Daily Archives: October 12, 2018

Primary 4

This Week In P4

The highlights this week for the children have been Tuesday’s outdoor classroom, number talks, story writing and this week’s question challenge.

On Tuesday in the rain the children worked in groups and found a way to make a picture / diagram to illustrate the water cycle.  They had to answer the question as to how the water gets in the cloud and gets out, and what happens in between.  All groups were successful in piecing their knowledge together to find the answer, working collaboratively to discuss, plan and find the resources they needed to make the picture.  There were a few extra additions to their pictures for artistic effect such as speed boats in the river, however they did an amazing job and were able to effectively explain their learning.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We had a great number talks session on Wednesday, and the children went on to extend their knowledge of multiplication strategies.  they particularly liked the x10 and the challenge of ten times a 2, 3, or 4 digit number.

For a number of weeks we have been exploring legends and this week the class finished their planning and began to write their own legend stories. They are very excited and worked well.  Later we will edit and proofread before we publish them.

This week the class were challenged to answer the question Is Livingston Village a town or a village?  It was an interesting debate and the class found it hard to come to a conclusion.

Finally, I would like to share a picture of our learning about the colour wheel which is now on display.  The children really enjoyed the challenge and exploring the different mediums. They really did some amazing work. 

 

Class Posts, Primary 6

This week in Primary 6…

This week we learned how to set up a fish tank.  We had to research to find out what equipment we needed and what steps we had to take to set it up successfully.  After that we wrote instructions for how to set up the tank.  In the afternoon we followed these instructions.

“We washed out the gravel and put it in the tank carefully.” – Leon

“I really enjoyed washing the gravel and liked learning about all the different types of goldfish.” – Rowan

“Then we added tap water and dechlorinator. ” – Cameron

“We had to measure the length, width and height of the tank.  Then we multiplied them.  We used 5 whiteboards to work out the answer.  This was to calculate the volume of the tank.  We then knew we had to put in 3 capfuls of dechlorinator.” – Cameron & Leon

“I actually really enjoyed the maths!” – Leon

“It was hard but we both did it together and that made it better.” – Cameron

“Next we attached the filter.” – Logan F

“I had to attach the flow director and then stick the filter to the side of the tank.” – Logan Y & Callum

“The filter cleans the tank.  It takes in the dirty water and puts out clean water.” – Charlie

“I attached the tubing to the air pump and Cade and Silvester helped to put it in the tank.” – Kyle

“The air pump puts little bubbles into the tank to put oxygen into the water which the fish need to breathe.” – Murray

“The fish have gills to breathe.” – Zoe

Our tank is now ready to be decorated.

“You can’t just dump fish in the tank though.  You have to float the bag on the top of the water so that it gets up the right temperature.” – Charlie

We’ll be visiting a pet shop soon after the holidays and we can’t wait!

 

Our penpal letters finally arrived from Raleigh, North Carolina!  We have started our first draft of replies and will finish them after the holiday.

“I enjoyed writing back to my penpal, Samiyah.  I really like her personality!” – Katy

“My penpal moved school after the teacher posted our letters.  But a new pupil has joined the class so I will be writing to her.” – Zoe

“My penpal’s birthday is on New Year’s Day!” – Murray

“I enjoyed writing to my penpal, Damico, because he’s into tech like me!” – Calum

“I really liked writing to my penpal because it means we’ll get to know someone else!” – Hayley B

“My penpal asked if I liked biscuits.  We thought it was a weird question but then we realised that they have been learning English words!” – Logan Y

“My penpal says he likes to play softball and he likes fizzy drinks!” – Eesa

“I really liked writing back to my penpal, Giovanna, because I had to answer lots of questions that she’d asked me.  I also had to ask her lots of questions because she didn’t tell me much about herself!” – Natalie

“I enjoyed writing back to my penpal.  She asked me if we have a restaurant called Chick-Fil-A.” – Sri

“I can’t wait to write to my penpal!” – Lewis

“I enjoyed writing to my penpal.  She asked why we had to recesses because they only get one.  She also used the word ‘biscuits’ instead of ‘cookies’.” – Ainslie

“I can’t wait to write to my penpal.  I’m going to tell them more about me and Scotland.” – Luke

Class Posts, Primary 2/1

P1 & Ms King

Learning Reflection for W/E 12.10.18

This week we learned the sound u and b and tricky word he. Our writing focus this week was about things I am thankful for. Here are some of the children’s comments:

Kaelan – I am thankful for cocoa

Lewis – I am thankful for mum’s healthy food

James – I am thankful for apples

Poppy – I am thankful for food

Christian – I am thankful for potatoes

The children have really enjoyed playing shops this week. There has been lots of money talk, coin identification, sorting, counting and giving change!

  

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

 

Learning Highlights

Charley – playing the money games and sorting them out

Nicholas – playing the clapping game

James – counting the coins in the shop. I got a wee postcard because I was counting my numbers in the shop. I was counting the numbers on the coins.

Alister – We made hedgehogs, I coloured in all of mine I put leaves on it for spikes.

Hiba – leaning the sound b

Roshan – singing

Poppy – I liked the homework doing the number after and before, two more.

Lewis – playing shop keeper

Learning Challenges

Lewis – counting the pennies

Nicholas– writing b

Charley – clapping our hands and stomping our feet , it’s tricky because you need to listen.

 

Class Posts, General Information, Primary 3

P3 Weekly Reflection 12.10.18

I can’t quite believe we’re at the end of term already, what a busy term it’s been.  This week has been no exception!  We baked bannocks and butter on Monday, had a visitor on Tuesday who was watching our Number Talks lesson, we played some great games with Miss Donald in PE on Thursday and then celebrated Harvest at the Church service.  Here are some of the children’s highlights this week:-

Kaitlyn “Making the bread on Monday and the picture we did in Art”

William “I enjoyed doing symmetry in Art when we drew the other half of our faces.”

Elisha “Making the bread and the line drawing to complete my portrait.”

Emma F “I enjoyed filling in the missing numbers on the number lines.”

Finn “I liked drawing the other part of the face and I liked Sebastian’s, it was really good.”

Harris St “Making the rest of the tractors.”

Luke N “I enjoyed going to church.”

Lakshya “I liked the symmetry.”

Joe “I liked when we were sharing our learning.”

Olly enjoyed when Emma gave out sweets to celebrate her birthday.  He thought this was a good example of compassion.

This week Anna lost her tooth and the children were interested to find out what would happen if we left it in some coke.  After three days the children were horrified with the affect the coke had on the tooth.  We discussed why we should only drink fizzy drinks occasionally and why it is important to brush our teeth properly when we’ve been drinking them.  William’s tooth is getting ready to fall out and he would like to see what happens to it if we put it in iron bru.  Perhaps we can pick up on this learning after the holiday.

Thanks to everyone for their continued support in their child’s learning and for attending learning consultations this week.  I wish you all a safe and happy October break and look forward to hearing all about it when the children return on Tuesday 23rd October.

General Information, Primary 3/2

P2 – this week

In Literacy we continued our work on magic e with a focus on o-e words. We also wrote poems about our senses. In numeracy we were learning the strategy of counting on from a given number in addition. Also making links in our learning. If 7 and 2 makes 9 then 17 and 2 makes 19 and so on. We had fun creating 3D shapes.

The children also enjoyed a  yoga session in PE using Cosmic Kids yoga.  We tested our taste buds to see how good we were at detecting sweet, sour, bitter and salty flavours. On Thursday we went to the church for the Harvest Service and Arya, Poppy and Holly read the poem beautifully, while we all enjoyed singing.

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Class Posts, General Information, Primary 7

Last Week Before Holidays !

October activities

Pupils were given October home learning sheet on 1st October, here it is again in case it goes missing.

We’ve had a great week again.

Lewis – I liked the football on Tuesday. The fitness work was good. I feel I lost 10 stone

Tyler – I liked the maths when we were doing the long multiplication because it was hard but fun and worth it.

Liam – I liked drawing the manga pictures. It was quite hard but fun.

Holly – I liked the new game we played in PE with Miss Donald. It was called Duck tig.

Ben – I liked the netball tournament.

I hope everyone has a great holiday.

Primary 1

P1a Learning Reflection W/E 12.10.18

What a busy week we have had! In Literacy, we have been working on our word building. We have been making 3 letter words using our sounds. This week we learned the sounds u and b and the tricky word ‘he’. On Wednesday we were working on sound manipulation and jumping through the sounds whilst blending the words.  This week we wrote about what we were thankful for. In Numeracy this week we have been continuing to learn about dot patterns. In Maths, we have been learning about money. We can recognise 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p, £1 and £2 coins. We can use these coins to make other amounts such as 6p.  In art, we finger painted a hedgehog for our Autumn display and we made koala and kangaroo puppets. In Science, we carried out an experiment to see what material was waterproof. On Thursday, P1 visited the church for the Harvest festival. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Coben: ” I found number talks tricky.”

Sevinc: “I found it a little tricky writing the sound b.”

Lois: ” I enjoyed going to the church for the Harvest festival.”

Ziva: ” I found the sounds b and p tricky.”

Euan: ” I learned the letters u and b.”

Leighton: ” I enjoyed learning the letter u.”

Ch: ” I found writing the letter u easy.”

Hope you all have a lovely holiday. x