To celebrate the end of Money Fortnight we invited our parents and families into school to share with them what we have been learning about in connection with money, and also our interdisciplinary learning context for learning. Activities included visiting the bank, sharing our storybook, making a rainforest in a bottle and making sushi. Thank you to all the parents and families that came along to support this event, there was a great ‘buzz’ around the school.
We are learning to use software to create pictures and words.
I can use Paint software on my own (independently).
I can use Paint software to create a picture of my story character.Â
I can use Paint software to type the name of my story character.
Last week we were exploring how to use Paint software on the netbooks. We were not allowed to ask Miss Burton any questions about Paint, instead we explored the software, making some mistakes along the way. We realised it was okay to make mistakes as we learned from our mistakes and our peers could help us if needed help.
This week we progressed in our learning by using Paint to create a character from our Three Little Pigs story and to write their name. We also learned  how to save our work onto Pupil Shared, and realised this is an important skill for life as it means we can find our work again and can make changes to it at another time. you will see some examples of our characters below.
Last week P2 created their own story books based upon a fairy tale we all know very well. We used interesting openers and interesting vocabulary in our writing. Next Thursday 15th October we will have an open day where parents / carers can come in and read our stories books. We will all look forward to seeing you soon.
Last week P2 created their own story books based upon a fairy tale we all know very well. We used interesting openers and interesting vocabulary in our writing. Next Thursday 15th October we will have an open day where parents / carers can come in and read our stories books. We will all look forward to seeing you soon.
Making the most of the glorious weather P3/2 have taken ‘Nouns’ outdoors!
In P3/2 we have been revisiting a  world full of nouns. We are able to identify nouns in the world around us and categorize them according to words that name a person, place, or thing.
Lit 1.13a
First, in class, we had to think of two different types of nouns for each classification. Mrs Allsop invited us to write them on the board…..
Next we went outside and played corners….each corner being either a name, a place, a thing/object and to really challange us added a corner where we had to write an adjective! Look at the fun we had…
       
     
        
       
        
       
        
      
Finally we had to draw a proper noun of a friend…..
Next Steps: We will be writing our own interesting sentences linked to our story writing…demonstrating our ability to use our knowledge of nouns.
Today we had our first House Meeting and the Vice and House Captains did a fantastic job or organising and leading the meeting. They created their own House Meeting Agenda which started with discussing the House Community Contract, followed by a Community Builder so that we could get to know everyone in our house. They completed a Values Vote to select which 2 values their house would stand for. Then they set the challenge of designing a logo and slogan for their house. The results will be shared at the assembly on Friday. Well done on a fantastic first House Meeting!
What excitment is happening with our |IDL context and story writing. The last few weeks have seen P3/2 look at a selection of traditional tales. The focus has been;
LIT 1.26a & 1.07a
We are learning to recognise the elements used to create traditional fairy tales
First we looked at a selection of story maps and identified what we felt made them successful
Success Criteria; (a Sory map should have)
Next we created a class ‘story map’ using the story of ‘Little Red Riding Hood’ as a stimulus. All the children were invovled in creating our master piece…please see below
Next Steps:
We will make our own story maps of the story ‘The Three Little Pigs’
Primary Two are Scientists!
This week Primary Two were scientists and have been learning all about sound and the different ways we can make sounds. We had to do different experiments and describe what happened in each.
There were 6 stations –
i) Feel your Adam’s apple.
(ii) Twang a rubber
(iii) Strike a tuning fork
(iv) Scratch a balloon
(v) Pluck a guitar string
(vi) Tap a drum.
Alex thought that the sound might have been made by vibrations he could see on the drum. Myah’s group said they saw the water shake when their tuning fork touched the surface of the water.
Well done with your super observations P2. More Science to follow!
Please see attached the powerpoint which will give you a small insight into how primary two have established our learning community. We look for forward to sharing more of our learning experiences! Watch this space.
This week was bitter sweet for Mid Calder Primary School as, although we were all looking forward to our summer holidays, we also had to say goodbye to some very special members of staff. Miss Cotter has been with us at MCPS for 32 years, and so the pupils and staff worked together to give her a memorable send off with a retirement assembly. Each class gave a special performance for Miss Cotter by singing songs, sharing memories, reciting poems, and some of the children even gave her some hints and tips about how they think she should spend her retirement. All of the pupils and staff would like to wish Miss Cotter a long and happy retirement.
We also had to say a sad goodbye to Mrs Gordon, Miss Dunsmore and Miss Kerr on Friday and we wish them all the very best in their new ventures.
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