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Good afternoon everyone.

Here is a list of some websites which you may find helpful over the coming weeks.  Some are particularly for accessing games and learning in Maths or Literacy, whilst some have downloadable resources for home activities.  Although we don’t endorse one particular brand or company, we thought they could be helpful to play games independently, or apply maths/literacy skills across different aspects of learning.

https://www.twinkl.co.uk/resources/parents

http://www.topmarks.co.uk

Maths:

Sumdog:  https://www.sumdog.com

http://www.maths-games.org/

https://www.transum.org/Software/Game/

https://www.mathsisfun.com/games/

Literacy:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/subjects/zgkw2hv

https://www.ictgames.com

http://www.crickweb.co.uk

Good morning everyone in our school community.
David Walliams, author of some loved and much enjoyed children’s stories, is reading a story online every day at 11 a.m. This is a great way to share some story time with family members whilst you are practicing excellent listening skills!

Follow the link to hear!
Enjoy everyone,
Mrs Ross.

Audio Elevenses

Newsletter December 12-12 19

Last week Primary 2/3 went to the National Museum of Scotland. We took part in an Ancient Egypt workshop and had the opportunity to explore the Egypt gallery. Have a look!

P3 were curious to find out what had happened to their mummified apples. Were they the same? Did they look any different? Did they smell any different? P3 have been learning about all things Egyptian and had previously learned about the the mummification process and how something called ‘natron’, helped preserve the body for afterlife.

Using a mixture of salt and baking powder, our version of natron, the children covered a quarter of apple and left another quarter uncovered. We made our predictions, thought about the process and what might happen to each apple. Max and Miah predicted that the apple covered with salt and baking powder would be preserved, Scarlett and Charlotte W predicted that the ‘Nitron’ would dry the apple and make it soggy, and Kristen and Alyssa predicted that the apple in ‘Nitron’ would fizz up and turn brown. We left the apple in a cupboard for 7 days. After 7 days we had a wee look to see what the results were. Some of our predictions were correct. The apple covered in ‘Nitron’ dried out and was a bit sponge like in nature, it had preserved!

P3 are now looking forward to their trip to The National Museum, our Egyptian workshop and looking at Egyptian artefacts first hand.

Miss A

Primary 2/3 have loved learning about how and why the pyramids were built as part of our Ancient Egypt IDL. The children had the opportunity to build pyramid using different resources. We had to think carefully when we were building to make sure that each layer was smaller than the one before. This helped to create out pyramid shapes!

This term in P6 the children have enjoyed our  ‘Tinkering Table’. This learning station  has provided them with opportunities to investigate, design, plan, invent, create, rebuild, and construct. The children have enjoyed experimenting, exploring and taking apart  objects safely using appropriate tools.  P6 have been using screwdrivers and other equipment to get inside the objects and make sense of how they work. Putting them all back together has been more challenging!

Thank you to everybody who donated interested items.