Monthly Archives: February 2020

Primary 2/1

P2/1 Weekly Learning Reflection Week ending 28th February 2020

This week has been very busy. In Literacy P1 have learned the long vowel sounds ea and oi and the tricky words do and does. We wrote words, built words on our magnetic boards, coloured real and nonsense words and played roll and read. P2 have focused on the ‘ck’ spelling pattern. ‘ck’ comes after a short vowel sound. We looked for them in a word search, made them on magnetic boards and wrote them in rainbow writing.  In writing we thought and wrote about our everyday heroes. In numeracy this week P1 have been learning about halving and quarters. We coloured in halves and quarters of shapes. P2 have been exploring related facts (number bonds). On Thursday P1 had a visit from Mrs Gilchrist who is a midwife. She told us about her job and how she helps ladies when they are having a baby. P2 have been focussing on our assembly about everyday heroes. We have been busy filming and practising our lines. We also learned 2 songs. Thank you very much for coming to our assembly. We hope you enjoyed it.  Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

“I enjoyed P2’s assembly about everyday heroes. My favourite part was the songs.”

“I enjoyed our assembly. It was all great.”

“I enjoyed assembly. The songs were really good.”

“I enjoyed our assembly. I liked shouting out our alliteration super hero names.”

“I enjoyed P.E.”

“I enjoyed singing the songs during assembly”

“I enjoyed our assembly. I liked shouting out my name.”

“I enjoyed singing the everyday heroes song at our assembly.”

Primary 1

P1 Weekly Reflection 28.02.2020

Hi folks,

Apologies for not posting in a few weeks, it’s been a very busy time!

The children have been revising their set two sounds ay, ee, igh, ow, oo, ar or, air, ir, ou, oy and the tricky words are, we, to, like, want, what, they, be, she, go, old, her, do, does.  This week we have moved on to set 3 sounds and have focused on oi and ea and tricky words  any and many.  The children are making good progress with their phonics and we thank you for your support at home!

In Numeracy we have been learning our number bonds to 10 and 20 and have been looking at adding and subtracting within 20.  We have also been talking about the number after and the number before.  We have learned how to tell o’clock times and half past times on analogue and digitial clocks and we are developing our understanding of the order of the days of the week and months of the year.  This week we learned about odd and even numbers.  Perhaps you can practise looking for some odd and even numbers at home or when you are out and about!

In our Science work we have learning about the parts of a plant.  We enjoy our lessons with Miss Whigham.

In PE we continued with our gymnastics and this week practising bunny hopping.  Mrs Clyne will continue with gymnastics and Mrs Smith will continue to do some team building activities.

Today we watched P2s assembly on Superheroes and learned that it doesn’t take a cape and a mask to be a hero.  Everyday heroes can be seen around our school on a daily basis.  If we follow the school rules of being Ready, Respectful and Safe we will all be heroes.

Here’s some of the children’s comments about their week:

Sophie “I enjoyed learning our tricky words any and many.”

Penelope “I enjoyed learning our sounds oi and ea.”

Georgie “I liked learning our new sound.  It was the same ‘oy’ sound but it was spelt ‘oi’.”

Emelia “I liked at the assembly when they sung the songs.”

Elloise “I enjoyed the assembly and I liked the songs they sung.”

Zac “I liked playing with the bricks.  I was building a speedboat.”

Cole “I have liked learning about boats. We made some pictures of boats.”

Have a lovely weekend.

Primary 3/2

P2 Learning Reflection W/E 28.2.20

P2 have been very busy this week preparing for our class assembly. The children really enjoyed sharing our everyday hero message with the school and parents this morning. Thank you to everyone who took time to write such lovely feedback. The children and class teachers really enjoyed reading your comments.

Assembly song links:

 

Leo – I liked the assembly. I liked the singing. Special kind of heroes is my favourite song.

Nicholas – I liked making the alliteration hero names. The words start with the same sound. My name is Nat Nicholas.

Leighton – I liked the assembly. I liked when we were singing the songs and saying our lines. Our assembly was about everyday heroes. My mum is my everyday hero!

James – I liked the assembly. It was about superheroes and we needed to get dressed up in an outfit. You don’t need to wear a mask to be an everyday hero!

Sevinc – My favourite song was the very last one at the assembly.

Emma – I liked the assembly. My favourite part was looking to be like a ladybug.

Sushanth – I liked the assembly. I actually liked the song with Will.i.am.

Charley – I liked saying my part at the assembly.

Lois – I liked the assembly because I liked my speaking parts. It was about everyday heroes. You can share things when you play to be an everyday hero.

Isaac – I enjoyed the assembly because I liked the last song, What I am.

Euan – I liked the assembly. I liked saying my lines.

Austin – I liked the assembly because there was nice songs and we got to say out lines.

Kaelan – I liked doing the assembly. It was all about everyday heroes. An everyday hero is just like me!

Poppy – I liked the assembly today. It was really good. I liked saying all my lines and stuff.

Subhan – I liked the assembly because I liked the songs.

Rory – I enjoyed assembly. My dad was happy that I had some lines and I was happy too.

Ziva – I liked our assembly. I like the what I am song.

Coben – I enjoyed our assembly because it was fun. It was about superheroes and everyday heroes.

General Information

P1 week beg.17th

A short and busy week after our half term break. The class have been sorting words into their sound groups. Which involved reading, blending and identifying the sound patterns. Fantastic skills and peer support given in the process.

Children have also been continuing to practice their number bonds to 20, and identifying numbers on a number line.
The children have a continued interest in people who help us, linked to the Katie Morag stories and island life. Over the last two weeks the children have been crating some sea pictures which link with their learning about the role of lifeboat stations.

Primary 2/1

P2/1 Weekly Learning Reflection week ending 21st February 2020

Hope you all had a good long weekend. This week in Literacy P1 have been practising our long vowel sounds and the tricky words she, go and be. We wrote words, built words on our magnetic boards and played roll and read. P2 have continued to focus on tricky words. We looked for them in a word search, made them on magnetic boards, played bingo and wrote them in bubble writing.  In numeracy this week P1 have been learning about halving. We made halves with shapes and worked out halves of numbers. P2 have been working on subtracting when crossing 10. We used ten frames and number lines to help us. For IDL we created our superhero names. We also discussed what materials would be the best for our costumes. On Friday we went to our reflection assembly where we shared our worry bags.  Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

“I enjoyed the assembly and sharing my worry bag.”

“I liked the song about how bad times won’t last.”

“I enjoyed assembly when my class mates were sharing their worry bags.”

“I enjoyed speaking at assembly and sharing my worry bag with everyone.”

“I enjoyed the reflection assembly.”

“I found it tricky learning the oy sound.”

“I liked P.E and our team building games.”

“I enjoyed P.E too.”

“I enjoyed doing our tricky word learning.”

Primary 6

P6 this week- 21.2.20

This week we have revised our learning about fractions and learned to turn a mixed number into an improper fraction as well as comparing fractions. We continued to work on our shale trail projects and planned our information report writing about shale.

We made great progress with rehearsing for our show- Pirates of the Curry Bean! Keep up the good work with learning your parts:)

 

Class Posts, Primary 4

Quickest Week Ever for P4!

Lots of maths again this week. We are working on division using an exchange, partitioning, or whole-part models.

We have recapped on the information we learned about  Victorian Life from Mrs Liddel’s visit last week. We have focussed on school life in class.

We have completed a second draft of our Procedure writing, making lots of improvements.

O – I enjoyed the maths yesterday. I enjoyed how it was challenging. It was division.

L – I enjoyed the assembly to see how other people’s worries go away when you say them out loud.

H – I enjoyed when we drew a worry bag yesterday. It helped to get the worries out of your head.

L – I enjoyed the bake sale today.

F – I liked learning about Victorian Schools because I didn’t know about it before. It was interesting about the dunce hat.

L – I liked the writing we did about making a recipe for shortbread.

J – I liked the bake sale.

Primary 2/1

P2/1 Weekly Learning Reflection W/E 7/2/2020

This week in Literacy P1 have been learning the long vowel sounds ir and ou and the tricky words what and they. We wrote ir words, built ir and ou words on our magnetic boards and played roll and read. P2 have continued to focus on tricky words. The tricky words we learned this week were thought, bought, caught, anyone, great and once. We looked for them in a word search, made them on magnetic boards, played bingo and wrote them in pyramid spelling.  In writing this week we made a jam sandwich and wrote instructions on how to make a sandwich.  In Maths this week we have been making half past and quarter past times on an analogue clock and a digital clock. We also discussed how many minutes in an hour and how many seconds in a minute. We had our Star of the Week circle time. Murdo is our star of the week. This week as part of Scotland loves languages we have been exploring Spain. We have learned how to say hello, goodbye, thank you and the word for moon in Spanish. We looked at Spain on a map and at their flag. We started our new topic of Superheroes. On Friday we went to assembly which was all about the cost of the school day.  Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

“ I liked making the jam sandwich. It was yummy!”

“ I enjoyed assembly. I enjoyed hearing the choir sing.”

“ I enjoyed writing the instructions for making a jam sandwich and getting to eat it.”

“ I enjoyed making a jam sandwich and all of the assembly.”

“I enjoyed learning the new tricky words.”

“ I enjoyed learning how to make sock puppet.”

“ I enjoyed assembly on Friday and making a butter sandwich.”

“ I enjoyed assembly.”

Class Posts, Primary 4

Exciting week in P4

We did lots of different things this week. We have begun to put our profiles on Didbook. We had the computers to do some research on Italy for our Scotland Loves Languages Week.  We have had a good think about what we want to know about the Victorians. Lots more multiplication and division in maths, focussing on column multiplication.

L – I liked the bit when we needed to write about what we know or want to know about the Victorians.

E – I enjoyed going on Didbook

J – I liked maths where we were doing it on the whiteboards and we all had to show the answers at the same time.

R – I liked when we did the posters and found out about Italy and did research.

A – I liked doing my profile on Didbook when I wrote my favourite superhero. It was fun.

S – I enjoyed to go on Didbook and fill in my details.

O – I liked when we did the research on Italy. In our group we found out that the volcano Vesuvius was over 300000 years old.

E – I liked the assembly today because I got a certificate for pupil of the week. I feel quite proud.

Please return EE2 and money for the badminton festival as soon as possible.

Primary 6

P6 this week

We had fun learning about shale at Almond Valley museum with Amy. In maths we learned about equivalent fractions. We have added targets and information to our Didbook. We got the large equipment out in gymnastics. We learned about different planets in science. We finished our peer mediation training.