P7 have been learning about electricity and circuits in Science with Mr Keast.
We have started our rehearsals for the show and it is definitely so far so good. We have yet to start learning the songs, but even with a script in hand, acting skills are super. We have learned that reading the stage directions is an important part of understanding what is happening.
In February P2 have been learning about tens.
We counted in 10’s and recognised the pattern is similar to counting in 1’s except the number has a zero on the end.
We used a wide variety of concrete materials ( lollipop sticks, counters, Diennes materials, cubes and multilink) to make bundles ( groups) of ten to help us count in tens.
We have been practicing adding on 1 more and 10 more or finding 1 less and 10 less from a number.
On the computer we used the Topmarks website to play place value basketball – you can play it at home too. Here is the link.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/place-value-basketball
Mrs Cooper
We did Basketball in PE this week.
“I enjoyed doing Basketball in P.E as we got to practice doing shots and we also played games.” – Murray
“I liked doing doing dribbling in basketball in P.E.”- Callan
“This week we played basketball. I really enjoyed it because we got into groups of three and we then did drills working as a team.”- Hayley B
“I liked doing three man waves in basketball and I liked teaching everyone.”- Logan F
“I loved basketball because that is one of my favorite sports and it is tiring”- Silvester
“This week the basketball team showed the class a basketball drill called three man weave.” – Cade
“In PE we were doing Basketball and we were doing rehearsals for our school show. I enjoyed watching the rehearsals because some were funny.”
“I loved doing Basketball because we played games and I scored a basket.” – Lewis
“I enjoyed when we got to do the three man weave in Basketball.” – Zoe
“This week we did Basketball. We did the 3 man wealth drill.” – Logan Y
We did show rehearsals this week.
“I enjoyed the school show rehearsals because we are getting everything ready.” – Cameron
“The Rock Bottom rehearsals were interesting and cool.” – Finlay
“I really enjoyed doing the rehearsals for our P6/7 show Rock Bottom. We practised the songs and acting and I got the part I wanted. I was very happy.” – Katy
“I enjoyed the Rock Bottom rehearsals because the songs are fun to listen to.” – Aiden
“I enjoyed the show rehearsals because it was funny at parts.” – Calum
“I love Spelling City because the games are really awesome!” – Ellie
“I enjoyed getting my job for the show! My job is backstage.” – Jamie
We also did Spelling City this week.
“I quite liked doing Spelling City because it had really good games like hang the mouse.” – Rowan.
“This week I liked doing Spelling City because the games are fun and it also teaches you.” – Kyle.
“This week we did Spelling City and I enjoyed it because we got to race to the end with our friends.” – Ainslie.
This week in Literacy we have been learning the sounds igh and ow. We used these sounds to word build, complete a worksheet or word search and play a roll and read game. We learned a new tricky word it is are. In writing, we wrote about who is in our back up team. In numeracy we have been learning about sharing. We were sharing the treasure equally and fairly. We were learning about what it means to make a fair share. We spoke about our window into learning for this term and we looked at our new learning profiles. We completed a wellbeing web where we thought about each of the 8 indicators – Safe, healthy, achieving, respected, responsible, nurtured, active and included. In art we have been colouring in with crayons our roses and we added in paint to complete them. We also created a heart by finger painting and we cut out a heart shaped poem for Valentine’s Day. These will be displayed in the corridor and photo will be put on the blog and twitter when they are dry. In RME we listened to and discussed the story of Noah’s Ark. During circle time this week we had our reflection time about Keep Connected. We drew our back up team on a T Shirt. In P.E this week we continued to play team games and dodgeball. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:
Leo: “I found number talks hard this week. We were having to solve number sentences.”
Murdo: “I found it tricky cutting out the heart shaped poem.”
Emma: “I learned about the story of Noah’s Ark. There was a flood and the boat floated on the water.”
Sam: “I enjoyed learning about and looking at our Window into Learning.”
Ziva: “I liked using the crayons to colour my rose in.”
Lois: “I enjoyed learning about the story of Noah’s Ark. The animals went on in twos to the boat.”
Euan: “I enjoyed the nursery’s assembly on Valentine’s day.”
Here ar the details for the presentation challenge.
NYCOS West Lothian Wee Sing
Wee Sing is a completely free project that introduces Primary 3 children to singing through musical games. Over the course of the project the children will learn new songs, develop musical skills, gain confidence and make lots of new friends
AGES: 7-8 years
DATES: Thursdays, 28 February – 28 March
TIME: 5 – 6pm
ADDRESS: West Calder High School Limefield Lane, West Calder EH55 8BF
COST: Free
We are appealing for families to return any gym kit, gym rubbers or spare uniform which children may have taken home to wash. Please return any borrowed school clothes to the school office as soon as possible. We spent £70 at the weekend replenishing our stocks!
Has your child got any uniform they’ve outgrown but it’s too good to throw out? Why not hand it in to us and we will donate it to The School Bank West Lothian! Donations of excellent condition used uniform, jackets and school bags will be received at the school office.
We have been learning about freezing materials. Today we made ice lollies!
Please click on the link to access our Window into Learning.
The children have been exploring a new side to fractions, most of the class are confident with fractions of a shape, but were challenged with finding a fraction of a two digit number. Division is also challenging, and the children had to discover the links to their times tables. Early days as they try to transfer their knowledge to different concepts.
With our class reader we have been exploring the clues and puzzles the author puts into a mystery story to keep you guessing till the end.
For outside classroom this week we explored how to measure the height of a tree!
