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P1M’s Learning Reflection W/E 27th April 2018
Another busy week for Primary 1 learning lots of new things. In literacy we learned the ir and ou sounds and the tricky word to. We used these new sounds to build words such bird and pound. We looked at rhyming words as quite a few of our ou words rhymed. We wrote a letter to Mrs Mill asking her if we could help the friendly dragon save fairyland by turning our classroom into the enchanted forest. We were very excited to have received a letter from the dragon. We drew illustrations of some of the fairytales that we knew of. In maths we explored weight. We used pan balance scales, play dough, classroom items and weights to explore how heavy items were and compare what was the lightest item with the heaviest item. We learned that although we changed the shape of play dough it still weighed the same. In health and wellbeing we discussed the qualities of a good friend. We then created wanted posters displaying these qualities. Next week in Literacy we will be learning the ‘oy’ sound and revising set 2 sounds. In numeracy and maths we will be focusing on exploring capacity. We are all looking forward to exploring our first fairytale and starting to create the enchanted forest in our classroom.
The Village Reporter
Another great issue of The Village Reporter! Our 3 primary 6 reporters certainly had a busy time collecting information on all of the activities at school this week.
Let’s Play Chess!
P6 learning how to play chess with Tom, our chess teacher. 
P4 learning.
As I was renewing some of the diplays in the class this week, I realised that many will not have seen the finished pieces of weaving that the children did in class at the start of the year. They look so good that I am leaving them up a little longer.
This week we have been extending our understanding of nets of 3D shape by linking our learning to our topic on flight. We have been learning about the Montgolfier brothers who developed the first hot air balloon. The children were tasked with making a cube basket and hot air balloon to build on their learning, and further develop their craft technolohy skills.
We have also been out exploring what the perimeter and area of a shape are, it was great to see them problem solve and use the skills knowledge they have to try and work out the perimeter of the football pitch.
P1K Learning Reflection
P1k Learning Reflection for week ending 27.4.18
Weight
Nathan – if we put two shells the same in each one then the scales are the same
Holly – if the arrow points in the middle you know it’s the same
Sophia – We are measuring the weight
Maddie – in ‘snake and cake’ we changed the shape
Sophie – They were the same shape and weight at the start, when we changed the shape they were still the same weight
Emma – We had lots of feathers and the 1 stone was heavier
Sophia – Stones are heavy and feathers are light
Enchanted Forest
P1k are busy turning their classroom into an Enchanted Forest to help save Fairyland. They have decided the first thing we need to make is a huge tree! We explored textures around the classroom and school grounds, collecting crayon rubbings from the different surfaces, some were: bumpy, smooth, patterned, rough, prickly, dented, soft and fluffy. The children then worked on their cutting skills to cut the crayon rubbings into leaf shapes, this was tricky because the children were trying to cut a curved shape and not a straight line!
Holly – We made the pictures have patterns
Nathan – Some things are rough
Maizy – the pattern on the lap top trolley had lines
John – it made stripes
Sophia – The ground made a dotty pattern, the ground is rough
Andrew – The lego felt bumpy and made a dotty pattern
Rayyaan – the wooden bench made lines
Comments on using scissors safely and trying to cut a curved shape
Maizy – you had to concentrate on not going straight
John – don’t run with them
Emma – walk with them
Nathan – with the sharp bit at the bottom and your hand on them not with the sharp bit at the top
Aakruti – you have to hold them properly
Poppy – Put them down on the table when you collect your scrap paper
Sophia – you can put them in their cubby when you are finished
P2 Weekly Evaluation
What a busy few weeks Primary 2 have had since returning after the Easter holidays!
In maths we have been exploring multiplication using lots of practical materials. We also had our PATPAL afternoon where the children became the teachers for the day! They did an amazing job explaining what we do in numeracy. Thank you to all the parents who came along and supported us.
In PE we have been developing our skills in tennis and we also enjoyed a session of outdoor games in the playground. Last week we took part in the school’s SportaFUNd event and had a great time participating in all the fun activities.
In literacy we have been learning about the difference between statements and questions and have begun to learn about exclamation marks. We also started to look at typography and why authors use different types of print in their texts.
In health and wellbeing we have begun to consider the question ‘What does being healthy mean?’. We had some great discussion about why exercise is importance and the types of exercise we do to keep fit and healthy.
SportaFUNd
More P1K SportaFUNd pics!
SportaFUNd
P1K had a blast at SportaFUNd last week!
Moving On
Dear parent/carer
From June 4th, I will no longer be the PE teacher at Livingston Village Primary school. I have accepted the post as Principal Teacher of the Scottish Attainment Challenge schools in West Lothian. This promoted post was too good an opportunity to turn down and I am very excited for this new challenge. I will be working between St Thomas’ Primary School in Addiewell and Bridgend in Linlithgow.
I would like to take this opportunity to thank you for all your support over the years. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time here and I will miss the children, staff and yourselves incredibly. I have so many happy memories and I have no doubt that PE and school sport will continue to flourish in my absence. I will be back at the end of term to celebrate all our fantastic sporting achievements this year at the Sports Committee Assembly.
My last day at LVPS will be on Tuesday the 29th May. I will also be ensuring that our application for an unprecedented 3rd sportscotland school sport gold award will be completed and if successful I hope to come back in November 2018 for the presentation.
I am also delighted to announce how much we raised at SportaFUNd. Abbie, our former pupil, raised £360.00 with the bake sale, the ELC raised £395.00 and the school raised a whopping £1724.20. This demonstrates all the hard work, dedication and commitment from everybody connected to this fabulous school.
Thank you once again.
Kind regards
Mr Stewart.
