This week we really settled into our routines and everyone has worked hard across the curriculum.

In literacy, all of the children have begun their reading for the year and were working on predicting what their book would be about using the information they can retrieve from the cover. There were a lot of interesting predictions and a large variety, it will be good to see who was right.

We started Building Thinking Classrooms and the children have enjoyed working in different groups throughout the week, it has been interesting to see the different ways the children went about solving the problems within their groups.

In IDL we looked at eclipses and compared lunar eclipses with solar eclipses, the differences as well as similarities between them both. This has culminated in some excellent work from everybody which will be our first topic display of the year.

Overall it has been a great week in primary 6.

As we settle into a new school year, we have been thinking about what it means to grow and develop. This week, we created some artwork inspired by growth and took time to reflect on the progress we have already made since last year. For some of us, this might be becoming more confident, communicating our needs, building relationships or becoming more independent with our routines. We celebrated that everyone’s journey is different and that growth can look different for each of us. It was lovely to see the children recognise and celebrate just how far they have come. 🌸💚

P4/5 have had a great few weeks back! In literacy we have started our core targets and spelling and in Numeracy are enjoying Maths No Problem!

We’ve played a Purple Sharock in Science as part of our living on planet earth topic and have voted to learn about mini topic Mythology before we start Romans after Sept holiday. In STEM we are designing habitats for animals through the medium of Lego.

Well done everybody!

We’ve been as busy as ever and have had lots of fun learning together!

🎨 Art: On Monday, we enjoyed a special art lesson with Mrs Ferguson, where we explored self-portraits and thought carefully about the features that make each of us unique.

📚 Read Write Inc.: We officially began our phonics and reading programme! We’ve been enjoying learning new sounds, practising our reading skills and getting stuck into lots of exciting stories.

🔢 Numeracy: great excitement this week as we started using our Maths No Problem book. We have been counting forwards and backwards from 10, recognising the number 0 and using concrete materials to help us develop our understanding. We’ve been on a real quest for numeracy success!

🧠 Health & Wellbeing: We talked about things that can help our minds when we are feeling worried or anxious. We enjoyed stories such as The Invisible String and explored different strategies we can use to help ourselves feel calm and safe. We have also reintroduced brushing our teeth after lunch, helping us develop healthy habits.

🇫🇷 French: We revised our French greetings and practised saying bonjour and greeting one another.

👮‍♀️👩‍⚕️We have begun our new topic ‘People Who Help Us’! We shared our ideas about the different people who help us in our community and started thinking of lots of wonderful questions we would like to find the answers to such as “do farmers sleep outside?”, “do fire fighters get scared?” and “do dentists take out their own teeth?”

What a fantastic second week! Stay tuned to see what we get up to next week!

Our first full week in Primary 3 has been another busy one. We are beginning to find our feet with class jobs being allocated where we have the opportunity to demonstrate being responsible citizens around the school.

We have completed our Class Charter, our “Recipe for a Rights Respecting Classroom”, which helps us to connect pupil actions to our rights in the classroom and focuses on mutual respect, kindness and inclusion.

RWI has been successfully launched across Primary 1 – 4  and all children have worked hard in their respective groups with staff delighted with what a fantastic start the children have made to their Literacy this term.

Other highlights this week include Building Thinking Classrooms where pupils worked collaboratively in random groups on problem solving strategies as well as having a super introduction to outdoor learning with Mrs Ferguson.