Seafield Primary School

Our learning highlights in P3/4 this week were:

• We really enjoyed our Dynamic Earth trip and learned about how the moon and stars moved around our planet.
• During our trip we learned about space travel and how to keep the International Space Station working
• We have also been working hard to support our community decorating placemats for the Bowling Club Jubilee celebrations.

Tricky tasks:

• We have been continuing to work on our long division and working with remainders.
• During our Dynamic Earth trip we were challenged to find lots of information as we took the tour.

Leader learner update:

This week our lead learners were Meg and Amelia. They spotted some pupils showing good listening and being kind. 

Our learning highlights in P3/4 this week were:

• We enjoyed making rockets and tested what could make them fly better.
• On Wednesday we were lucky to have a taster Judo session. We enjoyed the skills that we learnt.
• In preparation for our trip we were researching Edinburgh landmarks which was very interesting.

Tricky tasks:

• In maths we worked on angles with Miss Herd and were learning about obtuse, acute and 90 degree angles.
• We have been continuing to work on division and working hard to use long division which we will continue next week.
• In our research of Edinburgh landmarks we used maps to find where that landmarks were which was sometimes tricky but good for practicing our mapping skills.

Lead learner update:

This week our lead learners were Faith and Calla. We have been working on being resilient and responsible. Our lead learners also spotted pupils being ambitious in their work.

Learning Highlights

• As part of Mental Health Awareness week we enjoyed a rainbow medication session.
• We loved looking at old Gala Day photos and Disney characters and this inspired us to create some fabulous Gala Day 2022 posters.
• We opened a One Stop Shop in the class to help us learn about money.
• We also enjoyed listening to songs about money on the smartboard

Tricky Tasks

• We were nervous before our interviews for our Enterprise jobs but the P5/6 pupils who interviewed us made us feel calm and relaxed and we were happy we could answer all the questions.
• Some of the P2/3 pupils found it tricky to earn points towards the end of term Fun Day at the start of the week, but as the week went on we got much better at following the school values and now we have 6 points.  We are going to try really hard to get 10 points next week.

Lead Learner Update

We chose Archie and Emma-Jo as our Lead Learners and they decided on the following targets for next week.

• Think before you do things
• Take care of our shop area and keep it tidy
• Use the toilet lanyard properly

Our learning highlights in P3/4 this week were:

• We enjoyed doing athletics in PE taking part in an obstacle course and gymnastics as well.
• We enjoyed starting to learn about right angles in maths.
• As part of our daily maths we have been working on our number strategies with number of the day.

Tricky tasks:

• This week we learned about fighter and modern planes. Pupils in P5/6 came to help us experiment with paper planes and what design flew the best. It took a lot of resilience to make the planes.
• We have been busy designing our entries for the Disney Seafield Gala Day 2022, working on sketching and presenting our work.
• This week we have been continuing to look at the human body and how to keep ourselves healthy.

Lead learner update:

Our lead learners this week were Abbie and Darcey. They spotted classmates being kind and helping others. Some of our pupils were also focusing really hard to produce work to the best of their abilities.

Learning Highlights

• We enjoyed balancing and stretching in gymnastics.
• We learned about sprinting and hurdles in our Athletics lesson.
• We were researching famous flyers and writing information reports about them.
• We started learning about division by sharing out raffle tickets.

Tricky Tasks

• Learning about the Egyptian and Roman number systems was tricky because they used symbols that we didn’t know and letters.
• It was tricky having to label different body parts.
• Drawing around our hands to make Mendi patterns when we were learning about Eid was also tricky.

Lead Learner Update

Our lead learners this week were Brodie and Shiva and they were looking out for

• good listening
• helping others
• neat writing.

Well done to Meg, Oscar and Preston for achieving these targets.

Our learning highlights in P3/4 this week were:

• We have been busy finishing our equations topic in maths and enjoyed working out problems with missing numbers and signs
• We enjoyed starting gymnastics in PE focusing on stretching and balancing
• As part of our topic we learned about the Wright brothers and how they made the first aeroplane

Tricky tasks:

• We also were learning about hot air balloons and how they work this week. We investigated how hot air and cold air affected balloons and conducted scientific experiments
• We have enjoyed watching Newsround this week and were challenged by a UK dialect quiz and quiz of the week, where we vote as a class for each answer.
• It was tricky as well to learn about the Wright’s aeroplanes and label the different parts

Lead learners:

This week our lead learners were Alfie and Che. They spotted good listening and pupils working hard. 

P2/3 returned from the Easter break energised and enthusiastic.  They were excited to see how well their potatoes had grown.  Thanks to Jack’s family for taking care of them during the holidays.

Learning Highlights

• We brainstormed ideas for our enterprise topic and wrote letters asking for a loan of money to help us set up.
• In literacy we  learned about fact and opinion.
• We made mobiles with our buddies to celebrate Earth Day.
• We listened to songs about times tables and many of the children are now feeling more confident.

Tricky Tasks

• We learned about the different parts of a letter but the school address was quite tricky to write.
• We were using our boost words to write in sentences and some of the class found this tricky.

Lead Learner Update

Niamh and Zac will be our Lead Learners next week and they have chosen to look out for classmates who are

• being sensible in class
• saying thank you if someone holds the door open for them and
• following the school values.

Our learning highlights in P3/4 this week were:

• We have enjoyed our PE this week playing games and thinking about fitness and finding space skills.
• With Mrs Flynn we enjoyed conducting a science experiment to investigate how make the most effective parachute as part of our Flight topic
• In French we practicing our listening, reading and writing skills using digital technology.

Tricky tasks:

• We have started to focus on information writing and some of us found it tricky to research information for our animal reports
• In maths we have been working on equations and finding missing numbers and signs
• For PE this week it was tricky to keep up our stamina while jogging a daily mile.

Learning highlights

• We enjoyed learning about Easter around the world and working on Easter related tasks on Seesaw.
• It was fun painting symmetrical butterflies and colouring symmetrical eggs.
• We looked back on our learning this term and completed our Term 3 Reflections sheet.
• Our knowledge of times tables helped us to complete Spring themed colouring sheets.
• We finished reading The Sleekit Mr Tod and compared it to the film Fantastic Mr Fox.

Tricky Tasks

• We revisited French months of the year as we had difficulty remembering them.
• It was tricky trying to draw the other half of symmetrical shapes.

Lead Learner Update

Our Lead Learners Jack and Georgia did a fantastic job of  looking out for people who were achieving the targets they set of:-

• using a loud and clear voice during reading
• showing good sitting during times on the carpet
• showing good manners

Well done to everyone in Primary 2/3 as they managed to fill a whole page in the Lead Learner Log of children who were on target.

It’s been a busy and fun term and we hope you all have a lovely Easter break.