Monthly Archives: September 2022

23.9.22 P4hs

We have been really busy in P4hs this term.

We are continuing to read our class novel ‘The Wild Robot’ and enjoying it very much.  We will share our reviews soon.

We really enjoyed doing some junk modelling recently.  We had to work together in groups to create a robot. All the groups worked really well together and created some fantastic robots.

Last week we made a class scarecrow.  We used different fabrics, paper and items of clothing to make our scarecrow.  We are proud to be showcasing our scarecrow at the MacMillan Coffee Morning on Friday 30th September.

We have really enjoyed getting back into the hall for our whole school assemblies.  It’s great to be back together singing and learning.

In our class we have started ‘Star of the Week’.  Millie was our first star and we are looking forward to hearing who will be our next star!

We have started our Egyptian topic and can’t wait to find out more about hieroglyphics, mummification, Egyptian clothing, landmarks and the pyramids.  We used oil pastels to create our own Egyptian masks – they are on display in our classroom and they are fabulous!  To tie in with our shape topic in maths we also drew some 3d pyramids!

WB 21.09.22

In PE we have been continuing with gymnastics. We have been learning how to do cartwheels and vaulting. We have also been creating our own stations during our outdoor sessions on a Wednesday.

In literacy we have been writing mystery recounts. We have recounted a mysterious death and we had a crime scene set up to give us clues as to what happened.

In numeracy we have been focusing on division and have been doing some revision work sent to us from the Academy. We have also finished looking at the lattice method and Japanese method for multiplication. In maths, with Mrs Cross, we have been looking at data handling.

The leadership team have been very busy preparing for our Coffee Morning this Friday and the rest of P7 have been creating and rehearsing for our P7 assembly this Friday. We would love any cake donations for Thursday 29th of September. We hope to see you there!

From P7Mo 🙂

 

P4s Blog Update 24.9.22

We have been working really hard in P4s since returning from the long weekend.

In Maths, we have been continuing to practice column addition and subtraction and we have been working really hard to improve our jotter presentation.

During our Literacy lessons we have been writing recounts. Last week we entered a fantastic writing competition whereby we wrote about our adventures in the Bathgate Hills. Each class submitted three entries into the competition and we can’t wait to find out if someone from P4s has been successful. We also spent some time learning about homophones, playing fun and interactive games to make it exciting.

In IDL we have started a new topic, Egyptians! We have really enjoyed exploring our new topic through Art, and have already filled our classroom with some wonderful creations…

 

In P.E. we have been continuing to learn lots about gymnastics as well as going outdoors to participate in weekly team building games.

Two very exciting things have also been happening in class recently:

  1. We have been learning sign language. We have been using this video clip (we absolutely love the song!) and have really, really enjoyed working together as a class to develop our skills: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r25auE4eC2o
  2. We made our very own class scarecrow! 🙂
    During our Vertical Learning lessons we were given a bag of resources and asked to use our creativity and imagination to create a scarecrow. We worked together in small groups, communicating well and listening to one another to create our very own scarecrow over two afternoons… we love it!