Our new Primary 1 children have quickly adjusted to school life and are coping well with the new routines and experiences.  They are enjoying getting to know their class mates and have been very excited to find out what is inside the collection of Marvellous Me boxes that have been created as a homework task.  We used the story of The Rainbow Fish during ‘Friendship Fortnight’ and have talked about the importance of having friends,  who our friends are, who we would like to be friends with and the qualities we look for in a friend.  We have created a class rainbow fish which is now on display in the corridor outside our classroom-pictures to follow next week!  Before the scales could be attached each child had to share their scale with another child in the class and say why they were giving the scale to that person. The children came up with some lovely reasons, these are also on display.

We were very proud when Aidan was given the very first token in the school for sitting well and trying his hardest to learn the new songs and do the corresponding actions.

Stewart was delighted to be invited along to the very first Fun Friday club-he has been an excellent role model in class, listening carefully at all times, following instructions straight away and helping to keep our classroom safe and tidy.

The builders arrived in Uphall this week to start work on replacing part of the school roof.  As part of the Technology curriculum, P6/7 has been given the challenge of designing and building a 3D model of a new pitched school roof.  The children will be working in groups of 3 and will be learning to use tools like saws and hammers to help with their models.

We have had a great time since coming back to school after the holidays. We started a WAGOLL board (What A Good One Looks Like) and started our Class Charter. We’ll put up photos when it’s finished.

So far, we have started playing Maths Champ and have had 2 winners, Jack and Lewis. Well done, boys!

We are going to enter the 500 words story competition run by the BBC next year and we have started practising already!

We came up with our class motto which is “When we are together, we get along much better”. We love it!

We started Fitness Friday which is hard work but lots of fun. We have to run for a minute and then walk for a minute. We are going to take this out and about in Uphall and pound the pavements!

We started our class novel. It is a book called “Wonder” which is all about a boy starting school for the first time. We’re not going to tell you any more. (Don’t judge a boy by his face). I WONDER if you are going to read it…..

This week P6/7 have been refreshing their memory with times tables after the summer break.  In shared reading we have started to read a new book called ‘Oranges in No Man’s Land’ and have started a new class novel called ‘Running Out of Time’.  During maths we have worked on our mental strategies for adding up to triple digit numbers. and have been learning the 1089 times table!  We worked in groups of four and had to make a radio programme which included a jingle, an interview and an advert.  We finished off our week with an exciting game of rounders which everyone enjoyed.

P3/4 have shown good listening skills whilst their friends in class show and tell objects from their holiday.

This week (Friday 21st September) we focused on objects found at or near the beach (or bought/found/won on a beach holiday).