Daily Archives: May 17, 2019

Primary 2/1

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.

General Information, Primary 3/2

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.

General Information

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

 

Primary 1

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.”