Monthly Archives: September 2018

Primary 4

This Week’s Highlights for P4

Top of the list this week has been the Sumdog competition. The class are chuffed to get 343rd out 5658 classes taking part nationally and coming 2nd in the school.

The next highlight was the maths challenges they did this week on word problems involving timetable knowledge (featured on twitter), they particularly enjoyed having a choice of challenge mild, spicy, or hot, with a few trying a harder level than usual. Well done.

They have also enjoyed technology with Mrs Fraser, looking at packaging for bananas.

Mrs Smith’s highlight this week has been the buzz of engagement in the classroom as the children are focussed and enjoying their learning.  They have also been challenged and have delivered Legendary Line-Ups this week, moving through the school as if they were not there.  Super well done.

Class Posts, General Information, Primary 6

This week in P6…

We have had a super week in Primary 6 with lots of maths activities to celebrate Maths Week Scotland 2018!

On Monday, we had a fantastic science lesson with Mrs Fraser. We put bread in a bag with water and then put it in different places to investigate which environment mould would grow best.

“Science is realistic and fun.” – Ainslie

“I liked looking at the mould under the microscopes.” – Logan F

“It was fun to see where different mould grows, it can be lots of different colours.” – Zoe

“Some of us actually grew Penicillin!”  It had a greeny/blue bit in the middle and a white ring around it.” – Leon & Rowan

 

As part of our Maths Week Scotland activities, we have been investigating a Murder Mystery. We have been multiplying and dividing decimals by 10, 100 and 1000 and plotting coordinates on 4 quadrants. This has given us a preview into what we will be doing in maths this year!

“I really enjoyed doing the murder mystery.  I can’t wait to find out who it is!” – Logan F

“I really enjoyed it because I thought the maths was challenging!” – Calum

“We are so excited to find out who the murderer is!” – Ainslie & Lewis

“We found the clues outside, which made it really exciting!” – Ainslie

“I agree with Ainslie!” – Callan

“My favourite part was plotting the co-ordinates because it wasn’t too hard but it wasn’t too easy either.” – Leon

On Thursday, we did some baking to celebrate Maths Week. We used real life maths skills such as estimation, measure, time and sequencing. We then worked out some abstract calculations over a slice of banana bread! How much flour would we need to make 8 loaves? How many 500g tubs of butter would we need to buy? How much would be left over?

“I loved squishing the bananas. I can’t wait to bake again!” – Eesa and Logan Y

“The banana bread was delicious!” – Luke

“It was really fun and it tasted so good!” – Katy & Logan F

“The best maths lesson I’ve ever had!” – Aiden

“I enjoyed beating the eggs!” – Matthew, Hayley D & Kyle

“Squishing the bananas was disgusting!” – Zoe

“I liked eating the banana loaf.” – Logan Y

“I was in charge of spreading the butter over the baking tin!” – Natalie

“I loved eating the banana bread.  It was SO delicious!” – Rowan

“I WANT MORE BANANA LOAF!” – Finlay

“I quite liked how we got to estimate the amounts first because we got to test out our skills.” – Hayley B

“I really hope we can do it again soon.  It was really fun and delicious!” – Leon

This week we’ve been practicing our handball skills in preparation for our handball festival and afterschool club.

“I enjoyed playing handball. I’m hoping to go to the festival!” – Katy

“Handball has been great fun.  I’m glad we’re getting to play it again!” – Zoe

“I really enjoyed dribbling in handball because it made the games more challenging!” – Calum

“I’m excited about the handball afterschool club starting!” – Callan

We are still enjoying reading the novel Holes by Louis Sachar.  This week we have been using visualisation to help us to make sense of the story so far.

“I enjoyed visualising the storyline. It’s really helped me.” – Hayley B

“Miss Marnie read us the book whilst we visualised the story. I found that easier.” – Logan F

“It helped me to understand the story better.” – Eesa

“I enjoyed drawing the Lizard!” – Zoe

Today we started Bikeability.  The first thing we had to do was the M-check where you check all the parts of the bike are safe.  Then we practised “Starting Off” by getting into a safe place where we could see and be seen by others.

“It was really fun and I enjoyed it!” – Sri

“It was amazing!” – Ellie

“My favourite part was the lifesaver signals.” – Silvester

“I learned a lot about how to check your bike and how to act on the roads.” – Rowan

“We also did a helmet check to make sure it fits properly.” – Jamie & Cade

Class Posts, General Information, Primary 7

Maths Week and Risk Factory

Another busy week for P7. Maths Week Scotland and a visit to the Risk Factory were clear highlights for us all.

The class have been solving problems by finding patterns that help to predict further answers. Sumdog as always is a firm favourite and P7 have completed hundreds of questions each this week. An extra well done to those who managed to finish all 1000 questions.

The Risk Factory is always a hit with P7. It allows pupils to find ways to deal with risky situations like building sites or railway lines. There are 10 different scenarios to visit and it is great fun. Ask your child if they were one of several who ‘died’ by making poor decisions – some ‘died’ more than once! £20 on a railway line was apparently worth taking a risk for!

Jack – it teaches you a lot of scenarios that you could use when you are older. The volunteers teach you a lot of things as well.

Ben – It was really fun in the fire scenario. I died 3 times in the bus scenario.

Tyler – I died 3 times!

Kaitlyn – The fire scenario was really scary but fun.

Agota – The fire one was my favourite. I liked the railway one too.

Primary 1

P1a Learning Reflection W/E 14th September

What another busy week for P1. I can’t believe that is us at the end of week number 4. This week we have been learning the sounds i and n and the tricky word of. On Wednesday, Mrs Aitken taught us how to clap out syllables in words. Almost everyone in the class has 2 syllables in their name! In writing we wrote about when we feel excited. In numeracy, we have been learning about number 8 and 9. We have also been practicing counting to 20 and recognising the number after. For IDL this week we worked in groups to re-tell the story of the Three Little Pigs through mime. In Science we were learning about smooth and rough materials. Here are the children’s reflections:

Ayden: I liked learning about numbers after.

Lois: I found it tricky to find numbers after a given number to 20

Charley: I found it challenging to find the number 2 more than.

Ziva: I enjoyed taking part in the Sumdog contest.

Sevinc: I liked learning from my mistakes.

Leighton: I found answering some questions on Sumdog tricky. I muddled it up.

Isaac: I found writing tricky.

Euan: I enjoyed learning about colour your world with kindness at assembly.

Leo: I found writing challenging this week.

Coben: I found counting to 10 and finding the number after tricky.

Sam: I enjoyed word building.

Murdo: I found writing challenging

Rory: I found Sumdog easy. It was fun!

Emma: I enjoyed the assembly about compassion.

 

Class Posts, General Information, Primary 7

P7 Home Learning

P7 have been issued with their home learning for September today.

Home Learning

They have also been issued with new reading books and instructions ready for beginning Reading Circles next Monday. All members of a group will have the same reading pages to do, but activities will vary between pupils. Instruction sheets and task cards are attached below.

Literacy Circle Group Organiser

Literacy Circle Objectives and Agenda

Literacy Circle Reflection Tool

literacy circles role cards

Primary 1

P1a Learning Reflection W/E 7th September 2018

In P1 this week we learned 2 new sounds, d and t. We learned the tricky word the. In writing, we wrote about when we felt loved. On Wednesday we had two visitors Mrs Aitken and Mrs Garcia. They came to help us with our Colourful Consonants and Vowel House learning and will be visiting us on a Wednesday morning for a few weeks. In numeracy we continued exploring numbers and learned all about the numbers 6 and 7. In P.E, we played team games and on Tuesday we did yoga with Ms King’s class. For drama we explored the story of the Three Little Pigs and acted out building a house. On Friday we had a visitor in assembly who spoke to us about the work of the Charity Lepra. Here are the children’s thoughts on the week:

Charley: I enjoyed the assembly all about Leprosy

Euan: I liked singing the songs

Leighton: I enjoyed exploring number 6 and 7

Sam: I enjoyed Golden Time

Ayden: I have found forming number 3 tricky

Lois: I liked learning our new sounds d and t

Ziva: I enjoyed Golden Time

Isaac: I found it tricky learning d and t

Rory: I liked exploring the numbers 6 and 7. I could find different ways of making each number.

Sevinc: I liked writing the letters and numbers. I also enjoyed the assembly.

Leo: I liked golden time

Coben: I found exploring the numbers tricky

Murdo: I enjoyed hearing about Leprosy at assembly

Emma: I found writing very tricky.