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P4’s Water Cycle Text Map
P4 have been creating a text map of the water cycle as part of their explanation writing.
Playground Fun
We have been working to make our playground areas fun places to be during break times. Our PSW staff have been leading games and activities with our children and we have seen such a positive impact. The pupils are engaged, helping each other, using their imaginations and becoming more independent in leading these activities themselves.
Our playgrounds are such positive places to be!
National Numeracy Day
As part of National Numeracy Day on 18th May children from P2/3, P3, P4/5, P6, P7/6 and P7 took part in an Official World Record Attempt for the most participation and views of Rolling Numbers Livestream. We managed to break the record and 5, 362 schools took part. Well done!
We also took part in Numbers and dancing with Katya Jones, where we learned dynamite dance moves. We had to keep count of the steps . It was great fun. We thought about what we would like to be when we grow up and how we would use numbers in that job. We created pictures of us doing our dream job or hobby and how it uses numbers.
We had a great day.
Outdoor Learning With P2
Primary 2 are really enjoying their outdoor learning again, now that the weather is getting better. They have been sharing books and stories, setting up the hammock independently and collecting rubbish from our site.
Primary 1 trip to Jupiter Artland
Primary 1 had a trip to Jupiter Artland this week where we had to the opportunity to look around all the amazing sculptures which sit in the park. We saw an amethyst cave, a star constellation and a grass bridge over the water, amongst lots of other things!
Everyone had a great day, even though they were all rather tired, after walking over 4 miles!
Stroop Test Challenge in P5
P5 have been preparing for their Joseph performance and have been linking this to other areas of our learning.
In the story Joseph is given a coat of many colours, so in Science we tested out an experiment with colours.
Did you know, in 1935 John Ridly Stroop invented the ‘Stroop task’? This was all about naming colours. First a number of colours were projected onto a screen in their own colour, and then in a different colour. People were asked to name the colours the words were printed in.
We timed each other reading both sets of words and found that our brains work slower when the colour you have to name has been used to print the name of a different colour!
How quickly can you read them?
P2/3 Explore Mondrian
P2/3 have been exploring the works of different artists. This week we looked at Piet Mondrian. Did you know Mondrian began as an artist by painting realistic landscapes?!
He then changed how he painted – he didn’t want his pictures to look like nature, he wanted to explore how colour and line worked together.
P2/3 had a go at creating their own pieces of simple Mondrian art using only a few colours.
P6 Cross Country
Primary 6 enjoyed taking part in the Inveralmond Cluster Cross Country – all the pupils did an amazing job completing a large lap of Howden Park. The pupils demonstrated great sportsmanship and stamina throughout.
Toronto took first place in the girls race and our joint girls team claimed the top spot out of all the schools competing.
A massive well done to everyone who took part, you all did Toronto proud!
Film Making in P1b
Jonathan from D fie foe, film makers joined us to help develop our movie making skills!
Our first movie ‘Give us a wave’ was produced, filmed and directed by the P1 children.
