Creating a story map
Category: P4 – P7
Taekwondo sessions
West Lothian Bike Library
We had a very exciting visit today from West Lothian Bike Library. They help people get active and connected through cycling. We had booked in a cycle maintenance workshop as we have quite a few school bikes which are in need of repair.
Rocket Rounding
Freeze frame literacy
After reading our third chapter of the watchers, we decided to create action shots of this dramatic part of the book. Rather than drawing them or writing them down, we created three main pictures in our head ready perform to our group.
Creativity highlights
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Creative Comprehension
In our Thursday workshop, we are creative in our
literacy. Children can approach the task with innovation and expand their analytical skills. The challenge was to create a car seat for our baby dragon from our class novel. We had a super range of creations from 3D models using junk materials, Lego, scratch and Adobe. Everyone was engaged and had lots of fun.
Literacy Workshops
Every morning we split up into our literacy and maths workshop groups. In each group, pupils can focus on the outcomes and skills required at their individual levels. This week we are reading a class text called, The Watchers. We started off skimming and scanning the text for main ideas and this week after reading a piece of description, we then created a Diorama to reflect one of the first scenes in the story.
RSNO Live Concert
Today we watched the short animation of Yoyo & The Broken Butter Lamps before watching the concert live from the Royal Scottish National Orchestra. Last year we even got to go and watch them in Paisley Town Hall. The story is told by narrators who also play music alongside the story to enhance the characters and their feelings.
Bikeability session 2
This afternoon we had our second bikeability session focussing on using our brakes properly and following a route in the playground with lots of control. In level one we are learning to maintain our cycles, glide, pedal with control and being aware of our surroundings.
