Miss Mudd noticed we were being a little noisy in class so to try and help us use our quiet voices she downloaded a new app for our computer. The bouncy balls on the screen show the volume in the classroom and the more they bounce…..the noisier it is. It then tells us when we are being too noisy. We got much quieter throughout the week so hopefully we can keep it up!
Literacy
We were writing our weekend news and practising using full stops correctly. We had our red, amber and green targets and had to ‘go for green!’ After writing, we used our traffic light cups to self-assess our work and show Miss Mudd what we think we had achieved. We talked about our next steps and came up with some targets to help us improve further.
On Wednesday it was Roald Dahl day so we tuned in to the live feed along with thousands of other children to hear more about his life. We did a quiz to see which character we are like. Emma T came out as Matilda, Campbell was George (George’s Marvellous Medicine) and Charlie was Charlie Bucket. Quentin Blake showed us how to create some wonderful illustrations and we loved seeing how his ideas were brought to life.
In writing we continued to do some work on description and learnt how to describe different landscapes. Miss Mudd wrote some descriptions of different places and we had to read them and match them to the correct picture. We picked out the wow words and went on to write our own descriptions. They were fabulous!
IDL
We were learning about the features of a seaside. We talked about key features such as lighthouses, caves, cliffs, shops, rock pools, boats etc. We labelled a photograph of a seaside and played ISpy to look for the different features. We then sorted them into natural and man-made.
Our buddies came down to help us on the computers. We used google maps to find our houses and looked at some of our local beaches.
Numeracy
In Maths we started to learn about place value. We were given a large amount of objects and had to sort them into groups of 10 to help us count efficiently. We then counted up in our tens and units. Miss Mudd introduced us to the base ten blocks and we practised making up different numbers and talking about the amount of tens and units.
We continued our work on 2D and 3D shape. We had to use ropes and work in teams to create different 2D shapes. Then we had to convince the class that we had made that shape by talking about its properties. We then used straws, cotton buds, tooth picks and sticks to build 3D shapes. It was very challenging but we used our growth mind set attitudes to help us persevere. Most of us were able to keep trying and didn’t give up when things got tough. Miss Mudd was so proud of our work on shapes and our enthusiasm towards our learning.
We also had a new challenge in our Maths area. We had 7 pots with different materials in. We called it the estimation station. We had to estimate how many were in each tub then check our answers.
Extra bits and bobs
Jacob and Euan brought in their achievements to show us. Euan had done the Pedal for Scotland event and cycled a very long way! We are very proud of him. Jacob had won a trophy for his hard work at Taekwondo.
In Science on Monday, the children learned that the sun is our main source of energy. Without the sun no plants would grow and we would have no food. We planted seeds with sunshine labels to remind us how important the sun is in providing us with energy.
Miss Mudd dug out her old PE kit and joined in with a fitness session for children’s fitness week. Joe Wicks (The Body Coach) streamed his workouts live every day at 10am so we thought we would give one a go. It was tough and we were sweaty but all felt great after we had finished. In PE we played Hungry Hippos and worked on our reaction times and speed.
A huge well done to P7 for their fabulous cake! We were amazed at the detail that they had created. What a talented bunch. Thank for you sharing it with us.
Hope you all have a wonderful long weekend.
Miss Mudd and P2A x
