Numeracy

We are continuing to enjoy our Transition project with Armadale Academy every week.  In class, we have been adding, subtracting and multiplying decimals by whole numbers.  Some of us have been teaching small groups in Primary 3 how to use our new probots.

Literacy

In literacy we are focusing on writing our own newspaper articles and learning about the features that we need to include and also how to use a formal tone in writing.  We continue to read daily in class and with our teacher twice a week.  We are making good progress with our inference skills!

Other areas

Last week we went up to Armadale Academy to take part in an outdoor learning workshop.  We split into groups and we got to do lots of fun things including: mountain biking, building hammocks, orienteering and fire building!  The fire building was very popular because we got to toast marshmallows at the end!  It was fun to see where we will be going to school next session and we got a flavour of the type of things we will do.  As well as some secondary teachers, there were S4 pupils helping at the workshops, so we were able to quiz them!

As part of our leaver’s assembly we are incorporating more drama, music and art into our IDL afternoons.  The countdown is on….

We have enjoyed:

O – I enjoyed making hammocks at the Academy, it was fun and relaxing when we got to lie in it!

E – It was fun to toast marshmallows and they tasted great!

A – I could easily sleep in a hammock, it is very relaxing.

R – It was great fun learning how to tie the hammocks in different ways.