In literacy we have . . . .

been learning how to write Tankas. A tanka poem is very similar to a Haiku but Tanka poems have more syllables and are usually written about nature, seasons, love, sadness and other strong emotions.  This form of poetry dates back almost 1200 years ago.

Here are some examples of the Tankas we created in class;

In numeracy  we have . . . .

been learning how to work with fractions.  We have been looking at equivalent fractions and converting between mixed numbers and improper fractions.  Here are some of the examples we have been working on in our jotters.

In maths we have . . . . .

been continuing  to work with time.  Some children have been working with complex time tables; calculating duration’s of journeys or  t.v programmes.  Other children have been converting between 12/24 hour and AM/PM times.

In addition this week have . . . .

been skiing to Hillend

working on our Asian country presentations

creating press printed rangoli patterns

Please see the numeracy sheet to download if you don’t have a copy (given out on Thursdays). Do as many sums as you can  halfofaset1

And also  here  is the mild spicy or hot spelling words as word doc.  Please do as many as you can from each list, and remember  you can break your home learning to to chunks so you are not doing it all on one night.

o_e words

Thanks for your support,

Miss Craig and Miss Moreland

This week we have learned how to plan and write a descriptive story about Scottish inventors.  Now that we have learned this we can; write in a sequence, write in paragraphs and write an exciting introduction.

Over the past 4 weeks we have been doing skills academy, including learning sign language, booking a holiday, STEM and baking.  Now that we have learned this we can successfully work as part of a team, communicate well with each other, and use our maths and numeracy in practical ways.

This week we enjoyed learning how to calculate fractions of an amount.   We learned this by drawing pizzas to order for e.g. we had an order that was ½ pepperoni,  ¼ mushroom and ¼ peppers that we drew out.

Magic Moments this week.

In our STEM lesson we tested our parachute and it worked!

Kayla W- Everyone in P.E. trying their best to succeed.