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Primary 3

P3 – 27/5/22

Good afternoon,

This week P3 have been learning:

  • In literacy, the class were writing their hot piece of narrative writing
  • In Maths, P3 were measuring in cm and m. They also learned about shape and tessellation. We looked at the graphic artist M. C. Escher and created our own tessellated art work digitally.
  • In ICT, P3 researched Escher and have created a PowerPoint in pairs to add images of their tessellation art work and will be adding information they researched about Escher into the PowerPoint that they will eventually share with the class.
  • Today saw the last day of Bikeability and a journey to Mill Farm, cycling past the river, over hills and even a cross road for the train at Almond Valley. I am thankful that the weather was on our side today!

 

 

General Information, Primary 3/2

P2 Learning Reflection W/E 27th May 2022

Well done P2 for a super assembly all about Under The Ocean. You did a great job sharing everything you have been learning. We heard all about the water cycle, ocean layers and ocean creatures. The singing was fabulous too! Well done I am so proud of you all!

Willow – I loved the songs in our class assembly. I loved my bit when I speak. I thought that everyone was super good at sing and speaking!

Thea – I really liked singing and I really liked standing up and talking about octopus. Octopus are clever because they can camouflage.

Ella – I liked learning about how to do the assembly. We learned that whales live in the sunlight layer and dive down to the twilight layer to eat. They eat six tons of krill a day!

Jack – I enjoyed singing the sea shanty song in front of the whole entire school!

Louis – We had to talk about the ocean to all of the classes. It was our assembly and we never did one before. We learned about the ocean for our assembly. The ocean has layers; I didn’t know that I thought it was one big sea! Everyone was clapping and cheering when we did the sea shanty!

Alexander – I was liking the under the sea song. We were talking about our sea animals. I liked the sea shanty because everyone was stamping and clapping!

Grace – I enjoyed saying about the jellyfish having the same area as it’s mouth and bottom, it made everyone laugh!

Rhy-Lee – I liked rehearsing and I liked the sea shanty. I liked talking in front of all the classes.

Kyra – I enjoyed the Under the Sea song. I liked talking in the assembly!

Georgia – I enjoyed the sea shanty song. I liked me talking. I was talking about the ocean. I liked it was everybody was clapping, it was actually really fun and I have good moves!

Caleb – I liked doing the assembly. I liked doing the sea shanty song!

Josh – I liked singing the sea shanty song. I also liked saying about my lines. I was talking about a seahorse, the water cycle and the layers of the ocean. The water cycle goes round and round. It rises up and it forms into a cloud then the rain drops drop onto the land. It keeps going round and round!

Olivia – My highlight was the assembly. I thought it was funny when Grace was talking about the jellyfish because she said that their mouth was their bottom too! It made everybody laugh.

Elyas – I enjoyed doing the assembly. I liked it when we were getting ready to go. I like waiting before something starts. I feel excited. I felt kind of sad after because I wanted to do the assembly again!

Oliver – I enjoyed doing the assembly. I enjoyed singing the sea shanty and the under the sea song!

Class Posts, Primary 2/1

P2-1 Weekly Reflection 27.5.22

Although a shorter week, it has been a busy one and we still managed to fit in lots of learning.

In Literacy, P2 continued the Read Write Inc (RWI) Pre-Spelling programme in preparation for beginning the RWI Spelling Programme in Primary 3. This week we have learned that verbs are doing words and practised adding the endings –ing and –ed to different verbs. P1 continued to learn their set 3 sounds and enjoyed using the magnetic boards to build words with the ‘ure’ and ‘are’ sounds. We have also been practising our red words to help us build up our fluency in reading.

In Maths, P2 have been learning about arrays. We know that arrays have rows and columns and the children enjoyed making and discussing their own arrays using counters to help them. P1 have been skip counting in twos and working out the number before, after and in between.

In PE this week, we have been developing our tennis skills.

In Science we have been about the life cycle of the butterfly and the frog. We were super excited when the staff and children from the ELC came along to our classroom to show us their butterfly farm!

On Thursday, Primary 1 enjoyed some time in the playground with their Primary 7 buddies and look forward to meeting up with their buddies again next week.

This morning we listened to P2’s assembly about ‘Under the Sea’.

Here are some of the children’s highlights this week:-

Rory “I liked the Wellerman song at the assembly.”

Dylan “I liked learning about the life cycle of a frog.”

Poppy “I liked learning about the different kinds of spiders and I learnt that not all spiders do webs. I also liked learning about all the different kinds of sharks.”

Kaylan “I liked learning about spiders. The brighter the spider the more poisonous.”

Ethan “I liked the life cycle of the minibeasts. I liked all of them.”

Theo “I learned that there is a tunnel spider and when it hears something above it’s tunnel, it jumps out and grabs it.”

Cara “I enjoyed using the set 2 sounds to make words.”

Cooper “I learned the cycle of a frog.”

Hunter “I know that not all spiders make webs.”

Have a lovely weekend everyone.

General Information, Primary 2/1

P2/1 Weekly Reflection 20.05.22

This week we have been excited to welcome our P1 parents for our Peephole into Play sessions. The children really enjoyed welcoming you into our classroom and sharing their learning experiences with you. Here’s what the children had to say:-

Ethan “I loved my dad and mum coming to school and playing with me.”

Dexter “I showed my mum my train made out of lego and duplo.”

Jack “I was having fun playing the dog game on the laptops.”

Rory “I liked my mum coming. I made her food in the home area and we looked at minibeasts. Mum didn’t believe that butterflies have legs. ”

George “I showed mum around the classroom and did some writing.”

Kyle “I liked playing with the lego with my gran. We made a big lego house.”

Our learning about Minibeasts has continued this week with great enthusiasm and Jack confidently explained about metamorphosis when the pre-schoolers came to visit. The pre-schoolers told us they have caterpillars in the ELC playroom and we are excited about the possibility of going to see them. We listened to the story ‘Twist and Hop Minibeast Bop’ and discussed different kinds of minibeasts. You can listen to the story again here.  We were listening out for rhyming words and were very impressed with how well the pre-schoolers could identify rhyming words.

Cara reminded us that in writing we had to cut out the different stages of a butterfly’s life cycle and put them in the correct order before writing about what happens at each stage. Georgia said she enjoyed when we designed our own bee and butterfly gardens. A few of the children’s comments about our minibeast learning:-

Cara “I enjoyed making a bug hotel for all the lego insects.”

Dylan “I enjoyed looking at the minibeast bodies in the tuff tray.”

Theo “We have been learning about the thorax and the abdomen and the head.”

As Thursday was Outdoor Classroom Day we took some time to appreciate the outdoors and used our senses to tune in to the world around us. We sat quietly for 3 mins and then wrote a list of all the things we could hear. While in the garden we took some time to look at the P6s pocket garden. They have planted some mint and when you rub it your fingers smelled like mint. We talked about some plants that you can eat and some that you can’t. (Poppy)

Other comments about our learning this week:-

Minny “I liked learning how to count in 2s, 5s and 10s.”

Mohnish “I enjoyed the lego and building a cafe.”

In PE we have been learning tennis. Kaylan said “It’s kinda tricky trying to bounce the ball with the racket.”

Cara “I enjoyed tennis.”

Kade “I liked playing Galactic Pugs.”

Theo “Mrs Fraser taught us about equal groups.”

Primary 1

Primary 1 Weekly Learning Reflection W/E 20th May 2022

Good afternoon. Primary 1 absolutely loved having our mummies and daddies into school to share in our learning through play. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did.  In Literacy we learned the ‘ew’ and ‘ire’ sounds. We played roll and read, looked for real and nonsense words, played snakes and ladders and taught ted words. In writing we were learning about an information report. We wrote an information report about bikes.

In Maths this week we have been learning about symmetry. We looked for shapes or objects around the classroom that were symmetrical, made loose parts symmetrical faces, completed monster pictures so they were symmetrical. We used a mirror to help us.

In our afternoons we have been further exploring pets. We learned about what a pet needs such as love and food. We made split pin puppets of pets, made 2D pictures of pets and explored the role of a vet in helping to care for animals. In P.E we have been continuing to learn basic Tennis skills. In Health and wellbeing, we were labelling parts of the body.  Here are the children’s reflections:

Mitchell – “I enjoyed having mummy visit.”

Aaron – “I enjoyed playing Sumdog.”

Finlay – “I loved playing Sumdog and I loved my mum and my dad coming in. I also loved making a split pin pet. I loved playing in the pet shop.”

Angus – “I liked playing Sumdog, my mummy visiting and getting happy birthday sung to me.”

Ishanvi – “I liked playing Sumdog. Also making a pet puppet with my mummy.”

Leo- “I liked my mummy coming in and making my split pin puppet with my mummy.”

David – “I loved my mummy coming in.”

Matthew – “I liked showing my daddy around my classroom. I also enjoyed playing Sumdog.”

Gracie – “I liked my mummy coming into school and I liked working in the pet shop and vets.”

Orlaith – “My mummy and daddy coming and playing in the bricks and pet shop.”

Lyla – “I enjoyed my mummy coming in and playing Sumdog, as it was a competition.”

Emily – “I liked playing Sumdog and in the vets.”

Jessica – “My mummy coming and feeding the fish.”

Emma – “My mummy and my daddy coming to school.”

Mia – “I liked showing my mummy and daddy how to play Sumdog.”

Ayaat – “I loved my mummy coming to school.”

Have a lovely long weekend.

Miss Maclachlan

General Information, Primary 2/1

P2-1 Weekly Reflection 13.05.22

It’s been an exciting week as we have begun to learn about Minibeasts. We have been learning the different parts of an insect and know that an insect’s body is made up of three parts; the head, the thorax and the abdomen.

We thought about the different habitats where we might find minibeasts and matched minibeasts to their habitats.  We also learned some new vocabulary when we learned that minibeasts are cold blooded and sometimes go into a state of diapause which Poppy told us “means the insects stop being active until it is warmer again”. We understand that Metamorphosis is the process when an insect changes from a young insect to an adult. A good example is when a caterpillar turns into a butterfly and Theo explains this beautifully when he said “They wrap themselves in a chrysalis and then change into a butterfly. It needs to pump the liquid into its wings to make them strong enough to fly.” We learned how to use a classification key which involved lots of great discussion as some of us didn’t know that butterflies had legs. We particularly enjoyed singing this song, perhaps you could practise it again at home!

In  phonics P1 have been learning the sounds ‘ai’ and ‘oa’ and enjoyed playing a robot game to practise these sounds. The children were also very good at identifying rhyming words with these sounds. P2 were learning about alphabetical order and were putting lots of different minibeasts in order according to their first and second letters.

This week we have been practising our handwriting and been working hard to form upper and lower case D and E correctly.

In maths we have been learning about volume and capacity and are now confident to measure and compare the volumes of different containers.

We enjoyed listening to P1s assembly all about their journey through play. Minny was impressed with how confident they spoke into the microphone.

Here are a few of the children’s highlights this week:-

Poppy “I liked learning about minibeasts and I didn’t know that butterflies had feet and I liked learning about volume. I know volume is about how much liquid can get into the glass.”

Theo “Labelling the parts of an insect was pretty hard.”

Kade “I enjoyed learning about volume and capacity.”

Rory “I liked playing in the building area and building a castle and a camper van.”

Primary 1

Primary 1 Weekly Learning Reflection W/E 13th May 2022

Good afternoon. What a very busy and productive week for Primary 1. In Literacy we learned the oa and ‘ow’ as in brown sounds. We played roll and read, looked for real and nonsense words, played snakes and ladders and made words. In writing we wrote about our pets if we had one or what pet we would like if we didn’t have one.

In Maths this week we have been exploring weight and capacity. We measured classroom items using a pan balance and cubes. We explored how many scoops of water it took to fill containers and guessed how many cups first of all before finding out.

This week we did our first assembly to the school. We took a trip through our whole school year sharing our learning through play. We worked very hard to learn our lines. Miss Maclachlan is very proud of us.  Here are the children’s reflections:

Angus – “I loved doing our assembly. I liked saying my verse of the poem.”

Matthew – “I loved all of our assembly.”

Mitchell – “I enjoyed learning oa and ow during literacy.”

Aaron – “All of the assembly is my highlight.”

Leo – “I liked learning about capacity and how many scoops of water it took to fill the containers.”

Mia – “I liked learning oa and ow.”

Finlay – “Same as Aaron.”

Lyla – “I enjoyed saying the poem and watching others say their lines in our assembly.”

Ishanvi – “I liked learning my lines and performing the assembly to the school.”

Orlaith – “I enjoyed our assembly.”

Emma – “I loved the assembly.”

Gracie – “I liked the whole week at school.”

Ayaat – “I loved the whole week.”

David – “I enjoyed everything.”

Jessica – “I enjoyed the assembly.”

Emily – “I have enjoyed feeding the fish and helping to look after the fish.”

Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Maclachlan

General Information

P2 Learning Reflection W/E 13th May 2022

This week in numeracy the children have been making equal groups. Skip counting in 10, 5 and 2. In number talks they have been solving addition problems by adding or subtracting one of the addends to make a friendly number. In writing the children wrote step by step instructions for making seed bombs.  They have explored the water cycle and made a pictogram of ocean animals.  In PE the children have been practising their tennis skills.

Georgia – Yesterday we were drawing the water cycle. The water comes up because of the sun. When it’s raining the water comes back down to the ocean.

Grace – We are doing tennis in PE. We have been practising hitting the ball to each other.

Rhy-Lee – I liked doing the water cycle. When the water goes up it is called evaporation. Then it goes into a cloud. When it’s going to rain it’s called precipitation!

Caleb – In number talks we were making friendly numbers.

Ella – I like doing PE. We did tennis. We were practising how to balance the ball in the racquet.

Oliver – I liked when we were doing PE. I like doing tennis because my Dad sometimes plays with me!

Arianna – I liked number talks. We were making ten then counting on.

Elyas – I liked doing PE. We had to bounce the ball and our partner had to hit it with their racquet.

Jack – I liked working with Josh and Caleb, to make a poster about underwater creatures. We made a pictogram.  It showed all the underwater sea creatures. We had the most pufferfish. The sharks were the least.

Willow – I like doing number talks and numeracy. We have been making ten. We have been counting in 10’s. We made equal groups. Equal means they groups have the same amount.

Kyra – In PE we have been playing tennis. I am good at balancing the tennis ball on the racquet.

Nathan – We learned about the water cycle. The water comes down the mountain and it goes under the mud into the water. It comes from the rain. It goes into the ocean. The sun rises up the water into the clouds and it rains again.

Thea – I enjoyed playing outside with Willow. We did our dance and our dance is called rain on me.

Olivia – I enjoyed PE. I really like playing tennis with Willow. If we missed the ball with the racquet we had to go and chase it.

Josh – We made a picture gram. The picture gram showed six pufferfish, three sharks, three octopus and five fish. We had the most pufferfish! You need to include a title, labels and a key.

Primary 1

Primary 1 Weekly Learning Reflection W/E 6th May 2022

Good afternoon. It has been a short but busy week for Primary 1. In Literacy we learned the ‘ai’ sound. We created spelling flowers, played roll and read and snakes and ladders and taught ted how to write words with the ‘ai’ sound.

In Maths this week we have been exploring length and weight. We helped measure the superhero footprints using cubes and measured classroom items. We became human pan balances to find out heavy or light objects around the classroom were. We also played a heavier or lighter game and sorted heavy and light items.

In P.E we are learning basic Tennis skills and played dodgeball. We have been continuing to set up our pet shop and this week we have decided on the name of Pet Shop Pets. In Health and Wellbeing, we explored people who help us and how they help. Here are the children’s reflections:

Angus – “I loved everything in P.E.I liked drawing and feeding the fish.”

Aaron – “I loved everything in P.E too. I liked drawing a fish for our fish tank.”

Emily – “I liked P.E”

Mitchell – “I liked playing dodgeball.”

David – “I loved playing dodgeball too.”

Lyla – “I liked helping to set up the pet shop.”

Mia – “I liked P.E. as well.”

Emma – “I liked setting up our pet shop. It is called Pet Shop Pets.”

Ayaat – “I liked setting up our pet shop. I drew a fish.”

Finlay – “I liked all of P.E. I also enjoyed feeding fish and learning the sound ai.”

Leo – “I enjoyed playing dodgeball today.”

Orlaith – “I liked drawing and feeding the fish.”

Gracie – “Everything.”

Jessica – “I liked looking at and watching people feed the fish. Also setting up the pet shop.”