Monthly Archives: September 2019

Primary 2/1

P2/1 Weekly Learning Reflections W/E 20th September 2019

We hope you had a lovely long weekend. Although it was a short week P2/1 were very busy. P1 have learned the sounds p and g. We practiced our letter formation on the computers, made words on the smartboard and created a parrot and a giraffe. P2 have been continuing to focus on a-e and i-e. We played a game with the split diagraphs, played roll and read and wrote as many a-e and i-e words as we could. In numeracy P2 have been exploring adding using the part whole model and addition fact families. We played four in a row using our adding skills, spun the number spinner to give us numbers to add together and completed part whole models. P1 have explored the number 10 this week. We wrote the number, counted out 10 and created towers of ten bricks. In health and wellbeing we looked at the eight wellbeing indicators – safe, healthy, achieving, nurtured, active, respected, responsible and included. We had a good discussion about what these mean. We also had music with Dave again. We sang songs and went on an imaginary train journey to the jungle. On Thursday afternoon we had our next resilience assembly with Mrs Mill. This assembly looked at the tool of ‘take a moment.’ This will be explored further in class. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Hamish: “I enjoyed learning the g sound and making a giraffe.”

Murdo: “I liked learning about a-e and i-e sounds.”

Ch: “I enjoyed all of my learning.”

Hiba: “I enjoyed all of my learning too.”

Lucia: “I liked learning all about the number 10.”

Lucas: “I enjoyed learning number 10 too.”

Charlotte: “I enjoyed learning about number 9 and 10.”

Sam: “I enjoyed learning about the part whole model and using it to help me add.”

Class Posts, General Information, Primary 4

Primary 4’s short week

A short week, but very busy nonetheless.

William – I enjoyed doing the number lines in maths.

Angus – I enjoyed sharing everything we did over the long weekend.

Freya – I liked the assembly with Mr Balaj about the Good Samaritan.

Joe – I liked the assembly about Skipper where we learned about  Taking a  Moment.

Luke N – I liked the PE with the throwing and catching activities.

Remember to bring in your home learning to share with the class on Thursday 26th September. I can’t wait to see what you’ve all chosen.

 

Class Posts, Primary 1

P1 weekly Reflection 20.09.19

This week has been a short week but we have still learned two sounds, p  and  g.  Yesterday we had great fun making pirate hats and reading a story about pirates, the weather was nice so we read our story in the garden.

This week we have been focusing on number 2.

Today the minister was talking to us about being compassionate and he told us the story of The Good Samaritan.  Mrs Clyne then reminded us about the Shoebox Appeal and the children are bringing home leaflets about this today.  If you would like to take part in the Shoebox Appeal, please hand your filled shoebox to the school office by Friday 1st November.

Here are some of the things the children have enjoyed this week:-

Cole “I enjoyed when we made pirate hats.”

Ruby “Making the priate hats was fun!”

Emelia “I liked it when we were making the girl with the curly hair.”

Elise “I liked when I was playing with Emeila and Sahasra in the house corner.”

Felicity “I liked when we read stories in the garden.”

Sophie “I liked going outside with my best friend Eva.”

Nieve “I liked making the girl with nice hair.”

Isla “I liked playing with Elise, Nieve, Eva, Sophie and Lucia in the house.”

Zac “I liked playing with Lochlann and Cole in the building site.”

Lochlann “I liked playing with Zac with the cars and the blocks.”

Penelope “I liked playing with Georgie and Ruby.”

Georgie “I liked playing with Penelope and Ruby outside at break time and lunch time.”

Lucia “I liked playing with my friends.”

I hope everyone has a lovely holiday weekend.

Class Posts, Primary 3/2

P2 Learning Reflection for W/E 13.09.19

P2 Learning Reflection

Euan – we learned the trigraph ‘igh’ sound, high has the sound.

Poppy – I liked when we did the music with Dave. We had to dance fast and slow. He had a drum that was made from wood and goats skin.

Leighton – I enjoyed the equals greater and less than symbols. 10 is greater than 1. 10 is less than 11. 10 is equal to 10.

Savinc – I liked learning about a narrative story, written to entertain you. A narrative has a title. The orientation tells us where and who the characters are. The characters in our story were Mother duck the ten baby duckings and Father duck. Then there is a complication it’s the problem in the story. It finishes with a resolution, it tells you how the problem got fixed.

Nicholas – we learned split digraph ‘i-e’, make and cake have the sound.

Leo – I enjoyed going to assembly we were learning about flu germs. You cover your mouth when you sneeze or cough, then you have to wash your hands.

Lois – we learned the ‘i-e’ , ‘igh’  sound and we another one the ‘y’  sound in fly.

James – I liked learning about the germs in assembly. You cover your mouth when you cough so you don’t pass germs.

Austin – we were doing the ‘ igh’ sound, high has that sound. Smile has the split digraph i-e.

Emma – I liked it when Dave sang for us to stand up. He went La, la la la la la la la la  his voice got higher. His voice got lower when he wanted us to sit down.

Sushanth – I liked number talks. We looked at patterns in 10 frames.

Coben – I enjoyed assembly, the people living in the dark cold place. They have no energy and no wifi. They need stuff to stay alive. We are going to help them.

Roshan – We will put stuff in a shoe box, things like toys and hats and gloves.

Isaac – I enjoyed doing number talks. We were counting ten frames. I solved one, I used a near double 4 and 3.

Subhan – We need to wash our hands before we eat and cover our mouths before we cough, so we don’t spread flu.

Kaelan – I liked the assembly it was about flu. It spreads germs because they are so small they can easily spread. You stop them by washing your hands.

Rory – I enjoyed PE we were doing team games, I like playing the games you have to work with your team.

Primary 2/1

P2/1 Learning Reflection W/E 13th September 2019

P2/1 have had a busy week this week. P1 have been learning the i and n sounds and the tricky word of. We used shaving foam to write our sounds, taught ted how to write the letters, made an iced biscuit and an iguana. P2 have been revising the a-e and i-e sounds. We played roll and read, wrote a-e, i-e words and made words on our magnetic boards. We have begun our topic of houses and homes. We made a list of features of a house and created houses using chalk. P2 have continued to explore numbers using greater than/less than and we looked at ordinal numbers. P1 have counted, written and made 8 or 9. In PE we continued to play games. In Science with Miss Whigham, we took part in a taste experiment. We tasted sour foods such as lemons. We also tasted chocolate, jam and crisps. Have a lovely long weekend. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Murdo: “I found it hard doing our number talks on counting all/counting on.”

Olly: “I found it hard looking for the sounds in the sand.”

H: “I learned how to write the letters i and n.”

G: “We drew houses out of chalk. I enjoyed drawing my house.”

Alister: “I liked using Charlie the crocodile (more than/less than symbols). It was quite hard though.”

Lucas: “I enjoyed learning new letter and finding the letters in the sand.”

Teria: “I enjoyed learning about houses and I enjoyed learning about magic e sounds. I enjoyed science with Miss Whigham.”

Christian: “I enjoyed science with Miss Whigham. We were eating sour foods and chocolate.”

General Information, Primary 1

P1 Weekly Reflection 13.9.19

In Primary One this week we have been learning the sounds i and n.  We have begun to build words with the sounds we have learnt so far (m, a, d, t, s, i, n), perhaps you could practise building some words at home?

In numeracy we have been learning about the numbers 8 and 9.  We have been counting lots of objects around the classroom and we have been forming our numbers in the sand, showing teddy how to write them on whiteboards and making them with playdough.  We have also been singing and dancing to some number songs, perhaps you’d like to have a listen at home! Here’s a few links:

In our topic work we have been developing our understanding of families and in particular, babies.  We would like to give a very special welcome from all of P1 to Isla’s new sisters, Freya and Emmie.  We hope to meet you very soon.

This week we also watched Jessie and Friends where we learned what to do if we are watching videos online and we see something that we don’t like and gives us a funny feeling in our tummy.  We know that we must tell an adult who will help to make it go away.

Have a lovely holiday weekend and I look forward to seeing the children back in school on Wednesday.

General Information

A busy week in P4

We have had another busy week. Some of our comments are below, but in addition we want to say that we were really affected by the assembly today  where we learned about the Shoebox appeal. We really want to make a difference to help the poor people and make them smile for a wee while.

Emma F – I really enjoyed the Authors Live. It was funny.

Alexander – I enjoyed Mr Meddle because it was funny. I liked when his socks and shoes came off.

Harris St – I enjoyed the bit in Spud Murphy when Marty got stamped.

Freya – I liked when we were passing the ball in PE.

Finn – I enjoyed Authors Live and was happy that Kalista got her question answered.

Olly – I enjoyed making our own book cover for our reading book.

Harris Si – I enjoyed the assembly today about the Shoebox Appeal.

William – I liked the songs at assembly.

Joe – I liked learning about the numbers on the number lines.

Class Posts, Primary 7

This week in P7…

This week Almondell collected the most house points.

“I’m happy that my house won this week.” – Jamie

We finished creating our class charter this week. The theme we chose for the charter was YouTube, but we have renamed it to YourRights.

“I enjoyed filming and acting the class charter out.” – Sri

“I liked doing the Class Charter because we got to film and it was fun.” – Logan F

“Doing the class charter was super fun. I enjoyed acting it out.” – Callum L

“I liked doing the charter because we got to write out a script then act and film it.” – Natalie

“I loved doing the class charter because we made a video.” – Lewis

 

We also did Netball in PE and some of us attended trials to join the Netball Team.

“I loved doing Netball and I’m happy because I got into the team. Trials were really fun.😁” – Ellie

“I enjoyed doing the Netball trials because my sister was helping out.” – Cameron

“I enjoyed Netball because we got to learn new drills.” – Calum W

“I got into the Netball team and I’m happy.” – Finlay

“I enjoyed Netball because we got to play games.” – Eesa

“Netball was fun and I enjoyed it.” – Logan Y

“I enjoyed doing Netball!” – Callan

“I liked doing Netball!” – Katy

 

Some Leadership roles were announced.

“I got picked to be Sports Captain and I was surprised.” – Ainslie

“I got to be Sports Captain!” – Zoe

“I became a house captain!” – Aiden

“I wanted to become House Captain for Calderwood but I got Digital Leader and I prefer it now!” – Leon

We also revisited Place Value in Numeracy.

“I loved doing Maths because it was very challenging and I like to be challenged.” – Silvester

We also did our own personalised Sways on Glow.

“I really enjoyed doing the Sways.” – Rowan

“I liked doing the Sway because we got to make it about ourselves.” – Kyle

 

 

Primary 6

P6 This Week- 13.9.19

This week P6 have has had fun learning about world war 2. We did drama about the Jarrow march- we had lots of fun doing  it. In maths we have been doing chimney sums and a game called cash register- its a lot of fun!!!. We have got are reading done and are group names called The smarties, the rock stars, the big chungests and the book cubs.We are also reading Friend or foe by Michel Morpurgo with Mrs Smith. We enjoyed watching Connie Huq on Authors Live on Thursday.In P.E we have been doing skipping, sprints, hurrdles, burpies bounces.

Katie and Georgie