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Class Posts, Primary 5

Primary 5 Reflection for the First Week of November

There has been so much learning in Primary 5 again this week. We learned about angles and compass points in outdoor learning when once again we were fortunate to have lovely weather for this session. In health and wellbeing we have considered safety around fireworks and thought about what compassion is and how we can show it.

  • I liked yesterday because we designed a Christmas card and we were able to go online and learn how to draw some of the pictures.

Blake – I liked drawing the Christmas card because it helps my drawing because I could watch a tutorial online to help me improve my drawing skills.

Emma M – I like to learn about perimeter in maths because I can now measure my garden to see how long it is.

Harris – I liked painting the poppies on the stones because it was fun and I like the look of them.

Olly – I enjoyed ERIC time this week because I got to do crosswords and word crosses.

Leo – I liked how we saw a powerpoint for remembrance day and enjoyed painting the poppies. We learned about 2 people who earned the Victoria Cross because they didn’t give up.

Kayden – I liked the painting the poppies because it had to have different layers. I enjoyed the cards and learning how to search to draw things.

Jarrad – I liked learning about the people who won the Victoria Cross because they were brave and helped in the war.

Labib – I enjoyed learning about perimeter. I enjoyed Mandarin and learning about the great wall of China. Also learning more about friction with Mr Keast.

Emma F – I enjoyed learning about numbers in Mandarin.

Lakshya –  I liked French with Madame Moore because we learned how to say Mum, Dad, Gran and Grandpa.

Darcy – I liked doing French because we got to do a worksheet with a family tree on it. It was a bit of a challenge.

Finn – I liked when we were doing science with Mr Keast and had different boards out and rolling cars to see how far they would go. I thought the felt wouldn’t go far but I was right. It was about friction.

Luke – I enjoyed the Mandarin and learning about the great wall of China. It takes more than 18 months to walk along the whole wall!

Primary 4

P4 – w.c. 26.10.2020

Good afternoon,

Here are some of the amazing things P4 got up to on Halloween week!

STEM activities in small groups to build a bridge using pipe cleaners, cotton buds and pegs. It needed to stand by itself, hover, they needed to make it in 30 minutes and make it as long as possible!

Halloween spooky free writing. I was so impressed by the costumes and the spooky stories that the class created. Well done! Amazing effort!

Well done to our competition winners!

Primary 1

P1 Learning Reflection W/E 30.10.20

This week in P1 the children have been exploring the properties of 3D shapes. They have been busy hunting, building, printing, describing and sorting them. Our focused sounds this week were f and e. The children enjoyed playing a matching game reading CVC words and some were reading sentences and matching them to the correct picture. P1 had lots of Hallowe’en fun today,  it was great to see all the children in their super-spooky costumes!

Oliver – We learned the ‘f’ sound. It’s a pink sound because it’s a soft sound, fat has the ‘f’ sound.

Georgia – A triangular prism is a tent shape!

Grace – We learned the ‘e’ sound. We were doing tell Ted, we had to say how we write the ‘e’ sound.

Josh – I liked today it’s a fun day we are all dressed up, I am Harry Potter!

Olivia – I sounded out the sentences and matched them to the picture.

Class Posts, General Information, Primary 5

Halloween Horror or Happy Hardworking Heroes :-)

What a fabulous week we have had in Primary 5 this week. The pupils have been working so hard learning about length and distance in maths. Lots of measuring and thinking about how we really do need to know this maths in real life. Most pupils were able to explain how their parents use measuring skills in their jobs. It is so important to make the link between what we are learning and why.

The pupils were truly heroes during the bleep test this week. It started off a bit chilly but we ended up running in the rain. All the pupils were so determined that they wanted to run regardless of the weather. Some amazing scores were posted.

We ended the week with some spooky looking pupils. We were able to use Teams to share our Halloween jokes with P4, P6 and P7 – some big groans there but a few giggles too.

Labib – I enjoyed everything this week, especially the maths because I like measuring. I also liked the PE and the Smart Start on Tuesday when we had to see if we could find lots of words from some random letters.

Luke – I enjoyed Mandarin and I enjoyed dressing up for Halloween.

Freya – I liked the maths because it was challenging in some parts and sometimes I like to think about it.

Leo – I liked being allowed to dress up on Friday. My sister has a really cool costume.

Finn – I liked how when we were on Teams and we got to say our jokes to the other classes.

William – I liked colouring in the pumpkin pictures and I liked playing hockey in PE on Monday.

Luke – I enjoyed the Friday CLIC maths because I think I’m going to move up this week.

Jarrad – I like the Project Code X book I am reading this week. It is good how the characters have gadgets and can do different things. I like the French and saying the numbers. Neuf is my favourite. It is nine.

Anna – I like doing French with Madame Moore. I learned how to say I have a sister and how to pronounce it properly. You say “J’ai une soeur.”

Emma – I enjoyed the Mandarin lessons. I learned to say hi. It is ni hao.

 

Early Learning and Childcare, General Information, Primary 1, Primary 2/1, Primary 3, Primary 3/2, Primary 4, Primary 5, Primary 6, Primary 7

Harvest Collection for the West Lothian Foodbank

Hi everyone,

Thanks to all our families who have donatated so far.  Just a reminder that there are only a few days left to make a donation to our Harvest collection for the West Lothian Foodbank.

The request from the Foodbank is slightly different this year and they are asking us for only seven items with each of the classes bring in particular products:-

Primary 1 – Cup a Soup

Primary 2 – Instant Potatoes

Primary 3 – Sponge Puddings

Primary 4 – Oatcakes/Crackers

Primary 5 – Custard

Primary 6 – Hot Chocolate

Primary 7 – Tinned Potatoes

If you are able to make a donation please send the items in with your child and they can take these along to the school office where they will be boxed and kept in quarantine.  The final day for items to be donated is Friday 30th October as they will be collected on 4th November.

Many thanks for your continued support.

Mrs Clyne

Early Learning and Childcare

Information for Parents

Good morning,

We would ask parents to read the following information as it includes some important information regarding changes in the law and offers resources to support children in this challenging time.

From 7 November 2020, all physical punishment of a child will be illegal, meaning children in Scotland will have the same protections against assault as adults.

Parent Club understands that being a parent or carer is the best job in the world but there will be days when it all feels a bit too much for parents and that it can be difficult to keep calm when kids are acting up.

To help families manage the challenges, especially during Covid, Parent Club have launched a Positive Parenting campaign which provides tips on coping with being a parent and keeping calm with their children so they can build a rewarding relationship together. Visit, parentclub.scot/topics/coronavirus/coping-with-parenting to find out more.

Please find attached campaign toolkit which outlines the campaign’s key messages and links to useful resources for parents.

Parent Club Toolkit – Managing the Challenges of Parenting[2]

Primary 1

P1 Learning Reflection W/E 23.10.20

This week P1 have enjoyed:

Josh – Freewriting Friday! You can draw whatever you want. I don’t know what I drew but there was kind of patterns in it.

Olivia – Learning about 2D shapes. We used pipe cleaners to make circles and triangles.

Jack – Making rockets with circles, triangles, rectangles and squares.

Ella – A circle has 1 curved side.

Oliver – We had to use finger spaces because when you don’t do them it’s hard to read.

Grace – Learning about putting a full stop at the end of a sentence.

A short but busy week in P1! This week we have been revising all of our learned sounds and building CVC words with them. P1 have been learning to write a sentence. There were lots of new challenges with this task. The children had to remember the sentence, use their sounds to spell each word, remember to use finger spaces between each word, use a capital letter at the start and a full stop at the end! They all tried their very best and successfully wrote their first sentence!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2D Shape

The children have explored 2D shapes. They have made them using pipe cleaners, lolly sticks, lego, blocks and pegboards. They have also spotted 2D shapes around the classroom and sorted and described their properties.