Category Archives: Class Posts

General Information, Primary 4

This Week in P4

The children have been revising maths and completing some check-up tasks and activities.  They have been exploring measure further and are developing further understanding of numberlines when reading scales. We have made opportunities to practice our writing inspired by our outdoor learning walk this week.  The weather was kind to us and we were able to have another go at drawing detailed pictures of leaves etc. with the aid of magnifying glasses, and closer inspection of the bark!

Over the week the children have also been challenged to complete some team tasks in silence to extend there observation skills, challenge their communication skills and their consideration of others.  They found this hard at the start of the week but are showing signs of improvement as the week went on.  I will continue to challenge them next week too.

Class Posts, Primary 5

We have entered into June…

This week P5 have began learning their lines, working on their drama skills and creating a fantastic quiz in preparation for their assembly next Friday!

They have enjoyed thinking about how to best engage their audience next week so as to deliver their Internet Safety message effectively…what amazing ideas they have developed.

We have also been out exploring the garden and found a very speedy little caterpillar, which was a great link to P1’s assembly all about life cycles.

Finally, the children were delighted to receive this months Line Award and now proudly have the trophy on show in the classroom. Great job guys!!!

Have a great weekend…

Mrs Taylor

Class Posts, General Information, Primary 3

P3 visit to the Kelpies & Helix Park

Yesterday we went to visit the Kelpies.

We learned that Kelpies used to live in water and they would appear as beautiful horses to attract people closer.  If you touched them, you would stick to them and get pulled into the water.  Once you drowned you would be eaten!

The Kelpies are called Duke and Baron (Duke has his head down and Baron looks up towards the sky).  They were based on real Clydesdale horses (called Duke and Baron).  The artist’s name is Andy Scott.

Clydesdale horses are bigger and stronger than other breeds.  They used to pull boats along the canal!

Each Kelpie has 464 steel plates.  We worked out that must mean there are 928 steel plates altogether!  It took 7 people to build the Kelpies over 90 days.  They are 30m tall.  They were built in 2013.  When they opened there was a big party and the real Duke and Baron came too!  They each left one of their horseshoes behind as a gift.

The best way to view the inside of the Kelpies is to lie on your back.

In the afternoon we visited the Helix Park.

There was a massive slide which everyone loved!  It was a bit scary though.  Lots of us challenged ourselves when we felt a bit scared of heights!

 

Class Posts, Primary 3/2

P2 Weekly Reflection 25.5.18

In social studies this week we have been making comparisons between transport past and present and finding out how transport has changed over time. We are all looking forward to our class trip to the Riverside Museum in Glasgow on Tuesday!

In numeracy we have been learning how to round numbers to the nearest ten. We have also been learning how to add ten to a two digit number.

In Literacy we have been developing our comprehension skills in reading. We have also been learning to spell words with ‘magic e’. We completed a word building activity and wrote some of our own sentences using ‘magic e’ words.

In PE we enjoyed a game of dodgeball and handball. In handball we were practising our ball control skills as we dribbled the ball around the hall. We also played some team games in preparation for Sports Day.

In RE we have been learning about Buddhist temples.  We discussed why these are important and considered key features inside the temple.

 

Class Posts, Primary 1, Primary 2/1, Primary 3, Primary 3/2, Primary 4, Primary 5, Primary 6, Primary 7

Science Club

There was lots of excitement in science club this week. The children discovered that there has been a theft; a locked treasure chest has been stolen from the science lab! The children are all now forensic investigators and have been very busy finding clues and collecting evidence.  Mrs Smith & Ms King are sure that the LVPS forensics team will soon solve the crime!

Sophia – We are solving a crime. We put on gloves and shoe covers, so we don’t leave foot marks or prints at the crime scene. We found clues, there was a note and chocolate that has a bite out, so maybe the person was hungry. There was a glass with a finger mark, and we also found a pen and a spider. The treasure chest and the key have been stolen. We looked at our finger prints and two of mine has stripes and swirly patterns on them. I like science club because we are solving a crime.

 

 

 

 

 

Primary 4

This Week in P4

Play has been our theme this week as the children have explored construction kits, Cuisenaire rods, and measure.

The children had mixed results with their construction of a plane but their teamwork, collaboration, reasoning, questioning, imagining, planning, listening and talking skills have all been stretched.

This week the children have begun to explore measure.  They have been marking out the wingspans of some airplanes in the playground or the field when the playground was not big enough.   The children had to first recognise how to measure out 12m with only a 1m tape and chalk. Once they found their way and shared roles in the group, they were measuring up to 60m in the field.

In class the children had the chance to ‘play’ with measuring tapes, weighing scales and  measuring cylinders to explore their use and reading scales/number lines.  Many of the children need to work on their pouring skills however, they were very good at mopping up! (I think this will be a good excuse for measuring outdoors one sunny day.)

We have also looked at the story of the Wright brothers and noted their perseverence to achieve their goal. The class is continuing to learn about uplevelling writing through proof reading and editing,  all are working on their final draft of their flight linked story.

Class Posts, Primary 2/1

P1K Learning Reflection for W/E 25.05.18

This week P1K found a frog in the garden! 

Magic E

Caleb – learning the new ‘A’ sound the magic  ‘e’  turns the ‘a’ into A

Nathan – we have been learning about magic E when we put an ‘a’ and an ‘e’ at the end it turns the ‘a’ sound into A,  cape, ache and lake have the sound

Emma  – I liked learning about the oi sound coin has that sound

Caterpillars

Andrew – the caterpillars have turned into chrysalis, they are turning into a butterfly

Jamie – the caterpillars have turned into a cocoon and they will turn into a butterfly

Maizy – the caterpillars have turned into a chrysalis inside they are turning into a butterfly

Rayyaan – the caterpillars are in a cocoon; they will hatch out and turn into butterflies

John – the caterpillars will turn into butterflies

Symmetry

   

  

   

A – we were learning symmetry, we made string pictures they are symmetrical when it’s not symmetrical it’s asymmetrical

Holly –asymmetrical means that it’s not the same on the sides, symmetrical means it’s the same. Two hands with the thumbs the same way is symmetrical,  a butterfly is symmetrical if it has the same dots on each wing.

Emma Ch – the symmetrical picture with the string, I couldn’t really figure it out because I made a print and it didn’t work, I thought it was easy and it was not.  The butterfly picture was symmetrical, it had a line of symmetry down the middle.

Sophia – symmetrical means it is the same on both sides a square has 4 lines of symmetry the butterfly has 1 line

Beanstalks

Aakruti – The number 3 bean is growing and we need to put soil and a bean and water and sunlight. I will plant my beanstalk the same as number 3.

Poppy – plant 3 has grown already and the other ones have done nothing. Plants need soil, water and sun to grow.

Maddie – so number 1 didn’t grow and number 2 didn’t grow, but 3 has water, sun and soil and it grew.  We need to use soil, water and sun to grow our beanstalks.

 

Class Posts, General Information, Primary 7

So, there goes another very busy week for P7…

As well as Inveralmond CHS transition on Wednesday – Friday, pupils had to fit in West Lothian Netball Championships and Athletics Championships.

All our routines and timetables have changed due to all these events, and well done to pupils for managing to keep going. It can be really difficult to keep up when everything is changing. Even for those not involved in the big events this week, things have been very different.

Well done to our sports teams as they have done very well representing the school, some even bringing home medals. Mr Stewart has all the information on our twitter feed.

This week our main focus in class was debating. This builds on our learning about how things work at The Scottish Parliament, and links to our current block of non-fiction writing. Topics so far have been about the World Cup and driverless cars. It has been great to see how carefully the pupils have listened and responded to each other. They are all improving in their use of rhetorical questions and counter-argument.

 

Class Posts, Primary 5

This week in Primary 5…

This has been a shorter week for primary 5 due to the Monday holiday so we have tried to cram lots in!

Tuesday saw P5 continue their Golf lessons with Mrs Rae outside in the sun. The children are really enjoying this experience and are very appreciative of Mrs Rae giving up her time to spend with P5.

We have also started preparing for our assembly on Internet Safety…the children are so excited to share their learning with you on Friday 8th June.

Have a lovely weekend!

 

Mrs Taylor

 

 

Primary 6

Buddies and Intergenerational Meeting

This week, some of P6 met the residents of Livingston Care Home on Wednesday afternoon, along with Mr McCallum-McKay. This was a good chance to have a chat and discuss what we have all been up to.

Some P6 students also got to meet their nursery buddies on Thursday, and were really excited to see them again!