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Primary 3/2 worked as a team to create a class charter to ensure that the rights of all pupils are respected. After learning about the rights within the UNCRC, the class agreed on a set of actions that would help everyone to be safe, learn, play and be listened to in the classroom. They also made a list of actions for teachers to follow too. Each pupil then created their own alien character for the wall to show that we will all work together to follow our class charter.
On Friday, a group of pupils from P5-7 took part in a community planting event with Mirin and Nelly from the Edinburgh and Lothians Green Space Trust. We were invited along to help with the trust’s project to help create better habitats in our local area for great crested newts. This species of newt is protected and can be found locally.
The pupils planted plants such as meadow sweet, water mint and marsh cinquefoil around the pond edge which should serve as homes for the newts and protection from predators. The pupils also planted some trees near to the pond area. It was great fun, if a little muddy! Many of the children said they would like to return to the pond once the plants have had a chance to grow to see the difference they have made.
This week in Maths we have been learning about multiplication. We practised our numbers and times table facts in chalk in the playground.
As part of our topic work on minibeasts, we have been learning about food chains and how insects and other small creatures play a vital part in them. We found lots of different minibeasts outside.
Please find the term 1 overviews for P2/1 below.
Primary 2/1 worked together to create a class charter. We looked at relevant articles from the UNCRC and referred to those to help us decide on some actions to ensure that the rights of everyone in the class will be met.
Within Maths and Numeracy this week, have been learning to match numerals to number words. We have also been exploring fractions by finding halves of shapes and quantities.
Last week, we learnt facts about the Queen. We also created line drawings of her and crowns to celebrate the Platinum Jubilee.
On Monday, our Painted Lady butterflies emerged from their chrysalises. We fed them pieces of orange and sugar water. After a few days they were strong enough to fly away so we released them outside. Some of us held out our arms in the hope they might land on us and linger in the playground but they flew straight up into the sky!
We have really enjoyed seeing the butterfly life cycle in our class and learning about it in more depth. This morning we drew pictures and wrote about where we thought they might have gone. Some of us imagined that they will see a rainbow, fly to another country or find a lovely park somewhere.
Good luck, butterflies! 🦋
This week in Primary 1, we have been learning about about living things. We now have five caterpillars in our classroom and have been observing how they grow and change. We also noticed webbing around their cup and discovered that they produce this to help them to cling onto surfaces and protect themselves from predators.
Along with looking after our caterpillars, we have plants to care for too. We planted strawberry plants at the beginning of the week and have been ensuring that they have plenty of sunlight and water to help them to grow.
We have also been learning about the stages in the life cycle of a frog. We drew and labelled our own life cycle to demonstrate what we had learnt.
Primary 1 has been learning about life cycles and how living things change and grow. This week we learnt about the life cycle of a butterfly and sequenced the stages in the process. We enjoyed watching a video about each stage and were very surprised to see the caterpillar shedding its skin before becoming a chrysalis. We also discussed the symmetry of a butterfly’s wings and used paint to create symmetrical pictures.
During numeracy time this week, we have be learning how to subtract one or two from numbers within 20. We have been using concrete materials and number lines to help us gain confidence.
