We have been hearing the last of our class talks, some independently prepared power point presentations and auditions for the class show. What enthusiastic and busy children we have in P4! Fitness fortnight has been great fun so far , we have had some training in Basketball, football and a fun run (well some were running) too. Our pyjama day was relaxing and was great way to enjoy our sports assembly and golden ticket movie award.
We are looking forward to Monday when our eggs are due to hatch…
Lots of fun was had by everyone at our recent Fun Day and we were delighted the sun shone for us. Some children were lucky enough to win prizes in the Children’s Raffle. In Primary 2 Joe won dress down for a day and Emma M won a disco for Golden Time. We were able to enjoy both these prizes on Friday and joined up with Primary 3 who also won a Golden Time disco. Here are some photos of our dancing fun.
Primary 2 enjoyed a super workshop from West Lothian Council Museums. We were transported back in time to a hundred years ago to find out how people lived in the past. Here are a few of the children’s reflections on their learning:
Jarrad: I enjoyed looking at the old photos.
Finn: It was loud when Mrs Liddell sounded the old fashioned car horn.
Anna: Children were not allowed to play on a Sunday.
Lakshya: I liked dressing up like children from 100 years ago.
Darcy: Lots of toys were made from wood and metal.
Emma F: A hot water bottle was called a piggy.
In Maths, we have been learning to divide and making links with fractions. We learned that finding a half means divide by two and finding a quarter means divide by 4. We also learned that fractions are equal parts of a whole.
In Health and Wellbeing we talked about emotional health and how our actions and behaviour affects other people. We talked about how our behaviour can affect others in a positive way or a negative way and Mrs Clyne left us with a question to think about ‘Are we working together as a class to ensure everyone is happy?’.
On Thursday we worked in our House teams to complete the House Challenge. We had to solve clues to find ten different envelopes hidden in the school grounds. We then had to work together to solve the maths problems to find a final answer. It was tricky trying to solve the problems but everyone showed perseverance and determination. Well done to the winners, Almondell!
We finished working with the Beebots by challenging our peers to move the Beebot from one place on the mat to another. We had to think carefully about the directions before we programmed him. It was not as easy as some of us thought it would be!
It’s been another busy week in P2. In numeracy we have been using our knowledge of doubles to solve addition and subtraction problems. We have also been developing our knowledge of division and linking this to multiplication. We have been learning how groups of items can be shared equally.
In maths we were developing our understanding of how to work backwards to solve problems. We also looked at the link between halves and quarters by considering shapes, numbers and food like pizza and chocolate bars.
In Literacy we wrote a report about our trip to the Riverside Museum in Glasgow. Sebastian worked exceptionally hard and received a special sticker from Mr Mc-Callum-McKay.
This week we have continued to listen to children’s individual talks and have been impressed by the preparation the children have put in to these. We are looking forward to next week’s talks!
Earlier in the week we enjoyed a super workshop from West Lothian Council Museums . We were transported back in time to a hundred years ago to find out how people lived in the past. We explored household and school objects and had lots of fun playing with some old fashioned toys. Photos to follow soon!
In RME we have been learning about special places of worship and this week learned about the Hindu Mandir. Next week we will finish learning about special places of worship by looking at the Sikh Gurdwara.
This week we have been exploring our art skills further looking at landscapes, perspective and line. The children seem to have an appetite for creating power point presentations so despite preparing a class talk for home work, they have set off independently, and are creating a presentation in class on a topic of their choice. We are continuing to explore the work of the Wright brothers and their introduction of wing warping with some flight trials of our own.
On Wednesday, The children had to problem solve the mystery of the eggs – What type of eggs were we going to incubate and how long was the incubation period? It took some time for them to work out what question/s to put in the search engines as they worked through the thinking process and the clues. We had many suggestions such as chickens, crocodiles, turkeys, peacocks, choughs and ducks. Each one was crossed off as they found the incubation was took too long, that they were definitely bird eggs, they could be bought in shops for eating, and no, Mrs Smith was not going to take home snakes or an emu once they had hatched!
This is what the Quail eggs look like.
The children are charged with monitoring and turning the eggs, they go in the incubator today and should hatch on Mon 25th June (fingers crossed).
We have been learning how to add 3-digit numbers using the chimney sum written method. A few of us are still in the Learning Pit but we are working our way out by practising. We have also been doubling and halving numbers mentally.
We learned about mummification as part of our Ancient Egypt topic and we have been working very hard on our assembly. We’ll be performing it to visitors and the whole school next Friday.
We are looking forward to the Family Fun Day tomorrow. We made some bunting to decorate the area. SAVE THE OWL!
In Science we have been learning about germs. We know that they are invisible to the human eye and we have designed posters to remind everybody to wash their hands properly.
We enjoyed orienteering with Mrs Murdoch in our outdoor learning lesson.
Some of us have been working on a 3D jigsaw of the Eiffel Tower and this week we completed it!
Primary 7 are the West Lothian Sumdog Daily Winners from Wednesday 6th June. Pupils answered an average of 323 maths questions each in just one day.
Well deserved P7!
Last week Primary Two children were developing their understanding of direction and turning when experimenting with the Beebots. Children engaged well with these and worked cooperatively with peers to programme different routes. We will further develop our understanding this week through problem solving tasks linked to 2D shape.
We had an amazing time at the Transport Museum in Glasgow! It was great to see some of the old forms of transport we have been learning about in class including the Penny Farthing. The children loved all the exhibits and being able to explore old buses, trams and even a replica subway. Thank you to our parent helpers for coming along to help us visit the museum.
