On Thursday 7th March we celebrated world book day! We came to school in our pyjamas and started our day with the ‘big booky breakfast.’ We ate some toast and read stories to our friends. After break time we got to read together with P4/5, we had lots of fun. We also carried out lots of reading related activities such as making bookmarks and watching bbc’s authors live. To finish our day some of our parents came into school and we read with them too. We loved sharing and talking about all things books!
P2/3 STEM
In topic this week we were put into cooperative learning groups called ‘Island families’. In our families we used the Ipads to research and find out about traditional Scottish surnames. We then decided on a family surname and in our families used different technology to research and find information about the Isle of Coll. We used different websites to help us find information and explored the island through google maps and images.
On Friday in our family groups we were set a STEM challenge to set up a cup pyramid using string and elastic bands but we were not allowed to directly touch it with our hands. We spoke about the process of construction and that the first solution may not always work so it is important to go back and reflect on what could have been improved. We are going to be working on our challenge on Friday.
P3s Update
This week in primary 3 we have been busy preparing for our upcoming assembly about the Vikings on Monday 4th March. The children have enjoyed creating props and showed confidence when learning their lines. We can’t wait to showcase our learning and hope you can come along and watch.
During topic this week we had great fun going out into the playground to measure and draw a longship. They were said to be 21 metres long and 5 metres wide!
In writing we are continuing to learn about persuasive writing and the different writing techniques used in persuasive texts. We have been learning about alliteration and came up with lots of fantastic examples from well-known books as well as examples of our own.
In numeracy we have been learning about the 2 and 3 times tables. We have spotted patterns in both of these and are exploring different strategies to solve multiplication sums.
Update from Primary 2/3
On Monday 11th February primary 2/3 showcased what they have learnt so far on Scottish Islands at their assembly. Miss Gill was very proud of the confidence and enthusiasm that all children showed and the children were very proud of their performance too! We have been continuing our topic and have been taking our learning outside to look at our school and local context and compare this to the primary school on the Isle of Coll (where our Katie Morag stories are based on). We used art to draw what we seen when we looked outside of our playground and then used google maps and images to compare what the children on the Isle of Coll primary school might see. Our next steps are to then widen this and compare the features of Craigshill with other Islands around Scotland.
In numeracy we have been looking at fractions. We have been placing fractions on a number line and have also been using fractions to half quantities and numbers.
We are continuing to use a range of strategies in reading to help us when we come across words that we do not know. We have also been looking at making connections between what we are reading and our experiences. In writing we have moved onto persuasive writing and have been looking at different techniques for persuasive writing such as positive words, rhetorical questions and bossy verbs.
In art we have been looking at the work of Steven Brown. We looked at examples of his work and spoke about their features using art vocabulary and discussed our opinions of his work. We then created our own McCoo’s using a range of different colours and lines.
Primary 4
In Art, we have been learning about the Scottish Artist, Charles Rennie Mackintosh. We drew some pen drawings in the stlye of his famous rose design. This week we have been looking at Pop Art and have used it to show our knowledge of “bossy verbs” and adjectives. We chose a word to display in the style of Pop Art.
Below are some of our amazing pictures.
