Category: Whole School

This week our P7b class demonstrated confidence in tackling learning experiences offered to us.

For Numeracy and Maths, we learnt to calculate the area of right angle triangles and composite shapes.  Then we revised on our multiplication and division strategies.  We also practiced finding and simplifying equivalent fractions.

For Literacy, we read a poem.  We used our inference skills in order to comprehend what the read.  We researched the importance  of the Amazon rainforest to the rest of the world.  Using our netbooks, we  searched for the causes and effects of deforestation.  Then we wrote our persuasive essay on Brazil’s deforestation problem. 

For Modern Languages, we counted from 1 to 20.  We played a game of bingo using French words too.

For HWB, we looked at how drug misuse and we learned how they affect the human body.

Have a great weekend everyone!

 

 

 

We began the week getting our new homework and working on our spelling skills at active stations.  We also got new reading books and have enjoyed reading them throughout the week.  We have begun to have some discussion about what we have read.  As a group,  we can chose to be either Word Wizards, Punctuation People, Character Cruzaders or Setting Soldiers – this gives our reading session a focus for discussion.  Most of the groups chose to be Setting Soldiers this week.

In Numeracy we have continued our work on place value, working with larger numbers.  We had active stations and completed many activities to allow us to practise.  We really like the place value basket ball game that is on the topmarks website – it’s free and easily accessible if anyone wants to play it at home:   www.topmarks.co.uk/learning-to-count/place-value-basketball

In outer maths we learned more about symmetry.  We were deciding whether objects or pictures were symmetrical and explaining the reasons for our answers.  We also worked on identifying lines of symmetry.  We enjoyed a symmetry hunt outside too.

We have also been working on capital letters and full stops as Mrs Kennedy had noticed that some of us are forgetting them as we write – some very long sentences 😉  We are now getting better at remembering capital letters in the correct places but it is tricky to decide when to use a full stop and begin a new sentence.  We will continue to work on this.

In PE we continued to develop our skills for benchball – different types of throw this week.  We have begun to think about what kind of throw to use depending on where our teammates are on the court.

We got together with P3B for a lesson on Islands on Tuesday.  We suggested quite few islands that would be good for our geography topic.  After a vote it was decided that Hawaii will be the island that we learn more about and compare to Scotland.  If anyone has anything Hawaiin please let us know, if you’ve been maybe you could tell us about it?

Our assembly this Friday was a little different as we all attended a House Assembly for our own houses.  The P7s who would like to be House Captains spoke to us then we voted for them.  Lots of voting this week!

Enjoy the weekend, P3A and Mrs Kennedy

Another busy week in P1, we are learning so much and making lots of progress.

In Phonics we have be learning the sounds p and n. We learned the Jolly phonics song, found the letters on magnetic letter boards, drew pictures of things that begin with p and n and had a go at forming the letters.

p – down the pirate’s plait and over the pirate’s face

n- down Nobby, back up Nobby and over his net

We even had a go at writing some words using the sounds – Mrs Bell was very impressed!

In Numeracy we have been learning about the numbers 2, 3 and 4. We found forming 2 and 3 quite tricky but we will keep practising. We also learned about 2D shapes – circles, squares, triangles and rectangles. We went on a shape hunt around our classroom:

On  Thursday we met Camembert the bear who is visiting us from France. He was a little bit shy as he doesn’t speak any English. We had to speak to him in French! We learned  how to say ‘hello’ and ‘my name is…’

Some photos of outdoor fun, reading to our friends and writing our names:

Admin for next week:

Thank you to those who handed homework folders in on Thursday. Please send homework folders in if you haven’t already so that we can give out new sounds on Monday.

Have a lovely weekend!

Love from P1B and Mrs Bell x

 

We’ve had another busy week as the children settle into P5. Here’s what we’ve been up to and what we are looking forward to next week…

Health and Wellbeing

We continued working on our movement skills and spatial awareness in P.E this week. The size of ball increased as the session went on. We began by following hand-clap patterns and sequences with a tennis ball to improve our hand-eye coordination before introducing the basketballs and working with a partner. We tested our reflexes against different opponents before mirroring their movements and varying the ways in which we exchange the ball.

This week, we were also lucky enough to have a surprise visit from the SSPCA. We were spoken to about the importance of being kind towards animals and heard stories about some unusual call-outs made by staff. The session finished with a coding exercise where we were tasked with building a programmable owl which flapped its wings and moved its head. Unfortunately we weren’t able to make Oscar fly…

Technologies

In the upper school this term we have a particular focus on building and construction, mimicking that going on around the school currently as our toilets are upgraded. We’ve got real-life materials, Spheros, K’nex and Lego workstations to choose from. On Wednesday afternoon we tried some K’nex challenge cards in small groups and created our own unique designs. We had strands of DNA, noughts and crosses, cars and even a wheelbarrow!

Literacy and English

The genre for writing this week was creative and imaginative. Mr Logan introduced our word bank and recapped on the important features of a story before showing us an image of Japan. Our stories had to use this setting but the characters and plot were left to us. The standard of writing was incredibly high and Mr Logan was impressed with the ambitious range of VCOP in our work.

Problem Solving

We’ve been taking part in varied problem solving and team building exercises over the first couple of weeks to improve our teamwork and communication skills. Our final challenge of the week was the classic ‘Egg Drop Challenge’. All 8 groups were given a minimal amount of resources including tape, newspaper, string and a plastic cup to create a protective capsule for their egg. Out of 8 groups, 4 managed to keep their egg intact after it was thrown into the air in the back playground on Friday. You’ll see their proud wee faces below, well done everyone!

Achievements

Finally, a couple of achievements from this week to mention…

• O and S have been attending gymnastics sessions in Linlithgow and received a number of medals for their efforts! Well done girls, Mr Logan is really proud of you both!
• E has been demonstrating her creativity at home, constructing Mt. Fuji and a Japanese building using Lego. Super job, E!

Coming Up

• 2.9.19 – Japan IDL learning context begins
• 4.9.19 – Swimming assessment at Xcite Lgow, leave 12.15 and return 15.15
• 13.9.19 – ‘Responsible’ assembly
• 16.9.19 & 17.9.19 – Holidays
• 18.9.19 – Liaise with Leadership from 16.00-17.00

It was great to meet you all on Wednesday evening, have a relaxing weekend!

P5 and Mr Logan

Hi everyone, this week has been a great first week in P7B!

On Monday we did our spelling test to see what level we’re at in our spelling. We also did our leadership talks explaining what role we wanted. We made our envelopes for the time capsule and measured our feet size, hand size and height! (by NG and SP)

On Tuesday we did Daily Rigour.  This gave us quite a challenge.

This week we learned about the work of Romero Britto.  A Brazillian Pop artist.  We had a go at recreating his work in class.

We created our ” Kindness Wall” this week. The purpose of which is to send out positive and encouraging notes to our peers. To boost self esteem, we talked about how we see ourselves and how others see us.  Some of us were surprised to know that there are personal attributes  which we neglect to appreciate.  Our friends help us appreciate these through their messages.