This afternoon was our very first coding club.
We started our introduction to coding by learning how to code our beebots. We then used the kapla blocks to build a track/maze and coded our beebots to travel through it.
Coding Club
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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.
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.
P7 Prepare for Joseph
In P7 this week we designed a poster that will be used to promote our upcoming performances of Joseph and the Technicoloured Dream Coat. We considered what information was required, how we would ensure we had an eye-catching layout and included photographs that grabbed the reader’s attention. If you’re lucky enough to be attending, see how many of the posters you can spot around school!
P5 Visit Sky Academy
Primary 5 took an exciting trip to The Sky Academy Studios.
Each of us were given an important role (Director, Producer, Scriptwriter, Reporter, Eyewitness, Camera Operator, Editor) within our studio groups. We all worked very hard as a team, to create a fantastic news report about Fake News and how to prevent it.
It was a great opportunity to work with experts and high-tech equipment. What great fun we had!
P7 Literacy and Developing Their Reading Culture
P7 loved reading the book ‘Billionaire Boy’. We wrote book reports which included paragraphs, opinions, conjunctions, and interesting adjectives.
We also put QR codes on our display, which links anyone who scans it to a video of some of the P7’s discussing their opinions about the book.
A Busy Time in P6/7
P6/7 have been working hard converting fractions and decimals to percentages, as well as finding percentages of numbers. We were looking at real life examples and found some percentages on our milk and snack packaging. We have also been finding fractions of different amounts.
We have been taking part in the Languagenut Competition and have been doing both French and Spanish. We have been asked to join Sumdog’s Avatar Testing Panel to offer our thoughts and opinions about the new avatars they are creating.
Some of the P6 children have been working hard revising for the Euroquiz which will take part on the 17th March. We will be competing with other schools from West Lothian.
Finger Light Handwriting
P2 have been developing their handwriting using finger lights and the smart board. We completed additional practice on the floor before using our jotters.
P5’s Internet Safety – Social Media
For Internet Safety day, Primary 5 learned the age restrictions for different social media platforms. Firstly, we named different social media platforms and guessed the age restrictions for each. Then, we revealed the true age restrictions. A lot of us were surprised by these age limits. We discussed why we think social media companies set age restrictions and came up with a lot of good reasons and thoughts.
Posted by Eva Lamond (Digital Leader)
Safer Internet Week
Safer Internet Day was officially on Tuesday 8th February this week, however we wanted to celebrate this for the whole week.
Across our classes this week pupils were learning more about staying safe online, particularly around this year’s theme, ‘All fun and games? Exploring respect and relationships online’. The Digital Leaders set assignments on TEAMS and SEESAW for everyone to complete.
Digital Leaders shared online safety posters with each class to display in their ICT area. and at assembly they also shared their next exciting digital challenge for our learners – task focusing on staying safe online. This competition is going to be our biggest yet, with a very exciting prize!
