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Hello everyone,
Just a small request from me! I am looking to create a set of resources which can be used across the school for outdoor learning activities. Attached below is a list of the types of things I am hoping to collect – if you happen to have any of these at home and wouldn’t mind donating them then that would be greatly appreciated. They can be handed in to me or left at the school office, where I will pick them up.
Many thanks in advance!
Miss McLaughlin 🙂
This week in Primary 6 we have been learning more about our topic for this term: The Human Body Systems. We were learning about the Skeletal System and the main roles it plays within the body.
We were set a challenge where we had to create a support for a tennis ball which would hold it high above a table. We discussed the different features of structures, what would work well and what would not offer enough support. This was to replicate the role that the skeleton plays in supporting the body.
Below were our two winners who were rated by their classmates as having a 10/10 rating!
This week, Primary 2/1 were learning about shapes!
We explored examples of solid 3D shapes and discussed how they were different to flat 2D shapes. We were also able to identify real-life objects that were 3D shapes. Primary 1 children learned the correct names for 3D shapes and Primary 2 children were classifying shapes using their own criteria.
We linked our new knowledge of shapes to castle building and recognised that some parts of castles were 3D shapes (e.g. a cylinder as a tower, a cone as a turret roof, a cuboid as a drawbridge). We then worked in teams and used construction blocks to create our own castle models.
Check in with us again next week to see what else we have been learning!
Primary 2/1 & Miss M 🙂
Primary 6 went to the Sky Academy, Livingston yesterday to take part in creating a movie trailer.
The children worked as groups to create a fictional movie trailer which they were able to keep and show to our parents/carers at home.
We had a great day and can’t wait to go back again someday or even become movie stars in the making!
This week, Primary 2/1 did some topic-based planning!
Miss McLaughlin gave us a set of clues and from these, we had to work out what our new topic theme was. Can you guess?
That’s right – we will be looking at castle life! Using the clues, we came up with an ‘I think…/I know…/I wonder…’ grid to help us shape our topic.
I think…
I know…
I wonder…
Check in with us again to see what else we have been learning!
Primary 2/1 & Miss M 🙂
This morning we had a visit from the charity Nil by Mouth. They came in to expand our knowledge of discrimination, sectarianism and racism.
Worry Rock Monsters
P3 have read ‘A Whole Bag of Worries’ for their building resilience talk things over unit. They have talked about their own worries and identified a worry each. This has led them to design and create their own worry rock monster.
Morning everyone,
I have uploaded a home learning grid onto seesaw with some activities for you to complete at home while the school is closed today. I have also set a Stormy day sumdog challenge for you all to complete which will test your knowledge on our recent learning we have been doing on addition, subtraction and money.
Please upload any completed work on to Seesaw.
Thanks, Miss McGregor
