House Meeting 2

October 16, 2015 Miss Burton Leave a comment

Today we had our second house meeting which had a focus on our playground. First of all the vice and house captains shared with us our house logos and slogans and also the values that our house thought were the most important:

Almondell: Friendly & Enthusiastic
Cunnigar: Friendly & Inclusive
Linhouse: Friendly & Enthusiastic
Calderwood: Enthusiastic & Successful

The vice and house captains taught us a new community builder called; elephants, monkeys, helicopters and palm trees. They were taught how to play this game at peer mediator training.

Next we discussed the importance of being safe in the playground and why we need to create a playground charter. We got into groups and discussed what we should have in our playground charter, and the house and vice captains will take this information to make a school playground charter.

Thank you to our house and vice captains for organising the house meeting, and to the P7s for organising the groups.

English & Literacy, Interdisciplinary Learning, Primary 5, Uncategorized

Rainforests in a Bottle

October 16, 2015 Miss Sherlow 2 Comments

Learning Intention: We are learning to write a set of instructions for a rainforest in a bottle

Success Criteria:
I can use the key features of instructions including:

-a title
-an introduction
– a list of equipment needed
– short, clear and easily understandable steps
-numbered steps
-a picture/diagram
I can use commas correctly to separate items in a list
I can use connectives to show the order of events

In our writing lesson this week, Primary 5 were learning to write a set of instructions about how to make a rainforest in a bottle. We watched a video to help us, then we used the information we had learned to make an example as a class. We then felt ready to write out our instructions.

During our sharing the learning afternoon, we used those instructions to make our own rainforest in the bottle with our family members. To share our learning, we had also created rainforest quizzes on the computer that our guests had to complete, we had a rainforest themed money challenge and we had made krispie cakes as a treat because cocoa beans that are used to make chocolate can be found in the rainforest.

“I loved making a rainforest in a bottle with my Mum. It was fun and educational to make.” said Ryan.

“I liked when my Mum got most of the answers right in my quiz. She got my trick question wrong!” added Joe.

“I loved showing my Mum around our class, especially the quiz because she didn’t know that gum came from the rainforest and it was cool to teach my Mum something new” said Kiera.

“I loved it when we did the money challenge where we had to spell words from the rainforest and find out how much they cost. My Mum got on quite well.” said Katie.

“I liked making the rainforest in a bottle with my family and i think we should do something like this again” added Amy.

Interdisciplinary Learning, Maths & Numeracy, Primary 2

Primary Two Share Their Learning at the Mid Calder Primary Open Afternoon

October 16, 2015 User deactivated 2 Comments

To celebrate our learning so far this term we invited our parents and families into the school so we could share what we have been learning for Money Fortnight and in our Interdisciplinary Learning which focused on traditional tales. We especially keen to share our story books that we wrote all by ourselves and we were able to show our skills when using coins to pay for items in our toy shop. Thank you to everyone who came along.

Events, Health & Wellbeing, Outside of School, Primary 7, Sporting

West Lothian Cross Country Event

October 15, 2015 Miss Burton 1 Comment

Congratulations to our two P7 boys who were invited along to take part in the West Lothian Cross Country event. They came 11th and 16th out of 60 competitors! Well done boys.

Community, Events, Interdisciplinary Learning, Maths & Numeracy, Money Fortnight 2015, Primary 1, Primary 2, Primary 3, Primary 5, Primary 7

Money Fortnight Open Afternoon

October 15, 2015 Miss Burton 5 Comments

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.