In the Rainbow Room yesterday we were able to watch Authors Live with Martin Brown, who is the illustrator of The Horrible Histories.

We have been learning lots about books recently, and we know that an author is a person who writes books, and an illustrator draws the pictures.

We had a discussion about what it means when things are DIFFERENT. Sometimes it is easier to remember that things can be THE SAME or NOT THE SAME.

We were practising following instructions to draw book characters. We had a go at drawing some lions. Are they all the same or not the same? Have a look at the detail that we were able to put in to our pictures!

It’s been a super couple of weeks getting to know the lovely new children who come to the rainbow room.  We have spent time getting to know each other, playing lots of games and eating snack (which everyone LOVES!)  Today we got to work on our targets for the first time and we all did so well.  Looking forward to seeing everyone again after Easter!                                                                                                                                                     

The children from Mrs Sutherland’s groups had a lovely walk in the sun yesterday morning. We set off with Mrs Stevenson and Mrs Snowdon to meet Dianne at the library. We checked our books back in and Dianne helped us to find new ones by showing us where everything is stored. It was really useful as we know now where to find non fiction books, comic books and picture books. We got to take a new book back to school.

Mrs Sutherland also found some books for the older children who might find reading a wee bit tricky.

Here we are enjoying our reading!

Well done to our P7 children that have been attending a debating skills club on Monday lunchtimes.  This has been in collaboration with S6 pupils from Broxburn Academy.

On Monday, the afternoon children went to the park as part of learning about their local community. They followed instructions from the adults and took turns on the equipment. The children were also developing their gross motor skills by joining in with physical play.