It is such a privilege to have the opportunity to work with P6B. I will be in class on most Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays and Mrs Laurie will be covering on Wednesdays and Fridays. I will sort out Class Dojo over the next few days so that you can keep in touch more easily.
We have enjoyed puzzling out the answers to riddles and lateral thinking challenges this week – I have a feeling it will be an ongoing theme each day in class. AM had us all stumped with this one: You are in a room with solid walls but no windows or doors and only have a knife and an orange. How can you escape?
Most of the children have met their buddies for the first time this week – very exciting for us and for the little ones preparing to start P1 in August. We reminded ourselves of our memories of being in P1 and had some laughs as we thought back to our cute days!
In Numeracy we are working on fractions – finding equivalent fractions and simplifying fractions. This is quite tricky for some of us, so we’ll find various creative ways to make sure we can all gain understanding of the concepts.
We have enjoyed being outside each day to read together, play and have some exercise. What a difference the sunshine makes!
Ramadan started this week for Moslems and we have been finding out about the five pillars of Islam. We realise how hard it must be to fast during daylight hours at this time of year.
We spent some time thinking about ways to reduce our plastic waste and are making posters for the Transition Linlithgow competition entitled ‘Linlithgow’s Last Straw’.
Mrs Laurie will set spelling homework each Wednesday. To encourage the children to enjoy reading, between now and the end of term, the children can choose their own book to read at home and in silent reading sessions in class. I wonder how many books we will all read before the holidays? The children are going to write a couple of sentences about the chapters they have read in their homework jotters and will have the opportunity to share these comments with their reading group on a Thursday.
On Friday morning some elderly members of our community are coming into school for a performance of the Lion King songs. Hearing the children practice reminded me afresh of how amazing the Lion King production was – our children are incredible!
If you are still wondering how to exit the room with no doors and windows, the solution is that you should cut the orange in half. Since two halves make a whole, you can put the hole in the wall and climb through it.
