Dear Readers,

We hope you are all well.

In this post you will be shown the highlights of both weeks, since there have been some issues with last week’s post and it ended up not being published.

So, here are our highlights:

• Spelling – We have learned many interesting and even challenging words related to our Topic War and Conflict, including the most common causes of war and words needed to explain those same causes. The spelling assessment had very good results, especially having in mind how hard the words were, both to understand and spell.
• Writing – We have continued and concluded our Narratives on the next chapter of the Spiderwick Chronicles and some of us loved it so much they wouldn’t want to stop writing! This week we have started learning about the Recount, its different parts and what it is used for. We will continue working on it at least for another couple of weeks.
• Literacy – In order to make our Writing even better and more interesting, we have been having a big focus on Similes, Metaphors and the difference between them. We had to write our own Similes and Metaphors and identify both within texts which was quite interesting.
• Maths and Numeracy – Learning about the Perimeter and the Area of squares and rectangles was one of the favourites of the weeks and we even learned how to find out the area and perimeters of shapes with more than one rectangle or square. We have finished the week with word problems and have also continued our work on multiplication and division.
• RE – Last week we have celebrated Pentecost and have remembered that it had happened 50 days after Easter, when the Holy Spirit descended on Our Lady and the Apostles. We have also been following the Pray in May Calendar from Mary’s Meals and every single day we learn about a country which is being helped by this charity, its political and economic situation, the contents of the meals in each country and how many school meals are being provided every school day. The children have been very engaged but also very shocked by the enormous need for help and by how so many children like themselves live in such poor conditions. They all want to help Mary’s Meals and we would like to ask parents and carers to donate what they can and bring it to school on the 31st of May, since we will have a special collection for this charity.
• Science – Continuing our super learning in Science we have been doing some really interesting STEM challenges, some in the classroom and some outside, since a group of us went to the Climate Smarter Celebration of STEM Event last Wednesday with their Eco-School Model.
• Outdoor Learning – As our gardens were needing urgent attention, we have spent a good amount of time weeding them and if you come to the school you will hopefully see the difference. We were going to continue our job this week but the rain has made it impossible so hopefully we will have the opportunity to finish our task next week. It’s hard but rewarding work and we got new tools which are good for the job!🌻
• Football – We have had 2 super fun sessions with Steven, the West Lothian Football Academy coach and got a taster of what it would be like to join one of WLFA classes, which was great!
• Many Congratulations to our Hot Chocolate from last week, Miss Samanvi, who has been a true role model of good behaviour and readiness to learn to all! Well done, Miss Samanvi!👏👏👏🥇🏆
• Well done also to The Philosopher’s Stone Table who have been amazing throughout the week, not only about their behaviour but also about their attitude towards learning!🏆🥇✨
• This week, Congratulations to the Chamber of Secrets Table for being super duper good! Well done! 👏🏆

We say goodbye for now, wishing all our Readers a very pleasant and, if possible, dry and sunny weekend!😀🌞🏔

P5A and Mrs Valente 😘😘