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Many thanks to the family members/carers who came to our assembly on Friday – it was lovely to see you there!
Please use the link below to see the story that P3/2 created and performed for their class assembly – ‘The Lightning Bolt’. #effectivecontributors
Miss M 🙂
P6 had a great day at Broxburn Academy for their science day. They took part in three experiments.
For the first experiment, the class made o-wings – they were measuring to see the average distance they took to fly depending on how big the circumference was of the wings.
For the second and third experiments, P6 got to experience being in the science labs. They were given a talk about lab safety, then got to use the bunsen burners, studying different chemicals and the colours they made under the flame!
The last experiment consisted of making a rocket, simply using an seltzer and either hot or cold water, to measure how quickly it would take off!
When P6 returned to class, they made posters labelling the importance of lab safety, so that when they go to high school next year, they are well aware of the importance of lab safety. Well done P6!
Primary 1 have been helping Katie Morag this week as there are problems on the Isle of Struay. The lighthouse on the island is falling down and Katie Morag needs our help to design a new one. We worked hard to complete our design challenge.
Huge well done to Primary 6 for delivering a fantastic assembly on World Book Day. It was wonderful to see the class, and the rest of the assembly sharing their love of reading. It was also lovely having the parents in and reading with their children.
In class, P6 participated in various reading activities, including recreating a book cover of their favourite book and explaining why they liked it. We also joined in with a BBC live lesson. All the classes went to author masterclasses in different classes to learn about all the wonderful authors out there.
Great effort P6!
  
 
On Thursday, World Book Day (and Dr Seuss’ birthday), Miss McLaughlin ran a ‘Cat in the Hat’-themed masterclass.
We listened to the story of ‘The Cat in the Hat’ and discussed rhythm/rhyme.
We created our own ‘Cat in the Hat’ artwork and gave the Cat new looks! Miss McLaughlin then gave us a design challenge where we had to plan and create a new hat for the Cat. We used lots of different crafting materials for our creations. #effectivecontributors
Primary 1 have been learning about halves. We made cakes for one another with playdoh then cut them in half. We coloured halves of different shapes and found halves of numbers using our counters. We talked about when in real life we might need to use halves.
On World Book Day, we enjoyed reading Gorilla Loves Vanilla. We talked about words that rhyme in the book and completed a rhyme challenge with our friends in P2/1. We talked about our favourite ice cream and designed our own delicious ice cream sundae.
This week we focused on learning our common words through active learning. We were able to do these stations independently following the instructions at the beginning of the lesson. We enjoyed being able to explore Literacy through lots of different activities and alongside our learning buddies.
In Maths this week, we have continued learning about collecting and collating data using tally marks and bar graphs. We had fun in our ‘pancake flipping’ competition where we tally marked how many times each person could flip their pancake. This was then used to create a bar/block graph.
Your child has brought home their Wonderful Week of Work jotter for you to see from this week. There is a sheet stuck in where you can leave feedback on what you have read and your child also.
Primary 1 have been learning about money and the value of different coins. To help us with our learning, we set up a class shop, played coin matching games, made coin rubbing pictures and completed a coin sorting challenge.
This week we have been focusing on our knowledge of how to write a procedure.
Today we were asked to reflect on our prior learning and use it to complete a group task. Miss Walkingshaw provided us with an example of a procedure – ‘How to safely exit the building in a fire’ which builds further onto their learning with Mrs Mooney.
We were asked to find the structure of the procedure first, identify title, goal and materials used before ordering the steps in the correct order. We showed fantastic knowledge of how this genre should be written.
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