P6bc Blog 25/4/23

P6 visited the Nursery children last week.  We all walked up to Bathgate West enjoying the fresh air and some sunshine.

All of P6 were delighted to meet the nursery children and enjoyed playing with them in the garden.

Adam said “It was really fun playing with the children.”

Arthur said “I was teaching some of the children how to play football.”

Hollie said ” I helped a few children to do some gardening.”

Kaylee said “it was fun seeing the little kids play.”

Megan said ” When we arrived the little children showed me around the Nursery.”

We are all looking forward to our next walk to the Nursery and we hope the weather stays dry!

Learn It! Log it! Blog it!

P5MW have been very busy over the past few weeks! Here is a snapshot of what we’ve been learning.

In Numeracy, we have continued to learn about fractions, decimals and percentages. We have been very successful in learning to calculate percentages of an amount, and we know how to read decimal amounts from a scale. We are all very proud of our progress.

We have been working on persuasive writing. We chose a position on whether we would like Windyknowe to have a school pet, and used persuasive arguments. Some of us were so convinced by the arguments that we changed our minds!

In art we have really enjoyed using watercolours to create some beautiful pieces inspired by nature. These will be on display and available to buy at our Art Exhibition during parents’ evenings.

Our p5-7 show has been very exciting and we have been very proud of ourselves for learning our parts and developing our confidence to perform. We can’t wait to perform for everyone on Thursday!

Thank you parents and carers for all your support as we learn and grow. 😀

 

 

P7me 14.03.23

Literacy:

We conducted an experiment to see how soap dissolves micro-organisms such as bacteria, and then we wrote an explanation of what happened and why.  We have been completing independent comprehension tasks in our reading groups, based on a novel of our choice.  This has included tasks such as making 3D scenes from the book, creating animations, writing alternative endings and completing a book review.

Numeracy:

We have continued with our algebra and most of us are now able to simplify third level equations! We have used our times tables knowledge again to solve equations and find the value of x.  In Maths we have been revising our speed, distance and time knowledge to help us with our problem solving.

IDL:

The Dragon’s Den team were successful at the West Lothian event on the 27th February and we were awarded a grant to start our juice bar.  More details to follow next term!

We had a great day out to Dynamic Earth last Thursday.  The tour was really good, with lots of surprises along the way.  We learned lots about geology and the history of Earth.  The STEAM careers fayre was very interesting and we got to do lots of fun activities like deep dive with a VR device, hold small sea life creatures like crabs and starfish, and talk to people who work to conserve our oceans.

We are very excited about our P5-7 show!  We hope to see all of you on Thursday 16th March!

We have also been busy with our art work for the art exhibition which will be held on the 29th and 30th of March.  P7 have completed 4 pieces of art in the last few weeks and they will choose which one they think represents their best work for the exhibition.

We are also very excited about our bike-ability sessions which will start on Wednesday 15th March and every Wednesday until the end of term.  If your child has a bike of their own, then please bring it into school on a Wednesday along with a helmet, if possible.

We are hosting another coffee morning on Friday 17th March.  The proceeds will be split between Comic Relief and our buses for camp.  We are looking for lots of kind donations of home baking to help make it a successful morning and we hope to see you there!

A – I have enjoyed Netball in PE because it helps me to keep fit.

T – Circuits in PE has been really fun!

I – I really enjoyed our trip to Dynamic Earth and learning more about the geology of Earth.