Some of our responsible Primary 7 children has an exciting trip to St Margaret’s High School for some transitions lessons. We left his morning and spend half a day at the high school. We were very excited when we returned and even came back to school with some tasty treats. Have a look at our photos.

We have had a super week….Our Read, Write, Inc. studies are progressing well and in our Maths we have moved on to Addition and Subtraction within 20.

With December round the corner we have also been really excited to begin our rehearsals for the Christmas play in a few weeks. Our singing is coming on really well and we are learning all the actions too!

For the Christmas fayre we enjoyed designing our own elf door hangers and Christmas tree decorations –  we hope you like them!

We have had a lovely week in Rannoch class…we enjoyed ‘super crunchy’ time on the Trim Trail with the frost early in the week. We found it surprisingly warm in the early winter sun.

We have also progressed in our learning of the initial sound ‘s’.

In our Beyond Number studies we looked to 3D shapes in the world around us…next week we are moving onto learning about displaying data through tally charts and block diagrams.

We also had a lovely time in the sensory room and enjoyed listening to relaxing music in class.

We are also really proud of our gifts for sale at the Christmas Fayre,,,we made glitter painted glass tea lights holders with Christmas ribbons…we think they look lovely!

This week we have moved no in our Literacy studies to focus on the initial sounds…we have enjoyed forming this letter in foam and practicing our find motor skills in writing it with our pencils – also practicing our ‘pinch’ grip.

In our ‘Beyond Number’ studies we have also moved on in our learning…from 2D shapes to 3D shapes…In our learning we have looked at recognising which 3D shapes are to be found in everyday objects around us.

In our creative work this week we started our gifts for our stall on the Christmas Fayre…What we have made…..Is a surprise!

We have also enjoyed time in the Sensory Room and lunches with our friends.

We had an amazing time visiting West Calder Library on Wednesday. It was a beautiful day and we saw lots of exciting things on the short walk up to the Library. Dominic and Hunter were very excited about the many road signs and warning signs we spotted- these keep people safe. Lochlan was hoping to see a train in the Train Station but we were unlucky- we did see lots of diggers though! When we got to the library, Shay and Laura had the best of times looking through all the books. We were even allowed to borrow a book using our class ticket! We plan to making this a regular outing and return our books after Christmas.

After a bumper Harvest, Ness decided to use the spare apples which were available throughout the school. We explored recipes containing apples and learned how to safely chop and prepare apples for stewing. Well done to everyone who smelled and tasted the cooked apples! We designed a lovely dessert using meringues and custard to have with our stewed apples. Lots of instructions to follow and messy play!

For anti-bullying week P5 have created a very moving iMovie to demonstrate why friendship and respect it’s important when facing bullying. We showed it to the whole school at a special assembly and everyone enjoyed watching it and discussing it. Brilliant work P5.

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A lovely week in Rannoch.

We have enjoyed Outdoor Learning this week in lovely Autumnal sunshine.  We also continued to explore our Topic of Houses and Homes.

We also made our own playdough in Autumnal colours which we really enjoyed!  We have also worked with Numicon to develop our Numeracy skills, and have looked at the initial sound ‘a’ during our Read, Write Inc learning time. We have also enjoyed looking at our new Julia Donaldson books and being read to.

Primary 5 today had a trip to nursery to reacquaint themselves with the guinea pigs – Muffin and Biscuit – before we host them later in the month! The furry friends will be arriving in P5 the week after next and will be shared around several classes during their two-week holiday to St Mary’s.  After a cuddle with both we got to ask some questions about guinea pig care. We have also been doing a little bit of learning and writing about this too. We can’t wait for our piggy pals to join us in P5!