St John Ogilvie Primary School

This week we have been learning the sounds l, ll and r.  We can recall words that begin with these sounds and we have practised forming and writing the letters.

We started our new Topic this week Toys.  We drew a picture of our favourite toy, sorted toys into outdoor and indoor toys.  We also made a toy using paper and a penny.  We were so excited to take them home to show our family.

For writing this week we listened to a story about a Toy Shop and then drew a picture and wrote a sentence about a toy.  We tried to remember to use a capital letter, finger spaces and a full stop.

We decorated our class Christmas tree.  Mrs Russell said it was the best decorated Christmas tree in Livingston.

Our Role Play Area has been changed into Santa’s Workshop.  We have been working on our motor skills wrapping objects and toys.  We have also been writing letters and cards and putting stamps on them and posting them in our class post box.

In Maths this week we have continued to work on measure comparing the weight of objects and using the terms, heavy, heavier, heaviest, light, lighter, lightest.

We have started to look at money and are learning to identify all coins up to £2.

This weeks highlights:

Mrs Russell I loved watching you practise for the nativity’.

Katie ‘I liked playing in Santa’s Workshop’

Connor ‘I liked playing with the small world’

Luca ‘I liked choosing my own learning, I liked drawing’

Khaleesi ‘I liked making things with the construction materials’

Rose ‘I liked playing in the Construction Area’

Cameron ‘I liked playing with my friends’

JJ ‘I liked doing maths’

Owen ‘I liked making friends’

Victoria ‘I liked playing in Santa’s Workshop’.

Congratulations to Cameron our Hot Chocolate Winner this week!

Have a wonderful weekend everyone!

This week we have been rehearsing for our Advent Service which we will be performing on Monday. Everyone has been doing a fantastic job learning their lines and learning the songs.

Pupil highlights of the week:

Urwa and Naman – we enjoyed re-visiting line graphs as part of our Data Analysis topic in Maths. We liked drawing, reading and interpreting line graphs and looking at the different ways we can try to understand what the information is telling us.

Niamh – I enjoyed trying to spot ‘fake news’ during critical literacy and remembering to ask the important questions when reading informati0n and making sure the sources are reliable.

Summer – I enjoyed drawing and painting the Nativity scene picture for our Advent Service.

Well done to Sophie-Leigh who was this weeks hot chocolate winner. She is continually trying her best and always following the class and school rules. Sophie-Leigh is growing in confidence each day, which shining through all her work! Well done Sophie-Leigh!

Pupil Highlights:

Kieran: We completed loads of numeracy on fractions and unit fractions. For the advent, we also created  our own nativity drama. ‘ The Bethlehem Act.’

Olly: For P.E, we did a Christmas Quiz.

Amelia: We decorated the classroom with greenery and decorated our Christmas Tree.

Anthony: We learnt how to find equivalent fractions, and, how to convert improper fractions into mixed numbers. We also practised our SNSA so we are ready to begin them on Monday.

Tim: We performed our Advent Service in the upper area.

Hot Chocolate Winner: Congratulations to Olly for winning hot chocolate this week. You are now so much more focused and on task in the classroom and you have been completing your HW every week. Well Done.

Hello P2B families!

Here are our highlights from the Red Table:

Maya said one of the highlights of her week was the daily Advent Reading event.  P7 pupils came at the end of each day to read us a Christmas/Winter themed story.  Not only did they enjoy reading to us but they enjoyed the questions the children asked them to get to know them better.

Musa enjoyed writing instructions about how to cross a road.  We sang the special instruction words: ‘First, Next, Then, Finally’ until they were embedded in our brains.

Ishaan liked hearing the story ‘Not a Stick’ in the woodlands.  The character used his imagination to pretend a stick was different things: a sword, a fishing rod, a spear (among others).  We then collected a stick and everyone had to guess what it was based on the actions.  We had a whole range of ideas ranging from a walking stick, a bow and arrow and wands.  What a creative bunch P2B are!

Isabella liked taking part in our Christmas door design competition.  Each classroom door (and others too) is now decorated Christmas themed.  Mrs Devlin decided to let the children present their ideas.  Isabella drew a super snowman!  Congratulations to the winner, Olivia!  I hope you get a chance to admire it when you come to the concert.

Tharun said he liked handwriting best.  This week we focused on ‘b, k and p’, letters that began with a downward movement and then bounced up and around.

Ollie has really been enjoying a new activity we started this week called ‘Today’s Number’.  This is a 3 digit number.  We read it and then discuss it.  Ollie was able to answer a very tricky question and the class and Mrs Devlin were very impressed!  Mrs Devlin was so shocked she had to sit down!

Mrs Devlin’s favourite part of the week was St Andrew’s Day!  Mrs Devlin LOVES bagpipes!  We listened to traditional music in the background while we did our super craft.  I hope you enjoyed the photos on Seesaw of the kilt and flag your child made.

Congratulations to Maja, who is our Hot Chocolate award winner this week!

I hope you enjoy the rest of your weekend and I look forward to seeing you at the Christmas Concert on Wednesday!  Remember that your child is welcome to bring a Christmas jumper or colours and a hairband or tinsel for the concert.

Pupil Highlights:

Olivier – “Wearing my Pyjamas to school!”

Sylvia – “Learning the Christmas party dances”

Josh – “Converting decimals fractions and percentages!”

Nilaya – “Starting December with Christmas Music.”

Inaya – “I loved our Advent art”

Grant – “I liked doing the multiplying and dividing 10, 100 and 1000 maths game.”

Caleb – “I liked Sumdog!”

Mr Pentland’s Highlight: 

This week was brilliant. The children have worked very hard! We came 2nd out of hundreds of classes in the Sumdog competition. It was lovely to see everyone come together and offer their support with such passion. Apparently we have a very competitive class. I loved reading the children’s expositions this week and hearing their very interesting points of view. We are working very hard on our critical literacy skill and viewing the world. The children are justifying their thoughts with great skill.

Over and Above Award:

The over and above this week has worked so hard and has always kept a positive mindset! Thank you for helping and offering support to your peers this week!

Nilaya! 

Patrick, “whenever you need help with maths  Nilaya is very supportive and is so happy when you knows that you’re comfortable!”

Grant and Natalie say, “she’s amazing!”

Photo: PJs to school! 

Photo: Creating our Christmas door display

Video: Getting into the Christmas spirit whilst we wait for the rest of the class to get their flu vaccine. 

Video: Mixed reception to Mrs Lafferty announcing the start of the Christmas party dances! They are all doing very well! 

Photos x4: Poverty at Christmas discussions

Photo: Some of our climate action work! 

Have a lovely weekend!

This week we have discussed International Day of People with Disabilities, which will be on the 3rd of December. This is a global event promoting equality for people with disability and celebrates their achievements. It is also a day to promote awareness of the challenges faced by over 1 billion people living with disabilities, and the role communities and societies play in breaking down barriers to inclusion. We discussed hidden disabilities like deafness, blindness, anxiety, ADHD, Autism and other disabilities which although can’t be seen from outside they are important to recognise and be respectful with these conditions.

Article 2 states:  The Convention applies to every child without discrimination, whatever their ethnicity, gender, religion, language, abilities or any other status, whatever they think or say, whatever their family background.

Article 23 states: A child with a disability has the right to live a full and decent life with dignity and, as far as possible, independence and to play an active part in the community. Governments must do all they can to support disabled children and their families.

Global Goal 10 – reduce inequalities and promote equity

We are continuing to create imaginative Christmas Gifts and rehearsing our performance for the  Christmas Enterprise Show on the 9th of December. On Wednesday we celebrate the Feast of Saint Andrew the Patron Saint of Scotland.

One of our highlights of the week was decorating our classroom door and try to win the best christmas door competition. This morning we had a full rehearsal in the school hall for our Enterprise Show next week. We also practised for our Advent Service on Monday afternoon which the Primary 5A and Primary 4A &4B will attend. Looking forward to seeing our families at our Christmas Enterprise next Friday 9.15.