Last week we started to explore symmetry. We created our own symmetrical pictures in lots of different ways.
Last week we also continued to create our own hats for our World Book Day on Friday 9th of March. We talked about our favourite book characters and our reasons for liking these characters and then created our own hats showing this character.
On Friday we had a task to complete to see if we knew the meaning of lots of words which are disappearing from the language of children. We knew some of these words. Most of us knew what a conker was and some of us gave a great description of an otter. Harris said it’s got a tail and likes water. Zach said it likes to build dams. Aria also knew that a bluebell was a flower with blue petals. Elena was aware that an acorn grew on a tree and Oscar said he knew what a conker was because his brother and him had collected them from a conker tree. We were confused with some words. Although Zach knew what a newt was because he had a pet one, another child said she had a newt bunny! We also thought a dandelion was like a tiger and heather was when you bounced the ball on your head. We were not sure what a bramble was but we’ve heard of a soft play called bramble. No-one knew what ivy was or a lark or willow or a wren. We thought a starling was a star made of wool and a weasel was something to make pictures on. We were really excited when our pupil council rep brought a present to the class from the parent council. When she opened this present we discovered it was a book called The Lost Words. This book will help us to learn what all these words mean. We can’t wait to start learning about these lost words.
The Nursery Children have had a busy week designing and making their own vehicles. They used cardboard boxes and other junk material and painted their vehicles when they were finished. Their work is displayed in the art area of the nursery, please feel free to have a look.
In the bottom area beside the smartboard we have set up the puppet show. We have provided the Children with Super Hero puppet/pictures for their role play. The Children have shown lots of interest and it continues to be a very busy activity.
A big well done and thank you to all the parents and Children who were able to design their own t-shirt. It was lovely to see the amazing effort from everyone. WELL DONE!
We are celebrating World Book Day in style with a range of T-shirt and hat designs inspired by our favourite books and characters!
We received a special gift today in the form of a beautiful spell book, ‘The Lost Words’, which will restore our knowledge of language to do with nature.
We completed an activity today to test our current knowledge and we were baffled by words such as: Wren, Lark, Willow, Bramble, Ivy and Starling!
Over the next few weeks we will look forward to casting our spells and reclaiming these long-forgotten words, so please help us at home by letting us lead you on outdoor adventures; pointing out and discussing things of interest.
Please find attached some information from Bathgate Academy. It relates to their Numeracy and Calculation policy and contains some advice for parent/carers and activities for pupils to complete.
World Book Day t-shirts and hats may now be worn on Thursday 8th March for Nursery children and Friday 9th March for P1-P7 children, as change to the original date.
French – Practise days of the week song in English and then French. Count forward and backwards from 10.
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We have been learning about our 5 Senses and last week we were exploring our Sense of Sound. We worked with our talk partners and used recyclable materials to create our own musical instruments. See if you can make an instrument at home and bring it into school with you when we return.
RME – As part of our learning in class we have been learning about Bible Stories. Do you have a bible at home? If you do read a story from the Bible.
Remember to add any of your learning at home to twitter. #SPSlovestoread, #SPSsnowday
Some suggested activities for today:
Yesterday on twitter, there was a fabulous photograph of a snow plough made from junk materials from one of children in our class. Last week we were making vehicles in class.
At home you could make another vehicle and bring it into class next week. Remember to draw your plan and make a list of the resources required. You can also post any photographs on twitter.
What books have you been reading? Have you been reading in any interesting places? Remember to post these pictures and complete your reading passport.
Good morning P5! Yet another snow day, please have a go at the activities in the previous post and also…
– Keep working on those numeracy skills, improving speed and accuracy by visiting the Topmarks ‘Daily 10’ website. You can choose from a range of categories. Choose the one you would like to improve on.
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/maths-games/daily10
– Look over divisibility rules; are the following numbers divisible by 4? 1224 2435 2312 5416 7504
– Keep working on your ideas for the Fringe poster competition; we have lost three days working on this, so make sure you come to school with a good idea of what you would like your finished piece to look like!
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