St John Ogilvie Primary School

Dear Parents,

Here’s an update of what P7A have been learning this week:

On Monday in numeracy & maths we started work on Algebra. We found out how to calculate an unknown by solving equations. Most people found it tricky at first but by Wednesday, they had grown in confidence. On Thursday for maths, we went outside for a bit of measure. We used meter sticks to find the length and breadth of the MUGA. We then used this to calculate the perimeter and Area. On Friday, we were tested on our 7 times table using ‘Round the Clock’ – a game Mr McGurn’s P7 teacher made him play!

In PE on Monday and Wednesday, we started work on gymnastics. It was pretty basic this week with rolls and shapes but we worked well and will progress to more advanced things in the coming weeks.

Our topic for January is Scottish Literature so on Monday we read and discussed Tam o’ Shanter and on Wednesday picked a Burns poem/song which we have to learn for reciting on Burns Day in a couple of weeks. We also worked on materials for a Burns wall display.

In writing, we wrote poems using the Burns Stanza, based on To a Mouse but with our own choice of animal. We learned the Burns Stanza is 6 lines with rhyming scheme A-A-A-B-A-B and lengths of 8-8-8-4-8-4. It was pretty hard but we all tried our best and managed to produce at least one verse.

For RE we had our usual Prayer Service, this week on the Baptism of Jesus, we did some bible work and on Friday the Focus was on the PFFA, which we are nearly finished!

For technology (engineering) we found out about Da Vinci Bridges, and tried to make our own using lollipop sticks. It was confusing and tricky but we gave it a go!

P7As Reading Champion for the next fortnight is Adam, who participates actively in all reading activities.

The Over and Above hot chocolate at home winner was Nehaal, who always tries his best at everything.

Have a great weekend,

Myles (Lead Learner), Mr McGurn and Primary 7A.

We have had a fantastic first week back at school!

In PE, we have started our gymnastics block and we have been learning about balancing. We practised doing different balances on the mats and we also had a turn at trying to hold the balance on the bench. We were all very confident and keen to share our learning with our friends.

In phonics, we have been learning the ‘v’ and ‘x’ sounds.  We set up a vet surgery in our classroom and we have had lots of fun helping the animals. We have been practising reading our CVC words and we are showing confidence with this. In writing, we wrote a sentence to describe a woolly hat and we tried to use the word ‘and’. Miss Stebbing was very impressed with our writing and that we can discuss our writing targets.

In maths, we have been learning subtraction strategies and we know that the answer is a smaller number. We have been using our finger patterns to help us complete the sums. We also discussed the months of the year and made a calendar.

We have started a new topic all about Scotland and we talked about what we would like to learn.

Some of our personal highlights this week are:

Matteo – I enjoyed seeing the buddies at lunch time.

Maksymilian – I enjoyed playing with the marble run.

Tyler T – I enjoyed playing in the vets.

Lewis – I enjoyed playing outside.

Maja – I enjoyed playing in the vets.

Danvith – I enjoyed drawing on the Smartboard.

Alfie – I enjoyed playing in the vets.

Leah – I enjoyed playing outside.

Congratulations to Posy who is our Hot Chocolate Winner and to Tyler T who is our Reading Champion.

Here are some photos that captured some of the learning experiences P3A had this week.  I hope you all have a lovely Christmas and I will see you back next year! 😃❤️🎄There is a separate post about our party.

Congratulations to Tadiwa, our hot chocolate award winner this week!

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Primary 3 enjoyed their Christmas party on Wednesday.  They danced, sang, played games and enjoyed their party food! 😃🎄🎅🏼

Last week in Primary 5 for 2023. We have had a fun week. Completing our Science by monitoring the daily rainfall and then we created our own water filtration experiments.  On Tuesday we had a great time at our Christmas Party, dancing and playing party games. We had a week long Christmas/end of year Quiz.

Thank you for all the lovely, thoughtful Christmas Gifts. I hope everyone has a fantastic Christmas Break and we will see everyone back at school happy and healthy on the 8th of January 2024.

We have had a busy week making Christmas crafts, having our party and seeing our Buddies.

Congratulations to Danvith who is our Hot Chocolate Winner this week!

Merry Christmas to all our SJO families!