This week Primary 3 looked at recipes. As our topic this term is The BFG we decided to write a recipe on how to make the BFG’s favourite drink, Frobscottle! We discussed the different ingredients that would be included in the recipe and came up with a set of instructions. We then followed the recipes we had written to make and taste our very own Frobscottle. Emma thought the Frobscottle was fantastic!
On Tuesday, Primary 1 visited the Almondell and Calderwood Country Park.
We went there because we had previously spotted this area on a map of our local area, and we wondered if it would be a suitable place for Bobby Bear to live.
We were very excited to be travelling altogether on a big coach. Our behaviour on the coach was very good indeed, so it was an excellent start to our day out. We soon arrived and met the Rangers who were going to be working with us for the rest of the day.
First of all, we thought about the things that a bear would need in order to survive, and because we have been learning about Living Things in the classroom, we decided that he would definitely need food and water, air to breathe and shelter. We walked on the path alongside the river, and as we walked, we could see that food and water would certainly be available for animals living in the wood. Air was all around us too- it was blowing the leaves off the trees!
Next, we walked deeper into the wood looking for somewhere that would provide materials to build a shelter. Soon we found a great place, and in small groups we set off to find the things we would need. There was some fantastic teamwork, as everyone worked together to gather enough sticks to begin building. Here are some photographs of us hard at work –
After lunch we set off to look for evidence of more Living Things in the woods. We discovered lots!
First, with the help of some little toy clues that were hiding all around us, the Ranger introduced us to different kinds of animals and birds and she told us a little bit about each one. The boys and girls listened carefully and asked some very good questions.
Then we explored some of the trees and plants round about. We discovered seeds, and we even acted out growing from a tiny seed into a great big, tall tree. We especially enjoyed hearing about the helicopter seeds and the conkers, and were very keen to find some of our own.
Finally, we created a little reminder of our day.
We had a few minutes to look at all the beautiful colours of Autumn. Then we took a piece of sticky card and tried to find as many different colours as we could to stick to it. We gathered lots of little things, and soon we had made lovely patterns and pictures using the nature that was all around us.
We had a fantastic day, and we think that a wood would be a very good place for Bobby Bear to live!
We would like to say a special Thank You to all the Parent Helpers who came along to support our learning, and who did such a great job throughout the day. We hope you come and join us again soon!
This week in Primary 1 we have been learning all about money.
LI: We are learning to recognise the value of different coins
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We began by investigating and sorting coins using criteria suggested by the children.
The children had lots of different ideas, and soon we had –
Then we looked even more closely and we began to recognise that the coins had numbers on them, so we sorted them according to the numbers too. We decided to focus on 1p coins.
We looked at money bags containing 1p coins and we counted how much there was in each one.
We played some interactive games on the Smartboard. We emptied the 1p coins out of Piggy Banks and counted how much there was altogether.
We used 1p coins to fill up the Piggy Banks.
We used 1p coins to buy items in a shop.
We used 1p coins to play a game with a partner.
Primary 1 really enjoyed exploring coins this week. We will continue to revisit the topic of Money, and develop our skills further over the coming months.
During this year’s Money Week the P2s have been revisiting recognising all of the coins and notes, and making totals within 20p. The P1s have also been learning to sort and recognise different coins. As well as conting 1p coins to pay for items in play situations, they are also beginning to make totals using 1p, 2p and 5p coins.
This week for Mid Calder Money Week, we have been investigating through our IDL topic, the value of money from 1940 compared to 2016.
Learning Intention:
We are learning to convert money and compare costs from 1940 and 2016.
Success criteria:
I understand the names of old money
I can confidently discuss all coinage and notes from 2016
I can change from pennies to modern pence
I can change from shillings to modern pence
Through our challenge, we looked at the different values of money from now and then – we were surprised to find how differently money was used during WW2. We then began the tricky process of conversion – we used old pennies and new pence to start with and then added in shillings. We used examples of foods available during rationing and calculated the costs related to modern money.
On day three of the challenge, we had to design a rationed meal for four people using our knowledge of old money, and we planned a meal using ingredients and cost. We presented our findings to a high standard. We then participated in a valuable plenary session where we explained our learning and evaluated against our learning intention. We really enjoyed the activities and liked discovering the value of money from 1940.
This week our class were focussing on money! We took part in 5 different activities.
Activity 1: We had a few bowls of different coins and cards with amounts on them. We had to make the amount on the card with our coins.
Activity 2: We played money games on Sumdog. Emma says “It was great fun!”
Activity 3: We had a go at different money worksheets. Some of them were a tricky challenge but helped us learn!
Activity 4: Kaitlin enjoyed picking a money card and finding the matching coin card!
Activity 5: Money Bingo was fun! We had to pick a card from the pile and if the total matched the price of a toy on your bingo card then you won that card.
Daisy: “I liked the games that were on Sumdog, especially the challenge Miss Burton set for us!”
Eilidh: “I liked playing on Sumdog. I found some of the games and questions really tricky and some easy. I really enjoyed it!”
Euan: “I enjoyed playing Sumdog and learning new sums involving money!”
Sophie: “I used money at home this week. I had to buy cans of food and work out the prices!”
Marc: “I have been counting up in 5 pences up to 100 at home this week!”
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