We write a cartoon storyboard about the Lighthouse Keeper’s week. We have been practising our Mini-beast assembly. We have shown what we know about halves and quarters and enjoyed working with a partner to find halves and quarters of numbers. Holly enjoyed improving her tennis skills in P.E. We practised how to serve the ball. We all loved the singing games that we did with Mrs Curle from the National Youth Choir. It was great to have so many visitors to our Reading PATPAL. We enjoyed sharing our learning.
Monthly Archives: May 2019
P3 Weekly Reflection 27.5.19
Last week while Mrs Clyne was at P7 Cluster Camp, Primary 3 worked hard with Mrs Fraser and Mrs Stewart.
Here are some of the children’s highlights:-
Olly “On Thursday we made spiders and frogs out of paper.”
Luke N “Miss Greig came in and taught us 3D shapes.”
Lakshya “We went into the back garden to find some shapes.”
Jarrad “On Friday we had Bikeability which I am enjoying.”
Ethan “We went outside for PE and Mr Keast got us to run about to see how exercise affects our heart.”
Joe “On Tuesday, Mrs Fraser took us outside for PE and we were developing our running technique.”
P1a Weekly Learning Reflection W/E 24th May
This week in Literacy P1a have learned the ‘ur’ sound and the tricky word some. We made words such as burn, hurt, purse, nurse etc. We played roll and read, Snakes and Ladders and tell ted. In Maths this week we have been continuing to explore measurement. We looked at measuring weight using a pan balance and measuring capacity of containers using words such as half full, full and empty. For IDL we went on a walk around the school grounds looking for signs of nature and created a tally chart of the things we saw such as flowers, birds etc. We also looked at living, non-living and never lived objects. In P.E we continued to practise our skills in Tennis. We used a ball to practise catching and then a racquet to push the ball to a partner. On Thursday we had music again with Mrs Curle. We played rhyming games whilst singing. Some of us got the opportunity to play claves or a drum during one of the games. We had our star of the week circle time and our new star of the week is Ayden. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:
Isaac: “I enjoyed learning the tricky word some.”
Ayden: “I enjoyed assembly remembering the school values.”
Ziva: “I enjoyed exploring measurement.”
Ch: “I enjoyed Mrs Mill’s assembly about respect.”
Lois: “I enjoyed learning about nature and going outside.”
Leighton: “I liked the assembly and talking about the different touches.”
Euan: “I enjoyed assembly. I liked the songs especially the last one Creativity.”
This week in P6…
This week in P6 we went to a jobs fair to see what job we want to do when we are older. They had virtual reality that took you around Scotland. They also had a simulator which you are a construction worker working a digger. They also had CPR dummy’s and breathing apparatus’s. We could make lemonade and draw candy shops. We also had a visitor today. She told us all about her job as a dresser and her childhood. She told us what plays she wanted to do and showed us some videos about it. She also showed us her art and told us about the actors she met. We had a very fun week.
P1b Learning Reflection for W/E 24.5.19
In numeracy this week P1 have been exploring lighter and heavier, using the pan balance scales. They weighed different things around the class and are able to talk about how the balance scales work. Our phonics sound this week was ur as in nurse. In health and wellbeing the children are continuing to develop their tennis and athletics skills.
Austin – I liked using the balance scales, my shoe weighs 48 cubes. The arrow was in the middle and the pans were level that’s how I know.
Roshan – I liked learning about the life cycle of a butterfly. 1st it’s an egg, 2nd it’s a caterpillar. Then it’s a pupa it builds a cocoon, 4th is was a butterfly .
Christian – I liked the assembly it was about high fives!
Hiba – I liked making the life cycles first there was an egg then a caterpillar, third it is a pupa then it is a butterfly.
Subhan – I liked playing tennis we were doing side stepping.
Alister – I liked the tennis because we had the racquets and we put the ball in the middle and you had to push it to your partner.
Solomia – I liked making the butterflies.
Lewis – I liked doing the gym outside, we were skipping it was hard to skip forward, I can do it backwards!
Kaelan – I liked the life cycle of the butterfly. Well it goes into an egg first and then it hatches into a caterpillar, it eats the egg first then it eats a leaf. Then it builds a chrysalis and then a butterfly comes out. It is a metamorphosis.
Nicholas – I learned the life cycle of a butterfly. First it’s an egg, then it’s a caterpillar, then it is the pupa. Then it’s a butterfly.
Teria –I like making ten in number talks. With 8+6+2, you can solve it by adding 2 and 8 to make 10 then add the 6 to make 16.
Sushanth – I got a certificate for writing a good sentence in my maths journal.
Charley – I liked making 10. 2+5+8 you can make a friend of 10 by doing 2+8 = 10 plus 5 more =15
Poppy – I like doing PE on the field. I liked the race when we were warming up cause each time I won. I like doing sports outside.
P2 trip to Amazonia!
Primary 2 took a walk on the wild side this week when we visited ‘Amazonia’ as part of our science topic about mini beasts. We saw lots of exotic animals – monkeys, parrots, frogs, tarantulas, butterflies and more! We enjoyed watching the amazing leaf cutter ants hard at work and holding Milkshake the snake during our animal handling session!
P1b Learning Reflection for W/E 17.5.19
In P1 this week we have been busy measuring using non-standard units. In number talks we have been making 10’s to simplify a number problem. We have been learning the sounds aw as in jaw and magic E for the sound ‘are’ as in care and share. We have started to learn tennis skills in PE this week our focus was agility, balance and co-ordination. The children enjoyed taking part in an Authors Live event with Emily MacKenzie who read ‘There’s Broccoli in my Ice Cream’. The children drew along with Emily to create their own Granville pictures. P1 also enjoyed a NYCOS singing workshop this week with Mrs Curle, we are very lucky as she is coming back to do 2 more singing workshops with us.
Ms King x
Nicholas – making tens in number talks.
Alister – I enjoyed measuring with the blocks. We measured the desk, table and chair. The desk was 37 blocks long.
Roshan – I liked doing number talks, we were making 10. To solve the sum instead of doing 2+5+8, I switched the 8 and 5 around to make 2+8=10 then I added on the 5 to make 15.
Austin – I liked drawing the dog from the story on authors live.
Kaelan – I liked writing the letter to Mrs Mill. You needed to write who it was for and who it is from and the date.
Subhan – I like measuring the footprints. We got different numbers because we used different things to measure with. It’s best to measure using the same thing.
Teria – I enjoyed the froggy music. I was singing and you had to count the frog jumps, I made it jump to Lois in 4 jumps. I liked the number talks, we had to make 10 so instead of doing 6 + 7 + 4 you do 6 plus 4 first to make 10 then you add the 7 to make 17. I liked the assembly some children couldn’t go to school.
James – I liked learning the new sound ‘are’ the magic E switches the a to an A sound. Care and share have the ‘are’ sound.
Hiba – I liked playing tennis. We balanced the ball on the tennis racquet.
Charley – I liked tennis this week.
Solomia – I liked tennis. We were balancing the ball and we passed to another child, my partner was Hiba.
Poppy – I liked doing number talks this week. Instead of doing 9+ 3+ 1 you can turn the 1 and 3 around to make 9+ 1=10 then add on the 3 to make 13.
Sushanth – I liked doing measuring, so I got medium footprint it was 10 bricks long the big one was 18 bricks long.
Christian – I liked the assembly, singing songs.
P2 This week 17.5.19
In numeracy the children have been developing their knowledge of multiplication and using their knowledge of doubles to help them learn the 2X table.
They have also been learning about halving and quartering.
In Literacy, the children have been learning to spell words with consonant blends and developing their comprehension skills.
As part of our topic ‘The Lighthouse keeper’s Lunch’, we have been comparing the seashore with our local environment and finding out about the importance of lighthouses.
We learned to weave paper to make picnic baskets like Mr Grinling’s.
We took advantage of the good weather and enjoyed having our ERIC time in the school garden again!
We took part in an Author’s Live session with author and illustrator- Emily Mackenzie.
As part of our Science work, we ventured outside on a mini beast hunt and we are all looking forward to our class trip to Amazonia on Tuesday.
We worked with Mrs Curle from NYCO on singing games. It helped us improve our skills in listening and following instructions too!
We’ve all had a great week.
P6 Blog
P6 have had a short but very busy week. In maths we were learning about decimals. We revised place value and learnt about decimals and tenths.
“This week we did decimal fraction bingo and it was so much fun.”- Kyle
“I liked decimal bingo because it was fun and educational.”-Leon
“Maths was fun because we were playing decimal bingo.” – Hayley D
“I needed some practice on decimals but it is now easy.”- Cade
“At first when I did decimal fractions I didn’t understand but after learning more about it I found it easy.”- Silvester
” I find decimals easy now.” – Sri
In P.E. this week we played futsal. We also got to go to the cross county on Tuesday too.
“This week in P.E. we did futsal and it was very fun. I was the goalkeeper.”- Charlie
“I loved futsal. We played lots of games and my team won 1 match. It was great.”- Lewis
“I have been enjoying P.E. because we have been doing futsal and I like football a lot.”- Callum L
“We did cross country on Tuesday and I was the 7th girl in the whole girls race. I persevered.”- Ellie
“We did cross country this week and I came 3rd. It was amazing but tiring.”- Zoe
“On Tuesday we did cross country and I loved it. It was really hot and tiring but when we were done I wanted to do it again. I also came 12th.”- Katy
“This week we did cross country and I came 3rd out of the girls in our class and out of the whole girls race I came about 10th.”- Natalie
We also did our Deadeye drama again this week.
“I liked drama this week, I liked being dusty the dog in our Deadeye drama.”- Matthew
We had to find out about inspirational sports people in preparation for fitness fortnight.
“This week I enjoyed making the fact file. I manged to find some information that I didn’t know before and also drew a picture of Messi.”- Rowan
P1a Weekly Reflection week ending 17th May
Another week gone by with lots of learning for P1. We have been continuing to talk about our own uniqueness. On Wednesday we had our sharing assembly where Ayden and Sam spoke about what they can do and what they want to be able to do. Our new star of the week is Sam. We had our circle time where we gave Sam a compliment. In Literacy, we have learned two new sounds aw as in paw and are as in care. We played snakes and ladders, taught ted words and did handwriting of aw and are. In maths, we have been exploring measurement. We have been discovering how to find out how long objects are. We used cubes, gems, counters, bears, Lego and our hand spans to find out how long or tall objects are in the classroom. This week for nursery transition we listened to the story of the Very Hungry Caterpillar. We then painted our own butterflies. On Thursday we had music with Mrs Curle. We sung rhyming songs and listened to the story of Oi Frog. P1- P3 took part in Author’s Live with Emily McKenzie. We listened to her read her story There’s Broccoli in my Ice cream and then we drew along with her as she drew Granville her main character. In Science, we learned about electricity. We created a graph of the electrical items in the classroom. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:
Lois: “I enjoyed the minister’s assembly about children in other countries.”
Ch: “I enjoyed the assembly too like Lois.”
Euan: “I enjoyed P.E. this week. We are learning tennis.”
Ayden: “I liked the assembly.”
Murdo: “I found it tricky learning the new are sound.”
Leo: “I enjoyed learning our two new sounds.”
Ziva: “This week I liked learning our new sounds.”
