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18
JAN

Another fun filled week in P1a with lots of help from our P7 leaders and the P3 playleaders. Literacy This week we learned our first digraph 'sh' we learnt that when these 2 letters are together they make 1 sound. We all had fun making shape ships's and writing sentences with our sh words. Numeracy ... Continue reading "P1a Block Play and ICT skills"

18
JAN

In Numeracy this week we have been continuing to look at subtraction. We learned different strategies to subtract a teens number from 20 and we looked at using different subtraction vocabulary such as 'minus' and 'find the difference'. Some of us were learning how to subtract multiples of 10 and near multiples of 10 from ... Continue reading "Time, Williamina Fleming and Play Leaders (P3A)"

17
JAN

A big well done to P and L for completing their school values grid. We are so proud of them and celebrated their success by putting their names on our Springfield Hall of Fame. Well done!! A proud Primary 1 moment x

16
JAN

Developing the Young Workforce (DYW) is a seven-year programme (2014-2021) that aims to better prepare children and young people aged 3-18 for the world of work. This year, we will once again be running a Skills for Learning, Life and Work programme for our P7 pupils which will culminate in a Careers Fayre in May. ... Continue reading "Developing the Young Workforce - Skills for Learning, Life and Work Programme 2019"

13
JAN

We've had a busy beginning to 2019 in P2B. We began by talking about our Christmas holidays and then writing about what we did. Lots of exciting things and lots of lovely presents. What lucky children we are! New Years Resolutions have also featured in our work this week and we have talked about our ... Continue reading "2019 Begins in P2B"

11
JAN

Happy New Year to you all! We have had a lovely, calm and settled start to Term 3 and to the month of January in school and nursery. This week all classes have been reinforcing our school values and this culminated in a 'values assembly' today in school. We talked about the ongoing need to ... Continue reading "Term 3 at SPS and Bonnytoun Begins"

11
JAN

Happy New Year! What a lovely welcome back the children gave me! It was lovely to see their happy faces on Monday, they're all very good at calling me Mrs Bell (better than I am at recognising it as my own name!) On Monday we learnt about New Year and how we celebrate it here ... Continue reading "New Year, chimney sums and Scotland mind maps in P2A"

11
JAN

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a lovely break and enjoyed the celebrations. We are well and truly back into the swing of things, we began Monday setting some personal goals and New Year's resolutions - something new we'd like to try and something we do already that we'd like to get better ... Continue reading "Happy New Year from P3B"

11
JAN

Happy New Year! This week we all wrote our new year's resolutions and made a nice display for the classroom. We have been busy writing and preparing for our Assembly which will be held next Friday. We have been learning our lines and song ready for the performance. We look forward to seeing all family ... Continue reading "P4/5 Week commencing 7/1/2019"

11
JAN

Happy New Year and welcome back to our blog! In Numeracy and Maths, we have started to look at subtraction. We have been revising our subtraction facts to 20 and looking at using different strategies to solve subtraction sums, including missing number problems. Some of us have also been learning how to subtract a single ... Continue reading "Happy New Year from P3A!"

11
JAN

This week in class we decided to change the classroom around. We felt that a different seating arrangement would help us work more effectively. In Maths we worked on multiplication and division word problems. This challenged our learning, which is a good thing, as it helps with our growth mindset, and we extended this using ... Continue reading "Back to school in P6A :)"

11
JAN

Happy New Year to everyone and a big welcome back. It was so nice to see so many smiley faces on Monday. This week we have had a little revision week to recap on all of our sounds and numbers before we start our new concepts on Monday. We have had a tricky word day ... Continue reading "Welcome back P1B"