazing artists. It has been a busy morning!

We have enjoyed our first term of P6. Happy holidays J

By Katy and Jamie

Week beginning the 3rd October 2016

In P6 this week we have been writing an Aztec legend and preparing our Aztec talks. We also did Aztec food. We did a taste test blindfolded and ate monkey tails, tadpoles, scum water, lizards, ants and butternut squash. The most favoured food was monkey tail and the most disgusting food was tadpoles. Would you like to try our Aztec menus? Are your taste buds watering? We learned about quadrilateral shapes which are 4 sided shapes and we created our own shape investigation. Two groups completed our murder mystery. Clue 4 was complicated as it was a translating pig pen letters . We revised our 7 times tables and our Big Maths scores are getting much better. Also we learnt about Scots. We read two Scots poems, The Magic Pizza by Allison Fitt and Fireworks aff the Castle by Matthew Fitt. Pip was very good at translating the words we didn’t know!

By Sarah, Katie, Katy, Jennifer and Pip

Week beginning the 26th September 2016

In P6 this week we have been learning about Aztec sacrifices. We discovered that there was only two ways to avoid being sacrificed; you can run away as fast as you can or you can avoid it by being ugly, fat or scared. The Aztecs only liked to sacrifice beautiful people. We listened to the Aztec legend of How Music Came to the World. We have created our amazing Aztec sacrifice masks using the mosaic technique. We have become pretty nifty at our 6 and 7 times tables and we are all beating our BIG Maths scores. We also have revised about the properties of 2D shapes and created 2D shape games for the younger children. With Mrs Reilly we completed another murder mystery clue. We are also learning how to speak Scots. In French we were learning about French activities.

Week beginning the 21st September 2016

In P6 this week we have been creating radial symmetry .We are using our radial symmetry names to create an Aztec design. We have carried on with our Murder Mysteries from last week. Most of us are now on the third clue. We also have been researching about all of the planets in our solar system. We have shared interesting facts with the class about our planets. We have been practicing our French conversations with Mrs Riley. Mrs Huxley has been reading us a Mayan story called The Boy Who Cried Tears of Jade to help us write our own legend. Mrs Riley has been reading us an Aztec legend called The Sad Night carrying on from last week. By Beth and Demi.

Week beginning the 16th September 2016

In P6 we have been learning about Aztec gods and legends which we had loads of fun with and learned and retold the legend of the Axolotl which was our weekly big writing. Then Mrs Huxley taught us how to be masters at the 6 times table and we discovered that a circle has infinite lines of symmetry. Mrs Reilly did an amazing murder mystery [problem solving]. We watched the live author link by Matthew Fitt. Then we learned about the interesting solar system. We also displayed our classroom with our fab Olivander wands and mythical creatures.

By Jennifer and Jamie

Week beginning the 20 June 2016

In Maths we have been planning and creating a zoo. We have been revising Addition, Area and Perimeter. Some of us have now even created jingles, adverts and posters for our zoo. We have been working in groups to create our own country focusing on Map Skills, creating Keys, designing flags and much more. We turned things on their head this week and are ‘Teaching the Teacher’. We planned lessons and wrote a short lesson plans. Then the fun began! Amalia taught us how to draw a poppy. Jennifer taught us all about Rabbits. Kate taught us how to make an origami fly. Beth taught us some tap dancing moves. Kyle taught Mrs Telfer how to play the guitar. She wasn’t very good! Jamie taught us how to draw a wolf. Lucy taught us how to draw and shade a flower. Kinloch taught us how about Rugby. Amy taught us how to draw a robot. Georgia taught us about wind turbines. Katie Doyle taught us about dogs. Matthew taught us how to make an origami Yoda! Sarah taught us how to make an origami shirt and tie. Katy Murray taught us a gymnastics sequence. Mrs Telfer was awful but she tried her best! Mrs Telfer was very impressed with our talents so far and can’t wait to see what else she has in store for her!

Week beginning the 13th June 2016

This week in P5/6 we had great fun performing our Showcase song to our parents. We completed our Maths assessments for the term. We have been learning about the events of WW2. We created a Timeline and read about Anne Frank. We wrote a short play in French using the vocabulary we have been learning this year. We made origami cards.

Week beginning the 6th June 2016

In P5/6 this week We have been busy learning dance moves for our Class Song. We went to the Rugby Club to listen to a new author called ‘David McPhail.’ Our P6’s wrote their ‘Buddy Pass’ for our new P1’s. We enjoyed seeing the other classes performance for the showcase. We found out next steps to make our performance even better and have been working on this. We enjoyed our class Planet Picnic in the sunshine. It was great to have some of our parents come along. We had lots of fun at moving up morning. The P6’s enjoyed meeting their new buddies. The p5’s enjoyed gathering ideas for next year and creating their first display.

Week beginning 30th May 2016

Primary 5/6 took our Maths learning outside. We have been looking at collecting data and organising it into different graphs. We tested the theory ‘Taller people run faster than shorter people.’ We then created a Bar Graph. We added fans and buzzers to our circuits, in Science. We also set up a circuit with combination switches. We have been learning about conductors and insulators and how they are used in real life. We were learning about the inside of a plug and its different parts. We also labelled the parts of a lightbulb. Kinloch shared his experience of his visit to see the Flying Scotsman. He had some great photos to share. This was a great link to our 1920’s topic. We started to plan our Showcase Powerpoint. We brainstormed all the things we thought were important to share with our parents. We showed great listening skills during the performance of ‘The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe.’ We have been learning about genetics. Our genes often mean we look like our siblings. Another busy week for Primary 5/6.

Week beginning 23rd May 2016

This week in P5/6 we created food people and labelled them in French. We were looking at different offers and calculating the best offers. We also analysed bank statements and discussed the importance of being sensible with our money. We set up a French Café in the class and have been putting our vocabulary to the test. Euan presented to the class about his cousins’ band. We showed great listening skills. We had to debate our ideas on ‘whether the school day should be 9-5 with shorter summer holidays.’ We then used our fantastic ideas to begin writing a persuasive piece of writing. We had lots of fun at our Sport’s Afternoon.

Week beginning the 18th May 2016

We have really enjoyed our Health and Well-being Celebrations this week. We have taken part in Rugby, Football and Curling. We have had input from Tesco about Healthy Eating and from Mrs Crichton sharing the items of her GP bag and Mrs Cleland talking to us about Speech and Language and sharing her fascinating Ultrasound tool. We are really looking forward to Sports Day.

This week we have also been learning about the discovery of the tomb of Tutankhamun, as a significant event of the 1920’s. We finished our Surrealism pictures and our propaganda posters. We have been learning how to calculate different equations in Maths. We have also been practising our class song for the showcase.

Week beginning 11th May 2016

We have been looking at Surrealism, as our 1920’s art focus, and have created our own images based on this concept. We have been busy researching and making healthy eating posters. We can’t wait to share these with the other classes! We looked at propaganda in WW1 posters. We then created our own. We had four tricky maths challenges to complete this week. The one with the counters was the most difficult. We read about the Christmas Truce and then answered different Blooms questions. We have been busy CEM Testing.

Week beginning the 4th May 2016

On Wednesday some of our P6’s went to the Cross Country Competition. Evan McHugh came second. Well Done Evan! We continued our French vocabulary learning, using our French Café as a theme. We have been enjoying presenting our Newsround findings to the rest of the class. We planted wildflower seeds in the school garden. We can’t wait to see them bloom. We walked to the Church and participated in a lovely service for Ascension Thursday. The whole class were a credit to the school with beautiful singing at church and great manners on our walk their and back. We have continued our letters from the trenches. We are going to display these so they can be read at our Showcase. In Maths our P6’s began to look at changing fractions and decimals into percentages. It was much easier than we first anticipated. Our P5’s have been adding and subtracting decimals.

Week beginning the 25th April 2016

|In Maths we have been revising equivalent fractions to support our understanding of changing fractions into decimal fractions. We completed Topic Challenges about WW1. ¨In writing, we were finishing our Alternative Fairytale stories. We listened to our Bugsy Malone song and have started to think of actions. We have been analysing text in Reading. Some of us have started to write a critical response to a poem. Kyle, Evan and Kinloch were eager to share their wider achievements. ¨In Science, we made circuits. We had to use the materials to make a light bulb work.

Week beginning the 18th April 2016

In Maths we have been learning how to change fractions into decimals. In writing we wrote poems and stories for the Young Writer Competition. We continued our problem solving skills to solve a murder mystery. One of our teams thinks they have solved the mystery. We started our topic challenges. We are working on our research skills and our creative skills. Our focus this week has been life in WW1, Art Deco and a famous figure from WW1. We were using Role Play to practice our French. We were French shopkeepers.

Week begining the 14th March 2016

This week in Maths we have been learning how to change mixed numbers into improper fractions. We ran our ‘Sports Relief’ activities. It was a great success. In Reading we researched St Patrick’s Day facts and made HOT’s reading task maps. We then answered another of the groups’ questions. In Literacy we wrote our script for our trip on Friday. We had lots of fun at the Sky Academy filming our own news report. We got to use cameras, a green screen and an edit table.

Week beginning the 7th March 2016

This week we were partitioning decimal numbers in CLIC. We were learning tennis skills in P.E. ¨We spent the morning at ‘Cracking Easter’ learning about the Easter Story. We organised ourselves into groups for our trip to the Sky Academy. We are looking forward to planning our Script and recording our own News Report. ¨We organised our Pupil Profiles. We needed to use time management skills, listening skills and our organisation skills.

Week beginning the 29th February 2016

This week our Primary 6’s went skiing and snowboarding. We joined the remaining P7’s for an interesting talk from a real explorer. In Maths we have been learning about fractions. We made a human number line to see where different fractions would lie. We helped Miss Waddell make Easter Cards. We had to listen carefully to our instructions. We watched book trailers on the World Book Day Website. We then created a poster about our favourite and shared it with the class. ¨We have been developing our Tennis skills in PE. We have also been practising our Cross Country. We made fractions pictures. We planned events for Sports Relief and presented the ideas to Mrs Moore. As part of World Book Day we researched our favourite author. We also took part in the World Book Day Competition and had to design our own book token.

Week beginning the 22nd Febraury 2016

We helped Miss Waddell make Easter Cards. We had to listen carefully to our instructions.

Literacy:

We have planned and are beginning to write a story called ‘The Marshmallow.’ We watched a short film clip and are focusing on using descriptions from this to set the scene in our story.

Maths:

Primary 6’s were learning about Fractions. We are beginning to sort and order fractions.
Our Primary 5’s were finishing off learning in division.

Learning Across the Curriculum:

We helped at the Fruity Friday last week. We used our Maths skills to work out people’s change.
We designed Lent Promises in a cross using chalk pastels.
We designed our own monsters and then made classification keys for them. We then tested each others and gave feedback.
We were learning about the effects of environmental changes on living things.

We had a focus on food chains and habitats. We researched a fire or flood and made a poster to describe its impact. We shared our results with the class.

Our P6’s took part in a Basketball Festival. They were very good at using the skills they have been learning with Mrs McMaster.
We are planning Sport’s Relief Activities in groups with Mrs Reilly.

Week beginning the 1st Febraury 2016

This week in Science we found out about classifications. We found out rhe results of our experiment on the efect of soft drinks on teeth. We contiunued our research on the European Union. In Maths we completed on assessments on Multiplication. In PE we had the last of our Rugby sessions.

Week beginning the 25th January 2016

This week in P5/6 in Art we created a Robert Burns popart picture. We played rugby at the indoor training shed. We improved our gymnastic and basketball skills in PE. in Maths we found out how to multiply 2 digit numbers by 2 digit numbers. In Science we experimented with differernt drinks and their effect on teeth using egg shells. We also enjooyed learning Science facts on Science Bug. it has been an interesting week.

Week beginning the 18th January 2016

We have been learning our class poem for our Scottish Celebration. We have been given our Science Bug passwords and have our first set of home learning challenges to explore Science Bug at home. In writing we have been looking the mythical creatures and have started to create a guide on how to catch our own mythical creatures. We have been looking at flags of the European Union.

Week beginning the 11th January 2016

This week we found out about the European union. In Maths we did I digit times 2 digits. We learned Head , Shoulders, Knees and Toes in French.

Week beginning the 6th January 2016

This week we read the poem Willie Wastle by Robert Burns.We started by translating the Scots language into English so we could understand what the poem is about. We drew a picture of Willie Wastles wife using the descriptions in the poem.

We have started our new topic about the European Union. This will help us learn facts for the Euro Quiz. We looked over our Inspire Aspire competition entry. In Maths we were calucluating the areas of triangles. In French we learnt how to sing ‘Head, shoulders, knees and toes.’

We have really enjoyed our first week back.

Week beginning the 9th December

This week primary 5/6 have :

*investigated problem solving using their knowledge of measure by creating their own Christmas Crackers
*created pictures of a snowman on a windy day
*had a spelling focus with a Christmas Theme
*enjoyed a trip to St Michaels Church for some Christmas Story Activities

We also performed at the nativity in the church and at school we sang ‘Merry Christmas Everyone’ .. we loved our show!

Merry Christmas Everyone!!