This week p7 have had quite a busy week.

On Wednesday we had outdoor P.E we played different types of rounders’ with Miss Ford.

On Tuesday we had a show rehearsal for our show and another show rehearsal on Thursday for our big show next week.

On Thursday Mrs Macdonald didn’t come in because they were really buys up in St Margret’s.

On Monday we had a very important visitor in our school it was a mascot from a football team and we got to see a trophy. On Friday we had our first dress rehearsal it went well.

Pupil comments:

Brandon: we did our first dress rehearsal today it was fun.

Lewis :this week I enjoyed seeing the mascot on Monday.

Rebecca : I really enjoyed our first dress rehearsal today I found it fun .

Rachel M: I enjoyed the dress rehearsal today

Isla :I enjoyed the authors live on Thursday .

Zara ; I liked P.E with miss ford

Vanessa: I enjoyed working on the show .

 

P6/7 has had a week full of chaotic, crazy memories! To start of the week we had a special surprise organised by our wonderful depute –head teacher Mrs Smith.

Pupil Voice

Thomas: The league cup came in and everyone got a picture with it.

Ethan: The SFFL cup came to our school on Monday.

Joshua: The league cup came to our fantastic school and we got a picture with it.

That was just the beginning of our crazy week, next up was the birth of Baby Angus James McCurdy! Welcome to our St.Ninians family.

Pupils Voice

Jay: Our P.E teacher Mr McCurdy has had a baby called Angus.

Aria: Mr McCurdy son was born a few day ago which we are very happy for him.Congagulations

Lorenzo: I liked when we saw Mr McCurdy’s baby.

To fill in for Mr McCurdy we had our fabulous Miss Ford.

Pupil Voice

Beth: On Wednesday Miss Ford took our P.E lesson which was great fun! We done heady handball.

Later on our Netball team gave an amazing performance at Wednesday netball league and came back with the result of winning the league. Well done guys you deserve it!

Pupil Voice

Matt: The netball team and I won the netball league.

Mirren: I went to a netball tournament and WE WON!

 

Art with the authentic Mrs Young!

Pupil Voice

Lauren: We have been doing art with Mrs Young for Easter art cards.

 

P6’s exciting buddy meeting!

Pupil Voice

Abi: This week I seen my buddy and we ate lunch together!

 

Finally The Gospel Show is in action!

Pupil Voice

Bea: This week we had a Gospel Show practise, with our costumes. Next week we go live, can’t wait! Everyone looked amazing!

Toni: This week P7, P6/7, P6 had our first dress rehearsal for The Gospel Show!

Daniel: Today we had our first dress rehearsal.

Neve: We had our first dress rehearsal.

Ambra: P6/7, P6, P7 done our first dress rehearsal for the Gospel Show and all the costumes were awesome.

Caiden: We had our dress rehearsal today.

 

That’s the end of our chaotic, crazy class weekly news by our wonderful lead learners Lorena & Brooke for this week, have a great weekend guys!

 

This week we have fully embraced the changes to our classroom. Each week some of the main areas in our classroom are changed to offer different learning experiences. We are going to share the highlights of these areas:

Investigation Station

Learning focus – measuring, ordering, sorting

Rojin: You need to put the things in the plates in the thing to make the balance.

Lucas: it is a measuring thing.

Carter: it is called scales.

Shea: it is space rocks in the plate.

Roma: you need to make them balance. I put 3 little beads in one bit and 3 green beads in the other bit and it didn’t balance. One bit went down when I added another and that meant it was heavy.

Logan: I made it balance with rocks and beads.

Table Top Games

Learning focus: counting, addition and subtraction skills. (Jigsaws – developing visual perceptual skills.)

Anna: one was a magic game. It was magic because when you rubbed on a bit then it would leave a number. You had to answer the question and find the answer.

Roma: I done the animal jigsaw with my friends – Rojin, Freya and Jane.

Scott: There is a space jigsaw. I had to put the pieces all together.

Carter: Me and Anna finished that jigsaw. Anna started it and I came to help. It was quite tricky.

Paul: Earth is third planet away from the sun.

Maths Table

Learning focus – symmetry

Jane: we had to make symmetrical pictures.

Luke: it means it has to be the same on the 2 sides.

Roma: I put 2 flowers on one side and put 2 gems on the bottom and I copied it on the other side too.

Carter: I done green beads and put a chain in the middle and a flower at one side and a flower at the other side.

Tuff Tray

Learning focus – creativity, reinforcing the names of planets

Igor: we had to build a rocket for an astronaut. The rocket would go to Earth.

Shea: My rocket went to Mars. First I had 2 full big ramps at the bottom of it and a head at the front and a massive long red bit at the side on top of the little hills.

Layla: Mine went to the moon. It had yellow on it.

Fiddly Fingers

Learning focus: fine motor skills

Pati: there were small things put it together. It made a necklace.

Lucas: they were paperclips.

Rojin: I made a bracelet. It was tricky putting them together.

Roma: We had the marbles and the colourful pegs that you stick in the blue mats and you have to get the marble and balance on top.

Rainbow Learning

Scott: For the red rainbow learning you had to write sight words.

Anna: For the yellow rainbow learning you had to do a subtraction colouring in.

Pati: On the blue you had to catch the fish.

If the subtraction story was 8-4, you would have 8 fish to start with and you would take away 4 and you would have 4 left.

Amelia: On the green rainbow learning we played a smart board game tells us a word and we need to find it. When you finish you write down the score. I bet Mrs Davenport’s score.

Here is a link to the game. Mrs Davenport’s score was 379, can you beat this?

Amelia’s sore was 400, can you beat this?

http://flash.topmarks.co.uk/4151

Lucas: On the pink rainbow learning we were thinking about what we want to be when we grow up. You had to draw a picture of what you wanted to be when you grow up.

Freya: You need to get a glue stick and stick the pom-poms or stars and you would need to make the shape and pick out the picture and stick the pom-poms on. It was called a constellation.

Numeracy

Luke: We have been taking away.

Anna: You had to roll the dice and the biggest number had to write in and then the smallest number next. You were making a subtraction story.

Shea: The biggest number needs to go first because if it was 2 – 5 it wouldn’t make any sense. It would need to be 5 – 2.

Try this at home – roll 2 dice and put these numbers into a subtraction story. Challenge: roll 4 dice (first add together 2 of the dice and add together the other 2 side), use these numbers to create a subtraction story.

Phonics

Carter: we learning about syllables.

Lucas: it is clapping that makes a word.

Shea: the words are split up.

Amelia: my name has 4 syllables.

Layal: my name has 2 syllables.

Jane: my name has 1 syllable.

We loved watching this video to help us understand syllables:

Topic – Space

We were learning about astronauts.

Anna: The astronauts have to sleep in space. They sleep in a bag because if they didn’t they would float away.

Shea: There is a rope that attaches them to the bed.

Carter: Astronauts sleep in their own room.

Carter: They have to pee a tube!

Rojin: They take food to space and it gets kept in a bag.

We watched these videos to help us understand more about what astronauts do in space when they are on a space station:

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/science-environment-34883623/sleeping-quarters-on-the-iss

https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/35367139

Highlights of the Week

Olivier: I liked playing in the house corner making fruit with Lucas, Scott and Igor.

Mara: I liked learning about space. I learned about rockets and planets.

Michelle: I liked the rainbow learning. My favourite was the pink one.

 

We have been busy this week in P5D!

 

We have been researching famous/well known scientists and journeys that they made. We had to skim and scan information on websites and use our findings to create a new text in the form of a powerpoint, a SWAY presentation, a poster or a report.

“It was really fun and it was fun to find out information about the person!” – Ola

“It was quite hard to do the research but it was fun getting to make a SWAY!” – Kasia.

We have been learning about fractions of a quantity and some of them were quite tricky. We had to find 1/3 and more challenging fractions like 2/8 of a quantity.

In writing, we were writing a recount about ‘The True Story Of The Three Little Pigs!” Did you know the ‘big bad wolf’ wasn’t actually a bad guy? We had to use our knowledge of recounts and make sure we included a title, an orientation, a sequence of events and a personal comment to make it a successful piece of writing.

In art, we completed our very detailed drawings of the Eiffel Tower. We have attached some of them below to show you our great work.

At achievements assembly, the coding club were awarded a certificate for their hard work and effort at coding club. Quite a few of the children in our class are in this club and we are very proud of them.

Another celebration we have had in our class this week, was celebrating the success of Sophie D who successfully managed to ride a bike unaided! Sophie found it very difficult and could not ride a bike before starting her bikeability sessions so we are super proud of her. The whole class received a certificate and a badge for being able to ride a bike safely and responsibly.

Our praise postcard this week has been decided by children in the class and they would like to award this to Sophie D for her hard work and perseverance when riding a bike.

Have a great weekend, Miss D and P5D.

 

 

This week we had a visit from Super Movers and they were teaching us the importance of keeping moving when we’re learning to stay fit and healthy.  They brought with them the SPL league trophy and also the Mascot Lomond.  It was so much fun dancing with Lomond.

In Maths this week we continued to learn about the properties of 3D shapes.  We also looked at the strange spelling of the word sphere, we learned about ph saying f and also about magic e.

We have also been busy making and creating some Mothering Sunday surprises.

As part of our Literacy work we tuned into an Authors Live event run by the BBC and watched Lauren Child, the author of Charlie and Lola and Poet Laureate, discuss how she got her ideas to write.  It was great to revisit a class topic that we learned about earlier in the session.

In our numeracy work we have been developing our skills in tackling holistic questions which require us to use a variety of skills.  We had to use our reading for understanding skills, problem solving skills and our multiplication/addition skills.

Have a lovely weekend.

Mrs Currie

The Gospel Show

Rehearsals have been going well as we approach our final week of practices. We are all looking forward to trying on our costumes to help us get into our characters. The pupils are also working on invitations for our special guests, the backdrop and a program.  Next week we will begin practising with the lights.

Ethan: We managed a full run through this week.

Daniel: We now have the stage and microphones set up for rehearsals.

Ambra: I’m really excited about the dress rehearsal.

Science

We continue to learn about Science using the theme of ‘Journeys’. This week we have carried out some experiments to help us with this, eg. creating lunar rover models, Matilda’s floating feat, etc. See Twitter for photos!!!

Transition

P6 continue to meet weekly with their nursery buddies.

Ryan: I really enjoyed being with my buddy and we played lots which was fun.

Joshua: I played with my buddy and read a story.

Aria: I met my buddy and played with magnets and dolls.

Brooke: I went to see my buddy on Thursday and we played games and read stories, it was so fun and fantastic!

Abi: This week I got to go and see my buddy, Anna, we read a book called ‘Superworm’.

HWB

On Monday morning we joined up with the P6 class for a fitness session, there were some legs on Tuesday! We also continued our ball games block of learning.

Jay; We played 5-a-side football and our team came second.

Mirren: We did PE outside and played football, it was fun.

Year of the Playground

Today we had a visitor from the Grounds for Learning team who met with pupils and staff to discuss our outdoor spaces and how these could be improved. He is going away now to write a report and we should hear back after the Easter holidays his ideas!

Matt: I met with the gentleman to discuss our playground and how it could be improved.

Positive Recognition

Well done to Ivana who got the praise postcard home this week, we were focusing on using our voices wisely in class.

Ethan also received a positive phonecall home from Mrs Purdie – congratulations!

Matt was the leading pupil in the West Lothian Sumdog Contest – there were 3063 pupils participating!!!! Great job Matt-we are all very proud of you!

Our class got into the top 50 schools – 144 classes entered across West Lothian – another achievement to be proud of!!

Have a great weekend everyone!

Mrs Roy & P6/7

 

 

This week in P2/3 we have been writing recounts about our experiences in the lunch hall. We’ve thought about structuring our recounts to include an orientation, a sequence of events and a personal comment.  We’ve thought lots about using past tense verbs and ambitious vocabulary too and were all very proud of our recounts.

In Maths we have used our new rekenreks to make numbers by swooshing the numbers along the number rack.  Everyone loved sharing their strategies with partners and with the class.  Our work on addition, subtraction and multiplication is continuing and it is lovely to see how the children are using their Number Talks strategies to support their work in Maths.

In Science we have planted cress seeds which are beginning to show signs of sprouting already.   We also investigated  the seeds of various fruits this week using magnifying glasses.   There was great excitement when a tiny shoot appeared in our potato bag today and we can’t wait to see how big it is by Monday!  We also developed our Science skills by classifying animals into agreed sets.

Everyone has been delighted to welcome our box of Buddy Bears to Primary 2/3. Thank you to all the kind and talented knitters who have made this possible for us.

Have a lovely weekend.

From Mrs Keegan, Mrs Caskie and P2/3

Our Classroom

Roma: there is a space station. You need to put on a job card and if you have got the manager card you need to tell all the other people what to do.

Pati: the house corner is different, we don’t have bits of food in it now.

Scott: there is a building site, you can build the houses.

Freya: We don’t have an office anymore but we have a writing area. I took some paper and pens and I draw pictures.

Anna: There is an arts and crafts table to make stuff. You have to get the paints and things yourself.

Jane: There is an investigation station too.

Carter: You can mix flour, sugar with glitter and sand and water. You have to write what is in it and see what happens when you mix it and then pour it away and tidy up.

Lucas: All the tables have come apart and we don’t have a seat. We have to put our shoes in the same place as outdoor shoes. There is still a special teaching table for doing work.

Phonics

Amelia: we learned the qu sound.

Roma: it comes from 2 parts of your mouth – our lips and the back of our mouth.

Anna: queen has the qu sound.

Jane: quick has the qu sound.

Lucas: it sounds like it should be a cw to make the qu sound.

Roma: we learned the y sound.

Rojin: it is a green sound.

Anna: that means it comes from all of your mouth.

Carter: for writing the y sound is goes like a u but with a tail.

Amelia: yet has the y sound.

Anna: yes has the y sound.

Reading

Carter: in our reading book big boys run up to a little boy and push him and his toboggan over. It is called Village in the Snow.

Rojin: In pirate adventure the pirates go and get the children and they put them in a boat and sail to the pirate ship and they have a party. They were nice pirates.

Jane: In house for sale, Dad looked at a house and wanted to buy because he liked.

Mara: They bought the house and they look at the house and in the bedrooms.

Lucas: In our book called Bob, the cat tries to get the meat and he got it and he climbed up on a chair and pulled down the meat and he bit up.

Pati: In Pam and the Cat, Pip gets a cat and the cat sleeps in a cot.

Writing

Carter: I wrote about seeing Mars and that it was red. And I jumped out the rocket.

Logan: I was driving the rocket.

Luke: I was driving the rocket.

Rojin: I walked on the moon.

Roma: I saw sparkly star dust.

Space

Amelia: the sun is not a sun, it is a star.

Anna: the stars make shapes called constellations.

Freya: One of the planets is called Earth and that’s where we live.

Michelle: Earth is the third planet away from the Sun.

Carter: I know Mars, Jupiter, the Earth.

Roma: Mars is red, the mud makes it red.

Luke: the biggest planet is called Jupiter.

Michelle: Mercury is the closest planet to the sun.

Carter: Neptune is the planet furthest away from the sun.

Anna: Saturn has a ring around it.

Our Highlights this Week

Olivier: I liked building the home. I used tools and screwdrivers.

Layla: I liked building a castle. I used the bricks.

Cordelle: I liked playing in the house corner. I was cooking macaroni.

Igor: I liked PE and playing basketball.