Our week began with 2 P7 boys cooking their award winning egg and ham pie with the children. The children had a great time preparing and weighing the ingredients and the best part was the tasting. Thank you so much to Lewis and Lucasz you two are stars of the future!!
We also began a Big Garden Birdwatch this week. The children made bird cake and bird houses for our garden birds. We have tick sheets and an iPad beside the window to record birds that visit us.
The weather was so cold during the week that we decided to go out and look for signs of Winter. I think we lasted 15 minutes before coming back in, but everything was covered in the most beautiful crisp frost.
The week ended with a celebration of a very important Scottish man, Rabbie Burns. The children discussed his life and who he was, we then listened to some of his music and tried to keep the beat. Some children made the Scottish flag to symbolise this event.
Connor- “ai is a long vowel sound and I stretch my lips to make this sound.”
Emilie- “ai is 2 letters but it makes 1 sound.”
Liam “I can blend this sound with other sounds. I know that ‘rain’ has the ai sound.”
Lucy- “When writing this sound we join the two letters together.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YM8okZgUgNE
Joanna- “This week we learned the oa sound, the boy in the vowel house says oa for “OH NO!” because the light will not turn on and it is dark.”
Lily “Our lips are round like a circle when we say the ‘oa’ sound.”
Adam –“boat has the oa sounds.”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0u65e9pBDo
Julian- “We went to the library this week. Miss Boyes read us a story.”
Miss Boyes read us ‘A library Book for Bear’.
Our Wordboost book this week was “The Train Who was frightened of the Dark.”
Joshua- “One of our boost words was passenger.”
A passenger is someone who goes places in a bus, boat, plane or train.
Khyla “Terrified was another boost word.”
If you are terrified you feel very, very frightened.
Emileigh-Rose “Entrance was a boost word.”
The entrance to a place is the way into it, for example a door or a gate.
Adam- “Cosy was the other boost word.”
If something or someone is cosy
they are warm and they feel nice.
Isla – “In writing this week we listened to the story ‘The Tiger Who Came to Tea”.
Ethan- “I wrote a story about a panda who came to tea.”
Sophie- “I wrote a story about a dolphin who came to tea.”
Emilie- “A unicorn cam to tea in my story and ate chocolate cake.”
We loved playing in our role play corner, where we acted out the story. We also enjoyed writing invitations at the writing table and drawing what we would give the animal to eat.
This week I enjoyed playing the money bingo game. The caller says an amount and you have to count the coin to see if you have it on your board.”
Liam- “I have enjoyed finding out different ways to make an amount this week and completing lots of fun challenges.”
Lewis- “I enjoyed counting the money to save in the piggy bank.”
Wojciech- “I liked buying toys at the toy shop with the money.”
We started our topic about life in the past. Hamish Mc Haggis came to visit us and he has been sending us his books. Some of his books are visits to famous castles in Scotland so we have decided to learn about these castles.
We made a topic plan so that we can start our adventures with Hamish.
We have been making our own castle in the classroom and we decided to make it gold on the instead and painting bricks on the outside with a sponge.
We celebrated Burns day by learning about Robert Bunrs and having a Burns Supper.
Khyla- “He was a famous poet.”
Isla- “We ate Haggis, shortbread and oatcakes.”
Sophie- “I thought the highland dancing was really fun.”
Connor- “I liked listening to the bagpipes and listening to Auld Lang Syne.”
Check out our twitter page with photos from this week!
This week on Monday, we had an assembly with Mrs Purdie about how our school values are getting a bit old now and that we will be introducing new ones. We also are re-doing the infant and middle area toilets, and painting the upper area ones.
Then on Tuesday we had our P.E with Miss McCormack and we were doing our solo gymnastics routines that we had written down in our jotters from last week. We peer assessed each other, focusing on skill, technique and performance. We also (in partners) did a fact file on someone related to Mary Queen of scots. We had to write where they were from, who their parents were and how they are related to Mary.
Then on Wednesday, we had our second slot of P.E with Mr McCurdy, where we did gymnastics using the equipment. Then after we had our R.E with Mrs Howley, where we learned the story of St Paul (Saul). After lunch we went over to Dedridge primary to watch a show that took place there. The show was about friendship – one man played all the parts!
On Thursday, we did Art inspired by Chuck Close, which when we added all our pictures together it made a picture of Robert Burns. Mrs McDonald came in and taught most of us for Maths. The people who work with Miss McCormack had £800 and could go on a holiday and choose 2 activities.
Then today on Friday, We had our active themed assembly by the house captains, and we were just finishing off some unfinished tasks.
This are the songs we used to support our learning this week:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pLn_i6nSwiM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-tf1jipNn04
Maths
Jane: we were cleaning money because lots of people touch the money with their dirty hands. We used salt and vinegar to clean the coins and it went nice and shiny.
Scott: we put money into a boat and if you put lots of money on the boat it would sink.
Roma: we had to stick the coins in order. The order was 1p, 2p, 5p, 10p, 20p, 50p.
Anna: I liked colouring in the piggy bank for the credit union competition.
Shea: I liked in the tuff tray. You had to find money and put the coin into the right box.
Rojin: I liked making a money caterpillar.
We used this game on the netbooks this week:
https://www.topmarks.co.uk/money/toy-shop-money
Word Boost
Carter: The story was a train who was scared of the dark.
Pati: cosy is a boost word. This means you are warm not cold.
Freya: passenger is another boost word. Passenger is someone on a vehicle but the driver is not a passenger.
Anna: terrified is a boost scared. It means you a very, very, very scared.
Rojin: entrance is the last boost word.
Roma: it means like a door.
Here is the story here. Can you hear the boost words? What word did you hear lots of times?
Writing
Lucas: the elf left a letter. He said that he had never been to the shop. We had to write instructions for him so he could go to the shops.
Scott: He told us he had lots of 50p’s.
Mara: He gave us 50p for everyone for hard work and we could buy a treat.
Amelia: we used words like first, next and then when we were writing our instructions. We weren’t allowed to use the word I.
Carter: I wrote “first go and buy a toy. Next pay. Then go home.”
Topic
Rojin: we started painting for our castle.
Scott: we are building a castle.
Shea: we used a sponge to paint the bricks for the castle.
RE
We were learning about Jesus healing others. We listened to this story about the Ten Lepers:
Lucas: we were learning to take care of the bible.
Roma: the people in the story were sick and Jesus said to go to the priest and they went and felt better.
Shea: only 1 person said thank you to Jesus.
Pati: Jesus felt good.
Outdoor Learning
Roma: we went to the shop because the elf gave us 50p.
Scott: we picked a sweetie.
Mara: I picked a spray.
Amelia: I picked a sweetie.
Michelle: we paid in the shop.
Carter: we went onto a hill at school to slide. I went really fast.
Roma: me and Freya were sliding and Freya get falling and she was rolling and rolling and then I was sliding and rolling and rolling too.
Mara: I was sliding on the ice. It was fun.
Jane: we went to the park and I played.
Roma: We were playing and I was sliding down the slide. It was really slippery because it was all icy.
Logan: We were wearing welly boots because we were walking in the water.
Olivier: I liked playing in the football pitch.
Paul: I like playing outside with my friends.
PE
Amelia: we are doing gymnastics.
Scott: we have been rolling in PE.
Shea: we have been balancing.
Rojin: I was doing a handstand.
Carter: I went on the rings and Mr McCurdy helped me do a handstand.
This week we had lots going on but these are the main events that people enjoyed:
One of the things that happened this week is we went to Dedridge primary school to watch a one man show. It was called ‘Pondlife’ and was a a story about friendships and bullying. It was a very powerful performance and gave everyone things to think about and discuss.
Aria :We went to Dedridge PS to watch pond life (one man show)
Lorenzo:I liked the show at Dedridge primary because it was so much fun.
Brooke :We went to Dedridge primary to watch a one man show and it was really funny.
Ivana :This week we went to a one man show called pond life in Dedridge Primary by Catherine Wheels Production.
Jay : We went to Dedridge Primary School and watched a show.
Daniel: We went to Dedridge P.S a one man show
Also this week we watched a documentary about Mary Queen of Scots. It told the story of Mary and her life. We also wrote thought bubbles as if we were Mary at different times in her life.
Lauren :We have been doing some things on Mary Queen of Scots.
Harley: We watched a Mary Queen of Scots video and it was good because I learned more about her and her family.
Neve: We watched a video on Mary queen of scots.
We started a new block in PE last week and this week we got to pick a skill to work on.
Abi : This week in PE we did gymnastics and I worked on my handspring on vault.
Toni: This week we used the proper gymnastics equipment
Some other thoughts:
Ambra :The P6’s worked on some revision on fractions, decimals and percentages
Mirren : We have been Auditioning for parts of the Gospel show
P2 have had a busy week, read below to find out all about our learning.
P2 have been continuing to learn how to begin to join their handwriting, if you would like to continue to practise at home please google “Letterjoin” and then login with
USER NAME – ninians
PASSWORD – school
For our topic this term we have been learning facts about some famous Scottish people from history. The people we are finding out about all have links with Livingston (places or buildings named after them). So far we have learned about Sir Walter Scott; who was a famous Scottish writer, the names of the streets in Dedridge are all taken from people or places in his writings. And we learned about Saint Margaret; one of our local High Schools is named after her, she was a very kind and caring Queen in Scotland. Look out for our future blog posts where we will share the next historical figures we are learning about.
In numeracy we have discussed the “Commutative Law”, we sometimes call them “switchers “as it is a little easier to say! This law says that when you add or multiply numbers you get the same the same answer if you swap the numbers round. For example,
3 + 4 = 7 4 x 2 = 8
4 + 3 = 7 2 x 4 = 8
We have been building and drawing arrays to show this, try drawing an array at home for the following number story,
4 x 3 = 12 = 3 x 4
Just a reminder that our PE days are back to normal next week, Tuesday and Thursday. Thank you for your cooperation this week with the change of day.
Welcome to our Weekly blog. We have had lots of fun this week!
We were very lucky to be invited to Dedridge PS to watch a production of ‘Pondlife’ which was all about friendship and bullying.
‘It was not what I thought it was going to be, it was better!’ – Maliha
‘It was very very very fun and I enjoyed it A LOT. I would rate it 100/100!’ – Aaron
‘It was good and I really liked it. I learned that you should always be nice to other people!’ – Morgan
We have been using our imaginations to write a story about our own made up food-animals which took place in our creative settings. We had to make sure our story had a clear beginning, middle and end and that our character was faced with a problem but also had a solution.
We have been learning some Scottish poetry with Mrs Smith. We learned ‘a dug a dug’, ‘To a moose’, ‘The snowman’, ‘Three craws sittin on a wa’ and lots more.
We have been working hard to put together our P3-P5 show which is something not to be missed.
In maths, we have been trying out a new interactive quiz game called kahoot. We all got a controller (netbook/ipad) and answered maths questions against the clock. It was great fun and caused a healthy level of competitiveness in our classroom. We can’t wait to use it again.
Congratulations to Levente for being awarded our praise postcard this week for hard work and a great attitude towards learning. Well done!
Emilie- r is dark blue because it is a loud sound.
Szymon- r is a long sound.
Joshua- I know that ‘run’ starts with r.
We consolidated the l sound and did activities for l and r.
Lucy- I liked the l and r bingo game because it helped me learn lots of words that start with l or r.
Lewis- I made the word rat at the blending line using the sound cards.
We were sorting sentences that were jumbled up. The sentences included words with l and r.
Here is the r song to listen to at home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRdD7ESj_GE
In writing this week we listened to the story “My Granny is a Pirate”.
Here is the story to listen at home.
After listening to the story we used our imagination to write about one of our family members and what they could become.
Shakti- “One day my mum was a queen and she wore a crown.”
Connor- “One day my Dad was a footballer and scored lots of goals.”
Shay- “One day my dad was a superhero.”
Emileigh-Rose-“My Mum is a mermaid.”
Money
In Maths this week we have continued to learn about money.
Joshua- We have been colouring coins to show an amount.
Isla- We have also been thinking about different ways to make an amount.
Liam- We have been matching coins to the correct value.
Lucy- We have been adding different amounts of money together and finding the total.
This week we spoke about the different types of weather. We recorded the weather on Tuesday and were discussing different words which can be used to describe the weather. We watched clips of different types of weather and we know that we can find out what the weather might be from the weather forecast online or on tv.
Lewis- I liked learning Spanish outside at my committee.
Sophie- I was singing loudly at my committee.
Joshua-I liked designing a game in my committee.
Adam- I liked painting in my arts and crafts committee.
On safer internet day we will be having two assemblies to talk about how to be safe on the internet.
Do not tell people online your name, address and phone number.
We will put posters around the school that will advertise ways to be safe on the internet.
Always ask your parents about things that pop up for your personal information and to play games over age like pegi 12 and pegi 18 games never play them without permission.
And if someone is cyber bullying you just leave the game or go on another game or just mute or ignore them.
You may be thinking the internet is a much better place, but along the way, you have to make a lot of choices. Like putting in your personal information, download apps 18+ or 12+, and clicking ads that says “if you click this button you will have a chance to win a trip to Disneyland Paris!
There is BIG difference between Cyber bullying and child predator I will tell you how.
Child predators are people that make a fake account to trick children to think they are the same age but they are not. So the victim (the child) share’s his/her personal detail + address and phone number. And a cyber bully. Is when a bully says horrible things to someone in the internet because they feel much braver and confident.
So every time a stranger talks to you and says nasty things talk to your mum or just say nothing or if an ad pops up, just click the little x on the right corner of the screen so you can get back to your game or whatever you were doing. But if a bully says horrible things to you just talk to parents or the teachers at your school. So remember stay safe on the internet.:)
