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Literacy We learnt 2 new digraphs this week "ee" and "ea". It is quite hard to tell which one to use so we are trying to practice this as much as possible. We are pointing to our ears for the ea and our eyes for the ee (like see). We also worked with partners to ... Continue reading "P1a weekly news"
Numeracy This week we used column method of subtraction. We learnt budgeting and we worked out change from £5 and £10- by LKS. DL created budgeting game for all the P4s which they enjoyed. IDL We learnt more about Ancient Egyptian life. We compared the lives of rich and poor. We talked about the ... Continue reading "P4 class"
In P3A we have been very busy since our last blog post! Last week we concluded learning about time in Numeracy and Mathematics. We revised quarter past and quarter to times and we learned how to calculate time durations and solve time word problems. This week we started to explore money. We were learning to ... Continue reading "Fairtrade Fortnight in P3A"
This week we have been learning about emails. We have planned an email and then had the opportunity to email each other through Glow. In grammar, we learned about Collective Nouns - ask us for some of the more unusual ones!! In IDL we learned about Egyptian Hieroglyphs and wrote messages of our own using ... Continue reading "Primary 5 w/e 1st March 2019"
On Tuesday we had our NYCOS lesson. We were learning a new African song that used clapping and a ball. On Wednesday we continued with our Egyptian topic and investigated pyramids. We used sugar cubes, spaghetti pasta and mini marshmallows to build pyramids. We also used our bodies to make pyramids and used a pyramid ... Continue reading "P4/5 Week commencing 25th of February"
This week we started our Rugby sessions with Dougie from Linlithgow Rugby Club. The weather was really nice and we managed to play the session outside, fingers crossed it stays warm and sunny over the next few weeks. Some of us went to the Nursery to help them do a traffic survey, we found this ... Continue reading "Maths, Maths and More Maths"
We have had a busy week in Primary 1b. As part of our transport focus, we have begun to construct our class train station. We came up with lots of ideas for signs which we would need in the station. We decided we would like to build a train for the station and have had ... Continue reading "Primary 1B - w/e 1st March 2019"
'The capacity to learn is a gift; the ability to learn is a skill; the willingness to learn is a choice.' - Brian Herbert Literacy: We have been enjoying reading our class novel - The boy in the striped pyjamas. Although a book full of emotions and themes such friendship kindness, innocence and so much ... Continue reading "WWII, Angles and Letter Writing -P7B"
We are so proud of E in P7 who recently grew and cut her hair for the Little Princess Trust, raising a massive £467 in the process! The Little Princess Trust provide wigs to girls who have lost their hair through illness. What a kind thing to do E and what a massive achievement! Miss ... Continue reading "A Haircut for Charity!"
We have been learning how to write a persuasive piece of writing. We wrote a letter of complaint to a "Travel company" that we used for a week long Ancient Egyptian tour. We have been learning to identify verb, adverbs, nouns and adjectives in a sentence. For French, we have been identifying parts of the ... Continue reading "P4 week"
A short week in P7a this week, but still lots of learning to report on... Numeracy and Mathematics As we progress towards the end of term 3 and our transition to S1, we have been introduced to some areas and concepts that will be covered within Third Level Numeracy and Mathematics. This week we have ... Continue reading "P7a Weekly Blog"
It has been a short but busy week here in school and nursery. Today, Mrs Newton and P6A led a very interesting assembly about democracy and The Scottish Parliament. We also found out about some exciting plans for Fairtrade Fortnight which begins next week. Our nursery children started their work on Fairtrade today by ordering ... Continue reading "Weekly News at SPS and Bonnytoun"
