Monthly Archives: March 2022

General Information, Primary 2/1

P2-1 Weekly Reflection 25.03.22

Today we were very excited to lead our first ever class assembly. We chose the theme of Mother’s Day because this Sunday is when we celebrate Mother’s Day in the UK and we can say thanks to our mums for everything they do for us. We drew some lovely pictures of our mums and told our audience why our mums are special to us. These are just some of the reasons we gave.

“My mum is special because we do lots of fun things together.” Cara

“My mum is special because she is kind to me.” Mohnish

“My mum is special because she cuts my hair and she is the best cook ever. She gives me brand new toys.” Dexter

“My mum is really funny. She plays pranks on me and tells me jokes and it makes me laugh.” Ethan

“My mum is special because she takes care of me and my family.” Dylan

“My mum is special because she makes yummy breakfast for me.” Jack

These are some of the beautiful pictures we drew of our mums.

As part of our assembly we learned some new songs but our favourite one was The Mother’s Day Song, have a listen and you’ll see all the great ways (or not!) we can help our mums. We have also been busy creating a special surprise for our mums which we are sure they are going to love!

In Numeracy this week we have practised odd and even numbers, revisited number bonds to 20 and begun to explore measurement by considering length and height. We had great fun trying to find items which were shorter and longer than a spoon and then we practised measuring different items in the classroom using non-standard units from around the class.

In literacy we have been revising our Set 2 and Set 3 sounds with a particular focus on consonant blends ng and nk for P2 and the split digraph i-e for P1. We have also been practising our red words to build up our fluency in reading. If you have time please practise these at home by clicking on this link, red-words.

This week we have been enjoying the lovely weather and we hope the sunshine continues over the weekend for our Mums’ special day! Have a great weekend.

Primary 1

P1 Weekly Learning Reflection W/E 25th March 2022

Good afternoon.

In Literacy we have learned the sounds ‘aw’ and ‘are’. We played ‘aw’ snakes and ladders, ‘are’ roll and read, taught ted how to write ‘aw’, looked for ‘are’ words in a story and word search. In writing we wrote an acrostic poem about our mums.

In Maths we explored subtraction. First of all, we looked at subtraction within 10 then we started to look at subtraction within 20. We used Numicon, number lines, counters and playdough to help us. We found the missing number in subtraction sentences using playdough, got our bus to school by answering subtracting within 10 questions, practised our counting backwards and played Robot Less than on the computers.

We explored the story of the Hungry Caterpillar on Monday. We looked at the different stages in a butterfly’s life cycle, sequenced the story using pictures and learned how to draw a butterfly. This week we have explored Spring. We brainstormed what we knew about spring, played spring bingo, I Spy and created blossom tree paintings. On Friday we had assembly. It was Primary 2/1’s assembly and it was all about Mother’s day. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Jessica- “I liked playing the washing machine game in gym.”

Finlay – “I liked playing at superheroes with the boys in the bricks.”

David – “I liked doing the parachute in the gym hall.”

Matthew- “I liked playing the cat and mouse game.”

Mia – “I was drawing a picture of Miss Maclachlan, me and my brother.”

Leo – “I was building a superhero den in the bricks.”

Emily – “I liked learning about Bees and running in PE.”

Lyla – “I liked making surprise pictures for my mummy.”

Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Maclachlan

Class Posts, Primary 4

P4 Learning Reflections 25.03.22

I enjoyed playing Hockey with the Sports Captains.  It was filled with fun, excitement and I’m grateful to them for helping. – Euan

In maths we were learning fractions and decimals.  It was really fun. – Teria

I enjoyed drama based on James and the Giant Peach.  We were using our bodies to make a frozen picture of a giant peach. – Isaac

I enjoyed learning about decimals, mixed number fractions and improper fractions in maths.  – Sushanth

I liked reading James and the Giant Peach because we used in to make frozen pictures in drama. – Christian

I enjoyed PE because we played two rounds of hockey and it was really fun. – Leo

I enjoyed PE on Monday.  We played hockey with the Sports Captains.  It was so much fun and I can’t wait until Monday to do more! – Rory

I enjoyed learning decimals.  I thought it would be hard but it was easy.  I also liked writing about procedures.  We did a secret treat for Sunday. – Lois

I enjoyed Art.  We learned how to draw characters from James and the Giant Peach.  I drew Old Green Grasshopper, Ladybird, James, Earthworm and Glow worm.  I also enjoyed maths because we were learning about tenths as decimals. – Leighton

Yesterday we did a secret treat.  We were writing about how to make “a surprise”.  It was very hard but I loved it! – Charley

I enjoyed playing hockey in PE. The aim of the game was to pass the ball.  Before we could shoot we had to make sure that we had passed the ball to 3 team mates.  – Austin

I enjoyed trying to make a 3D heart.  I liked thinking of words beginning with super. – Emma

On Tuesday we learned about decimal fractions, improper fractions and mixed number fractions. – Poppy

I liked PE.  You had to hit the ball in between people’s legs to spell the word BRIDGE.  It was really fun! – Kaelan

I liked playing a match in hockey.  It was really fun.  We then had to go to a group to practise skills.  We had to dribble the ball.  We were trying not to let our ball touch the hoops and cones. – Ziva

I completed a fact file about ladybirds. Ladybirds eat aphids which are teeny, tiny insects. – Coben

I enjoyed hockey with the P7s and learning about tenths as decimals in maths. – Sam

I enjoyed playing the game “Donkey”.  You have to bat the ball under people’s legs. – Gabriel

I liked writing directions.  We had to write a title, goal, materials and steps to complete the procedure.  I liked drama based on James and the Giant Peach.  We also drew some characters. – Murdo

We learned about decimal fractions (tenths) in maths.  In writing we did the procedure genre called Following Directions. – Lewis

I enjoyed hockey in PE because we played real matches with the Sports Captains. – Zach

Class Posts, Primary 4

P4 Learning Reflection 18.3.22

I liked playing hockey because we played a proper match.  We had to tackle to get the ball. I also enjoyed Survival on Mars because we got to make our own creatures. -Isaac

I enjoyed the Mars lesson because we got to make our own creature.  I learned that it is VERY cold on Mars! – Solomia

This week I enjoyed Hockey outside as we actually did a proper match.  I also liked the P7s Survival on Mars task. – Sam

I enjoyed doing miming in drama.  It was really fun because we got to go in front of everyone to perform funny scenes. – Euan

On Tuesday two of the P7s taught us a lesson called Survival on Mars.  On Thursday we played hockey and I loved it.  We got to play a real match and it was so much fun! – Poppy

I liked writing the diary of James (and the Giant Peach).  It was really fun.  I also enjoyed playing hockey because we played a match.  It was really fun and challenging! – Ziva

I enjoyed Survival on Mars because I liked making the clay figures.  We also had to design a poster explaining how the creature could survive in the cold and what it might eat. – Zach

I enjoyed “Making the Whole” in fractions this week.  We wrote answers in our jotters. I also enjoyed writing a diary entry.  In drama we learned what tableaux and configuration is. – Sushanth

I really liked making my very own creature to survive on Mars. It was really fun and I hope we can involve our Mars creatures in drama.  Mars is VERY cold! – Ethan

I liked the P7s teaching us Survival on Mars.  We also designed posters about Growth for a British Science Week competition. – Murdo

I liked outside hockey.  It was fun.  I also enjoyed making a Mars creature.  We got to make it look however we wanted. – Leo

General Information, Primary 3

This Week in P3 – W.C. 14.3.22

In P3 this week, we have been learning…

In Numeracy and Maths, we started learning about fractions. Looking at the numerator, denominator and fraction bar. Then learned about unit and non-unit fractions. We used the concrete materials to build a Fraction Museum and took our partners on a tour of our Museum’s! We then were able to show our understanding of fractions by answering questions in a Kahoot quiz.

We took part in some wonderful lessons from the National Museum’s Scotland all about Dinosaurs which linked in well with British Science Week this week!

The STEM leaders worked with the class today to plant seeds into gloves using cotton wool balls. We will watch these grow and develop.

Happy Red Nose Day everyone!

General Information

P2 Learning Reflection for W/E 18.3.22

Ella – I have enjoyed PE. We were doing hockey. I was dribbling with the ball and we were controlling the ball.

Grace – I liked going in the gym hall for assembly. It was about red nose day.

Josh – We were trying to stop the ball before it hits the white line. You had to keep the hockey stick on the right side and turn.

Kyra – I enjoyed crazy hair day. We are raising money for Red Nose Day!

Rhy-Lee – I enjoyed making seed bombs. We had to put water in the big bowl. Then we had to rip up paper and put it in the water. Ms King used a blender to mush it all up. Then we put in blue food colouring. We mixed in seeds. Then we put the seed bombs in the ice cube tray and let them dry.

Willow – I enjoyed making the seed bombs. We put a lot of paper into a bowl with water in it. Then we waited five minutes. We put food colouring in it. We mixed seeds in it. Then we put them in trays.

Alexander – we were doing hockey we were doing a race and had to control the ball around the cones and then come back. You had to dribble the ball all the way.

Louis – We made seed bombs. We needed scrunched up paper and some seeds. Then we put it into a tiny pot. Then they dry up and that’s when we can throw them.

Elyas – I liked doing the seed bombs. We put paper in bowl and then we blended it. Then we also put food colouring in and mixed it. We put flower seeds in and then also mixed that. Then we put them in little containers and waited for them to dry.

Olivia – I enjoyed doing the seed bombs. We needed to tear up paper in warm water and it felt so nice. Then Ms King used the blender and got covered in the paper mixture. We put in some food colouring and then we mixed in some seeds. Then we let it dry.

Oliver – I enjoyed PE. We were doing hockey. We were controlling the ball. We had to dribble through cones.

Caleb – We made a box to capture a Leprechaun. I made it so it was like a box and I would pull the stick back and that would shut the box.

Georgia – I liked free play. We were trying to play a song we really liked. I had a jingle thing and Willow had a clicker thing. Rhy-Lee had the tambourine and Kyra and Ella had the maracas. Grace was using the guitar.

Arianna –  I liked crazy hair day. I had bunches.

Jack – I made a castle with the big blocks. We just stacked each brick and we made gaps for the gun holes.

Primary 1

P1 Weekly Learning Reflection W/E 18th March 2022

Good Afternoon.

In Literacy we have learned the split diagraph sounds ‘o-e’ and ‘u-e’ We taught ted how to write ‘o-e’ words, played roll and read, wrote u-e words, played u-e words snakes and ladders. For writing we worked in partners and wrote spring acrostic poems.

In Maths this week we continued to explore number bonds to 20. We used double sided counters and ten frames to help us. We matched ice cream to their partner cone to show bonds to 20, played number bonds to 20 bus stop and completed the missing number bonds on stars. We also explored odd and even numbers using Numicon.

This week was British Science week. On Monday we explored the life cycle of a bee. A bee starts out as an egg, then larva, then pupa and finally a bee. On Tuesday we had our P7 STEM leaders down to help us in an activity called Handy Gardener. We have planted five different seeds in a glove. We planted a broad bean, cress, chives, spinach and radishes. On Wednesday and Thursday, we watched a video all about dinosaurs from the National Museum of Scotland. It told us all about dinosaurs. We then drew our favourite dinosaur and found out what they like to eat, how long or tall they were and when they lived. We made our very own Pterodactyl peg. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

Jessica – “I enjoyed learning about Dinosaurs. I drew a Pterodactyl.”

Gracie- “I loved Gym. I liked learning the new star game.”

Leo – “I liked learning about the superheroes in the house corner.”

Aaron – “I loved learning the new games and playing in the hall and playing the mushroom game with the parachute.”

Matthew- “In gym we made a mushroom with the parachute. We went under it.”

Emily – “I made a bee with playdough. I liked Gym.”

Angus – “I liked playing in the tuff tray. I was learning about bees and playing with other people.”

Finlay – “I enjoyed doing PE. It is my favourite! I liked red light, green light. I was the traffic light and a car. In stars and catchers, I was the catcher!”

Ishanvi – “I liked the assembly because we were having red nose day.”

Have a lovely weekend

Miss Maclachlan

General Information

P2-1 Weekly Reflection 18.03.22

It’s British Science Week and we’ve had great fun developing our knowledge and understanding of magnetism, minibeasts, growth and human blood.

We developed our understanding of magnetism by exploring a variety of different materials. We made some predictions about which items would stick to the magnets and which items would not. We concluded that metal items would stick but Dylan reminded us that not all metal things are magnetic and we decided that plastic things and items made from paper are not magnetic. We were interested in why sometimes the magnets push away from each and would like to explore this further.

On Tuesday we participated in the National Farmers Union’s Science Farm Live lesson Fantastic minibeasts and where to find them. We learned all about minibeasts, their habitats, and the important jobs they do for British farming. We developed our understanding of lots of new scientific vocabulary including the terms habitat, pollinator, exoskeleton and larvae. We hope to go on our own minibeast hunt when the weather gets a bit warmer.

 

 

 

 

On Wednesday our Young Stem Leaders from P7 led our learning and taught us about growth when they helped us to complete the Handy Garden activity. We planted a different seed in each finger of a glove and discussed what the seeds would need to grow. The gloves are taped to the classroom window and we are excited to see which seeds grow the best.

Mrs Clyne has been introducing us to the world of engineering and on Thursday we learned about Ameya who is a biomedical engineer. He likes to help people stay healthy and designs blood tests to see if people are ill. We read a story called A Drop of Blood by Paul Showers and made our own blood in class. We learned that our blood is made up of red blood cells which carry oxygen around our body, white blood cells which protect us against diseases (they wrap themselves around the germs and eat them) and platelets which form a plug to stop the bleeding when we cut ourself. 

Today we celebrated Red Nose Day with a whole school assembly and crazy hair. Thanks to all who gave a donation, it is much appreciated and will be sent off to support Comic Reflief and their funding efforts to help the organisations that are supporting people in the Ukraine just now.

Primary 1

P1 Weekly Learning Reflection W/E 11th March 2022

Good afternoon. In Literacy we have learned the split diagraph sounds ‘a-e’ and ‘i-e’ We taught ted how to write ‘a-e’ words, looked for ‘a-e’ words in a picture, played roll and read, read then drew i-e words and played ‘i-e’ snakes and ladders. For writing we worked in partners and wrote superhero acrostic poems.

In Maths this week we have been exploring number bonds to 20. We looked at different strategies for helping us to find number bonds to 20 such as making 10 first. We used rekenreks, counters, number spinners and Numicon to help us make then write down our number bonds to 20. We also played a matching rainbow game where we had to find the pot of gold to match the number at the start of the rainbow.

On Tuesday afternoon we went to the discovery den where our P7 STEM leaders led us in some very exciting activities around the topic of nature. We looked for birds, sorted fish into different categories, explored rocks, sifted soil, sand, salt and sugar out of water and used Scratch junior on the I Pads to make an animal move. In the class we made superhero stick puppets, drew a picture of our superhero helping someone stuck in the snow and discussed people who help us. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:

“I liked practising writing my letters.” David

“I loved doing gym on the mats.” Gracie

“I liked finding words in the ladybug wordsearch.” Ishanvi

“I liked doing the exercises in the gym hall.” Finlay

“I liked assembly. We learned how to be kind and about filling up our buckets. We had the story in class.” Emma

“I liked telling my story in the tent for our writing project.” Orlaith

“I liked filming my story.” Emily

“I loved being a story teller and illustrator.” Aaron

Have a lovely weekend

Miss Maclachlan

General Information, Primary 2/1

P2-1 Weekly Reflection 11.03.22

This week in P2-1 we have been busy developing our knowledge of place value within 50. We have been considering different ways of representating numbers and have been ordering and comparing numbers to 50. We have had great fun playing the Caterpillar Ordering game. Primary 1 have also been learning about quarters and enjoyed playing Karate Cats.

In Literacy P2 children have been revising the split diagraphs and the important job of Magic e in changing vowels from their sound to their letter name, for example, pin – pine, cub – cube. We enjoyed singing The Magic E Song . Primary 1 have been revising Set 2 sounds and impressed Mrs Clyne this week with their word building skills.

For Health and Wellbeing we tuned in to Authors Live with Tom Percival who was reading his book The River. It is a beautiful, thought-provoking story about managing unpredictable feelings and Tom showed us how to drawing emotions in our own illustrations.

 

Today we had our first whole school assembly since March 2020. We liked being with all the other classes and singing together. Miss Hamilton and some of the P7s were telling us more about Skipper and the tools he uses to help Build Resilience. We can use these tools to help us when things are not going so well.

Rory “I liked Fischy music in the assembly and counting to 100.”

Dexter “I really liked making the train station with the blocks.”

Minny “I liked drawing along with Tom in the Authors Live.”

Dylan “I enjoyed learning numbers to 50.”

Theo “I liked seeing our old head teacher back in the school.”

Cooper “I liked drawing with Tom.”

Hunter “I liked doing Maths and making halves.”

Cara “I liked seeing Mrs Mill back.”