Some photos from P3’s participation in Wednesday’s PUSCPS Winter Games. Thank you Mrs Andison & Primary 7 for a great, well-run morning. #effectivecontributors
Weekly update from Primary 7
We have been rounding off our Scottish topic by writing information reports on Scottish animals, the life of Robert Burns and Scottish musicians from the past. Mrs Andison has been impressed by our report writing skills and how they have progressed over the weeks. We are becoming more confident.
In Numercy we have been recapping measuring in millimetres, centimetres and metres. We were outside measuring as well as inside, and are improving our accuracy. We have also been converting a variety of measurements.
In art we have been using oil pastels to mix the colours we saw in some thistles. The results were very good.
In Science we have investigated echolocation and its purpose for different animals.
As well as all our learning, we have been planning a winter sports event for the whole school to take part in.
It’s certainly been a bust week in P7 and it’s about to get busier as we are stating to get Teams meetings and visits from staff at Broxburn Academy as the start of our transition. Exciting times.
Have a great week ahead.
Mrs Andison and Primary 7
Primary 3
Please use the links below to watch the two children selected to perform their Scots’ poem for our Virtual Scots’ assembly. Many thanks to everyone who took the time to learn their poem – you were all fantastic! #successfullearners
https://vimeo.com/671633411
https://vimeo.com/671637053
Primary 1
Primary 1 have been learning how to create information texts during writing time. This week we wrote about animals living on Katie Morag’s island including a sheep and a seal. We had to include a title, an illustration with labels, and a fact about them. We are becoming more confident at sounding out words.
We have also been learning French with our teddy, Camembear, practising greetings, how to say yes and no, and how we are.
Primary 6 Weekly Update
This week we completed our Scottish Contexts topic. We recited our Scottish poems in front of our peers, where two winners were chosen to perform in front of the whole school. We all did a great job and are so proud of our representatives!
In Numeracy, we have been working on adding and subtracting decimals using mental calculations and column sums/chimney sums/formal written method. We have grown in confidence in this across the week, where we were then able to answer and create our own word problem examples for our peers.
We began our new topic for the remainder of the term, where we will investigate Body Systems. We began this through sharing what we know as a whole class and coming up with questions we wanted to investigate across the coming weeks.
In Health and Wellbeing, we looked into what a friendship and/or a relationship is, what makes us a good friend and how to maintain each of these. We collectively created a ‘P6 Friendship Soup’ which incorporated all of our ideas for maintaining positive relationships and friendships. This is now on display in our classroom as a daily reminder.
Have a lovely weekend!
Hello from P5!
After exploring Scots language in Reading and some of the unusual characters from ‘Blethertoon Braes’, Primary 5 have started to create their own character. They have a designed their character using a range of materials and made a plan for a descriptive piece. We will be trying hard to use lots of Scots language when we finish the writing next week.  Â
In P.E we have continued to improve our fitness with a range of strength and stamina exercises. Next week we will be starting to create our own fitness routine in groups using music.
We were introduced to our new reading book ‘Christophe’s Story’ after making a prediction using only the title and the front cover. We have now discovered that that the main character is from Rwanda. Today, we learned a little more about life in Rwanda to help us understand where he has come from.
We hope everyone has a nice weekend!
Primary 2 – Friday 28th January
Primary 2 have had a super week! Well Done everybody for practicing your Scots poetry. You recited them with confidence .
We have been learning about Space. We designed and decorated a Solar System. We also designed rockets to take us to Space, thinking about what to pack, the features of a rocket and creating these using our knowledge of 3D shape. Take a look at our Seesaw page for some photos of our creations.
Have a lovely weekend everybody!
P2/1 Weekly Blog
A big well done this week to Tyler and Nikola who recited their Scots poems to the whole school during our virtual Scots assembly. You were both fantastic!
This week, we have been successful learners looking at the work of Scottish Artist, Steven Brown. We shared our opinions on his famous ‘Mcoo’ artwork. We created our own Mcoo’s using pastels to layer our colours. We have also been learning about who Robert Burns was and why we celebrate Burns Day. We listened to his most famous song, “Auld Lang Syne” and talked about the time of year that people all over the world sing this song.
Week Beginning 24th January 2022
This week we have been learning about Charles Rennie Mackintosh. We used Sketchpad to create digital paintings of the famous stained glass rose.
To celebrate Burns, we have been reciting our poetry. We enjoyed shortbread, Scottish music and listened to each class recite their Scots poems. Well done Primary 5 for practicing your poetry at home.Drawing.sketchpad (1) Jake
Primary 1
After reading ‘Katie Morag and the Tiresome Ted’, Primary 1 created writing and artwork inspired by the events in the story. We blended paint colours to create a picture of a stormy sea and then we added a drawing of Katie Morag’s lost ted once our paintings had dried. We also wrote a description of what Ted was like after he had been washed up on the shore.
In addition to our Katie Morag work, we have also been learning about Scots words and practising Scots poetry. Well done to Inaaya and Zack who were the first to recite their poems to the school during our virtual assembly!
