Numeracy this week:

We have started back up our subtraction learning this week. We will continue with this until the Easter holidays. Miss Meechan has been so impressed with how much we have remembered about subtraction after having a break from this concept for a few weeks. We took part in different games and activities to help us with our skills. One of the tasks we participated in this week was to decide which our favourite way to do subtraction sums is. We used cubes, drew pictures and crossed out objects, used our fingers or used a number line. What was your favourite way to do subtraction sums?

Literacy this week:

This week we learned a really tricky sound. The ‘th’ sound. We found this really tricky at the start of the week but by Wednesday we were spelling lots of words which used the ‘th’ sound. Jakub and Casper were spelling ‘cloth’. Kyle is spelling ‘that’ and Jarred is spelling ‘throne’. WOW! Well done everyone.

We also visited the library this week. When we were at the library we returned the books we had borrowed from our last visit. The lady at the library was teaching us about fiction and non-fiction books. We found out where the non-fiction books are kept in the library, some of us even decided to take a non-fiction book back to school with us. We even stopped off for a play at the park on our way back to school since we were all so well behaved.

Cooperative learning:

This week, Mrs Purdie set us a challenge to think about ways we show cooperative learning. We were talking about these big words and decided that it meant about ‘teamwork’. Teamwork is one of our values which we all show very well every day at school. Here are some pictures of our cooperative learning this week. Kerr, Kayla and Rutendo were learning about money together by playing in our sweet shop. The boys and girls in the lions reading group are showing how well they work together during reading time. These pictures show us using our higher order thinking skills by answering blooms buttons questions with a partner.

Have a lovely weekend,

Miss Meechan and P1M

This week our classroom has received a make over!  Our colour scheme is purple and grey and it has created a lovely learning environment for us.

As part of our ongoing topic of WW2 we have been looking at propaganda posters and the slogans that were used.  We discussed how these posters were designed to be persuasive and to project certain images to the reader.  We then focused on four of the most iconic slogans and created our own posters by either being inspired by posters from the time or by creating our own.  Here are a few examples,

In our Numeracy learning this week we have focused on transferring and manipulating our knowledge of numbers and the number processes to tackle a mixture of mental maths questions, word problems and problem solving tasks.  Here is an example of a problem solving question, if you can work out the solution draw it out and take a photograph of it and Dojo it (extra dojo points available!).

For our Health and Wellbeing learning this week PC Cochran visited our classroom and gave us a talk on “Choices”.  We were able to listen to and participate in discussions about making good choices and consequences for those who do not make good choices.  He also shared with us an insight into life as a Police Officer and showed us his protective clothing and equipment.  What a great experience it was for all.

In PE we have been learning new games and team games and developing our ability to follow rules and create/adapt rules to suit our own needs.  Below is a clip of the rules for Mushroom Ball which is proving to be a popular warm-up game.

Next week we will begin to deliver our class topics about WWII.  It will be really interesting to see the different aspects of the war which people have chosen to research.  A reminder about some of the Green For Growth comments that were given after last terms talks, these will help you focus on ensuring that you deliver and present your information well,

• Make eye contact with the audience (looking round from the screen or looking up from your notes)
• Using your own words and not just reading a script or directly from power point slides
• Asking higher order questions about the presentations that you listen to.

Enjoy your weekend.

This week has been pretty exciting.  We were out of class for 2 days whilst our classroom was getting painted.  It’s now fresh, bright and looks great! It was very exciting coming in this morning and seeing what a difference the bright colour has made to our classroom.

Whilst out of the classroom for 2 days we used the space in the dinner hall to help us with our science.  This week we focused on the Solar System and Sound Waves.  We focused on the size of the solar system and used lots of previous learning in maths to help us map out the solar system to scale. We even managed to do this in the playground!  Also, we used our knowledge of drawing circles to draw all the planets to scale, this was a tricky task as some had to be drawn very small, whilst some were too big to draw with a compass. The class worked excellently in their groups and produced fantastic work.

Here are our comments and photographs this week:

Erwin – this week we been talking about the solar system for science in class and it was fun!

Jennifer-this week our classroom got painted lilac and we got to work in the hall I think it’s good working in the hall because we had more space we were put in groups to work in and learned about the solar system, sound waves and animals. We have also been taking part in a daily lent challenge.

Kieran- This week we done science which included things about the solar system and sound waves the top is called the peek the bottom is the trough. We were in the lunch hall instead of our classroom as it was being painted. We went outside and drew planets they were Mercury , Venus, Earth, Mars, Uranus and Neptune the dwarf planets are Pluto and Eris.

Aliza- This week we all gave in our buddy applications and soon we are going to be buddies!! On Wednesday and Thursday we had to sit in the lunch hall because our classroom was being painted purple. We have been learning about the solar system this week and we learnt lots of information about all the different planets!

Emma-This week we had to hand in our buddy applications and on Wednesday and Thursday we got moved to the lunch hall in the lunch hall we learned about: The solar system, Sound waves  and Animal communication. IT WAS AWESOMEEEEEE!!!!

Emily- this week we were working in the hall because our class room was getting painted. We were learning about the solar system. and got to meet our new deputy head teacher.

Amera-this week p6 were in the dinner hall because our classroom was getting painted. And we had to hand in our buddy application to try to get a buddy and if the teachers in the nursery liked the application we would get a buddy!!

This week, we have been very creative.

This week for topic we have been learning about Viking food. We made oatcakes using: porridge oats, melted butter, honey and apricots. Mark said  “They tasted absolutely delicious”.

We have also been making presentations, using posters and Power Points. Ailie said “I liked doing it because we could show our work in front of the class.”

This week in maths we have been learning about Geometry. We have been looking at 2D and 3D shapes. Ryan B said “It has been enjoyable.” Adrin said “I want to learn more shapes. We know these new shapes: Tetrahedron, Triangular Prism, Hexagonal Prism, Pentagon, and a Sphere. We also had fun creating shape nets, in the shape of household objects.

We have been creating imaginative writing pieces about Viking sagas. This week we created a new story that had ourselves as a character, as well as our favourite Viking gods. “I thought it was a fun way to write because anything can happen.” Hannah

This week in PE we had a mini football world cup. Haseeb told us “we got to make our own team and the colour was the flag our bibs were the same as the different countries.” We have put in a lot of effort with our football skills and Camryn thinks “we might be saying goodbye to rounders for this week.”

This week we have also started our preparation to make our Holy Communion, and will continue on our faith journey next week.

Stay tuned for next weeks P4 news! Have a lovely weekend.

Miss Diamond and Primary 4 would like to wish Miss Crookston the best of luck for her future career as a teacher! She has been a privilege to work with and we certainly will miss her!