This week has flown by. We have been revising our set 1 sounds and tricky words. We played a roll and read game, looked for real or nonsense words and rolled dice to make real or nonsense words. In writing we learned what a simile is and wrote our own similes to describe Nessie the Loch Ness monster. “Nessie is like a dinosaur.” said Lois. “Nessie is as big as a cruise ship.” said Leighton. “Nessie is as shy as a mouse.” said Sevinc. We also said our poems to the class. In maths we have been exploring the months of year and the seasons. We drew pictures of the different seasons and discussed each one. We had to sequence the months of the year correctly. In P.E we are still working on gymnastics. We continued working on our different shapes and learned how to do two types of rolls. In Science, we went out in the garden and picked up things from nature. When we got into class we put the things we had picked up in a cup and filled the cup with water and placed it in the freezer. We also got together with Ms King’s class to prepared for the Scottish assembly. We performed the Three Craws. Here are some of the children’s reflections:
Euan: “I found looking for the real and nonsense words tricky.”
Leo: “I found it hard playing the game when we were making real and nonsense words.”
Sam: “I enjoyed exploring the months of the year.”
Ayden: “I enjoyed the Scottish assembly.”
Sevinc: “I enjoyed writing my simile about Nessie.”
Murdo:”I enjoyed the assembly and listening to the poems.”
Rory: “I found it tricky to concentrate on finding the real and nonsense words.”
Category Archives: Class Posts
This week in P4
We have been exploring our class reader called Ottoline and the Yellow Cat, but we have not got very far as the illustrations have so much in them to talk about. The children are being reading detectives looking for clues to the mystery and asking lots of questions. We had a go at some drama too, exploring what might happen next in the story.
The children are really progressing well with their knitting and some have even tried finger knitting and weaving this week. We have had a mum volunteering to support the children’s efforts which has been fantastic. If you want to help please let the school know.
In maths this week we have begun work on equivalent fractions and will continue to revisit their knowledge of angles during our mapwork in outdoor classroom lessons.
During writing the children have been revisiting openings of sentences and developing their vocabulary.
We have also taken the first step in exploring emotions, behaviour and our thinking. The children have been talking about how our brain works and what it does. 
P1 Scots Poetry
Please help your child to learn one of the poems below.
You can hear how to say some of the Scots dialect words using these links:
Crocodile https://www.scotslanguage.com/articles/node/id/11/type/referance
Nessie https://www.electricscotland.com/culture/features/scots/nessie2.htm
Crocodile by J K Annand
When doukin in the River Nile
I met a muckle crocodile.
He flicked his tail, he blinked his ee,
Syne bared his ugsome teeth at me.
Says I, “I never saw the like.
Cleaning your teeth maun be a fyke!
What sort of besom do ye hae
To brush a set o teeth like thae?”
The crocodile said, “Nane ava.
I never brush my teeth at aa!
A wee bird redds them up, ye see,
And saves me monie a dentist’s fee.”
NESSIE by J K Annand
Nessie the Loch Ness Monster
Wad seem to be gey blate,
And doesna like the scientist chiels
That come, and sit, and wait.
But gif ye want to see her
Pretend ye dinna care,
Keek oot the corner o your ee –
Ye’ll see her soomin there.
She’ll wiggle-humphie-waggle,
She’ll goggle wi her een,
Syne disappear ablow the loch
Like she had never been.
P7’s Great Start to the Year
We have had a really busy 2 weeks since coming back to school after the Christmas holidays. In PE we have been building up short routines, starting from a 2 person balance, moving on to a group balance and involving a mix of rolls and linking movements.
For our Scottish Focus we are working on Burns poetry and the Scots language. This year, 2019, is the UN Year of the Indigenous Language and so we have been considering what we think of a Scots language. The debate continues as there is no agreement in class of whether we are talking about a language, a dialect, or if it’s just the way we say things, or something else. Many of us have been told that we are just speaking slang. It’s a complicated thing to sort out. Nonetheless we have had lots of fun learning some Scots words.
Holly – As sports captain I have to make sure the PE cupboard is kept tidy but it is frustrating because every morning I check it is messy again and nothing is getting put back in the proper place.
Elise – It was fun making up the routines in gymnastics. I like doing the cartwheels over Claudia.
Ben M – I’m really proud of Calderwood winning the house points. Well done Calderwood you did great.
Lewis – I learned a new way to do fractions in maths.
Kaitlyn – I liked making the routines in PE because it was fun.
Remember, we are currently trying out doing our reading work in school rather than at home. Pupils will only be doing there reading at home if they have not got their books in school, or if they didn’t finish during the time they were given.
Football with Neil from the SFA starts again on Tuesday. Please remember to bring outdoor kit and warm layers.
Poems should be learned and ready to recite on Monday. Pupils will be heard saying their poems on Monday or Tuesday.
All pupils in P7 have been given a form to complete for their entry in the P7 yearbook.
Burns projects should be well under way now. I know many pupils are enjoying the process, coming in to tell me knew facts every morning – well done and keep going.
P1 & Ms King
Learning Reflection W/E 18.01.19
This week P1 have been learning nk and ng as well as tricky word was. The children enjoyed making real/nonsense words using sounds dice. In numeracy we have been exploring time. The children made posters showing the different ways we measure time. We have discussed lots of different time related words, have sequenced daily events and have been learning how to read o’clock on an analogue clock. The children were also set the challenge to find out if a bird really does clean a crocodile’s teeth. Well done to the children who researched this at home!
Austin – The birds clean the meat and stuff out of the crocodile’s teeth.
Kaelan – we learned the nk sound it has n and k, pink has the nk sound.
Poppy – I liked doing our poems we had to choose the Nessie one or the crocodile one, I am doing the crocodile one.
Charley – I liked learning nk it has n and k, stink has the nk sound.
Subhan – we found things which tell the time like: phones, watches and clocks.
Lewis – We made a Nessie out of lego.
James – I liked building a Loch ness monster.
Alister – I liked doing gymnastics we learned rocket, sitting star, star and pike alien, I am good at rocket.
Sushanth – In gymnastics we learned rocket, sitting star, star and pike alien.
Nicholas – I made Nessie out of lego.
Solomia – I liked doing the gymnastics I like star and sitting star.
Teria – I enjoyed assembly I liked the singing part, the best friend one.
Roshan – I liked to do the Nessie with playdough, I rolled it long.
This week in Primary 5
This weeks bloggers are … Milly and Poppy!
Milly – I have enjoyed doing our project on Unicorns for the Group Talk. Gymnastics has been fun learning our paired sequences. I also really liked our class comprehension about Loch Ness Monster.
Poppy – This week I have liked getting my new reading book. I have had fun creating my gymnastics sequence with my partner. Learning more about Time has been fun too.
Thank you girls!
Its been lovely to be back in class and the children are working hard on their Burns Poetry, Scottish Mythical Creatures presentations and learning their song for next weeks Scottish Assembly. Next week is going to be a busy one!
Have a lovely weekend…
Mrs Taylor 🙂
P1a Learning Reflection W/E 18th January
Another busy week in Primary 1. In literacy, we have learned two new diagraphs, these were nk and ng. We also learned a new tricky word. It is was. In writing, we all set our self a new year’s resolution. Some of us have decided we need to tidy our rooms, some have said to listen to mum and dad and some want to do more exercise. In Maths this week we have been exploring time. We have been sequencing the days of the week, sorting pictures into a daily routine and creating a poster of the various ways we can tell the time. We learned about the most famous dog in Scotland, Greyfriars Bobby. We listened to his story and we created our own Greyfriars Bobby. In French we learned how to count to 10. Ask your child and see if they can remember them. In Science, we were watching and drawing ice melt. We also played in the water tray and watched ice melt in it. In P.E our focus has been gymnastics. We have been making different shapes such as a flying saucer, sitting star and when making these shapes we have had to show strength and control over them. We also learned two jumps, a star jump and a rocket jump. Here are a few of the children’s reflections:
Sam: “I enjoyed word building with our new sounds nk and ng.”
Isaac: “I found number talks tricky.”
Sevinc: “I enjoyed doing our speedy sounds.”
Leighton: “I enjoyed finding out where Scotland is. I liked colouring in Scotland on a map.”
Ziva: ” I found it tricky counting to 10 in French.”
Lois: “I enjoyed learning the tricky word was.”
Rory: “I found it tricky learning to count to 10 in French.”
This week in P4
We have had a great first week back, we have started to learn to knit! If you want to help your child but are not confident then we have used this video to help us.
We have learnt some emergency first aid – how to treat cuts and bruises.
We have begun to read a new class reading book and really enjoyed our first visit of the new year with our P1 reading buddies.
We have revisited our knowledge of compass directions and angles, and have begun some map reading work.
Looking forward to next week’s adventures.
P3’s First Reflection of 2019
Happy New Year!
It has been great to welcome the children back to school this week and hear all their lovely news from their holidays. We have been delighted to welcome Teme and Blake to our class this week and look forward to getting to know them over the coming weeks.
As it is the new year, we began this week by writing our new year’s resolutions. We discussed the things we thought we needed to improve and wrote our own targets for things we will try to improve at home and at school.
This week we also started our Scottish Focus and the children were given their poems home to practise. They have the choice of three poems to learn and will recite these to the class on Wednesday 23rd January. The poems choices are The Sair Finger by Walter Wingate, Crocodile by JK Annand and Mince and Tatties by JK Annand.
We have also begun looking at Scottish Food and Drink and will continue this next week. Perhaps we will finish our Scottish Focus with a tasting session?
In our number work this week we have been revising the 2x, 5x and 10x tables and have begun to learn the 4x and 8x tables. We have been looking at patterns between the tables. Please practise the times tables with your children at home as a quicker recall of the table facts will be beneficial to their mental maths.
In art this week we were learning about primary, secondary and tertiary colours and enjoyed exploring colour mixing with the paints.
Some highlights from the children:
Joe and William particularly liked the colour wheel in art.
Anna enjoyed the assembly on Keeping Connected which helped us learn more about having a back up team to help us through the low points in our life.
Freya enjoyed when we were listening to everyone’s Christmas news.
Luke N enjoyed having Teme and Blake join our class.
P2’s Week
Happy New Year to everyone. P2 have settled back into school. We have been learning about the geography of Scotland and where we are in relation to the rest of the UK.
We have also been learning about how to be resilient when things are toughter for us. We have been sharing our favourite books with the class. In maths, we have learned about capacity, investigating how much water different containers can hold.
Well done to Aakruti for being our class pupil of the week for writing!
