Category: Whole School

This week in Primary 2 we have been very busy learning lots of new things.

In maths we started looking at measure and tried measuring different objects in our classroom using our hands and feet. We learned that these are non-standard units of measurement, while rulers and metre sticks are standard units of measurement.

We also started our topic on athletes and began by looking at the human body. We got the chance to work together to draw round each others bodies and tried naming some of our body parts including our 5 main organs and some parts of our skeleton.

Finally, we all worked together to compose our own rhythm thinking about how many beats are in a bar and how long we hold each note for. We tried a 4 beat note, a 2 beat note, a 1 beat note and a half beat note and used these to vary our rhythm. Once we had composed our musical score we all got a percussion instrument and tried to play along altogether. It was super fun and I was very impressed with the musical talent in Primary 2.

Have a lovely long weekend and I’ll see you all on Tuesday, Miss McGregor.

Hello,

Here is the weekly update from P5. This has been a super busy week!

“We did writing about how the water cycle works” – Iona

“We had a visit from Mrs Gordon and we did Spanish and French. It was really fun!” – Kenzie

“In Maths we did more levels of 55 club and some people are now on level 27A” – Jacob

“We went outside and did lots of races in PE such as the sack race and the egg and spoon race”  – Floraidh and Hannah

“We did drama with Mrs Birrell all about climate change” – Danielle

“On Wednesday we had a power cut so did our work with no lights or internet!” – Jacob

Enjoy the long weekend everybody!

From Miss Thomson and Primary 5

This week in Primary 2 and Primary 2/1 we got the opportunity to share our learning on sun safety at assembly. We started off by sharing what we already knew about sun safety.

We then made sun safety posters and created  our artwork for assembly.

Mrs Strachan and Miss McGregor were very proud of everyone’s hard work!

This week we have been learning about extinct species. We have worked in groups to create posters which we will present to the class next week. Here are some interesting facts we have learned from our online research:

• Tasmanian tigers were not actually a big threat to humans
• Dodos ate nuts
• Woolly mammoths’ ears are shorter than the ears of a modern elephant
• Modern science thinks that the tyrannosaurus rex had feathers as well as scales
• The big teeth that a sabre-toothed cat had were really good for hunting!

In other news, some children reached level 10D on their 55 Club multiplication activities- well done everyone! We have also been learning how to add amounts of money involving a decimal point.

This week we also played some football in PE and it was really fun.

Have a good weekend!

From P5

Hello, please find attached the Primary 2 learning overview for term 4.

Thanks, Miss McGregor 🙂

P2 termly overview term 4

 

Please find attached the P5  learning overview for this term.

Miss Thomson

P5 Termly Learning Overview

This week in Primary 2 we took part in a session on  listening. We got the opportunity to use some musical instruments but had to make sure we were always listening for the next instruction so we knew when to stop.

We also started to learn about probability and chance We conducted a mini experiment where we all rolled a dice 20 times and recorded how many times we rolled each number. From this we could see that rolling a dice is completely random as all our data was different and the numbers we got each time was purely down to chance. We then put our data into a bar chart so we could easily compare our results.

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.

 

 

This week we continued to focus on different drawing techniques and how they can be used to create still-life images, using items from our classroom.

We investigated how different amounts of pressure on the pencil, can create different shades and effects on an object. We  looked into where the light was hitting the object and by doing this we were able to show where different types of shade could be seen.

Here are some of our still-life images using natural light from our outdoor area: