On Saturday night, some of the pupils from Primary 1-3 braved the weather to come and sing some of their nativity songs at the Kirk of Calder Parish Church. They sounded fantastic and there was a real sense of community spirit shown by the number of people who came along to attend the service and to support them.
This morning P1-7 enjoyed a performance of Jack and the Beanstalk from Hopscotch Theatre.
Six of our Magical Mediators were invited along to the Scottish Mediation Conference on Friday. It was a school trip with a difference, as we had to get two trains in order to get to Queen Margaret University, and our day started at 7:45am, some of us felt a little sleepy!
We managed to fit in some numeracy work, as we had to calculate how much money we needed at the shop, and we used our prior learning to calculate the duration until our train arrived. We bumped into Carol Hope our Peer Mediation trainer at the platform at Waverly and we got the train to Musselburgh together.
First of all we listened to a keynote from Kenneth Kressel from the Psychology of Mediation. Some of it was a litte bit difficult to understand but it allowed us to reflect on what time of mediator we are. It also was our first time in a huge lecture theatre (and university).
We then attended a workshop with Mediator Magician Nick Patel (who has worked with the famous Magician Dynamo). He reminded us of all the important skills and knowledge we need to be a mediator, while showing us some tricks. In the second workshop we discussed the challenges and solutions to peer mediation being sustainable in our schools, here we had the opportunity to share our magical mediators story and learn from other schools.
On the way home we reflected on the day, some of us thought it was ‘The best day ever!’. Our next steps are to share this event with the other magical mediators and discuss as a group how we can develop the magical mediators service. A big thank you to Roxan and Carol for inviting us to this event, and to our parents for dropping us at the train station. Miss Burton said we demonstrated excellent communication skills and that we represented MCPS in a positive way.
Roxan the Peer Mediation Network Coordinator send an email to say:
So glad to hear your pupils enjoyed it – it was such a great, positive day! Your pupils were all so lovely, clever, motivated, and talented and it was our pleasure to have them there. Nick was also very very impressed with the peer mediators, and said it reflects very well on their teachers and trainers! The rest of the conference delegates were also delighted with the presence of the young people. Overall, it was a very happy day! Thank you so much for joining us.
The last two weeks in Primary Four have been very busy indeed!
In maths the children have been very busy weighing in grams using kitchen scales marked in increments. They have also been solving lots of mild, spicy and hot number challenges and talking about all the different strategies they can use to solve a number problem. Multiplying and dividing using arrays and times tables have also been keeping our brains busy!
Our IDL topic is continuing. This week the children have been recording advertising jingles to go with the chocolate bars they have invented. They have been considering what their market is interested in, such as relaxation, fun or health. We are currently very busy making eye catching posters that could be displayed on bus stops and poster boards around the country!
Last week’s Dahlicious dress up day was lots of fun. Here are some pictures of our fabulous costumes and of us playing chocolate races.
This week Primary Two have been very busy preparing for our Nativity ‘Are we Nearly There Yet?’ which will be shown this week coming on Thursday 10th and Friday 11th December. We would like to thank all of our parents and carers who have provided us with super shepherd and angels costumes. We are all looking wonderful and we are really looking forward to our performance!
Looking forward to seeing you all soon,
Primary Two.
Over the last couple of weeks P.5/4 have been studying the novel ‘Storm’ by Kevin Crossley-Holland. Here is what we have learned this week.
Learning intention: We are learning to understand how authors use settings to create different feelings or moods.
Success Criteria: I can draw the setting from ‘Storm’ using evidence from the text.
I can use interesting and ambitious vocabulary to describe the marsh.
Firstly, we practised finding evidence in the text to support our ideas.
Then, we looked for information about the setting in the text.
Next, we chose whether to draw our setting in winter or summer. We then spent time drawing whilst looking back at the text to help us.
Finally, we wrote WOW words to describe our setting and then up-levelled these using a thesaurus.
“I thought it was really fun because I enjoy drawing.” (Lewis)
“I enjoyed reading the story because I like looking at the illustrator’s pictures of the setting.” (Erin)
“I really liked how the author described the ghost and the marsh.” (Owen)
“I found it fun working in pairs when we used a thesaurus.” (Eloise)
This afternoon the Nursery PM group had a very successful performance of The Very Grumpy Sheep. A big thank you to everyone who joined us to support the pupils.
We are learning to investigate and re-created well-known number patterns involving square numbers.
Today in Maths we investigated square numbers. We first of all used counters to represent square numbers and patterns, then we had to work out the calculation we would need to use to calculate square numbers. For example, 2² is 2 x 2. The we played a game were we had to calculate square numbers and we completed a written activity.
Support at home: You can support your child at home by helping them learn square numbers for example; 1×1, 2×2, 3×3, 4×4, 5×5, 6×6, 7×7, 8×8, 9×9, 10×10
What a great day and fun was had by all…
As part of our IDL topic we have been exploring aspects of these Experiences & Outcomes:
By exploring places, investigating artefacts and locating them in time, I have developed an awareness of the ways we remember and preserve Scotland’s history.
SOC 1-02a
I can use evidence to recreate the story of a place or individual of local historical interest.
SOC 1-03a
I can compare aspects of people’s daily lives in the past with my own by using historical evidence or the experience of recreating an historical setting.
SOC 1-04a
By exploring my community and the groups within it, I can identify and consider different types of housing and how they meet needs.
Key Questions to be explored
We were also able to use the experience to make links with our functional writing. We are learning to select relevant ideas, order our writing, use connectives and adjectives to make our writing interesting.
My Personal Response
Yesterday we went to visit Linlithgow Palace because we have been learning about People and Places in the past.
We organised ourselves ready to leave at 10 o’clock.
We wore our welly boots and waterproof coats so we were prepared for the cold, windy weather.
When we arrived at the palace we met our tour guides then we went off in our groups to the first room and learned lots of interesting facts.
My favourite room was the Vomitorium as it was very interesting to hear about, it also made me laugh.
We ate our lunch altogether in the Palace Hall and then went to meet the Rangers.
When we were outside we had to imagine we were peasants, think about what their life was like. I got to carry the bundle of sticks as well as throw a mud mixture as if I was building my own hut!
We had a great day at Linlithgow Palace even though the weather was rather wet and cold.
Please enjoy a few visuals from our experience.
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