Category: Whole School

In Maths we have been looking at  different types of bills and how they are calculated. We have been using our addition and multiplication skills to calculate the cost of different products and services that make them up.

Next week we are going to focus on addition and subtraction.

We have also started work on our new topic Mary Queen of Scots and have been recording information regarding what we already know about her life and work, what other information we would like to find out and the different ways we would like to learn about her. We then looked at the major events in her life and completed a time-line to cover this historical period.

In science we were looking at mixtures and our discussions even led on to the periodic tables! We looked at an oil spill and we are going to investigate which materials will be best for collecting the oil from the water.

We are now finished our powerpoints about Rennie Macintosh. Well done everyone.

Have a well earned holiday.

In phonics we were learning the sk, sn and st blends. We found objects around the classroom to put in our sound of the day box. We found a star, skirt, snow, snail (The Snail and the Whale story). In writing we started learning about writing instructions. We looked at examples and picked out key things that they included. We learnt how to use bossy words to give an instruction. We enjoyed bossing our partners about. We then received a letter from Paddington Bear asking us for help. He didn’t know how to make his favourite sandwich so needed us to write him some instructions to talk him through it.

So we had a practise! We worked in pairs to make a Marmalade sandwich then used what we had learnt to break it down into manageable steps. We had to then write our instructions for Paddington and highlight all of the bossy words we had used.

In Maths we have been learning about time. We recapped on our months of the year and made some fabulous collages for homework. We learnt the days of the week in French….Oooo la la! We revised o’clock and half past times, looking at the positions of the different hands. On Wednesday we used paper plates to make our own clocks. We worked in pairs to make different times.

In IDL we were comparing Victorian toys to modern day toys. We learnt about toys for boys and girls. The rich children had different toys to the poorer children. On Thursday we then made our own Jack in the box. We had to fold net to make a box then fold strips of card to make a spring. It was very tricky but we did so well.

In PE we were applying our Futsal skills to mini games. We had to dribble and pass accurately. We learnt how to work as a team and how to include our team members. We also spent our PE lesson on Thursday playing some Victorian games. We had so much fun!

Here is our learning for this week…..

Enjoy your long weekend,

Miss Mudd and P2A x

The children have been very excited this week as we started on our Victorian topic. They are all really interested and eager to learn more.  We have talked about what they already know(which is impressive) and what they want to know, again a varied and interesting selection.

We have finished our block on money and next week go on to ‘Time’.

This week we have started on our class novel – “Awful Auntie” by David Walliams and have already had lots of laughter. The children wrote a character description, using adjectives and did a super job.

The children have completed their bridge challenge and here are some photos of the results. They did need reminding that a car needs to be able to get on and off the bridge however!!

Primary 2 have been busy practising their tricky words. We were confident at reading them but found the spelling challenging. We showed great resilience and didn’t give up. We tried to take a photograph of the words with our eyes so we could picture it when we tried to write it.

In Maths we were learning how to give change. We used number lines and Numicon to calculate how much change we needed to give our partner. We then worked in groups to find 5 different ways to make an amount.

We were all VERY excited today as Miss Mudd launched our new topic. We will be learning about the Victorians! We worked with Miss Mudd to plan our topic and talked about what we already know and what we wanted to learn. We started to learn about Queen Victoria and the Royal family. Our buddies then came down during ICT time and helped us do some research. We went on the BBC History website and had to try and find 3 facts about Victorians.

P2A and Miss Mudd x