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Thinking Back Looking Forward Pupil Profiles – P2-P7

Today pupils in P2 – P7 will bring home their THINKING BACK LOOKING FORWARD profile for this term.    This is a profile of what your child sees as their progress in learning so far this session and also includes a summary of the pupils’ current strengths and next steps from the class teacher.  Pupils in nursery and P1 will have learning to share through the Online Learning Journals system.

This is a new approach to reporting to parents for us this term and – as discussed in September’s newsletter – it forms a part of our FAMILIES LEARNING TOGETHER – SHARING LEARNING programme which we are developing this session.

We hope you find these new mid-year profiles more useful that the old-format final report in June.  Please bring your copy along to your appointment on Wednesday or Thursday evening and you can discuss it with the teacher then.   All pupils took home an appointment slip for parent appointments on Friday – if you don’t have yours – please call the office.

Steven Eagleson

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Termly Learning Overviews – Term 1 2016/2017 (August-October)

Each term class teachers plan the areas of focus for this term’s learning.  These overviews are shared with home and with the pupils.  The overviews for this term below were sent home in September with each child.  You can check them here and download a copy of your child’s plan.  This can help frame a discussion with your child on what they are learning and where they are finding success or challenges.

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Click here to download Term 1 Learning Overview for P1 pupils in P1 and P1/2 class

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Click here to download Term 1 Learning Overview for all P2 pupils in P1/2 class

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Click here to download Term 1 Learning Overview for P2/3 class

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Click here to download Term 1 Learning Overview for P3 class

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Click here to download Term 1 Learning Overview for P4 class

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Click here to download Term 1 Learning Overview for P5 class

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Click here to download Term 1 Learning Overview for P6 class

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Click here to download Term 1 Learning Overview for P7 class

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Primary 1/2

In Art this week, P1/2 have been exploring using different printing techniques to create pictures.

At the start of the week, we went out to have a look at the trees around the school grounds and took turns to take photographs of them. We noticed that although many of the trees were still green, some were beginning to change into different colours for autumn. When we got back to class we used our fingers to print the many colours of the leaves with paint.

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We also investigated using fruit and vegetables for printing. Here are some of the images we created:img_0455

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Working together on research

This week the Primary 4’s have been working really hard to find out more about the Vikings.  They chose a group and aspect of Vikings to research and developed open Higher Order Thinking Skills questions.  Now they are completing research to find out more about the Vikings and share this with the rest of the class.  The children worked really well together using each others strengths to get the most from their time.

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Shelter Building from a wet P3

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P3 braved the windy and wet weather today to visit Almondell & Calderwood Country Park.  They showed excellent problem solving, teamwork, learning of new skills and confidence.

Children  worked in groups to build their own shelter then the shelters were tested to see whether they met the agreed criteria.

They remembered that one of their rights is to have a safe shelter.

The shelters were so good that we considered camping for the night but we had forgotten our sleeping bags.

Well done P3!

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Friday 7 October 11am – Families Learning Together – Session 1

Next Friday is our first Families Learning Together – Sharing Learning session.  This is for pupils in P2 to P7.  Anyone from home is welcome to come along and share the pupil’s learning.  Please ensure the reply slip is completed and returned so we know who is coming – for security.  The invite below is downloadable from the link – has been emailed – and is in each child’s bag.

If necessary – a simple note to the class teacher on whom to expect will be sufficient.  We look forward to seeing you then and are all very excited at building on our programme of developing home engagement with learning.

Steven Eagleson

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Click here to download a copy to print:  flt-invite-reply-slip

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P6 have been learning to make iMovies

Mr Eagleson and P6 have been making some of the movies mentioned in this month’s newsletter.

We all learned to use the app iMovie together and shared ideas and tips to make them. The stories are silly because the learning was about the skills we used to make them, not the content.

We co-operated, problem solved and used a variety of skills for learning, life and work. Check out our work below.

The movie below was made by Lewis, Miai, Mathew, Freya and Jed.

https://vimeo.com/184579088

The movie below was made by Ula, Katy R, Hallie and Ewen.

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The movie below was made by Katie C, Ella, Jasmin, Georgie and Lauren.

https://vimeo.com/184584537

The movie below was made by Daniel, Jay and Edward.

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The movie below was made by Sean, Euan, Logan and Aidan.

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The movie below was made by Katie D, Jessica, Oskar, Mya and Iona.

https://vimeo.com/184589433

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Kingswood P7 Camp Powerpoint

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I hope that those that were able to attend the P7 Camp Information presentation found the information useful.  For those that could not attend please find a copy of the presentation below.

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Remember that to secure a place we need a deposit by Monday.

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Primary 1/2

In Science this week, we have been learning all about the different materials things can be made from and the properties that they have.

We sorted items in the classroom by the material they were made from and we investigated which materials will float and which will sink at the water tray.

Below are some of things we discovered:

Lewis – ‘Stones sink.’

Jack – ‘You can get things made from fabric, wood, metal and plastic.’

Olivia – ‘Money sinks.’

Liam – ‘Toy cars are made from plastic. You can twist plastic.’

Aiden – ‘Some plastic things float but not heavy ones.’

Our next step is find out how different materials are used in the world and what purposes they are best suited for. We will then use what we have learned to design and create our own toy.

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