As part of West Lothian Walking Week, pupils put on their wigs and went walking to raise money for Jak’s Den. Thank you to all the parents and carers who supported this event.
We even made it on to the West Lothian Facebook page thanks to Mr Anderson.
This week in Primary 1 we have been reading the story of ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ as part of our work in Literacy.
LI We are learning to sequence events in a story.
SC I can put the pictures in the correct order to tell a story with a beginning, a middle and an end.
The children worked really hard sorting the pictures, and they were even able to use the correctly sequenced pictures to tell the story clearly to a partner.
Great work P1!
P5/4 have been researching about animals that live in the rainforest. They have then been using their findings to create fact files. They have found out a huge amount of interesting information about their chosen animals.
Learning intention: We are learning to create a fact file.
Success criteria: I can use my notes to help me create my fact file.
Success criteria: I can use the correct format and layout.
Here are some examples of the learning that took place:
We are looking forward to finding out lots more about the rainforest in the coming weeks!
It was lovely to see so many parents of Primary 1 children in school last week. Please see the attached presentation which was shared on the night, giving an insight into P1. The Learning Letter is also attached for your information.
LI: We are learning about materials.
SC: I can describe and compare different materials, including plastic, paper, metal and fabric.
SC: I can group everyday objects by material and explain my decisions.
This week Primary 1b have been learning about different materials. We began by exploring a variety of different materials and discussing how each one looks and feels. Then the children applied what they learned to a ‘materials hunt’. In four teams, they searched around the classroom for everyday objects made of plastic, paper, metal and fabric. The children grouped the objects by material, and were great at justifying their decisions. For example, Rory explained that he thought a 5 pence coin was made of metal because it was hard and shiny. Brandon also explained that a teddy bear he found in the classroom was fabric because it was soft and fluffy.
We are now applying what we learned about materials to help us design and create a castle for our classroom.
We have been learning to create a story map for a traditional tale. We worked together as a class to make a story map for Little Red Riding Hood. We had to make sure that it made sense and we told the story in the right order. Here is our success criteria that helped us to make a fabulous map! –
Sequence – Beginning, Middle, End
Characters
Pictures
Writing, including WoW! words
Direction – so we don’t get lost following the map
Thought bubbles, Speech bubbles
It took a long time to do, but it was fun! Joni liked that we had taken our time over making the map. When we looked at our finished map, we were all very proud of what we had made. Oliver thought it was outstanding, Abby was surprised that it took a long time to do but was amazed to see what we had done and Ruari was excited. Georgia had a great idea at when she saw the finished map and so we added some wolf footprints to show his journey! Theo loved this! We knew that we had been successful because we had included everything in our success criteria.
Our next step is to create our own individual story map for the traditional tale, 3 Billy Goats Gruff! We can’t wait, we are SO excited!
You will see our finished map book when you come to our Open Day!
Thank you very much to those parents who managed to attend our Meet The Teacher event recently, it was lovely to meet so many of you! For those of you unable to attend, the powerpoint Meet the Teacher P3 from the evening has been attached.
We look forward to seeing you at our Open Day on the 15th October!
L.I. to learn about how life in Mid Calder is different to life in the rainforest.
To classify animals
To work with a range of media to create images.
We made a fact file about rainforest animals and plants. We painted
big leaves,trees,birds and animals.We did it on the Thursday 17 September.By Sorley.
We made a poster comparing Mid Calder life to life in the rainforest. We made one side of the paper all the things life in Mid Calder,and the other side in the rainforest. By Hannah.
The rainforest is very hot because it is near the equator but very rainy at the same time.By Hannah
We have been very interested.
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