P6 were asked about what a good speech looks and sounds like. After discussions and comparing videos, we created a list of dos and don’ts and used this to present our own individual speeches on a topic of our choice.
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Maths presentations
This week, groups of P6 students presented their math strategy to the rest of the class. The students were then in charge of teaching their strategy at one of our math stations. Great job done by all! 
P1M Learning Reflection W/E 25th May
This week we have been learning about the Life Cycle of the Butterfly. We had to cut out pictures and stick them in the right order. The life cycle of a butterfly goes like this eggs then caterpillars then cocoon and lastly they become butterflies. In Maths, we have been learning about symmetry. We have learned what symmetrical means by creating our own symmetrical butterflies and symmetrical towers. In Literacy, we learned the sound a magic e. We built and wrote a magic e words. We held a sentence, our sentence was I can see three green sheep. The nursery came to visit on Tuesday. We made crowns and played with them. In Science we discussed the result of our experiment from last week and planted our own bean stalks. Here are our thoughts about our learning this week:
Mathew: I found it tricky to complete the life cycle of a butterfly worksheet.
Lewis: I enjoyed and found it easy to put the life cycle of a butterfly together.
Pola: I found it easy to cut, stick and colour the life cycle of a butterfly.
Jaxon: I found learning the a magic e sound and completing the missing words on the sheet tricky.
Aiden: I enjoyed finding out who was write with their prediction and then planting my own bean stalk.
Calum: I enjoyed planting my own bean stalk and cannot wait to see it grow.
Anya: I liked planting my bean stalk. I know it will need light, heat and water to grow.
Cali: I liked ordering the life cycle of a butterfly.
P3 Learning Reflection
Written by P3
We learned about beat and rhythm in Music with Mrs Murdoch. We watched a band called Stomp who made music using their feet and brushes and then we had a go. It was really good fun! In our topic work this week, we were learning about Egyptian gods and goddesses. We drew portraits of some of them and it was really tricky. We can’t tell you anymore about them right now because we will be showcasing this work in our class assembly soon. It was also challenging learning how to write our names in hieroglyphics but we all managed it! We started a new Science topic all about germs and diseases. We have started doing some research about infectious diseases and how to treat and prevent them.
In French we are now excellent at answering the questions: Quelle est la date aujourd’hui? and Quel temp fait-il aujourd’hui?
Can you answer these questions?
We did athletics and rounders in PE this week. It was terrific!
P2 Weekly Update
In Science this week we have been exploring examples of food chains and finding out how animals and plants depend on each other for food.
In numeracy we have been learning how to round numbers to the nearest ten. Sometimes we want to add numbers in our head but the numbers are a bit tricky. We can estimate the answer and it is easier if we use numbers that are in 10s. Rounding means we find the nearest 10.
In PE, we have continued to develop our skills in tennis and handball.
In grammar we have been learning about antonyms. These are words with opposite meanings and proved a bit tricky for some of us as we kept getting mixed up with synonyms from last week. We will continue to work on antonyms and synonyms next week.
Hope everyone is enjoying the sunshine and remembering to stay safe – remember your sun cream and hats!
P1K Learning Reflection W/E 18.05.18
Directional language
Sophia -Beebots go backwards, left and right and forwards. If you pressed clear it went the way you wanted if you didn’t it would go the way someone else did it.
Maddie – Beebot does forward, left and right and they go backwards. Our team pressed the clear button, nobody did the same I went to the same place that I wanted to go I was looking to see which way I was needing to go.
Emma – we did left and right turns and we were speaking to our group, it kind of went in a big circle and it went a different way when I forgot to press clear.
Maizy – The Beebots do left and right turns and they go where I want them to go by pressing the directions.
Fairy Den
Holly – We made fairy dens, I liked it because I found a feather for the fairies bed.
Emma – I liked making the castle I liked playing in it, we made it with bricks.
A – Our fairy den had a garden we had grass on it and some flowers it was a bit hard but we made a door with sticks and the sides were leaves.
Science Investigation
Poppy – we were trying to see the best way to grow a beanstalk. Number 1 is in dark and number 2 had light but no water number 3 has light and water. I said I predict that number 3 is going to grow faster than number one and two because it has water and sun it will grow faster.
John – Two of the beanstalks don’t have water I think number 3 will grow because it has water and a bean
Rayyaan – We planted a beanstalk, pot 1 has no water and in the dark, pot 2 has sunlight and no water, pot 3 has sunlight and water, pot 3 will grow it has things that plants need.
Nathan – We got a treasure chest form the friendly dragon about a beanstalk and Jack and the Beanstalk had a cow. He sold the cow for some beans she threw the beans out the window and the next morning there was a beanstalk there was a giant at the top. The dragon wanted us to help Jack grow some bean stalks. We planted them and put pot 1 in the dark drawer, pot two has sun and light and no water, pot 3 has water, soil and sunlight. I predict pot 3 will grow quickest and the best.
Caleb – We helped the friendly dragon and we planted the beanstalks pot 3 has sunlight and water, it will grow faster than pot 1 or pot 2.
Same sound different spelling
This week we have been focusing on same sound different spelling in particular oy/oi and ee/ea.
Jamie – we learned the new oi sound it has an o and an i , coin has that sound. We learned e and a for ea, tea has that sound.
Aakruit – The new ee sound is ea
P4 Learning Week Ending 18.5.18
This week we had a go at sketching outside, the children were challenged to draw things in the smallest detail. This is a difficult concept for the children as many want to draw landscapes with each picture including the sun and ground level. With encouragement they began to get the idea.
What a great time we had at the Flight Museum and the sunshine meant we had lunch outside too. The children had a work shop where they explored the forces of gravity, lift and thrust. As scientists they learnt to repeat experiments to check that things really did work or to make changes and try again. They had a go at making simple rockets and paper planes.
After lunch, they children went in groups around the museum exploring the Fantastic Forces ‘play’ zone and some of the other planes on display including Concorde.
My favourite things about the trip:
CL, AS, MS, – gift shop,
AM, AP, OC, KF – going in the planes,
EH, NS, AB, PM, – the Fantastic forces zone,
LM – all of it,
GS, LRB, AR, MV – Concorde
I learned:
EH, GS – how to make a rocket
PM, CW – about Concorde the fast plane
NS – that planes need to be made carefully or it could all go wrong!
PH – there are so many interesting planes
I want to know:
LM, OC, PH, KF, – more about Concorde
MV – what was the first passenger plane?
NS – can we go again next Thursday?
I didn’t like:
The bus journey was too long.
I would have like to sit in the cockpit of a plane.
That it was spread out and we had a two minute walk between buildings!
I would like it to have been bigger
It doesn’t need to be better – I loved
Another hectic week for P7!
P7 have hardly stood still this week. Some pupils have had a successful sports transition day at high school, making lots of new friends already even though they were nervous at the start. The formal transition process is building up pace next week for pupils who will be attending Inveralmond CHS as they will be spending 3 days there – don’t forget to download the Google Expedition app before you go!
Several pupils had a great new experience at the West Lothian Triathlon yesterday. They enjoyed it very much even if cycling in a dripping wet swimming costume was a bit weird!
In class, pupils have continued to learn about area in maths, pilgrimages in RME – focussing on the Western Wall in Jerusalem this week, and ways to generate electricity in science. Pupils have been working on functional writing and using their experiences of building wind machines to write instructions.
Primary 6 – All About Me
Primary 6 were enjoying the sun this week while creating a mini presentation which tells us any unique information about them that we may not already know.
Primary 6 – Maths Circuits
Primary 6 enjoying Numeracy Day while getting involved in our big Math circuit – Tessellation, problem solving, compass directions, shape, mental maths, four functions and IT in maths.
