The Kirkhill Chatter

Kirkhill Nursery and Primary School, Rashierig, Broxburn, West Lothian, EH52 6AW

February 16, 2018
by Mrs Weir
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P7/6 – Some of our thoughts of the week

“I found it tricky to think about different types of primary and secondary sources.” Finlay
“I found primary and secondary sources quite easy.” Sarah
“I thought division was easy this week.” Ashley
“I liked learning about primary and secondary sources.” Kyla
” I found division tricky at the start but I am now finding it easier.” Emily-Louise
“Primary and secondary sources were really tricky.” Aaron
“I also found primary and secondary sources challenging.” Torran
“I found secondary sources hard.” Georgia
“I thought sources were easy to understand.” Brayden
” I enjoyed the P7s visit from Miss Eastwood from Broxburn Academy.” Umme
“I really enjoyed the tobacco workshop.” Amy
” I’ve learned a different method to use when dividing numbers.” Karis
“I am finding division difficult.” Rhys

February 9, 2018
by Miss Brown
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Primary 1 update

 Primary 1 have been busy this week. 

In sounds we have been continuing to practice the sounds we have learnt so far.  We were using our sounds by blending them together to make words.  This is something we need to practice everyday and will continue to.

In our writing this week we learnt what a postcard is and wrote one to Katie Morag to tell her about where we stay and what we like doing.  This week in our Vibrant Vocabulary we used the stimulus Who Flung Dung.  The words we enjoyed learning this week were accusingly, culprit, ghastly, ridiculous.  We used our true and false cards to answer questions about the book.  We also used our reading character Emily Emotion to discuss how the main character was feeling.  We then related this to how we feel about the story and relating our feelings to the characters. 

In PE, we continued to learn Highland Dancing using the meter sticks as swords.  Primary 1 really love dancing to Scottish music and get excited about it every week. 

In Maths we were to continue to learn about money.  Also, we were learning number by trying to add using the strategy counting on.  We had two piles of counters, one we could see and the other which was hidden.

Primary 1 also learned about a Baptism, they used role play to understand the different roles needed in this event. 

In our Katie Morag topic we were learning about comparing.  We were discussing and drawing what we like in Broxburn and what the island where Katie Morag stays has. 

On Wednesday we had a visit from the SSPCA.  The inspector came in to talk to us about what she does and what we should do if an animal is in danger. 

We learnt about the Winter Olympics starting.  We watched clips of different sports to learn what they are.  We all thought that the Luge and the Skeleton are scary.  Later that day we had our Scottish taster feast.  We had people from home come and join us in our art activities and trying Scottish food.  We all loved trying different Scottish foods.   

February 9, 2018
by Mrs Weir
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P7/6

This week we have completed lots of activities associated with our context for learning ‘A Moment in Time.’ First of all we learned that it was 100 years since women got the vote on Tuesday. We thought this was brilliant although we were disappointed that this only applied to married women over the age of 30. We learned about the Suffragettes and who they were and about Emmeline Pankhurst and Emily Davison. Why don’t you ask us who they are? This was the inspiration for our newspaper article writing this week.

We also learned about a famous artist called Andy Warhol who created a style called ‘Pop Art’ using the same image but different colours. We used lots of famous images – Mickey Mouse was a definite favourite!

In Maths, we have been learning about division using the bus stop method. We all now fully understand how to divide large numbers and this is easy if we know our times tables. Keep practising these at home.

P6s enjoyed their first Tobacco workshop in which they were discussing the different dangers of smoking on the body, on others and the environment. We look forward to part 2 next Thursday.

We also had a visit from the SSPCA and were reminded about what their role in society is and all about helping wild animals.

We hope you have a lovely long weekend.

February 4, 2018
by Miss Sutherland
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Weekly Update – P7

Literacy

This week we continued to consolidate our inference skills, looking for evidence in a text and using this to justify our answers.  This will help us when we start our critical essays in Term 4.  It was also our last session with Mrs Burrows from the academy this week.  We had a chance to reflect on our learning and ask further questions about life after Primary School. In Grammar we have been looking at auxiliary verbs and unusual past tenses.

Numeracy

We have started to look at division this week in preparation for working on fractions, decimals and percentages.  In order to be successful, many of us need to practise our tables. Much of our Home Learning will be centered around this from next week.

Health & Wellbeing

We have been continuing to practise our tennis skills, competing with our partners on how many times we can pass back and forth with each other.  For indoor P.E. we have been learning dances relating to the 20th century to perform as part of our Assembly.

Learning Across the Curriculum

This week it was our turn to hold an assembly.  We spent most of the week learning lines, making videos, sourcing images and dancing to the Charleston, Hand Jive and Thriller.  We hope everyone who came along to watch enjoyed it and learned something.

Looking Ahead:

  • We will continue division in maths and past tense in grammar.
  • We will have a visit from the SSPCA on Wednesday.
  • P.E. is on Wednesday and Thursday – Please have kits!

February 4, 2018
by Miss Brown
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Busy week Primary 1

 This week Primary 1 have been learning a lot of new things.

In sounds we have been practicing the sounds we have learnt so far.  The main focus was blending them together to make words.  We used Lego which had words written on them and used single sounds to make them and to make sure we understood the words we matched them to pictures. 

 

Also, Cali said “we used bottle tops with sounds written on and picture cards to make words which we all loved creating.” 

Jorgie explained “With Miss Brown, we were reading magic words that appeared from envelopes.  This was fun.”

Another activity was playing sound dominoes.  We read the word and matched to pictures in domino format. 

In our writing this week we were learning about characters in stories and describing them.  We talked about what they may look like and how different characters look different.  We used Katie Morag as our stimulus and which characters we have been introduced to so far. 

In our Vibrant Vocabulary we used the stimulus Shifty McGrifty and Slippery Sam.  The words we enjoyed learning this week were beamed, blushed, gloomy, grumbled and sniggered.  We created pictures of the main character and played pass the parcel to practice our understanding of these words.   

In PE, we continued to learn Scottish Dancing but this week we focused on Highland Dancing.  Andrew said “we used meter sticks as swords to practice Highland dancing.”

In Maths we were to continue to learn about money.  Ava said “we were being shop keepers this week by using money to buy things from others in the class.” 

This week Primary 1 were also learning the process of number talks.  Lucy C said “we were learning to tell the class how we saw a dot pattern.  What we saw first to add the dots together.”

Primary 1 also spent time outside for outdoor learning this week.  “We were creating patterns by rubbing crayons over the bark of the trees”, Lucy H said.

At the beginning of this week we had a shared start, Primary 1 were excited to show everyone what they had been learning in their sounds and their maths.

 

Another celebration this week was a wider achievement success.  Primary 1 were happy that Ava had achieved her 1 level in Gymnastics and she bought in her certificate and badge to show us.  Well done Ava.  

 

February 2, 2018
by User deactivated
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P5 Learning reflections

Primary 5 have had a very busy week! We even had two new students join our class and we all welcomed both girls with open arms and made sure to show both Chloe and Lena our school values through our words and actions, especially the 4th; Kindess. They already are an asset to our class.

We have been learning all about space, the history of The Romans, 3D shapes, poetry, story writing, facts about the Holocaust (as remembrance day had just past and it actually related to our new class novel) and finally, handball skills in P.E.

Some of our favourite learning activities and experiences this week were:

Alanna: writing my story because I was very impressed that I wrote at least four and a half paragraphs!

Abi: I liked writing my story because I like to write about scary stuff.

Lena: I liked writing my story and I’m impressed with the detail.

Amy: I enjoyed my writing because I have written at least 3 lines.

Zach: I enjoyed writing my scary story because I didn’t think I would be able to write 5 paragraphs.

Callie: I enjoyed my scary story because I haven’t written one in a while and I liked thinking of ideas.

Sarah: I enjoyed writing my horror story as I have never written one.

Grace B: I enjoyed practising handball skills in P.E.

Ellie: I enjoyed learning about shapes because we got to use the stamps.

Holly P: I enjoyed learning about the Romans because I’m interested in history.

Reese: I liked learning about space as I really enjoy aerodynamics.

Steven: I liked learning about space because I like space rockets and aliens.

Allie: I enjoy learning about space because its really interesting and I didn’t know much about it.

Kiera: I liked writing my story because it was really fun.

Robert: I enjoyed playing handball in P.E especially practising aiming through a hoop.

Chloe: I enjoyed doing maths because I like learning about 3D shapes.

Warren: I enjoyed doing skills in handball.

Deryn: I enjoyed writing my scary story because I like using my imagination.

Nico: I enjoyed doing handball in P.E because the blue team was doing really good.

Erin: I enjoyed learning about the Romans because I’ve never learned about them before.

Grace S: I enjoyed writing my spooky story and I can’t wait to write the other half.

Ryan D: I liked writing my scary story as I like zombies.

Oliwia: I enjoyed the writing because you get to pick scary things.

Ryan R: I liked P.E because I like doing handball.

Louie: I enjoyed learning the name of 3D shapes.

Owen: I enjoyed learning about space because I didn’t know how fast light can travel.

Primary 5 wish you all a great and safe weekend 🙂

February 2, 2018
by Mrs Weir
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P7/6 News

This week we have finished off our learning about time in Maths. We are now more confident in being able to tell the time on both analogue and digital clocks. The Tetrahedrons group were finding out about the speed, distance and time triangle. Although they found this tricky at first they did a super job of their work!

Over the next few weeks we are going to be learning about some of the most important people that lived in the 20th Century and how they changed the world. This week we were learning about Martin Luther King. We learned that he was a Civil Rights activist who wanted equal rights for people of different races. We learned about his famous ‘I Have A Dream’ speech at the White House and how laws went on to be changed because of him. We then wrote our very own ‘dreams’ and how we think the world should change in the future. Some of our ideas were to find a cure for cancer, to end homelessness and starvation, ending animal cruelty etc. We also wrote some newspaper articles about different aspects of Martin Luther Kings life. We had to include all of the features of a newspaper article from the perspective of a journalist.

In P.E. we were consolidating our throwing and hitting of the tennis ball in a rally sequence. We had to try and beat our opposing pair. Please remember to send in appropriate outdoor P.E. kit as it is still quite chilly outside.

All of the children have been issued with lines to learn for our assembly on 23rd February. They are welcome to dress as their characters in the assembly or their favourite book characters/authors for this.

January 31, 2018
by Mrs McCann
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P2 and P3 Read, Write, Count bags

Scottish Book Trust are looking for feedback on this year’s Read, Write, Count bags that your Primary 2 and 3 children received. If you have 5 or 10 minutes, there is a short survey to complete and there’s a chance to win a bundle of books. The closing date is Tuesday 27th February.

https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/ReadWriteCount17

 

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