Monthly Archives: October 2020

Class Posts, General Information, Primary 5

P5 9th October 2020

What a great week we have had in Primary 5. Our first Outdoor Learning was a great success and amazingly it stayed dry for us. We had our second French lesson with Madame Moore who taught us how to say how many brothers and sisters we have. We are all very sad to say goodbye to Mrs Mill, but we have made her two lovely  books to help her remember us. One is full of memories and messages, the other is the P5 Guide to Peace and Positivity which is full of great ideas to cheer Mrs Mill up on a gloomy day.

Anna – I liked Outdoor Learning. I liked trying to balance the leaf on the water and seeing if the needle would turn the right way.

Jarrad – I am sad about Mrs Mill leaving. I liked learning the hockey skills in PE.

Harris – I liked the Teams assembly today when I found out I won the decorate a mug competition.

Lakshya – I liked the Outdoor Learning when we were working out which way was North. We tried to make our own compass but it was hard to get the needle to balance on the water.

Labib – I like the French class because we were learning about how to say How are you? and What is your age? I also liked trying to make a compass in Outdoor Learning and learning hockey in PE. The RME was good too it was interesting. It was good when we played the How to Train Your Dragon game too.

Teme – I liked the How to Train Your Dragon board games when we got to play them. I am very sad that Mrs Mill is leaving.

Luke N – I feel really sad that Mrs Mill is leaving today because she was really nice to us and always had a smile.

Leo – I liked it when we were outside for an assembly to say goodbye to Mrs Mill. The Outdoor Learning was good because we did proper nature things and we made a compass. I also liked learning about RME with Mr Keast because it was interesting to find out about buildings that different religions have and are special to them. In PE I liked how we were doing hockey and learning hockey skills.

Rohan – I liked the nice and fresh air when we went for our walk in Outdoor Learning. I liked the big stairs that were muddy.

Kaitlyn – I am really sad that Mrs Mill has to leave. She was always so nice to us.

General Information, Primary 6

P6 Sharing the Learning wk.beg. 5.10.20

This week we have been learning, maths and we have been assessed to check our progress in place value.

We have also been doing our final draft for our recount on lockdown.

We had Madam Moore covering vocabualry  on my family, such as ‘I have a brother or sister’ and ‘I dont have a brother  or sister.’

We were mostly finishing off work and  are really excited about our holidays and what we can do in our own time.

by Rocco, Leighton, Oliver and Rebecca W   🙂

 

Primary 6

P6 Sharing The Learning wk.beg.28.9.20

At the start of this week, we have been doing maths, and we were doing number talks later in the week.  We did Roman numerals it was great fun to learn about different countries ways of speaking numbers!

In PE we played rock paper scissors hoop game, it was really fun, we also did laps around the playground and the bleep test!

We have been doing a lot of ERIC which stands for everyone reading in class, we recommended our books to the rest of the class, which was great!

We  did a number words and spelling test. We did some art too, we made some balloons pictures, and added some descriptive writing, We uploaded some pictures of our writing to Didbook!

We have been writing an imaginative story about a frozen mammoth and a recount about our lockdown!   We also did Lego cranes, and we got split into groups to complete them as a group task.

On Fridays Mrs Smith comes in for most of the day, and challenges us with picture equations and helps us learn discussion skills. it is really fun!

Our week was great! We had lots of fun doing everything and we are all so exited to see what we do next week!

Authors: Alexandra and Zara

Primary 2/1

P2/1 Weekly Learning Reflection W/E 2nd October 2020

Good Afternoon. Another week gone already. P2/1 have worked very hard this week. In Literacy, P1 have this week learned the sounds ‘k’ and ‘ck’ and the tricky word no. We have made kangaroo and koala puppets, taught ted, sorted pictures into ‘ck’ and not ‘ck’ and rolled dice to make words. P2 have been revising the ‘ure’ and ‘ire’ sounds. We played snakes and ladders, played roll and read, wrote our words in rainbow colours and did handwriting. We also read our new reading books.

In Numeracy P1 have been exploring pattern. We looked at shape, colour and picture patterns. We made peg patterns using our pegs and boards, tower patterns using Lego bricks and completed colour patterns on scarves. P2 have been looking at numbers bonds to 10 and 20, comparing number sentences and adding how many altogether. We completed bar models, played games and used our greater than, less than and equals to symbols to complete number sentences. This week was Maths week Scotland. We have created symmetrical natural art using materials from the woods such as leaves, played eliminator where we have to get into groups of the number shouted out, we have been robots and had to direct our partners around the field using positional language such as forwards and completed the BBC Rainbow quizzes which covered a variety of topics such as adding and odd and even numbers.

In Health and Wellbeing this week we looked at two resilience tools, challenge your mindset and get active. We watched Mojo the Dojo videos about not giving up and learning from our mistakes. In assembly we spoke about the tool of get active and about taking risks when trying something new.  For interdisciplinary learning we spoke about what a fact file is and we are going to work in pairs to create a fact file about an animal.

On Tuesday we had our first session of Outdoor Learning with Mrs Smith. We went on a walk to the woods and went on a bear hunt. We talked about words such as above, behind, up, down, over and through. We collected lots of sticks, pine cones and leaves.

Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

“I enjoyed the rainbow quiz on odd and even. Our answers created a pattern.”

“Same thing as Emelia.”

“I enjoyed outdoor learning with Mrs Smith. We went in the woods.”

“I enjoyed going on a bear hunt in the woods.”

“I enjoyed learning about squirrels eating the acorns in the woods.”

“I found it tricky trying to read the words on the snail race game.”

“I enjoyed going in the woods. My favourite bit was finding the acorns.”

“I found it tricky learning the ‘ire’ sound.”

“The same as Penelope and Willow. I enjoyed the woods.”

“I liked seeing the squirrels and learning about how they eat the pine cones.”

Have a lovely weekend

Miss Maclachlan

Primary 1

P1 Learning Reflection W/E 2.10.20

This week in P1 we have been learning the sounds c and k along with tricky word he! In maths, we have continued to explore repeating patterns and had a go at designing our own patterned jumpers just in time for the frosty weather this morning! In assembly today we learned that being active is good for our wellbeing.

Oliver – We had our photo taken in the garden, it was fun!

Kade – We made a repeating pattern caterpillar. We cut the circles to make them.

Kaylan – We danced to music.

Alexander – We did science with Miss Whigham.

Rhy-Lee -I made a pattern with three colours.

Class Posts, General Information, Primary 5

P5 reflection

Before we reflect on this busy week, just a reminder that P5 will be starting their Outdoor Learning lessons on Wednesday afternoon 7th October. Please ensure your child is dressed so that they can stay warm and dry.

There was a lot of new learning and activities in Primary 5 this week. Madame Moore from Inveralmond CHS came to visit this morning to teach us French. She was impressed by how much we have remembered from previous lessons. Madame Moore will be coming back every Thursday afternoon starting next week.

Emma M finally received her prize for the poetry competition she won during lockdown. Congratulations Emma!

We have watched a video from Mr Gourdie the school instrumental teacher about learning to play a brass instrument. A few of us were very interested in taking up this opportunity.

As part of Maths week Scotland we have been watching some videos of STEM Ambassadors talking about their jobs and how they use STEM subjects even in jobs where you wouldn’t think about it. We also heard some of them say how important it is to check and double check our work in case we make a mistake.

Freya – I liked when Madame Moore came this morning. It was fun to learn and I enjoyed it.

Finn – I liked the maths when it was learning about taking away with more than one exchange. I didn’t whizz through it because it was more challenging but it was good.

Jarrad – I liked the French with Madame Moore and I liked the PE. We learned some skills for hockey and I enjoyed it. On Tuesday it was fun when we were looking at the different leaf shapes in the garden. It started to rain and it was fun.

William – I like PE because I enjoy the laps around the field and I like the duck walks.

Olly – I enjoyed doing the card for Mrs Robertson because it was really quiet and I liked doing something nice for Mrs Robertson.

Labib – I liked PE when we did hockey and I also liked it when we did PE Bingo. I liked the Smart Start when we have to find as many words as we can. I liked doing French with Madame Moore.

Angus – I liked it when Mrs Sansom included Super Mario as one of the Odd One Out things during Smart Start. It was Mario’s 35th birthday.

Darcy – I liked doing the subtracting with more than one exchange because it was a challenge.

Luke – It is quite fun to be creating a cover for our book for French lessons.

Leo – I liked French with Madame Moore because it was fun and she was nice. I am enjoying making the cover for my French book.

 

Primary 3

P3 Learning Reflection – 02.10.20

P3 Learning Reflection – 02.10.20

We’ve had another super week learning lots of new things in P3, here are our highlights:

Charley: “I’ve enjoyed doing counting on and back in maths. We did really challenging problems like 110 + 41 and 105 – 30. I loved solving them!”

Emma: “I liked finishing our space writing. I drew a picture of the moon and moon dust I saw and collected when I visited. I also liked learning a new dance.”

Ayden: “I liked our outdoor learning afternoon. I learned about alive and dead materials outside and we planted food to investigate after the holidays.”

Rory: “This week learned how to play rounders in PE. There are two teams, the batters and the fielders. I had to get people from the other team out because I was a fielder.”

Gabriel: “I enjoyed using the counting back strategy in maths. I solved 360 – 222. It was hard but I felt good when I did it.”

Poppy: “Last week we made our class charter. I made a planet to represent me. It had two rainbows on it and a ring round it like Saturn.”

Lois: “I liked doing my Home Learning at home. I get to share it in class next week and I’m really excited!”

Isaac: “I’ve been writing a book in Free Writing Friday. It’s about a monster who tries to catch someone but he hurts himself and another monster comes to eat him. That’s all I’ve got just now but I’m going to write more.”

Nicholas: “I enjoyed writing about space. I wrote about my space suit, the rocket and landing on the moon. I drew pictures of these too.”

Lewis: “I liked outdoor learning. We got to go outside school and into the woods. We were searching for dead things. I found a dead leaf.”

That’s all from us – have a lovely weekend!